Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social Advice blogger, soon-to-be-author. You may remember me as CAwkward on that other site, but I have reclaimed my full title and powers! Here to make new internets to push the bad internets down. 
Mia the Calligrapher @tspcalligrapher.bsky.social you know what it is, shitposter, merchant of vicious mockery, inking up the internet for nearly a decade. I write your funny words magic man
Joy Demorra @joydemorra.bsky.social Scottish international bestselling author & disability advocate living in the Midwest. she/her neurodivergent hEDS/MCAS/POTS♿🏳️🌈
AFL-CIO @aflcio.org America's Labor Unions, representing nearly 15 million members across the country.
claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social “the glamorous node of glasgow” –grant morrison / writing about music + films @ the wire, the guardian, tribune, the quietus, little white lies, singles jukebox + / big opinions @ overinvested podcast / zines @ everywhere / https://clairebiddles.carrd.co/
Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social Film and TV critic. Co-host of the Overinvested movie podcast, co-editor of the Rec Center newsletter.
Bylines: TV Guide, Inverse, Vulture, Boston Globe, Atlas Obscura, Empire, etc. she/her
Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com she/her
Author. Not the one from Rent.
IG: https://www.instagram.com/maureenjohnsonbooks/
https://maureenjohnsonbooks.com
Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social World’s greatest author
Katie Mack @astrokatie.com Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Domain verified through my personal astrokatie.com website. She/her. Dr.
Personal account; not speaking for employer or anyone else.
John Chu @johnchu.bsky.social The writer who won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards. Not the movie director. (He/him/his) Mastodon: @john_chu@wandering.shop 
Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com 40+ yrs in print, 50+ novels, asst'd TV/film, NYT B'seller List every now & then, blah blah blah. Ireland-resident. Ebook store: https://ebooks.direct. Now with added Ko-Fi! (https://ko-fi.com/dianeduane) I miss @peter.petermorwood.com.
Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com Wrote some books, won some awards. Strong feelings about plants. She/her
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social Author (The Fault in Our Stars, The Anthropocene Reviewed, etc.)
YouTuber (vlogbrothers, Crash Course, etc.)
Football Fan (co-owner of AFC Wimbledon, longtime Liverpool fan)
Opposed to Tuberculosis
Gwenda Bond @gwenda.bsky.social NYT bestselling author * dog and cat person * moon and pet photographer * gwendabond.com * gwendabond.substack.com * linktr.ee/GwendaBond
@AuthorMsBev @authormsbev.bsky.social Detroiter. Spartan. Writer. NAACP IMAGE AWARD nominee. Lifetime Achievement Award Romance Fiction. Slayer of Words.
Carly Lane-Perry @carlylane.bsky.social Senior TV editor @ Collider. Romance nerd @ Vulture. TCA member. Author of A REGENCY GUIDE TO MODERN LIFE from DK Books. She/her. Subscribe to my Kissing Books newsletter: https://kissing-books.ghost.io/
Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com Writer of queer romance and sff. Half agony, half hope, bisexual. She/her. Romance fiction columnist for the NYTBR: #RomanceColumn OliviaWaite.com
Rebekah Weatherspoon @rdotspoon.bsky.social Bestselling Award-Winning Adult and YA Romance Author.
YA: SUMMER OFFICIAL now! 🛹🩵🍦| Adult: THE TWELVE LOVES OF CHRISTMAS 9.29.26 ♥️🎅🏾
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Twelve-Loves-of-Christmas/Alexandria-Bellefleur/9781668250419
Jeanne (she/they) @fangirljeanne.bsky.social Media critic, author, and fan.
b.andherbooks @bandherbooks.bsky.social Public Servant. Romance Reader.✨. Fainting couch? I'm on it. She/her.
campsite.bio/b.andherbooks
Jennifer Prokop @jenreadsromance.bsky.social Romance critic & freelance editor. Half of Fated Mates. Chicagoan. She/her.
www.jenreadsromance.com
Fated Mates @fatedmates.net A romance recommendation machine and podcast.
Discover your next favorite romance novel
fatedmates.net
Follow in your fav podcast app
mf.fatedmates.net/listen
Random Romance Recommender
fatedmates.net/rrr
Book Club
fatedmates.net/book-club
Jessie Mihalik @jessiemihalik.com Author of SF/F romance featuring dangerous women & smitten men. SILVER & BLOOD is out now! Game geek. Introvert. She/her. Agent: Sarah Younger.
www.jessiemihalik.com
Margo Hendricks @elysabethgrace.bsky.social Black Shakespearean/EM scholar; As Elysabeth Grace --writer of Black historical, Black, paranormal & contemporary romance & historical cozy mysteries.
www.patreon.com/cw/TheMargoHendricks
Experiencewww.elysabethgrace.com
Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social Editor @Mira Books (views are my own). Staff Writer @Night Tide. Notes & Queries Editor @JPRS. Rep'd by Danai Christopolou and Lane Heymont. Writing about romance in horror movies: Love Never Dies (Beacon Press): September 29, 2026. editrixemma.com
Olivia Dade @oliviawrites.bsky.social Author of bawdy romcoms with a big ♥. She/her. Out now: ZOMROMCOM and SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE!
My website: oliviadade.com
My newsletter: http://go.oliviadade.com/Newsletter
Robin Bradford @tuphlos.bsky.social Reader. Librarian. Lawyer. My mouth is unruly. I've been told I'm zesty! Lover of things and (some) people. Watcher of sports and cooking shows. And dramas. Midwestern core, PNW present.
https://ko-fi.com/robinbradford
Cranky Professional Organizer Bitch @totallydonna.kitrocha.com The Donna half of Kit Rocha. Repped by @seyitsme of NYLA. PRINCE OF STORMS, now available from Montlake! PROTECT TRANS KIDS!! She/her.
Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social Pop culture writer and critic.
https://gossip-reading-club.ghost.io/
Debbie Gale Mitchell @heydebigale.bsky.social Chemist, 🧲 spectroscopist, mother, (Teaching) Professor of Chemistry at University of Denver. Loves reading romance and nonfiction 💖📚, currently writing a narrative nonfiction book on spectroscopy🚨Opinions and thoughts and posts are my own!
Alyssa Cole @alyssacolelit.bsky.social Writer of thrillers, romance, and more! Next release: IT TAKES A VILLAGE (Wildthorn): February 9, 2027.
Tessa Dare @tessadare.bsky.social Occasional author of historical romance novels. Baby goat enthusiast.
Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social Queer romance author. Obsessive book buyer. Slow runner. Fascinated birder. She/her, bi. Rep'd by Handspun Literary Agency. Volunteer Child Advocate for detained immigrant kiddos. Views my own.
Farrah Rochon @farrahrochon.bsky.social Author, Broadway lover, world traveler. I love my geriatric chihuahua.
Bemused from Disney Books - 1.7.25
farrahrochon.com
Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social Novelist, college lecturer, and former political staffer. Lives with her high school sweetheart and a menagerie of pets and children in Virginia, where she occasionally finds time to read and write. she/her https://emmabarry.carrd.co/
X (Xen/Cole McCade)🏳️⚧️He/Him🏳️🌈 @thisblackmagic.bsky.social The dead make better companions.
Queer romance author + artist.
IndigiBlAsian POC.
Call me X.
Level 46 Xennial himbo.
Audiophile.
Bone witch of the woods.
FFXIV Mateus.
AuDHD🏳️⚧️demigray disaster bi.
🔞Minors DNI.
https://ko-fi.com/thisblackmagic
Cathy Yardley @cathyyardley.bsky.social Romance author and writing coach. She/her. www.cathyyardley.com
www.rockyourwriting.com
Manda Collins 🐈📚🔎💕 @mandacollins.bsky.social She/her - Romance/mystery author; Too Nora Roberts™; Bama native #disabled Join my mailing list https://t.co/v60MSLiklr @hroot @rootliterary MA, MLIS, *CCH
*C(overed in) C(at) (H)air
Jessica Pryde @jessisreading.bsky.social Romance enthusiast. Founder @whychoose-tucson.bsky.social Book Riot Contributing Editor. BLACK LOVE MATTERS and SOMEPLACE GENEROUS out now! She/her 🩷💜💙
Ana Coqui @anacoqui.bsky.social Librarian, reader, knitter,Boricua! 🏳️🌈🇵🇷📚 (pronouns: she/her)
Sarah MacLean @sarahmaclean.bsky.social Writer. Podcaster. Third-act break-up evangelist. I’m somewhere talking about romance novels.
Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social Award-winning romance author writing happily ever afters about difficult people with complicated lives. SAG-AFTRA. Figure skater. Former journalist/media analyst. They/them.
Helena Greer @blumagaincurios.bsky.social Writer, librarian, sex educator, chaos bisexual
Carrigan's Christmasland series
Tucson forever
Reparations + land back + abolish ICE +
Free Palestine
TERFS fuck off
She/her
Rika⁷ @commanderrika.blacksky.app Writer+Illustrator. She/Her.
Stories in Lightspeed, FIYAH, Strange Horizons, Fantasy, Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy (2026)
Portfolio: commanderrika.com
Commissions: marikawrites589@gmail.com
Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social Romance reader/writer. She/her. jackielaubooks.com
Ann Aguirre @annaguirre.bsky.social NYT & USA Today bestselling writer. Enjoys Korean dramas, music, movies, video games, pet photos.
The Hocus Pocus Handbook = Sept 1!
she/they
Wrote Enclave & Strange Love. Lots of books here! You should read them. https://linktr.ee/authorannaguirre
Molly Rookwood @mollyrookwood.bsky.social Jewish romance writer; sci-fi, fantasy, and romance editor; university writing coach; Jane Austen enthusiast
✍✡️📚
Repped by Christina Miller at Nancy Yost Literary Agency
📍Halifax, Nova Scotia
She/her
Find me professionally at www.rookwoodediting.com
Alyssa Long @measuredandslow.bsky.social I make art, try to raise my kids to be Good Humans, and yell about disability. Maker of Santa Dinos and whatever else I feel like. She/they #art #knitting #3Dprinting 🧶
https://linktr.ee/measuredandslow
Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social Romance author, romance scholar. Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature & Culture at Deakin (Naarm/Melbourne). My newest rom-com, An Academic Affair, is out now.
BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org She/her. Book person. An Old. Founder of Bookstore Romance Day.
Sasha Devlin @sashadevlin.bsky.social Reader, Author, Knitter, Unapologetic Fangirl, Part-time Patronus. My lippie is always poppin. Feed also contains cute animals, hot guys & social issues. She/Her
kay taylor rea @kaytaylorrea.bsky.social kay & rea rhyme | she/her | 🩷💜💙 | former emt-b | current student rn | pride was a riot, grab a brick | abolish ice | talking horror/mystery/sff/irl sports/romance | chaotic good-ish | loves a color coordinated spreadsheet | probably reading fanfic tbh |
Jodie Griffin @jodiegriffin.bsky.social Writes books w/happily-ever-afters. Takes pictures. Hunts the moon. Loves chocolate. Hates confrontation. Wife, mom, smartass. She/Her.
jodiegriffin.com
Rep: Handspun Literary / @millercallihan.bsky.social
#Romancelandia
Charish Reid @charishreidauthor.bsky.social Romance author 💋
American in Sweden 🇸🇪
She/her
Rep'd by @litagentsaritza.bsky.social
My books: https://charishreid.com/links/
Linda McConeghy Watson @thelindashow.bsky.social I like what I like and what I like is love.
Romance reader and vintage romance collector. My bookshelves that are organized by color annoy people.
IG: the.lindashow
Laura Vivanco @lauravivanco.bsky.social Independent scholar of popular romance fiction https://www.vivanco.me.uk/ On the Editorial Board of the Journal of Popular Romance Studies https://www.jprstudies.org/
My database of scholarship about romances: https://rsdb.vivanco.me.uk
Can't access chat
JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social Careful book editing for indie romance authors. My resting bitchface brings all the boys to the yard. JuliaEdits.com - julia@juliaedits.com (she/her) 
Olivia Atwater @oliviaatwater.com Whimsical historical fantasy author and satirist. Wary of faeries and fond of pineapples. Author of Half a Soul. Wife of Nicholas Atwater.🇨🇦
https://oliviaatwater.com
https://patreon.com/atwater_authors
rep: Christabel McKinley @ David Higham
DL White @booksbydlwhite.blacksky.app Same soup, just reheated. Find me in the A.
Author. Powered by Skittles & spite. Big fan of beaches, brunch, *NSYNC, Kids in the Hall. Aggressively Black. #92percent
Have you tried dying mad about it?
https://www.booksbydlwhite.com/linkinbio
Nisha Sharma @nishawrites.bsky.social Author. PhD Student in Lit & Social Justice. Advocate for marginalized communities.
I write messy brown girls with complicated feelings.
Radha & Jai re-release- February 2026
🍁🧮🇮🇳🤣✍🏽🍂 - September 2026
The Lotus Inn - March 2027
www.nisha-sharma.com
KW Thomas - author and editor @kwthomasbooks.bsky.social Very niche combination of steamy contemporary romance author and plain language health editor. North East England till I die. She/her.
mybook.to/TheScoop
Danielle (TBQ) @thebookqueen.bsky.social Liberal AF. Romance reader. Owner of TBQs Book Palace. HEA or GTFO. She/her. Disabled. Fat and proud. Found my own HEA 🥰
https://www.tbqsbookpalace.com/
Nalini Singh @authornalinisingh.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of paranormal & contemporary romance. Also writes murdery books set in New Zealand.
https://www.nalinisingh.com
Melissa Blue @melthegreat.bsky.social Writer. Editor. Agent of chaos. (she/her)
Mia Hopkins @miahopkinsxoxo.bsky.social I’m a romance author in Los Angeles. www.miahopkinsauthor.com
Dylan_StJaymes @dylanstjaymes.bsky.social Writer|Critic|Podcaster|Semi-pro wig snatcher. Serving hot tea and cool shade since Prince was on Apollonia. She/her.
Rooting for everybody Black who is rooting for EVERYBODY Black 🖤 ✊🏿
Liz Lincoln/Brigid Hunt @lizlincoln.bsky.social Bi indie author of 🔥🔥🔥🔥 sports romance. medically f'd, ADHD, embroidery. Opinionated AF. 🏈, 🚺 ⚽️ & 🚹&🚺🏒fan. WI girl. 🧀 🧇 She/her.
Nikki Payne @nikkipaynebooks.bsky.social Author of Pride and Protest and Sex, Lies and Sensibility! @Berkley
👇🏾Pre-order Princess and the P.I.
https://a.co/d/eOwCzUS
Anthropologist
Writer
Geriatric Millennial
❌👑 Suz Brockmann @suzbrockmann.bsky.social romance writer, indie film & tv writer & producer, mother of a SAG strike captain & a nurse, liberal Dem, activist, she/her. Still masks.
Chaz Stein @charlottestein.bsky.social Writer of thirsty sex words. Unapologetic moustache lover. 10+ books published with HarperCollins, Macmillan, etc. “This is how the professionals do it.” - The New York Times. She/Her. Repped by Handspun Lit. Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/OZNLn
Bryn Donovan @bryndonovan.bsky.social Author, book editor at LuckyAuthor.com, and optimist despite everything, in Chicago. Check out my blog for writers and dreamers: BrynDonovan.com
Aviva Blakeman @actuallyaviva.bsky.social author of kissing books (most recently: Hot Lumberjack http://shorturl.at/EIPW5 )snark enthusiast, confirmed spinster, anxiety aficionado, fangirl, she/her
Lauren Dane @laurendane.bsky.social I write books. I’ve got some kids and a very patient spouse. I live in the PNW surrounded by trees and terrible drivers. I love it despite the traffic. She/her. You can find me at: www.LaurenDane.com
Brittney | Lit & Knits @litandknits.bsky.social 💕 ADHD + Romancelandia | HEA or GTFO
🌈 she/her | cis, pan, married to a man
📚 Bookish Shenanigans
(All opinions mine; reposts aren’t necessarily endorsements)
Email: brittney@litandknits.com
Rosanna Leo @leorosanna.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Award-winning romance author. Teller of ghost stories. Taphophile. Library staffer. She/her.
https://rosannaleoauthor.wordpress.com/
Shayera @shayera.bsky.social punkass book jockey, reader, political grouch. 
Allie Sanders @alliesanders.bsky.social I’m here to talk about kissing books and show off the cute shit I make. Neurospicy AF. 🩷💜💙
Writer of weird smut.
Tamara Amsdt @tamaraamsdt.bsky.social 🖌 i like to paint on rocks
💗 love romance books
🎨 learning the art of the clinch
⚜️ Bosnian
Viola Smart @smartvpants.bsky.social Romance writer, teacher. AL. Public schools are vital to a functioning democracy. In my Bluey mom era. Find some of my free books on Wattpad. 🍋 Others on Kindle. lnk.bio/smartvpants she/her. I block AI on sight.
Stacey Applesauce 🕎 @sagdern.bsky.social Once nystacey; Writing Jewish Girl, reader, drama fan, music fan, hockey fan. Repped:? She/her. AG-dern. Now: dreidl disaster Next: kosher conundrum
HEA Apologist @heaapologist.bsky.social Romance novels actively make the world a better place and I will always fight for them. Also here for women's sports and DnD (She/Her) Oregon
Susannah Nix 🦄 @susannahnix.bsky.social Writer of romance books. USA Today bestseller. RITA Award winner. I like to eat cheese and watch murder shows. She/Her. "Fuck nice. Be kind."
🌐 susannahnix.com
📷 @susannahnixauthor
Dee Carney @deecarney.com Best selling romance author, outspoken, bougie Black woman, proud dog mama, Registered Nurse by day. She/her.
Andie J. Christopher @authorandiej.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling author of kissing books with “unlikeable” heroines. F1 fangirl. The originator of the Stern Brunch Daddy™️
Turtleberry 🐢🍓 @sweetturtleberry.com writer... reader... lover of Black romance... HGTV junkie... she/her... Baltimore native... Sagittarius ♐... 🖤💚💜
www.sweetturtleberry.com
Taj McCoy (she/her) @tajmccoy.bsky.social Author, Literary Agent (open to queries), Higher Ed Consultant, Private Chef… tumbleweed.
Author website: https://tajmccoywrites.com
Agency website: https://ldlainc.com
Rep: https://bsky.app/profile/jemiscoe.bsky.social
Agatha Andrews @agathaandrews.bsky.social Writer. Professional Gothic Swooner
Host of the She Wore Black Podcast
Rep: Jill Marr at Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
Active HWA member
Piper Huguley @piperhuguley.bsky.social Author and Truth Teller
Brina @brinastarler.bsky.social Mad Scribbler. FIRST Robotics Lead Mentor, team 8738. Salty Jew. Food Enthusiast. (she/her)
Kelly Cain 📚FLY BY NIGHT out now 📚 @kellycainauthor.bsky.social Romance writer. Adoptee. 🕎 I love my AKA💚💕💚. Tend to run it in the ground and break it off. she/her
Kellycainauthor.com/connect-online
Rep'd by Amy Brewer at Metamorphosis Lit.
FLY BY NIGHT out Apr 10 from Tule Publishing.
Avery Flynn @averyflynn.com The sass is strong with this one. USA Today & WSJ bestselling romance author. She/Her Repped by @ElaineSpencer
Janine Amesta @janineamesta.bsky.social Author of Striking Gold, Poinsettia Paradise, and Lucky Strike - OUT NOW
High Desert Romance series coming 2025
Rom Fight Club 2022 champ 🏆
Believer in HEAs.
https://www.janineamesta.com/love-in-the-time-of-wildfires/#wildfiresOrderBundle
Sarah Adler @sarahadlerwrites.com USA Today bestselling romcom author, literacy advocate, historian by training, and frequent bakery customer.
next up: WILD GOOSE CHASE (7/28/26)
out now: FINDERS KEEPERS; HAPPY MEDIUM; MRS. NASH'S ASHES
🏳️🌈 |📍🦀
Thien-Kim Lam (she/her) @msthienkim.bsky.social Sex educator and spicy romance author of HAPPY ENDINGS, FULL EXPOSURE, & SOMETHING CHEEKY (Avon). Book coach to BIPOC writers
www.thienkimlam.com/me
Fringe Book Han @fringebookreviews.bsky.social hannah | 26 | cancer ♋︎ | mn | many types of bangs found here | unconventional romance reviews & colorful language | goodreads | #romancelandia | 🎙@romanceyourtbr
Myah Ariel @myahariel.bsky.social Author | WHEN I THINK OF YOU & NO ORDINARY LOVE | Mariah Carey stan | Medical mom | PitBLK Founder | IG: at MyahMeetsCute | reps: Kim Lionetti 📚 Rukayat Giwa 🎬
https://linktr.ee/myahariel
Brie @briereads.bsky.social @racblog on Twitter she/her