Delia Ruiz @aventuras.en.esl @aventurasenesl.bsky.social 📝 First-gen Latina author
📚 Sharing new Latine picture books
🤝 Trusted by parents, teachers, & librarians
🔗 Resources & Goodies 👇🏽
https://lnk.bio/AventurasEnESL
Emily X.R. Pan @exrpan.bsky.social ✒️ New York Times bestselling & award-winning author: THE ASTONISHING COLOR OF AFTER, FORESHADOW YA, and AN ARROW TO THE MOON. Here for collective liberation. https://exrpan.substack.com/welcome
SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators
Supporting quality children’s books & the artists who make them since 1971.
TeMika Grooms @temikatheartist.bsky.social artist
Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social Author, Blogger, Make the World a Better Placer (he/him). Out to empower Queer Youth and their allies. Out Now: A DIFFERENT KIND OF ENEMY -- Book 2 in my Gay teen action-adventure romance series where Queer Teens Save the World!
Kate Messner @katemessner.com NYT bestselling author of 80+ books for kids. Educator. Speaker. Adirondack 46er. Passionately curious. Coming soon: KEEP THE GHOST LIGHT ON
www.katemessner.com
cynthia yuan cheng @cynthiaycheng.bsky.social cartoonist & manga fan | they/them | most active on IG | cynthiaycheng.com
Jas Hammonds @jashammonds.bsky.social Author of We Deserve Monuments + Thirsty
jashammonds.com/links
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Aida Salazar @aidawrites.bsky.social Award-winning Xicana author, translator, artivist, ally, mother. Out now: ULTRAVIOLET and WHEN WATER FLOWS. Up next: WHEN SUN RISES. Decolonize & Free 🇵🇸
Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social Award-winning middle grade author. What Fell From the Sky and Rancho Espanto paperback out now! she/her 🇨🇺 Runs on pastelitos and BTS.
https://linktr.ee/adriannacuevas
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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Halli Gomez @halligomez-author.bsky.social MG and YA author. LIST OF TEN (2021 Union Sq & Co.) AAUW NC Young People’s Literature Award Winner.
Rep’d by East West Literary.
Website: Halligomez.com
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
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
Stephanie Gibeault @stephaniegibeault.bsky.social Children's Author & Freelance Writer | nonfiction and fiction, picture books and middle grade | rep'd by Jacqui Lipton | #SCBWI, #12x12PB | She/Her | https://linktr.ee/stephaniegibeault
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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.
Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social 🏠 Founder & Agent at Neighborhood Literary.
📚 Award-winning Author.
👴🏽 Perpetually Tired Dad.
Latest book: With or Without You.
Next: The Adopted Kids’ Guide to Surviving Seventh Grade (Crown, Spring 2027)
🚪 https://www.neighborhoodliterary.com
Katherine Locke @katherinelocke.bsky.social Author, writer, reader, cat owner, horse owner. Mostly made of rage and salt. Red Sea pedestrian. They/them.
We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social We Need Diverse Books is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit revolutionizing what we read to create a world where everyone can find themself in the pages of a book.
🔗 bio.site/WeNeedDiverseBooks
Paul Vinelli @paulvinelli.bsky.social Picture Book Writer | MLIS
Co-Host of The Sartorial Librarians Podcast
@sartoriallibrary.bsky.social
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Christiana Doucette @doucette515.bsky.social Author | Poet | SDWF Kids Write Judge | MGpies | SCBWI Mentee: Joy McCullough | Agent: Leslie Zampetti | #KidLitChat [Tuesdays 9pm ET] | MG Hub | Highlight’s Kay Yoder Scholarship for US History ‘24 | Intern for Kaitlyn Sanchez | https://bit.ly/3Zf7FiH
Harold Underdown @hunderdown.bsky.social I'm a children's book editor, teacher and workshop presenter, owner of The Purple Crayon website -- www.underdown.org --and part of Kid's Book Revisions Plus: @kbrplus.bsky.social.
I post about #kidlit and other things.
Nikki Grimes @poetnikki.bsky.social Poet, novelist, general word-nerd, gardener, photographer, foodie, film lover. My favorite people on the planet are children, which is why I write for them. Oh! And I'm a freak for roses, watercolor, and collage. Author of Ordinary Hazards, a memoir.
Rajani LaRocca @rajanilarocca.bsky.social 2022 Newbery Honoree, Walter Award, Golden Kite winner. Doctor, author of MG & PB, fiction & nonfiction, prose & poetry. Pro-democracy, pro-reproductive freedom, anti-book bans.
Rep: Brent Taylor
www.RajaniLaRocca.com
Kaz Windness she/her @kazwindness.bsky.social •📕Out now: WORM AND BUTTERFLY (S&S)
•📘Out soon!: TIME TRAVELING CHICKENS (S&S)
•📚Check out: “When You Love a Book” (PRH)
Award-Winning Children’s Book Author-Artist, Art Professor, Autistic-ADHD 🌈📚Books, Classes, Social Media: linktr.ee/KazWindness
Sarah Aronson @saraharonson.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Bike Rider. My books include: Abzuglutely: Battling Bellowing Bella Abzug (2024), Brand New Bubbe (2022) and Just Like Rube Goldberg (2019)! Are you writing a book? Subscribe to my substack or work with me at Highlights!
Alisa Alering @alering.bsky.social Writer of stories, reader of books, lover of moss.
Unwilling landlord for a uterus. She/her or they/them.
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Winsome Bingham @armyvet5.bsky.social Author of books 4 children. Picture books, chapter books, and an occasional novel. I’ve penned SOUL FOOD SUNDAY (⭐️), WELCOME TO FORT GOODE, THE WALK ( ⭐️), MISSING MOMMA (⭐️), LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (⭐️), THE TABLE (⭐️). I treat others the way I want to be treated.
Traci Sorell @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social Cherokee Nation citizen and author of fiction and nonfiction for young people. tracisorell.com
Cordelia Jensen @cordeliajensen.bsky.social MG/YA verse novelist, author of LILAC AND THE SWITCHBACK, EVERY SHINY THING, SKYSCRAPING, THE WAY THE LIGHT BENDS. Creative writing teacher, freelance editor and certified book coach.
Chris Baron @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social MG author of ALL OF ME & THE MAGICAL IMPERFECT-THE GRAY 23 & more in 24 @FeiwelFriends, English Prof, Poet, ig: christhebearbaron
Twitter @baronchrisbaron
Meg Eden Kuyatt @medenkuyatt.bsky.social Author of GOOD DIFFERENT & THE GIRL IN THE WALLS @Scholastic
Christ-follower #Actuallyautistic #2023Debuts #MGin23
rep'd by @laurenspieller.bsky.social
http://www.megedenbooks.com/
Heidi EY Stemple @heidieys.bsky.social #KidLit Author & Poet. JANIE WRITES A PLAY (Charlesbridge). Debut MG verse novel THE POETRY OF CAR MECHANICS 4/15 (Astra). Birder/Owler. HeidiEYStemple.com.
Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social bestselling, award nominated comics person. teaching artist via AAWW.
MOONCAKES, TIDESONG, INFINITY PARTICLE. more tk. agent: Linda Camacho. opinions my own. she/they
no crypto, no nfts, no ai
https://linktr.ee/artofwendyxu
Vicky Fang | Kidlit Author & Illustrator @fangmousbooks.bsky.social Author and illustrator. LAYLA AND THE BOTS, BEST BUDDIES, AVA LIN, ONE MAD CAT, & more.
Harlan DeChamps @harlandechamps.bsky.social Stay-at-home Time Traveler ⏳, Writes YA Sci-fi Fantasy 📚, artist 🎨, aspiring game-maker 👾, Boyd’s Mills Porcupine 🦔, Neurodiverse Kidlit Collective Founder 🧠, Disabled ♿️, AuDHD ♾️, Queer 🏳️🌈, She/Her/They/Them, safe space 🔒
Torrey Maldonado @torreymaldonado.bsky.social Educator & Writer for Young People | Close to 25 years teaching in Brooklyn, NYC where I was born & raised.
Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com Author/Artist * Asian Pacific American Librarians Association PB winner * #Kidlit * 🇭🇰🇨🇦🇺🇸 * she/her * SO: @indianaclimate * sign up for my newsletter at teresarobeson.com to get free art+story * 🚫 DMs or MAGA
Repped by: @casahasegawa.bsky.social
Sona Charaipotra @sonesone2.bsky.social Author Symptoms of a Heartbreak, How Maya Got Fierce, Tiny Pretty Things, The Rumor Game | Screenwriter | Journalist | Senior Editor, Scholastic | traveler @ishqinabackpack | #adhd creative | #Chaitime | mama 
Shadra Strickland @shadras.bsky.social Illustrator. Author. Educator. And other stuff.
Sarah Kapit @sarahkapit.bsky.social Author of GET A GRIP, VIVY COHEN! and other books for young readers. RACHEL FRIEDMAN chapter books currently available wherever you get books. Rep: Jennifer Laughran
www.sarahkapit.com
Sacha Lamb @sachalamb.bsky.social Award winning author of WHEN THE ANGELS LEFT THE OLD COUNTRY. They/them
Rob Costello @cloudbusterrob.bsky.social (He/him) Stoker, Lambda, & Locus Award nominated author, anthologist, and teacher. 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
https://linktr.ee/cloudbusterpress
AN UGLY WORLD FOR BEAUTIFUL BOYS (Lethe Press)
WE MOSTLY COME OUT AT NIGHT (Running Press Teens)
THE DANCING BEARS (Lethe Press)
Nova Ren Suma @novarensuma.bsky.social NYT bestselling author. WAKE THE WILD CREATURES now out from Little, Brown: “Luminous.” “Ferocious.” “Essential.” https://linktr.ee/novaren
Newsletter hosted by Ghost: https://newsletter.novaren.com
Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social Author of A TIME TRAVELER’S THEORY OF RELATIVITY | Cailleach of the Catskills | Baba Yaga of Philly | Writes Fantasy & Scifi for Children | Knitter, Needleworker, Raptor lover
Nawal Qarooni / NQC Literacy @nqcliteracy.bsky.social Educator. Author of Nourishing Caregiver Collaborations: Exalting Home Experiences + Classroom Practices for Collective Care. Adjunct faculty at NYU. Board member of Library of Congress Literacy Advisory + NCTE Build Your Stack. Mama of 4. NQCLiteracy.org
Natasha Khan Kazi @natashakhankazi.bsky.social Author & Illustrator of Moon’s Ramadan, Lulu In The Spotlight, Bela and Lily, Sun's Eid ✨ Repd by Tanusri Prasanna
she/her/hers
www.natashakhankazi.com
Highlights Muslim Storyteller Fellow
Based in LA
Miranda Paul @mirandapaul.bsky.social Yeah, it’s me. 🤣
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
Michelle Cusolito, M.Ed. ❌👑 @mcusolito.bsky.social Award-winning author of books for kids. Educator. Science Communicator. Ocean Evangelist. Preorder JELLYFISH SCIENTIST and IN THE WORLD OF WHALES. Adjunct @SimmonsUniversity MFA. Rep: @jmcgowanbks #SciComm she/her
https://linktr.ee/mcusolito
Mallory Grigg @mallorygrigg.bsky.social Senior Art Director at Macmillan Children's Publishing Group working with Balzer + Bray, Feiwel & Friends, Henry Holt BYR, FSG BYR, Roaring Brook Press, Swoon & Squarefish. She/Her
M.O. (Mindy) Yuksel @moyuksel.bsky.social Author of picture books:
📕In My Mosque
📙One Wish
📘Ramadan Kareem
📗Sami’s Special Gift
📒The Prince of Stars
www.moyuksel.com
Lyn Miller-Lachmann @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social Author, translator & Lego builder. Winner 2023 LA Times Book Prize for YA Literature for TORCH. Author of MOONWALKING (co-authored with Zetta Elliott) & EYES OPEN, both historical novels in verse. 
Loretta Chefchaouni @writerlyme.bsky.social YA Fantasy Author | THE LUSTROUS DARK (Peachtree Teen, May 19 '26) | A THOUSAND NIGHTS (Sept 8 '26)
Linda Camacho @lindacamacho.bsky.social Senior Literary Agent @ Gallt & Zacker Literary; wise-ish Latina; children's VCFA MFA and Cornell alum. Loves TV and giving unsolicited advice. She/her. (Profile Image: Marjorie Buell)
Lesléa Newman @leslea.bsky.social Creator of 87 books for readers of all ages including the children's books, "Joyful Song: A Naming Story," "Sparkle Boy," "The Babka Sisters," and "Heather Has Two Mommies" and the poetry collections for adults, "I Carry My Mother" and "I Wish My Father."
Lauren MacLeod @laurenmacleod.bsky.social Senior literary agent at Aevitas Creative Management by day, but only the dachshund’s second favorite dog parent by night.
Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social Baltimore girl in Atlanta. I love humans, write books, and talk a lot.
http://laurelsnyder.com
Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social "Kyle Lukoff? Isn't he, like, the trans Maurice Sendak?"
"No, Maurice Sendak is the cis Kyle Lukoff."
Kelly Starling Lyons @kelstarly.bsky.social Children’s Book Author and Teaching Artist
www.kellystarlinglyons.com
Kelly Light @kelight.bsky.social Author/Illustrator/Cartoonist/Teacher
Kekla Magoon @keklamagoon.bsky.social Writes books, bakes cupcakes, makes pottery, entertains two orange cats. Award-winning author, keynote speaker, unconventional educator. Passionate about literacy, community, diversity, conversation, and social justice. She/Her.
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
Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social Author @ PRH & S&S, resident playwright at Seattle Public Theater, mom. She/her
Up next: TEAM AWKWARD (S&S, 2/11)
Jolene Gutiérrez | Kidlit Author & Teacher Librarian @writerjolene.bsky.social #Kidlit writer 📚 #SCBWI member 📚 Teacher librarian in a haunted library 👻 TOO MUCH! AN OVERWHELMING DAY '23 ✨ THE OFRENDA THAT WE BUILT '24 ✨ MAMIACHI AND ME '25 ✨ UNBREAKABLE: A JAPANESE AMERICAN FAMILY IN AN AMERICAN INCARCERATION CAMP '26 ✨ 
Janae Marks @janaemarksbooks.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of middle grade books. Latest release: A SPLIT SECOND.✨💜 janaemarks.com
Jan Fields @janfields.bsky.social Mystery author, education writer, avid reader, general nosy parker. JanFields.com
Jacqui Lipton @jacquilipton.bsky.social Author, Law Professor (Duquesne Kline), Founder/Literary Agent,
Raven Quill Literary Agency. #VCFA #SCBWI; #HWA
; #AALA; LAW & AUTHORS: A LEGAL HANDBOOK FOR WRITERS (UC Press, 2020); OUR DATA, OURSELVES (UC Press, 2022). jlipton.com
Intisar Khanani 🍉 @booksbyintisar.bsky.social Fantasy author of The Dauntless Path novels and the Sunbolt Chronicles. Writing mighty girls in diverse worlds. Only occasionally active here.
Grace Lin @authorgracelin.bsky.social Newbery & Caldecott Honor & Legacy Award & NBA Finalist • contact Hachette Speakers Bureau for appearance requests • https://linktr.ee/authorgracelin
Erin Entrada Kelly @erinentrada.bsky.social Author + Illustrator | 2x Newbery Medalist | National Book Award Finalist | NYT Bestseller | Agent: Sara Crowe | Faculty: USF MFAY | https://linktr.ee/erinentrada
Eric Bell @ericbellwriter.bsky.social Middle grade writer of ALAN COLE IS NOT A COWARD and ALAN COLE DOESN'T DANCE. Kidlit teacher, workshop facilitator, freelance editor. Queer, neurodivergent. He/him. Rep: Christa Heschke, Daniele Hunter. https://iamericbell.com/
drydenbks (Emma D Dryden) @drydenbks.bsky.social Renowned children's book editor & former publisher offering services and support as a children's book consultant. #SCBWI Advisory Council member. Lover of travel, animals, the environment, and justice. drydenbks.com #kidlit
Elizabeth Lilly (she/her) @elizabethlilly.bsky.social Picture book author-illustrator || College art educator || Baltimore based || Proud lesbian Latina. Books: GERALDINE, LET ME FIX YOU A PLATE, CATALOGUE OF HUGS (by Joshua David Stein), SOON, YOUR HANDS (by Jonathan Stutzman). My site: https://bit.ly/4c9qaZ
Don Tate @dontate.bsky.social Don Tate is an award-winning author and the illustrator of numerous books for children
Diana Murray @dianamurrayauthor.bsky.social Author of over 25 children's books including the bestselling Unicorn Day series, and Jr. Library Guild Selections such as City Shapes and Goodnight, Veggies. dianamurray.com
Deborah Heiligman (she/her) @dheiligman.bsky.social On a social media break to be in my writing head. Please email me if you need to be in touch. Www.DeborahHeiligman.com
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
Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social #kidlit author middle grade, chapter books, picture books | Sansei 🇺🇸🇯🇵 | Highlights Foundation | ☕️🧋| 🐶💜 | Inuyasha, Studio Ghibli | positivity
Available now - A Study in Secrets (Last Chance Academy book 1)
https://debbimichikoflorence.com
Darcy Pattison @darcypattison.bsky.social Author of over 70 children’s books, including A LITTLE BIT OF DINOSAUR series, the Moments in Science series, and the Another Extraordinary Animal series. See more at MimsHouseBooks.com #STEM #NextGen #Kidlit #TLsky #EduSky 
Courtney Pippin-Mathur | Kidlit artist & writer @pippinmathur.bsky.social author/illustrator, teacher, painter of journals, maker of creatures and things, she/her
www.pippinmathur.com
Aya Khalil @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social Author, educator, librarian.
Rep’d by Brent Taylor
www.ayakhalil.com
Andrea J. Loney @andreajloney.bsky.social Kidlit author, teacher, dreamer, & giggler 💕💖📚💖💕
Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social They/them. Middle grade kidlit author of MELISSA, GREEN, and other books with LGBQTIAP+ characters and friendship themes. Living that pun lifestyle. ACAB. Free Palestine. Reparations. Housing, food, and medical care for all. Interdependence is life.
Alan Silberberg @alansilberberg.bsky.social Author, cartoonist, creator of stuff. Funny, PB books from Viking; MEET THE LATKES, P is for PASTRAMI, THE BAGEL WHO WANTED EVERYTHING (2025). SCBWI Sid Fleischman Humor Award for MILO; STICKY NOTES & BRAIN FREEZE.
www.silberbooks.com
A.S. King @as-king.bsky.social Author of books. Maker of art. Speaker of speeches. Part squid/part earthquake. Literacy fanatic. Lover of corn. Ardent supporter of teenagers. Founder of 🏳️🌈 Gracie's House: www.gracieshouse.com.
She/her https://linktr.ee/AS_King
Megan Troup @megantroup.bsky.social MG & YA Writer; Mom of Teens; Hiker/Explorer; Highlights Scholarship Recipient; RMC SCBWI Golden Pen Award Finalist; WM Novel-In-Development Reader’s Favorite; https://megantroupbooks.com
Pamela Courtney | Children's Author @pamismylmnop.bsky.social Author of A Season For Fishin': A Fish Fry Tradition, illustrated by Toni D Chambers.
Merrill Rainey @littlerainey.bsky.social picture book creator • paper toy maker
Color, Cut, Create • Peek & Play series • My First Town @odddotbooks (Spring 2025)
Rep’d by @bookmarkliterary
http://linktr.ee/Littlerainey
Chris Tebbetts @christebbetts.bsky.social writer, teacher, speaker, coach....fiction, kidlit, adult
Valerie Bolling @valeriebolling.bsky.social Author of books for children and teachers | Longtime educator | DEIAB advocate | Born in NY | Raised and resides in CT
https://valeriebolling.com
Authors Guild; SCBWI; 12x12; Boyds Mills, #kidlit #PB #earlyreaders #booksforteachers
Alex Villasante @magpiewrites.bsky.social Author of Lambda Award Winner, THE GRIEF KEEPER, short story writer, co-founder Latinx Storytellers Conference and LKBF. Pre-order FIREBLOOMS now 🧡🇺🇾🏳️🌈 linktr.ee/avillasante
LizRiceWrites @lizricewrites.bsky.social Writer- current project is a contemporary middle grade novel in verse. I'm always working on picture books. The beach is my happy place.
Tracey Baptiste @traceybaptiste.bsky.social Author. Educator.
@tamekafryerbrown.bsky.social @tamekafryerbrown.bsky.social 
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