DeMisty D. Bellinger @demisty.bsky.social Mom of twins, wife of dude, writer of stuff, prof. of uni, PhD. Lives at demistybellinger.com. All Daughters Are Awesome Everywhere out now (U-Nebraska Press: Zero Street Fiction: https://tinyurl.com/prdacfrt). JVNLA (https://www.jvnla.com) represents me.
Yeri Martinez-Vallejo @yerivallejo.bsky.social Founder, Realms Media | Psychological thriller & horror filmmaker | Character-driven genre cinema | HOTHOB 2027
Martha Bayne @marthabayne.bsky.social Writer, editor, dancer, souper. Coeditor of NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU: WHAT SINEAD O'CONNOR MEANS TO US. Various responsibilities @ University of Illinois Press, South Side Weekly, Theater Oobleck, Soup & Bread. Essays @ marthabayne.substack.com. .
Christina Zobel @noblezobs.bsky.social Subsidiary Rights Manager at JABberwocky Literary. Book nerd ๐ Gamer ๐ฎ Plant collector ๐ชด She/her ๐๐๐
Lanay C. Pryor @lanaycpryor.bsky.social NA writer. Black & Queer af. She/her. I stand 10 toes down for the Black & trans communities. Will be posting about a Black queer reimagining of Greek mythology.
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Lucy A. Snyder @lucyasnyder.bsky.social SISTER, MAIDEN, MONSTER (Tor Nightfire, Titan). 5 Bram Stoker Awards. Shirley Jackson finalist. Work in Strange Horizons, Nightmare, Asimov's, Pseudopod, etc. Clarion grad. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
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Catriona Ward @catrionaward.bsky.social USA Today bestselling author of LOOKING GLASS SOUND ๐ช๐๐ช, THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET, SUNDIAL & more Rep @jennysavill1 & @RStrausAgency Film/TV @mldean_& @unitedtalent
Lauren Ireland @laurenireland.bsky.social ๐งฟWriter, born in a log cabin in the 1900s
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Jon Chaiim McConnell @jonmcconn.bsky.social writer | etc
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Mannie T'Chawi โฆ (the โTโ is silent) @mannietchawi.com Advisor. Speaker. Writer
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Andrew Made of MEAT @formaldehydefce.bsky.social Black Bisexual Horror/Weird Fiction writer | Voodoonauts Fellow 2024 | Alpha Workshop Instructor | Editor @SalonSinister.com | Writing in Ghoulish Tales (2026), Afropunk, and The Black Youth Project | *NO AI* | Insomniac | Mirror ghost | they/he ๐
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17 years strong. Still scared. Still reviewing.
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Gary Dauphin @ebogjonson.bsky.social museum digital, speculative fiction, occasional writing
LA-based / Hecho en South Queens / ๐ญ๐น
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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social reactor mag's resident book nerd. they/them ๐ต๐ท๐ณ๏ธโ๐ nyc
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social Worldโs greatest author
Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social journalist, author, reads too much. haggard and unblest. trans guy, he/him.
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Dr. Jamie LH Goodall @lhistorienne.bsky.social History PhD. Pirate expert. โ ๐ดโโ ๏ธโ๏ธ Author/Editor. Educator.
As seen on TV (History Channel). ๐บ
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Kiana Nguyen @kiananguyen.bsky.social Literary Agent at Donald Maass Literary Agency
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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social Books. Comic books. YA/middlegrade books. Film/TV. Podcasts. You can visit me at www.claymcleodchapman.com
Amparo Ortiz @amparoortiz.bsky.social โจyoung adult & middle grade author ๐ต๐ท next: DREAM AWAY THE NIGHT (2027)
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social Words in Apex, Apparition, Fiyah , Fantasy & Science Fiction, Black Power, Bitter Apples, Strange Horizons. SFWA, Writer & Teacher. VooDoonauts c/o '21
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KS Walker @kswalkerwrites.bsky.social Spec fic. Bikes.Books.
Words in Uncanny, F&SF, FIYAH, Apex and elsewhere
VP 2022
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Creole Vaquero @spaceprogkid.bsky.social Black as midnight. Educated. Husband. Houstonian. Democrat. Artist. Musician. Astros fan. Superman enthusiast. Do not ask Black people for shit for the next four years, or ever again for that matter.
Eboni Dunbar is drafting.... @ebonidunbar.bsky.social Black, queer #specfic #writer from California. Ignyte award nominated. Novella Author of Stone and Steel. Published in FIYAH literary magazine, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Nightlight and more.
Ebonidunbar.com
Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social Writer of Southern Gothic for kids & adults. ROOT MAGIC | CONJURE ISLAND | THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE | HOLLOW TONGUE | PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE
she/her
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Tonja K. Johnson | Black Speculative Fiction @tonjakjohnson.bsky.social (she/her)
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Award-winning SFFH Author | Acquiring Editor @fiyahlitmag | First Reader @othersidespec | MWC '26 | Pre-order DARK STAR ๐๐พ๐๐พ
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Kel Coleman @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social Writer with stories in FIYAH, BCS, Best American, & more | CW '22 | Ignyte Award Finalist ๐ฅ | they/them
kelcoleman.com
Zo Hayes @zoschmo.bsky.social Mic check... Is anyone here?
Rachel A @rachiea.bsky.social Librarian by day, word scribbler at night. Find said words in Gavagai, GrendelPress, Plott Hound, Brilliant Flash Fiction, Apexโs Strange Locations, Malarkey, and elsewhere. Genre: Midwest weird. Codex.
Rebecca Roanhorse @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social Writer of speculative fictions. NYTimes Bestseller. Hugo, Nebula, Locus, Ignyte winner.
Novels: SIXTH WORLD series, BETWEEN EARTH & SKY trilogy, Lucasfilm.
Comics/games: Marvel
TV: A Murder at the End of the World, Echo, Netflix Series Animation.
Morgan York @morganyork.bsky.social 33 | she/her | writer of genre fiction | former kid actor | production editor S&S BFYR
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein ๐ @chanda.blacksky.app Theoretical Astro/Physicist:
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Kelly Lonesome @kellylonesome.bsky.social Executive Editor of nightmares at Nightfire / Tor Publishing Group. Working hard on my sea witch vibes. I have such sights to show you. (she/her)
An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social The internet's definitive source for reliable factually accurate barely news and almost information about science fiction. Inexplicably a six-time Hugo finalist. hugoclub.blogspot.ca
Found in TranslaShen (they/them) @theshenners.bsky.social Shenwei. Disabled Queer Taiwanese writer/blogger. KidLit & LIS grad. ไธญๆ๐. ไป/Ta/ไผ.
Mike Meginnis @mikemeginnis.bsky.social Author of DROWNING PRACTICE, FAT MAN AND LITTLE BOY, and a story about a fake videogame. Host of @librarypizza.bsky.social, librarypizza.com.
@ebonyladelle.bsky.social @ebonyladelle.bsky.social 
Weslie Turner @weslieturner.bsky.social Senior Editor of commercial and literary young adult and childrenโs books for all ages! she/her
weslieturner.com
Michael A. Stackpole ๐บ๐ฆ @michaelastackpole.bsky.social Award-winning writer and game designer. Author of the New York Times bestselling Rogue Squadron and I, Jedi (among 60+ others). https://ko-fi.com/michaelastackpole and
https://linktr.ee/michaelastackpole
@zellieimani.bsky.social @zellieimani.bsky.social 
Rich in Color @richincolor.bsky.social Rich in Color is dedicated to reading, reviewing & promoting YA books starring or written by BIPOC. ๐
Site: www.richincolor.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richincolor_ya/
StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/richincolor
Trinica Sampson-Vera @trinicasampsonvera.bsky.social Associate Agent at New Leaf Literary & Media | they/she ๐น๐น๐ณ๏ธโ๐
trinicasampsonvera.com
Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social Culture Journalist for hire | Past: Senior Culture Reporter at HuffPost | Other Bylines: History.com, Bloomberg, Capital B News, The Hollywood Reporter, Time, The Daily Beast, and many others | reeltalkonline@gmail.com | candicefrederick.contently.com
Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov U.S. Senator, Massachusetts. She/her/hers. Official Senate account.
https://substack.com/@senatorwarren
Laura E. Weymouth @lauraeweymouth.bsky.social I raise children, creatures, and stories.
Coming soon:
Steel & Spellfire (7/22)
The Castle & the Cloister (Summer 2026)
The Starlight & the Flame (Summer 2027)
Ashley Simpo @ashleysimpo.bsky.social Writer, editor, doula. Will bring up Palestine and make it awkward. ๐ชด
La Girafe ๐๐พ @spottedgiraffe.bsky.social Star Trek Cosplayer and Podcaster ๐๐พ๐ฆธ๐พโโ๏ธ๐๏ธโข Curator of Everything Uhura โค๏ธโข Tal Shiar Dropout ๐โข ๐๏ธ @strangenewpod โข Multilingual educator ๐ ๐ฆ โข she/her
Veronica Roth @veronicarothbooks.com Recently: Seek the Traitor's Son (dystopian fantasy)
Next: The Sixth Faction (a Divergent alternate universe story)
Elayne Audrey Becker @elayneabecker.bsky.social Author of FORESTBORN & WILDBOUND. Freelance editor. Wilderness enthusiast. History, myth, mountains, and magic.
๐ฒ๐ฐ๐โ๐ปโจ๐๐ฒ
www.elaynebecker.com
Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social New York Times bestselling author.
Senior Writer, Race and Equity @theguardian.com.
Rasheed Newson @rasheed.bsky.social ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Bestselling Author of MY GOVERNMENT MEANS TO KILL ME
New book: THEREโS ONLY ONE SIN IN HOLLYWOOD (Out Now)
๐บ writer: #BelAir #Narcos #The100
charlie gold ๐ค @chxrliegold.bsky.social 
Alexandra Grana @alexandragrana.bsky.social associate literary agent at P.S. Literary Agency. writer. jd. horror lover. she/her.
James Topham @jamestopham.bsky.social Screenwriter: @RidleyScottCG, @GaumontTV #BAFTA / @RocliffeForum Winner.
https://james-topham.com
Summer Breezey @summerbreezey.bsky.social Description? Nah. I'll pass.
Side Quest Books & Games @sidequestbooks.bsky.social ๐Bow Market, Somerville, MA
๐ Sci-fi/fantasy books & indie RPGs from underrepresented folx
๐ค Bostonโs only woman-owned game store
๐๏ธ https://linktr.ee/sidequestbooks
Cory Bowles @corybowles.bsky.social Direct. Write. Make things. Black Cop. Trailer Park Boys. Diggstown. PHC. Kings of Napa. FBIs on CBS. Scotian proud
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0101227/
Lauren T. Davila @ltdavila.bsky.social THE PATRON SAINT OF WHITE MENAGERIES (Creature Publishing, 2026) โ Acquisitions Editor at Inked In Gray Publishing โ Assistant Director at PocketMFA โ Latina โ she/her/ella โ Represented by @susanvcolmant.bsky.social at JABberwocky Literary Agency
Rachel Ernst @rachelernst.myatproto.social Teacher and librarian
Tea lover
she/her
Janine Le @janinele.bsky.social Founder & Agent at Janine Le Literary Agency. Found outdoors or in a book.
janinele.com
Lauren Cerand Public Relations @laurencerand.com Sharing news about my endeavors and enthusiasms. Publicist since 2001. Independent.
Logo design: Mark McCoy. Photo: Joanna Tillman.
laurencerand.com
Jordan Simon @jordansimon78.bsky.social TV and Film Journalist. Bylines In: Blavity
โข sci-fi writer-director โข history buff โข creator of THE BOY WHO PROMISED THE MOON and SO YOU WANNA TIME TRAVEL...BUT YOU'RE BLACK
โข founder of DON'T CALL IT CONTENT
Email: jsimon681993@gmail.com
Alisha Erin Hillam @aehillam.bsky.social Pushcart-nominated writer (she/her), with work at ONLY POEMS, Barrelhouse, Consequence Forum, & others. 2025 AIR Literature Vรคstra Gรถtaland Fellow, 2026 M.1 Arthur-Boskamp-Foundation Fellow. Historian, Hoosier, & traveler, now based in Europe.
Vida Cruz-Borja @laviecestmoi.bsky.social Ignyte Award- and National Book Award-winning Filipina writer and editor of SFF.
Books: Song of the Mango and Other New Myths (2022), Mirror Marked (2025). Rep'd by Stevie Finegan.
Website: https://vidacruz.org
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/vidacruzborja
Vita Ayala @definitelyvita.bsky.social afro-๐ต๐ท. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ Eisner nom'd bard class brawler. work @ Abrams, Black Mask, DC comics, Dynamite, IDW, Image, Macmillan, Marvel comics, Realm, Valiant, Vault. Repped by @grahamophones.bsky.social. Pro-Danny. Free Palestine โ๐พ๐
https://linktr.ee/definitelyvita
Daniele Hunter @danieledhunter.bsky.social She/her. Junior Agent, McIntosh & Otis, KidLit!! Pro em dash; anti AI. Queer, disabled. Wife, cat lady, knitter. Ambidextrous optimist. Opinions mine.
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#WeNeedDiverseBooks #BrainTumorSurvivor #CerebellarAtaxia #Endometriosis
Lydia Kang @lydiakang.bsky.social Professional snacker. Internal med MD. Utterly incapable of staying in one literary lane. (she/her)
๐K-Jane (YA/ Harper Collins, out now!)
https://linktr.ee/lydiakang
Derrick Chow @derrickchow.bsky.social Author, illustrator, and cartoonist.
I Got You, Allen Liu (Simon & Schuster, 2026)
Ravenous Things (Disney-Hyperion).
Repped by Thao Le. On Deadline.
Diana Sousa @dianasousaart.bsky.social ๐จ Eisner Award nominated colorist
โข Critical Role, Legend of Korra, Stranger Things, Star Wars
โข Dark Horse, Image, IDW, Hyperion
Writer โข Graphic Designer โข Chronically Fatigued Bard Sorcerer โข She/Her
๐ comics.dianasousa.com
๐ dianasousa.com/links
Janae Marks @janaemarksbooks.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of middle grade books. Latest release: A SPLIT SECOND.โจ๐ janaemarks.com
LA Knight & Co. (CHECK PINNED - NEED HELP) @laknight89.bsky.social SFF writer (pro & fic); nommed for Locus 2021; Fiyah Lit alum; queer Black โฟ LDS autistic byke. 37. OSDD (9+). 6-peep polyam (1Sp, 2LP, 2Mm). Cat mom. Poor af. Cassgenderfluidwtf; she/they/fae/jรฆ/xe/etc. Anti-censorship. Pfp = illustrated version of me.
Claire Legrand @clairelegrandbooks.bsky.social New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. latest: A SONG OF ASH AND MOONLIGHT. next: A ROSE OF BLOOD AND BINDING
alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social NYT-bestselling fantasy author in charlottesville va
Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social Bestselling author of THEY KNEW, HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT, THE VIEW FROM FLYOVER COUNTRY and THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP.
https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/
Jamie Vankirk @jamievankirk.bsky.social Lit agent. Owner of Rainbow Nerds Literary. Trying to make media more inclusive one book at a time. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ she/her
https://www.rnliterary.com/
Cat Wei @catwei.bsky.social poet, writer, dancer
writing in Pleiades, Prairie Schooner, Gulf Coast, The Slowdown podcast | Bread Loaf | Tin House
linktr.ee/catwei
Jennifer Marie Brissett @jennbrissett.bsky.social author, teacher, former bookstore owner, lover of kittehs.
http://www.jennbrissett.com
Pascale Lacelle @pascalelacelle.bsky.social NYT & Indie bestselling author of CURIOUS TIDES & STRANGER SKIES. she/her. rep: Victoria Marini at High Line Literary
www.pascalelacelle.com
Christa Carmen๐๐ฆ๐ฎ @christaqua.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award-winning & 2x Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author. She/her.
Pre-Order How to Fake a Haunting:
https://www.christacarmen.com/books-how-to-fake-a-haunting.aspx
Substack: Horror Homesteading:
https://christacarmen.substack.com/
Candace Nola @candacenola.bsky.social Award-winning Author. Editor. Creator of UncomfortablyDark.com 
DocLB2 @doclb2.bsky.social Assistant Professor. Black feminist. Writer. Mentor. Dreamer. Public Speaker.
She/her
โ๐พ๐๐พ๐ฉท
You can buy my book: Say Her Name: (Rutgers U. Press)
https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/say-her-name/9781978831797/
Monica Hogan @hoganwrites.bsky.social Happy to be here
merisoo ๐ต @merisoo.bsky.social storyteller in draft mode | 'itโs about the -yearning-' | dramas, books, animanga | sometimes funny, always tired | #amwriting
twt: @merisoo
Jenรฉt Morrow @jenetallday.bsky.social Sorry the number you are trying to reach is not in service at this time and there is no new number.
Mathieu Lauzon-Dicsล *closed to queries* @avec2accents.bsky.social Director, @joiedelivresmtl.bsky.social bookstore/cafรฉ/bar + literary agent (Canadian spec lit in FRENCH) at Omada Agency โข ๐๐ป๐ทโ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
๐ Tiohtiร :ke / Montrรฉal with husband Ilya / @troudememoire.bsky.social and our two cats
Brent C. Lambert @brentclambert.bsky.social Writer. Black SFF always! Hugo Award Winner. One of the co-hosts for Just Keep Writing.
he/him http://brentclambert.com
Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social Journalist, writer, former member of the Six Heartbeats. Championship-level spades player. ContrabandCamp.com founder. Author of NY Times bestseller: Black AF History: The Unwhitewashed Story of America.
Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social Doing what I dreamed of since I was a kid.
Books: Lone Women, The Changeling, The Ballad of Black Tom, The Devil in Silver.
TV: The Changeling (EP), The Terror: Devil in Silver (Creator, Showrunner)
Comics: Destroyer, Eve, Sabretooth, Black Panther
Colson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com Release the bats
Lamar Giles @lamargiles.bsky.social I write Black kids & DC Comics (Static: UAN) & Star Wars (Sanctuary: A Bad Batch Novel). Big Dad Energy. #GirlDad
https://www.lamargiles.com/links
Kekla Magoon @keklamagoon.bsky.social Writes books, bakes cupcakes, makes pottery, entertains two orange cats. Award-winning author, keynote speaker, unconventional educator. Passionate about literacy, community, diversity, conversation, and social justice. She/Her.
Jill Tew @jtewwrites.bsky.social THE DIVIDING SKY (YA dystopian romance from PRH) out October 8th, 2024! www.thedividingsky.com
Bethany Baptiste @storysorcery.bsky.social bi // a FL nigga ๐//gemini // she/her // southerner // trans lives matter always // National bestselling author of THE POISONS WE DRINK & the author of THE BEAST YOU MADE OF ME // patreon: bit.ly/paybeth
Ryan Douglass @ryandouglass.bsky.social writer
linktree.com/ryandouglass
Kwame Mbalia @kwamembalia.bsky.social Husband, father, writer, Publisher w/ FREEDOM FIRE.
Black By Popular Demand: https://kwamembalia.substack.com