Sasha @typeofcrayon.bsky.social 📚 Book lover | Deep thinker | Forever curious
Finding wisdom in stories and life
The Storytellers Foundation | The Storyteller's Shelf Podcast @tstorypodcast.bsky.social https://thestorytellersshelfpodcast.com 📚 Kidlit experts. 📖 We demystify publishing! | 🥇 Top 100 & Spotify Award-Winning Podcast | Home of The Big Bang Notable Book List & The Storytellers Summit Series | summit.getstoryrise.com
@whothefami.bsky.social @whothefami.bsky.social Hierarchy only exists in the minds of those who have not broken free of such illusions. https://whothefami.substack.com
DearEditorDotCom @deareditordotcom.bsky.social Deborah Halverson—“The Editor”—posts writing tips, inspirations, news, & alerts when she answers new questions from writers on DearEditor.com
Author Craig Read @craigread.bsky.social Dwayne And The Dinosaur Dilemma now available, either from myself paperback £10 each, or Hardback £15 each, or Amazon at £15 & £25
Jeanne Walker Harvey @jeannewharvey.bsky.social #kidlit author! I value the power of words, art, dancing & chocolate.
I love writing picture book bios about inspiring creative people!
Recent books: THE GLASS PYRAMID, ELSE B. IN THE SEA, ABLAZE WITH COLOR & DRESSING UP THE STARS. jeanneharvey.com
iWIC-featured-books @iwic-book-features.bsky.social You write ... we tell the world about it!
www.writersinspiringchange.com
Katrina Swenson @katrinaswenson.bsky.social Children’s author and poet. Poems at The School Magazine, Little Thoughts Press, The Dirigible Balloon, and Highlights’ High Five. My debut picture book, LOVE, GRUMBLE (illustrated by Charles Santoso, published by Little, Brown) arrives in 2026!
Rebecca Weber 🙂🐈⬛📰 @rweberwrites.bsky.social #SCBWI Author - THE PAINTER'S BUTTERFLY and LOOPHOLE (Artemesia Publishing)/Beta reader/@litkidsmagazine.bsky.social founder/House flipper/Bostie & girl mom/#MGpies #YANation
"You are the one you've been waiting for all of your life!"
Ana Paola Glz @anapaoglz.bsky.social Kidlit Illustrator · Children’s Books
Pastel vibes · Sweet characters · Gentle stories
🇲🇽 ES/EN — Freelance illustrator
⬇️ Portfolio + contact
https://anapaoglz.carrd.co/
Beth Gawlik 📚🐈⬛🍪 @bethgawlik.bsky.social Reader, Writer, Mother, Christian, cat lover, preschool teacher, #ADHD, #T1D Mom, #dyslexia mom, 🏳️🌈 ace she/her, writing #MGLit and #cozymystery, #MGWaves
Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social Hello 👋… my name is Jacob Souva and I’m an illustrator and author of books for kids. I’m rep’d by Jen Rofé of Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
✨ www.twofishillustration.com/links
✏️ https://open.substack.com/pub/jacobsouva
Bridget Hodder @bridgethodder.bsky.social Kirkus-starred author and co-author of children's books THE RAT PRINCE, THE BUTTON BOX, THE PROMISE; anthology THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS.
Autism coach; certified Reading & Language specialist; Behavioral analyst
Sephardic rep forever...La neta
Katie Brown @authorkatiebrown.bsky.social #kidlit MG and YA author
2023 #WriteMentor Mentee
2022 #PitchMe finalist
#MGalomaniacs
Deborah Paquette @deborahpaquette.bsky.social Picture-book author/illustrator. #SCBWI Canada West Co-ARA.
deborahpaquette@shaw.ca
deborahpaquette.com
Jenny Banker @jbankerwrites.bsky.social MG Writer, Librarian, believer in magic and dragons, weird sense of humor, MGNarwhals unite!
Drawn by Heidi @drawnbyheidi.bsky.social Kidlit illustrator, dog lover, nerd and expat🇺🇸🇸🇪. Bring on the nature hikes and Mom jokes.
www.DrawnbyHeidi.com
LoriDubbin.bsky.social @loridubbin.bsky.social Reader, Writer, Walker, Author of
PERFECT MATCH. SCBWI 12x12
Rep’d by Joyce Sweeney
The Seymour Agency 
C.W. Allen 📚 @cwallenbooks.bsky.social Writing long stories for kids and short stories for former kids
• RELATIVELY NORMAL SECRETS
• THE SECRET BENEFITS OF INVISIBILITY
• TALES OF THE FORGOTTEN FOUNDERS
🚫 AI is the worst
League of Utah Writers President
cwallenbooks.com
Jasmine Fang @jasmineifang.bsky.social Author, mom, recovering PM
🏡 tpe • la • dc • sf bay area
📕 BENEATH THE SAME ROUND MOON
📕 OUR CHINATOWN MARKET (2028)
jasmineifang.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
Cindy Baldwin @cindybaldwinbooks.bsky.social Kidlit author (latest: NO MATTER THE DISTANCE). Disabled activist with #cysticfibrosis and #ehlersdanlos. Homeschool mom, cosmetic formulator, human with too many passions. She/her
Tegan Beese @tmbees.bsky.social Writer | Librarian 🏳️🌈
PhD YSJ | MFA VCFA ‘22 | MLIS UIUC ‘18
Printz 2020 🥔
I write books about misunderstood women, spooky stuff, and trauma.
Daphne Benedis-Grab @daphnebg.bsky.social I write middle grade books, am an elementary school librarian, live in Colorado and love cats.
www.daphnebg.com
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
Cathy Carr @cathycarrwrites.bsky.social Author 365 DAYS TO ALASKA (2021) and LOST KITES AND OTHER TREASURES (2024), published by Abrams/Amulet. Rep. Rachel Orr, Prospect Agency. To quote Toni Morrison, "You are your best thing." You can find me at www.cathycarrwrites.com. 
Aden Polydoros @adenpolydoros.bsky.social Horror/SFF Author of THE CITY BEAUTIFUL, WRATH BECOMES HER, and others. Sydney Taylor winner. Finalist for World Fantasy Award, Lambda, National Jewish Book Award. Nonbinary/Trans.
Next books: THE CITY OF SLAUGHTER (9/26), IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU (1/27)
Christina Frigo @christinafrigo.bsky.social kidlit writer & mother
rep: Tess Weitzner at FGLA
christinafrigo.com
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
Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen @sudiptabq.bsky.social Children’s book writer, mom, wife, world traveler, not necessarily in that order. Not so much “glass half full” as “my glass is broken — why ME?”
Jennifer Robin Barr @jrbarr.bsky.social Author. Middle Grade Historical fiction author. GOODBYE, MR. SPALDING; THUNDER AND MERCY with Astra Publishing. Rep'd by TracyMarchini
Ruth Horowitz @ruthhorowitz.bsky.social Writer repped by Linda Epstein (kids books) and Rena Rosner (adult). Latest title: THE MIDNIGHT MITZVAH (Barefoot Books 1924).
Hannah Kruman @hannahkruman.bsky.social Children's book author, rep’d by Bethany Jett
Kristin Ziemke is having a BOOK LAUNCH @kristinziemke.bsky.social Teacher & author of READ THE WORLD: Rethinking Literacy for Empathy & Action in a Digital Age. ADE, NBCT, staff developer, evolving learner. she/her 📚📱🌏❤️
Mary Jane Lange @maryjanelange.bsky.social Wine lover, tree hugger, children's book author-illustrator, middle/high school art teacher in Paris.
California (native) 🐻
France (adoptee) 🐓
https://serendipiti.myportfolio.com/
https://www.instagram.com/maryjanelange4?igsh=ZngzZTBpdW5qbW1m
Melissa Trempe @melissatrempe.bsky.social PB Author & Educator
rep’d by Amy Nielsen
Ladybug Launch: Inspired by a True Story of Chinitas in Space (Simon & Schuster, 2024)
The Girl Who Dreamed of Space (Sourcebooks, 2027)
www.melissatrempe.com
Rebecca Chaney @rebeccajchaney.bsky.social Science-loving Aussie author of THE SKETCHER SERIES.
https://rebeccajchaney.com/
https://linktr.ee/rebeccajchaney
Meagan Dekker @meagandekker.bsky.social Writer of children's literature and advertising copy. Mom, picture book connoisseur, raised in the woods... Much love for libraries, educators, kids(!), and the lovely kid lit community.
Emma Perry @emmaperry.bsky.social ▪️ Children's author writing stories & poems filled with giggles & warmth.
▪️Teacher
▪️Shortlisted for Sheffield Children's Book Award 2023
▪️www.emmaperryauthor.com she/her
Jess Hernandez (she/her) @jessjhernandez.bsky.social Writer of #kidlit. Former teacher and librarian. Current kid wrangler. Mutant diabetic and perpetually tired nd. Author of 1st Day of Unicorn School (Capstone) and I WANT TO DANCE IN PANTS (Sleeping Bear, 2025) www.jesshernandezwrites.com
Jason Peterson @themeltedcoins.bsky.social I write books, songs, and this bio! / Agent: Stephen Fraser at JDLit
linktr.ee/jason_peterson
Donna Owens @dlowens.bsky.social Writer. Reviser. Reader. Drinks coffee. Loves dogs. And, live music! Good things with words: The Writing Barn, Texas Exes, Totally Booked with Zibby, The Moth
Barb Hopkins @barbhopkins.bsky.social Indie author | Odilia and the Stones of Power, MG paranormal
Chronicles of a Cursed Midlife
Member: SCBWI; The Authors Guild
Fan of: books, libraries, cats, coffee, chocolate, & good mysteries.
https://www.barbhopkins.com/quick-links
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
Emily Golightly @emilygolightly.bsky.social 2024-25 NCSLMA School Librarian of the Year, Podcaster, Quizizz Gamechanger, Past President of the NC Reading Association
http://linktr.ee/golightlyinthelibrary
Kate Bolden @katebolden.bsky.social Picture book writer 📚
Melbourne now Glasgow 💛
Rosemary Lynn @rosemarylynnbooks.bsky.social Writer * Reader * Mom of tiny humans and many fur babies 🐾 * Crafter * Baker * Wanderer * Vlogger * [she/they/any] 🏳️🌈 #SCBWI #12x12PB #kidlit 📚https://rosemarylynnbooks.com/links/
Sabrina is writing @sabrinawrites.com Odd duck. Tired Mom.
A little bit spooky.
I write software manuals & #KidLit.
AuDHD human & neurodiversity advocate.
1st Place YA ‘24 KidLit Kid's Choice Writing Contest.
Creator of #KidLitSundayScaries.
sabrinawrites.com
S.A. Rodriguez @sarodriguezauthor.bsky.social Latina Children’s Author 📚
✨TREASURE TRACKS✨
sarodriguezbooks.com
Yia Lor @yiawrites.bsky.social she/they/nws
#Hmong #KidLit #Writer #SCBWI #DogMom 🐾 #TreeHugger 🌿
Rep: Mike Whatnall at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret 📚✨
Insta: instagram.com/yiawrites
Jen Kraar @jenkraar.bsky.social Writer. Kid-lit lover. Indie Bookseller. Scone baker. Currently obsessed with novels in verse.
Becky Shillington @beckyshillington.bsky.social I'm a children's writer, twin mom, former teacher, poetry lover, and Co-ARA of SCBWI Carolinas. 
Leanne Pankuch @talelady.bsky.social Addicted to books. Mother of dogs, dragons, and ghosts. Music lover. MG and YA author repped by @agentdiegoh @sbr_media 🪶 #amwriting #amreading #kidlit
Catherine Stier @catherinestier.bsky.social Author of 22 books for kids, ARA of #SCBWI SW Texas, Nature Program Volunteer, Nat'l Parks Fan. Rep'd by Kathleen Rushall @AndreaBrownLit
@ejgwrites.bsky.social @ejgwrites.bsky.social #Kitlit, #JaneAusten, Adult Fiction, writer, ejgwrites.blogspot.com, #SCBWI, JASNA member, The Historical Novel Society member
Tomi Rues @tomirues.bsky.social Writer, Educator, Reading Advocate
www.tomirues.com
Anna Harber Freeman @annaharberfreeman.bsky.social K-12 art teacher | #kidlit author | enrolled member of the Osage Nation | rep’d by @literarylesliez
#SCBWI #kidlit #arted
www.annaharberfreeman.com
Megan McNamara @writtenbymegan.bsky.social Story Maker-Upper 📺 TV Writer: ESE on All American: Homecoming I Staff Writer on LA’s Finest 📚 Kidlit Writer: Member of Storyteller Academy I PB Rising Stars HM 2025 I Blogger of @keepwritingkidlit.bsky.social (she/her)
Anne @anneleblanc2.bsky.social Retired(ish) teacher, picture book writer, reader, library lover, geologist. I also love to sing, dance, code and learn about just about anything!
Pamela Ross @pamelarosswrites.bsky.social Writer. Poetry. Prose. Copywriter. Proofreader. Book Rescuer. Book Lover. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band person.
Philippa R. Francis @philippa.bsky.social Writer, reader, photographer . . .
https://ko-fi.com/philippa
Jennifer Givhan @jenngivhan.bsky.social Chicana + Indigenous author of THE SLEEPING SISTERS & SALT BONES (Little, Brown). Monstrous mamawriter of folk horror on the borderlands. Hexer of the patriarchy. Haunted woman.
She/Her/La Bruja
jennifergivhan.com
https://linktr.ee/jenngivhan
JoAnn Early Macken @joannearlymacken.bsky.social Author of Grow; Flip, Float, Fly: Seeds on the Move; Waiting Out the Storm; and more. Sewist of upcycled clothing and Boomerang Bags. Collector and planter of seeds, baker of pies, fan of springtime and waterways and creatures that fly. www.joannmacken.com
Art Coulson @artcoulson.com Writer of children's fiction, graphic novels, plays and one failed TV pilot. Pie, never cake. Repped by @jacquilipton.bsky.social | @ravenliterary.bsky.social. The Reluctant Storyteller (2021). Chasing Bigfoot (2022). All the Stars in the Sky (2025).
Carissa Mina @carissaminawriter.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Artist. Word Witch. #SCBWI Member. Once upon a time owner of The Wandering Jellyfish Bookshop. Books are breath. Stories are life. Words are magic. Love wins 💕 #kidlit #kidlitart #easternup
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
Tonya Abari @iamtabari.bsky.social ✨ Storyteller ✍🏾 Independent Journalist | Author | 📚 Collaborator #amquerying
🖊: Essence, USA Today, AllRecipes, HuffPost, Ambrook and more
📚: Mudpuppy, The Innovation Press, LBYR, HarperCollins, Quarto, Wiley, Penguin
💻 (Subscribe) www.tonyaabari.com
Srinidhi Srinivasan | Kidlit Illustrator @srinidhidraws.bsky.social Rep’ed by Aliza Hoover at CAT agency!
Children’s book Illustrator, Sketchbook Scribbler ✏️& Maker of many things 🪡|
🕸️ www.srinidhidraws.com
📧 srinidhis01@gmail.com
R.M. Romero @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social 🌊 THE TEAR COLLECTOR (LYBR)
🧜🏻♀️ THE MERMAID OF WARSAW (Summer 2027, Peachtree Teen)
📕 Rep: Patricia Nelson
🏳️🌈 🇨🇺 🧿 ✡️ 🍉 🇺🇦
https://linktr.ee/rmromeroauthor
Cathy Morrison Illustrates @cathyillustrates.bsky.social Kidlit illustrator passionate about nature, science and the environment. Check out my blog for recent work and more information - https://cathymorrison.blogspot.com
https://linktr.ee/CathyMorrisonIllustrates
Amara Gardner Art @blackberryjamara.bsky.social Illustrator, painter, thru hiker. in SC
www.amaragardnerart.com
IG: @amara.gardner.art
Emily Calimlim @limlimillus.bsky.social Picture Book illustrator. Loves birds, birding, and nature. Self appointed naturalist. 🦜 Can tell you random facts on birds. Want to go hiking?
Website: limlimillustration.com
Raina Hassan @rainahassan.bsky.social Writer, mental health therapist, and energy worker; lover of books and all things related to plants, animals, and magic 🌱🦊✨
www.rainahassan.com
Claire L-Gordon @clincolngordon.bsky.social ✍️children’s writer 👩🏫teacher 
Hà Dinh @hellomrsdinh.bsky.social Author. Teacher. Forever learner.
WHERE WILDFLOWERS GROW | THE JADE BRACELET | LY-LAN FINDS A WAY CHAPTER SERIES | THE MOON LANTERN
Repped by: Belcastro Agency
Published with @PenguinRandomHouse @RandomHouseStudio @Zonderkidz @AlbertWhitman
Bianca Schulze: The Children's Book Review @tcbrbookreview.bsky.social Founder of The Children's Book Review. Reader-writer-reviewer!
Bestselling author of 101 Books to Read Before You Grow Up, Don't Wake the Dragon, and more. Sharing reviews, book lists, interviews with authors and illustrators, and tips for raising readers.
Kate Jenks Landry @katejenkslandry.bsky.social Kid lit author, lover of bread, and the mother of two kiddos, one wily dog, and many plants.
Author of BEATRICE AND BARB and A SUMMER WITHOUT ANNA (Kids Can Press)
Member of CANSCAIP AND THE WRITERS' UNION OF CANADA
Shachi Kaushik @storiesbyshachi.bsky.social Author Diwali In My New Home’23I Melodies of The Sitar’ 27 I Production ‘The Guava Juice Show’ l ‘Coco Melon
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42 Miles Press @42milespress.bsky.social We’re a small press based out of South Bend, Indiana. Home of the 42 Miles Press Poetry Award +The Glacier Journal. We like it real, surreal, and unreal. Instagram: @42milespress @theglacierjournal
https://42milespress.com
https://theglacierjournal.com
Becky Lance @beckylancekidlit.bsky.social Aspiring Author-Illustrator | Former Montessori Educator | Math Nerd
#SCBWI
www.beckylancekidlit.com
Connie Bergstein Dow @movingislearning.com Dancer, Teacher, Author:
Free Spirit Publishing, Redleaf Press, Young Dragons Press, #Highlights #Cricket Babybug, Journal of Dance Education, Young Children, Early Childhood News
#SCBWI #AuthorsGuild, #NDEO, #NAEYC, Colorado Authors League
Teresa Buchanan @teresabee.bsky.social I’m a clinical social worker, quilt maker and aspiring writer. Sometimes I’ve hung onto life by a thread—wise words, woven fine, have held 💙💙
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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
Saki Tanaka @sakitales.bsky.social Author and illustrator excavating magic ✨
BETWEEN WORDS, @scholasticinc Summer ‘24
Represented by Wernick & Pratt
www.sakitales.com
Molly Ippolito @mollyippolito.bsky.social ✏️2nd/3rd grade teacher
🍎Teaching ideas & resources
✨Picture book magic
🎀Little girl fashion inspo
🏠Home making
linktr.ee/thesunnysideteaching
Melanie Sheppard @melaniejsheppard.bsky.social Kidlit author. Former school librarian. Lover of cozy hobbies and long walks outside. Rep’d by Sam Farkas.
Melissa Jenson @melissajenson.bsky.social MG Author I Rock Star in other life I Person who goes places I Parent I Perpetually awkward I Newly seeking rep
CW Miller @cwmillerwriter.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ; 💙 || Writer, currently #amquerying a YA Contemporary || Cats, Bunnies || Movies, Books, Video games, Survivor #RHAP ||
Kathy Wilson @kmwilsonpendragon.bsky.social Animal portrait artist and children’s book illustrator. Animal advocate. Dog mom.
Colorado Springs, CO
Angelie Tumaghap Martzke @angelietumaghap.bsky.social *Writer:
-children's books
-children's magazines
*You can find me in a local coffeeshop or bookstore.
*Mom to 2 humans and 2 dogs
*Kiniray-a speaker (Filipina)
*Social Worker
@lizhansonbooks.bsky.social @lizhansonbooks.bsky.social 
Lisa Stringfellow @engagereaders.bsky.social Author. KINGDOM OF DUST (8/20/24), A COMB OF WISHES, HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books. Educator integrating literacy, equity, & social justice. Rep @lindsaydauld
Leigh Therriault💫 @leightherriault.bsky.social Canadian writer & poet 🌙✨️ AuDHD ☆
A STRANGE PLACE FOR A GHOST 👻 coming Sep 2027 from Orca Book Publishers 📚
Rep: Liz Nealon at Great Dog Literary
leightherriault.com
Julie Honan Johnston @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social Picture Book Author. Owner of Coyote Kids, a secondhand clothing and bookstore for kids in Albany, CA. It's all about the kids! 
Jen Lee @jenleewriter.bsky.social Kid Lit Writer
aDoodlingOctopus @adoodlingoctopus.bsky.social Picture book author/illustrator, seeking representation. My goal is to bring a smile to someone's face through my silly characters and worlds.