Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social Posting Science Fiction, Fantasy, Geekery, bookshop life, occasional cats.
Expert Bookseller at Waterstones Ipswich and/or Bury Arc.
(Views mine, not representative of Waterstones)
SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social Dedicated to developing experiences where SCBWI members can grow in their craft, expand their network, and build their writing and illustration goals.
School Library Journal @slj.com School Library Journal is the premiere publication for librarians and information specialists who work with children and teens. A source of quality, award-winning journalism and reviews for 70 years, SLJ publishes 5,000+ reviews annually.
Mike Ciccotello @ciccotello.bsky.social Author-illustrator of books for kids.
Leonard Builds a Haunted House, Beach Toys vs. School Supplies, Twins
DrawWithMrMike.com
Represented by Rachel Orr at Prospect Agency
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
All The Wonders @allthewonders.bsky.social 
Matthew Cordell @cordellmatthew.bsky.social Dad. Husband. Illustrator and author of books. 2018 Caldecott Medalist.
Jen de Oliveira @jendeoart.bsky.social Author-Illustrator
🦦PIP AND PALS (out now!)
🐧REGGIE series
💭Cocreator of Sunday Haha
📚Rep’d by Ammi-Joan Paquette, ACM
jendeoart.com
jendeoart.substack.com
Aaron Becker @storybreathing.bsky.social Author of Journey, You Are Light, and other books for kids and their grownups. My latest books, Winter Light and The Last Zookeeper are out now!
Colby Sharp @colbysharp.bsky.social ⭐️driven by gratitude⭐️Husband 👫 Dad 👦👧👧👦👦 Teacher 👔 Reader 📚 Runner 🏃 Writer ✏️ Nerd 🤓 VOTE! #NerdyBookClub | views expressed are mine
Penguin Kids @penguinkids.bsky.social 
Little, Brown Young Readers @littlebrownyr.bsky.social 
Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social ✂️ Author/Illustrator of books for young readers and artists
👀 Playful, visual storytelling
🏆 Emmy-winning compositor
📚 Once a librarian, always a librarian
https://www.carterhiggins.com/
SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators
Supporting quality children’s books & the artists who make them since 1971.
Chronicle Books @chroniclebooks.bsky.social - C @candlewickpress.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social
Deborah Marcero @deborahmarcero.com Author & Illustrator. IN A JAR, OUT OF A JAR, HOPE IN A JAR (25), THE GREAT ESCAPE (26), THE LONE WOLF (27), & more. Rep’d by Laura Rennert, ABLA. 
Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com Novel development & editing services. Our editors are industry experts and award-winning writers. Take your manuscript to the next level.
DarlingAxe.com
@corrinaallen.bsky.social @corrinaallen.bsky.social 
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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Julie Segal Walters @j-s-dub.bsky.social Children's book writer, civic action and community engagement consultant. Not so secret food geek. Author of THIS IS NOT A NORMAL ANIMAL BOOK (Simon and Schuster). She/her.
Kristin Mahoney @kmcmahoney.bsky.social Reading teacher, author of children's books, NC and Jersey girl. She/Her
Brian Gonsar @bgonsar.bsky.social Author • Producer • Donut Hunter
Dracula's Brunch Club (Middle Grade Graphic Novel) comes out Sept 16 with Oni Press.
Repped by Stacey Graham at 3 Seas Literary.
Pre Order here: https://linktr.ee/bgonsar
Jeff Lemire @jefflemire171.bsky.social Writer and Cartoonist. Creator of Sweet Tooth, Essex County, Black Hammer, Descender, Underwater Welder and more. https://jefflemire.substack.com
Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen @sudiptabq.bsky.social Children’s book writer, mom, wife, world traveler, not necessarily in that order. Not so much “glass half full” as “my glass is broken — why ME?”
Kirk Reedstrom @kirkreedstrom.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling author/illustrator of funny kids books with heartfelt characters and a little bit of mayhem. Creator of the Duck & Moose graphic novel series (Disney-Hyperion).
He/Him
kirkreedstrom.com
kidlitchat @kidlitchat.bsky.social #kidlitchat happens every Tuesday night at 9E/6P, co-hosted by @bonnieadamson.com and @gregpincus.bsky.social. The topic is posted here as each chat begins, as well as any important chat news.
Banner art by Brian Kirby: @boringstorybook.com
Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social A free e-newsletter from Publishers Weekly that reports on children's and YA books. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/9Ubz9L
Anne Appert (they/them) @anneappert.bsky.social they/them. Nonbinary 💛🤍💜🖤
Author/illustrator: BLOB. WHAT IF YOU WISH?. LOCH NESS MONSTER’S UNBELIEVABLE SCIENCE (2026)
Illustrator: ZOOMI & ZOE (Summer 2025)
Rep: @charlottewenger.com #KidLitArt
Art: anneappert.com
Other: https://linktr.ee/Anneappert
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
Lauren Eldridge @eldridgestudio.bsky.social Dimensional Illustrator.
Weird but it works.
Rep’d by Lori Kilkelly @lkliterary 💥
eldridgestudio.com
Juh Dio Illustrations @juhdioart.bsky.social KidLit Artist who loves colors, fantasy and storytelling ✨ #kidLitArtist #KidLit
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
Annie Silvestro @anniesilvestro.bsky.social Kidlit author- BRAVO, LITTLE BIRD & SIGNS OF FRIENDSHIP out now!
www.anniesilvestro.com
Gene Luen Yang @geneluenyang.bsky.social Cartoonist and Comic Book Writer
🧧American Born Chinese
🏀Dragon Hoops
🐢Secret Coders
🗡Books of Clash
🦸🏻♂️Superman Smashes the Klan
👊🏼Shang-Chi
🐵Monkey Prince
☁️Avatar
Joyce Wan @joycewanbooks.bsky.social 💖Author & Illustrator of 30+ Children’s Books w/ Over 2 Million Books in Print
💖Cute Stuff Creator
💖Repped by Teresa Kietlinski of Bookmark Literary
Learn more: https://linktr.ee/joycewanbooks
Andria W. Rosenbaum @andriarosenbaum.bsky.social PB writer, poetry lover, photograph taker, sourdough baker. OUR CLASS IS A COUNTRY w/ Dream Chen, Albert Whitman 9/28/23,
Website: andriawarmflashrosenbaum.com 
Raina Telgemeier @goraina.bsky.social Cartoonist & tea enthusiast 
Jess Townes @jesstownes.bsky.social Picture Book Author
Bookseller (Main Street Books, St. Charles, Missouri)
www.jesstownes.com
Kellie DuBay Gillis (she/her) @kdubaygillis.bsky.social Enviro scientist. Kidlit author. linktr.ee/kelliedubaygillis Out now: IF YOU FIND A FAWN art by Wazza Pink from Disney’s Planet Possible & BIG BIKE, LITTLE BIKE art by Jacob Souva from HarperCollins. Great Lakes lover living near Cleveland. Go Blue!
Kara LaReau @karalareau.bsky.social #kidlit writer, rara avis, survivor of dysfunction and malady
COMING OCTOBER 20: Licorice, a mg novel retelling of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca with a feline twist. Preorder NOW wherever books are sold! 🙀
https://linktr.ee/karalareau
Travis Jonker @100scopenotes.bsky.social School Librarian. Author of BLUE FLOATS AWAY, THE VERY LAST CASTLE, THE SHIP IN THE WINDOW, CABOOSE | Author/illustrator of JUST ONE FLAKE and JUST ONE WAVE (2025)
Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social I write picture books for adults to read to children so that children fall in love with reading.
New in 2026: A Celebration of You (3.17); The Dino Door (5.5).
linkin.bio/joshfunkbooks
Dev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social Children’s Author. Devout Californian.
Rep'd by @jenrofe of ABLA
www.devpetty.com
Pragmatic Mom @pragmaticmom.bsky.social Hi! I'm Mia Wenjen. I blog at PragmaticMom.com, run nonprofit ReadYourWorld.org, and write children's books (MiaWenjen.com).
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/MiaWenjen
Ronni Diamondstein @ronnidiamondstein.bsky.social Children's Book Author/journalist/photographer/ library media specialist. JACKIE AND THE BOOKS SHE LOVED.Maggie Mae Pup Reporter #SCBWI #12X12 #ALA #ALSC #ALSC https://ronnidiamondstein.com
Laurie (THE QUEEN OF CHESS) Wallmark @lauriewallmark.bsky.social Award winning children’s book author. (THE QUEEN OF CHESS / GRACE HOPPER: QUEEN OF COMPUTER CODE / CODE BREAKER, SPY HUNTER / and more. Repped by Liza Fleissig at Liza Royce Agency. www.lauriewallmark.com
Megan Hoyt @meganhoytwrites.bsky.social Award-winning children’s book author, National Jewish Book Award finalist, repped by Deborah Warren at East West Lit, lover of words, Italy, chocolate, bichons, bluebonnets, horses, and tiny yorkies. Oh, and my husband. 📚 https://www.meganhoyt.net/
Patricia Keeler - GN Illustrator for YA @patriciakeeler.bsky.social Graphic Novel illustrator/author. Winner Christopher Medal & New York Book Festival. 100,000 multicultural (LeeandLow) paperback books in print
SCOOP THE ICE CREAM TRUCK (Sky Pony) Feb 2024
https://patriciakeeler-author-illustrator.com
Molly Golden @mollygolden.bsky.social Kidlit author with too many pets living in the PNW.
Peter Kelly @thepeterkelly.bsky.social A freelance video producer/editor who loves reading comic books.
Mostly here to talk about comic books
Comic fans, you might be interested in this tv show I edited...
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoQNs_Kj4AbJwk7IsM_lfTl2lvRX1yPkn&si=7vkULM_dT2QC5oxM
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
Jarod Roselló @jarodrosello.bsky.social Maker of children’s books and tv shows: RED PANDA & MOON BEAR (Top Shelf/IDW), SUPER MAGIC BOY (Random House Graphic)
College professor | PhD | Literacy and childhood studies researcher
www.jarodrosello.com
🇨🇺🇺🇸 | Tampa, FL
Katey Howes @kateywrites.bsky.social Celebrating the legacy of Katey Howes, beloved kidlit author.
TAKE IT APART • August 2026
Website: https://www.kateyhowes.com
Repped by Essie White: https://www.stormliteraryagency.com/katey-howes
Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social I wrote some books, once upon a time.
Posting about stories, brain injuries, adorable animals, rhubarb recipes, nature facts, human rights, and how we can make this world safe and kind and good. You are precious to me, and I love you.
kellybarnhill.com
Dan Santat @dansantat.bsky.social NY Times bestselling children's book author of Beekle ('15 Caldecott) A First Time for Everything ('23 National Book Award) Creator Disney's The Replacements
Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social NYT Bestselling, Geisel-winning, GRATEFUL #kidlit author! (Short, loud, goofy… and probably trying to hug wildlife. “NO, AME!”) LATEST 📖: ⭐️THE SICK DAY⭐️ (🦇, 🐈 & 🐀 #6). MORE 📚 ON THE WAY! Rep: Tricia Lawrence—🏆—at Aevitas!
Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic @grubreport.bsky.social I write NYT-bestselling things. Things that children read.🖖🏻 Books in 2026: THE NEW CAT. More coming. MN-raised, CA-aged. She/her Rep: Jenn Laughran/ABLA Profile art: @cpark.bsky.social Go Blue!
https://www.stephanielucianovic.com
LK Literary Agency @lkliterary.bsky.social Lori Kilkelly (she/her) posting for my boutique literary agency. Reps seasoned & rising talent in children's & YA lit (est 2018).
Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social Baltimore girl in Atlanta. I love humans, write books, and talk a lot.
http://laurelsnyder.com