Kim Wiseman Illustration @kbwise.bsky.social Illustrator, artist and storyteller
@kimbwiseman (Instagram)
www.kimberleywiseman.com/
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Adriana Hernández Bergstrom @adriprints.bsky.social Author + Illustrator | 🇨🇺 | she/her | Rep: Wernick&Pratt | Abuelita & I Make Flan 🍮 / TUMBLE 🏜️ / Countdown for Nochebuena 🎄
Gabriella Noelle 📚 🇵🇷 @briellanoelle.bsky.social There's only one me. And I'm it. | Agent at Great Dog Literary Agency | Consuming all the media I can | Query Me!
https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/gabriella-melendez/
L.B. Hong @lbhong.bsky.social 📚 Author Illustrated Picture Books
🎭 Feisty Characters with Big Feelings
🌃 Whimsical Realms of Inner Worlds
👇🏼See Portfolio and PB Pitches
www.lbhong.com
Bonnie Adamson @bonnieadamson.com Illustrator; writer of various things;
former #SCBWI IC and ARA; #pbparty26 Illustration Showcase;
co-host of #kidlitchat, Tuesdays at 9E/6P;
art and books at bonnieadamson.com
Kim Wagner Nolan @kimwnolan.bsky.social #Kidlit Author & Illustrator @LittleThoughtsPress.com raising foster kids & chickens, Winner of #50PreciousWords, #SCBWIDrawThis https://linktr.ee/kimwnolan
Jeff Larkin @jefflarkinart.bsky.social 
Julia Mills @jamills.com Author/illustrator I AM STUCK Clarion, '23
ROBINSON'S NEW THING Clarion, '25
Public school art educator
Knitter
The Tobias Literary Agency @thetobiasagency.bsky.social A full-service literary agency representing authors of fiction and nonfiction.
https://thetobiasagency.com/
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
Cgonzillo @cgonzaillo.bsky.social I’m an illustrator and graphic novel artist/writer.
@sarahlynnereul.bsky.social @sarahlynnereul.bsky.social 
Ashley Lamb-Sinclair @alambsinclair.bsky.social Author, NatGeo Explorer, Educator
Rep'd by Joyce Sweeney at The Seymour Agency
ashleylambsinclair.com
#kidlit
Samantha Wekstein @swekstein.bsky.social Senior Literary Agent @TLA, She/Her, Terp🐢, ENFJ, ♑, dog lover
Illustrators: http://wekstein-illustrators.weebly.com.
Pitch to: http://QueryManager.com/SamanthaWekstein
Editing: https://samanthaweksteineditorial.square.site/
https://linktr.ee/swekstein
Glen Viggiano @glenviggi.bsky.social Illustrator, Author, Creative Director
@papatea.bsky.social @papatea.bsky.social Abstract Artist, Illustrator, Designer…ONE LOVE.
Whitney Stewart, Author @whitneystewart2.bsky.social Children's nonfiction book author, mindfulness instructor, dream explorer
✍ Rep'd by Hen & Ink Literary
https://whitneystewart.com/
Justin Groom @happyenduser.bsky.social Ceramicist and Illustrator.
Climate change is my special interest.
Democratic Socialist 🌹
AuDHD
linktr.ee/leafmorestudios
Jessica Stremer Kidlit Author @jstremer.bsky.social Children's Book Author
GREAT CARRIER REEF 🌟🌟 LIGHTS OUT;
FIRE ESCAPE 🌟🌟; PLIGHT OF THE PELICAN; WONDERFULLY WILD 🌟 TRAPPED IN THE TAR PIT; WHEN OLD BECOMES NEW ('26)
Emerald Create @emeraldcreate.bsky.social 💚 Brand World Design & Story Strategy for Kids & Family IP | Multisensory Worlds shaped by √EC⁺∞ EurekaSenses™
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
Laura Wertkin @laurawertkin.bsky.social Writer | illustrator | designer | mom of 2 kids, 2 dogs, and many plants!
Matterist Books @matteristbooks.bsky.social Book recs, reviews, and news. Supporting independent booksellers as a Bookshop affiliate. Thanks for helping us help local bookstores. 🙏🏼 #BooksMatter
https://bookshop.org/shop/matteristbooks https://matteristbooks.substack.com/
https://matteristbooks.com/
Jennifer Prevatt @jprevatt.bsky.social Children's Book Illustrator currently seeking representation 📚🌈
Educator at HSANYC and Wyzant 🎨
Interdisciplinary Artist at Trestle Art Space, Brooklyn, NY 🖼️
www.jenniferprevatt.com
Marina Renard @marinaren.bsky.social Tattoo Artist / Kidlit author illustrator
Full time Mom. Fairies are my thing now.
My sphinx cat bawls when there’s no sun.
ninnarenard.art
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
Joanne wong @joannewongart.bsky.social 📚Children’s book illustrator based in Hong Kong
👵🏼 I talk about my kid a lot.
Www.joannewong.co.uk
Rebecca Sinclair 🎨 @rsinclair-art.bsky.social Creating stories through pictures ✨
*SCBWI MI📍
*Rep’d by Lane Clarke
www.rebeccasinclairstudio.com
RiRaRo @riraro.bsky.social Ri Ra Ro - Occasionally uploads art 🤔
Art mirrored at - https://www.instagram.com/riiraaroo/
Geeksarecool @geeksarecool.bsky.social Designer/illustrator based in Cardiff, Wales. Commissions currently open! Find me on @redbubble, @inprnt & @teepublic
Jena Benton @jenanbenton.bsky.social AK writer, illustrator, poet, teacher, SCBWI & 12x12 member, & PB enthusiast. AK SCBWI IC. (Opinions my own); PB debut, KAUAI'S CALL (Island Heritage, May 2024)
KoloudTarapolsi.bsky.social @koloudtarapolsi.bsky.social Aspiring to become America’s first Libyan KidLit author. Rep by Charlotte Wenger.
#12x12PB 2024 SILVER Scholarship Winner. #HighlightsFoundation Muslim Storyteller Cohort. Two time #CBA Diversity Scholarship winner. #KweliJournel scholarship recipient.
Laura Watson @laura-jane-watson.bsky.social Canadian #illustrator and surface designer, dog mom and person mom 🐕👧🏻Repped for commissions by Lisa Pomerantz at IllustrationOnline and art licensing by Pink Light Design 💖
Portfolio at http://www.w-illo.com
Looking for new picture book adventures🗺
Lisa Gouldy @planningforsun.bsky.social I edit, I write, I ride my bike, I obsessively read weather forecasts. Freelance editor at Lisa Gouldy Writing Services.
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
Lydia Gil @lydiagil.bsky.social 🇵🇷🇨🇺writer, profe
#scbwi #kidlit #culturaltravel
Lydiagil.com
Sian Rips | Illustrator @sianrips.bsky.social Artist and Children's Book Illustrator
Portfolio: www.sianrips.com
Instagram: @sianripsart
#kidlitart
Chris Jones @mrjonesey.bsky.social Hi! I'm a kid-lit illustrator working in books and comics. I love illustrating expressive characters and whimsical, colourful worlds!
Coffee lover / dog wrangler / reader / Canadian 🇨🇦
Portfolio: www.mrjonesey.com
Hayley Lowe @hloweart.bsky.social Author/Illustrator found in 🇨🇦 and🇬🇧
✨Debut✨
THE PIE REPORTS - Orca Books Spring ‘24 (Hayley Lowe)
DIAPER KID - Owlkids Fall ‘25 (Loretta Garbutt/Hayley Lowe)
MEMORY STONES- Second Story Press, Fall 25 (Kathy Kacer/Hayley Lowe)
The Sartorial Librarians Podcast @sartoriallibrary.bsky.social Join @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social and @paulvinelli.bsky.social for celebrations of picture books & librarian fashion.
Apple: https://apple.co/4e4mM3h
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3ANgYge
Instagram: https://bit.ly/4dCh09b
@peterjhester.bsky.social @peterjhester.bsky.social 
Dano Moreno @dano-moreno.bsky.social 👋 Hi! I’m Dano. I write for kids.
📘Pride is Love 🏳️🌈
📗Our Wish for You ✨
📕Hope for Ryan White 🌱
Rep’d by Charlotte Wenger
danomoreno.com
Charlotte Wenger @charlottewenger.com she/her | 📚 literary agent with Prospect Agency repping kidlit authors and illustrators | toddler mom | Greater Boston Area | opinions mine
🌻
www.charlottewenger.com
www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/charlotte-wenger
Shirl Girl @shirleyfadden.bsky.social ShirleyFadden.com
Writer & Illustrator of picture books. SCBWI Rutgers Mentee
Writer's Loft Anthology
PBParty 2025 Finalist
2026 NESCBWI Portfolio Showcase Winner-unagented
I make picture books for a tutu-wearing, lizard-loving, imaginary boss.
HeyHolly @hollydewolf.bsky.social Illustrator, writer, artist
Jinjer Markley, illustrator @jinjermarkley.bsky.social Artist, illustrator and color nerd in Minneapolis
Amy Marie Stadelmann @amymariestad.bsky.social 🎨 Illustrator + kid's book writer
📚 PAIGE PROVES IT series (Simon & Schuster)
🎬 Animation art/design
✌️ Art made with Human Intelligence
www.amymariestad.com
Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social ✦ I'm Cat ✦ she/her ✦ 44 ✦ neurodivergent
✦ Portuguese-Canadian Kid Lit Illustrator
✦ Rep'd by The T2 Agency
✦ 📍 in Portugal
✦ Book a Portfolio Review ⤵️
catarinaoliveirastudio.com
✦ instagram.com/catarinaoliveirastudio/
#KidLitArt #illustration #kidlit
Adria Karlsson @adriakarlsson.bsky.social They/them
Author/illustrator repped by @litagentsaritza.bsky.social
#nescbwi, #12x12pb
MY SISTER, DAISY (Capstone, 2021)
www.adriakarlsson.com
Sheri Bentley @sheribbooks.bsky.social Writer. Literacy Coach. Lover of people and words. #SCBWI #KidsChoiceWinner -'24 #KidLitVibesWinner-'23 #50PreciousWordsHM-'23, '24 Pub'd in @DirigibleBalloon-'25, '26
Cynthia J. Iannaccone @cinziai.bsky.social Artist/illustrator, Kidlitartist
Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social Writer. Currently querying contemporary YA. Bibliophile. Fueled by wine and chocolate chip cookies. Dolly Parton stan account. Hamline MFAC alum and Penn State instructor. she/her/hers https://www.annalindsey.com/
jitu @jituillustrator.bsky.social children's book author/ illustrator ~ artist ~ gardener ~ embroiderer
seeking literary /art representation
https://www.jitumonigoswami.com
jitumonigoswami@gmail.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
Allison Steinfeld @allisonsteinfeld.bsky.social Professional doodler based in Downeast-ish Maine.
MituMalhotra.bsky.social @mitumalhotra.bsky.social Doodles, Designs, Writes for Children & Young Adults @vcfawcya @cbigNYC
Picture bks, Illus. MG, YA verse & prose. mitumalhotra.com https://www.instagram.com/mituart/ Repped by Rachel Letofsky at Transatlantic Agency
Justin Campbell @themermancam.bsky.social Illustrator | Writer | Performer | Choreographer
(He/Him)
Commissions (CLOSED)
linktr.ee/justinjcampbell
Samyuktha Krishna @samyukthak.bsky.social 🎨 Illustrator for paper goods, children’s publishing, and surface art.
Tea drinker, nature & animal lover.
📍 Indian in Maryland | 🌟 PBRS ’23 HM | 📚 #SCBWI #kidlitart
She/Her
🐝 www.behance.net/samy_sk
💌 samydraws.substack.com
📷 instagram.com/tealbrushart- A Andrea @acascardi.bsky.social
Sue Lowell Gallion @suegallion.bsky.social Children's author, nf series OUR WORLD with Phaidon Press chosen for Oprah's Favorites 2024! OUR GALAXY 10/24, UNDERWATER WORLD 2023 (SLJ ⭐️), repped by Liza Voges Eden St. Lit 
Anne Boyère @zerilfrenchanne.bsky.social Scribbler. Doodler. Children herder. Talks about babies and milk for a living. Wild swimmer too. She/her
#SCBWI #Words&Pictures 
Jennifer Vento @sleepysheepstudios.bsky.social Children's Book Illustrator & Writer in NY. BFA in 3D Animation. Needle Felter. Crafter. Stay at home kid wrangler. SCBWI, CBIG-NYC
www.jenvento.com
Mindy Alyse Weiss @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social I write #PB & #MG with humor, heart & hope 💖
#PBParty host | #SCBWI FL Crit Group Coordinator | #12x12PB | http://linktr.ee/MindyAlyseWeiss | https://mindyalyseweiss.com/
Repped by @joycesweeney.bsky.social
Timothy Forner @timothyforner.com Writes stuff. Cannot pass a dog without wanting to pet it. MG series *Montgomery Schnauzer P.I.* out now!
Official site --> https://MontgomerySchnauzer.com
Books! --> https://books2read.com/u/mvM0Zz
More books! --> https://books2read.com/u/4XO98N
Christine Mix @chrismixart.bsky.social Children's Illustrator / Author, member CBIG-NYC, SCBWI, Vermont Arts Council, Teaching Artist for schools, libraries and creative aging.
Becca Syracuse @bookdesignbee.bsky.social Associate Art Director • Children's Illustrator
Rebeccasyracuse.com
She/her
Rep'd by Natascha Morris/ The Tobias Agency
Melissa Murray @melissamurray.bsky.social Author + Illustrator + Artist
SCBWI | CBIG | 12x12
PBParty 2024 Illustration Showcase HM
https://melissamurray.net
#kidlitart #kidlit
Stephen Ingram @stepheningram.bsky.social Represented by Michelle Wittie.
My top five favorite things to draw are dinosaurs, space, children, dinosaurs in space with children—and, of course, space chickens.
Hollie Michaels @hbmichaels.bsky.social Literary Manager at Martin-Newens Literary Management
Author & Illustrator
Author of GOLDA AND EZRA series - Capstone
Member: SCBWI, Kids Comics Unite, Children’s Media Association
www.holliemichaels.com
www.QueryTracker.net/query/holliemichaels
Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social She/her. Picture book writer/illustrator.
Rep: @swekstein.bsky.social
2024 Round Table Mentee, #PBParty Honorable Mention, #50PreciousWords HM.
Keep posting about your books; I want to read them!
sparklemarkers.com
Betzy @vionabetzy.bsky.social KidLit Illustrator from Indonesia 🇮🇩✨
Seeking representation 🌸
X: @gudtaimu_
Instagram: @vionabetzy
Portfolio: behance.net/vionabetzy
For Job Opportunities:
💌 hello.vionabetzy@gmail.com
Traci Van Wagoner @tracivw.bsky.social Traci VW Creations: Dragon Tamer & award-winning children’s book illustrator with a Kirkus star. I also do game art. By hand. No AI ever.
Let’s create beautiful things together! ↓
www.tracivanwagoner.com
#PaintPlay #KidLitArtist #NatureintheCity #SCBWI
Quinette Cook @quinettecook.bsky.social Storyteller | Weimaraner Mom | Gardener | MFA in Writing for Children & YA Hamline University | SCBWI RAE | HWA | seeking representation www.quinettecook.com
Andrea Ferragotti @ferragottiart.bsky.social Kidlit illustrator, animator, and zinester | ♉️ |
🖌Available for freelance and contract work!
✨️ Seeking representation ✨️
Check out my ko-fi shop @ ferragottiart
💼 ferragottiart.com
P J Canning @pjcanningauthor.bsky.social Children's author. 21% Monster series published by @Usborne. Agent: @kickbackbooks. He/him
Phil Bildner @philbildner.bsky.social I write books for young people, picture books and middle grade novels. I’m the founder and President of The Author Village. Mets and Nets fan. LGBTQ🌈
Priscilla Alpaugh @priscillaalpaugh.bsky.social Illustrator and maker of things
PriscillaAlpaugh.com
Brian Kirby @boringstorybook.com Author/illustrator of humorous stories for kids.
https://briankirbystudio.com
SCBWI Ohio: North | #pbparty Finalist ‘24 & ‘25 | #kidlit booster
Represented by @KaitlynLeann17.bsky.social at
@Bradfordagents.bsky.social
Carolyn Le @carolynle.bsky.social Kidlit illustrator/author, teacher, and chocolate lover. Portfolio: https://carolynle.com
Agnese Bankovska @abankovska.bsky.social 🌱🍄 🐝🐸 multispecies and more-than-human ethnography 🌿ethics of care 🐌 urban gardens 🐛 urban natures 🥘 small-scale food systems🖌️ experimental and creative methods 🎨 Helsinki ✈️ Latvia
Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT Lawrence @trishtoneylawrence.bsky.social She/her. Senior agent @ Aevitas Creative Management. Founded real/brilliant, inc. Writer/surface pattern designer. Reign/Sounders/Seahawks fan. I'm always reading. 
Michelle Hauck @michelle4laughs.bsky.social Senior Literary Agent with Storm Literary Agency | Represents MG, YA, and Adult Fiction | Currently CLOSED to select queries | she/her
https://linktr.ee/michellehauck
Christie Megill @christiemegill.bsky.social Kidlit agent at The CAT Agency, writer, story collector. Future ghost.
Newsletter: throughlines.substack.com
Alexandra Levick @allielevick.bsky.social Senior literary agent at Writers House, LLC. I believe in books. Always learning. Opinions are my own. She/Her.
Open to queries the 1st-7th each month.
Profile image by Monica Arnaldo
Erin Casey Westin @erincaseywestin.bsky.social She/her
Associate Agent at Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency
Open to queries from the 1st-7th of each month.
www.erincaseywestin.com / www.galltzacker.com
Profile photo by DMOimages
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
Michael Bourret @michaelbourret.bsky.social Here we go again. Agent Dystel, Goderich & Bourret
Saritza Hernández @litagentsaritza.bsky.social ✨Lit Agent @andreabrownlit.bsky.social✨
@aalitagents.bsky.social Member✨ #tabletopnerd ✨Coffee junkie✨Romance Enthusiast✨💖💙💜Boricua✨#LGBTQIA & Autism Advocate✨#DementiaCaregiver ✨
https://QueryTracker.net/query/Saritza
Jordan Hamessley @thejordache.bsky.social Literary Agent at JABberwocky Literary Agency representing picture books through YA. Musical Theater nerd. Disney adult. Fan of all things spooky.
QueryManager.com/HamessleyQuery
Bethany Fulk Hendrix @bethanyfulk.bsky.social Literary Agent at Spencerhill Associates • YA writer • Lover of all things Disney and chocolate
Sophia M. Ramos @sophiamreads.bsky.social Literary Associate at New Leaf Literary. Diet Coke enthusiast, competitive axe thrower, dog mom—you know, the works.
Ernie Chiara @erniechiara.com Senior Agent at Fuse Literary ⟡ erniechiara.com ⟡ links.erniechiara.com ⟡ Co-editor & contributor for @starsandsabers.bsky.social Oz anthology
Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social Literary Agent at Kimberley Cameron & Associates. She/her.
https://bookshop.org/wishlists/d21f08914825aedf5fd1678efb75266d2a412690
Saribel Pages @saribelp.bsky.social She/Her
Literary Associate at Gallt and Zacker Literary
Proud nerd and Kidlit advocate
Loudest GRD Jeerleader
All thoughts are my own
Ann Rose @annmrose.bsky.social agent: Marsal Lyon & #rosebudauthor wrangler | author | opinions are my own | she/her
rep: Eva Scalzo
layout: Ana Scribe
T.S. Ferguson @teeess.bsky.social Literary Agent w/ Azantian Literary Agency & freelance editor. Mostly jokes + booktalk on here. 🏳️🌈 Witch-lover, gaymer, geek, guncle, unapologetic leftist. He/him
https://beacons.ai/tsferguson
Caitlin McDonald @literallycait.bsky.social literary agent at Maass Literary Agency for SFF, YA, & GN • she/her • queer • ADHD • chronic pain • intensely editorial 📚 #BLM #TransRightsAreHumanRights
Kelly Dyksterhouse @kellydhouse.bsky.social Literary Agent, The Tobias Literary Agency | #kidlit | AALA | SCBWI | 🐱and 🐶 | writer-hiker-daydreamer | www.KellyDyksterhouse.com