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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social Lead developer of Nightwell Games. Currently surviving the aftermath of the Eaton Fire. All-ages deduction game DEDUCTOPIA coming soon: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4429720/Deductopia/
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Dhonielle Clayton @dhonielle.bsky.social NY Times bestselling author and cookie enthusiast. Coach at The Novelry.
Effie Seiberg @effies.bsky.social Nebula-winning and Hugo/Sturgeon-nominated writer. Bagel the Dog's emotional support human. Dadjoke teller. Unrepentant punster. Sentence-fragment lover. Disabled w #MECFS She/her effieseiberg.com/stories
Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social We are Authors Against Book Bans. We stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We unequivocally support diverse voices on our library shelves, in our schools, and in our culture.
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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social Queer SFF author/artist, they/them π¨π¦ Flos Magicae, Faerie Hounds. Mar 2026: THE BAYOU audio
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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social Locus Magazine: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror. The Guide to the World's Imagination.
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AJ @ajknights.bsky.social In a permanent state of vexation.
Pat Loika @patloika.bsky.social Photographer/photojournalist, podcaster, writer & transplant recipient. Loves comics, puroresu, Emma Frost & cats.
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L. N. Holmes (Updates, Mostly) @lnholmeswriter.bsky.social Author of SPACE, COLLISIONS (@ghostcitypress.bsky.social) & THE FLOATING CASTLE | @specawards.bsky.social founder | Stories: Newfound, Barren Magazine, Vestal Review, others | Proud momma π©΅| βοΈ
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Ruth EJ Booth (she/they) @ruthejbooth.bsky.social SFFH Author/Critic. BSFA & British Fantasy Award Winner. Shoreline of Infinity columnist. GSFWC Social Media. #SGSAH PhD. #StrathLife
Queer Neurodivergent with Chronic Illness.
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Steven Spohn @stevenspohn.bsky.social Speaker. Storyteller. Director @MountSinaiNYC, Philosopher. Writer. Aspiring Iron Man. Guy trying to make the world better. Views my own.
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Annie Carl @anniecarlauthor.bsky.social β¨Bistitchual.β¨Loves crafting whimsical things.β¨
Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social The mission of the SSBA is to recognize and promote independent and small press authors writing exceptional speculative fiction.
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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social medievalist. law & history (old) | conspiracy theories (old and new) | taiwan (new and yet to be) | chicago β> los angeles
carnegie fellow β24-β26, writing a book on medieval conspiracy theories
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Shawn Harris @shawnforcongress.bsky.social Farmer, retired General, family man. Democrat, Running for Congress in GA-14. The people of #GA14 deserve an ACTUAL representative. http://www.shawnforgeorgia.com
Chris Bell @chrisbell.atthisarts.com I make books.
Michael Schaub @michaelschaub.bsky.social Journalist, @bookcritics.bsky.social board member, raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion. mschaubtx@gmail.com.
Kiara Valdez @dezinpub.bsky.social Inklore Editor | PW Star Watch Finalist | Writer | βοΈSTEPPING UP and MAMIβs MAGIC WORDS | She/Her | Opinions are mine | Ace & Bi Afroπ©π΄ | #LatinxInPub | Repβd: Britt Siess | kiaravaldez.com
Stacy Whitman @stacylwhitman.bsky.social Owner of @curiouscatbookshop.bsky.social, founder and editor-at-large of Tu Books, editor, cat person, K-dramas, and more. Opinions my own. curiouscatbookshop.com
Jonah Newman @jonahnewmancomics.bsky.social Eisner-nominated author and illustrator of the graphic novel OUT OF LEFT FIELD (Andrews McMeel, 2024). Editorial Project Manager at Scholastic.
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Roseanne Baxter Frank | Kidlit Everything @roseannefrank.bsky.social #PB Writer FINDING CHRISTMAS 2025 | OβWIN & the MOON (2025) | Social Media @SCBWILongIsland | #kidlit Workshops | Insta: @writingoutloud X: @writingoutloud2 | Just Be Kind! linktr.ee/rbfrank
Michele Wells @michelerwells.bsky.social #Editor | Author | Content Strategist | Producer. #Literacy advocate. Former CCO Tapas, VP Editor-in-Chief #warnerbros, #dccomics, Exec Editor #disney, #penguinrandomhouse.
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Amanda Meadows @amandameadows.bsky.social 20-yr thousandaire. Editor of adult comics, humor, and more at Andrews McMeel Publishing: @andrewsmcmeel.bsky.social
She/her. podcaster, zine collector, plant person, seat saver. ππ€π³οΈβππ²π¦π
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Meg Gaertner is OPEN to submissions @meggaertner.com Managing #kidlit Editor @fluxbooks.bsky.social + @jollyfishpress.bsky.social. YA/Adult sff writer. Shortlisted for the Page Turner Writing Award + Oxford/Pushkin Children's Books Fantasy Prize. CHASING STARS (hi-lo MG) out now! she/her.
Amy Fitzgerald @amyarielfitz.bsky.social Sr. Editorial Director for Carolrhoda Books/Lab and Zest Books at Lerner Publishing Group. Scribbler, scone enthusiast, history nerd, owner of multiple unmatched mittens. Opinions my own. She/her.
Andi Diehn @andidiehn.bsky.social Writer. Editor. Safe person. Loves queer lit, little free libraries, running. Also loves dogs, cats, ducks. Knits blobby shawls. Author of 20ish #kidlit books, editor/marketer at Nomad Press. Here to help.
Jamie Schlansky Evans @jamieevans.bsky.social Former managing editor in childrenβs trade publishing. Writer of kidlit seeking new rep. MFA. Olympian multitasker. STL β‘οΈ ATL. She/her.
Alex Aceves (ah-SEV-ess) (she/her) π²π½π©·ππ @alexace.bsky.social mexico city girl in bkln. likes the π· not the π·. lets other pens dwell on guilt&misery. editor at Holiday House, writer by night. opinions my own.
Liesa Abrams @batgirleditor.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of Labyrinth Road imprint at Random House Childrenβs Books. Publishing books that help kids escape where they are while feeling seen for who they are. Obsessed with Batman and gluten-free muffins.
Carol Hinz @carolhinz.bsky.social Children's book editor, knitter, baker, erstwhile ballerina. Wrangler of two no longer small children. (she/her)
Julia McCarthy @thejumbles.bsky.social Senior Editor at S&S Atheneum by day, purveyor of dad jokes by night, eternal sea hag. My tweets are my own. she/her π§π·πΊπΈ Avatar by the wonderful Tanya J. Scott
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Jen Arena @jenarena.bsky.social Kids book author and kids book editor
Check out some of my books! Acorn Was a Little Wild (S&S), Besos for Baby (Little Brown), GIVE (Knopf), Marta! Big and Small (Roaring Brook)
agent: Stephanie Fretwell-Hill, Red Fox
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Alvina Ling @alvinaling.bsky.social Children's book editor living in Brooklyn. Books, cats, food, travel, running, stuff. Check out my podcast with Grace Lin, Book Friends Forever!
Danielle Collins @daniellecollins.bsky.social Hi Iβm Danielle and I get overly invested in fictional things for fun and for a living //Associate Editor @ S&S Childrenβs // (she/her) π³οΈβπ
Kristie Choi @kristiechoi.bsky.social Editor @ Atheneum (S&S) | π bi/pan genderfluid (she/they); pro-transgender; neurospicy; μ΅λ―Όμ§, Korean-Am; plant witch meets punky morbid grandma/cat daddy; opinions my own.
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Feather Flores βοΈβοΈ @featherfully.bsky.social editor & maker of good trouble β’ california coastal creature β’ still workinβ on it π±πβ¨
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Maggie Lehrman @maggielehrman.com Editor of books & watcher of tv
Vivian Lee @vivianlee.bsky.social Senior editor at Little, Brown
Not a girl, not yet a dad
Instagram: vleebooks
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Martha Mihalick @marthamihalick.bsky.social Children's/YA books editrix, Greenwillow Books, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Opinions my own. she/her
Rachel Stark @syntactics.bsky.social Editor at Disney-Hyperionβ«οΈ House Stark; more of an Arya than a Tony β«οΈ Opinions my own; pic @JarrettWilliams's β«οΈ they/them
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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social executive editor of ya, mg and picture books at knopf bfyr, writer of songs and picture books (POWER TOOL ALPHABET & BUT IβM A PUMPKIN!), appreciator of odd curiosities
Alex Lu @waxenwings.bsky.social Editor at Random House Graphic, Writer-in-progress
Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social Antifascist. Midwesterner. Minneapolis/St. Paul. Children's book editor at Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers. He/Him. Protect trans youth. Abolish ICE.
Charlotte E. Greenbaum @sgtgreenbomb.bsky.social Executive Editor (of Graphic Novels) at ABRAMS.
Chronically offline.
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