Sadee Schilling @sadeeschilling.bsky.social teacher & artist 🎨 comics, #kidlit illustration, cut paper collage 🦋🐝AuDHD 📚grounded by books, my ginger kitty, fairy lights & tea 🏕 Colorado ☀️ https://www.sadeeschilling.com
Gina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social Picture Book Author Illustrator, THE KING OF BOOKS Feiwel & Friends, SNOW DAY WITH DADDY '28 Christy Ottaviano Books / Creator of #KidLitArtPostcard / Rep’d by Sean McCarthy www.ginaperry.com
Collector's Paradise Comics @collectorsparadise.bsky.social 📍3 Comic Shops in Los Angeles: West Valley, NoHo & Pasadena
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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.
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)
Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social My new special Night Thoughts is out NOW on Hulu.
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I eat grilled aubergine because I can't afford eel. @theartfulashley.bsky.social IDK what to put as a display name and now every time I log onto this site it reminds me how badly I wanna eat grilled eel over rice. This is awful, what have I done? I should change it but to WHAT END???
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Pat Lewis @patnlewis.bsky.social Illustrator/cartoonist; he/him. Lover of vintage toys, tiki mugs, 1960s Disneyland, nachos, cats. AGENTS OF S.U.I.T. 4 out now from Macmillan/First Second!
patnlewis.com
Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social @kylegriffin1 from that Twitter thing
Executive Producer @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social
Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social They pay brisk money for this crap?
MAKE ME BETTER and NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH on sale now
Hellraiser, Eat the Rich, Echo Wife, Spread Me @ your local bookstore and comic shop
Paige Terlip @pterlip.bsky.social Dog lover, book hoarder, outdoor enthusiast 🌈 Founder + Lit Agent @ Starling Literary + Media
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www.starlingliterary.com
www.cowritecollective.com
Jem is OPEN to queries @jemiscoe.bsky.social Founder + Agent @Starling Literary + Media, representing authors & Illustrators. Wife, mom of 3, MFA grad, & former Asst. Director for film & TV. https://www.starlingliterary.com | http://querymanager.com/query/Jemiscoe
Ameena | Kidlit Author & Illustrator @ameenasiddique.bsky.social ⭐️Animation & VFX Producer / PM⭐️
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Tina Schofield @tinaschofield.com Illustrator + surface designer + woodland explorer + vegan animal rescuer & gardner + bunny mom 🐇🐇 + environmentalist 🦋🌿
✨NO Ai✨
I've worked in the fine china & gifting industry for many years. Check out my website for more 🎨🧚♀️
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Nancy Castaldo Books @nancycastaldobooks.bsky.social Author and photographer of books for curious minds. 🇺🇸🇮🇹
Rep'd by Jennifer Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social
Andrea Brown Literary @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
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Wren @wrenriosart.bsky.social Wren • 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 • she/her • afro 🇵🇷 • comic book artist • sappy indie darling • Rep'd by Saritza Hernández
Starling Literary + Media @starlingliterary.bsky.social Starling Literary + Media represents bestselling and award-winning creators, as well as debuts. Our goal is to help create enduring legacies through our strategic guidance, editorial savvy, and innovative business tactics.
The Contoured Librarian @contouredlibrarian.bsky.social K-5 School Librarian
The Silver Unicorn Bookstore @silverunicornbooks.bsky.social An independent bookstore for all ages in West Acton, MA. Open at 10 am every day. Shop any time at SilverUnicornBooks.com!
Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻♀️🧁 @karenyin.bsky.social Writer by day, in bed by night. Author of five books, including The Conscious Style Guide (Hachette). I open my own jars. KarenYin.com/links
VCCA/LLF/CAC Fellow | ACES Robinson Prize Winner | DJNF Alum
Agent: Laurie Abkemeier, DeFiore & Company
Marta Costello @martacostello.bsky.social Author, YOU’RE ONLY TWO ONCE (Kirkus calls it a "comedic hit" :D ) | Writing & making little paintings and drawings for my kids’ lunchboxes | #SCBWI #12X12pb
Gennie ✨Jenny with a G✨ Gorback @gennie.bsky.social 📖📚 Picture books
👧🧒 Parenthood
🧠🎉 Learning Through Play
Represented by Sara Crowe Literary
https://www.genniegorback.com/
Jen MacGregor @jenmacgregor.bsky.social 🇨🇦 she/her; #kidlit author, repped by Saba Sulaiman
MAGS MACDONALD HAD A JETPACK (Owlkids, 2026)
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MrsPowellsBooks @mrspowellsbooks.bsky.social K-2nd grade librarian & Author of THE LIBRARY KITTY book duo and HEROES NEED HELP (a chemo themed picture book written with my college kid).
AcademicPlayBooks.com
Stephen Conway - The Spiel Foundation @thespiel.bsky.social writer, filmmaker, director of The Spiel Foundation, host of The Spiel, also Major Fun!
https://thespielfoundation.com
Heidi Yates @heidikyates.bsky.social Author, illustrator & nature photographer.
#SCBWI | #12x12PB | #PBChat '21 mentee
Rep'd by Elisa Houot at The Seymour Agency
FReadom Fighter @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social Librarian. USN (Ret) spouse. Mom. Gardener. Gamer. Anime. PBS. PTX. Tattoos. Whiskey. Cis-het, she/her.
Passionate about literacy, gardening (native, esp!), and animal rescue.
Opinions my own.
Liz Wong @lizwong.bsky.social Picture book author/illustrator of QUACKERS, THE GOOSE EGG, I AM NOT A PENGUIN. Illustrator of A MIND OF HER OWN: THE STORY OF MYSTERY WRITER AGATHA CHRISTIE, plus others! She/her
Rep: Alexandra Penfold at Upstart Crow
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Steph Lau (she/her) @stephlaubooks.com Author, illustrator, former pastry chef.
🐍🪨 MEDUSA'S PET ROCK (HarperCollins): 9/22/26
❄️🩰THE ABOMINABLE SNOW DANCER (Penguin Workshop): out now!
Rep: @allielevick.bsky.social
Website: bit.ly/stephlaubooks
Justin Colón @justincolonbooks.bsky.social Children's Author. Professional Voice & On-Camera Actor. Backyard Beekeeper. Classical Pianist in training.
Author Website: justincolonbooks.com
Critiques & Consultations: kidlithive.com
Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social she/her. National bestselling author in WI
🎪FORTS, Viking
🛰️CASSINI'S MISSION, MIT Kids Press
🛰️VOYAGER TWINS FOREVER! ('28)
https://linktr.ee/KatieVenit
Lucas Gattoni 🏳️🌈🇦🇷 Lettering Bear! @letteringbear.bsky.social Ringo nom. Comic Book Letterer | Eisner, Ringo & GLAAD winner projects (DC, DH, IDW, MCS, DSTLRY, AWBW, Boom) 🏳️🌈 He/him
#loveislove #fuckAI
💼 bit.ly/LG_Lettering
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Del Hahn @delartstuffs.bsky.social Cartoonist, storyboard artist and french fry enthusiast || Comic Artist of FAST BREAK @ FSG/Macmillan || Storyboard Artist @ Mukpuddy || Repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette
🇺🇸✈️🇳🇿
delartstuffs.com
delartstuffs.substack.com
Meggie's at ALA - table 2052 @meggietheramm.bsky.social Michigan cartoonist
IRL swamp muppet
Comic design, comic education, comic etc.
Creator of Batcat
@tomangleberger.bsky.social @tomangleberger.bsky.social 
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.
Sara Campbell @smwordsmith.bsky.social District Librarian in CA, Graphic Novel reviewer & owner of The Graphic Library. Co-author of Manga Goes to School. Reviewer @ Booklist & School Library Journal. Esports coach. #GraphicLibrary, #EduSky #LibrarySky, #TLSky She/her. www.graphiclibrary.org
Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social The planet's largest independent source of informed graphic novel reviews.
Neurodiverse Kidlit Collective @ndkidlit.bsky.social We lift up and support neurodivergent storytellers, making more room for authentic stories in children’s literature, to help young readers be seen and create increased empathy and understanding by neurotypical readers.
https://ndkidlit.org
scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social Understands comics… mostly… Now on sale: THE CARTOONISTS CLUB, co-created with the legendary Raina Telgemeier! https://bit.ly/CartoonistClub And I'm also working on a massive book about visual communication; learn more at scottmccloud.com.
Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social Comics and things
Christine Virnig @christinewrites.bsky.social Reader, author, and lover of all things MG and PBs! | PHANTOM ACADEMY releases August '25 (Aladdin) | My first PB comes out in '27 (Knopf) | Author of A BITE ABOVE THE REST (Aladdin) and WAIST-DEEP IN DUNG (Macmillan) | Rep'd by Jim McCarthy
Diane Debrovner @dianedebrovner.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Former deputy editor @Parents Magazine. Co-author of ROXIE IN COLOR, Candlewick Press, 2026. 
Sara F. Shacter @sarashacter.bsky.social Children's Book Author/Teacher
Most Recent Book: Georgia Watson and the 99 Percent Campaign
Writing for the world's best audience!
LA QuakeBot @earthquakesla.bsky.social A friendly robot that reports earthquakes in Los Angeles as they happen.
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@matthewdidit.bsky.social @matthewdidit.bsky.social Author/Illustrator of kid’s books: THE PLANT RESCUER @holidayhousebks, 🏳️🌈, museum exhibit designer, bunny dad, part coffee/part nachos, PDX
Once Upon A Time Bookstore @shoponceuponatime.bsky.social America's Oldest Children's Bookstore nurturing a love of reading.
Mon-Sat: 10 am - 6 pm
Sun: 11 am - 4 pm
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Molly Ruttan @mollyruttan.bsky.social Kidlit Author/Illustrator
Greta Whiteshark @gretawhiteshark.bsky.social ✏️Made by Patrick Baggatta and Emily Mullock
🪼GRETA WHITESHARK MEETS THE MERMAIDS out May 2025!
✏️Repped by Nicole Tugeau at T2 Agency
🪼 www.gretawhiteshark.com
🌕For more Patrick and Emily work visit www.friendsonthemoon.com
Stacy Serenity Allen @artisfood.bsky.social Printmaker, author, poet
Rie Neal (she/her) @rienealwriter.bsky.social “ree”
👩🏼💻ASTRID THE ASTRONAUT & SPACE FOR SAFFRON (2026), Aladdin/S&S. Rep: Carrie Pestritto @ldlainc.bsky.social
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Ally
📚MG/YA Reader
🦻🏻Audiologist
🤟🏻ASL Student
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.
Bob Thibeault @teabowart.bsky.social An aspiring author/illustrator, a member of the New England Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (NESCBWI), The Writer’s Loft.org, Kids Comics Unite (KCU), and Sequential Artist’s Workshop (SAW).
Greg Andree @gregandree71.bsky.social Pretty good writer. Reasonably competent HusbandParentMusician. Passable teacher. Old, stubborn, and grumpy. Forever fighting book bans, ignorance, and cruelty. He/Him.
Maritza Ruiz-Kim @marzkim.bsky.social #KidLit Artist Writer. ND Fam.
Turtle on a marathon
💚SCBWI Co-RA, SF North & East Bay
...drawing writing gardening sewing...
Always Making Something.
https://maritzaruizkim.com
My name sounds like🧜♀️mer-izza🍕
Bethanie Murguia @aquapup.com Seeker, explorer, creature adorer. I make graphic novels & picture books, including WAGNIFICENT (Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan). www.aquapup.com
JohnellD @johnell.bsky.social #KCS Anthology contributor. Team member for #KidLitGN, a pitch event for kids-YA GN creators. johnelldewitt.com- M Maureen Murphy Houser @momrfho.bsky.social Author Illustrator
Cesar Lador @cesarlador.bsky.social Human, dad and dreamer
Comic book artist and watercolorist, represented by JVNLA
Kids Comics Unit Member and SCBWI NZ Illustrator Coordinator
https://linktr.ee/cesarlador_illustration
PLUGO @plugoarts.com artist • author • illustrator • comics • Kung Fu Tai Chi 👊🏽🤚🏽
NYC born 🇵🇷 Bay Area CA. resident 🖌🎨🖼📚 🟥PLUGOarts.com ▪️MMC winning graphic novelist of aTigersTale.com
Bailey Culver, professional bug 🦂🔪 @quiltbucket.bsky.social I create comics for people who started watching Adult Swim way too early and think every little thing will lead to the end of the world. 👁👁
Rep'd by T.S. Ferguson at Azantian
Kids Comics Unite content manager
baileyculver.com 𓆣 bculverart@gmail.com
KidsWord & AllKidsBooks – Explore, Read & Share! @allkidsbooks.com 🌟 Join our vibrant community of children's book lovers!
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Kerry Madden- Lunsford @kerrymadden.bsky.social I write books for kids and teach creative writing at UAB. My new novel is called WEREWOLF HAMLET with Charlesbridge Moves in 2025. Happily married to Kiffen with three beautiful grown kids and a grandchild, Bonnie Alfred. https://www.kerrymadden.com/
PaperPencilPlay @paperpencilplay.bsky.social Kidlitart🎨📚📓
✨Children’s Illustration✨
❤️Picture Books and Middle Grade🫶🏻
Loriantubooks.com
StellaSaysWhat @stellasayswhat.bsky.social PGH, PA transplant to #NWA
#Bluedot
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Oak Tree Comics @oaktreecomics.bsky.social An independent children’s book publisher 📚
Where imagination meets environmentalism🌍
Based out of Los Angeles ☀️
Founded by author Josh Oaktree 🌳
www.oaktreecomics.com/link-tree
Comic Book Club @comicbookclub.bsky.social Live every Tuesday at 7pm ET on Facebook and YouTube | Podcasts: Comic Book Club, Riverdale After Dark, MarvelVision and more. 📧: comicbookclublive@gmail.com
AIPT @aiptcomics.com News, reviews, and more in comics, gaming, movies, pro wrestling and more. Independently owned and operated.
Patreon: patreon.com/aiptcomics
Website: aiptcomics.com
Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social An award winning website that covers comics, comics culture and the people who make them. comicsbeat.com
HUU with news: info @ comicsbeat
@kbwhittemore.bsky.social @kbwhittemore.bsky.social 
DC @dcoffical.bsky.social DC.com
Michelle S. Kennedy - Children's Picture Book Writer and Poet @michelleskennedy.bsky.social https://www.michelleskennedy.com/
https://x.com/MichelleSKenned
#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.
Sarah McDavis @sarahmcdavis.com ✏️Creating #kidlit for curious kids!
📚1st #ChapterBook Mystery out now!
🐙OCTO, PI, AND THE MISSING EGG🔎
📓Contact me for #STEAM Author Visits!
🌉Based in Pittsburgh, PA
Wendy Lu @wendyluwrites.bsky.social Middle-grade author of CASTING APRIL 🎭 (Knopf BFYR, June 2026)
Editor dedicated to improving disability coverage @nytimes.com
Rep: Abigail Frank at Greenburger Kids. She/her.
Ali @junipercharm.bsky.social 🌼 Bookish Illustrator
💛 Illustrated Book Covers, Character Art, etc
✨ Commissions Open - booking July 2026! ✨
📎 https://linktr.ee/juniper.charm
Sarah Burr @sarahburr.com Writer, mom, cat lover
Author of 5 series:
Math Pirates
Funny Math Stories
Preemie Sibling
Gobbled (YA)
The Bridge to Nowhere (Paranormal Romance)
sarahburr.com
Querying a contemporary fantasy:
Sunrise Psychiatric (vampires)
The Bridge to Nowhere
Obsidian @obsidian.md The free and flexible app for your private thoughts. For help and deeper discussions, join our community: http://obsidian.md/community
Drafts @draftsapp.bsky.social Drafts is where text starts on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. https://getdrafts.com
Waka T. Brown @wakatb.bsky.social Award-winning #kidlit author of WHILE I WAS AWAY | DREAM, ANNIE, DREAM | THE VERY UNFORTUNATE WISH OF MELONY YOSHIMURA | PERFECT | RICK KOTANI'S 400 MILLION DOLLAR SUMMER
https://linktr.ee/wakatb
Emily Barth Isler @emilybarthisler.bsky.social Author of books out now (The Color of Sound, AfterMath,Three Pieces of Broken Glass), and coming soon (Always Enough Love, The Hand-Me-Down Queen). Emilybarthisler.com
Stephanie Willing @swillingsays.bsky.social Author of West of the Sea. Rep'd by Allie Levick at Writers House. Audiobook Narrator and Voice Actor. Mom. SCBWI, SFWA, SAG/Aftra. Bisexual, she/her. Cat lover and accidental bird watcher because my husband announces every bird he sees out our window.
Leah Johnson @byleahjohnson.bsky.social Writer. Bookstore owner. Midwest Princess.
BLACK GIRL POWER out now! 💕
BREE BOYD IS A LEGEND out 3.4.25 ✨
Jenna Lee-Yun @jennaleeyun.bsky.social Author of THE LAST RHEE WITCH (2024) ; THE LAST RHEE WITCH AND THE NINE-TAILED FOX (Disney·Hyperion, May 6, 2025)
https://linktr.ee/jennaleeyun
Amar Shah @amarshahism.bsky.social Author (🏀 trilogy with
@scholastic) 🐊 professor, Husband. Dad. Emmy-winning 📺 producer - ex: ESPN, NFL, Fox Sports Rep'd Jas Perry
@LookingGlassLit
Erin Becker @beckererine.bsky.social My debut novel CRUSHING IT (a Junior Library Guild Selection) is out now from Penguin. VCFA grad, marketer by day, kidlit author by night. 🌈 https://linktr.ee/beckererine
Lindsay Currie @lindsayncurrie.bsky.social New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of mysteries for young readers. Newest title: THE MYSTERY OF LOCKED ROOMS 🗝️
Mary Averling @maryaverling.bsky.social Author of Bram Stoker Award finalist THE CURSE OF EELGRASS BOG and THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY with Penguin Young Readers. Next: THE BURN BEAST (Putnam, Fall 2026)
Rep'd by Kelly Sonnack at ABLA
Aron Nels Steinke @mrwolfcomics.bsky.social Eisner-winning cartoonist. Public speaker and former classroom teacher. Creator of the Mr. Wolf’s Class series and SPEECHLESS (Graphix/Scholastic)
Links to all my stuff: https://linktr.ee/mrwolfcomics
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
Nidhi Chanani @nidhiart.bsky.social Bestselling author (!!)
📚PASHMINA, SUPER BOBA CAFÉ, JUKEBOX, STRONG, SHARK PRINCESS, I WILL BE FIERCE and more
Rep Jodi Reamer at Writers House
Jessica Vitalis @jessicavitalis.bsky.social Award-winning author, Greenwillow/HarperCollins. American by birth, Canadian by choice. 
Lisa Yee . . . is confused about social media @lisayee.bsky.social New York Times Bestseller, Newbery Honoree, National Book Award Finalist, Procrastinator Extraordinaire, #KidLit Author
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
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
Lee Knox Ostertag @leeknoxostertag.bsky.social He/him
Books:
THE WITCH BOY series 🔮🕯️
THE GIRL FROM THE SEA 🦭🌊
THE DEEP DARK 🐉🏜️
The DUNGEON CLUB series 🎲⚔️
STRONG FEMALE PROTAGONIST 🦸💪
WATSON’S SKETCHBOOK 🕵🏼♂️📚
TV:
THE OWL HOUSE & more
www.ostertag.substack.com
www.leeknoxostertag.com
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