Ali Herring, literary agent @herringali.bsky.social Senior Literary Agent, Spencerhill Associates. Twin mom+1 📚 Eclectic in life & books. I 💙 Jane Austen & SFF in equal doses. #TeamSpencerhill Ali-ens 👽 rock! My site/MSWL: https://aliherringwrites.wordpress.com & how to query: www.spencerhillassociates.com
@sheilafernley.bsky.social @sheilafernley.bsky.social 
Lisa Amstutz @ljamstutz.bsky.social Author, ecologist, agent @StormLiterary
. http://linktr.ee/LJAmstutz
Heather Cashman @heathercashman.bsky.social Literary Agent at Storm Literary Agency | Podcast Cohost: Way-Word Writers | Writer
https://linktr.ee/heathercashman
Storm Literary Agency @stormliterary.bsky.social Boutique literary agency representing quality literature from exceptional authors and illustrators. https://www.stormliteraryagency.com/
Kimberlee Gard @kimberleegard.bsky.social Collector and connector of words.
Award-winning children’s author.
Hobby farmer, tea lover, bibliophile 🩵
Dyslexia and ADHD are my super powers.
Rep’d by Sheila Fernley at Storm Literary Agency
https://kimberleegard.com/
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.
Chandra Mayer @chandracmayer.bsky.social #PB author rep’d by Sheila Fernley at Storm Literary
Member #SCBWI, #RateYourStory
Loves books, office supplies, coffee, dark chocolate, and dragons. (She/Her)
Emily Starr @emilystarr.bsky.social #Kidlit author | StarrMatica CEO | Science curriculum and PD writer | IA State Science Leadership Team Member | Nonfiction fanatic | Elementary #STEM advocate
SCBWI | 12x12
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
JJ Howard @jjhowardbooks.bsky.social Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal.
YA and MG writer and English teacher. Repped by Sheila Fernley @stormliterary.bsky.social
Juanita Londoño | Kidlit Illustrator @juanitalondo8o.bsky.social 🩷Rep’d by Robyn Newton at @the_bright_agency
🌼Clients: HarperCollins, Simon and Schuster, Quarto, Familius, Target
🖍️Domestika course
Norm Grock @normgrock.bsky.social Artist who loves to make nerdy things. Creator of children’s books, graphic novels and video games. Writer and illustrator of GameLad published by Oni press, Coming in early 2027.
Represented @pterlip.bsky.social
All links https://linktr.ee/normgrock
Gemma Román @gemmaroman.bsky.social ✿ Illustrator and storyteller✏️
✿ Rep'd by Aliza R. Hoover at The CAT Agency 🐈⬛✨
✿ Mexican silly goose🪿
Check my portfolio: www.gemmaroman.com
Arpita Choudhury @fernspikeart.bsky.social She/ Her
Lapsed marine biologist turned illustrator.
Looking for representation.
SCBWI Member Western PA.
Interested in PB, CB, ER, MG, BC, NF, puzzles, and kids games.
https://www.fernspikeart.com/moreinfo
Essie White @essiewhite.bsky.social
Educator, writer, literary agent, artist and documentary enthusiast. Powered by children, and what matters most to them
Founder and owner- essiewhiteliterary.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)
Mikki - KidLit Author @mikkidefever.bsky.social Picture Book Author
SNUG AS A MOSQUITO IN A BURRITO (Beaming Books '28)
HOT CHOCOLATE IN YOUR POCKET (Groundwood Books '28)
Rep'd by Katie Erickson at Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency. #kidlit
Dionnie Takahashi @blackcabbit.bsky.social Picture book author-illustrator | Mom of👦🏻🧒🏻😸😸 | 🇯🇵 | #kidlit #SCBWI #PBParty IS Finalist '23 | Rep'd by @KOMediaMgmt
Christine Galisa @christinegalisa.bsky.social Kidlit Writer & Illustrator on a quest to make my big debut, and loving the journey! SCBWI 12x12 challenge PBParty illustrator showcase '22 '24 #kidlit #kidlitart
https://www.instagram.com/christinegalisa.illos/
Kari Ann Gonzalez, Author @karigonzalezwrites.bsky.social Lover of sweets, tea, hobby farming, reading, and writing. Award-winning children's author of How To Hatch A Reader (23), How To Hatch A Writer (25), If You Live On A Farm (26), and 3 more unannounced titles to share soon!
Sheree Tomba @shereesketches.bsky.social Storyteller, bike racer, board game player, animal lover, tea drinker.
www.shereetomba.com
Repped by Kaitlyn Sanchez of Bradford Lit
‘24 PB Party Finalist
#12x12PB #SCBWI
#kidlit #kidlitart
Amanda Adams | Children’s book author @amandawritespb.bsky.social ✨Writing tips, author life & parenting humor✨
📚Not Again, Dragon Chen! (2027)
🦊Rep’d by Eve Adler | Red Fox Literary
👦🏻 Boy mom | embracing chaos
mollyfelder.bsky.social @mollyfelder.bsky.social I have cerebral palsy. Picture books and middle grade. 6 books in my graphic novel series THE FANTASTIC FREEWHEELER are out now. 2 more releasing publication Fall 2025. Partnered with successor service dog Cotton. mollyfelder.com
Gila von Meissner @gila.bsky.social Author-illustrator from the German boondocks. she/her. lgbtq+. http://gila.be - info@gila.be
Melissa Lettis @melissalettisart.bsky.social KidLit illustrator/author. I also knit, sing, hike, and drink absurd amounts of tea. www.melissalettisart.com
Seeking Representation.
Roze Nwoga @rozenwoga.bsky.social Kidlit Author
THE WOMAN UNDER THE EL '28 @ Random House Studio
(Consistently forgetting the second parenthesis /Empath/Multiracial/ Mother of Gremli-- I mean boys... two beautiful boys/ Smithie/ MFA Candidate VCFA/ Rep'd by @Joycekay.bsky.social
KidLit Works @kidlitworks.bsky.social We are a group of children's book creators with books publishing in 2024 and beyond. 
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
The Independent Author Network @ianauthornetwork.bsky.social Welcome to the Independent Author Network at Bluesky. Promoting and Supporting Indie Authors since 2010. Our Book of the Year Awards program features $6,000 in cash prizes. #IAN1
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
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
Meghan Wilson Duff 🦑 @mwduff.bsky.social Picture book author, psych professor, excels at typos, in a tide pool if possible, 🦑 IDIC 🖖 they/them www.meghanwilsonduff.com
They're concentration camps & it's genocide. No one should be okay w/ it.
AI "illustrations" = blocked
Laken Brimicombe @lakenbrimicombe.bsky.social 🇨🇦Middle grade writer
🐈⬛Cat mom
Jo Conklin Author @joconklin.com I write kissing books! (And sometimes murder and magic books). Rep’d by Leah Pierre at Ladderbird Literary. JoConklin on most socials. Black Lives Matter 🏳️⚧
https://linktr.ee/joconklin
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
Martina Stuhlberger @lamartinaart.bsky.social Illustrator, writer, picture book lover
Clients: HarperCollins, NorthSouth Books/NordSüd, Lantana Publishing, Affirm Press
Rep‘d by the Bright Agency ☀️
martinastuhlberger.com
Antonieta Muñoz Estrada @mariadrawss.bsky.social Mexican Illustrator • KidLit Art • Published by: Charlesbridge, Beaming Books, Richmond, Edelvives. | ✉️ mariadrawss@outlook.com |
Insta: mariadrawssart
Kat Howard @katwithsword.bsky.social Writer of books, short stories, comics, and other things. Friend to cats and sometimes people. She/her. https://www.kathowardbooks.com/ and https://epigraphtoepilogue.substack.com/
Patricia Keeler - GN Illustrator for YA @patriciakeeler.bsky.social Graphic Novel illustrator/author. Winner Christopher Medal & New York Book Festival. 100,000 multicultural (LeeandLow) paperback books in print
SCOOP THE ICE CREAM TRUCK (Sky Pony) Feb 2024
https://patriciakeeler-author-illustrator.com
Paulette Bogan @paulettebogan.bsky.social Kidlit Illustrator and Author. VIRGIL & OWEN Bloomsbury. Illustrated CHICKS & SALSA
BOSSY FLOSSY Holt
THE LOTS-OF -TIME MACHINE Two Lions. Rep’d by HG Literary. www.Paulettebogan.com
Barbara DiLorenzo @barbaradilorenzo.bsky.social Author + Illustrator
Rep'd by Rachel Orr of the Prospect Agency
Melissa Murray @melissamurray.bsky.social Author + Illustrator + Artist
SCBWI | CBIG | 12x12
PBParty 2024 Illustration Showcase HM
https://melissamurray.net
#kidlitart #kidlit
Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social A free e-newsletter from Publishers Weekly that reports on children's and YA books. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/9Ubz9L- J @jacquelineflesher.bsky.social @jacquelineflesher.bsky.social
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
Kim A Larson @kimalarson.bsky.social Author of Doll Trouble (Clavis, 2026) and Goat's Boat Won't Float (Little Press, 2024) '23 & '22 #PBParty finalist '21 #SCBWI Ann Paul Award #Kidlit #12x12 Author of Unraveling Fairy Tales: Learning To Live Happily Ever After http://amzn.com/1734768819
Pragmatic Mom @pragmaticmom.bsky.social Hi! I'm Mia Wenjen. I blog at PragmaticMom.com, run nonprofit ReadYourWorld.org, and write children's books (MiaWenjen.com).
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/MiaWenjen
Liz Frank Godfrey @lizfrankgodfrey.bsky.social Children's Author and Illustrator. Creating picture books, chapter books, and middle grade books to entertain with humor, heart, SEL and STEAM. Former Health Care Data Analyst and Computer Programmer, #scbwi #kidlit #12x12pb #pbparty @svslearn
Joyce Sweeney @joycesweeney.bsky.social Literary Agent, author
🍄 Melissa Escobar 🍄 @handle.invalid Illustrator & author. Creator of all things cute, whimsical and magical. Horse girl!
Rep: @joycesweeney.bsky.social of The Seymour Agency.
Portfolio: www.melissaescobarart.com/
Links: https://linktr.ee/melissaescobarart
Layton Scarbrough @scarbroughart.bsky.social 📚Picture Book Author & Illustrator
📍Virginia
🎨 Mural Artist
Brittany Pomales @brittanypomales.bsky.social Children’s Book Author
Host of Kidlit Haha Week
SM & Publicity for The Little Press
Buy IT STARTED WITH A P 👇🏽
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738107/it-started-with-a-p-by-brittany-pomales-illustrated-by-andrew-joyner/
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
Aixa Pérez-Prado @professoraixa.bsky.social Mom, artist, writer, reader, professor, viajera, soñadora, bilingüe 🇦🇷📚https://www.aixaperezprado.com
Jenna Waldman @jennawaldmanauthor.bsky.social Children's Author & Poet. 12x12 Rhyme Co-Elf. Bluesky Newbie.
A Purr-fect Passover '25, Purr-im Time! '23, Sharkbot Shalom '21, Larry's Latkes '21
Repped by Lisa Rambert-Valaskova/Transatlantic Agency
www.jennawaldman.com
IG: @jennawaldmanauthor
Sylvia Chen 余愛莉 @sylviaichen.bsky.social TRICKY CHOPSTICKS {‘24 @SimonKIDS} 🌟 SPARKLES FOR SUNNY: A Lunar New Year Story {‘25 @PenguinKids} 🌟 #SCBWI #12x12PB #PBParty #PBRisingStars #PBStudyBuddy Rep: @AgentHenkin 💜 food +☕+ writing STEAM PBs
Mirka Hokkanen @mirkahokkanen.bsky.social Kidlit author & illustrator, educator, printmaker. Rockville, MD. MOSSY & TWEED (Holiday House), KITTY & CAT (Candlewick), LITTLE SEASONS (Odd Dot) series. Teaching online and in person. Repped by Laurel Symonds. https://smart.bio/mirkahokkanen
joseph alessio @alessio.bsky.social art director / designer / artist
co-founder Stuuudio
Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social Literary Agent at Morhaim Literary 📚 Newsletter: Agents & Books at agentsandbooks.com. 📚 WRITE THROUGH IT out June ‘25 📚📚 picture book called PAY ATTENTION TO ME out in ‘26!
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Write-Through-It/Kate-McKean/9781668055540
Christie Megill @christiemegill.bsky.social Kidlit agent at The CAT Agency, writer, story collector. Future ghost.
Newsletter: throughlines.substack.com
Christopher Bretz @saltybretzel.bsky.social Illustrator • Art director 🎨 🎮 🎬 Former Secret Level, Sega of America, and Cisco AD. Proud papa. Daydreamer. 🚫 NFT or AI.
http://www.christopherbretz.ca
DeAndra Hodge | Illustrator and Designer @deandrahodge.bsky.social NAACP Image Award Winning Illustrator
Rep. By Christy T. Ewers @the_cat_agency
📍Washington D.C.
💌 hodgedeandra@gmail.com
www.deandrahodge.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
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
Hilary Harwell @hilaryharwell.bsky.social Lit Agent at KT Literary | Professional Editor (link below). Seeker of profundity, sunshine, fun, and good books. Closed to queries in March.
https://www.harwelleditorial.com
Alison Weiss @alioop7.bsky.social Editorial consultant at Alison Weiss Editorial. Causing all sorts of mayhem in the publishing world.
www.alisonweisseditorial.com
Gabby Zapata @gabbyzapata.bsky.social Art director . Character Designer 🇲🇽🇨🇴🇺🇸 Former: Disney, DWTV, Netflix, Nick hello@gabbyzapata.com
Gabbyzapata.com
Jes Trudel 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @jestrudel.bsky.social Literary agent with The Rights Factory. Founder of WritingCommunity.ca. CLOSED TO QUERIES.
Luna Vargas @33lunas.bsky.social Author & Illustrator | Character Designer | Board game illustration 🏳️🌈 Musical theater & D&D ✨ Links+brushes ➡ http://linktr.ee/33lunas
Erin Murphy @agentemurph.bsky.social Partner at Aevitas Creative Management and Aevitas Kids & Illustration. Member AALA. Knitter. Gamer. Cats and dogs. She/Her. Views expressed here are my own. Header photo is my backyard in Maine.
Jem is OPEN to queries @jemiscoe.bsky.social Founder + Agent @Starling Literary + Media, representing authors & Illustrators. Wife, mom of 3, MFA grad, & former Asst. Director for film & TV. https://www.starlingliterary.com | http://querymanager.com/query/Jemiscoe
Paul Soulellis @soulellis.com Artist-publisher-writer. Founding member/organizer Queer.Archive.Work. Faculty RISD Graphic Design. he/him. @soulellis everywhere. Providence, RI
Janee Trasler @janeetrasler.bsky.social Children’s book author/illustrator HarperCollins, Scholastic, S&S, FSG, Holiday House
2020 National Cartoonist Society Award Best in Book Illustration
Represented by Jamie Weiss Chilton
Andrea Brown Literary Agency
Becca Syracuse @bookdesignbee.bsky.social Associate Art Director • Children's Illustrator
Rebeccasyracuse.com
She/her
Rep'd by Natascha Morris/ The Tobias Agency
Jennifer Azantian @jenazantian.bsky.social Founder and Literary Agent at Azantian Literary Agency. Mom to humans and pups. Occasional sharer of TMI. Queer. ND. First-gen Armenian (she/her)
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
Kari Sutherland @karisutherland.bsky.social Literary Agent at KT Literary.
(she/her) Fond of books, naps, traveling, escape rooms, jigsaw puzzles, and check lists.
Harold Underdown @hunderdown.bsky.social I'm a children's book editor, teacher and workshop presenter, owner of The Purple Crayon website -- www.underdown.org --and part of Kid's Book Revisions Plus: @kbrplus.bsky.social.
I post about #kidlit and other things.
Savannah Brooks @sblitagent.bsky.social literary agent @ kt literary | mfa '19 | always reading | always outside | always trying to make friends with animals | covid longhauler & chronically ill | probably too obsessed with fashion | definitely too obsessed with minnesota
Emily Keyes @esckeyes.bsky.social Founder of the Keyes Agency, LLC. Bookish. Short. Invisible Disability. Brooklyn, NY. She/her
AngeliRaferArt - 🔥Con C-19 @angeliraferart.bsky.social She/Her | 🇵🇭🏳️🌈 | Level 35
Fil-Am WFH Illustrator of children's books/ MG interiors & graphic novels.
GHOSTS DON'T EAT POTATO CHIPS & DRAGONS DON'T COOK PIZZA available now! 👻🍕
Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet. 
As the World Stearns @mikalroy.bsky.social Former editorial director and editor; current agency head, book packager, and writer. USC film, Hollins U, Clarion West alum. Dad. Books & cats & f&sf & film & games & music & Brooklyn. He/him/foul unspeakable one. 
Kelly Dyksterhouse @kellydhouse.bsky.social Literary Agent, The Tobias Literary Agency | #kidlit | AALA | SCBWI | 🐱and 🐶 | writer-hiker-daydreamer | www.KellyDyksterhouse.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
Kristen Renee Miller @kristenmiller.bsky.social Sarabande Books Director & EIC @sarabandebooks.bsky.social
Founder at @zinemachine.bsky.social
Poet, translator, chaos virgo
linktr.ee/kristenreneemiller
Sol Salinas @solsticeill0.bsky.social Artist Agent and Contemporary Children’s Book Illustrator // Star-gazer & Home Cook // They/She
Bonnie Branson @artbonnie.bsky.social Designer in Animation
Currently BG Paint @ Skybound (Invincible)
Previously: Nickelodeon, CN, Netflix.
💼 www.artbonnie.com
💌 artbonnie@icloud.com
Denise Oswald @deniseoswald.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief, Pantheon Books. Is this place a toxic snake pit yet? Asking for a friend . . .
Cathleen McAllister @cafween.bsky.social Vis Dev Artist for Animation ✨ Repped by Azantian Literary Agency (she/her) cathleenmcallister@gmail.com
www.cathleenconcepts.com
Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social Reader.
Multilingual author & literary translator. Kidlit. Poetry. SF/F/H. Comics. 🌈
He/él
I’ve translated: Maggie Nelson, Danez Smith, George Takei, Juan Villoro, Carmen Boullosa, Trifonia Melibea Obono, Koleka Putuma, etc.
Michael Dashow @mdashow.bsky.social Illustrator, character designer, kidLit artist & gameDev art director.
Rep'd by @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social @ TBD
Also made the indie puzzle game Puzzle Spy International (out now!) at @agentepsilon.bsky.social
https://mdashow-links.carrd.co/
he / him
Aubrey Allie @aubreyalliewrites.bsky.social ■BOY Mom ■Wife ■ #SCBWI ■Writer 📚 #WIFYR (Writing & Illustrating for Young Readers) BOOK CLUB Host 📋 President VZC Library Board 📒 #WritingCommunity #12x12PB
Yuko Torii - Author-Illustrator of Children's Books @midnightatelier.bsky.social Webpage : www.MidnightAtelier.com
Instagram : @ midnight_atelier
Represented by Rachel Orr at Prospect Agency.
My debut Picture Book, "My Someone" is on sale now! (RISE x Penguin Workshop).
12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge @12x12challenge.bsky.social 12 x 12 is a diverse community of picture book authors and illustrators at all levels. You get accountability & support in the goal to write 1 new PB draft each month + more! Registration open now! https://12x12challenge.com/membership. 
Cheryl B. Klein @cherylklein.bsky.social I notice things for a living. Editorial director, Workman Kids; author of THE MAGIC WORDS: WRITING GREAT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS and five picture books, most recently IT’S HARD TO BE A BABY; 6yo mom; Virgo/goofball. Opinions my own.
Polina Gortman 🎨 | Illustrator @polinagortman.bsky.social Picture book maker • Reader & star gazer
✨ SEEKING REPRESENTATION ✨
📚SPRING IS FOR STRAWBERRIES ’23
📚WIDE OPEN SPACES ‘26
📍PNW🌲
www.gortmanillustration.com
Penny U @handle.invalid An open mic newsletter for writers and artists in your inbox. Edited by @cadumais.com. Submissions opening soon.
Subscribe here
☕ https://pennyu.news/
Rachel Rizzuto @rachelrcreates.bsky.social
Kidlit Author/Illustrator Represented by Jes Trudel at The Rights Factory
RachelRCreates.com
Making stories that create touchstones for anxious and inquisitive children.