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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com Senior editor at DarlingAxe.com. Novelist at SeptimusBrown.com. Award-winning short-fiction writer. Chaotic good. He/they. 🏳️🌈
Dungeon Crawler Matt @mattdinniman.bsky.social I write books. I play bass. I have dogs. 
Megan Peterson, NBCT @mspetersonmiddle7.bsky.social 7th grade ELA teacher 🍎 Reader 📚 National Board Certified Teacher 🎇
Tiny Bookshop ✨ @tinybookshopgame.com 📚 Indie studio that developed Tiny Bookshop! out for Switch, Steam, PS5, Xbox and Xbox Game Pass and Mobile!
🌿 Free demo on Steam!
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Becky A @becas.bsky.social Writer. Photographer. Reader. Introvert masquerading as an extrovert. Often wittier after the fact, always funnier in my head. 
Lisa - BoBQC @bobqc.bsky.social I make quizzes about books for students in 2nd - 12th grade to prepare for the Battle of the Books and other academic competitions, book clubs, literature circles, and classroom activities. 
mason @masondeaver.bsky.social movie enjoyer, muppet enthusiast, best-selling author of queer romances like THE BUILD-A-BOYFRIEND PROJECT, out 08.05.25 from AVON 🧡
Book Junkie @cgibrich.bsky.social Chocolate addict. Theme park junkie. Retired tween/teen librarian.
Stands with the banned and trying to live life like FL would ban it
her/she
Current reads: The Turn and Sweet
Karen Rivers @karenrivers.bsky.social I write books, read books, think about books, teach people how to write books, and talk to my dogs about books. A PRETTY IMPLAUSIBLE PREMISE out now from Algonquin/Hachette. Coming Soon: Birdfish (Little Brown) and more!
Kristin Nilsen @kristinnilsen.bsky.social bookseller/librarian/author of mg novels WORLDWIDE CRUSH and THE SCOTT FENWICK DIARIES (7.22.25).
Kristinnilsenbooks.com
https://kristinnilsenbooks.substack.com/
Poppreservationists.com
Triada US Lit Agency @triadaus.bsky.social Triada US represents a diverse list of writers, ranging from PB, MG, YA, and adult fiction + non-fiction. Check our site for querying details. Note: emails from Triada agents will only ever come from an [at]triadaus.com address. #TeamTriada
Colten Hibbs @coltenh.bsky.social Writing. Crocheting. Painting. Gardening.
Everything in its season. 💜
Lead with love, and everything else falls into place.
Jennifer Ziegler @jennyziegler.bsky.social Writer. Speaker. Goofball. VCFA Faculty. Author of MG and YA novels, including WORSER, named a Best Book of the Year by New York Times, Kirkus, and Booklist. jenniferziegler.com
she/her/hers
Jean Giardina @jeangiardina.bsky.social Bookish dabbler. She/her. Thinking about kidlit and dogs. Ask me about donating books to young readers.
Jo Marie Bankston @jomariebankston.bsky.social Scribbler of Stories, Hoarder of Books, and a Registered Nurse. Sometimes stuck waiting for spoons.
Do Not Obey In Advance.
#SCBWI #LongCovid
She/Her
Books of Wonder @booksofwonder.bsky.social Open 11am-7pm, 7 days a week📚
NYC's largest independent children's bookstore 🌈
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)
Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake.bsky.social Bestselling author | Out now: DELILAH, ASTRID, IRIS, BRIGHT | Up next, DREAM ON, RAMONA RILEY, 5.13.25 🩷💜💙
Erica Davis @dorkwitch.xyz https://www.dorkwitch.xyz/
Author // illustrator // podcaster // self-certified Schrute Historian // she/her
Ian Eagleton @ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social He/him
Children’s author, dad, former teacher of 13 years 🏳️🌈
Contact: ian@thereadingrealm.co.uk
Agent: Neil Dunnicliffe at Spring Literary
@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social Teacher-Librarian, K-5
Hands-on STEAM; kidlit fanboy; love graphic novels; inclusive col’n; he/him.
Co-host of The Sartorial Librarians Podcast.
@sartoriallibrary.bsky.social
Spotify: spoti.fi/3ANgYge
Apple: apple.co/4e4mM3h
Instagram: bit.ly/4dCh09b
vera moray 🦉☕️ @veramoray.bsky.social nowhere, fast
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
Laken Brimicombe @lakenbrimicombe.bsky.social 🇨🇦Middle grade writer
🐈⬛Cat mom
Cortney @cort2.bsky.social Latina
YA fiction
Obsessed with untangling family secrets
Ma
Sarah Albee @sarahalbee.bsky.social I write NF books for kids. Newest titles: BOUNCE! A SCIENTIFIC HISTORY OF RUBBER/THE PAINTER AND THE PRESIDENT/ZERO: THE NUMBER THAT ALMOST WASN'T. Repped by Caryn Wiseman at ABLA.
Love visiting schools!
Alexis Ennis @mrsbookdragon.bsky.social 6th grade teacher. Blogger. Bookstagrammer. Booktuber. Book dragon. 
Danielle Paige @daniellepaige.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Writer of Books, Comics and Television. Known for #dorothymustdie. #dccomics #archiecomics #guidinglight #stealingsnow #theravens. my latest is #wishofthewicked. And just lucky to be on staff @ CBS' brand new soap #beyondthegates
Raul the Third @raulthethird.bsky.social New York Times bestselling Illustrator and 4x Pura Belpre award winner. Creator of the World of Vamos books and the Snips. Published by Harper Alley and Little Brown Ink.
Author Padma Venkatraman @padmatv.bsky.social THE BRIDGE HOME, BORN BEHIND BARS, SAFE HARBOR, A TIME TO DANCE. WNDB Walter Award winning writer, reader, poet, oceanographer, yoga teacher. K-12 Education. Science, nature, music, art. DEI. “Stories are ships on which we sail oceans of hope.”
The ACTUAL Christina Soontornvat @soontornvat.bsky.social 3-time Newbery Honor-winning author of THE LAST MAPMAKER, the #1 Bestseller THE TRYOUT, and THE LEGENDS OF LOTUS ISLAND series. 
Barbara O'Connor @barbaraoconnor.bsky.social Children's writer, books including How to Steal a Dog and the NYT bestseller WISH
www.barbaraoconnor.com
Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social NYT & indie bestselling author of Love Hate & Other Filters, Internment, Hollow Fires, Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit, This Book Won't Burn, The Singular Life of Aria Patel. Nat'l leadership team Authors Against Book Bans
www.samiraahmed.com
David Bowles @davidbowles.us Writer. Translator. Nahuatlahtoh. Chicano. He/él/yehhua. Pan [💖💛💙]. Representation: Full Circle Literary. Associate Professor at UTRGV. Ca notoca Tlahzotic Mazacnihuitl.
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
Torrey Maldonado @torreymaldonado.bsky.social Educator & Writer for Young People | Close to 25 years teaching in Brooklyn, NYC where I was born & raised.
Judd Winick @juddwinick.bsky.social Pinko, reality TV has-been, cartoonist of the bestselling HILO series. Shorter in person. Pam’s husband.
Aisha Saeed @aishasaeed.bsky.social Author
Alex London @alexlondon.bsky.social I write books. You might like some of them. Your kids do, at least the cool ones. https://www.calexanderlondon.com/
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.
Laurie Halse Anderson @halseanderson.bsky.social Forest creature who writes books & champions libraries. American heart, Danish soul.
Author of YAs: Speak, Shout & many more
Historical adventure novels: Chains, Forge, Ashes & Fever 1793.
And…. Rebellion 1776 is a NY Times bestseller! Huzzah! 🎉❤️🇺🇸📚
Brendan Kiely @brendankiely.bsky.social Dad, husband, author, educator, joy enthusiast.
Traci Chee @tracichee.bsky.social NYT best-selling & award-winning author of THE READER, WE ARE NOT FREE, 1000 STEPS INTO NIGHT & KINDLING 🔥 WCYA faculty at the Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing at UNR (she/her)
tracichee.com
The Author Village @theauthorvillage.bsky.social The Author Village is a collective of forward-thinking and award-winning children’s book creators, educators, and librarians available for in-person and virtual school and library visits, conferences, workshops, and professional development experiences.
Jo Salazar (she/they) @paperyjoey.bsky.social Illustrator 🖤🤍💜
Paper cut and paint
📍Lisbon
Rep’d by @tajmccoy.bsky.social
josalazar.com
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Greg Pak @gregpak.net Rhymes with "rock." Comics writer, filmmaker, photojournalist. SUPERNATURAL, PLANET HULK. He/him. @comixaction.com Call your reps (reps.fyi). Stop posting on X.
All my links: gregpak.fyi
(@gregpak.com for work only)
Buy my stuff at gregpakshop.com!
A.D. Glasswell @adglasswell.bsky.social Amanda
Writer of YA and MG Horror.
Lover of stories in the spirit of The Goonies, The Lost Boys, and Goosebumps.
She/Her. No AI.
PeeCee @thatpaulachase.bsky.social On the lam from my day job moonlighting as a critically acclaimed Upper MG and YA author, Co-founder of The Brown Bookshelf and momager to MDBallerina. Rep: Jennifer Carlson, DCL Literary Linktr.ee/paulachase
Julie Hoffman, EdD @hoffiecup.bsky.social She/her Educator. Reader. Writer. Poet. Researcher. Vegan. Abolitionist. Radical listener. NCTE. NAACP. Illinois Reading Council. Shattering barriers. Building bridges.
Actually, it’s Dr. Hoffman.
Ms. Q in the library @msqlibrary.bsky.social elementary school librarian! gotta add more to this bio, work in progress
Brad McLelland @bradmcbooks.bsky.social Writer, teacher, cat enthusiast.
Kim Baker @kimbaker.bsky.social Occasional children's book writer, muffin baker, & troublemaker 📚
Neurodivergent Latinx broad. Chronically ill, perpetually scrappy. she/her
ABOLISH ICE!
https://www.kimbakerbooks.com
The Mixed-Up Files @themixed-upfiles.bsky.social A group blog of middle-grade authors celebrating books for middle-grade readers. For anyone with a passion for children’s literature. Join us! https://fromthemixedupfiles.com/
Beth Thomas @bibliobeth.bsky.social Middle school librarian 📚
Past President of @njasl.bsky.social 💙
pro public education, pro choice, pro democracy.
Beleaguered fan of Everton, the Mets, and the Giants #efc #coyb
🇺🇸🇮🇪🇮🇹🇵🇱🏳️🌈 
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/
Heather Caspi @heathercaspi.bsky.social Fiction writer, freelance writer, kid/cat/dog mom. SCBWI, MG Hub. https://heathercaspi.com
Shari Green @sharigreen.bsky.social author, poet, beach-wanderer 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 | she/her | Vancouver Island, BC | www.sharigreen.com
Daniela Ramirez @writerdaniela.bsky.social Kidlit Author | Wife & Mami | Chicana | WELCOME HOME, ESMERELDA (Charlesbridge, May 2025)| @SCBWI | Rep: Charlotte Wenger at Prospect Agency
writerdaniela.com
Kiyash Monsef @kiyash.bsky.social NY Times bestseller • Morris Award finalist • BIRD OF A THOUSAND STORIES • ONCE THERE WAS • kiyash.com • https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Kiyash-Monsef/194209060 
Sayantani DasGupta @sayantani.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of children’s and YA books, Health Humanities Academic https://linktr.ee/sayantanidasgupta?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=e40bc45d-a2e4-4923-9b4a-2674c3c19b21
Jesus Perez @jesuswrites.bsky.social Indie author and publisher of #KidLit 📚
I write GameLit and Horror for kids 👻🎮
nicole d. collier, ph.d. @essentialcoco.bsky.social ✨ professional daydreamer. ✍🏽 novelist for kids 🍑 ATLien in St. Pete. 💡 critical thinker ☀️ Former teacher and teacher educator
www.nicoledcollier.com
Shakirah Bourne @shakirahwrites.bsky.social 🇧🇧 Author. Up next: HERE LIES A GHOST (March 3rd 2026, Scholastic), BEWARE THE HEARTMAN, NIGHTMARE ISLAND, JOSEPHINE AGAINST THE SEA, ALLIES
www.shakirahbourne.com
Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com Children's & YA book editor at Julie Scheina Editorial Services | Former senior editor at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | Coffee & book lover
Lori Huntsman @lorihuntsman.bsky.social Teacher • Wife • Mom • DogOwner • Book Lover • Wannabe Librarian • Recycler • DonorsChoose Enthusiast • BTP Ambassador
Amazon Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2HI476OFSOM4Q?ref_=wl_share
Saundra Mitchell @saundramitchell.com Author and Editor. Repped by Jim McCarthy @Dystel, Goderich & Bourret. Queer AF🌈 she/they. www.saundramitchell.com 
Eric Rosswood (He/Him) @ericrosswood.bsky.social Author of the Stonewall Honor picture book, STRONG, featuring the world's first openly gay strongman competitor. Website: linktr.ee/EricRosswood
Christina Farley @christinafarley.bsky.social I write books full of magic, adventure, & romance.
🐉 The Gilded series
🏰 Princess & the Page
💫 The Dreamscape series
💙 The Immortal Bound series
ChristinaFarley.com
Tara Trudel @taratrudel.bsky.social Songwriter for #kidlit (UNI THE UNICORN) and comedy (The Second City)
Composer for film/TV
Family music artist -my album Fractured: Fairy Tales Remixed was called "better than Taylor Swift" by one 3yo
Recording Academy
#12x12PB
www.taratrudel.com
Boni Ashburn @boniashburn.bsky.social Children’s Book Author.
Librarian (Middle/High School & Public).
Mom. Dog mom. Human.
The U.P. of Michigan. boniashburn.com
EllenMulholland is hopeful ✨ @ellenmulholland.bsky.social MG author-EcoWarrior-USC Journ alum
#RoundTableMentor
On sub: THE DOOR BETWEEN STARS, mg novel in verse
Rep: Rebecca Angus, Howland Lit ✨
https://linktr.ee/emulholland
AmReading: Wildwood by Colin Meloy
P.G. Bell @pgbellwriter.bsky.social Children's author and screenwriter. Waterstones Children's Book Award and Edgars shortlisted. New fairytale whodunnit, The Big Bad Wolf Murder, OUT NOW!
My stuff: https://linktr.ee/pgbell
Lauren Mobley @mobleyinthemix.bsky.social School Library | Diverse Reads ✊🏾🌈| Library on Lock Podcast 🔒 | #GoDawgs
E. Gall @gallbrary.bsky.social librarian & critic specializing in youth literature & services
Kristen Picone @kpteach5.bsky.social Mom, 5th grade ELA/SS teacher, nErDCampLI organizer, book lover 
Jo Knowles @joknowles.bsky.social Author: http://www.joknowles.com #kidlit #AABB #PB #MG #Tween #YA
Editorial Services: https://www.revise-and-shine.com/jo-knowles
Author visits: https://www.joknowles.com/school-visits
Teacher: Mountainview #MFA Center For Cartoon Studies (summers)
Mandy Bellm @mandybellm.bsky.social K-12 Library Media Content Lead for Minneapolis Public Schools. 2026 ITEM Co-President. MLA 2024 School Media Innovator of the Year. INFJ, SLMS, EdS. (She/Her)
Marc Tyler Nobleman @marctnobleman.bsky.social author • speaker • "Batman & Bill" character • pop culture archaeologist
marctylernobleman.com
Aliza Werner @alizawerner.bsky.social Educator. Literacy Consultant. Reader. Writer. NCTE. Traveler. Knitter. Wife. Dog Mom x2. Jewish. she/her
Ritu Hemnani @rituhemwrites.bsky.social Children's Author
LION OF THE SKY: HarperCollins/Balzer+Bray MG Novel in Verse '24 THEIR STORY IS OUR STORY: Chronicle Books NNF PB '26
Represented by Rubin Pfeffer
Colby Sharp @colbysharp.bsky.social ⭐️driven by gratitude⭐️Husband 👫 Dad 👦👧👧👦👦 Teacher 👔 Reader 📚 Runner 🏃 Writer ✏️ Nerd 🤓 VOTE! #NerdyBookClub | views expressed are mine
Diane Magras @dianemagras.bsky.social Award-winning author of the Mad Wolf's Daughter books and SECRET OF THE SHADOW BEASTS, all from Penguin Random House. She/her https://linktr.ee/dianemagras
Jessica Young @happybluejess.bsky.social Children's book writer/educator: picture books, early readers, chapter books, board books.
Tatum Flynn @tatumflynn.bsky.social artist, wastrel, cat furniture. she/her/behind you. englandshire.
Sheena Boekweg @sheenaboekweg.bsky.social Author of A SISTERHOOD of SECRET AMBITIONS and GLITCH KINGDOM. School Librarian and full of hope.
Rep:Jessica Sinsheimer Context Literary
Anthony Nerada @anthonynerada.bsky.social Author of SKATER BOY (Soho Teen) 🛹🏳️🌈
Writer in Residence ~ Surrey Libraries 📚
Vancouver, Canada (unceded lands of the Coast Salish Peoples)🍁
Lina Chopra Haldar, PhD @linahaldar.bsky.social Kid Lit Author | Math Enthusiast | Education Consultant | Ice Cream Lover | 12x12 and SCBWI Member | Rep’d by Saba Sulaiman, Talcott Notch Literary Services
Author of DEAR MATH, WE’RE NOT FRIENDS (Beaming Books 2026)
www.linahaldar.com
Hannah West @hannahwest.bsky.social Middle grade and YA author 📖 Ivy and Forest Rewrite the World (Holiday House 2025); The Bitterwine Oath; The Nissera Chronicles
www.hannahwestauthor.com
Buford @castingcall.club Creator of
https://www.castingcall.club
https://www.closingcredits.com
https://www.videomancy.com
https://www.shosay.com
Angel Investor
Founding eng of https://www.reforge.com
First 10 at https://www.eventbrite.com
I wish I was a voice actor.
Pernille Schmidt Ripp @pernille.bsky.social Global educator living her best life, mom, writer, speaker, creator of the Global Read Aloud and always in search of a great book and a cup of tea. Now a primary teacher ❤️ in DK 🇩🇰 Used to be a teacher in Wisconsin, 🇺🇸
LeVar Burton @levarburton.bsky.social Kunta, Geordi, Reading Rainbow guy. Flies twice as high… #bydhttmwfi
Cate Hart @catehart.bsky.social Literary Agent for Harvey Klinger Inc. Concert addict. Need more cowbell.
KG Mach @kgmachwrites.bsky.social Author/ Educator
she/her
MG historical fiction, fantasy, and reimagined folklore: 'The Shoemaker of Siberia' in Gramarye, summer '25
PRESENT, STILL MISSING: September 16, 2025, Golden Bridges Publishing
kmachwrites.com
SCBWI, Write Mentor
Susan Corry @susancorry.bsky.social PB Writer: susancorry.com
Member: #TheVerge | #12x12 | #SCBWI
#50PreciousWords: Winner ‘25; HM ‘26
#KidlitChuckleChallenge: HM ‘25
Photography Buff | Neurodiversity Ally | LaLaLander | she/her
🌿 ”Put yourself in the way of beauty.” -Cheryl Strayed 🌿
Cheryl Mizerny @cherylteaches.bsky.social 6th grade English teacher, loves Nerdy Book Club folks, active with NCTE, writes “It’s Not Easy Being Tween” blog for MiddleWeb, book nerd, Michigander