#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
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Shobha Rao @shobharao.bsky.social Author of INDIAN COUNTRY, GIRLS BURN BRIGHTER, and AN UNRESTORED WOMAN
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
Emily Machelle Bailey @emilymachelleb.bsky.social KidLit author repped by @AliceWilliamsLiterary
MG/YA Community&Program lead for #InkedVoices
Yogi, toy poodle mum, English tea drinker & chocolate eater.
Mary Boone @boonewrites.bsky.social Author of books for curious kids. 📕✏️📚
UNFATHOMABLE, FLYING FEMINIST, PEDAL PUSHER, SCHOOL OF FISH, BUGS FOR BREAKFAST and more.
Lauren Whitney (she/her) is querying! @laurenem6.bsky.social Mom of two, #kidlit writer, elementary school librarian, movie-lover, crazy LEGO lady
she/her
Cait Darfler..... is on SUBMISSION! @caitdarfler.com picture book writer. mom. geologist. environmentalist. gardener. jigsaw puzzler. #SCBWI #kidlit 🏳️🌈
PBParty2025 Finalist!
www.caitdarfler.com
Rep'd by Joyce Sweeney @joycekay.bsky.social
Michele Helene @michverilion.bsky.social She/her An ex-Londoner, almost Parisienne. Golden Egg alumni, writer of things, mostly YA, with a penchant for red shoes. 
Johanna T @ Boise CAF H4 @johannamation.bsky.social 👻 BUY THE GHOSTKEEPER GN!👇
theghostkeeper.carrd.co
Award-winning Comic Artist ✦ Illustrator ✦ Writer ✦ TTRPGer ✦ She/Her 💖💜💙
Rep: Laurel Symonds (KT Lit)
🌎 Portfolio: johannamation.com
Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Paul Chambers. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social Writer/illustrator of the LOKI: A Bad God's Guide books, Writer of Otherland & The Dragon in the Library. https://louiestowell.com. No terfs. Many fluctuating fandoms incluing BtVS + Doctor Who. This feed isn't for kids.
Dan Hobden @danhobdenwrites.bsky.social Author in progress. Golden Egg alumni. When I’m not writing, I’m outdoors enjoying the countryside. Or watching rugby.
Julia Blackburn @juliathumwrites.bsky.social Writer of childrens’ stories inspired by the magic of nature. The May Day Chorus = #2 in The Songbird Choir Series out now!🦅 🪶🐦.
Harriet Howe @harriethowebks.bsky.social Picture book author rep’d by Clare Wallace at Darley Anderson Children’s Book Agency
The Bookseller @thebookseller.com At the heart of the book trade since 1858📚
News, charts, previews and more, online & in print. Buyer's Guides, conferences & The British Book Awards (Nibbies)✨
Rashmi Sirdeshpande @rashmiwriting.bsky.social Neurodivergent (AuDHD). Learner. Dreamer. Award-winning children's author. Musings on books, writing, creativity and ND life. Agent: Lydia Silver
https://linktr.ee/rashmiwriting
Mr Ripley’s Enchanted Books @mrripleysbooks.bsky.social Children’s Books and Illustration Website. mrripleysenchantedbooks.com
WriteMentor @write-mentor.bsky.social Join our supportive community of children's fiction writers 📝
Andy Ruffell @andyruffell.bsky.social Writer (rep’d J Mustelier @ Bent Agency), adopted Northerner & Hachette Children’s Novel Award Winner 2021 with Lily Grim and the City of Undone
Melissa Welliver - TO THE DEATH available to pre-order NOW! @melliver.bsky.social YA Speculative Author | Rep: Lucy Irvine PFD | Writer of YA Dystopia | TO THE DEATH out with Hachette Children's Group March 2026 | Co-Host of The Chosen Ones and Other Tropes podcast | she/her
Julia Tuffs @juliatuffs.bsky.social Writer of things.
45 Things To Do Before You’re 45 out now on Audible.
Here for all your staring out of window needs. Team Cat. She/her.
Lauren St John @laurenstjohn.bsky.social Children's author & conservationist. @BornFreeFDN ambassador & @manechance patron. She/her. THE LION CUB’S SECRET out on 9 October 2025
David Barker @dbarker22000.bsky.social Author of cli-fi thrillers, children's adventure books and pantomime scripts. Published by Bloodhound Books, Tiny Tree & Lazy Bee respectively. Tennis, golf, am-dram and surfing when not writing.
https://davidbarkerauthor.co.uk
Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social Over 30 years in commercial art and more than 20 as a published author – mostly children's and young adult. No hope of ever getting a proper job. Lifelong nerd who's concerned about climate change. No AI slop wanted. He/Him. http://oisinmcgann.com/
Mel Darbon @meldarbon.bsky.social Award winning author:ROSIE LOVES JACK: Honour Book Malka Penn Award for Human Rights in Children's Literature: Sunday Times YA Book of the Year: Shortlisted Best Book 2022 Netherlands
WHAT THE WORLD DOESN'T SEE: March 2023 NeuroDiversity
Lisa Williamson @lwilliamsonauthor.bsky.social MG/YA author (Bigg School, The Art of Being Normal etc). Books, whippets, dessert.
JP ROSE AKA JACQUI ROSE @jprosewriter.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling crime author. Award winning children's writer. Teamed up to write books with my buddy, Martina Cole. Owned by horses, cats and dogs. Find me in the land of unicorns.
Alice Oseman @aliceoseman.bsky.social author, illustrator, screenwriter, creator of HEARTSTOPPER 🍂
Lou Abercrombie @louabercrombie.bsky.social Author | Photographer
In the middle of writing a book…
https://www.louabercrombie.com
https://mybook.to/LouAbercrombieBooks
Lorelle Page @lorellepage.bsky.social Aussie YA writer of quirky, sarcastic characters in contemporary coming-of-age stories💙#survivingblue💙
Cathy Johnson @dadslibrary.bsky.social Writing YA and teen. Northern Writers Debut Fiction Award 2019, Guppy YA SL 2022. #SCBWI, #MAWFYP Bath Spa. Lupus warrior. Former GP.
Clare McCarron @claremccarron.bsky.social @BathSpaUni #mawfyp WIP YA In a haze of angst and anger, a city teen collides with the wild Scottish Highlands. LL Guppy 2024, CNPKids Top 100
Carolyn Ward @carolynward.bsky.social Ma/Viking/MG author, rep by Thérèse Coen. Published by Welbeck/Hachette #WWFC
linktr.ee/Carolynward
@carolynwardwriting Insta/Tiktok
Bella Bright books. Gimme the spooky 👻
Justyn Edwards @justynedwards.bsky.social Author of the GREAT FOX series. Capable of typing and making things up simultaneously.
Agent: morgangreencreatives.com
Me: justynedwards.com
Gaynor Andrews @gaynorandrews.bsky.social Children's author and poet | 'Pandora and the Story Forge' pub by Rocket Bird Books | @scbwi | Based in NE Scotland
https://gaynorandrews.online/
Claire Barker @clairebarker.bsky.social Words, pictures and plants. Author of Knitbone Pepper series, Picklewitch and Jack series. Hettie Nettle’s Handbook for Hedgewitches out now. Rep’d by Julia Churchill at AM Heath. https://linktr.ee/clairebarker
WRDaboutbooks @wrdmag.bsky.social Hello we're WRDmag - The STUFFED-FULL-OF-BOOKS, BOOKY magazine all about new titles, authors & booky bits for 8-14 yr olds, since 2003. To read the latest magazine online: http://www.wrdmag.co.uk
Bec Tonks @bectonks-authillo.bsky.social Author / Illustrator *seeking representation* #PB #MG #YA #NewAdult #amquerying @SCBWI_BI member
Lindsay Galvin @lindsaygalvin.bsky.social Author 🐙🐉🚢 MG historical adventures: @chickenhsebooks chapter books: @bigcatreading
and more!
Rep: @litagentclare
She/her
JL Bleakley @jlbleakley.bsky.social YA author | Proofreader | YA Book JAM Podcast
Adrian Lynch @adrian-lynch.bsky.social UK Writer. Member of the Society of Authors. GEA alumni. SCBWI. Debut Middle-Grade novel due for publication 28th Feb. 2025.
C Nicholson @herbiecax.bsky.social Writer & dreamer of stories; parent & gardener. Usually found inside a research rabbit hole or walking the dog. 
Taslin Pollock @taslinpollock.bsky.social Writer | Contemporary MG | Scottish Book Trust New Writer Awardee 2024 | S1 Leeds Literary LL 2024 | All Stories Mentee 2022 | HarperCollins Academy 2022 | Searchlight Novel Opening SL 2022 | Golden Egg Award SL 2022 | she/her
Arts On The Move @artsonthemove.bsky.social Writer, drama teacher, Lancaster Playwriting Prize winner, Write Mentor longlistee, author of the infamous Harry Rings, Lord of the Potters and other plays... 
C.T. Burr @ctburr.bsky.social Mother to four womb gremlins and a Great Dane. Writer of middle grade fantasy. GEA alumni. Write Magic member. Hoping to submit in 2025.
Lynden Wade @lwadewrites1066.bsky.social Writer, reader, mother, tutor. Looking for a house with a turret for reading. Sit vac for house elf.
Jules Aspinall @julesaspinall.bsky.social Writer: Rep’d Alice Williams Literary | Spooky supernatural MG | GEA alumni | #SCBWI 22 Pitch Event MG winner | #UV24 LL Honorary Mention
Matt Killeen @mattkilleen.bsky.social Bestselling author of ORPHAN MONSTER SPY. Bad gamer, better dad, warrior for truth & social justice. Rep'd by Molly KH at The Bent Agency. DEVIL DARLING SPY out now. Neurospicy. He/him. #BLM #TransRightsAreHumanRights #GTTO
Anwen Roberts @anwenroberts.bsky.social Writer | Welsh 🏴| Scribbler of MG Fantasy | GEA Alumni | ADHD 🥰| Lover of chocolate 😋 and Mother of 3 ❤️
Rebecca Franks @rebeccafranks.bsky.social Writer | Journalist | Classical music critic @thetimes.com
Finishing that novel… @BathSpaUni @TheGEAcademy
Sign up: http://wordsonmusic.substack.com
Sue Nicholson @suenich.bsky.social Freelance writer and editor, mainly children’s books (previously in-house at Macmillan, DK and Quarto). Northerner living in London, heart in the hills. There may be photos of old doors, trees and skies….
Tamsin Cooke @tamsincooke.bsky.social Childrens author (Cat Burglar and Stunt Double series) turning Fantasy writer. Loves animals, maps and word games
Amber Caraveo @ambercaraveo.bsky.social 😻 Literary agent at Skylark Literary - www.skylark-literary.com. Loves sunny days, folklore, children’s books, YA books, all books - and dancing! (She/her)
Paula Obering @paulaobering.bsky.social Kidlit Writer (MG & PB), SCBWI & 12x12 Member, Fan of all things book related … libraries are my happy place. Dog lover, Shelter Volunteer 🐾🐶
@alicerjorden.bsky.social @alicerjorden.bsky.social 
Ian Hunter - Children’s Author @ianhcreates.bsky.social Children’s Author.
Are you ready for adventure?
Esker Park @esker.bsky.social SFF writer | Unreasonably tall | she/her | Quiet Weirdo | Warning: Morning Person
https://eskerpark.com
leoniatkins @leoniatkins.bsky.social Writer | Communications Manager. I speak feline. Views are mine, MINE I tell ya ('cept retweets)🇧🇧🇯🇲 (she/her)
Leonie Marie Lock 🦔 @leoniemarielock.bsky.social Editorial. Expert Bookseller. All round Bookie Monster.
All views mine. She/Her. 🏴
Lou Minns @louminns.bsky.social Writer. Workshop leader. YA. Gothic. ND. #WWM #Room204 #Spark lead writer
One time #Sydneysider one time #Calgirl always #Stokie Oatcakes are the food of the gods.
@johnclewarth.bsky.social @johnclewarth.bsky.social Writer of stories for children and young adults. Lover of the great outdoors for walking and running. Be kind, be scary, have fun.
Catherine Johnson @catwrote.bsky.social Boiler suit addict, writer, seasider
Jill K Wilson @jillkwilson.bsky.social Writer of historical/ crime-ish, speculative type things. P/T lecturer in FE. GEA graduate. A winner of Irish Novel Fair 2023. Mslexia LL 2020 (YA)
A. Colleen Jones (she/her) @colleenjones.bsky.social Technical writer by day, children's book writer by weekend, chocolate fanatic, cat lover, member/volunteer for @scbwiireland, book reviewer for @KidsBooksIrel and annual Irish Elf for #BookElves.
http://acolleenjones.com
Lesley Parr @lesleyparr.bsky.social Author: Bloomsbury Children's, Barrington Stoke
Rep: Sam Copeland at RCW
Made of Port Talbot steel
Chopsy
lesleyparr.com
The Book Nook @booknookhove.bsky.social Children's Bookseller of the Year 2018, finalist 2023. Spreading the joy of reading since 2009. We believe there's a book out there for everyone.
Sharna Jackson @sharnajackson.com Writer of books and games mostly about art, mystery and murder for you and the kids in your life. Lives on a ship in Rotterdam. Used to work in museums and galleries for ages. Miss it. Addicted to Reddit and Beat Saber.
https://www.sharnajackson.com
Andy Shepherd @andyshepherdwriter.bsky.social Author of the best-selling ‘The Boy Who Grew Dragons’ series out now. Short-listed for Waterstones Children's Book Prize She/her Rep by @jslwilliamson
Claire Lomas @clairelomas.bsky.social Books (reading and writing) *Winner WriteMentorAwards 25 | Highly Commended Yeovil 24 | SL Wells 24 | SL Guppy 2023 | Honorary Mention UV2024* @TheGEAcademy alumni. Ex-lawyer. Music teacher 🎶
Claire Lewis @clairelewiswrites.bsky.social Hi! I write & illustrate PBs/poems/MG & work for @thebookery.bsky.social. Words/pics in The Toy, PaperBound, The Dirigible Balloon, Little Thoughts Press & Tyger Tyger. Debut PB:The Go Away Rain Dance, HB Publishing House
https://linktr.ee/claire_f_lewis
Jasbinder Bilan @jasbinderbilan.bsky.social Costa Award winning children’s author ASHA, TAMARIND, AARTI, XANTHE, NUSH and more! agent Kate Shaw I write magical adventures with animals and nature in them mostly @chickenhouse @barringtonstoke @walker
www.jasbinderbilan.co.uk
Piers Torday @pierstorday.bsky.social Children’s writer - books include The Last Wild, Midnight Treasure and Tree Thing. Plays include Box of Delights (RSC)
Alex Milway @alexmilway.bsky.social Children’s author and illustrator of Hotel Flamingo, Big Sky Mountain and many other books. Makes things.
Sarah Crossan @sarahcrossan.bsky.social Writer based in Sussex.
Sarah McIntyre @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social Artist, illustrator and writer of children's books, based in Devon.
I’ve made lots of books with pictures, including the Adventuremice series with my co-author Philip Reeve: jabberworks.co.uk/books / Adventuremice.com / youtube.com/@jabberworks
Robynn Hyde @robynnhyde.bsky.social #Kidlit author #pb #cb
Member of #12x12PB #SCBWI #MightyKidLit
#50PreciousWords Winner '26
#PBandKidJudges HM '25
Lover of horror & humour
#KidlitCraze Blog
robynnhyde.com/kidlit-craze
Louisa MacDougall @louisamacdougall.bsky.social Children's author based in the Hebrides. Rory and the Snack Dragons, the Highland Cowgirl & the Great Auks Great Escape. Mostly #kidlit books and wildlife. louisamacdougall.co.uk
Yvonne Banham @eviewriter.bsky.social Author MG/Teen Horror & Paranormal Fiction #DeloresMackenzie
Hiker; Trail Runner; Cute dogs; Not-so-cute-dogs; Gothic Fiction; Cake; Strong Coffee; Often found in dungarees and Docs (yes at my age!)
Elena Arévalo Melville @earevalomelville.bsky.social Award winning Latin American author illustrator of children’s books in UK. School visits, libraries, festivals. Professional outsider, migrant, loiterer. she/her
Los Nombres Secretos
Elki is not my dog
Umbrella
https://linktr.ee/Elena_Arevalo_Melville
Wonderland Bookshop @wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social An independent bookshop for children and young adults in Retford, North Notts. Quite possibly the cutest little bookshop in the world. British Book Awards Children's Bookseller of the Year 2025.
wonderlandbookshop.co.uk
Helen Tamblyn-Saville (she/her) @helentamblyn.bsky.social Wonderland Bookshop owner (Children's Bookseller of the Year 2025), former councillor, politics nerd, tenpin bowling fanatic, researching comics, community rail. Based in North Notts. Kidlit is my bag. helentamblynsaville.com.
Emma Thomas | kidlit @seaglassdraws.bsky.social Illustrator with a particular love for storytelling, character, colour and texture! Also loves gardening, nature and is a mum to one.
www.emmathomasart.co.uk
Diana Mayo @dianamayoillo.bsky.social Illustrator, represented by Andrea Morrison at Writers House.
Currently working on a picture book with Farrar Straus & Giroux
Jenny McLachlan @jennymclachlan.bsky.social I write funny books for children and teens and sometimes I illustrate them too.
⭐️The Land of Roar
⭐️Fairy Vs Boy
⭐️Friends Like Us
Jenny Moore, Author @jennywritemoore.bsky.social A writer of two halves.
Children's/YA books published by Maverick, New Frontier and ZunTold.
Psychological thrillers published by HQ, Harper Collins, writing as Jennifer Moore.
https://jennifermoore.wordpress.com
Libby Hartwell @libbyhartwell.bsky.social Children’s writer. 🏆Winner of Little Tiger IAmInPrint Picture Book Prize ‘23. 🏆Winner of SCBWI Slushpile Challenge ‘24. Runner-up Write Mentor Chapter Book Award ‘24. SL for Searchlight Awards ‘24. SL for Write Mentor PB Award ‘24 & ‘25 #MAWYP
Hannah Sheppard @hannahlitagent.bsky.social Founder and Literary Agent at www.HS-LA.com @HSLANews.bsky.social
#WeNeedDiverseBooks.
Story lover. Vintage typewriter obsessed. Feminist. She/Her/Ms
https://linktr.ee/hannah_litagent
Stuart White @stuartwhitewm.bsky.social I'm just a boy, standing in front of a story, asking it to write itself…
Founder @writementor | award-winning author | Teacher | An auld Jedi trying to teach his kids the ways of the Force!
Zöe Griffiths @zoegriffiths.bsky.social Editorial Director for fiction @ Nosy Crow. All opinions my own. Thinking about books… Thinking about food… Thinking about good colours for jumpers…
Lucy Irvine @lucyirvine93.bsky.social Literary agent at PFD (children’s, YA, SFF) | My personality is 90% yelling about fictional characters | 🏴🏳️🌈(she/her)
Agent Kate Shaw @agentkateshaw.bsky.social Literary agent in the living room, mother in the kitchen, asleep in the bedroom. Beagle-owned. www.theshawagency.co.uk
The Unbelievable James Harris @jamesharris.bsky.social Children’s author. Monster hunter. Mentor for Writers’ Block North East and BFI Academy Teesside. Extremely unreliable narrator.
theUnbelievableJamesHarris.com
Lucy Farfort @lucyfarfort.bsky.social Kidlit Illustrator/Author based in Newcastle UK. SCBWI & SOA member. FAB Prize 2017 winner. Rep'd by Ash Literary.
Picture book - In Our Hands, Jhalak Prize shortlisted & Little Rebel Awards longlisted.
Eve Ainsworth @eveainsworth.bsky.social Award winning working class author. Writes children’s books and adult romance/suspense.
Safeguarding Lead. Part time Lady Stardust.
Somebody I Used To Love - 2024
Pieces of Us - 2025
Loves football, fudge and fascinating fascinations.
Clare Helen Welsh @clarehelenwelsh.bsky.social Former teacher, children's author, writing tutor and founder of #BooksThatHelp
Sarah J.Harris @sarahjharris.bsky.social Author of Meet Me On The Bridge, The Colour of Bee Larkham's Murder and One Ordinary Day At A Time. Writes YA as Sarah Wishart - Four Good Liars and The Murder Hypothesis
Book and charity shop lover, karate black belt!