Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social www.troystory.ca
Author of 10 trad pub picture books.
(And 10 million unpubbed ones.)
Dale Martin, Cartoonist @smearysoapbox.bsky.social Artist. Writer. Reader. Publisher. Caretaker of WATUSI the TALKING DOG. I've been handcrafting comics since 1985, & don't see any reason to stop now!
Blog: smearysoapboxpress.com
Webcomic: watusithetalkingdog.com
Newsletter: smearysoapbox.eo.page/signup
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
Emma Wiklund | Illustrator @emmawiklundart.bsky.social Kidlit illustrator from Sweden, loving to bring stories to life with my illustrations!
Looking for representation.
www.emmawiklundillustrator.com
Anna Camilla Larsson @annalarssonstudio.bsky.social Artist, writer | Art, creative process, meditation | Creator of the #ArtYear challenge 🎨 | Former architect | Fave pigment: PB28 | Fun fact: Loves pygmy owls!
Nicky Barfoot @nickybarfoot.bsky.social Artist, writer of stories, occasional poet and crazy dog lady. UK based.
David Sparks @sparksmemphis.bsky.social User Experience Architect, Musician, Creator, Memphian, Politico, Seeker of Truth and Knowledge. #Vote
I'm bouncing back and forth between here and Threads until I figure out what I prefer. https://www.threads.net/@sparksmemphis
Lauren Hoffmann @mrshoffy.bsky.social 📚Picture book connoisseur
😻Animal adorer
😆Comedy nerd
🎃Halloween zealot
🥄Spoonie
🧕Hoodieholic
💳Library Evangelist
♻️Recycling enthusiast
Mike Petrik @mikepetrik.bsky.social Author and illustrator of books for kids!
One Cool Duck 4, Camp Out! Out now from Hippo Park and Astra Pub.
Currently seeking representation.
https://linktr.ee/mikepetrik
Ronni Runyon - Illustrator 🌷 @ronnirunyonillo.bsky.social See the world as a kid again!
Children's book illustrator, SCBWI member
ronnirunyonillustration.com
Denise Holmes @niseemade.bsky.social Children's Book Illustrator & Champion Hula-Hooper | Chicago, IL | Rep'd by The Bright Agency | Baby Board Books Forever
niseemade.com
deniseholmes.substack.com
Julian Plum @julianplum.com Picture book illustrator working in gouache! he/they 🏳️⚧️ 🖌️ 🌿
WHOSE TREE IS THIS (Singer, Lerner, S '26)
THE HOUSE THAT FEELS LIKE ME (Allen, LBYR, W '27)
Rep'd by Naomi Davis @ BookEnds Literary
💌 contact: hello@julianplum.com
🎨 portfolio: julianplum.com
Andrea Brown Literary Agency @andreabrownlit.bsky.social We are a full service literary agency repping the best books in the world since 1981. (Not that we're biased.) We LOVE books and their creators! www.andreabrownlit.com
Jennifer Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social literary agent with a lot of opinions 👀 also a podcast 👀 also my puppy looks like baby chewbacca! www.jenniferlaughran.com / www.andreabrownlit.com
Juli Caveny @julicaveny.bsky.social 5th grade teacher, book lover & children's author. Rep for downstate SCBWI-IL Bookends, NaNoWriMo et al. she/her
Lifelong hobbyist; casual artist
#JuneWritingChallenge #illustratepride participant
Lee & Low Books @leeandlow.bsky.social Independent, POC-owned children's book publisher specializing in diversity since 1991. © 2026 Lee & Low Books.
Paul Vinelli @paulvinelli.bsky.social Picture Book Writer | MLIS
Co-Host of The Sartorial Librarians Podcast
@sartoriallibrary.bsky.social
Spotify: spoti.fi/3ANgYge
Apple: apple.co/4e4mM3h
Srinidhi Srinivasan | Kidlit Illustrator @srinidhidraws.bsky.social Rep’ed by Aliza Hoover at CAT agency!
Children’s book Illustrator, Sketchbook Scribbler ✏️& Maker of many things 🪡|
🕸️ www.srinidhidraws.com
📧 srinidhis01@gmail.com
Liz Wong @lizwong.bsky.social Picture book author/illustrator of QUACKERS, THE GOOSE EGG, I AM NOT A PENGUIN. Illustrator of A MIND OF HER OWN: THE STORY OF MYSTERY WRITER AGATHA CHRISTIE, plus others! She/her
Rep: Alexandra Penfold at Upstart Crow
http://lizwongillustration.com
Elio @eliopictures.bsky.social ✏️ Illustrator represented by Andrea Brown Literary Agency. 📚 Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, Abrams. 🍏 Associate Professor of Instruction at Columbia College Chicago. 🏡👧 Dad. 💼 www.eliopictures.com
Emmy Brown @ AMKE 817 @emmbrr.bsky.social drawing, drawing (she/her)
Represented by Alex Gehringer with The Bright Agency
emmybrownillustration.com | linktr.ee/emmbrr
🎨 art tag: #kidlitart
Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com Executive Art Director at Scholastic (Picture Books). Educator at Pratt (Typography) & CCNY (Critical Writing). Speaker (SCBWI et al.). Writer of Fiction (Agent: @liznealon.bsky.social). 523rd Bluesky account. NYC. He/Him. www.brianlarossa.com.
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Mark Hoffmann @studiohoffmann.bsky.social Children’s books & editorial illustrator, professor
🎥 Host of Gab ‘n’ Doodle on Insta
🚫 No AI Art
Proudly rep’d by:
Kidlit- Nicole Tugeau @the_t2_agency.bsky.social
Editorial- @i2iart.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/studiohoffmann
Grace Sandford @gracesandford.bsky.social Children’s Illustrator, Sometimes Author, Always Left Handed. Lifts Heavy Things For Fun.
www.GraceSandford.com
ValeTer @valeter.bsky.social Landscape and nature photography. Based in the US.
Web: nature.valeter.net
www.map-shaped.com — a tool where you upload a photo to create state- or country-shaped images, or generate maps of visited states, countries, or U.S. national parks.
Dana Marie Miroballi @noshesthebear.bsky.social Children’s Book Author
IF MY HAIR HAD A VOICE (Beaming Books) • INVENTIONS TO COUNT ON (Abrams Appleseed) • Rep: Ammi-Joan Paquette
danamiroballi.com
Instagram: noshesthebear
#KIDLIT
#CHICAGO
Juana Martinez-Neal @juanamartinezn.bsky.social Author-illustrator and mami born in Lima, Peru and living in the woods of SE Connecticut. Se habla español.
linktr.ee/juanamartinezneal
Carolina Coroa @carolinacoroa.bsky.social North brazilian 🇧🇷 kidlit illustrator and visdev artist for tv based in London, UK 🎡
Rep by Christie Megill at The Cat Agency
Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social 🇨🇦 🇸🇬 Illustrator, author (The Pink Pajamas, S&S 2025) | Rep: Tracy Marchini | Co-host @kidlitart.bsky.social chat | 🚫AI/NFT
🎨 CharleneChua.com
🖼️ Links - charlenechua.com/links
✏️ Alt account @sygnin.com
Nina Crittenden @ninacrittenden.bsky.social kid book maker. tea drinker. minnesotan. ice out. ninacrittenden.com
Tatjana Mai-Wyss @tatjanamaiwyss.bsky.social illustration + surface design, based in South Carolina. Telling stories with pictures. Represented by the Bright Agency
https://www.tatjanamaiwyss.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
Diana Delosh - illustrator @dtdelosh.bsky.social Illustrator/storyteller represented by Lynnette Novak of The Seymour Agency
portfolio: https://dianadelosh.com
Kondász Eszti @kondaszeszti.bsky.social 🦋Budapest-based illustrator
💟open to freelance projects
Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social She/her. Picture book writer/illustrator.
Rep: @swekstein.bsky.social
2024 Round Table Mentee, #PBParty Honorable Mention, #50PreciousWords HM.
Keep posting about your books; I want to read them!
sparklemarkers.com
Ruth Fulknit @ruthfulknit.bsky.social I like to draw.
https://linktr.ee/ruthfulknit
Gina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social Picture Book Author Illustrator, THE KING OF BOOKS Feiwel & Friends, SNOW DAY WITH DADDY '28 Christy Ottaviano Books / Creator of #KidLitArtPostcard / Rep’d by Sean McCarthy www.ginaperry.com
Rhonda @rjdeal.bsky.social I'm an enthusiastic dabbler in many hobbies and curious about everything. I love my husband, my dog, reading, photography, and napping.
Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com 🇨🇦 Author/illustrator. Illus books by Judy Blume, Michael Ian Black, others. Author news, more: https://debbieohi.com/links/ Atmosphere updates: https://debbieohi.com/standard-reader
📚 I WANT TO READ *ALL* THE BOOKS
🎨 I'M BUSY
DebbieOhi.com
Steph Lau (she/her) @stephlaubooks.com Author, illustrator, former pastry chef.
🐍🪨 MEDUSA'S PET ROCK (HarperCollins): 9/22/26
❄️🩰THE ABOMINABLE SNOW DANCER (Penguin Workshop): out now!
Rep: @allielevick.bsky.social
Website: bit.ly/stephlaubooks
Reshu Lakra @dibbarangeen.bsky.social Kidlit Illustrator
•Crocodile Christmas, out with PRH
•Longlisted by Picturebook Makers for 'The Unpublished Picture Book Showcase 7'
•Seeking representation
•Email: dibba.rangeen@gmail.com
•Portfolio: www.dibbarangeenstudio.com
Aishwarya Tandon @toondoon1010.bsky.social 🎨 Illustrator & Cartoonist (she/her)
📚 Clients include Scholastic, PRH, HarperCollins US, Beaming Books US & more.
📝 Rep'd by Claire Draper (Au Literary Management)
🌐 www.aishwaryatandon.com
Denis Angelov @denisillustrates.bsky.social Children's book illustrator and artist, based in Sofia, Bulgaria
Art / Film Photography / Stuff I like
🌐 www.denisillustrates.com
Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social Hi! I’m Molly Hodgdon. I live in Vermont with my beautiful FIV+ cats Francie and Marcel. Banner photo by W. Eugene Smith. Profile pic is a postcard from my collection mailed 1908.
Not a bot. Not selling anything. Just a keeper of forgotten cats.
Shiho Pate ペイトしほ Illustration @shihopate.bsky.social Children's book Author Illustrator Rep'd by Deborah Warren at East West Literary agency. Japanese, based in USA.
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