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Jessica Braidan @jessicabraidan.bsky.social 📚 Color & Discover series — fact-and-coloring books for curious kids 4 and up. Surprising facts + bold pictures to color + try-it activities. Read, create, discover, screen-free. 🦕🚀🐴 jessicabraidan.com
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Rob Gotobed @robgotobed.bsky.social Stand-up philosopher, scribe, bongo drummer and professional time-traveller. (Once dated Anne Boleyn)
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LaTasha Vines @latashavines.bsky.social Victim to Victor: HER2+ My Breast Cancer Story https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2Z5MFL7- M @muhammadz.bsky.social @muhammadz.bsky.social My name is Muhammed form Gambia 🇬🇲
Faith Gluskin @authorfaithgluskin.bsky.social #PICTURE BOOK Writer/#Teacher/#amquerying/Author of Gorillas’ Night Out (Indigo River Publishing/2019) and Matzah Means So Many Things (Yorkshire Publishing/2022). Member of #SCBWI
Erin Siska @erinsiska.bsky.social Reader, picture book author/illustrator, graphic novelist, lawyer, mama, dog person, mental health advocate, good listener. #kidlit #kidlitart
(she/her) Portfolio at www.erinsiska.com.
Heather Stigall @heatherstigall7.bsky.social 📚KidLit Author
#SCBWI PA East Critique Group Coordinator
👻GILBERT & THE GHOST (Beaming Books 2025)
🐰PAISLEY'S BIG BIRTHDAY (Clavis Books, 2023)
🚌PAISLEY’S BIG FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL (Clavis Books, 2027)
picture book obsessed, creator of stuff
Laura Cooper @cooperl788.bsky.social You can find me at my favorite sunny spot, the kitchen island, where I’m simultaneously cooking up dinner and book ideas. I’m an avid reader, raising 2 kids and 1 rescued house hippo.
Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
Michelle S. Kennedy - Children's Picture Book Writer and Poet @michelleskennedy.bsky.social https://www.michelleskennedy.com/
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#PBWriter. Wife & mom. Loves Jesus. #SCBWI Southern Breeze Co-Asst. Regional Advisor, #12x12, #PBParty Finalist '24, '23, & '22 and #50PreciousWords HM '26, 25 and '23.
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Maria is Writing @mariakidlit.bsky.social #Kidlit PB/MG writer and enthusiast
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YoungJu Kim @illuhaus.bsky.social Kidlit Author-Illustrator based in Vienna, VA. #SCBWI, #12x12PB, #PBRisingStars
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writerharrison @harrisonwriter.bsky.social 🍁 #Canadian - #Author - #Poet 🍁
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I try to write in ways that feed both the mind and soul. ♊ & #GenX #stationaryaddict
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Gill Evans. Counselling Psychologist AFBPsS. @gillevansx.bsky.social Psychologist living in Philadelphia from the UK.
Gill Evans author of The Anxious Therapist, YouTuber and Wordler. Honourable Mention for my book by Hay House.
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Corinne Demas @corinnedemas.bsky.social Author of 39 books. Adults: The Road Towards Home, The Writing Circle, Eleven Stories High. Kids: The Littlest Matryoshka, Saying Goodbye to Lulu) New novel, DAUGHTERS. Mt.Holyoke College emerita professor. MR fiction editor. Miniature donkey fan.
The Creative Company @thecreativecompany.bsky.social Since 1932, we have published children’s books of the highest quality. Across four generations of family participation, we remain committed to crafting internationally sought-after picture books & superb nonfiction for readers of all ages.
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
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Leslie Barnard Booth, Kidlit Author @lesliebarnardbooth.bsky.social Lyrical picture books about science and nature:
ONE DAY THIS TREE WILL FALL
A STONE IS A STORY
I AM WE: A STORY OF CROW SURVIVIAL ('25)
Adam Rowan @shinjutnt.bsky.social Black lab dad. Writer and ambient musician. The Dynasty of the Divine out now!
www.adamrowan.ccard.co
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Claire Blumenfeld @cblumenfeld.bsky.social K-12 Reading Specialist, PBWriter, reader, mom, SCBWI #12x12PB #InkedVoices mentee www.ClaireBlumenfeld.com
CRANKY HANK and THE NOISY NEIGHBORS: A PURIM STORY (spring 2027, Kar-Ben)
Elizabeth Everett | Educator & Kidlit Author 📚 @elizabetheverett.bsky.social ➡️ Boosting books for #Teachers, #Educators, #Librarians, #Parents, #Authors, #Writers, and #Readers
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Alexia M. Andoni @alexiaandoni.bsky.social Children’s book author & illustrator. Child Development Specialist. Nature-lover & traveler.
LOVE MAKES OUR FAMILY (S&S Beach Lane, March ‘27) @pbcreativecrew #SCBWIMI #12x12PB #PBParty finalist ‘23 repped by @writeloudly.bsky.social
@emilydolbinart.bsky.social @emilydolbinart.bsky.social 
Charline Yutmeyer @charlineyutmeyer.bsky.social #PB and #MG Writer, Educator, #PBParty Finalist 2025, #50PreciousWords Finalist 2024/2025, #PBRisingStars Honorable Mention 2024/2025, #SpringFling Finalist 2025 #Halloweensie Finalist 2025 www.charlineyutmeyer.com #Kidlit #12X12PB #SCBWI #amquerying
Jan Campana @janycampana.bsky.social Picture Book Creator, PBParty Finalist '25, Kidlit Writer, Passionate Reader, Lover Of All Things Books & BBQ, #SCBWI, Artist-in-Training, Friend, GoldenDoodle Mom
janycampana.com
Andrew Allsop @allsopsfables.bsky.social Children’s book author, #PBParty Finalist ’25, #PBRisingStars Mentee ’23, WriteHive Mentee ’24, member of SCBWI, repped by @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social at Bradford Literary Agency.
Rebecca Ensign @rebecca-ensign.bsky.social OTIS HAS A BAD DAY (2023)
Mom, Picture Book Author, LCMHC, Coffee Enthusiast, #InkedVoices Member & #PBParty 2025 Finalist!
1/6 of #kidlitzombieweek hosts.
www.rebecca-ensign.com
Rep'd by Michelle Witte (@michellewitte.bsky.social)
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
Amber A. Novak @amberanovak.bsky.social THE HULA PAINTED FROG ('26 Green Bean Books) #PJLibrary Selection| #PB Author | Writers League of Texas 2025 Manuscript Contest Finalist |
#PBParty 2024/ 2026 Finalist | #SCBWI ATX | #12x12PB |
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Kristin - Author of THE SUBSTI-TOOTH 🐚 @kristin-012726.bsky.social Author to upcoming PB: THE SUBSTI-TOOTH (Lawley Publishing, 2026) #12x12PB #kidlit
Ziggy Zou @ziggy-zou.bsky.social Writer of children's picture books. Creator of zombies and mermaids and dreamer-upper of adventures.
Real name, Rachael. Mum of 2 nearly grown-up boys.
https://mybook.to/magicmermaidtail
ziggyzoubooks.co.uk
Laird Fetzer Hamblin @lairdsstorysongs.bsky.social Teacher _ Writer/Songwriter/Poet/Artist _ Biologist
I write and illustrate songs and stories about nature in rhyme and alliteration.
lairdsstorysongs.us
lettersbylaird.bsky.social
#edusky
#nature #songs
#kidlitart #kidlit #kidsongs #childrens
Tiffanie Leung Abbott @tleungabbott.bsky.social It’s “Learn” with a “G.”
• Mixed-race Chinese American author
• Rep: Michelle Jackson
• 2026 #pbparty Finalist
• 2025 #pbparty HM
• 2025 #roundtablementor
• #scbwi #12x12challenge
Robynn Hyde @robynnhyde.bsky.social #Kidlit author #pb #cb
Member of #12x12PB #SCBWI #MightyKidLit
#50PreciousWords Winner '26
#PBandKidJudges HM '25
Lover of horror & humour
#KidlitCraze Blog
robynnhyde.com/kidlit-craze
@abbywordsandwhimsy.bsky.social @abbywordsandwhimsy.bsky.social Disney fanatic who loves to write. Blog for adults on #caregiving and #grief- www.PixieDustForCaregivers.com. Book in progress. Picture books in my future! Expect whimsy and pictures of cute, clever animals, including my cat! #kidlit #12X12 #ALS 
Laura Wippell @laurawippell.bsky.social Children's author seeking representation.
Honorable Mentions in 2026 for the #Valentiny #50preciouswords & Little Thought's Silly Sonnet contests.
www.laurawippell.com
Ivy Crenshaw @ivycrenshaw.bsky.social Author with a passion for growing hearts, minds, and green things. Writer and resident trouble-maker/puzzle crafter for Mythulu eMag. ADHD, Friend-shaped, Momma-bear.
Maria Kim @mkimwrites.bsky.social ✨Biracial Mexican-American Kidlit Writer
✨HS ELA Teacher/Librarian
✨PBParty '25 & '26 finalist🩷
✨Rep'd by Sandra Proudman at Galt and Zacker
@rebeccajanehoenig.bsky.social @rebeccajanehoenig.bsky.social Artist, SCBWI member, Children’s book author/illustrator
https://www.rebeccajanehoenig.com/
Lisa Amstutz @ljamstutz.bsky.social Author, ecologist, agent @StormLiterary
. http://linktr.ee/LJAmstutz
Lori Knutsen: Kidlit Writer, Teacher and Photographer @lknutsenkidlit.bsky.social I write #PB #YA to uplift, inspire, and entertain kids.❤️ Boy mom. Teacher. Dreamer. #kidlitfirefly #ND 💫📝🌈
Seeking Rep https://loriknutsen.com
#50Preciouswords ‘26‘25 HM
#springflingkidlit ‘25 Winner
#Halloweensie ‘25 HM
#SCBWI
#12X12
#PBRS Col
Tenderhearted Teacher @sallymacsam.bsky.social Special education preschool teacher, mom of 2 littles and a rescue dog, ECE blogger, and aspiring PB writer
www.tenderheartedteacher.com
IG: @tenderheartedteacher
#scbwi #12x12challenge #kidlit #pb #writingcommunity #preschool #earlychildhood
Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social Owned by 2 rescue dogs.
Adored by an amazing man who doesn't (much) mind being called by my last name.
Cali girl living in Georgia.
Neurospicy PB/MG kidlit writer #SCBWI, #12x12PB #LondonWritersSalon
#PBRisingStars Mentee 2026
All em dashes are my own—
Heidi Yates @heidikyates.bsky.social Author, illustrator & nature photographer.
#SCBWI | #12x12PB | #PBChat '21 mentee
Rep'd by Elisa Houot at The Seymour Agency
Claire Lordon - Illustrator, Designer, & Author @clairelordon.com 🇨🇦🇺🇸Bold, whimsical art for kids & (kids at 🧡)
📚Picture books, comics, & joyful storytelling
🎨Studio life & behind the scenes
✏️Agent @mccarthylit.com
🖤🩶🤍💜
www.clairelordon.com/links
Linda Zajac @lindazajac.bsky.social 
Mesa Schumacher @mesabree.bsky.social Science and Medical illustrator, infographic artist.
Professional #sciart nerd.
Writer and kidlit author/illustrator rep. by Sorche Fairbank
MED/SCI: www.mesaschumacher.com
KIDLIT: https://imaginationillustration.mesaschumacher.com
Blair N Williamson, Children's Author @theislandwriter.bsky.social Award-winning #kidlit author / Ocean Activist / Retired Scuba Instructor and Boat Captain bringing a unique voice from the ocean. Rep'd by Andie Smith and CMA Lit
Stacy Burch @burchstacy.bsky.social Children's book writer (A WAY WITH WORDS '22, SEARCHING FOR SLEEP '22, WHEN YOU HOLD A GRUDGE ‘26), curriculum designer, and mama of three! She/Her
stacyburch.com
Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social 🌈 Creative Development Director at Barefoot Books 👣
📍Arby's on McKnight Road
Susan Drew @susandrewwrites.com Kid Lit Writer. Author of Sadie Does Not Like Sorries.
Follow me here:
Website: https://susandrewwrites.com/
Art shop: https://susandrewart.net/
Newsletter: www.substack.com/@susandrew
Intagram: www.instagram.com/_susandrew/
Mary Arkiszewski @maryarkiszewski.bsky.social Picture Book Author of PHO: A SMOKIES FIREFLY ADVENTURE (2024) Published by SMOKIES LIFE
SCBWI Carolinas,12x12 Picture Book Challenge
Follow on Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter
**Seeking representation**
Hollie Wolverton @holliewolverton.bsky.social Picture book author of THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (7/18/27). Mother. Animal & nature lover. Former & future traveler. Minimalist wannabe. Rep'd by Joyce Sweeney. #FirstDraftFriday #SCBWI #12x12
Stephen Passmore @parsleytl.bsky.social Noisy old bugger
Rachel Funez @rachelfunez.bsky.social #Kidlit #Author | #12x12 | #SCBWI | repp’d by Vicki Selvaggio @Storm Lit | @vickiselvaggio.bsky.social
Debut #PB: SONIA AND THE SUPER DUPER DISASTER | Illustrated by Kelly Kennedy | Free Spirit Publishing
Steve Griffiths @writersteve.bsky.social Writer, editor, lover, eejit.
Freelance Editor at EARLY MORNING EDITS.
Kerry P (Author & Editor) @kerrypwrites.bsky.social 💻 Editor. CIEP professional member.
💞 Author of contemporary romance and romcoms with heart, heat & HEA.
💜 WIP: Hearts Adrift.
🧠 Neurodivergent.
Evelyn Bookless @evelynbookless.bsky.social Children’s Author - mostly picture books
JINX! Out now
🌏Award winning environmental series:
CAPTAIN GREEN AND THE TREE MACHINE (2021)
CAPTAIN GREEN AND THE PLASTIC SCENE (2019)
www.evelynbookless.com
Bookelicious @bookelicious.bsky.social ❤️ Bookmoji Book-Matching Technology
📚 Curated Online Children's Bookshop
🎒 Virtual Author Visits
🧑🏫 PD Webinars
🛍️ PopUp Shops Fundraisers
Jime Wimmer @prettylines.bsky.social 🩷Represented by Hen & Ink Literary https://henandink.com
💚SCBWI Southern Breeze RIC
🩵Illustrator/Author: Prettylines.com
💚 Visiting Assistant Professor Hollins University
💛Dorothy in Oz: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wimmerstudios/dorothy-in-oz/
Mary Helen Berg @maryhelenberg.bsky.social Children’s book author | ENOUGH TO SHARE @TielmourPress l Soon: Bushel & Peck Books | #PBParty Finalist ‘25 & ‘23, HM ‘24, l Writementor ‘22 | #SCBWI | #12x12PB | #Kidlit #PB
Nicole Loy @nicoleloy.bsky.social Writer | Reader | Foodie
Emily Starr @emilystarr.bsky.social #Kidlit author | StarrMatica CEO | Science curriculum and PD writer | IA State Science Leadership Team Member | Nonfiction fanatic | Elementary #STEM advocate
SCBWI | 12x12
Hilary Hawkes - author @hilarymhawkes.bsky.social Children's author. Writing picture books and Middle Grade. Repd for foreign rights by Wellread and Boekenreis. Also lover of nature, gardens, mugs of tea and peaceful places. GEA, Scattered Authors, CWIG
Leah Schanke | Award-winning Author of FREEDOM AT DAWN @leahschanke.bsky.social Award-winning multicultural children’s book author | LeahSchanke.com | 2025 Debut #picturebook illustrated by @Obohdraws.bksy.social. Member of Authors Guild, PAL member of #SCBWI, and LongIslandAuthorsGroup.org. (She/her)
Kelsey E. Gross @kelseyegross.bsky.social #kidlit author. FALL: A SEASONS STORY (August 2026, Beach Lane), SPRING: A SEASONS STORY (spring 2028, Beach Lane), WINTER: A SOLSTICE STORY (2023) & SUMMER: A SOLSTICE STORY (2024) from Paula Wiseman/Simon & Schuster. #12x12PB #SCBWI kelseyegross.com
TK Read @tkreadauthor.bsky.social Hi folks! I’m a practicing attorney and award winning author, currently querying an #A #Romance #ChristmasRomance & a #NA #Romantasy www.tkread.com Proud member #scbwi #AtlantaWritersClub
Archie @artemwriting.bsky.social UPenn. MBA. Books 📚 Writing ✍️ Art 🎨 Cooking & Gardening 🌱 Photos my own 📸 Married. From California ☀️ Got a Wacko Immune System 😅 Connecting here 🤗 https://substack.com/@archartem
Shirl Girl @shirleyfadden.bsky.social ShirleyFadden.com
Writer & Illustrator of picture books. SCBWI Rutgers Mentee
Writer's Loft Anthology
PBParty 2025 Finalist
2026 NESCBWI Portfolio Showcase Winner-unagented
I make picture books for a tutu-wearing, lizard-loving, imaginary boss.
Kari Ann Gonzalez, Author @karigonzalezwrites.bsky.social Lover of sweets, tea, hobby farming, reading, and writing. Award-winning children's author of How To Hatch A Reader (23), How To Hatch A Writer (25), If You Live On A Farm (26), and 3 more unannounced titles to share soon!
Grampa Jody @jodywagner.bsky.social 🙏Grampa of 3 ♥️Husband ♥️Father of 6
🐾Mastiff Daddy 🌲Minnesota Nice 🌈Eclectic
💙My religion is #kindness.💙
💞Be the reason someone #smiles today.💞
☕Buy a Coffee for Grampa☕ or 🦴A bone for Nala🦴
https://buymeacoffee.com/grampajody 🙏
Korena Di Roma Howley @korena.bsky.social Writer, Editor, and Children's Author
❤️ SARANG SAVES THE SCHOOL
🌕 A HANBOK FOR HANA - Preorder Now!
Rep: Lisa Amstutz, Storm Literary
www.korenahowley.com
Traci Huahn 📚 @tracihuahn.bsky.social Kidlit Author rep’d by Lara Perkins @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
✨MAMIE TAPE FIGHTS TO GO TO SCHOOL (Crown/PRH ‘24)✨
#PB #NF #kidlit #12x12 | she/her
https://www.tracihuahn.com
Hannah O'Reilly | kidlit @hanoreilly.bsky.social Picture book writer. Word nerd. // #50PreciousWords winner // #PBChat mentee // #PBParty finalist // #kidlit #amquerying // she/her
Guy Lane: founder Vita Sapien Philosophy @guylane.bsky.social Guy Lane—Australian environmental scientist & author asks: are you Vitan? Someone who loves nature, trusts science, and takes action?
Get FREE intro to Vita Sapien Philosophy—Take the Quiz—Ask Vita: vitasapien.org | guylane.com
Naomi Kirsten @naomikirsten.bsky.social Freelance Editor | Creative Consultant 💫
Formerly Senior Editor at Chronicle Books 📚
SOS: Secrets of Submitting on Substack 👀
www.naomikirsten.com
Mare Hagarty @marehagarty.bsky.social mg writer, theater/playwriting background, 5x Audie judge, cancer survivor
Brian Gene Olson @bgowriter.bsky.social #Kidlit #poet from the PNW. Words in LADYBUG, BABYBUG, THE SCHOOL MAGAZINE, HIGHLIGHTS HELLO. #SCBWI. #80s kid. Member of The Poets' Garage.
http://briangeneolson.weebly.com
https://willowcroft.blog/2021/04/09/five-things-friday-mini-interview-with-author
Jodie Apeseche @jodieapeseche.bsky.social Artist, author/illustrator, SCBWI, Courage to Create, Writers' Loft Hudson, MA, avid gardener, hiker, and fundraiser. Former teacher, librarian, and environmental specialist. Current dog mom! https://jodieapeseche.weebly.com
Kat Hartness @kathartness.bsky.social ♈️
Army Vet MOS 98C
Generation Jones
INTJ-A
#TraitorTrump
#resist
#LGBTQIA+
Atheist Pagan TST
Elder Goth
#ActuallyAutistic
@tonjahartness.bsky.social is my kiddo
NO DMS! Violators will be sacrificed to the old gods... test me
Amelia Shearer @ameliashearer.bsky.social arts lover, reality t.v. connoisseur, writer, teacher, mother of kids
ameliashearer.com
#kidlit #pbparty #scbwi #coscbwi #amwriting