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
Emma Applegarth @emmaapple.bsky.social 🪻Scientist, writer, earth lover. 📝Aspiring #kidlit author. 🌟2025 #PBRisingStars mentee.
Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul @sonjacherrypaul.bsky.social Educator * 2x NYT Bestselling Author * Founder of Red Clay Educators * Institute for Racial Equity in Literacy * she/her/hers * linktr.ee/sonjacherrypaul
Rajani LaRocca @rajanilarocca.bsky.social 2022 Newbery Honoree, Walter Award, Golden Kite winner. Doctor, author of MG & PB, fiction & nonfiction, prose & poetry. Pro-democracy, pro-reproductive freedom, anti-book bans.
Rep: Brent Taylor
www.RajaniLaRocca.com
Niña Mata - KidLit Artist @ninamataart.bsky.social 🇵🇭🇺🇸 KidLit Author/Illustrator. NYT Bestseller. Mom. Wife. Old school gamer. My favorite RPG game is Escape from Monkey Island. IG:ninamataart Rep: Christy Ewers, CAT Agency
Emeline Lee @emelineleebooks.bsky.social Author of children’s literature
🚀 BONNIE’S ROCKET with Lee & Low
👻 GWEI THE HUNGRY GHOST with Kokila (Pre-order now! Out on 1/13/26)
12 x 12 Challenge | Kweli Journal | hobby crocheter 🧶
Lynnor Bontigao @lbontigao.bsky.social Author-Illustrator:SARI-SARI SUMMERS Illustrator: MILES AHEAD('26), LOOKING FOR GIFTS & TALENTS('27),AT THE END OF THE DAY,KAILANI'S GIFT,SEASHELL KEY Series, THE WORLD'S BEST CLASS PLANT,YOU ARE REVOLUTIONARY,JACK & AGYU https://linktr.ee/lynnorbontigao
Ariel Vanece @arielvanece.bsky.social (She/they) 🏳️🌈✦Writer👩🏾💻✦SEARCHING FOR MR. JOHNSON’S SONG (Rocky Pond Books/Penguin ‘25) ✦ FREE MUSEUM DAY (RPB/PRH ‘25) Rep: Ana Crespo
lissette norman @lissettenorman.bsky.social afro-dominican. poet. picture book editor. author of MY FEET ARE LAUGHING, PLÁTANOS GO WITH EVERYTHING, ABUELA’S LIBRARY (6/11/24). ΔΣΘ 🇩🇴 lissettenorman.com
LeVar Burton @levarburton.bsky.social Kunta, Geordi, Reading Rainbow guy. Flies twice as high… #bydhttmwfi
Teresa Rodrigues @teresarodrigues.bsky.social Histotechnologist turned Children’s Books Author
📚 WHERE THEY GATHER (Atheneum, ‘26)
Rep’d by @christietellsastory from @the_cat_agency
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
Barefoot Books @barefootbooks.bsky.social "The standard of excellence in children's books" - Forbes
Barefoot Books is an award-winning, independent, women-owned and run, children’s book publisher based in Concord, MA. 
Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich @olugbemisolabooks.bsky.social olugbemisolabooks.com
Blackreadingjoy @robinlashanna.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Activist. Public health. Retired chef. Hufflepuff
Current Reads:
The Kingmaker
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
Word Up Community Bookshop / Librería Comunitaria @wordupbooks.bsky.social Collectively run non-profit bookshop & arts space in Washington Heights NYC 🗽 Check out our new space Recirculation!
Books of Wonder @booksofwonder.bsky.social Open 11am-7pm, 7 days a week📚
NYC's largest independent children's bookstore 🌈
Alyssa Reynoso-Morris @areynosomorris.bsky.social AUTHOR (Plàtanos Are Love, The Bronx Is My Home, Gloriana Presente & more) 📖 Keynote Speaker & Educator 🎤 Environmentalist ♻ AfroLatinx 🇩🇴🇵🇷
Kweli Journal @kwelijournal.bsky.social Award-winning literary magazine and nonprofit. Kweli means truth. We seek out, support, and publish writers of color who sing the truth. See upcoming workshops, events, and programs: linktr.ee/kwelijournal. Photo: Tandem Collective
SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators
Supporting quality children’s books & the artists who make them since 1971.
The Storytellers Foundation | The Storyteller's Shelf Podcast @tstorypodcast.bsky.social https://thestorytellersshelfpodcast.com 📚 Kidlit experts. 📖 We demystify publishing! | 🥇 Top 100 & Spotify Award-Winning Podcast | Home of The Big Bang Notable Book List & The Storytellers Summit Series | summit.getstoryrise.com
Katie McEnaney @katiemcenaney.bsky.social Teacher. Writer. Lover of words and history. One-time archaeologist. Nonfiction Ninja mentee. SCBWI. 12x12. #amquerying #5thgrade She/her. https://katiemcenaney.com/ and https://www.thelogonauts.com/ for book rec's
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)
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
Liz Lazar (she/her) @lizlazarlit.bsky.social #PB writer, former reading teacher, boy & dog mama, 🎶 & 🌎 lover. Highlights/Boyds Mills Scholarship Winner 2026, #12x12 Scholarship Winner 2025 & 2024, #PBParty HM 2024, #PBRisingStars Mentee 2023, #SCBWI #KidLit #CBA #LyricalLanguageLab ✨Seeking Rep
Andrew Allsop @allsopsfables.bsky.social Children’s book author, #PBParty Finalist ’25, #PBRisingStars Mentee ’23, WriteHive Mentee ’24, member of SCBWI, repped by @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social at Bradford Literary Agency.
Ebony Lynn Mudd (she/her) @ebonylynnmudd.bsky.social PEOPLE Magazine ✨ featured author
🎤 Just Like Tina (PRH • Jan 27th)
🌊Swim Like Them (S&S)
🩰 Junior Takes a Leap (Scholastic)
Now booking school visits for Black History Month ‘26 + beyond.
🌸Website: www.ebonylynnmudd.com
📚PB Courses: www.thepbretreat.com
Kailei Pew @kaileipewbooks.bsky.social Children’s Book Author
THE MONSTER ABOVE THE BED
KID-VENTORS
I SEE COLOR
Repped by Emily Forney of Bookends Lit
kaileipewbooks.com
Kate Allen Fox @kateallenfox.bsky.social #kidlit author:
🍃PANDO (SLJ ⭐) Capstone, 2021
🌖A FEW BEAUTIFUL MINUTES (Kirkus ⭐/ PW ⭐) LBYR, 2023
🔥WINTER SOLSTICE WISH, Beaming Books, 2024
Jerrold Connors @jerroldconnors.bsky.social 
Cheri Thriver @cherithriver.bsky.social Always curious. Writer. #PBRisingStarsCollective #12x12PB #amquerying #kidlit Recipe developer. Product designer. Funma! (she/her) Blog: http://cooking2thrive.com
Susan @sburdorf.bsky.social Member of 12x12 PB Writing Challenge; The Writer’s Sanctuary; Ebony Lynn Mudd’s PB Retreat; published author; collector of socks; herder of cats. Welcome to my world.
Shaunessy Sinnett @shsinnett.bsky.social #KidLitWriter/SCBWI/12x12 • Published in Little Thoughts Press • ‘24-25 Winner Halloweensie, #KidLitChuckleChallenge & SunWriteFun • ‘25 HM #50PreciousWords & Valentiny • Performer: Riverdance
Shuba Mohan @shubamohan.bsky.social Writer, wanderer, and wonderer
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
Anya-Kaye @afrancis211.bsky.social Picture book creator. Woman of God. Former School Counselor. Disabled Vet. Wheelchair operator 🦽👩🏾🦽➡️♿️ Living by faith 🐝🐝🐝 DST 🔺🐘
Maliha Sheikh @malihasheikh.bsky.social Mom to Humans, Dogs, and Cats, Psychologist and KidLit Author
#12X12, #SCBWI NJ
Board Member of Women Who Write, Inc.
Vivian Kirkfield's *50 Words* Honorable Mention 2026
Amy R. Murrell @amyrmurrellauthor.bsky.social Clinical Psychologist; Author, Member of the Authors' Guild, SCBWI, Mighty KidLit, 12x12, Storyteller Academy, Children’s Book Academy , and more :)
Carrie Logsdon McCullough @zoodocwrites.bsky.social Mom, Grammy, retired zoo dentist, kidlit author, Regional Advisor #SCBWI Ohio Central & South, #12x12, #CtC, #STA, #PBRisingStar mentee ‘24&’25, PBRS Collective, Back in the query trenches carrielogsdonmccullough.com
Jackie Morera (she/her) @jmorerabooks.bsky.social Latina author of IN CASE OF LAS MOSCAS (9/8/26), TOGETHER WE REMEMBER, ABUELO’S FLOWER SHOP, and more!
Lian Cho @liantomato.bsky.social Author and illustrator of many goofy books.
I won an award and I won’t shut up about it.
I also run a newsletter about my silly life.
Sara Holly Ackerman @sarahollyackerman.bsky.social children's book author of THE GABI THAT GIRMA WORE (Little, Brown 2024), NOT JUST THE DRIVER (Beach Lane Books, April 9, 2024), CHALLAH FOR SHABBAT TONIGHT (Fall 2024), school librarian
Michelle Jing Chan (she/her) 🌈 @michellejingchan.bsky.social ✏️ 🎨 Kidlit Author-Illustrator
💜 Rep: @jemiscoe.bsky.social
📚2025: PRIDE, 100 DAYS, WEIWEI'S WINTER SOLSTICE
💻 https://linktr.ee/michellejingchan
kocona @kocona.bsky.social 🐚Picture books| Illustration
🚂Hop on!
@whatchudrawing.bsky.social @whatchudrawing.bsky.social 
Beehandi @beehandi.bsky.social She/her
Kidlit Illustrator/ writer.
Insta @bhandiillustration
http://www.bhandiboe.com
Catholic 😂, wife 😊, mom of 3 🤪 ADHD and ASD 💖🎨💪🎧 SCBWI IC MD/DE/WV
Sarah Wheeler @sarahsart.bsky.social Artist • Illustrator
Member of SCBWI
Anna Cechony @wovenexperience.bsky.social Disability doula, coach, aspiring children’s book author, sewist, knitter, coco bb 😷
Kinsey @poor-artist.bsky.social Illustrator, novice handler (dog show), clown enthusiast
Megan Ray Durkin @mother-goose.bsky.social #Kidlit author - following the child, seeking rep, Montessorian, #SCBWI #12x12PB #writingcommunity #PBSummit ‘22 #PBRisingStars ‘23 Mentee, can make you a cake 🫘
Theresa Godfrey @theresagodfrey.bsky.social 📚 Picture book author/illustrator obsessed with skies and seas
🎨 Art Studio @ the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Catherine Ann Velasco @cat4.bsky.social Children's Book Author of BEHIND THE SCENES OF PRO BASEBALL ⚾️ and BEHIND THE SCENES OF PRO BASKETBALL 🏀.
Assistant Regional Advisor for #SCBWI- IL
Koi Latina Mama
National Parks Super Fan
Children's Library Volunteer Guru
Nancy Stark Lee 🇨🇦 @drnancydraws.bsky.social #kidlit author-illustrator seeking representation | #PBRisingstars 2023 alum | SCBWI San Diego Own Voices Illustrator Award Winner 2024
https://linktr.ee/drnancydraws
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