Liberal @fanar.bsky.social 🧢Liberal. Dog lover. Openly and unabashedly optimistic about our future.
No crypto, no money, no pornography.
Tamiko Nimura @tamikonimura.bsky.social Writer, community journalist, public historian. Memoir A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE coming 4/26. Words in SF Chronicle, Zocalo Public Square, Smithsonian, Discover Nikkei, The Rumpus. 4ever English major. <3: @joshpar.bsky.social Rep: Transatlantic Agency
Becky Masson @easyrecipesdash.com Easy, #healthy & delicious #recipes to inspire your daily #cooking! 🍜🍽️👨🍳📸
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Jesse O Benitez - Writing @jesseobenitez.bsky.social Lifelong reader & writer
I'm here to make friends (especially people who write/read books) please reach out 📚📝✍️
I hope to make a better world for everybody
Never let them get you down!
https://linktr.ee/JesseOBenitez
Caroline Kind @carolinekind.bsky.social MG author, educator, researcher, reader, learner | She/Her | Halifax, NS |
Melinda Layten - Writes about Hazel an Immortal Cat @mlayten.bsky.social What the Fire Didn't Take - Debut Middle Grade Novel about 2 autistic girls 2000 years apart and the cat who knew them both. Modern day Minnesota meets Library of Alexandria and what it means to learn and be heard. #Autism #Querying
Jessica Braidan @jessicabraidan.bsky.social 📚 Color & Discover series — fact-and-coloring books for curious kids 4 and up. Surprising facts + bold pictures to color + try-it activities. Read, create, discover, screen-free. 🦕🚀🐴 jessicabraidan.com
https://www.facebook.com/jessica.braidan/
Cindy Schwind @cindyschwind1.bsky.social Reader! BookPosse Member! Indie Book Crawl! Friday Night Raffle! Retired Reading Specialist!
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.
Maya P. Lim @mayaplim.bsky.social Designer, author, illustrator. THE STORY OF LEO LIONNI (Viking ’27). GHOST GIGGLES (Scholastic ‘27). BEAR HUGS (Scholastic ‘26). Rep: Andrea Morrison @ Writers House.
Repost! Repost! @repostrepost.bsky.social Frederick Post: Amateur, Dabbler and Dilettante. Mostly Reposts + Images + Occasional AI Slop.
Joe Hessert @joehessert.bsky.social Seeking Representation for my Middle Grade Fantasy Debut | MFA, Iowa Writers’ Workshop
joehessert.com
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
North of November @north-of-november.bsky.social Electrical engineer & entrepreneur. Author of Built to Last. I write about business, books, and the human stories in between. → minetuut.wordpress.com
Miya T. Beck @miyatbeck.bsky.social Author of The Pearl Hunter and Through a Clouded Mirror | Oxford comma convert | recovering journalist | obsessed with cats and kitsune
https://www.miyabeck.com 
Del Potter PhD @drdelpotter.bsky.social I’m deeply immersed in the intersections of neuroscience, ethnobotany, & pharmacological research, I thrive on leveraging science to enhance human well-being and longevity. After years of scientific writing I’m writing fiction and a cinematic memoir.
Aimee L. Gross @aimeegross.bsky.social MG and YA author with two books out in the world : “If Crows Know Best” and “No Mercy From Crows” with more to come! SCBWI , Kansas Authors Club.
Melissa Bergum @writingbubbly.bsky.social Kidlit author seeking rep, deaf in one ear, living with chronic migraines, Searchlight Awards 2024 Best Children's Novel Opening Longlistee, SCBWI member, cat wrangler, book dragon, geek
website: melissambergum.wixsite.com/melissabergum
Harrison Mooney @harrisonmooney.bsky.social Author of INVISIBLE BOY, winner of the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, BITTERSWEET (spring 2027) and I JUST HAVE TO RACE ALL THESE GHOSTS (summer 2027). Host of @TheTyee podcast. East Vancouver.
Joan Timmings @joantimmings.bsky.social Writer and aspiring author of picture books, middle grade, and some for adults, too. Love quirky kids, reluctant heroes, and poetry and being caught off-guard by a surprise laugh.
Celia Cataldo @ccat7.bsky.social ✍️Writer with a focus on middle grade. It's always Halloween in my 🖤. Lover of animal sanctuaries 🐾, meteor showers ✨, & oddities. LGBTQIA 🌈, vegetarian, & frequent 🩸 donor. Always open to a good book recommendation 📚
Michelle Nott @michnott.bsky.social Bilingual 🇺🇸🇫🇷 Educator & Children’s Book Author, Enchanted Lion Books.
https://linktr.ee/MichelleNott?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Hey, Jim Hill! @heyjimhill.bsky.social Word nerd, pixel wrangler. Writes funny on purpose.
VCFA WCYA SCBWI
www.heyjimhill.com
Mary R. @amerrywrath.bsky.social I write quips, not tragedies. |she/her| VCFA's Writing for Children and Young Adults MFA '26 | books |TTRPGs | movies | nature/science shenanigans | new to Bluesky, not the internet
(pfp by Makowka/picrew)
Art commission carrd-> https://keirelo.carrd.co/
Jenn Gaulding @jenngauldingbooks.bsky.social #PB Writer 📖✏️
Math & Science Educator 🧮🌳💙
Member of 12x12 and SCBWI Southern Breeze
Halloweensie, SunWriteFun, SpringFlingKidlit '25 Winner
Valentiny, WKLN '25 HM
Sue Sutherland, Author - TWELVE DAYS AT GLACIER @suemt.bsky.social Debut picture book author - TWELVE DAYS AT GLACIER, granola girl, weaver, quilter, traveler, photographer, 12x12, Montana SCBWI
Coming Soon - HOW HANNAH GOT HER LUMP OF COAL (2026), TWELVE DAYS AT YELLOWSTONE (2027), & NOTHING BUT NET TROUBLE
@whothefami.bsky.social @whothefami.bsky.social Hierarchy only exists in the minds of those who have not broken free of such illusions. https://whothefami.substack.com
@Cross_theIine @cross-theline.bsky.social The Human race has a serious Control Freak problem
@Cross_theline and YOU are going to resolve that
I support the Iranian people 🇮🇷
#EndWar #EndTyranny #Cross_theline
Dan O’Mahony @danoauthor.bsky.social I was raised in a library by a pack wild fantasy novels who brought me up as if I was one of their own.
ashleylaffin @ashleylaffin.bsky.social Debut PB The Balloonimals available now!🎈Wife & mom💗 MFA Grad. Writer. Marketer. SCBWI member & guest blogger April ‘24. Kids’ Choice KidLit Writing Contest HM ‘24📚
Brett Harper @brettharper.bsky.social #Disabled anti #ChildAbuse and #TroubledTeenIndustry #author & #activist. #Musician & #poet. #Progressive living in #PDX. Check out my #books on #Amazon or my #blog on my website for more info. Brett-Harper.com
Moonheart Wolves @moonheartwolves.bsky.social Building the world of MOONHEART — a xenofiction wolf fantasy
Five packs. Broken moon. A magic that remembers. Follow along for worldbuilding, sneak peeks, and the occasional chaos.
Which pack are you? 🐺
Story/Art by BixByte
The Overlord of Books and Authors @books.overlordshop.com We make the Unseen, seen. 100% Hate-free!
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Maria is Writing @mariakidlit.bsky.social #Kidlit PB/MG writer and enthusiast
Parent
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#Scbwi
Nature
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Kelli Caldwell @kellicaldwell.bsky.social My essay "Mom's Last Gun" @ The Marshall Project | Mental health and GV advocate | Substack: kellicaldwell | Award-winning Songwriter | Kids' music profile is @kelliwellikids | Grammy voter | JLSC Grand Prize | ISC Win | JMA Win
Kim Ryan - Middle Grade Fantasy Author & Illustrator 📚✨🎨 @kruss1013.bsky.social MG Fantasy Author of Elvina Wispwhistle Series • Artist • Classically Trained Mezzo-Soprano • Lyricist • Frmr Marketing Exec. • 9/11 Survivor • Believer in Fairies and Magic •🌟🧚🐉
Amazon➡️ https://a.co/d/0fiZla5M
Website➡️ https://elvinawispwhistlebooks.com
G.G. Sherrill @ggsherrillreads.bsky.social Writer, Aspiring Middle-Grade Novelist, Traveler, Fan of Nature, Folklore, Underdogs, Paranormal/Spooky, Humor, Encouraging Boys to Read, Making a Difference.
www.ggsherrill.com
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
Write Query Hook @writequeryhook.bsky.social Find the right agents. Fast. Purpose driven tools to help writers out of the query trenches and onto agent client lists. Your agent is calling - try it free: www.writequeryhook.com/
Rusty Fischer | Children's Author @rustyfischer.bsky.social Rusty Fischer's poems for children have appeared in Reader’s Digest, Good Housekeeping and Woman’s Day. His latest poem, “Socks,” is currently featured in The Dirigible Balloon.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/byseries/36446
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Callum Laing @callumlaing.bsky.social I help ambitious people raise capital, get board seats, take companies public. Let's get more entrepreneurs and builders on bsky!
Author of 4 best selling business books
Get Launched @getlaunched.bsky.social Make yourself the 'Go To' person in any industry and earn a side income from running small networking events.
Earn through entrance fees, membership fees, sponsorships & deals. GetLaunched.org
∙ ᴘᴀᴜʟɪɴᴀ ∙ @iamthepaulina.bsky.social So politoxicated. Hic et Nunc.
Forever grateful and sarcastic.
I'm moving my needle far away from the DNC. Don't let me.
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Brock Stephen Henning @bshenning.bsky.social #kidlit @SCBWIRockyMtn member 📚 MG Author/Illustrator of HACKERS: WORM EATER and the HACKERS series 👾 gamer, sax player, fly fisher, tech geek, film buff 🌐 www.brockhenning.com
Khione 💜💙 Sastrugi @khionesnowgoddess.bsky.social Dog Worshipping, Mountain Loving, Useless Solivigant. Environment is my highest priority. I’m PETRIFIED about overpopulation / overshoot. There are way too many people & most consuming way too much!
I desperately wish Women were in charge! (I’m NOT one😏)
Casey Bloome Writes @caseybloomewrites.bsky.social Aspiring author. SCBWI & MGHub member. Technically a half-elf.
Cyberflaneurs @cyberflaneurs.bsky.social 
Little Island Books @littleislandbooks.bsky.social Independent press publishing the best new Irish writing for young readers. Supported by Arts Council Ireland. Repped in UK by Bounce Sales & Marketing.
Books create waves.
Lou Piccolo | Picture book & middle-grade editor & author @loupiccolo.bsky.social What do I do?
✨ Help kidlit authors write & revise their books
✨ Host Middle Grade Made Easy(er) podcast
✨ Run Rhyme Made Easy(er) membership
Start here⇣
https://linktr.ee/LouPiccolo
Kristine Ada Carter @kristineadacarter.bsky.social MG and YA writer and poet. Represented by literary agent, A.J. Van Belle at The Booker Albert Literary Agency. KristineAdaCarter.com
Scott Singer @schwarzinexile.bsky.social Utility nerd. Interested in math, linguistics, geography, history, reading, statistics, data science, coding (R, Python, Java, SQL, and TI BASIC), and baseball, among other things.
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
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Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Honey Hyman-Dworsky @hymandworsky.bsky.social Aspiring writer to beginner writer to amateur author to professional author.
Currently in step 3.
Gill Evans. Counselling Psychologist AFBPsS. @gillevansx.bsky.social Psychologist living in Philadelphia from the UK.
Gill Evans author of The Anxious Therapist, YouTuber and Wordler. Honourable Mention for my book by Hay House.
Go to my website Anxioustherapist.com for £1 or $1 kindle book. Download kindle app free.
Chong lee @chonglee.bsky.social Building construction
@bettebergeron.bsky.social @bettebergeron.bsky.social 
SelfPubShelf | Your Book’s Escape from Algorithm Jail @selfpubshelf.com Tired of shouting into Amazon’s void? SelfPubShelf.com is the indie author’s rebellion against invisibility.
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We Do What Amazon Won’t:
Get found by readers Googling your genre.
Drive traffic that makes Amazon’s system beg to recommend you.
Lynn Wong 🐳 @lynngracewong.bsky.social Wishing you grit and grace on this road less traveled by!
Winner of Austin SCBWI 2021 Creators of Diverse Worlds Scholarship. 2021 WriteMentor alum and 2022 mentor. Proud Mom of five! 🇵🇭
Patrick McGahon @paadzer.bsky.social Irish gay guy in the East of England 🏳️🌈
In my fifties
EastEnders & Bargain Hunt fan
RIP mum 💔 2022
Worked at Cambridge University & NHS
Awful at responding to DMs
Sober a few years
Not looking for hookups or onlyfans subscriptions
Wendy Parris @wendyparrisauthor.bsky.social MG author: FIELD OF SCREAMS and STAGE FRIGHT both Delacorte Press rep: Sara Megibow
https://www.wendyparris.com/home
@buba787.bsky.social @buba787.bsky.social 
Kristen M. Kareem 🍉 ☮️ @kristenmkareem.bsky.social ✍🏻 Writer 📚@HighlightsFound Scholarship Recipient (‘24) & Highlights Muslim Storyteller ('23) & We Need Kidlit Now Winner (‘24) 🧕🏻🍉 Muslim 👩🏫 Educator 🛶 MN girl 🏃♀️Runner 💗 Wife and Mama to three ✨ Writings here: https://linktr.ee/Sagasofsabr
Kindlei – Smarter Kindle Book Discovery @kindlei.bsky.social Where Kindle books stay visible, not buried.
For indie and traditional authors who want lasting discoverability.
📘 List your book → kindlei.com
KidsWord & AllKidsBooks – Explore, Read & Share! @allkidsbooks.com 🌟 Join our vibrant community of children's book lovers!
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Chris Low @chrislowauthor.bsky.social I'm a #kidlit writer, special education coach, and blogger for @themixed-upfiles.bsky.social
Stories in @highlightsmagazine.bsky.social, @cricketmediainc.bsky.social, etc. | more at www.chrislowauthor.com
Joni Pope @jonipopewrites.bsky.social MG/YA writer. Hamline MFAC. Storymakers Guild member. Bookworm 📚🐛. Maker of amigurumi. Loves sloths 🦥. Nerd. “Have courage and be kind.” She/Her
Author Suzy Davies Award-Winning Children's Books and YA LitFic @birdwriterwrites.bsky.social Cheese lover, animal/nature admirer, movie & anime lover, loves music. I love writing children's and ya books. Children's lyricist and composer. Children's Musicals.
NO CHAT UNLESS I KNOW YOU
BULLIES OUT
IF YOU COPY MY LINKS BOOK HASHTAGS please.
Jo Knowles @joknowles.bsky.social Author: http://www.joknowles.com #kidlit #AABB #PB #MG #Tween #YA
Editorial Services: https://www.revise-and-shine.com/jo-knowles
Author visits: https://www.joknowles.com/school-visits
Teacher: Mountainview #MFA Center For Cartoon Studies (summers)
Becky Kidd @mrsbkiddfcps.bsky.social 4th grade teacher, wife, and mom of 4.
Tasslyn - AKA Dr. Sasslyn @tasslyn.bsky.social Poet. Superfan - AUTHORS. KIDLIT. BOOKS. 
Jo Cardillo @jocardillo.bsky.social Painter, writer, and consumer of 9 servings of veggies daily (trying).
Invisible9111 @invisible9111.bsky.social Keep up the good fight getting involved, resist toxic ideologies as Climate change is a real issue > No King USA Resist > @Invisible 9111
Maureen Egan @maureeneganva.bsky.social Researching & writing about Ruth Henshaw Bascom with my sister Mary Eileen Fouratt. Author of Insiders’ Guide 2 RVA + Richmond’s Culinary History, Webinar Coordinator: SCBWI Mid-Atlantic. Paint on my hands, dirt on my shirt, crumbs on my lap. she/her
Astrid Aillume @aillume.bsky.social A detective. Astrid Aillume's New Case: A Billionaire's Mystery
Cracking a case is like salty liquorice.
Surprising at first,but ultimately addictive.
Sue (Susan Uhlig) she/her @susanuhlig.bsky.social Married. Children's Author. Writing PB, MG, some YA. Kidlit. SCBWI Regional Advisor Emerita. Former Institute of Children’s Literature Instructor.
I write helps & book recs on my site susanuhlig.com.
WA state. Owned by cat.
Rachel Cantor @rachelcantor.bsky.social Author of the adult literary novels Half-Life of a Stolen Sister (2023), Good on Paper (2016), and A Highly Unlikely Scenario (2014). Now writing speculative MG/YA. Flailing but I mean well. She/her. www.rachelcantor.com
Danielle Anderson @fortheloveofkidlit.bsky.social Freelance editor and aspiring pb author
Tabitchin @tabitchin.bsky.social Tabitchin is a lifetime full-on multi-instrumentalist who knows his way around the music studio. He’s a music producer, composer, singer-songwriter of rock & metal. See profile on Distrokid.
www.TabitchinRecordingStudio.com