Pamela Ueckerman @melalouise.bsky.social Children's Author | Poet | Middle Grade Mavens Podcast.
Rep'd by Silvia Molteni of PFD Agents.
Ayla's Christmas Wish 2023
New book out 2026 with Scholastic Australia.
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Kristin Martin @kristin-author.bsky.social Children’s author and poet from Adelaide, Australia 
Write Leisa Write🦋 @butterflywrite.bsky.social Writer! Photography #Australia ✍️🌊📖
#Novel writes #Poetry inspiring quotes
#Ocean #Film #Theatre #Music #Books
Lisa Shanahan @lisashanahan.bsky.social Lover of moongazing & Melbourne Tea
Writer of picture books & novels for young people
HARK, IT'S ME, RUBY LEE!
THE GRAND, GENIUS SUMMER
HELLO WORLD
www.lisashanahan.com
Living on Bidjigal land, Australia
(Banner illos - thanks to illustrator Leila Rudge.)
Matt Stanton @itsmattstantonhere.bsky.social Children’s Book Author / Illustrator
45 books
+1 million copies sold
Bronwen @bronwenwritesbooks.bsky.social Author (Children's picture books), YA, Women's Contemporary Fiction and Family Drama
Mother and Nana
Queen of stain removal
Ultimate problem solver
I am writing, living, loving, and playing on Whadjak country.
Marjorie Crosby-Fairall @crosby-fairall.bsky.social Australian/American picture book illustrator and author. SCBWI Australia East Regional Illustrator Coordinator
📚Debut author/illustrator PB ‘Emmie Builds Something New’ (Fall 2025 Red Comet Press)
https://www.crosby-fairall.com
Nicole Hayes @nicolehayes.bsky.social PhD. YA author (Penguin Random) jnr fiction (Hardie Grant) non-fiction (Black Inc / The Guardian). Podcaster with The Outer Sanctum / The Writers' Retreat. Living on Wurundjeri land with 2 humans & 1 dog. She/her. https://linktr.ee/nicolehayes
Vaughan Duck is Querying @vaughanduck.bsky.social I am a published children's book illustrator based in Australia. 🇦🇺 I love drawing pictures that make kids giggle. 😃
Seeking Representation.
www.vaughanduck.com
Judith Ridge @msmisrule.bsky.social Writer, editor, reader, neglectful gardener, cat-wrangler. Children’s/YA lit. PhD student: Australian children’s fantasy. New RGPer. She/her. Politics tragic. Lives on unceded First Nations land, lutruwita (Tasmania). https://linktr.ee/msmisrule
Stephanie Campisi @stephcampisi.bsky.social Aussie writer in SoCal. Kidlit, romcoms w/ Harper, Pan Mac, S&S (plus a secret TV thing).
Aka Kit Holliday, Hazel Graves, Heather Spellman. Avowed AI hater.
Open to work. She/her. Work stuff: jrasheed@ultraliterary.com
www.stephaniecampisi.com
Ali @ali-d-stegert.bsky.social Children’s book creator | HER MAJESTY’S LEAGUE OF REMARKABLE YOUNG LADIES | Illuminated Lettering | Wannabe hermit
@laracaingray.bsky.social @laracaingray.bsky.social 
Susanne Merritt @susannemerritt.bsky.social Australian writer and children's book author
@mandylanglois.bsky.social @mandylanglois.bsky.social Children’s literature author/illustrator, music and early literacy educator, singer, puppeteer, dawg enthusiast, beauty and kindness appreciation devotee.
Jamie Willis @jamiewillisbooks.bsky.social • Writer • Avid reader • Family of book lovers
• Meanjin (Brisbane), Australia
https://linktr.ee/jamiewillis
@jennymarshall.bsky.social @jennymarshall.bsky.social 
Emma Quay — illustrator & author @emmaquay.com Making children's picture books🖍
Rudie Nudie • My Sunbeam Baby •
Happy All Over
www.emmaquay.com
Sherryl writes and reads @sherrylwriter.bsky.social Writer of crime fiction and books for young readers of all ages. Most recent crime novel is "Woman, Missing" (HQ). Love reading. Edit part-time. Owner (servant) of a cat.
Pamela Freeman @pamelafreemanbooks.bsky.social Writer for children - also write for adults as Pamela Hart (murders!) and Elizabeth Leydin (Regency romances).
Just hit 50 books and novellas. Director of Creative Writing at the Australian Writers' Centre. She/her. Writing on Gadigal land.
Liz Anelli illustrator @lizanelli.bsky.social Children’s book creator at https://lizanelli-illustration.com
SherylGwyther @soneill-gwyther.bsky.social Aussie KidLit author and artist on Yuggera/Turrbal country. Chapter books, short stories, school plays, and MG historical adventures are my thing. LOVES: Ava & Niamh. Reading. Baroque music. Photography. Travel. History. PASSION: Human Rights activist. 
Ky Garvey - Author & Podcaster @kygarvey.bsky.social Mum, Wife, Daughter, Friend. Writer and Podcaster.
Billie Rooney @billierooney.bsky.social Children’s writer, reader and hopeful human 📚🌈 Writing PB and MG. #SCBWI member
Adele K. Thomas @adelekthomas.bsky.social Book Illustrator & author.
2D Animation BG Colour Designer | Prev: BG Paint Lead: Marvel's Moon Girl & Devil Dino | Vis Design | Director | Art Director
NO to Gen Ai 🚫
adelekthomas.com
Gold Coast 🐨
Kiralee @kirawrites.bsky.social AUS kidlit author writing everything from PB's to YA.
Out now- HUGS STILL FEEL THE SAME
WIP YA novel in verse
2023 Byron Writers Festival mentorship recipient
2024 Varuna House/ Roderick Centre fellowship recipient
Jacinta Lou @jacintalou.bsky.social Aspiring children's author and human rights crusader, writing to start conversations with kids about their world.
Awarded 2024 ASA/CA mentorship.
Longlisted 2024 pitch it
Liz Ledden @lizledden.bsky.social Kids' book author • Latest: Everyone Wants An Octopus Book! (Hardie Grant) • Gadigal/Sydney • www.instagram.com/liz_ledden • www.lizledden.com • https://lemongrassletters.substack.com/
@veritycrokerwriter.bsky.social @veritycrokerwriter.bsky.social Author of books for children through to adults
Instagram: @veritycrokerwriter
Linktr.ee/veritycroker
Cassy Polimeni @cassy-polimeni.bsky.social 🖊️ Kidlit author PB/CB/MG
🐸 ELLA AND THE AMAZING FROG ORCHESTRA and THE GARDEN AT THE END OF THE WORLD out now
🔍 Editor + proofreader
✈️ Former travel mag hag
📍 Melbourne, Aus
http://cassypolimeni.substack.com
cassypolimeni.wordpress.com
Jay Kristoff @misterkristoff.bsky.social #1 International, NYT, USAToday and Sunday Times bestselling liar.
EMPIRE OF THE DAWN - Out Now
Scribe @scribepub.bsky.social Seriously good books since 1976.
Melbourne | London | Minneapolis
scribepublications.com.au
scribepublications.co.uk
scribepublications.com
Veronica Strachan (V. E. Patton) @veronicastrachan.bsky.social Writer #scifi #fantasy - Ochre Dragon #picturebooks - Chickabella . #memoir - Breathing While Drowning . CoFounder & Podcaster Australian Book Lovers . #6amAusWriters . #AusWrites . Leadership Coach & Facilitator . She/Her
Jade St Clair @scatterbooker.bsky.social Reader. Writer. Beach bum. Cat slave.
Love reading all kinds of genres
Melbourne
www.scatterbooker.wordpress.com
#booksky
John Purcell @bookeboy.bsky.social Bookseller, reviewer, interviewer and author - The Girl on the Page, The Lessons & The Secret Lives of Emma trilogy. The Amateur's Guide to Killing Bad Guys out Sept 2027.
My blog (yes eople still have blogs): https://www.johnpurcellauthor.com/blog
AustLit @austlit.bsky.social AustLit is a bio-bibliographical database of stories by Australians and about Australia.
https://www.austlit.edu.au/
Australian Book Lovers @australianbooks.bsky.social Celebrating and supporting Australian #writers and #readers. A free platform full of Australian authored books. And a fabulous free podcast hosted by @VeronicaStrachan.bsky.social & @writerLaurieBell.bsky.social
#ReadMoreAussieBooks #AusWrites #booksky
kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org Reads a bit of crime fiction. AustCrimeFiction.org since 2006. Owned by lots of Aussie Terriers, cats & farm animals. Gin drinker, whinges about weather, too old for this. Dja Dja Wurrung country.
All sites at: https://linksta.cc/@austcrimefiction
Penguin Books Australia @handle.invalid 
Emily | Coffee, Books, Magic @coffeebooksmagic.bsky.social (too?) honest book reviewer. fan of a hot drink, a good book, and a little magical thinking. Originally from NZ, now in Perth, Aus. Lover of sunshine, poetry and solitude. Late identified AuDHD
Ellie Marney @elliemarney.bsky.social Aussie rural, NYT bestseller - people die in my books 💀 Feb 2026: NO ONE IS SAFE 💀 Here's the fun stuff: https://t.co/ujW6HqmgSi
Claire G. Coleman @clairegcoleman.bsky.social Noongar writer - Novels: Terra Nullius, The Old Lie, Enclave [Hachette Australia]. Non-fiction: Lies, Damned Lies [Ultimo Press]. Writer also of essays, verse, opinion, and criticism.
anna spargo-ryan @annaspargoryan.bsky.social writes. also: cries.
Mandy Beaumont @mandybeaumont.bsky.social Author-The Thrill of It (March 2025), The Furies (2022) & Wild, Fearless Chests (2020). https://linktr.ee/mandybeaumont
Angela Savage @angelasavage.bsky.social Award-winning author, library lover, 80s pop tragic, bird nerd. Commissioning co-editor of Spinning Around: The Kylie Playlist. Crafter of #literarycritters
Kelly Gardiner @kmjgardiner.bsky.social I write, teach writing, and lead writing retreats. My latest novel, Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective, co- written with Sharmini Kumar, is out now (HarperCollins).
Melbourne City of Literature Office @melcityoflit.bsky.social The official Blue Sky account for the Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature office.
https://linktr.ee/melcityoflit
Danielle Binks @daniellebinks.bsky.social Author • Literary Agent • Creative Writing Teacher • https://linktr.ee/DanielleBinks
Kate Cuthbert @katydidinoz.bsky.social Book lover and narrative nerd. Editor, genre fiction advocate, Doctor of Literature, proponent of reading for fun *and* education. Co-host What Would Danbury Do?
she/her. Naarm/Wirandjuri land
Rebecca Raisin @rebeccaraisin.bsky.social Writes for @BoldwoodBooks 📖 It's not a pseudonym. 📚Christmas at the Little Paris Hotel is out now: https://mybook.to/alwaysparissocial
Deborah @debbish.bsky.social Find me at debbish.com
Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out @shelleyrae.bsky.social Mostly I’m about #bookish stuff http://www.bookdout.wordpress.com
but have eclectic interests so you can expect the occasional diversion
https://linktr.ee/shelleyrae_bookdout
Gleebooks @gleebooks.bsky.social Sydney's best loved bookshops featuring Sydney's finest literary events program. 50 years young this year! Find out more at https://gleebooks.com.au/
Librari Kari @purcascade.bsky.social Cats. Libraries. Soccer. Human Rights. 🧙♀️
Sue Scott @sdscottwriter.bsky.social Reader, children's writer, kid-lit tragic/activist, tutor, tea drinker, chocoholic.
2nd place CYA Picture Book Preschool 2024
Mum to 3 wonderful 20-something women, and a Havanese called Wally.
Sydneysider.
Brooke Clark @brookemclark.bsky.social Editor, accessibility advocate, wrangler of my neurodivergent fam, cat lover, book lover. Australia.
Julie Murphy, Children's Author @juliekidsbooks.bsky.social Aussie author of 20+ picture/info books, incl. DOG BEACH (NLA, 2024), CHEER UP, BLOBFISH! (Affirm, 2024) & ODD BODS (Lerner, 2021). Fmr. zoologist and zookeeper. She/her. #STEM #animals #nature. https://linktr.ee/juliemurphybooks
The Book Muse - Ashleigh @thebookmuse1.bsky.social Writer, reviewer, disabled, book lover and cat lover. Picture Book Activist, kid lit advocate. She/her
https://ashleighmeikle.com.au https://www.weekendnotes.com/sydney/writer/186/ https://substack.com/@ashleighthebookmuse
Mylee Joseph @mylee.bsky.social Urban librarian, storyteller, wikimedian, all things GLAM 
Sophie Beer @sophiebeerdraws.bsky.social Kids author and illustrator✨☀✨
Into books and equality. She/her
Debut MG 'Thunderhead' out now with A&U
CYA Conference @cyaconference.com Children, Young Adult, and Adult Writers’ and Illustrators’ Conference, is for writers and illustrators of all ages, all genres.
CYAConference.com
Alison Mutton @aleneart.bsky.social Perth 🇦🇺
Kidlit illustrator, designer, needle felter, swing dancer. Seeking kidlitart representation
www.alene-art.com
Pamela Hart @pamelahart.bsky.social I write lots of different things, but mostly murder mysteries and historical fiction. AKA Pamela Freeman and Elizabeth Leydin. All of them she/her. Living and writing on Gadigal land. Find me at pamela-hart.com
Rebecca Chaney @rebeccajchaney.bsky.social Science-loving Aussie author of THE SKETCHER SERIES.
https://rebeccajchaney.com/
https://linktr.ee/rebeccajchaney
sharondalgleish.bsky.social @sharondalgleish.bsky.social Writer for children, lover of picture books and poetry, happiest breathing in nature.
Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social Award-winning Australian Author on Kaurna Land.
🪶SA Literary Fellow 2025
✨️The Rebels of Mount Buffalo✨️Legend of The Lighthouse Moon✨️On Gallant Wings ✨️The Disappearing Circus 7/25 with Kate Gordon
🪶Nature, Magic & History
www.helenedwardswrites.com
Katie Mazeika @kdmaz.bsky.social author/illustrator of
MAYBE JUST ASK ME! (Beach Lane 2025)
BEULAH HAS A HUNCH! (Beach Lane 2023)
ANNETTE FEELS FREE (Beach Lane 2022)
#ND #Disabled |
https://linktr.ee/KatieMazeika
www.katiemazeika.com
Jes Trudel 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @jestrudel.bsky.social Literary agent with The Rights Factory. Founder of WritingCommunity.ca. CLOSED TO QUERIES.
Rachel Stark @syntactics.bsky.social Editor at Disney-Hyperion▫️ House Stark; more of an Arya than a Tony ▫️ Opinions my own; pic @JarrettWilliams's ▫️ they/them
https://rachelstark7.wixsite.com/home/books-i-ve-edited
Sandra Proudman @sandraproudman.bsky.social YA Author
www.writesandrawrite.com
Salvación (Out 5/20/25)
Preorder:
https://read.macmillan.com/lp/salvacion-9781250895080/
Relit (Out Now!)
The House Where Death Lives (Out Now!)
Literary Associate at Gallt & Zacker
www.readsandraread.com
Kellie Beggs @authorkelliebeggs.bsky.social Teacher⭐️Librarian⭐️Author
No longer active here
Updates only
Jasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social Writer, editor, sometimes an artist, always way too intense about hot chocolate. (She/her)
Rep: Saribel Pages @ Gallt & Zacker
jasminewalls.com
Arley Sorg @arleysorg.bsky.social assoc agent, kt literary
co-Editor-in-Chief, Fantasy Magazine
Senior Editor, Locus Magazine
Do stuff @ Lightspeed/Nightmare, Clarkesworld, F&SF
2014 Odyssey Workshop Grad
He/Him or She/Her in queer contexts
Opinions my own
Jenna Elyse Johnson @kidlitjennaj.bsky.social #kidlit author | elementary teacher | bookseller | ♿️ 🐕🦺| EVERY BODY MOVE (2025) | I SPARK LIKE LIGHTNING (2026) | repped by Christie Megill | https://www.jennaelysejohnson.com
Heather B. @heatherberm.bsky.social Public librarian, recovering teacher, and reader of all things. Shill for optimism, daydream believer. WNY.
Martha Mihalick @marthamihalick.bsky.social Children's/YA books editrix, Greenwillow Books, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Opinions my own. she/her
Maggie Lehrman @maggielehrman.com Editor of books & watcher of tv
Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social Literary Agent at Morhaim Literary 📚 Newsletter: Agents & Books at agentsandbooks.com. 📚 WRITE THROUGH IT out June ‘25 📚📚 picture book called PAY ATTENTION TO ME out in ‘26!
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Write-Through-It/Kate-McKean/9781668055540
Bill Canterbury @billcanterbury.bsky.social Kidlit author, tv writer/producer.
Wrote Simpsons/Pinky&Brain/Clone Wars.
FARM SHARK (June '26, DBYR)
STRANDED PANDAS series ('27/'28, Simon Spotlight)
billcanterbury.com
susie ghahremani @boygirlparty.bsky.social Artist, children’s book author / kidlit illustrator, Boygirlparty Etsy. She/her 💌 i love snail mail, indie rock, fountain pens, wilderness. vegetarian, scbwi, RISD alum. BLM, love is love, read to kids, save our parks. 🧿 ↙️
http://linktr.ee/boygirlparty
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.
Jenn Baker (she/her) @jbakernyc.bsky.social New Yorker, Editor, Writer, host/creator Minorities in Publishing podcast. Books: FORGIVE ME NOT (2023), EVERYDAY PEOPLE (2018).
www.jennifernbaker.com
Alex Lu @waxenwings.bsky.social Editor at Random House Graphic, Writer-in-progress
Sarah Darer Littman @sarahdarerlittman.com MG and YA novelist, INFLUENCED, Sydney Taylor Honor book SOME KIND OF HATE, DEEPFAKE, and many more. Teacher, dot connector, columnist. Leviticus 19:33 sarahdarerlittman.com
Jennifer M Potter @jennifermpotter.com Kidlit illustrator 🎨 goblin rescuer 🐕 pastry enthusiast 🥐 Folktale Week Founder 🐺 she/her
Jennifermpotter.com
Kaly Quarles @kalyquarles.bsky.social Illustrator & lettering artist. Kidlit & licensing. Cat mama x 4. She/her.
Rep: Jennifer March Soloway at Starling
Clients: Simon & Schuster, Harper Collins, PRH, eeBoo, American Greetings, etc.
📍SLC from Austin, y’all
https://www.kalyquarles.com/links
anoosha syed ✏️ @anooshasyed.com award-winning author/illustrator for children’s books, character designer & art educator📚
✎ resources, books, & more links ↓
https://www.anooshasyed.com
Andrea Stegmaier @andreastegmaier.bsky.social Childrensbook Illustrator 
Charles Brubaker @bakertoons.com I'm a cartoonist, publisher, and animator who draws cats and rabbits a lot. I do "Lauren Ipsum" currently; previously "Ask a Cat", "The Fuzzy Princess".
He/Him
http://lauren.smallbugstudio.com/
https://www.patreon.com/smallbug
https://bio.link/bakertoons
Just Dads Reading Books @dadsreadingbooks.bsky.social A podcast about getting to know your kids based on what they read.
Young Adult / Kids Lit / Picture Books
Matt Martens - He/Him. | E.J. Sanders - He/Him
KidLitArt @kidlitart.bsky.social #KidLitArt chat for children's illustrators & fans of kidlit art.
Next chat - Thurs, Sep 24, 9pm EST/6pm PST
Sep topic - Back To School
Mods - @charlenedraws.bsky.social and @weyakindesigns.bsky.social
Erica Sirotich @ericasirotich.bsky.social Illustrator & author of books for kids. Repped by Jenn Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social of ABLA. Creator of the MAIL DUCK books published by Abrams Appleseed. www.ericasirotich.com
Nancy Paulsen @nancyrosep.bsky.social Publishes kids books
Vivian Lee @vivianlee.bsky.social Senior editor at Little, Brown
Not a girl, not yet a dad
Instagram: vleebooks
vivianwmlee.com
Alison Weiss @alioop7.bsky.social Editorial consultant at Alison Weiss Editorial. Causing all sorts of mayhem in the publishing world.
www.alisonweisseditorial.com
Eliot 🌳 @eliotbaum.bsky.social Illustrator for books, games & animation. he/him. Currently working on: too many things
Heart of Gold • Sefirot & The Hidden Isle • Titmouse • Daggerheart •
Professional inquiries: contact[at]elibaum[dot]art
patreon.com/heartofgoldcomic
elibaum.art