Elizabeth Botsford @elizabethbotsford.bsky.social Middle grade novel writer. Longlisted, Yeovil Literary Prize 2026. Shortlisted, Jericho Writers Friday Night Live.
Maria is Writing @mariakidlit.bsky.social #Kidlit PB/MG writer and enthusiast
Parent
Bunny person
#Scbwi
Nature
Foodie
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Saoirse Doyle- Sweet Dreams celebration🍓🍰😴 @ladyofart123.bsky.social a future book writer and illustrator
working on two debut books:
"the meditating crocodile and other tales" (short story collection) and "our magically cherished things: an Autumn beginning" (novel)
AI is Not allowed
Get Launched @getlaunched.bsky.social Make yourself the 'Go To' person in any industry and earn a side income from running small networking events.
Earn through entrance fees, membership fees, sponsorships & deals. GetLaunched.org
Reece @thiccreese.bsky.social on Signal: reece_rogers.01
Juliana Vieira @julianavii.bsky.social Illustrator and Designer in Vancouver 🍁
julianaillustration.com
Vasilia Graboski @vgraboski.bsky.social Infant Mental Health Therapist, Children’s Book Writer, Treat Maker, Tea drinker
Kirsty Dale @kirstydale.bsky.social Writer - thriller, speculative, weird. Avoiding reality whenever possible. Very busy procrastinating and consuming other people’s stories.
Sherry @shdubis.bsky.social Unagented PB writer, Member of SCBWI, 12x12, Reading advocate & literacy tutor. Cross-country skier, hiker, and “closet” organizer.
Katie McEnaney @katiemcenaney.bsky.social Teacher. Writer. Lover of words and history. One-time archaeologist. Nonfiction Ninja mentee. SCBWI. 12x12. #amquerying #5thgrade She/her. https://katiemcenaney.com/ and https://www.thelogonauts.com/ for book rec's
LIBRESbooks @libresbooks.bsky.social 📚📚We are a group of school librarians who review books for school libraries. Send books to Oakland Schools/LIBRES 2111 Pontiac Lake Rd. Waterford, MI 48328. Account for LIBRES is currently being run by Klaudia Janek, school librarian.
Darren Bigelow @erawan2567.bsky.social “Always be yourself, unless you can be a pirate. Then always be a pirate.”
☠️ 🏴☠️ 🏴☠️ 🏴☠️ 🏴☠️ 🏴☠️ 🏴☠️ 🏴☠️ 🏴☠️ 🏴☠️ ☠️
Link: https://authors.tertulia.com/mrdarrenscottbigelow-draftw6eocv
Vibha Surya | Kidlit Illustrator @vibhasurya.bsky.social Illustrator + Designer
Seeking art representation
🧚🏻♂️Clients:PRH•Scholastic•Harpercollins•Hachette
Wren @wrenriosart.bsky.social Wren • 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 • she/her • afro 🇵🇷 • comic book artist • sappy indie darling • Rep'd by Saritza Hernández
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
https://linktr.ee/NancyCastaldo
Marietta Apollonio @mariettaa.bsky.social Author-illustrator of:
Wombat And The Family Tree
Jack The Library Cat
Traditional and digital illustration
Rep'd by Andrea Colvin Creative Agency
🐴 Equestrian Instructor
🐶 Dog and kid mom
🍰 Dessert lover
📚
https://www.mariettaapollonio.com
Blankpage00 @blankpage00.bsky.social Just a man flesh and bone.
Cybersecurity/ICS/OT/IT/IoT/Engineering/SmartGrid
Innovation/Sustainability/Climate/Recycle/GreenTech
Data/Research/Investing/FreeThinking/
Democracy/Politics/Liberal/Organizer/
Music/Theater/Art/Museums/Food/Languages
Nadia Ali @nadiaawriter.bsky.social KidLit Author:
RAISAH AND THE BOAT TRIP (2023),
HUMPHREY THE EGG_SPLORER (2023)
THE ANIMAL SOCIETIES SERIES (2023)
12x12 Challenge
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 🎨🧚♀️
https://linktr.ee/dulcey4
@mahatheee.bsky.social @mahatheee.bsky.social 
Yaroslava Apollonova @odnatamyara.bsky.social Kidlit illustrator and mixed-media artist, nature lover | ADHD
Represented by the Bright Agency | odnatamyara.com
Ameena | Kidlit Author & Illustrator @ameenasiddique.bsky.social ⭐️Animation & VFX Producer / PM⭐️
⭐️Children's Book Author & Illustrator⭐️
⭐️Aspiring Creator⭐️
Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social 🌟 2025 #PBRisingStars Mentee
🎨 #kidlit author-illustrator
📚 Former children's bookseller and school librarian
😴 Current tired mom
🤓 Self-taught and still self-teaching
Represented by Marissa Brown at Pippin Properties
brookebaum.com
Alex Villasante @magpiewrites.bsky.social Author of Lambda Award Winner, THE GRIEF KEEPER, short story writer, co-founder Latinx Storytellers Conference and LKBF. Pre-order FIREBLOOMS now 🧡🇺🇾🏳️🌈 linktr.ee/avillasante
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
Kandeel @olirhe.bsky.social She/her 📚 Writer & Illustrator | BA Creative Writing 🌛 | Currently reading: The Raven Scholar
Portfolio: Kandeelillustration.com
Illustration Jobs @illustration-jobs.com https://illustration-jobs.com is a free job board for illustrators.
Operated by two lovely humans 🇱🇧 🇵🇭 not bots or AI.
Sandra G James @sandragjames.bsky.social farmers’ markets - thrift stores - lover of words - cozy games - arts in all mediums - eclectic music - atmospheric gothic fiction - nonfiction and documentaries - teacher - picture books - aspiring author - #12x12PB member #SCBWI member 🇨🇦
Kathryn LeRoy @kathrynleroy.bsky.social Writer. Photographer. Learner.
Believer in hope,
the strength of the human spirit,
and always, possibility.
Be kind. Be brave. Be you.
#SCBWI #12x12PB
Taiko Endo @taikoendo.bsky.social • author of character-driven love stories
• literary agent assistant @andreabrownlit
• fangirl. friend.📍california
www.taikoendo.com
@notgoingback2024.bsky.social @notgoingback2024.bsky.social Horrified German interpreter & translator and lover of democracy watching the US sleepwalk into an autocracy if there is no serious resistance and debunking of myths. These past few years have been a steep learning curve. Let us keep learning together!
Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social M.Ed. Children's Book Writer. Picture Taker. Nature Lover. Anglophile.
Curious about flora and fauna of all kinds but particularly fond of elephants, wolves, birds, insects, and trees.
#SCBWI. #12x12 #kidlit #naturalist
elizabethvolkmannauthor.com
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Free post creator app: www.post-script.app
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Maureen Egan @maureeneganva.bsky.social Researching & writing about Ruth Henshaw Bascom with my sister Mary Eileen Fouratt. Author of Insiders’ Guide 2 RVA + Richmond’s Culinary History, Webinar Coordinator: SCBWI Mid-Atlantic. Paint on my hands, dirt on my shirt, crumbs on my lap. she/her
Amber Ren @amberren.bsky.social ✦NYT best-selling illustrator rep by Jen Rofé.
✦Children’s Book Illustrator|Animation Artist|Cat Butler
https://www.amber-ren.com/
Kindlei – Smarter Kindle Book Discovery @kindlei.bsky.social Where Kindle books stay visible, not buried.
For indie and traditional authors who want lasting discoverability.
📘 List your book → kindlei.com
Josette Abruzzini @josettewrites.bsky.social Writer/Educator. #kidlit #NF #SteamEd #HF #memoir. https://www.josetteabruzzini.com/post/i-am-greenland-a-poem
Crystal Bruce @petitestory.bsky.social Aspiring children’s writer & illustrator. PB & MG. Reader of all things.
petitestory.ca
Sarah Gramelspacher @thepishposh.com 🔖 Children's book illustrator
⚜️ NOLA- adjacent
🍄 thepishposh.com
✍ Rep'd by Hen & Ink Literary
Dots134 @dots134.bsky.social (It makes more sense if you read braille.) Still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. She/her.
Alt text banner: purple morning glory flowers.
Alt text profile: close up of my face using an Instagram filter with pink hair and mask.
Shirley V T 🇨🇳🇨🇦🇵🇭🇹🇼 #veryasian #GN kidlit illustrator @svtworks.bsky.social Designer Architect 建築師 creative http://linktr.ee/svt.works #GN #NF #PB | #illustrator| #api 3x @canadacouncil always revising Pb+Prep Gn pitch sets #amquerying illustration.shirleyvting.com 📚 ✏️ |CLIPSTUDIO- AFFINITY-CAD & No 🧌, no TMI.
Emma Miller 😁📚🍁 @emmadmiller.bsky.social Canadian Author & Creator of "The Doonies" children's book series! 📚🍁 https://thedoonies.ca
- Follow on: Bluesky, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Threads, Spotify
- Find our podcast on YouTube and Buzzsprout 📱✨️📚😁❤️🍁
Toshi(ki) Nakamura | 中村俊貴 @artoftoshi.bsky.social *Available for work*
Character Designer/Kidlit llustrator🏃
Clients: WAG, Netflix, DWTV, HarperCollins, 小学館 etc | TIS会員
Rep’d by Hannah Mann at Writers House
📎 artoftoshi.com/illustration
🎥 https://youtube.com/@toshiatelier
bio.site/artoftoshi
Hatem Aly @metahatem.bsky.social 🇨🇦🇪🇬 NYT Bestselling Illustrator. Made in Egypt, based in NB, Canada, and found in books. 🤗 (SOMEONE LIKE ME, Two Lions, JUN 2026) | Rep by: James Burns
https://linktr.ee/metahatem
Roz MacLean @rozdraws.bsky.social Author illustrator on Vancouver Island. More Than Words: So Many Ways to Say What We Mean (2023) and Together, a Forest (Henry Holt) coming this Spring!
#kidlit
https://rozmaclean.com/blog/
Deborah Paquette @deborahpaquette.bsky.social Picture-book author/illustrator. #SCBWI Canada West Co-ARA.
deborahpaquette@shaw.ca
deborahpaquette.com
James Braithwaite Kidlit/Animation @thebathwater.bsky.social Illustrator, author, animation director (in that order) Lost an Oscar. Won an Emmy. Represented by Rosemary Stimola at Stimola Literary Studio.
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
Mathieu Benoit @mathieubenoit.bsky.social Auteur de bande dessinée, illustrateur jeunesse.
Portfolio — www.mathieubenoit.net
David Buist @davidbuist.bsky.social Comic and children's book illustrator. Father of 3 and lover of music and beer.
Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com Viet-Canadian writer, multidisciplinary artist, general goblin on Treaty 1 territory. Queer, neurodivergent, she/they. SCBWI. https://tiffbartel.com
Rep: Katie Blagden @ The Ampersand Agency
Tori Kate @torikateillo.bsky.social canadian kidlit illustrator ✏️ & full time mama
i love joyful, silly and heartwarming characters ✨
rep’d by Analía Cabello @ ABLA @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
portfolio: www.torikateillustration.com
email: torikcole@gmail.com
Susan Wroble @susanwroble.bsky.social THE DAWN CHORUS (Holiday House, 2/16/27) #Kidlit #STEM @SCBWIRockyMtn member, Therapy dog handler, Leader 2E support group, https://susanwroble.com, KidLit Bird Book Reviews https://www.10000birds.com/author/susan. Repped by Sara Megibow at MLA
Dorothy Leung @doroleung.bsky.social Illustrator
doroleung.com
Represented by Lindsay Davis Auld/Writers House
Meera Trehan @meeratrehan.bsky.social Author of Snow and The View from the Very Best House in Town. Dark chocolate nonpareils are my writing vitamins. Rep: Molly Ker Hawn 
Kirsten W. Larson @kirstenwlarson.bsky.social Author ✍️| Teacher | Writing Coach | Podcaster: Nonfiction Kidlit Craft Conversations🎙️| World Adventurer
#12x12PB #WritingBarn #kidlit #InkedVoices
www.kirstenwlarson.com
Alex Waldo @alexwaldobooks.bsky.social 📍 Nashville
Rebuilding after leaving Twitter!
Querying PB!
Mom, Picture Book Writer, Application Development, Gardner, Hiker, Dog Lover, she/her #kidlit #PBPitch #SCBWIMidsouth #amquerying #writingcommunity 🌞
www.waldohousebooks.com
KidsWord & AllKidsBooks – Explore, Read & Share! @allkidsbooks.com 🌟 Join our vibrant community of children's book lovers!
🔗 KidsWrd.com | AllKidsBooks.com
👧 Parents & Teachers: Find the best books for young readers.
✍️ Authors & Illustrators: List & showcase your books to a global audience.
@laugigilau.bsky.social @laugigilau.bsky.social 
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
Maruga Koops illustratie @maruga-koops.bsky.social #Illustrator passionate about #diversity 🌟
Working on a picture book, storybook and a middle-grade book at the moment
https://linktr.ee/maruga
jasmine karan 🌻 illustrator @jasminekaran.bsky.social 🌻 children’s book artist
🐠 whimsical & vibrant art
🪁 looking for representation
🌺 available for commissions
🌴 living & creating in Bali, Indonesia
Natalia Zaitseva @nataliadraws.bsky.social She/Her / Freelance Illustrator from Karlsruhe, Germany / Introverted History Enthusiast & Toddler Mom / I draw architecture & cute characters 🌞 / 💬🇩🇪🇬🇧 / nataliazaitseva.carrd.co
Charlotte Parent @charlotteparent.bsky.social Illustrator and author of picture books
2024 Governor General Literary Award winner (Illustrated Books)
Rep’d by Jenn Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social at ABLA
Newsletter (The Rustle): charlotteparent.substack.com
Website: www.charlotte-parent.com
katie turner @katiecturner.bsky.social Children’s book author and illustrator. 🩷 katieturner.net
JMQ Morris | commissions closed @jmqmorris.bsky.social freelance artist | she/they | viet-american | comms closed
Commissions: VGen.co/jmqmorris
Print Shop: inprnt.com/gallery/jmqmorris
Portfolio: jmqfolio.carrd.co
Website: jmqmorris.carrd.co
No AI. No NFTs.
Andrea Brown Literary Agency @andreabrownlit.bsky.social We are a full service literary agency repping the best books in the world since 1981. (Not that we're biased.) We LOVE books and their creators! www.andreabrownlit.com
Erica Sirotich @ericasirotich.bsky.social Illustrator & author of books for kids. Repped by Jenn Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social of ABLA. Creator of the MAIL DUCK books published by Abrams Appleseed. www.ericasirotich.com
Miranda Newman @mirandanewman.bsky.social Writer. Author of ROUGH MAGIC (2024).
Stan Yan - Kidlit Graphic Novelist @zombicatures.bsky.social THE MANY MISFORTUNES OF EUGENIA WANG (‘25 JLG Selection)
@SCBWIRockyMtn member
#kidlitartinstructor at @cuddlefishacademy
#aapi #rosebudauthor
Rep: @annmrose at Marsal Lyon Literary
stanyan.me
AI, NFT, Crypto, MAGA gets you blocked
SDeeyS @sdeeys.bsky.social 
Sarah Van Goethem @sairdysue.bsky.social Author
THE WITCH OF THE DARK, 2026
THE GHOST OF FAIRBELL BAY, 2028
Forest Fairy. Library Lady. Probably trespassing somewhere abandoned.
Rep: Emelie Burl
Akira @buttertoast.bsky.social 
Judy Keller @googlegoddess.bsky.social K-6 Technology Training Specialist at Penn Manor SD Google Innovator, Google Champion for EDU, Global GEG leader, Certified Google Trainer, and Keystone Tech Innovator. Stem is my passion
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
Katrina Tangen @katrinatangen.bsky.social Kidlit Author | COMING OCT 6: RAMP IT UP! (Charlesbridge) | COPY THAT, COPY CAT!: INVENTIONS INSPIRED BY ANIMALS (Barefoot Books, 2023) | 12x12 | SCBWI SoCal | Disabled by ME/CFS https://linktr.ee/katrinatangen
Ann @emikoko.bsky.social 
Ollie @immunoliver.bsky.social hey you, you're finally awake
Patty Wurster @pattywurster.bsky.social Illustrator • Writer • Regional Advisor #SCBWI New York West/Central Upstate • MFA Indiana U
#kidlit #kidlitart
www.pattywursterstudio.com
Milo with Pancito 🍫🥛🍞 @milowithpancito.bsky.social 24. Eng/Esp. I FOLLOW A LOT OF PEOPLE I SWEAR IM NOT A BOT 😭
Bailey Watro @baileywatro.bsky.social Illustrator and hobby collector. Link to portfolio and other projects below!
linktr.ee/bwatro
joo 💫 @jooart.bsky.social joana sofia | she/her | ♓ | illustration + design | all views my own
🖼 https://www.instagram.com/jjooartt/
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