Meghan Lands @meghanlands.bsky.social She/Her - Comics, Storyboards, Kids illustration. Good head of hair.
Prev. WB, Nickelodeon, Penguinworks, Annick Press
https://linktr.ee/meghanlands
#sketchbook thread
Jackie @jackieyacky.bsky.social 🌟 Jackie (they/he/she) 🌈💕
✏️ Storyboard artist, 2D animator, Illustrator
🔗 https://linktr.ee/jackie_yacky
🧶 Crafter and plant lover 🌱
😷 Chronically Ill
🖖 Trekkie
🪲Shop: @discobeetle.bsky.social
🐭 Personal project: @spriggeandsprout.bsky.social
A.W. Wise @aw-wise.bsky.social 
#KidlitZombieWeek @kidlitzombieweek.bsky.social Hosts of #KidlitZombieWeek 2026, @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @rebecca-ensign.bsky.social @monicafreewoman.bsky.social @janmilusich.bsky.social @drenderturmaud.bsky.social @kcstrocchia.bsky.social
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/kidlit-zombie-week/
MituMalhotra.bsky.social @mitumalhotra.bsky.social Doodles, Designs, Writes for Children & Young Adults @vcfawcya @cbigNYC
Picture bks, Illus. MG, YA verse & prose. mitumalhotra.com https://www.instagram.com/mituart/ Repped by Rachel Letofsky at Transatlantic Agency
jonny garza villa @jgv.bsky.social they/them sagittarius sun and award winning writer
Megan Matelonek @mmatelonek.bsky.social Freelance Motion Graphic Artist & Designer. Animator & GIF EXPERT. Fan of comics, graphic novels, filmmaking and creative art!
Cathleen Daniels @cathleendaniels.bsky.social SCBWI Kidlit Illustrator & Author looking for representation. Cathleendaniels.com
Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social “Having fun isn’t hard, when you’ve got a library card!” - Arthur Read
linktr.ee/mychalthreets
cynthia yuan cheng @cynthiaycheng.bsky.social cartoonist & manga fan | they/them | most active on IG | cynthiaycheng.com
Jasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social Writer, editor, sometimes an artist, always way too intense about hot chocolate. (She/her)
Rep: Saribel Pages @ Gallt & Zacker
jasminewalls.com
Andrea Rosales @andrearosales.bsky.social Mexican-American comics artist & graphic designer based in PDX. DC/Milestone Initiative Artist. Lover of pan dulce and puns! http://linktr.ee/andrearosales
Stacy Serenity Allen @artisfood.bsky.social Printmaker, author, poet
Sarah Surprise @sarahsurprise.bsky.social ✏️Illustrator and textile designer
Seeking representation and pb, mg and book cover projects 📘
https://www.sarahsurprisestudio.com
Eli Minaya @badking.bsky.social Collage Artist, Magic the Gathering Artist, Fiction Cover Artist, Comic Cover Artist, Private Commissions. More at Bad-King.com
Mathias Ball+ﾟ*｡:ﾟ+ | illustrator open for work 🍊 @mathiasball.bsky.social ✧ Illustrator available for freelance work ✨
✧ Shop: @Sulkypup 🌿
✧ Repped by Natascha Morris @ The Tobias Literary Agency
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they/them or he/him
https://www.mathiasball.com/
Cynthia Leitich Smith (Native Books for Young Readers & More) @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social children's-YA author, Heartdrum imprint curator, little free library steward, dog mom
Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social 🏴 Illustrator based in Scotland painting in gouache, ink & acrylic
📚 Represented by the Bright Agency
🏳️🌈 He/him
🌐 gordywright.com
🌐 linktr.ee/gordyjwright
まのでまりな❤️🔥009展7/19～＆NEW ERAコラボ @mrn0093.bsky.social MANOdeMARINA ILLUSTRATOR & DESIGNER｜広告、コンセプトアート、キャラデザなど
EMAIL：mrn0093.art@gmail.com
ARTBOOK： https://amzn.asia/d/eT1Fhml
WEB： https://linktr.ee/mrn0093
Serena Malyon 🌞🌛 @serenamalyon.bsky.social She/her. I'm a Canadian freelance illustrator.
☛ SOCIALS: linktr.ee/smalyon
☛ PRINTS: inprnt.com/gallery/serenamalyon
AdorkaStock @adorkastock.com Creative Commons pose references for artists, by artists. 🕺 ✨
Run by @sailorastera.bsky.social
SHOP: https://www.ko-fi.com/adorkastock/shop
MORE POSES: adorkastock.com
License: adorkastock.com/user-license
Header Art by @maclanahan.bsky.social
Barbara Perez Marquez @ Baltimore Comic Con Walkin’ @mustachebabs.com Queer Writer, Bestselling, Eisner & Ignatz nominated, fairy tales and lady knights enthusiast | She/Her 🇩🇴✨🏳️🌈
Work: THE LIBRARY OF MEMORIES, TO DANCE THE MOON AND STARS, THE CARDBOARD KINGDOM SERIES + OTHERS
bio.site/mustachebabs
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 |
Shirley Jackson @lioninthetrees.bsky.social black+korean | she+her | flesh+bone
💌: shirley@lioninthetrees.com
I make art—mainly ceramics—combining wildlife & folklore;
I can be found wishing on shooting stars, getting existential, and dancing with my dogs.
🌻: shop.lioninthetrees.com
#art
佳美 Yang 🍊📚🐱 @jamteayang.bsky.social specfic writer and scallion pancake stan 🥬 quote posts and reposts are not endorsements, they're just little dopamine buttons
Lee Knox Ostertag @leeknoxostertag.bsky.social He/him
Books:
THE WITCH BOY series 🔮🕯️
THE GIRL FROM THE SEA 🦭🌊
THE DEEP DARK 🐉🏜️
The DUNGEON CLUB series 🎲⚔️
STRONG FEMALE PROTAGONIST 🦸💪
WATSON’S SKETCHBOOK 🕵🏼♂️📚
TV:
THE OWL HOUSE & more
www.ostertag.substack.com
www.leeknoxostertag.com
🚫AI
Ruth Williams @rooph.bsky.social Writer and illustrator. Tea fancier. Morning denier. NE-SCBWI Competition Winner. PBParty Finalist.Tassy Walden Award Finalist. Illustration Department mentee. www.madebyruth.com. instagram.com/rooph.pix/.
Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social 🌟 2025 #PBRisingStars Mentee
🎨 #kidlit author-illustrator
📚 Former children's bookseller and school librarian
😴 Current tired mom
🤓 Self-taught and still self-teaching
Represented by Marissa Brown at Pippin Properties
brookebaum.com
Clay Adamah @clayadamah.bsky.social (they/ze)
Author-Illustrator of #KidLitArt (long-press)
https://linktr.ee/clayadamah
just reading books, drawing stuff,
and tree-watching with birds. 🌳 👀 🐦
🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
Human made - No AI
Illustrator of Kismet, No! (PJP 2027)
@bellehaleine.bsky.social @bellehaleine.bsky.social (Recently changed handle. Still me.) Librarian, mother, friend. I like long reads, considered opinions, kindness, music, art, and silly stuff. Some heterodox opinions. GenX sense of distain and aburdity. Children are people
Tracey Baptiste @traceybaptiste.bsky.social Author. Educator.
A.M. Wild @awildword.bsky.social Queer | Nonbinary | Storyteller
Stonewall Book Award Honor Recipient '24
Lambda Lit Fellow ' 24
Books:
NOT HE OR SHE, I'M ME '23 (Henry Holt)
MAMA, ZAZA, AND ME '26 (Henry Holt)
THE PEOPLE'S BEACH '27 (Kokila)
Endpapers @endpapers.bsky.social Sharing and celebrating the endpapers of children’s literature.
Sticker Ninja!! @stickerninja.bsky.social best stickers in the game 😎
www.stickerninja.com 🌀
Alicia Curley @acurleywrites.bsky.social 
Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social librarian, archivist, author, Ignyte award-winning & Hugo-nominated writer and critic, rat obsessive, hella queer, fuck genAI
words in reactormag.com, locusmag.com, npr, reader's digest, and elsewhere
bookjockeyalex.com
School Library Journal @slj.com School Library Journal is the premiere publication for librarians and information specialists who work with children and teens. A source of quality, award-winning journalism and reviews for 70 years, SLJ publishes 5,000+ reviews annually.
Quirk Books @quirkbooks.bsky.social An imprint of @andrewsmcmeel.bsky.social
Unconventional and bold publishing that makes life a little bit better.
Tag us in your posts and reviews @quirkbooks.bsky.social!
Melissa Manlove @mmanlove.bsky.social Executive Editor, Sourcebooks. She/her
David McMullin @davidmcmullin.bsky.social Kidlit Author, FREE TO BE FABULOUS, ROCK 'N' ROLL BABY
Hi! I’m Moggs. @inkcap-art.bsky.social They/Them
Illustrator • Wood Burner • Mushroom Forager
Sometimes I just need to sit for a while and look at a lovely tree stump to reset my brain.
Currently looking for representation!
Here’s my website: https://moggsdrewsillustration.com/home.html
Vanessa Morales @phonemova.bsky.social 🇲🇽 |Illustrator / Children’s books | MG Book Covers| Magic,Nature,Fun,Spooky,critters💚
Repped by @fullcirclelit
|www.linktree.com/phonemova
Lorcana✨
Macmillan,Scholastic,HarperCollins,S&S,LBBYR,Disney Books,Penguin Random House🖍️etc
Miriam Bos @miriambos.com 🎨 Published illustrator, author & surface pattern designer
🦊 https://www.augustenSuus.nl
📮 https://www.miriambos.com/newsletter
🔗 Link in bio: https://www.miriambos.com/links
🔗or check my other links: https://temp-unmutglzohxbceeuewtn.jouwweb.site/links
Shirl Girl @shirleyfadden.bsky.social ShirleyFadden.com
Writer & Illustrator of picture books. SCBWI Rutgers Mentee
Writer's Loft Anthology
PBParty 2025 Finalist
2026 NESCBWI Portfolio Showcase Winner-unagented
I make picture books for a tutu-wearing, lizard-loving, imaginary boss.
Tyler King @tyleraking.com General malcontent. Ghostwriter.
Author: THE DEBT, RIOT STREET (Hachette)
Agent: Kimberly Brower @ Park, Fine & Brower
tyleraking.com
She/her 🇨🇴
Justin Campbell @themermancam.bsky.social Illustrator | Writer | Performer | Choreographer
(He/Him)
Commissions (CLOSED)
linktr.ee/justinjcampbell
Shannon Gile (she/they) @gileslibrarian.bsky.social HS librarian. AASL Board of Directors-Chapters. VSLA Past President. Antiracist. Ally.
Neurodivergent, Swiftie, musician, cat lover.
NY-VT
Opinions expressed are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of my employer.
Lillie W. @lilliewart.bsky.social Illustrator from Colorado
Indefinite hiatus
Psychology student
Lover of all things cute and whimsical
Website: www.lilliewart.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lilliew.art?igsh=eWFncjd4cXR3dW5m&utm_source=qr
Flashes App 🌩️ @flashes.blue A photo viewing client for u from the creator of @skeetsapp.com & @bluescreen.blue
iOS: https://t1p.de/b3o4x
Android: Not available yet
❓ FAQS: https://t1p.de/24kj0
🐞 Bug Reports: https://t1p.de/phwii
💡 Feature Requests: https://t1p.de/8tmnc
Yuko Shimizu @yukoart.bsky.social NY based Japanese illustrator. I did NOT create Hello Kitty. Yukoart.com
Anna Süßbauer @annasuessbauer.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Illustrator, Cologne (she/her)
anna@apfelhase.com
represented by Plum Agency
linktr.ee/apfelhase
Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social We are Authors Against Book Bans. We stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We unequivocally support diverse voices on our library shelves, in our schools, and in our culture.
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
Riley (he/him) @rileysdesk.bsky.social Illustrator of children's books & stationery. Critter enthusiast. https://www.rileysdesk.com/links
Michelle McGaughey @michellemcgaughey.bsky.social Illustrator & Writer
michellemcgaughey.com
Jas Hammonds @jashammonds.bsky.social Author of We Deserve Monuments + Thirsty
jashammonds.com/links
they/them
🌿viktor aleksander🌿🩸devil's minion pilled🩸 @nooskadraws.bsky.social 31/white/🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 (he/him)🍵illustrator & tea drinker & victorian gentleman in training🍵 alex_dingley@hotmail.co.uk ✨️PLEASE DON'T DM ME ON HERE✨️ 🌸seeking rep!🌸
The Peculiarity Shop @peculiarityshop.bsky.social Ten years of LGBTQIA+ folks making cool stuff.
Co-Founded with @beckymew.bsky.social
No one is free until we are all free.
Shop: www.peculiarityshop.com
Gallery: @peculiaritygallery.bsky.social
Briana Brockett-Richmond @bri-tells-stories.bsky.social I'm a children's librarian, writer, gardener, and human person who is homeschooling a super fun kid. I'm obsessed with backyard habitat creation and imperfect family gardening.
Erin Nowak | Illustrator & Designer @erinnowakart.bsky.social Graphic designer, illustrator, and artist... when I'm not busy planning, studying Korean, or being a mom.
Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net 🏳️⚧️🇵🇷 Senior Clinical Instructor, Harvard Law Cyberlaw Clinic. Gender & Tech. Views = my own. She/Her.
Inquiries: alejandracaraballo.com/contact
Tiff Liao @tiffliao.bsky.social Executive Editor @ Random House Books for Young Readers. 408 in the land of 212. It's pronounced meow with an L. Opinions are my own. She/her. Banner art by Diobelle Cerna. 
We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social We Need Diverse Books is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit revolutionizing what we read to create a world where everyone can find themself in the pages of a book.
🔗 bio.site/WeNeedDiverseBooks
Kwame Mbalia @kwamembalia.bsky.social Husband, father, writer, Publisher w/ FREEDOM FIRE.
Black By Popular Demand: https://kwamembalia.substack.com
Vashti Harrison @vashtiharrison.bsky.social Author-Illustrator based in Brooklyn
Grace Lin @authorgracelin.bsky.social Newbery & Caldecott Honor & Legacy Award & NBA Finalist • contact Hachette Speakers Bureau for appearance requests • https://linktr.ee/authorgracelin
Julian Winters @julianwinters.bsky.social Award-winning author of RUNNING WITH LIONS, RIGHT WHERE I LEFT YOU + more
Andrea Wang @andreaywang.bsky.social 2022 Newbery Honor, APALA Award, & Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor winner. NYT Best Books 2021. PB & MG author. http://linktr.ee/AndreaYWang Rep: @agentemurph.bsky.social emliterary.com
Ayana Gray @ayanagray.bsky.social New York Times-bestselling author of monstrous stories. I, MEDUSA: Fall 2025
Roseanne A. Brown @rosiesrambles.bsky.social New York Times Bestselling author of A SONG OF WRAITHS AND RUIN + more. Just another new social media profile hahahahaa :') 🇬🇭
Bethany C Morrow @bethanycmorrow.com BCMorrow on IG/Threads. Adult/YA Author. Bestseller. Social Justice in Literature Award winner. Locus, Ignyte, and Audie finalist. Christ follower. Planet of the Apes stan.
THE BODY (Nightfire/Tor) out now!
https://linktr.ee/bcmorrow
Mike Jung @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social OH FFS, do I have to
Okay fine, FINE, I'm a children's writer and artistttnnnggghhhh that still feels so weird to say, I'm also Korean American and autistic and a messy emotional glob who constantly gets sentimental on main, you've been warned
Malinda Lo @malindalo.bsky.social NYT bestselling author, National Book Award winner. 🏳️🌈 My brand is lesbians. https://www.malindalo.com/
Adib Khorram @adibkhorram.bsky.social Award-winning best selling author of books for all ages. Out now: ONE WORD, SIX LETTERS (YA). Up next: ISN'T HE ROMANTIC (adult)! bio.site/adibkhorram 🏳️🌈🇮🇷 he/him
Ellen Oh @ellenoh.bsky.social I write MG & YA books that win awards from people not related to me. Founding member of WENEEDDIVERSEBOOKS. Fight Book Bans!!!
Lisa Yee . . . is confused about social media @lisayee.bsky.social New York Times Bestseller, Newbery Honoree, National Book Award Finalist, Procrastinator Extraordinaire, #KidLit Author
Kidlit For Los Angeles @kidlitforla.bsky.social Auction by the #kidlit community to raise funds for Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts. Bidding: Jan 20th (9am PST) - Jan 28th (8pm PST).
Amazing items up for bid: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles
Bear logo by Sydney Hanson IG: @sydwiki
Manuscript Wish List® @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social 📚The new, non-Twitter home of #MSWL! We are a way for agents and editors to tell writers what they *wish* they had in their inboxes. Full agent profiles here: https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/ Newsletter: https://manuscriptwishlist.com/subscribe 
Character Design References @characterdesign.bsky.social Daily artists galleries, helpful animation references and tidbits + all latest updates & news from the “Character Design Challenge” community! 🎨
Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Writer, zoologist, artist.
Author of 20+ books. SHARK LADY, BUNBUN & BONBON, OCEAN SPEAKS.
Unruly spokesperson for literacy, science, creativity, wildness & wonder.
https://www.jesskeating.com/
Rep: Kathleen Rushall, Andrea Brown Lit
R. LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social Graphic Novelist, Educator, and Kidlit GN Creator Advocate. Repped by Janna Morishima. Hartford, CT -- Austin, TX -- NYC
FIVE WISHES, Candlewick (2027) -- CREATIVE WRITING WITH MISS MARY MAC, First Second (2025)
https://linktr.ee/rlafille
Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com Independent LGBTQ+ journalist, mom, D&D DM. Tips: http://ko-fi.com/erininthemorn // Booking: http://erinreedwrites.com // Venmo erin888
Bylines @TheGuardian.com, @advocate.com, @xtramagazine.com
Subscribe to support my journalism www.erininthemorning.com
The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social Official Glaze project Bsky account.
Glaze/Nightshade @ University of Chicago
Affiliated with ETCH (Ethical Technology and Computing for Humanity)
https://glaze.cs.uchicago.edu
https://nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu
https://etch-humanity.org
Atlis ✨ @atlisreads.bsky.social Five raccoons in a trench coat
Big time reader and cryptid
Sci-fi and fantasy author 💫
Queer Liberation Library @queerliblib.bsky.social hey, we’re QLL — a fully digital library fighting to build a vibrant, flourishing queer future. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ // follow for updates! 💜🪶
https://linktr.ee/queerliblib
Steph Fizer Coleman @stephfc.bsky.social 🎨 Maker of picture books. Watcher of birds. Painter, gardener, reader, tea drinker.
🌟Repped by Alex Gehringer at Bright
🖼️ Portfolio: stephfc.com 
Vaquero Azul @vaquero-azul.bsky.social Your local Two-Spirit Gay as hell cowboy 🌹🏳️⚧️🌹
MesoAmerican indigenous Artist that draws Trans Euforia
Otomí 🪶 Maya 🪶 Taíno 🐸
Beth McMahon @nedlnthred.bsky.social She/her. Material culture scholar, textile artist, tailor, bon vivante, and good friend. Makes a gorgeous dress, decent cocktail, and a pretty good cookie.
Ilona @ilonakidscribe.bsky.social Kidlit writer, refugee daughter, amateur photo-snapper, member of co-housing eco-community. Co-author, CAT TAKES QUEEN (middle grade novel about a chess-playing cat) coming Oct. 2026 from Feiwel & Friends. Rep'd by Kristen Terrette, Martin Literary Mgmnt.
Anita Lincoln ARTS @anitalincoln.bsky.social https://anitalincolnarts.weebly.com
Artist 👩🏽🎨. Wizard🧙🏽♀️. Creator🎨. Instructor👻 . Esoteric Guide🪄. Dreamer💭. Story Teller📖 . Lackadaisical Gardener🪴. Photographer📸 . Undiagnosed Neurodivergent✨. Ally🏳️🌈🦄 🏳️⚧️. Thai 🇹🇭🇺🇸 American. 🌞♊️🌅♉️ 🌝♐️ Year of 🪵 🌱 🐅🐯
Fromthemixedupdesk @fromthemixedupdesk.bsky.social Indigenous (Ojibwe) book content creator.
Acquisitions Editor @Boozhoo Books with Bindery Books, publishing stories that haunt and heal
https://linktr.ee/Fromthemixedupdesk
Erika DiPasquale | KidLit Editor @erika-dipasquale.bsky.social Editor at HarperCollins Children’s Books
Opinions my own
She/Her
https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/erika-dipasquale/
Athena @athenam.bsky.social Gardening, quilting, reading and using my middle school teacher voice to resist and organize. Blue hair. Blue votes.
JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler @jenfw.bsky.social Children's Author / Puzzle Specialist
Author of 30+ #kidlit books, including fiction, text books, NF puzzle books, and comic books.
The Puzzler's Guides to Alaska, Oregon, and California: one part puzzle book + one part natural history guide.
Anne Ursu @anneursu.bsky.social I write books, herd cats, and mostly stay under the bed. Latest release: Not Quite a Ghost. Minneapolis, always.
anneursu@mac.com
Elena Carmichael @elenacatdraws.bsky.social Author/illustrator with a love for animals, flowers, and everything colorful!
Repped by Painted Words.
elenacarmichael.com
Elizabeth Metz @thefinestmuffins.bsky.social Illustrator, writer, nonprofit staffer, Reds fan, bookworm, pedestrian, houseplant and voting rights enthusiast. She/her. What, people who like baseball can't like books?
📍Cincinnati, OH
https://www.elizabeth-metz.com
Stephen Ingram @stepheningram.bsky.social Represented by Michelle Wittie.
My top five favorite things to draw are dinosaurs, space, children, dinosaurs in space with children—and, of course, space chickens.
Nidhi Chanani @nidhiart.bsky.social Bestselling author (!!)
📚PASHMINA, SUPER BOBA CAFÉ, JUKEBOX, STRONG, SHARK PRINCESS, I WILL BE FIERCE and more
Rep Jodi Reamer at Writers House
Kids Can Press @kidscanpress.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of picture books for children 3-7 & non-fiction, fiction & graphic novels for children 8-12.