I. M. Eerie @imeerie.bsky.social 💀 Middle grade horror author 🦷 OPEN WIDE (SimonKids, Aug ‘25)🍦I SCREAM TRUCK (SimonKids, Aug ‘26) ✍🏻 Repped by Lynnette Novak
https://www.imeerie.com
https://www.simonandschuster.com/series/An-Eerie-Tale
@miriamsf.bsky.social @miriamsf.bsky.social Mom of 2 daughters. Middle Grade Author. Repped by Nicole Eisenbraun. Developmental Editor. MS ELA Teacher. Tree-hugger. Vegetarian. Figure Skater. Dreamer.
#MGpies
https://mspitzerfranklin.wixsite.com/mysite/critique-services
Carol Matas @carolmatas.bsky.social 48 books, mostly novels for #MG or #YA. #Holocaust, #Historical #Fantasy #Paranormal #PB
#SCBWI #CANSCAIP #TWUC #PEN #KIDLIT
https://carolmatas.com
Marcie Price Jackson @missmarciepants.bsky.social Author, Illustrator, Native American Media Alliance TV and Film Fellow, and general menace. Settler and Citizen of Cherokee Nation.
SMVL Trudeau @smvltrudeau.bsky.social Author of The Phoenix and the Ant series, Grade 7/8 teacher, and cool guy.
🍁 Winnipeg
www.smvltrudeau.ca
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
Caroline @carolinewu.bsky.social ✨ MG and PB writer
🏔️ Always in the mountains
🐦 Avid hiker, amateur nature photographer, wannabe birder
Erin L. Thomas @erinthomas.bsky.social Author, Daydreamer, Lover of Yarn
I write books for kids and teens from my home in Whitby, Ontario. I love knitting and sewing, and have a thing for old sewing machines and typewriters. I'm happiest when surrounded by my wonderful family and pets. 
Cas Fick @cmfick.bsky.social SFF writer & web designer, also writes MG as Drea Kellen, artist, creative, Autistic, INFJ, wife, mother, Canadian (she/her) https://linktr.ee/cmfick
Melissa Taylor @imaginationsoup.bsky.social Writer, communications/marketing consultant, fmr teacher & teacher trainer, author. M.Ed. TOVA’S SWEET SOLUTION (4/2026), https://melissataylor.net https://imaginationsoup.net
Ann Page @annpage10.bsky.social PB & MG writer| NAPPA award| HM #PBParty2023/24| #MNSCBWI| Math Education Consultant| Lake Lover| Happily married stepmom| She/her | No DMs
https://www.AnnPageAuthor.com
Rose Ciesla @roseciesla.bsky.social sff/romance writer - sometimes a librarian - reader for Diabolical Plots - very specific - partly titanium - rep: Ashley Reisinger @ Triada US - http://roseciesla.com
Author Thomas Lockhaven @thomaslockhaven.bsky.social Award-winning Author | 500K Books sold | Ava & Carol Detective Agency | Quest Chasers | Kids Murder Mystery Club | Ripley Kool & the Investigators | Coffee House Sleuths
My books: https://cutt.ly/1e852C3q
#MGLit #Kidlit #Author #writer
LEX @locconlyfe.bsky.social Artist. Sickle Cell Warrior & Advocate. Writer. Living life abundantly while not giving a fk. 
Lizzy 👻 👽 🦄 🧚♂️ 🦖 @lizzylyn.bsky.social #YA #MG spec fic #author & #attorney | expert in giant 🐩 telepathic communication | fan of ☕️ and the absurd |🚫 liminal spaces | #MGlit #YAlit #MGnesium #amquerying #scifi #fantasy #authors #writersky #writingcommunity #kidlit #specfic #coffee
Brian Frederick @brianfredauthor.bsky.social Haigh a chairde! Siggy the Sausage Dog series coming soon @tinytreebooks.bsky.social
Dreamer and Seeker of Kindness.
#siggythesausagedog
PEACE✌️☮️ #mufc #Gaeilge #kidlit #ADHD #GráMór
Live Bristol, from Belfast. Sláinte💜 www.brianfrederickauthor.com
Maria Linn @marial1nn.bsky.social I write silly/scary MG books, make silly/scary collages, and, silly/scariest of all, analyze data for a living
Brooke Carlock @bcarlock.bsky.social Author, history lover, tiny house dweller, middle school teacher, grief educator, YouTuber, podcast host. 
Carol Fisher Saller @carolfishersaller.bsky.social Children's book author. contributing editor, Chicago Manual of Style.
NEW on April 15, 2025: THE TIME-JINX TWINS!
Ages 8-12.
Tasha Saecker @tsaecker.bsky.social Librarian with an expertise in children's books, YA reads, fantasy and sci fi. Administrator who works towards inclusivity, diversity, engagement and advocacy. Children's & YA book blogger at Waking Brain Cells: https://wakingbraincells.com/
Maria Kim @mkimwrites.bsky.social ✨Biracial Mexican-American Kidlit Writer
✨HS ELA Teacher/Librarian
✨PBParty '25 & '26 finalist🩷
✨Rep'd by Sandra Proudman at Galt and Zacker
West Crosby @social.lovelikelight.com Black and Queer author ( ✊🏾🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ), exploring Historical, Dark Fantasy, Horror, and LGBT Romance Comedy.
Alexis Scales @acescales.bsky.social ✍🏾 Writer of Fiction • 🎙️ Spoken Word Poet • 🌺 Creative Soul • ☕ Coffee & Protein Shakes • 🔍 Analytical Optimist
__**Projects**__
• The Black Phoenix (novel || rewrite)
• Garden of Split Tongues (short story || draft)
• and a host of poems in various stages
@mjwilen.bsky.social @mjwilen.bsky.social 
Eliza Laidlaw @elizalaidlaw.bsky.social Middle grade #kidlit author, neurodivergent counselor, bird nerd, side gig as museum taxidermist
Rep: Katie Grimm @ Curtis Brown
J. S. Candid is Drafting 25,186/80K ✨️ @jscandid.bsky.social Writer of MG and YA Fantasy. Looking to connect with others. Progressive Commentator by day.
Linktr.ee/J.S.Candid
Online Zumba Fitness instructor: https://zumba.com/p/jessika-saunders/2077087
TikTok and IG: @J.S.Candid
New YouTuber: J. S. Candid
Eric Boyd @ericboydauthor.bsky.social Middle grade and adult horror writer, avid reader, and all-around geek. I’m all about writing craft, productivity, kettlebells, and tea.
Lauri Corkum's MG The Titanic Caper is out on sub! @corkumlauri.bsky.social Writer of MG mysteries and adult thrillers. Lover of earth and stars. Owned by three kids and a hot mess of a german shepherd. Usually at, or dreaming of, the beach. Repped by Terrie Wolf at #AKALiterary. #wolfpack #writingcommunity #writer
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
Chris Garcia-Halenar @chrisgarhal.bsky.social Gay dad to 13 and 8 yo
PB/MG Author
#SCBWI
#12x12PB
#InkedVoices
Represented by @JoyceKay.bsky.social
The Seymour Agency
Mike Steele 📖 DEBUT MG NOVEL, “NOT LUCILLE,” NOW AVAILABLE! @msteelewrites.bsky.social sunburned ginger · middle-grade author · children’s playwright · school librarian · two-time Friedrich von Trapp · #amwriting #amquerying #amsleepy
🔗 https://linktr.ee/msteelewrites
@davidcirone.bsky.social @davidcirone.bsky.social Fourth grade teacher, middle grade author represented by Terrie Wolf at AKA Literary
Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social REWRITING THE RULES (Sept '25 Millbrook Press)
#MakingSTEMaccessible
Bio PhD | PB MG YA author |
1st pl '22: #rateyourstory & #springflingkidlit
3x winner #50PreciousWord '22/3/4;
Highlights sch '23
Rep: @gabycabezut @SeymourAgency
www.dannazeiger.com
Catherine Kinsey @catherinekinsey.bsky.social Middle grade fantasy writer | mom of 2 in MI | rep: Liv Ivanov
Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social Author. Fledgling poet. Rep’d by Nicole Eisenbraun @ GCL. Debut novel, WHERE THE LIGHT SHINES IN, releasing 9.29.26.
Website: jemattern.com
S i l v e r M i l a g r o @silvermilagro17.bsky.social Children's author obsessed w/lifeforce of a good seed, literally and metaphorically. Repped by Curtis Brown, Ltd.
Laura Bryte Writes @laurawrites.bsky.social Author | Poet | Picture Books | Middle Grade | Young Adult | SCBWI | 12x12 | Lyrical Language Lab Alum |
Anna Humphrey @annahumphrey.bsky.social Author of Megabat, the Fluffle Bunnies, Bee & Flea and other books for young readers. Mom, cat enthusiast and embroidery nerd.
Michelle M. Smith @michellemsmith.bsky.social Author & Reader of Horror, Suspense & Thrillers. Current WIP: A psychological thriller. Addicted to sunsets and Red Vines. Day job: Blowing sh*t up
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
Sarah J. Mendonca @sarahjmendonca.bsky.social Author of the Encantadora Series🧙♀️(Book 2 - 9/15/26) and The Dragoneer🐉 (Fall 2027)
🇵🇹🇺🇸
https://bio.site/sarahjmendonca
Dana Kramaroff @danakramaroff.bsky.social Mom, 2nd grade teacher, and middle grade author of THE DO MORE CLUB (Penguin Random House - Rocky Pond Books) 💛💛💛
Amy Watia @amywatia.bsky.social Middle Grade Children’s Writer | Non Practicing Librarian/Archivist | Mom of 3 | University of Michigan undergrad + MSI (AKA MLS) | Chicago Suburbs | #MGNarwhals Member of MG Hub | Yes, that’s me with the guy from Pretty In Pink & St. Elmo’s Fire!
Susannah Lloyd @susannahlloyd.bsky.social Children's author of mid-grade fiction & picture books. Badgers Are Go, Who Ate Steve, Here Be Giants, Oh Monty, Here Be Dragons, This Book Can Read Your Mind & The Terribly Friendly Fox. Represented by the Catchpole Agency. www.susannahlloyd.com
Melissa Lasher @melissalasher.bsky.social Writer. Spends too much time with the dog. #mg #pb rep: @literarylesliez
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
Emily Deibert @emilydeibert.bsky.social Middle Grade Author of BEA MULLINS TAKES A SHOT (Random House Kids, out now!) 🏒🇨🇦🏳️🌈 More info here: https://bit.ly/3EOkGZ2
Represented by Kurestin Armada/Root Literary
emilydeibert.com | she/her
💘🐣 LavenderArts: Commissions Closed! 🌸☀️ @lavenderarts.bsky.social Lav | 29 | they/elu | ❤️🧡🤍🩷💗| SC, USA | illustrator, looking for YA cover/kidlit work! | ENG/少し日本語 | FREE 🇵🇸 🇱🇧 🇸🇩 🇨🇩 🇺🇦
➡️ #LavArts / #WIP / #Speedpaint / #FaustFriday
Tip jar/Subs: https://ko-fi.com/lavielux
18+ alt: @lavafterdark.bsky.social
Jenn Bishop @buffalojenn.bsky.social Children's book author. Bearcats 🏀 & Reds ⚾ fan
Coming in 2028: LARK GROWS A CAT 🐈 (Chronicle Books)
& OUT OF BOUNDS 🏐 (Chronicle Books)
She/her. Rep: Katie Grimm @ Curtis Brown.
www.jennbishop.com
Keke Davis ✨ @literarykey.bsky.social ✍🏾Children’s author querying for representation
💫PB Rising Star Honorable Mention
🎓Writing Studies grad student
💭Fandoms galore
⚠️Only accounts: @literarykey @mrskeydavis
🔗 kekedavis.com
Jessi Pitts @jessipitts.bsky.social ✨ she/her/any ✨ playwright, MG novelist, & old growth forest enthusiast ✨ working on something fearsome 🤫 and something in the stars 🚀
Janet Fox @janetsfox.bsky.social Kidlit author; writing course creator; lover of dogs, mountains, and all things magical. Blogs every week here: https://janetfox.substack.com/
MacKeNZie @mackenziemknz.bsky.social MG & YA writer
Artist- painting & illustration
Makes tube guitar amps too
Collects vintage children's books & comics
Bossed around by cats Walter & Mango
MKNZdavis.com
RCDavisamps.com
Susan Van Metre @skeetervm.bsky.social Hopelessly devoted to books. Editorial Director Walker Books US/Candlewick Press
E. G. Heron @pigeonverse.bsky.social (unpublished) middle grade author and ecology graduate student || big fan of birds || parenthesis over-user || author of the pigeonverse, starting with HIGHFLIGHT'S JOURNEY #amquerying
Sonja Thomas @bysonjathomas.bsky.social Kidlit author | she/her | bysonjathomas.com
📗 Olive Blackwood Takes Action!
📙 Sir Fig Newton & the Science of Persistence
Heather Caspi @heathercaspi.bsky.social Fiction writer, freelance writer, kid/cat/dog mom. SCBWI, MG Hub. https://heathercaspi.com
Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social MG horror writer. General weirdo. Find me running in the haunted cornfields. Author of The Nowhere Series from Undertaker Books (Middle Grade horror) HWA Chicago.
Creepy is fun.
tuesday pil! @tuesdaywrites.bsky.social she/they. fil-am. writer & teacher for kids. MFA in fiction candidate / rep: andie smith @ CMA
Betsy Fitzpatrick @betsyfitzpatrick.bsky.social Writer | Bibliophile | Born to be an aunt | Dog mom 🐶🐕
Rowan Renne 🇨🇦 @rowanwrites.bsky.social Romantasy writer & Editor-in-Training| Queer, ND, & Disabled | She/They | WIP: 136,634K - first draft completed | FREE PALESTINE
@wordpamela.bsky.social @wordpamela.bsky.social Alumni of @HarperCollins Children's Author Academy March 4, 2021
Member of @SCBWI British Isles
Middle Grade Writer
Ronni Diamondstein @ronnidiamondstein.bsky.social Children's Book Author/journalist/photographer/ library media specialist. JACKIE AND THE BOOKS SHE LOVED.Maggie Mae Pup Reporter #SCBWI #12X12 #ALA #ALSC #ALSC https://ronnidiamondstein.com
@fiftyandoutoffs.bsky.social @fiftyandoutoffs.bsky.social Dad, DJ, writer, comic book/movie nerd in NWF trying to find like-minded people. Author of Tales of a Washed-Up Neverwas, Bad-Off Boris and the Cupcake Cave-In, and Better-Off Boris and the P.U. Shoo.
Author James Fuller @authorjfuller.bsky.social Best Selling multi-genre author.
Cemetery Caretaker, and fitness guy on the side.
One day, I'll write the story you'll all remember me for.
Find my books here and everywhere else books are sold:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/James-Fuller/author/B006TNSNSS
Ellen Armendáriz @ellenarmendariz.bsky.social Latina | Chilanga | Immigrant | Middle Grade + kidlit Author | Hamline MFAC
PitchWars alumn | Las Musas Hermana | Round Table Mentor
rep: @thejordache.bsky.social | @awfulagent.bsky.social
Leah Schanke | Award-winning Author of FREEDOM AT DAWN @leahschanke.bsky.social Award-winning multicultural children’s book author | LeahSchanke.com | 2025 Debut #picturebook illustrated by @Obohdraws.bksy.social. Member of Authors Guild, PAL member of #SCBWI, and LongIslandAuthorsGroup.org. (She/her)
Meghan Downs @booksbymeghandowns.bsky.social #SCBWI WINNER of the Nonfiction Most Promising Picture Book▪️SCBWI Cynthia Leitich Smith Writing Mentor Award Finalist ▪️ PB & MG writer▪️avid reader
Illustrated By Jessica Cooper @illustratedbyjess.bsky.social Author Illustrator, Bookish, KidLit Community, Pattern Designer. Picture Books, MG, YA, Nature Science, Environmental, Folklore & Historical Fiction. Illustration Coordinator for SCBWI Los Angeles. My portfolio website is www.IllustratedbyJessica.com
Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com #KidLit Author, Editor, Mentor.
Latest: ONE COSMIC ROCK. THE CLOUD THAT STUCK.
Upcoming: FOREVER FRIES.
Agency: @curtisbrownltd.bsky.social
VCFA Alum. Faculty at Whale Rock Workshops.
Settler heritage. She/her. Bi/pan. 🏳️🌈
https://karenkrossing.com
Anna Scaife @whatelseanna.bsky.social Author of ‘Hush’ from Ugly Hill Press out now.
Creative Writing PhD Candidate at @modernletters.bsky.social
Short fiction in Landfall, ReadingRoom, Flash Frontier, At The Bay | Te Kokuru, Turbine | Kapohau
@litmom.bsky.social @litmom.bsky.social Writing ADULT-YA-MG- PB-POC
Mommy| Writer |Fashion| Chronic-illness babe
Dani Terk @dterkwrites.bsky.social Mom of 2, Elementary Educator, & #Kidlit Writer
Member of the MG Narwhal (MG Hub)
rep: Nicole Eisenbraun
https://danielleterk.wordpress.com
(she/her)
🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social Elementary educator who believes that computer science education is essential to growing good citizens.
Librari Kari @purcascade.bsky.social Cats. Libraries. Soccer. Human Rights. 🧙♀️
Dani_B @danib.bsky.social Future of education. She/her. EdD student studying futures thinking in the youth educator workforce.
Yell at the machine, girl
Judith Ridge @msmisrule.bsky.social Writer, editor, reader, neglectful gardener, cat-wrangler. Children’s/YA lit. PhD student: Australian children’s fantasy. New RGPer. She/her. Politics tragic. Lives on unceded First Nations land, lutruwita (Tasmania). https://linktr.ee/msmisrule
Kristin | Detailed Draft @detaileddraft.bsky.social Editor and writer. Résumé specialist (CPRW). Book award judge. Dog hugger. Science fiction, kidlit, and anything else with themes of possibility. she/her
#SCBWI #ACES #EFA #IBPA
detaileddraft.com
Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social 👨🎓Professor, 📚author of 100 books on drwho💫starwars✨outlander #sfwa🚀 #scbwi #kidlit Cali https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004KMCLQK pitch me on #academic #Jewish #sff https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/jewish-science-fiction-and-fantasy/
Jessica Vitalis @jessicavitalis.bsky.social Award-winning author, Greenwillow/HarperCollins. American by birth, Canadian by choice. 
Patty Wurster @pattywurster.bsky.social Illustrator • Writer • Regional Advisor #SCBWI New York West/Central Upstate • MFA Indiana U
#kidlit #kidlitart
www.pattywursterstudio.com
Adam Jarvis 🇨🇦 @nemacocy.bsky.social Father, Author, Teacher. Find me at https://adamjarvisauthor.com
MiddleGradeHub @middlegradehub.bsky.social A hub for middle grade writers
Jameyanne Fuller @jameyannefuller.bsky.social Writer, MG and YA fantasy and science fiction
Repped by Laurel Symonds of KT Literary
Space lawyer and dog lover
She/her
Opinions my own
Kelly Dyksterhouse @kellydhouse.bsky.social Literary Agent, The Tobias Literary Agency | #kidlit | AALA | SCBWI | 🐱and 🐶 | writer-hiker-daydreamer | www.KellyDyksterhouse.com
Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social Author of time travel stories BLUE SKIES (in The Accidental Time Travelers Collective Volume 1) and FROM NOW ON (Vol. 3). Working on PBs, MG Sci-fi, and haiku as @haikuformykids.bsky.social (he/him)
Katie Brown @authorkatiebrown.bsky.social #kidlit MG and YA author
2023 #WriteMentor Mentee
2022 #PitchMe finalist
#MGalomaniacs- K Karine Kelley @kekse24.bsky.social Longtime NYC teacher, mother, learner and maker.
David Cates @davidearlcates.bsky.social Self-published author of Gravesbarrow. Middle-grade author.
Lee Edward Födi 🇨🇦 kidlit author @leefodi.bsky.social
Kidlit author who teaches creative writing
+
🧳 Traveler
🐉 Maker of dragon eggs
❤️ Dad
he/him
🧹 Spell Sweeper & more
Rep'd by Rachel Letofsky
https://linktr.ee/leefodi
@canscaip.bsky.social
Lindsey Hobson @lindseyhobson.bsky.social Member of SCBWI | PB Party 2025 Finalist 👻 THE GIRL IN THE WINDOW
⭐️ DARK SKIES ('25, LITTLE PRESS)
https://linktr.ee/lindseyhobsonauthor
Trunky 😁🌳📕 @trunkythetree.bsky.social I love to write PBs, CBs and MG, and silly songs 📖 📕 🎶💜 www.trunkythetree.com @trunkythetree on all social media platforms😁🌳 #kidlit #writingcommunity
Kimberly Bower @gladeslibrarian.bsky.social Instructional Specialist, Teacher/Librarian, #Foodie, Adventurer, Googly, #knitter, #crafter #writer #EduSky #TLSky #GoogleTrainer #GoogleEdu #BookCreatorAmbassador
Tina Moricz @mrsmoricz.bsky.social 4th Grade Jedi Teacher
Lover of Math, Books, and Dogs
Disney Dreamer & former Cast Member
Allergic to Everything
Lisa Cowan Pineo @lisacowanpineo.bsky.social Writer currently working on a MG novel. Mom to a ND son and a trans daughter. Ally. Lover of horror, LGBTQIA2+, MG, YA and romance books. She/her 🇨🇦🏳️⚧️♾️
Find me at:
Instagram: @pineolisa
Goodreads: Lisa Pineo (user 62350303)
StoryGraph: @lpineo
Patchree Jones is officially published 🎉 @patchreejones.bsky.social Thai-American Author of MG fantasy #SKYLIGHT & #HIMMAPAN CB w/ SORRA Books |#MGMiracles |#LitKidsMag Mentor | #MixedUpFiles Writer |#WriteHive24 |#AAPI| #2024debut | patchreejones.com