𓆣 ale nachtigal @alenachtigal.bsky.social 𓅪 I like to write about queer people in fantastical situations | rep: Leah Pierre @ Ladderbird Literary
Yeri Martinez-Vallejo @yerivallejo.bsky.social Founder, Realms Media | Psychological thriller & horror filmmaker | Character-driven genre cinema | Bellgrave 2026
Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social Author, Librarian, & storyteller. READ MY DEBUT BOOK F*cked Up Fairy Tales from WW Norton! Recovering TikTokker. Rhode Islander. Filipina. Headshot by Brittanny Taylor.
Lanay C. Pryor @lanaycpryor.bsky.social NA writer. Black & Sapphic af. She/her. I stand 10 toes down for the Black & trans communities. Will be posting about a Black queer reimagining of Greek mythology.
https://linktr.ee/lanaycpryor
Summit County Libraries @summitlibraries.bsky.social #1 Most Followed Library in the USA!
https://summitcountylibraries.org/
Located in beautiful Summit County, Colorado.
Celina Sun @celinasun.bsky.social Associate Editor @ Penguin Workshop🐧📚
she/her▪️中文还可以▪️believer in magic▪️drinker of tea▪️all these feelings are mine~
#WeNeedDiverseBooks
Seph Hallow @sephhallow.bsky.social Writer.
Met David Sedaris once. I don't think he enjoyed it.
(they/them)
sephhallow.com
Macmillan Children's School & Library Marketing @mackidssl.bsky.social We are the MacKids School & Library marketing team! Follow us for news about books for kids & teens and resources for teachers & librarians!
https://www.mackidsschoolandlibrary.com/
Sara M. Kapadia @sarakapadia.bsky.social AS WE CONVENE
anthology author
A GLIMPSE INTO MY COUNTRY
anthology author
Adoptive-Foster Mum to 2 boys, Storyteller, Artist, Academic, Survivor
#SouthAsian
#Neurodivergent
#MGpies
MacMillan Mentee
www.sara.kapadia.com
Margaret Owen @what-eats-owls.bsky.social doodler, demi, USA Today, Sunday Times, and NYT #1 bestselling author of LITTLE THIEVES, THE MERCIFUL CROW, ROOTBOUND & more ✨ She/her. Rep: Victoria Marini
Gabrielle Kirouac Byrne @gkbyrne.bsky.social Author, book coach, lefty feminist, person—not necessarily in that order.
Rise of the Dragon Moon (Macmillan/Imprint)
The Edge of Strange Hollow (Macmillan/Imprint)
Repped by @Teeess.bsky.social
www.gkbyrnebooks.com
Kemi Ashing-Giwa @kashinggiwa.bsky.social Writer, grad student, amateur kazooist (she/they)
The Splinter in the Sky (2023), This World Is Not Yours (2024), The King Must Die (2025), assorted short stories, and some other stuff
kashinggiwa.com
Para @parallelanprincess.bsky.social They/them or Ze/Zir. 30+
Fandom lurker and fic writer
Constantly refers to self as "ya boi"
Black and Queer 👭
Unvale: https://unvale.io/parallelanprincess
Substack: https://substack.com/@parallelanprincess
Katelyn Detweiler @katelyndetweiler.bsky.social 
Marc J Gregson @mjgwrite.bsky.social DOWNFALL out now!
NYT bestselling author of the Above the Black trilogy and BEHIND THE GLASS (November 2026) | 8th Grade ELA Teacher |
https://linktr.ee/marcjgregson
@MaryLanniReads @marylannireads.bsky.social I am a book reviewer with a focus on stories written for kids, tweens, and teens. I also host authors interviews, and I am a passionate advocate for youth literacy. Look for me at www.maryrlanni.com or on YouTube @MaryLanniReads!
Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com Senior editor at DarlingAxe.com. Novelist at SeptimusBrown.com. Award-winning short-fiction writer. Chaotic good. He/they. 🏳️🌈
Candace Harper @foxglovefiction.com Queer, Disabled, ND author of Queer Romance. One woman, two pen names! She/Her.
https://shop.foxglovefiction.com
C. M. Dorna @blackcrowcolin.bsky.social MG/YA Fantasy Author.
Runs https://fixyourwritinghabits.com/
Drinks too much coffee.
Amparo Ortiz @amparoortiz.bsky.social ✨young adult & middle grade author 🇵🇷 next: DREAM AWAY THE NIGHT (2027)
www.amparoortiz.com
Gabriela Gonzales @authorgabrielag.bsky.social I'm in love with words.
HOW TO LOVE YOU WHEN YOU'RE GONE (Little, Brown Young Readers)
Writer 🇨🇴🇲🇽🇺🇸
Check out my debut novel:
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/gabriela-gonzales/how-to-love-you-when-youre-gone/9780316586054/
Jessica Ralli @jessicaralli.bsky.social Manager of #EarlyLiteracy Programs & Special Initiatives @ Brooklyn Public Library | #KidLit Writer @ RISE X Penguin Workshop | LJ Mover and Shaker 2020 |
✨Sailor Scout Austin✨ @sailorsctaustin.blacksky.app award winning game writer, narrative designer & performer/ Darrington Press/ Hunters Entertainment/ @nerdmysteries.bsky.social /Paizo/Neon Odyssey/ @transplanarrpg.bsky.social
Jade Wilburn @jadewrites.bsky.social Speculative Fiction Author | WNDB Mentorship & Roots. Words. Wounds alum | Words in FIYAH Mag and more
Polly Farquhar @pollyf.bsky.social Author of LOLO WEAVER SWIMS UPSTREAM (2023), ITCH (2020), some short stories. No dairy, no tree nuts, no peanuts, no sesame, all the books. She/her. www.pollyfarquharauthor.com
https://bookshop.org/shop/PollyFarquhar
Madam Librarian Marilyn (she/her) @nefariousnautilus.bsky.social Librarian, scientist (seabirds for LIFE), dancer, community theater performer
Author K.C. Carrington @kc-carrington.bsky.social ✨️She/they
✨️Queer 🏳️🌈
✨️Artist and author
✨️Video game and tabletop rpg enjoyer
https://www.tiktok.com/@author_k.c.carrington?_t=8rrk8wvIZis&_r=1
Dylan Kay @dylankaywrites.bsky.social The disreputable alter-ego of an ex-bookseller and publishing gremlin.
Nova Reyer @novalene.bsky.social actor & (screen)writer | abolitionist | tall goofy bird 🦩🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🎭✍️
prior… army intel | oxford mba | open ride cofounder | congressional innovation fellow - house oversight (dems) | state house primary advisor - platform & comms (dems)
Julie @dailyjulianne.bsky.social Educator, sometimes publishing-affiliated. Black cat owner. Pin lover. Baseball watcher.
🌸Inique🌸 💧Team Tragedy💧 @inkplash.bsky.social Hello I’m Ink! ✨28💕she/they 🎨 plush designer, illustrator, painter, and whatever other hobby I’m currently into!🌈
https://linktr.ee/Inkplash
Caroline Bonin @carolinebonin.bsky.social Fantasy author repped by Emelie Burl
A BARISTA'S GUIDE TO LOVE & LARCENY coming 2026 from F&F/Macmillan
https://linktr.ee/carolinebonin
Kelly Farmer @kellyfarmerauthor.bsky.social (she/her) Author of sapphic contemporary romance with snarky humor & heart. 🏳️🌈💖
Lover of dogs, music, nature & the 80s.
IT'S A FABULOUS LIFE, THE OUT ON THE ICE SERIES, VECTOR CITY SUPERS.
🚫AI!
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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com Writer of queer romance and sff. Half agony, half hope, bisexual. She/her. Romance fiction columnist for the NYTBR: #RomanceColumn OliviaWaite.com
Miranda L. Trim 🏳️🌈 @mirandaltrim.bsky.social Writer. Mom. Animal lover. Pisces. PNW born and raised. She/Her. Grown woman who loves YA. Pan/Demi. Autoimmune. ND.
erica hollis is taking a break (sort of) @ericahollis.bsky.social a YA author who writes about magic and family drama. HEARTS FORGED IN DRAGON FIRE ('23).
she/her. queer. black lives matter. trans rights are human rights. free palestine.
https://entangledpublishing.com/books/hearts-forged-in-dragon-fire
My Skeets Are Made of Lawry's, Rice & Gravy & You Can't Have Any @youraibabydaddy.bsky.social Thoughts from a Black woman ND BCBA/mental health clinician that ❤️ ice cream & sushi, hates MAGA/general stupidity, science/behavioral health/medicine nerd, shakes in happiness for animation/comics & thinks Nicole Watterson of 'Gumball' is how I mom.
Jennifer 📚🎧❣️ @jdawson001.bsky.social ♿️🏳️🌈American SFF author, poet, editor, & book reviewer living in England. She/her. The Poetry Society & The British Fantasy Society. Old OWW member.
Online at: WorldsOfMayhem.com
https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/dawson001
🏳️⚧️ rights = human rights.
Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social Novelist, college lecturer, and former political staffer. Lives with her high school sweetheart and a menagerie of pets and children in Virginia, where she occasionally finds time to read and write. she/her https://emmabarry.carrd.co/
Avery Hart @averyhartsbooks.bsky.social Rep: Faye Bender at The Book Group. Lover of mg, SFFH, cats, and Star Trek
amanda lovelace @ladybookmad.bsky.social bestselling poetess & witchy author | 🏳️🌈 she/they | wife of parker lee | CHUBBY WITCH’S NIGHT IN oracle deck out now 💜
http://amandalovelace.com/links.html
@suzietownsend.bsky.social @suzietownsend.bsky.social 
Talking Leaves Books @talkingleavesbooks.bsky.social Buffalo's oldest independent bookstore
In-store shopping Mon-Fri 12-6, Sat 10-6, Sun 10-5
716-884-9524
www.tleavesbooks.com
Rowan Brighton Brown @rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social ⋆Queer Southern Novelist 🌿
⋆WHITE TRASH WITCHCRAFT (HH Fall, 2027)
⋆Rep: @keiralekseii.bsky.social at Azantian
⋆✒️WTMP & 🩵 SmoochPit Mentor
https://linktr.ee/RowanBrightonBrown
Keiana Mayfield, PhD, MSW @ktmayfield.bsky.social Asst Prof of Social Work @ Mason | C3 Lab Director | Scholar of Child Development + Families + Schools | Context Matters | Certified Book Nerd 📚🤓 | Mom | Procrastibaker| Views are my own
💻 www.keianamayfield.com
📌 https://c3lab.socialwork.gmu.edu/
Tim Melody Pratt @timpratt.org Writer and editor. Loser of Nebula, World Fantasy, Dick, and Stoker Awards (won a Hugo tho). Been published in Best American Short Stories AND Best American Erotica. Genderfluid. Any pronouns
I publish a new story monthly at www.patreon.com/timpratt (ooh)
Cindy Phan @cindyphanauthor.com A human going | Best of the Net Nom | Pushcart Nom | Stories in Augur Magazine, khōréō magazine, Baffling Magazine and more | Bi | She/her 🐩
cindyphanauthor.com
Author photo by Rosena Fung
Margaret Cho @margaretcho.bsky.social Comedian etc
Avery Flynn @averyflynn.com The sass is strong with this one. USA Today & WSJ bestselling romance author. She/Her Repped by @ElaineSpencer
Keir Alekseii @keiralekseii.bsky.social Literary Agent at Azantian Lit | Cat wrangler 🐈 | Trini demigyal | Intersectional feminist✊ | #ADHD | she/fae bi/pan 🌈 | Opinions mine.
BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org She/her. Book person. An Old. Founder of Bookstore Romance Day.
Peace Zodanou @peacezodanou.bsky.social 🤎✊🏾#MG #YA #Adult Writer❤️🔥🇹🇬📚❤️🔥#KDrama #KPop #Anime watcher.❤️🔥Here for #BVM in #sff books and movies.❤️🔥 Mentored #WTMP❤️🔥🩵🩷🤍💜🤍💚 #PeaceZWrites
Rep: TBD
Host: https://open.spotify.com/show/0bEJ8tAWgwUNO38268tmSQ?si=L7c1S4_kSB278rJbMPCqkQ
Melissa Gardner @artgardner.bsky.social illustrator/storyteller, psychotherapist, mom and maker of magic! 🏳️🌈& ND
www.melissagardnerart.com
Rep’d by @sandraproudman.bsky.social
@galltzacker.bsky.social
#kidlit #kidlitart #illustrator
Gina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social Picture Book Author Illustrator, THE KING OF BOOKS Feiwel & Friends, SNOW DAY WITH DADDY '28 Christy Ottaviano Books / Creator of #KidLitArtPostcard / Rep’d by Sean McCarthy www.ginaperry.com
S.L. Dove Cooper @dovelynnwriter.bsky.social EU-based demi sff author and independent researcher. Writes predominantly about asexuality, aromanticism and cosy sff. She/They.
Direct shops: https://payhip.com/dovelynwriter / https://dovelynnwriter.itch.io/
Website: https://www.dovelynnwriter.com
Megan Bontrager | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD out now! 🌊 @megbontra.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling author of Horror and SFF | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD (out now!) | WHERE DEAD THINGS GROW (2027) | ??? (2028) | she/her | rep: @literaryclara.bsky.social 🏳️🌈
https://linktr.ee/megbontra
Kim Harrington @kimharringtonbooks.bsky.social Author | A KILLER FOR CHRISTMAS (9/22/26, Crooked Lane) | A HOMICIDE FOR HALLOWEEN (Fall 2027, Crooked Lane) | Past: Clarity, Revenge of the Red Club, Forget Me, etc.
https://kimharringtonbooks.com/
Chaz Stein @charlottestein.bsky.social Writer of thirsty sex words. Unapologetic moustache lover. 10+ books published with HarperCollins, Macmillan, etc. “This is how the professionals do it.” - The New York Times. She/Her. Repped by Handspun Lit. Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/OZNLn
Brian Wasson @authorbrianwasson.bsky.social Sophomore Novel TWO TRUTHS AND A LIONEL (April ‘25, HarperCollins), SEVEN MINUTES IN CANDYLAND (2023). Dad. Husband. Tall guy
Leslie Adame @leslieadame.bsky.social updates only - follow me on Instagram and Substack!
author of the CHLOE VEGA series
Chloe Vega 2 comes out Oct 6, 2026 (HarperCollins)
rep: New Leaf Literary & Media
https://linktr.ee/leslieadame
Randee Dawn @randeedawn.com Author, “Tune in Tomorrow,” “We Interrupt This Program,” “The Only Song Worth Singing,” “Leave No Trace"
Journalist: Variety, LA Times, Today
AI-free forever
https://linktr.ee/RandeeDawn
S. Jae-Jones (JJ) @sjaejones.com just jj 🇰🇷🇺🇸 NYT bestselling author. 아포💜 방포. she/they
AdriAnne May/A.M. Strickland @adriannestrickland.com Author of adult romantasy: EXQUISITE RUIN ('25); and YA fantasy: LADY DRAGON ('25), COURT OF THE UNDYING SEASONS, IN THE RAVENOUS DARK, & BEYOND THE BLACK DOOR. Rep: Hannah Bowman.
Vee @naiveete.bsky.social Literature, history, theatre! they/them. St. Paul!
Sarah Henning @shhenning.bsky.social Author.
Sara Solara @sarasolara.bsky.social YA SFF author writing multiracial autistic girls who do gay crime. 🇵🇸 🇨🇴 🏳️🌈 #ActuallyAutistic ∞ she/her
Rep: Becca Podos, Neighborhood Literary
Short stories in HOMOSEXUAL INTIFADA (Interlink) & THYME TRAVELLERS (Fernwood)
https://www.sarasolara.com/
Amber Lough @amberlough.bsky.social Writer. American in Germany. That’s me in the orange backpack, straddling the world.
Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social I like apples. I post photos. I dig birds. I write books. (One of those is THE CALAMITIES, out now.) Yes, I'm cringe. What do you want from me, I'm a 50-year-old dad and my brain is a mouse-eaten shoebox.
Kim Bongiorno @thekimbongiorno.bsky.social Parenting teens | Book ❤️ | Freelance writer | Social justice | In Parents, RealSimple, People, WaPo, What to Expect, CareDotcom (etc) + 12 anthologies | http://kimbongiornowrites.com | She/Her | https://linktr.ee/thekimbongiorno
Jessica Spotswood @jessicaspotswood.bsky.social Author & library worker. Next: The Harrow Home for Wayward Girls (Holt, Fall 2026). Also: Born Wicked, A Tyranny of Petticoats, Great or Nothing. 📚
Erin Entrada Kelly @erinentrada.bsky.social Author + Illustrator | 2x Newbery Medalist | National Book Award Finalist | NYT Bestseller | Agent: Sara Crowe | Faculty: USF MFAY | https://linktr.ee/erinentrada
Mia Siegert @miasiegert.bsky.social Author. Costume Designer. Mental health advocate. Repped by @writeloudly.bsky.social (Speilburg Lit). 
Sayantani DasGupta @sayantani.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of children’s and YA books, Health Humanities Academic https://linktr.ee/sayantanidasgupta?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=e40bc45d-a2e4-4923-9b4a-2674c3c19b21
Phil Bildner @philbildner.bsky.social I write books for young people, picture books and middle grade novels. I’m the founder and President of The Author Village. Mets and Nets fan. LGBTQ🌈
Gita Trelease @gitatrelease.bsky.social Author of the Enchantée series, lover of magic (she/her)✨ Author website: gitatrelease.com ✨ Rep: Molly Ker Hawn
Amitha Jagannath Knight @amitha.bsky.social Award-winning author and poet, identical twin, parent, MD (not practicing). Also: guitar, piano, bharatanatyam student. Boston area, MA, USA.
Rep: @karisutherland.bsky.social
www.amithaknight.com
She/her
Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social A free e-newsletter from Publishers Weekly that reports on children's and YA books. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/9Ubz9L
Peter Steinberg @peter23.bsky.social Dad, husband, maker of food, rider of bike, Brooklynite, movie watcher, reader, music listener, person who looks at his iPhone too much, literary agent at UTA
@sharonreader2.bsky.social @sharonreader2.bsky.social I was sharonreader on Twitter. OG KHive. Lifelong Liberal. Reviewer Children’s and YA Lit. Industry Big Mouth (hoping that’s a compliment)
Brooks Benjamin @brooksbenjamin.bsky.social Writer, reader, pizza eater
Librarian the rest of the time
Writes books like MY SEVENTH-GRADE LIFE IN TIGHTS. Rep’d by Triada US
🇵🇸✊🏾🏳️🌈
Julia Ember @juliaemberya.bsky.social Queer SFF author of RUINSONG and THE SEAFARER'S KISS // owner of many pets // returning grad student
mason @masondeaver.bsky.social movie enjoyer, muppet enthusiast, best-selling author of queer romances like THE BUILD-A-BOYFRIEND PROJECT, out 08.05.25 from AVON 🧡
Judy Lin @judyilinauthor.bsky.social Author of YA fantasy & horror, occasional poet, bubble tea aficionado 
Courtney Leigh ♡ @courtneyleigh27.bsky.social 📚 Books 🐈 Cats 🎨 Art 📸 Photography
🪴 Plants 🎶 Music👩👦Boy Mom 🌈 LGBTQ+ Ally
📖: Good Grief - Sara Goodman Confino
📘✅️: 22/150
James Topham @jamestopham.bsky.social Screenwriter: @RidleyScottCG, @GaumontTV #BAFTA / @RocliffeForum Winner.
https://james-topham.com
School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #1 UK children's booklisting website according to Ubersuggest. We recommend children’s and YA books to teachers, parents, librarians and schools. Free resources, free reviews and no paywall. #GoAllIn
https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk
Ellen Armendáriz @ellenarmendariz.bsky.social Latina | Chilanga | Immigrant | Middle Grade + kidlit Author | Hamline MFAC
PitchWars alumn | Las Musas Hermana | Round Table Mentor
rep: @thejordache.bsky.social | @awfulagent.bsky.social
Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social #1 bestselling author, trans autistic monster boy • out now: YOU WEREN'T MEANT TO BE HUMAN • up next: YOU’RE NO BETTER • he/him • andrewjosephwhite.com • mostly crossposting
Julie Swanson @jules9swan.bsky.social MG & YA author, SCBWI, Authors Guild, she/her; I love reading, long walks, beaches/water, kids, making things... interested in gender, dreams, psychology, spirituality. Find me at my website www.julieswanson.com or blog https://julieaswanson.wordpress.com
Tatiana Schlote-Bonne @thebuffwriter.bsky.social WHAT FEEDS BELOW (Oct 2026)
THE MEAN ONES
SUCH LOVELY SKIN
Last name pronounced: shh-low-tee Bo-nay
Rich in Color @richincolor.bsky.social Rich in Color is dedicated to reading, reviewing & promoting YA books starring or written by BIPOC. 📚
Site: www.richincolor.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richincolor_ya/
StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/richincolor
Stairwell Books @stairwellbooks.bsky.social Stairwell Books: Based in York, tales from all over. A book for everyone! YA/Children’s books, novels, genre fic, nonfiction, history, poetry & story collections: a book for everyone. Delighted STRIKE shortlisted for Forward Prize 2024.
Books of Wonder @booksofwonder.bsky.social Open 11am-7pm, 7 days a week📚
NYC's largest independent children's bookstore 🌈
Trinica Sampson-Vera @trinicasampsonvera.bsky.social Associate Agent at New Leaf Literary & Media | they/she 🇹🇹🏳️🌈
trinicasampsonvera.com
Sabina Khan @sabinawriter.bsky.social Author of books about desi girls.
YA: The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali, Zara Hossain Is Here, Meet Me in Mumbai, What A Desi Girl Wants
MG: The Bloodstone Thief (Sept 16/Scholastic)
Karaoke enthusiast & puppy wrangler
Rasheed Newson @rasheed.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Bestselling Author of MY GOVERNMENT MEANS TO KILL ME and THERE’S ONLY ONE SIN IN HOLLYWOOD
📺 writer: #BelAir #Narcos #The100