mart • commissions open @martapreliy.bsky.social illustrator | eng/ru
portfolio: https://www.mart-lett.com/
linktr.ee/martapreliy
Mike Masnick @masnick.com Techdirt guy. Writes about social media, copyright, free speech, content moderation, civil liberties and stuff like that. Once wrote a paper that may have helped inspire this service & now I'm on its board: https://bit.ly/protocolnotplatform
Anoop Ranganath @anoop.bsky.team I didn't know I was lonely til I saw your face
Toni Schneider @toni.bsky.team CEO of Bluesky, partner @trueventures.com, personal site: https://toni.org
danielleyuhan @danielle.bsky.team Product designer @bsky.app
Full-time cat servant to 3 Persians
🐱🐱🐱👩🏻💻
Jen Steiner Stories @jensteinerstories.bsky.social Storyteller.
Mike Curato @mikecurato.bsky.social author & illustrator
🌈Gaysians, 🔥Flamer, 🐘Little Elliot
Kevin Willingham @rocketfuelart.com Graphic Designer & Artist | ECD of Ska | Retro gaming videos under RetroActive | Commissions Open! http://linktr.ee/kcwcreative
Brandon Bird @brandonbird.bsky.social Artist, Jerry Orbach Car owner, Sears shopper. store.brandonbird.com
Emily Schnall @emilyschnall.bsky.social Illustrator of comics, horror, and science things
DARK HORSE | IDW | 2000 AD | ONI PRESS | EARTHJUSTICE
She/They
linktr.ee/emilyschnall
Adrián Ibarra Lugo @ailustrar.bsky.social 🇲🇽 Freelance illustrator: Critical Role, Darrington Press, Dimension 20, Paramount+ and Wizards of the Coast (D&D)
Online portfolio: Ailustrar.com
Shennen Bersani @shennen.bsky.social A children’s book author and illustrator I’ve illustrated 45 picture books (currently working on more). I also create fine art, portraits, & share 🍀 with others. www.Shennen.com Find free puzzles, coloring pages and crafts at www.achoowhypollencounts.com
Matt Alston @mcribsisback.bsky.social I'm Matt. Maine writer with bylines with Business Insider, The Nation, GQ, Wired. Copywriter for work-work. Weirdly good at Etch-a-Sketch. Not bad at disc golf.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/graham-platner-maine-senate-susan-collins/
Linotype Pilgrim @symbo1ics.bsky.social Reviews: "unhinged", "deluded", "incoherent", "sick jerk" | Black Lives Matter | Vidas Indígenas Importam | Trans Lives Matter | typography, politics, profanity, analog electronics, retrocomputing, coffee, food | Mastodon: https://timeloop.cafe/@symbo1ics
Estee Hall @esteehillustrates.bsky.social 🖍️ Illustrator, designer, storyteller.
🎓HarperCollins Author Academy - Alumni 2025
💂🏾♀️London, UK
*Seeking representation*
✐ Portfolio: www.esteehall.com
📧Email: xesteex@ymail.com
🎨Shop: www.thisismi.co.uk
Mylee J. Miller | Dark Fantasy Author @myleejmiller.bsky.social Fantasy Author
HEART OF BONE (Crooked Lane & Simon Maverick, 9 March 2027)
#PosterPit Creator
Editor & Podcast Host
Book Competition Judge
Rep: Rachel Estep at D4EO
kotaline jones @kotalinejones.bsky.social cartoonist/illustrator/wants to meet your cat. assistant editor at ABRAMS ComicArts. she/they, opinions are my own. https://kotalinejones.com/
Kat the Lore Mistress @loremistress93.bsky.social she/they | queer 🏳️🌈 UK based writer & TTRPG designer ✍️ | Creative Lead at Hatchlings Games ✨ | folklore & horror nerd 🧚🏻♀️💀 | wearer of many AP hats 📹
https://linktr.ee/loremistress93
Profile Pic by @healie.bsky.social
Evangeline Gallagher @egallagher.bsky.social illustrator | Baltimore | repped by sari@levycreative.com | email evangelinemgallagher@gmail.com for work, I don’t check DMs!⭐️ they/them
https://linktr.ee/evangelinegallagher
Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social | 🌈 | (he-him) TTRPG ilustrador and fantasy cartographer. Brazilian. ND.
🗺️ https://www.patreon.com/tomeofsalvaterra
#cartography #art #ttrpg
🚫NoAI/N-F-T
💼 https://cara.app/salvaterra
☕ https://ko-fi.com/salvaterra/shop
📧diariodecampanharpg@gmail.com
Heather Anne Soodak @artyheather.bsky.social Joyful Art from the Heart!
The “quirky in a good way” illustrator & art educator passionate about bringing people together through visual art & storytelling. 🌈📚 www.heathersoodak.com
https://www.scbwi.org/members/heather-soodak
💗 ✍️ ⚖️ 🌎 🌙✨ 🐯🪶🐚🌊🌲☀️😸 🖖
Illustrated By Jessica Cooper @illustratedbyjess.bsky.social Author Illustrator, Bookish, KidLit Community, Pattern Designer. Picture Books, MG, YA, Nature Science, Environmental, Folklore & Historical Fiction. Illustration Coordinator for SCBWI Los Angeles. My portfolio website is www.IllustratedbyJessica.com
Rebecca Sherman @rebeccagent.bsky.social Senior Literary Agent at Writers House. Good for children’s book and theater recommendations. Let’s share some joy and whimsy here, okay?
Phillip Alnswick-Tobias @thelastlovemark.bsky.social In the middle of class, Mr. Levy—my 7th and 8th grade social science teacher—once said: "you're damn good, but you piss people off." To paraphrase something heard @ an AIGA/NY lecture c. 2012, "…if you're not pissing people off, you're not trying to grow…"
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
Rob Turpin 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️⚧️ @thisnorthernboy.bsky.social Available for personal and commercial work.
Illustrator, artist, and writer from the UK. Yorkshireman. Spaceships, robots, & imaginary places. Creator of the Weird Field World. Find me here - https://linktr.ee/thisnorthernboy
Christina Wald @christinawald.com Kids book illustrator + urban sketcher🔮 Illustration Educator 📚 Sketching Here & Everywhere is out! 🌟 Working on so many stories!
https://linktr.ee/christinawald
Hampus Flink @hampus.bsky.social he/him. Comics, pulp, pinups, point and click adventure games
Web: http://hampus-flink.com
Tip jar: http://ko-fi.com/hampusflink/
Art prints: inprnt.com/gallery/flinkart/
Victoria Maderna @victoriamaderna.com Argentinian illustrator based in France.
Represented by @jenazantian.bsky.social
I also make comics with @fpiatti.bsky.social
https://victoriamaderna.com | hi@victoriamaderna.com
Prints: https://inprnt.com/gallery/vmaderna
Arthur Baron-Clément @arthur.baron-clement.com Gouache and digital artist #NoAI
https://arthur.baron-clement.com/en/
arthur@baron-clement.com
Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social Wayfaring Writer & Photographer
// Debut photobook out now from 89Books Italy ➨
www.tinyurl.com/WhichCannotBeSeen
// Bklyn Review, Offing, LitroMagUK, Mercurius, Tiny Mcules, AmBystander, MTL Review, HAD, Amstdm Qtrly, FStop, et al
@berriesforeveryone.bsky.social @berriesforeveryone.bsky.social 
Sarah Tuttle @niais.bsky.social Disabled, queer, Jewish, (chimerical?) cyborg, load bearing, professor of space stuff, abortion funder, antifascist, wielder of wrenches and too many pens. Building joy with a side of chaos. Team Lightning Thunder Unicorn. Team Peace Rose.
Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social 🎨Artist in the PNW: #dragons, fantasy, nature
🖌 #Watercolor, #gouache
Gallery: https://cara.app/kamakru
Also my #cats
NO 🚫A/I 🚫N/F/T
Website: kamakru.com
ALL LINKS [shop/portfolio]: http://kamakru.com/directory
Amanda Morrow @amandamorrowart.bsky.social Kidlit Artist 🎨
amandamorrowart.com
Rep’d by the Bright Agency
Kat Tsai @chuwenjie.bsky.social Artist of color, light, & atmosphere /🇹🇼 🇺🇸/ Visdev on Spiderman: Beyond the Spiderverse 🕷 / bio.site/chuwenjie
Jyoti Rajan Gopal @jyotigopal.bsky.social American Desi, writer/teacher/mom/podcaster. Passionate about books, play, SWI. #12x12 #SCBWI @PBcrew22 @PBSpree @upliftkidlit @WendiLuluGu @HGLiterary linktr.ee/jyotirajangopal
TheresaAnackerWohlers @tanackerwohlers.bsky.social Artist, Must be outdoors, Lover of imagination and youthfulness. An illustrator and author of PBs and working on MG pieces as well. 
Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social Critic @nytimes.com. Author of WE TELL OURSELVES STORIES (paperback out 6/23!), SALTY (2022), AFTERGLOW (forthcoming). Teaching at NYU XE.
Corey Brickley @coreybrickley.bsky.social They/them. Artist just doing book covers, email info@debutart.com for inquiries. Married 💍 to my freaking job 🤣 help 🙏 My things: https://linktr.ee/coreybrickley blocking ai ppl love u
Burke Gerstenschlager @bleaktheology.bsky.social Finishing “Tears in Their Eyes: Joy Division as Theological Lamentation”. Former academic book editor. Religion & culture writer. Kierkegaardian. Antifascist. UT Austin Classics BA. YDS MDiv. Lutherpalian. Your post-punk counterweight to joy in Brooklyn.
Boyds Mills @boydsmills.bsky.social Boyds Mills positively impacts children by amplifying the voices of storytellers who inspire children to become their best selves.
https://linktr.ee/boydsmills
Mona Kanin, she/her/hers @mskanin.bsky.social I embrace careful thinkers and shapers.
The opposite of destruction? The Arts!
205TF @205tf.bsky.social TF, two letters that stand for Type Foundry and Typographie Française (French Typography).
https://www.205.tf/
Maeve MacLysaght loves a little gall on gall @mmmlysaght.bsky.social Literary agent at Aevitas Creative Management ★ MG-Adult graphic novels, Sci-fi, Fantasy, That👏Gay👏Shit👏 ★ She/her ★ OPEN TO QUERIES | IG @mmmlysaght
Tristan Elwell @tristanelwell.bsky.social Artist/Illustrator/Educator
Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize Winner, Hugo Loser
I make pictures of spooky girls and cute cats
https://linktr.ee/Tristan.Elwell
Hillary Fazzari @hillaryfazzari.bsky.social Lit Agent at @bradfordagents.bsky.social in San Diego, representing Kid Lit, New Adult, and Adult books.
👉 #MSWL: https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/hillary-fazzari
👉 Query Me: https://querymanager.com/query/3240
Theo Rosendorf @theorosendorf.bsky.social Author of the Typographic Desk Reference
https://typedeskref.com
Future editor of Daily Quadrat
https://quadrat.today
Anne Armstrong @childbookart.bsky.social wonder hunter | art agent #kidlitart | tree + neighborhood advocate
tinyurl.com/t4vzkrne
Estrela Lourenço @estrelalourenco.bsky.social #PB Children's Book Author/Illustrator | SCBWI 2021 Portfolio Honor Award | #12x12PB | Rep by @jmcgowanbks at @bookendslit | Freelance STB artist for TV
linktr.ee/estrelalourenco
Pat Cummings @betnoire.bsky.social Olympic medalist, Grammy winner, ballerina emeritus, storyteller.
Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com Sociologist. Author. Professor. Roosevelt Institute Fellow. Expert on families, schools, kids, privilege, and power. Bylines in NYT, WaPo, MSNBC, Atlantic, etc.
"Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women."
www.jessicacalarco.com
George Gant @geogantart.com Ringo-Nominated cartoonist. Creator of the comic strip Beware of Toddler, distributed by King Features Syndicate. Beano/Dandy Artist and I drew Redman's graphic novel. Based in Chicago. Inquiries: geo@geogantart.com
Pooja Saxena @matratype.bsky.social Typeface design at @typetogether.bsky.social and elsewhere + writing about design, especially Indic scripts
Occasionally birding and pixel drawing
she/her/they
Endpapers @endpapers.bsky.social Sharing and celebrating the endpapers of children’s literature.
Kelly McKernan @kellymckernan.bsky.social fine artist ✧ freelance illustrator ✧ audhd goblin ✧ advocating for artists ✧ they/them baddie ✧ trans rights are human rights ✧ on a quest to see every color ✧ 🚫AI ✧
linktr.ee/kelly_mckernan
Jack Smyth @jackflag.bsky.social Photoshop is one hell of a drug.
jacksmyth.co
Carina Taylor 🌻 @shecallsmecdawg.bsky.social ✨ Designing comics professionally ✨
Art Director @ Inklore | Prev: Scholastic Graphix, Silver Sprocket, Skybound
not taking this too seriously ✨ she/her/they 🇵🇭
carinadraws.com
Lily Padula @lilypadula.bsky.social Illustrator/animator/adjunct professor at SVA
My last name means Shrek in Italian 🧌
lilypadula.com
Abby @aspenceart.bsky.social an illustrator painting lots of woodland animals - No AI 🚫 - she/her - commission + work inquiries contact me at: abigailspenceart@gmail.com
Mia Quagliarello @miaq.bsky.social Curation, creativity, community, culture, connection || My heartbeat has a bassline⚡️🪩⚡️|| https://about.me/miaquagliarello- D @dataquilter.bsky.social @dataquilter.bsky.social
Brian Box Brown @boxbrown.bsky.social Cartoonist, New York Times Best Seller, Eisner Winner, Philly resident, illustrator #cannabis activist http://linktr.ee/BrianboxBrown
Amichai Benderski @benderski.bsky.social Designed for Peñarol, UN Security Council and government ministries. Exhibited at Jerusalem, Łódź, Montevideo, New York, Ottawa, San Francisco, Toronto and Warsaw. Founder of La Patria, Uruguayan design archive. www.benderski.design, www.lapatria.uy
Mark Addison Smith @markaddisonsmith.bsky.social Queer designer, SAIC Prof, paper enthusiast, collector, cat dad, husband, and eavesdropper behind You Look Like The Right Type, my 17-year archive of daily, overheard-conversation drawings. linktr.ee/markaddisonsmith
✨ Vash Taylor ✨ 🏳️⚧️ TCAF #212 @deuxdel.bsky.social Queer Concept Artist, Comic maker and Writer of Things. I like to torture my friends via TTRPG. Opinions are my own. They/Them
DC, IDW, BOOM, TITAN, DARKHORSE
vashtheartist@gmail.com
https://ko-fi.com/vashtheart
https://patreon.com/VashTheArtist
Blair Shedd @onegemini.com Artist/Writer
Fan Favorite (apparently)
Critically Acclaimed (seriously)
Award Winning (at least one)
Comics/GNs
TV/Film
Books & More
VT Based
Mental Health: degrading.
He/Him
Pinoy-American
onegemini.com
Kickstarer for #TheWorldsBetweenUs LIVE!
American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Empowering and advocating for libraries and library workers to ensure equitable access to information for all. 🌎’s largest library association.
Find us at https://ala.org.
We follow the ALA Code of Conduct: https://www.ala.org/user-guidelines
Marcus Kwame @marcuskwame.com Cartoonist, Fine Artist, Illustrator of the Eisner nominated Big Jim and the White Boy, the Eisner Award winning Black Panther Party, Snow Daze, & Cash & Carrie. Repped by Glass Literary Management
https://linktr.ee/marcuskwame
Marianne Martin @mariannemartin.bsky.social [she/her] Opinions my own - https://linktr.ee/mariannemartin - Art Director, concept artist. Horror, beauty, escapism! No NFT/No AI
Johanna Forster @johannaforster.bsky.social Fantasy illustrator from Germany 🌿
Check out my little art shop and my online course
www.johannaforster.com/links
Melody Joy Kramer @mkramer.bsky.social engagement + crowdsourcing products ProPublica; librarian, journalist, hyperlocal information ecosystems, public(s) and participation, digital archives, dogs, civic joy, mom, mummer, philly, carrboro north carolina, learning asl!
🌈 melodykramer.github.io
Kim Hu // Work Account @elbowrocket.bsky.social Freelance Concept Artist & Illustrator; of BAFTA winner ROLLERDROME fame Former Twitter niche nanocelebrity; Yes, I am that Marvel's Taskmaster guy
portfolio: kim-hu.com
📩 hello@kim-hu.com
This is my pro account; personal account is @kim-hu.com
beverlylove / Bev Johnson @bevsi.bsky.social 💌 character designer & illustrator
💌 http://linktr.ee/bevjohnsonart
💌 me & my wife’s comic: http://heartstringscomic.com
( beverlylove on 🐦 & 📷 )
Jectives @jectives.com Typography News™—Live on YouTube, Mon • Wed • Fri
https://www.youtube.com/@jectives
Mirka Hokkanen @mirkahokkanen.bsky.social Kidlit author & illustrator, educator, printmaker. Rockville, MD. MOSSY & TWEED (Holiday House), KITTY & CAT (Candlewick), LITTLE SEASONS (Odd Dot) series. Teaching online and in person. Repped by Laurel Symonds. https://smart.bio/mirkahokkanen
✨Star✨ ArtFight Grind @starcre8tor.bsky.social Natasha Nayo || Animator, Aspiring Color Designer, Illustrator!! || 🇬🇭✌🏾 Commissions: 🚧! || ── ⋆⋅𖤓⋅⋆ ──
🌐 https://linktr.ee/starcre8tor
🟢 https://vgen.co/starcre8tor 【 OPEN 】
📸 https://www.instagram.com/natashanayo/
Icon✨: @superkrazybones.bsky.social
Liz Dresner @lizdresner.bsky.social Art director and book designer 🌈
ellis @elliscarsonjones.bsky.social i like good books, good dogs, and good type.
find my fonts at prologuetype.co.
Ellis Angel @ellisangel.bsky.social Artist. Activist. Weaver. Author. Illustrator.
Bio Site: https://bio.site/ellisangel
Website: www.ellisangel.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ellis_angel1/?hl=en
Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social Illustrator & designer 🌈 she/elle
Illustrator Coordinator for SCBWI Canada East
BUTTERFLY SEA, Tielmour Press Jan 2026
https://MarieLaureCouet.myportfolio.com
#kidlit #kidlitart #illustration #NoAI
Kevin Jay Stanton @kevinjaystanton.bsky.social Illustrator with a green thumb. Created Botanica Tarot. Repped by Jessica Mileo. He/him
kevinjaystanton.com
nicole d. collier, ph.d. @essentialcoco.bsky.social ✨ professional daydreamer. ✍🏽 novelist for kids 🍑 ATLien in St. Pete. 💡 critical thinker ☀️ Former teacher and teacher educator 🐍 FAMUAN 🔺 DST1913
www.nicoledcollier.com
Jacob Matthews @wrcjacob.bsky.social Digital frenemy
Mayday Trippe @maydaytrippe.bsky.social Disabled comics artist, illustrator, and character designer. All typos are my own. (they/them)
http://maydaytrippe.com
http://linktr.ee/maydaytrippe
@theresacottone.bsky.social @theresacottone.bsky.social 
Cait Darfler..... is on SUBMISSION! @caitdarfler.com picture book writer. mom. geologist. environmentalist. gardener. jigsaw puzzler. #SCBWI #kidlit 🏳️🌈
PBParty2025 Finalist!
www.caitdarfler.com
Rep'd by Joyce Sweeney @joycekay.bsky.social
Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social Author, Art Director at Eerdmans, Illustrator, & Michigander
LOVE IS POWERFUL
ONWARD: 16 Climate Fiction Stories
MEET ME IN YOUR HEART, 2026
OUR MICHIGAN PARKS, 2027
heatherdeanbrewer.com
instagram.com/hdeanbrewer/
bracketpublishing.com
Dan Cederholm @simplebits.com Danmade type & goods at SimpleBits® since 2002. Designer, author, speaker, and USCG-licensed captain. Previously co-founder of Dribbble.
https://simplebits.com
Patty Wurster @pattywurster.bsky.social Illustrator • Writer • Regional Advisor #SCBWI New York West/Central Upstate • MFA Indiana U
#kidlit #kidlitart
www.pattywursterstudio.com
Zi Xu @ziqqix.bsky.social Illustrator
🔗 https://ziqqix.crd.co
👥 https://www.patreon.com/cw/ziqqix
🖌️ www.ziqqix.com
📧 ziqqix@gmail.com
⏭️ Rose City Comic Con
Sarah Creech @sarah-creech.bsky.social Art Director and designer of books for kids/teens. I love reading, drawing, lettering, music, and puppy-babies Roux and Jamba.
✸ sol salinas ✸ @solsticeillo.bsky.social Illustrator + Coffee Enthusiast
𓃹 Artist Agent at Astound US
𓃹 Chicago, IL
Sonia Sulaiman @soniasulaiman.bsky.social I write stories inspired by Palestinian folklore. Ignyte and Ember Award winning, Pushcart, Palestine Book, & Lammy noms. BNW and Locus finalist. (she/her) Clarion West '25
https://www.soniasulaiman.com
Koboldscrossing @koboldscrossing.bsky.social Maryland based illustrator and cartoon person
https://linktr.ee/koboldscrossing
Lisa J. Maione @lisamaione.bsky.social art / design / typography / education advocate
Associate Professor of Graphic Design, Kansas City Art Institute.
Founder/Designer, for instance a design practice.
Julie Gribble @juliegribble.bsky.social Writer. Director. Filmmaker. Founder of award-winning children's book resource KidLitTV https://kidlit.tv and KidLitRADIO https://kidlit.tv/KidLitRADIO
Sylvia Leatham @sylvialeatham.bsky.social Award-winning author. Debut spec-fic romcom ‘Chaos Theory’ with Storm Publishing. Rep’ed by Liverpool Lit. Silver at Farnham Lit Audiobook Awards; SL'ed for The Letter Review, Watson Little Indie Novella; LL’ed for Mslexia. https://linktr.ee/SylviaLeatham
Liz Nealon @liznealon.bsky.social Literary agent and founder@greatdoglit. News geek. Science freak. Working to become a better photographer. Opinions are my own.