@ty48t63eu.bsky.social @ty48t63eu.bsky.social 
Leslie Nightingale @leslienightingale.bsky.social Writer of YA novels and educator in the DC area
Leslienightingale.com
Gemma @gemmabyrd.bsky.social Author, alliteration addict, butter enthusiast
Powered by ginger-lime soda
Rep: Kaylyn Aldridge @ Metamorphosis
https://www.gemma-byrd.com
Vanessa Global @vanessaglobal.bsky.social 209K LIBRARY: universities,libraries,politicians,scientists,academics, lawyers,economists,linguists,historians,writers,BLUE, ANTIFA!
Me: brown NA,Oregonian,veteran,globetrotter,critical thinker,linguist,teacher,reader,atheist,constructive,ANTI-TRUMPIST
Mermaid Writer @mermaidwriter.bsky.social SCBWI NY Eastern Up! Critique Coordinator
Kidlit writer, published poet, gemologist-in-training, wannabe polyglot, occasional mermaid, reluctant zebra 🍰💜🩶🤍💚 #kidlit #scbwi #amquerying #actuallyautistic
🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 Pronouns: you choose (anything but he)
Kim Bartosch @kimbartosch.bsky.social I’m Kim Bartosch—author of *Ask the Girl* and host of The Brave Bookshelf, a podcast about meaningful books, big feelings, and brave conversations.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/Kimbartosch
🍎 @foxygood.bsky.social Where human dignity comes first.
Sunny Sommerset @sunnysommerset.bsky.social Author & Illustrator: Picture Books, Middle Grade.
Winner Golden Gate Writer's Award: Picture Book - SCBWI SF South 2024. Honorable Mention SCBWI SF South Golden Gate Portfolio Showcase 2024.
Diana Castillo | Author/Illustrator @dianaacastle.bsky.social Cuban Mermaid & Author/Illustrator, repped by Saritza at Andrea Brown Literary Agency!
📖 Snap! Crunch! Munch? (Holiday House, 2025)
📚 Detective Fuego series (Simon Spotlight, 2027 & 2028)
#Kidlitart & #Comic Portfolio: dianacastleart.com
Miriam Frehner @miriamafrehner.bsky.social 28-year reading specialist & ELL educator turned YA author. Writing The Listener Archives — hi-lo fiction built for reluctant readers. Seeking representation. 📚
Erik Talkin @eriktalkin.bsky.social Author. YA novel Private School Punk (full-cast audiobook, 2026 IPPY Outstanding Book of the Year). Lulu & the Hunger Monster (ILA Social Justice Award). MFA from VCFA. Punk, audiobooks, illustrated fiction, book-connected soundtracks.
Toddling The Stacks @toddlingthestacks.com You should be reading #kidlit, and we'll help you see why.
A children's literature podcast by award-winning educator and Princeton-educated literature PhD @seangill.net
New episodes drop on Mondays!
http://www.ToddlingTheStacks.com
Andrea Brown Literary Agency @andreabrownlit.bsky.social We are a full service literary agency repping the best books in the world since 1981. (Not that we're biased.) We LOVE books and their creators! www.andreabrownlit.com
INKLING ILLUSTRATION AGENCY @inklingagency.bsky.social A small but mighty illustration agency, representing an outstanding team of hand-picked creatives worldwide. If you'd like to collaborate with any of our illustrators, please email hello@inklingillustration.com to discuss your project needs.
Eva Soukal @evasoukalauthor.bsky.social 📖 MG/YA author raised in Czechia. Rooted in PNW 🌲
✍️Dark folklore. Speculative fiction. Light in dark places.
❤️ Editing a trilogy. Drafting a novel. Homeschooling.☕
brooke mondor (is CLOSED to queries) @brookeshelf.bsky.social associate literary agent @ Miller Bowers Griffin ☕️
https://linktr.ee/officialbrookeshelf
@craterwalker.bsky.social @craterwalker.bsky.social Former Alaska pastor writing a memoir that blends humor, miracles, wilderness life, and the devastating reality of spiritual abuse.
This is the journey from laughter to loss to the CraterWalker rising.
Cindy Sommer @cindysommpb.bsky.social Award-winning children's book author of PB SAVING KATE'S FLOWERS (Arbordale) Crystal Kite winner, #KidLit, #SCBWI, #12X12PB Gold Member, ISO Agent, Querying PBs. www.cindysommer.com
@triceratoon.bsky.social @triceratoon.bsky.social 
Leah Moser @leahmoserwrites.bsky.social Picture Book Writer / Freelance Editor
I AM A THUNDERCLOUD (Running Press Kids, April 2024)
Rep’d by Page Turner Literary Agency
#scbwi / #12x12 / Mom x3 / Member of PBSoar24
https://linktr.ee/leahmoser
Elise Rustøen @eliserustoen.bsky.social 24, Aspiring author
I write fantasy, romantasy, dystopian and everything in between
Currently drafting Project Glitch, and editing The Suitor's Trial
Priya @silentstudent.bsky.social 
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Andi Twaddle @booksbytwaddle.bsky.social I’m business-minded by training and story-obsessed by nature.
✨Associate Literary Agent at Spencerhill Associates
✨OPEN TO QUERIES NOW
Author Sasha RC @authorsasharc.bsky.social Hello Everyone.
I am a dark romance author Sasha RC.
My books are available on Amazon.
Sierra Isley @sierraisley.bsky.social Author of IN THE RING | asheville/ATL 🏳️🌈
rep: paula weiman @ ASH literary
sierraisley.com
John Lucy Ash - Fantasy Author @johnlucyash.bsky.social Debut novel The Nexus Prince out now!
Where fantasy, humor, and self-discovery collide, 1 word at a time. All people welcome & cherished here.
https://johnlucyash.com/
#fantasy #scifi #author
Tim Blundell | Aspiring MG Writer @ahedgehogscribbles.bsky.social
Middle grade writer.
Up to my armpits in drafts.
Sleepiest when fed.
Happiest when slept.
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.
Serena Call @serenacallart.bsky.social Aspiring children's book author and illustrator.
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Postscript (Book Formatter, Cover Designer and Socials Post Maker): https://book-shelfie.com/postscript
Jason D. McIntosh @jasondmcintosh.bsky.social Hi there!
I'm an Author & illustrator creating thoughtful illustrations & stories that inspire.
- SCBWI Don Freeman Award Winner
- PBParty Finalist '23, '24, ‘25, '26
- KidLit
- Follow me on Facebook, X, & Instagram!
- www.JasonDMcIntosh.com
Conner MacNeill @connermacneill.bsky.social World-builder. Philosopher. Dreamer.
Read the first two chapters of From the Ashes of Oaths
connermacneill.com
Alicia Vane 🏳️🌈 @aliciavwriting.bsky.social A queer and sentimental writer of stories (she/they). #amquerying a cult of strong women with dark secrets.
www.aliciavane.com
Current bookish obsessions: unsavoury women, relentless yearning, a prickling sense of dread (Carmen Maria Machado style) 🌈📚
Doug Engstrom @dougengstrom.bsky.social (he/him) Author of CORPORATE GUNSLINGER and other SFF works. SFWA Member. Lover of cycling, travel, and photography. Iowan.
sharondalgleish.bsky.social @sharondalgleish.bsky.social Writer for children, lover of picture books and poetry, happiest breathing in nature.
AK Karos @authorakkaros.bsky.social Children’s Book Author
Check out THE BRAVE COIN at AKKaros.com
Alycia Calvert @alyciacalvert.bsky.social (She/Her) 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ | #Typos | Writes weird hybridy things | EIC @HarperPalate | Res '22 & '24 | MFA '22 | PhD '26 | @hecatemagazine @thebansheejournal @writersrebel 🇵🇸🇨🇩
https://linktr.ee/alycia.calvert
Sarah Elizabeth Mead @sarahmead.bsky.social Book lover. List maker. Theater nerd. Writer. #Kidlit author
Rep'd by Katie Monson.
#SCBWI #RACWI #12x12
www.readwithmead.com
Eri Victoria | "The Fangirl Diaries" Author @scarlet-rhapsody.com "The Fangirl Diaries" (2025) ♥️ Fandom Historian♦️ Princess Karma's Royal Court ♠️ AuDHD ♣️ she/they 🦋 🐉 #FightAsianHate 💖💜💙♌️🇵🇭🇺🇸 PFP: Catsuki Arts 📫 scarlet.rhapsody@ymail.com
Buy "The Fangirl Diaries" here: https://scarlet-rhapsody.com/?page_id=22298
Chloe Marcus @chloemarcus.bsky.social #YA and #MG | #fantasy #sci-fi #horror #humor | #querying #revising | #CampRevPit Cabin Counselor |🪳| https://authorchloemarcus.com
J Miller Cole @jmcole.bsky.social Young at Heart | Lives Where It's Warm | Kindness is Key |
Writing Books is Hard | YA Gothic Fantasy | Turtle With a Crayon
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #YA
@serendipiteatime.bsky.social @serendipiteatime.bsky.social Currently revising my debut portal fantasy / hopepunk novel before handing it over to my dev ed in summer! (Profile pic c/o of my feline lucky charm, Alva. 🐈)
Molly Schaffer @mollyschaffer.bsky.social Kidlit Author, Therapist, Mom, Former Actor
mollyschafferbooks.com
#SCBWI #PB #12x12PB #PBParty
Nicole R. Betters @nicolebetters.bsky.social Mamma, animal rescuer, flaming liberal, lawyer, writer. Pasta is not a nest for your protein! she/her•Italian•Lebanese•Go Steelers! 
Whitney | SFF/YA Writer @whittakesontropes.bsky.social My favorite trope is secret identity. My many identities include avid reader, professor, writer, wife, and mother.
WIPs include YA coming of age set in year 2000 and dystopian...release info coming soon!
https://whittakesontropes.substack.com/
Monica A. Ross @drmonicaross.bsky.social Visiting Scholar @ UC Berkeley CSTMS/OHST. Psychotherapist–writer. Philosophy of science • Philosophy of psychiatry • STS. Interpretation • Classification • Institutional Authority. 🏳️🌈 Website: drmonicaross.com
Aileen Michelle, Author of a dark-ish Portal Fantasy @aileenmichelle.bsky.social Just your friendly neighborhood Creative Cubana!
Violently revising my portal fantasy novel 🧙♂️
Health: 3/8 surgeries ✨️manifesting miracles✨️
Collapsible, Seizable, Aileenable 🎊
Rachel Estep, Literary Agent @resteplit.bsky.social Hi! I'm Rachel. Literary Agent at D4EO Literary Agency, Indie Bookseller, Pitbull mom, Swiftie, and garden junkie. I'm here for good stories and a little chaos.
Elvin Jones is Self Publishing @therealelvinjones.bsky.social Father. Nerd. Dreamer. Black MG author. Based in Orlando but birthed in the DMV! https://linktr.ee/TheRealElvinJones
Kris Rashid @krisrashid.bsky.social She/her | Picture Book Author represented by Janine Le at JLLA | @SCBWIEPA.bsky.social Blogmaster | 2025 #PBParty finalist | Here for #PictureBooks and #KidLit
📍Philly
www.krisrashid.com
Anne Thornley-Brown @annethornleybrown.bsky.social Forbes featured
🎬 Actress ACTRA
Agent: Jennifer Fry - Star Talent
📚 Writer - Updates & Tips
https://bit.ly/atbwritingupdates
Seeking a Literary Agent
Querying: #HF in 🇯🇲 & 🇬🇧 🏴
#WF in 🇯🇲 & 🇨🇦
LinkedIn Top Voice since 2024
Siobhan Gregory is publishing! @kgregory13.bsky.social Writer. Professional overthinker. Fueled by caffeine, plot twists, and questionable life choices that make great fiction. #AmWriting
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/of-hollowed-blood-siobhan-gregory/1150525114?ean=9798996101917
Latoya M. Teague @lmtea.bsky.social Writer. Dreamer. Children’s Literature Assistant Professor
Ophélia Crow @opheliacrowauthor.bsky.social Writer. Painter. Myth maker. Symbol searcher. Excels in too-muchness and bad puns. Lover of all things magic & folklore. 🖤 🐦⬛ and cows.
Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com Viet-Canadian writer, multidisciplinary artist, general goblin on Treaty 1 territory. Queer, neurodivergent, she/they. SCBWI. https://tiffbartel.com
Rep: Katie Blagden @ The Ampersand Agency
Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
Mike Strickland @stricklandia.bsky.social Querying THE END OF THE WORLD CLUB. Award-winning author, 2026 Writers of the Future winner, creative writing MA, world traveler. Writing about writing at stricklandia.substack.com
The Independent Author Network @ianauthornetwork.bsky.social Welcome to the Independent Author Network at Bluesky. Promoting and Supporting Indie Authors since 2010. Our Book of the Year Awards program features $6,000 in cash prizes. #IAN1
DreeTV @dreetv.bsky.social Storyteller | Secret Weapon
www.Driadonna.com
+ I be podcasting: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfSTgAJFru0c5yTCRa8z-f3zhDTgfOudL
Michelle Lin @chelleline.bsky.social Relaunching my illustration career after years of drawing in obscurity. Illustrator debut in 2027 (Enchanted Lion Books). Author-illustrator debut in 2028 (Familius).
https://www.chelleline.com/
instagram.com/drawinginobscurity
chelleline@yahoo.com
Helen Wiley @helenwiley.bsky.social Queer SFF writer with a background in classical music. Southern transplant to the Third Coast. she/her 🏳️🌈
rep: Sidney Boker @ InkWell Management
Jonathan Josephson @writejjwrite.bsky.social Playwright, author, theatre promoter, board game enthusiast, lover of the Dodgers and Lakers. jonathanjosephson.com
Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social Children's books for parents who get it 📚
"You're Only Two Once" — celebrating toddler magic
👇 Get the book
amazon.com/dp/1736839500
Sarah Porter @sarah-porter.bsky.social Author of peculiar novels (PROJECTIONS, VASSA IN THE NIGHT, etc.) Bram Stoker finalist. Spiritualism and creativity nerd. Also artist.- H @heatride.bsky.social @heatride.bsky.social
Sarah Avery @sarahavery.bsky.social Mythopoeic Award winning fantasy writer 🪐📚, escaped academic, beginner permaculture gardener, Gen X Army brat, DC area local, she/her, https://SarahAvery.com, https://www.patreon.com/SarahAvery
Angelique Prince | Historical Romance Author @angeliqueprince.bsky.social Historical Romance inspired by overlooked history, with emotional depth & heat.
💙Confined with the Duke.
📖Coming Summer 2027.
M. A. Monnin @mysteryauthor-ma.bsky.social Mystery Author
Child of the Cold War
Intrepid Traveler
Guppy Prez
SinC, ITW, MWA, SFMS
Mid-America Romance Authors
CTBookGirl (Erin Kathleen) @ct-bookgirl.bsky.social IG: @CTBookGirl
reader | writer | swiftie | lake girl |PR & Marketing |WFWA
(my original account was hacked -whomp whomp- this is my only active one)
Kelly Pore @kellypore.bsky.social NE Ohio-based learning professional by day, writer and editor by night. Book coach in training. Reading is my superpower. I'm here for book talk.
Katja Rammer @katjarammer.bsky.social Writer. Gardener. Neurospicy Jacky-of-all-trades.
Shortlisted w/ Senex Born (Iaminprint 2025), Raven Short Story Contest longlistee. Stories: Hyphenpunk, Black Cat Weekly, Gavagai & more
Reg. Adv. SCBWI 🇩🇪 + 🇦🇹. (she/her/hers)
https://linktr.ee/katjarammer
Maurie Manning @mauriejmanning.bsky.social #KidLit Illustrator and Author who is now writing scary novels. Mother, Feminist, Atheist, Skeptic, Enemy of Disinformation, Science Lover, Gamer, Kid and Animal Mom.
Julie Hampton @juliehampton20.bsky.social #kidlit author/illustrator/architect Debut PB: Betty Builds It (West Margin Press). STEM/robots 🤖
Yes, thank you, I will have another cup of coffee. Thrift store junkie. Activist/Feminist. 💙💙💙 Just trying to hang on right now. #PostcardsToVoters #crochet
Christine Carr @iamchriscarr.bsky.social Mom of 3, K-2 PE teacher, author/illustrator: Corwin & Friends: We Can Do It & You're Better Than That and author of 2010 high-five to moms: Mother Daze… tales from the imperfect playground ☺️
www.chriscarrink.com
Michael Lieberman @mlieber123.bsky.social Writer/Atty in Maryland outside DC. Bylines in Jewish Currents, Points in Case, and McSweeneys.
Angela Antonelli @skybrary.bsky.social #Librarian, K-4 | #Kidlit Writer | #SCBWI | #12x12 | #CTCASL Board Member | #STEM
@christineiverson.bsky.social @christineiverson.bsky.social 
Amy Leskowski @amyleskowski.bsky.social Rep'd by Keely Boeving. PB writer, #scbwi, #12x12, copyeditor, dog mom, mom of 3, actor, instructional designer, baseball fan, soccer mom, baseball mom, Red Sox Nation, rhymer, pickleball player, cake decorator
Taylor Woolley @woolleystories.bsky.social Kidlit author and illustrator, graphic designer for higher education, owner of a giant tortoise 🩵✏️📖🐢🩵
BIRTHDAY BASH (2025) | EARTH ROVER (2025)
repd. by Dan Cramer @pageturnerlit.bsky.social
www.woolleystories.com
@hscott26.bsky.social @hscott26.bsky.social 
Violet Lemay @violetlemay.bsky.social Books. ✍️🎨
Nichelle Seely @plotandpen.bsky.social No LLM content. Writer of mystery/suspense/fantasy/superheros, reader of all the things, book coach and developmental editor. All people deserve love and respect, and their stories do too.
Elizabeth Crowder @thelizcrowder.bsky.social Writer, editor, librarian
Shannon Snow-Lit Agent (open to queries) @ssnow-litagent.bsky.social Lit Agent @Rosecliff Literary Agency❤️X ID: ssnow_lit_agent;❤️IG ID: shannonsnow_litagent❤️Mom of adult kids, owned by 4 chihuahuas, wife to a homemade soapmaker hubby, lover of books & their creators!
QM link: https://QueryTracker.net/query/shannonsnow