Bethanne Patrick @thebookmaven.bsky.social SUBSTACK:
The Book Maven Unbound
https://thebookmavenunbound.substack.com/
Critic @LATimesBooks
LIFE B memoir: https://bookshop.org/p/books/life-b-overcoming-double-depression-bethanne-patrick/1874245
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Beth “B.R” Smith @brsmithbooks.bsky.social I write books about strange weather, murder and the places people drink coffee. Occasional painter of things.
Rep: Amanda Jain at BookEnds Literary.
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LoriHellis, Author and Lawyer @lorihellis.bsky.social Lawyer and true crime author. Veteran. Author of Children of Darkness and Light. Siamese cat mom. Oregon lib 💙 Female veteran. Quilter. Rep’d by Sinsheimer Literary DMs=block #truecrime #writer #author #thegoodlori #meezers4evah #booksky #chasingjustice
Megan Clark @mclarkwrites.bsky.social romance writer, romance reader
here for your unlikable heroines
rep: The Knight Agency
she/her
Big Thinking Publishing @bigthinkpublishing.bsky.social Indie Publisher. Bulb. 📚🍉🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
My boss has no idea what I do here.
Bookshop: https://inkbookshop.com
Website: https://www.bigthinkingpublishing.com
Poetry imprint: https://www.apoetical.com/
Hilary Elizabeth Margitich @hilarymargitich.bsky.social Author of books that inspire and empower today’s kids ✍🏻 📚 💭 🩷
Rep'd by Marisa Cleveland & Gaby Cabezut at The Seymour Agency
2 Charlesbridge picture books forthcoming in 2029!!
Kidlit For Los Angeles @kidlitforla.bsky.social Auction by the #kidlit community to raise funds for Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts. Bidding: Jan 20th (9am PST) - Jan 28th (8pm PST).
Amazing items up for bid: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles
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CYA Conference @cyaconference.com Children, Young Adult, and Adult Writers’ and Illustrators’ Conference, is for writers and illustrators of all ages, all genres.
CYAConference.com
Hallie Christensen | Author @halliechriswrites.bsky.social Author (Fantasy/Cozy, Humor, RomCom, Paranormal, #MG #A)
Currently on subs!! | Agent: Bethany Hendrix - Spencerhill Assoc.| Member of SCBWI | she/her #kidlit
✨️ https://linktr.ee/halliechristensen
Rebecca Nelson @editrebecca.bsky.social Editorial + Design at Crooked Lane Books and Alcove Press
💗💙💜
Concert goer, bad baseball fan, reluctant runner & beginner of unfinished crafts
💌Crookedlanebooks.com/submissions
Tim Queeney @timqueeney.bsky.social Writer w/nonfiction book “Rope” from St. Martin’s Press. Order
Bit.ly/RopeBook
& from Icon Books in the UK
Bit.ly/4lons7H
Painting dilettante. That annoying night sky fan always pointing out the Big Dipper.
Gulf of Mexico.
www.timqueeney.com
Daphne Fama @daphnefama.bsky.social Writer, author, researcher.
🌺 A DEADLY BLOOMING🌺
MARCH 9, '27 US & UK RELEASE
UK & US Release March 9
Christine Alemshah @christinealemshah.bsky.social #PB Author of BEA’S BALIKBAYAN BOX OF TREASURES '25 with @freespiritbooks.bsky.social | #12x12PB | #SCBWI | #Growyourwriting Challenge Host | 🇵🇭🇺🇸 #filtheshelves
Rep'd by @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social of CMA
Beth Kander @bethkander.bsky.social USA Today bestselling author, playwright, theater kid, mother, etc. Dividing my time between London and San Diego... is the dream, but Chicago is the reality. Rep: Allison Hellegers / Stimola Literary Studio. 
P.S. Literary Agency @psliterary.bsky.social 📚💙 Representing a diverse list of internationally published, award-winning, bestselling & debut creators for over 20 years.
📍 U.S. & Canada
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C(ecilia) 📚🏳️⚧️ @ceciliabennett.bsky.social Book Editor; Artist; PhD in translated fiction, streaming platforms and new media; collector of plants and hobbies. They/she but the 'she' is in a smaller font and looks a little embarrassed.
Enabler of Dorley
Francesca Zappia @chessiezappia.bsky.social Award-winning author of YA books including ELIZA AND HER MONSTERS. Ace & autistic tall girl. Repped by Louise Fury. Video games, sometimes cosplay, and Magic:The Gathering
www.francescazappia.com/profile-links
Inimitable Books | Book Publisher @inimitablebooks.com Uplifting marginalized voices without pigeonholing authors into writing about their trauma. Founded by @zarahoffman.bsky.social.
CLOSED TO ALL (agented and unagented) QUERIES
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Bri G Cane @brigcane.bsky.social They/them. Aro af. YA spec author rep’d by @allielevick.bsky.social and mentored by @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social
🍉Free🇵🇸 Defend🇺🇦
Generative AI is theft. #writingcommunity
Shari MacDonald Strong @sharimacd.bsky.social Acquisitions Editor (nonfiction) at Broadleaf Books (www.broadleafbooks.com). Editor of THE MATERNAL IS POLITICAL (Seal Press). Freelance fiction editor (www.strong-words.com). Fiction writer. Located in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. 
Darlene Chan @darlenechan.bsky.social Senior Agent: www.lindachester.com; darlene@lindachester.com
Book PR for www.livetalksla.org; darlene@darlenechanpr.com
Jackie Kruzie @jackiekruzie.bsky.social Associate Agent at Focused Artists, author, and former librarian...you could say I like books
Liz Edelbrock @lizedelbrockwriter.bsky.social VEILED IN SHADOW (now available for pre-order!) December 1 | Delacorte Press
Writer | Reader | Super mom & taco enthusiast | Chaotic good | I like hats & sarcasm | Note: I'm not often here but check Insta/Threads for updates!
Austrian Spencer @austrianspencer.bsky.social Dark Swarm Publications EIC Horror Author. Editor. Reviewer. Atheist. British living in Austria. Terrible frisbee golf failure. Colorblind.
BLM supporter, LBGTQ supporter. Previous Darklit Press EIC.
https://austrianspencer.wixsite.com/austrianspencer
Kristy Gardner - Queer Sci-Fi & Horror Author @kristygardner.bsky.social Bi writer & reader of much SFF ★ THE STARS IN THEIR EYES ★ THE DARKEST STARS ★ THE STARS INSIDE US ★ Fuck AI ★ She/Her 🏳️🌈🖤🌟
https://kristygardner.com/links
Tyler is Querying! @tylerpyka.bsky.social YA Author | Drafting new worlds
https://tylerpyka.com/author-site
https://tylerpyka.substack.com/p/how-i-got-my-agent
Jessica Felleman [she/her] @jmfelleman.bsky.social Writer, Literary Agent @JLLA, Marshmallow Enthusiast
Personal Website: https://jessicafelleman.com
Agency Website: https://www.jenniferlyonsliteraryagency.com
IG: @jmfelleman
Andree Koehler | Tahira Heru @hourhyder.bsky.social Writer, dreamer, academic...occasional pc gamer whose the silent member of the guild... SFWA Associate, Spec Lit Foundation Member, Voodoonauts Fellow (2021/2022), and more. Find me sometimes at https://agnubloom.com/.
Rebecca @rebeccaw04.bsky.social Assistant Agent at Sheldon Fogelman Agency 📚| writer 🖊| CPC & Geneseo alumna 💞 | all thoughts and opinions my own 💅
https://linktr.ee/Rebecca_Williamson
Lauren Appleton @lbapple.bsky.social Executive Editor at TarcherPerigee/Penguin Random House. I enjoy wit and sarcasm.
Angel Luis Colón @angelluiscolon.com he/him | Award Winning 🇵🇷 Writer of🪳INFESTED🪳, MINECRAFT: HOUSE OF HORRORS, and the upcoming POP! | Rep'd by JM Darga at Aevitas Creative | https://angelluiscolon.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
N. L. Mann 💙📚 Epic Military Fantasy @epicmilitaryfantasy.com "To fight the war within, I write a world without." A soldier's story of slow burn revolution.
Read Ch 1, for free!
https://www.epicmilitaryfantasy.com/teaser-chapter/
Mark Waddell @markwaddell.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling Author 🏳️🌈🍁
COLIN GETS PROMOTED AND DOOMS THE WORLD is out now.
MESSY AS HELL coming in January 2027!
Find more at https://linktr.ee/markwaddell
Annabelle Estrada @annabelleestrada.bsky.social Writer. Agent: Dr. Uwe Stender
Karina Halle @authorkarinahalle.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of 85 novels you haven’t heard of. Neurodiverse weirdo + West Coast Canadian 🇨🇦 🌧️ I post NSFW book art + teasers here 🔥Repped by Root Literary (books) & Gersh (film). 🖤
Dina Hodara @dinahodara.bsky.social Kidlit Writer and Teacher. SCBWI member and 12x12 member.
2024 PJ Library Scholarship Award Winner to the Highlights Foundation.
2024 PJ Library Summer Camp Attendee. 
Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social West Coast Canada illustrator & writer🤖🦕🛼
Short, left-handed, adhd, lighthouse keeper’s daughter. Nature & neon
Rep'd by @jemiscoe.bsky.social -Starling Literary
@starlingliterary.bsky.social
PBs: MAYBE A WHALE | MOTHER ASPEN
www.heycrystalsmith.com
Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social ● RAVEN/Home Front/Three Minutes of my Time/poetry/children's books
● Award-winning author, including the 2014 Moorman Prize for Prose
● Award-winning artist and photographer
● Mother of a terrific kid
● EastCoastKin member
● No AI
www.melindabhipple.com
Jaclyn Rodriguez @jaclyn-rodriguez.bsky.social Debut Author of A VOW IN VENGEANCE ❤️🔥 out Jan 13, 26’! An enemies to lovers romantasy with tarot card world building!
From: Zando | Slowburn
Rep: Patrice Caldwell at New Leaf Literary and Media
Elanna Heda @elannaheda.bsky.social editorial assistant/acquiring editor at disney hyperion | fandom (studies) enthusiast | 🏳️🌈 | opinions my own
Grace Morrow @authorgmorrow.bsky.social Author of WE BECOME DARKNESS (Alcove Press) | M.A. Art History | Rep: Emily Forney at BookEnds Literary Agency
https://linktr.ee/authorgracemorrow
Nadia El-Fassi @nadiaelfassi.bsky.social Fantasy Romance and Horror Author. Professional Yearner. Bookseller Rising Star and Ex-Senior Commissioning Editor. Rep’d by Maddy Belton.
Layla Fallah @laylafallah.bsky.social Agent Assistant at BookEnds Literary Agency
www.laylafallah.com/links
Katee Robert @kateerobert.com They/She. NYT Bestselling author of romance and fantasy. Repped by Bradford Literary. Banner art: Syd Mills. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/kateerobert
Sophie Cass (is agented) @scasswriting.bsky.social (She/her) 🏳️🌈✨ Fantasy author represented by Ciara Finan @ Curtis Brown Literary Agency
authorsophiecass.com
Association of American Literary Agents @aalitagents.bsky.social Supporting literary agents through professional development, community, and advocacy to better serve their clients with integrity and excellence.
https://aalitagents.org
Mark Anthony McLaughlin @markamcl.bsky.social Winner of Bram Stoker Award. Author of novels and fiction collections.
https://www.facebook.com/markmclaughlinmedia/ Author of HUMAN DOLL and more. With Michael Sheehan Jr., author of HORRORS & ABOMINATIONS, NIGHTMARES & TENTACLES, and more.
Curtis Russell @curtisrussell.bsky.social Founder, President, and Principal Agent at @psliterary.bsky.social. Representing a diverse list of internationally published, award-winning, bestselling & debut creators for over 20 years. 📚
(He/Him)
www.psliterary.com
Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com Senior editor at DarlingAxe.com. Novelist at SeptimusBrown.com. Award-winning short-fiction writer. Chaotic good. He/they. 🏳️🌈
Josie Jaffrey (she/her) 🏳️🌈 @josiejaffrey.bsky.social Fantasy Author (🌟BBNYA winner ‘21)
Writer @jackvalentinepod.bsky.social
Editor @indiebites.bsky.social
🚫AI
🔜📕 1 Oct: ENCOUNTERS (Silverse Shorts)
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Mason Rowlee @masonrowlee.bsky.social Literary Agent at DeFiore & Company | he/him
Terry L. Kennedy @terrylkennedy.bsky.social Author, What the Light Leaves Hidden (Unicorn Press 2023)
Editor, The Greensboro Review
linktr.ee/terrylkennedy
Drue VanDuker @druev.bsky.social Assistant Editor | St. Martin’s Press
MSWL: https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/drue-vanduker/
analía cabello @analiacabello.bsky.social ✨📚🏳️🌈| backyard gardener🌻| associate literary agent @ ABLA |
Marin Takikawa @marintakikawa.bsky.social agent at The Friedrich Agency | pronounced marine (like marine biology) 🐳 | she/her/hers
https://linktr.ee/marintakikawa
Lauren Tasaki Reed @laurenreedbooks.bsky.social Lover of words, noodles & fiber arts 🧶
Writer of children's books 📚
Repped by Elisa Houot/Seymour Agency✨️
📍Denver, CO
Sasha Kielman (she/her/hers) 🦋 is Querying 🙏🕯️📿 @sashakielman.bsky.social Attorney & writer (Codex, Mighty Pens, RFFA). Stories available in The Fairtales, CRIMSON BONES, UNLEASHED: SET YOUR MONSTER FREE, WICKEDNESS AND WONDER, OF LOVE AND DRAGONS, & OF SWORDS AND ROSES.
https://sashakielman.com
Robynn Hyde @robynnhyde.bsky.social #Kidlit author #pb #cb
Member of #12x12PB #SCBWI #MightyKidLit
#50PreciousWords Winner '26
#PBandKidJudges HM '25
Lover of horror & humour
#KidlitCraze Blog
robynnhyde.com/kidlit-craze
T.E. Bean @tebean.bsky.social lit-sci-fi novel ♾️ 𝙄𝙉𝙁𝙄𝙉𝙄𝙏𝙀 𝙉𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏 𝙀𝙔𝙀𝙎 ♾️ arriving Nov 2026 from Black Spring Press (UK) + via Simon & Schuster (US/Can) rep: Katharine Sands
☆ 𝙏𝙄𝙈𝙀, 𝙏𝙀𝙉𝘿𝙀𝙍𝙄𝙕𝙀𝘿 (Beacon Press) Autumn 2027 https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/T-E-Bean/269958332
Heather Ray @heatherraybooks.bsky.social KidLit Writer. Expert at finding wonder. My child says I'm too curious. Sports fan. 
Heidi Marjamäki @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social I write creepy things 🖤
Managing Editor & Associate Fiction Editor at @okaydonkeymag.com.
https://www.heidimarjamaki.com
Jamie Vankirk @jamievankirk.bsky.social Lit agent. Owner of Rainbow Nerds Literary. Trying to make media more inclusive one book at a time. 🏳️🌈 she/her
https://www.rnliterary.com/
Jennifer Vandever @jennifervandever.bsky.social Novelist (The Bronte Project, American Tango), Screenwriter, Educator
Script on BEST OF IWC 2024
Repped by Hill/Nadel
jennifervandever.com
Views my own
👻 Liz Writes BOOs!! 👻 (she/her) @lizwritesbooks.bsky.social I write horror for teens & adults.
Lover of cats. Napper of naps. Drinker of coffee.
📖 WIP: Whistlewood 🧚🏻♀️ and Flicker ✨ and Caitlin 🍒
Rights: Melanie Figueroa, Root Literary
https://linktr.ee/lizwritesbooks
#BookSky #Books #amwriting
Sara Fujimura @authorsarafujimura.bsky.social YA Author | NPR Best Book Winner | Educator
Authorpreneurship Coach at Tanabata Wishes Enterprises
aka The Obento Lady
https://linktr.ee/saraffujimura 
ellie 🥀 @mkbaffour.bsky.social 🇬🇭 American • 23 • she/her • adult fantasy writer • registered nurse • lover of drama
https://linktr.ee/mkbaffour
Heather Ayris Burnell @heatherayris.bsky.social Author of the Unicorn and Yeti. Sub It Club moderator. Librarian. Garlic farmer. Represented by @mccarthylit https://www.heatherayrisburnell.com/
https://www.greatnortherngarlic.com/
Alyssa Reynoso-Morris @areynosomorris.bsky.social AUTHOR (Plàtanos Are Love, The Bronx Is My Home, Gloriana Presente & more) 📖 Keynote Speaker & Educator 🎤 Environmentalist ♻ AfroLatinx 🇩🇴🇵🇷
raghad ☀️🍊 @raghadjibril.bsky.social writer, medic
she/elle/هي
Sofia Aves @sofiaaves.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling romance author | acquisitions editor Evernight & Evernight Teen| alpaca mum | coffee | sofiaaves.com |rep: Nicky Lovick WGM Atlantic.
De Elizabeth @wordsbyde.bsky.social 🥀I write romantic, haunted books
🌊THIS RAGING SEA (Holiday House, 2025)
🫀SHE HAUNTS ME STILL (Dutton/PRH 2026)
💻Rep: Root Literary
💗💜💙 she/her
Christine Kelly @ckellywrites.bsky.social Writer of words, master of typos
Educated at a top-50 liberal arts college
suzanne albanis (agented!) @suzannealbanis.bsky.social | Horror & Fantasy Author Represented by Rebecca Angus at Howland Literary Agency🌿 |📍New England Based |🪻fan of the fantastical, whimsical, historical, and gory 🌱
Claribel A. Ortega @claribelortega.com NYT Best-selling raccoon enthusiast 🦝
Witchlings 4: Scepter of Memories out 9.16.25
I wrote Ghost Squad, the Witchlings series & the Eisner & Pura Belpré winning graphic novel Frizzy 🐓
https://linktr.ee/claribelortega
Isabel Cañas @isabelcanas.bsky.social Your friendly neighborhood horromance evangelist. Out now: THE HACIENDA & VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE & THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ. Up next: THE HOUSE OF GARDENIAS (Dutton Fall ‘26). | Bram Stoker Award Nominee | UChicago PhD
https://www.isabelcanas.com/
Arley Sorg @arleysorg.bsky.social assoc agent, kt literary
co-Editor-in-Chief, Fantasy Magazine
Senior Editor, Locus Magazine
Do stuff @ Lightspeed/Nightmare, Clarkesworld, F&SF
2014 Odyssey Workshop Grad
He/Him or She/Her in queer contexts
Opinions my own
shannon lechon @smlechon.bsky.social associate agent @ azantian literary, thoughts my own. queries currently closed! I think cats should vote. 🍉🇲🇽
Jessica Haster @jessicahaster.bsky.social Writer, educator, book lover, music junkie, cherry chapstick addict, aspiring napper #SCBWI #12x12PB #CTC #PB #MG #YA 
Erinn @bookladyy.bsky.social Writer, librarian, mom. Repped by Joanna Mackenzie at Nelson Literary
acxtrilla @acxtrilla.xyz bad dev
Claire Lordon - Illustrator, Designer, & Author @clairelordon.com 🇨🇦🇺🇸Bold, whimsical art for kids & (kids at 🧡)
📚Picture books, comics, & joyful storytelling
🎨Studio life & behind the scenes
✏️Agent @mccarthylit.com
🖤🩶🤍💜
www.clairelordon.com/links
Tyler Monson @tylerlazer.bsky.social He/Him / Literary agent at Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc. / PhD in American Literature / dog (Violet) and cat (Poppy) dad / Open to queries! 📚
https://www.sll.com/our-team
Gabby AKA Bookish AfroLatina @bookish-afrolatina.bsky.social Just a bisexual & disabled, Black Latina who loves reading & talking about books.
Librarian, Historian, Influencer, Author
🇵🇷🇩🇴🇺🇸
Special interest: Black & Latine books.
http://beacons.ai/bookish_afrolatina/
Erin Cleary @clearywriter.bsky.social Writer of picture books and middle grade, singer, dog lover, ravenous reader, kitchen dweller, hunter of cozy spaces.
Rep'd by Sheila Fernley at Storm Literary.
Jenna Morrison ✨ is agented & on sub✨ @authorjenna.bsky.social Writer. Coffee addict. Horror fan. Christian ✝️. Dog mom. It’s always an adventure. Represented by Sherri Wilson Johnson at Gardner Literary Agency
Elizabeth Holden @elizabethwriter.bsky.social Author & more
MIGHTY MILLIE NOVAK (Flux, 2024)
Repped by Katie Shea Boutillier & Rachel Saylor at Donald Maass Literary Agency
linktr.ee/elizabeth.holden.author
Diane Mittler @writerdi.bsky.social #PB #MG author seeking representation |'26 debut READY TO RIDE |'24 PBParty finalist | '24 WNDB Mentee| '23 #SCBWI-NM Enchantment Show winner| #12x12 | retired educator | ❤️ photography | http://mochadiane.com | she/her/hers
Jessica Sinsheimer @jsinsheim.bsky.social Ravenous reader, lazy gourmet, literary agent + cheese-obsessed human. Co-creator of #MSWL, Manuscript Wish List® + http://www.ManuscriptAcademy.com. ☕📚She/her.
Aimee Yealim Lee @aimeeleewrites.bsky.social Children’s Book Author
The Girl, the Village, and the Terrible Thunder (April 27, 2027 / Holt, Macmillan)
Rep’d by Stefanie Molina-Santos at LGLM
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250415356/thegirlthevillageandtheterriblethunder/
Manuscript Academy by #MSWL @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social The Happiest Place in Publishing! Classes, agent consultations + a thriving community at ManuscriptAcademy.com. Brought to you by the makers of Manuscript Wish List® + #MSWL.
Dana Evyn | Author @danaevyn.bsky.social Romantasy author. PNW. Rep'd @libraryjackie
The Other Side of the Mirror coming to audiobook 3.25.25
The Mirror in the Mountain now on KU ✨
Toby Venables @tobyvenables.bsky.social Co-creator/co-writer of #BAFTA winning #HisHouse. Fixer of broken things. Sometimes stories. Sometimes shelves.
For story/script fixing, go here: https://www.nightmarescenar.io
Cynthia Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award–winning author | MFA, PhD English(c) | SOMETHING FOLLOWED US HOME, Sept 29 | Rep-Lane Heymont | cynthiapelayo.com
A.B. Koga @abkoga.bsky.social Biblical scholar and SFF author on submission / Rep’d by Rebecca Angus at Howland Literary / Haunted Railroad Horromance WIP
Cheer Pit @cheerpitx.bsky.social Cheer Pit is a pitch event for authors held on December 9 focused on spreading holiday cheer. Established 2024 by @cjtruwriter.bsky.social