Maria is Writing @mariakidlit.bsky.social #Kidlit PB/MG writer and enthusiast
Parent
Bunny person
#Scbwi
Nature
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Carolyn B. Fraiser @carolynbfraiser.bsky.social NF #PB Author, MOON TREE 🌙🌲(2022, Reycraft Books) & M IS FOR MASON JAR (2025, Familius). #STEM. #SCBWI. Crystal Kite Award. Rep: Michelle Z. Jackson, Jackson Literary. She/Her.
#KidLitEvents calendar is available at CarolynBFraiser.com/KidLit
Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
Children's Book Project @childrensbooksf.bsky.social The Children’s Book Project gives free books to children who need them for equity in literacy, learning, and life.📚
Learn more here👇👇👇
https://linktr.ee/childrensbookproject
Anne Ursu @anneursu.bsky.social I write books, herd cats, and mostly stay under the bed. Latest release: Not Quite a Ghost. Minneapolis, always.
anneursu@mac.com
Kelli Panique @kellipanique.bsky.social Picture Book Summit Producer and Event & Podcast Host
12 x 12 Community Manager
Knows a little bit about a whole lot of things.
Would rather be at the beach.
ValleyCAST @valleycast.bsky.social An inclusive arts community in the Blackstone Valley. Arts & Culture wing of Open Sky https://openskycs.org
50 Douglas Rd Whitinsville Massachusetts
Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org We’re organizing against this fascist regime the only way that actually works — with on-the-ground, volunteer-led, communities of people power: https://linktr.ee/indivisibleteam
Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social We are Authors Against Book Bans. We stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We unequivocally support diverse voices on our library shelves, in our schools, and in our culture.
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Co-host of the Amicus podcast. Dad.
Katherine Locke @katherinelocke.bsky.social Author, writer, reader, cat owner, horse owner. Mostly made of rage and salt. Red Sea pedestrian. They/them.
Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social They pay brisk money for this crap?
MAKE ME BETTER and NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH on sale now
Hellraiser, Eat the Rich, Echo Wife, Spread Me @ your local bookstore and comic shop
Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social I wrote some books, once upon a time.
Posting about stories, brain injuries, adorable animals, rhubarb recipes, nature facts, human rights, and how we can make this world safe and kind and good. You are precious to me, and I love you.
kellybarnhill.com
Darlene Beck Jacobson @dbeckjacobson.bsky.social KidLit author of MG historical fiction WHEELS OF CHANGE (Creston) WISHES, DARES, & HOW TO STAND UP TO A Bully (Creston) blogger of all things kidlit. @http://www.darlenebeckjacobson.com. Repped by@LRA
darlenebeckjacobson.com
Just Teacher Things @justteacherthings.bsky.social Children's Literature | Reading & Writing | Teaching & Learning | SFSU & Goddard College grad | readteachwrite.com
C.T. in D.C. @ctindc1907.bsky.social "In a world filled with misery and uncertainty, it is a great comfort to know that, in the end, there is light in the darkness."
- Joshua Graham/The Burned Man
Lisa Katzenberger @lisakatzenberger.bsky.social Mom of twins
#KidLit Author of:
A LOVE LETTER TO MY LIBRARY
CROC & GATOR: Swamp Ranger School
I CAN DO IT EVEN IF I'M SCARED
IT BELONGS TO THE WORLD
IT WILL BE OK
#12x12PB #Insulin4All #T1Dmom
https://linktr.ee/lisakatzenberger
We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social We Need Diverse Books is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit revolutionizing what we read to create a world where everyone can find themself in the pages of a book.
🔗 bio.site/WeNeedDiverseBooks
Cora | Orchid @orchidscript.bsky.social she/her/hers
writer, by unpopular demand
kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social Senior Editor at Book Riot. Editor/Author of BODY TALK, HERE WE ARE, + (DON'T) CALL ME CRAZY. Former librarian. Anti-censorship advocate. Yoga teacher. Your favorite infernal witch. She/her. Library Journal Mover & Shaker in 2024.
Nadia Fisher @ariadelsole.bsky.social Author-illustrator•Illustrator•DC•No AI
Preorder AT THE COOKOUT ‘26 (✍🏽🎨)
Latest: I AM THE SPIRIT OF JUSTICE (🎨) ‘25 • LPBD: SIMONE BILES ‘24 (🎨)
Rep’d by @Jemiscoe.bsky.social @starlingliterary.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/Ariadelsole
Florida Freedom to Read Project @flfreedomread.bsky.social FL public school parents who believe in preserving access to information in public education and libraries. https://www.fftrp.org/florida_censorship_attempts
The Gaily Show @thegailyshow.org The only daily LGBTQ radio news & talk show in the US! Hosted by GLAAD Media award nominee John Parker. 2pm AM950 Radio: http://tun.in/serpH. 6pm 92.7 FM http://tun.in/seo9P 10pm WCPT 820: http://tun.in/sep74. Read: https://thegailyshow.org
This Queer Book Saved My Life @thisqueerbook.com 2024 GLAAD Media Award nominee for Outstanding Podcast. LGBTQ guests share the queer books that saved their lives. Posts by Exe. Producer Jim Pounds. Unless signed by host @jpderboghossian. Listen: podfollow.com/thisqueerbook
GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social Accelerating acceptance for LGBTQ people. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
www.glaad.org/social
DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social Educator, intellectual freedom advocate, scholar, reader, writer, and lyricist. I knit, garden, and cook for instant gratification. Professor in title. Michigan expat in Texas. Typos make it bespoke. (Skeets my own.)
River Kanning @riverk.bsky.social Those who become jailers are themselves no longer free.
Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social Children's book author, book blogger: PB/MG, #STEM
linktr.ee/JilanneHoffmann
HEARTLAND (LBYR '26)
THE OCEAN'S HEART (Millbrook ‘26)
A RIVER OF DUST (Chronicle '23)
Agent: Lori Steel
Focus: Earth's wonders+environment, STEAMTeam
We ❤️ HB Public Library! @supporthbpl.bsky.social We are a grassroots group of residents in Huntington Beach, CA, battling an extremist City Council that wants to ban books at our public library. They have also explored privatization of our library.
Stacey Moffat @staceymoffat.bsky.social staceymoffat.com
I write heartfelt, humorous picture books & novels for kids.
#SCBWI #CANSCAIP
Michelle Jing Chan (she/her) 🌈 @michellejingchan.bsky.social ✏️ 🎨 Kidlit Author-Illustrator
💜 Rep: @jemiscoe.bsky.social
📚2025: PRIDE, 100 DAYS, WEIWEI'S WINTER SOLSTICE
💻 https://linktr.ee/michellejingchan
Michelle Steinberg, M.Ed @michellesteinberg.bsky.social 🙋🏼♀️kidlit author 👩🏼💻 proud Mama Bear 🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 “Though she be but little, she is fierce.” #PitchMe 23 winner #PBParty Honorable Mention 2024
Kellyanne @ellarebee.bsky.social I'm a very good finder, better known as a librarian.
Opinions posted here are mine and mine alone.
Ziggy Zou @ziggy-zou.bsky.social Writer of children's picture books. Creator of zombies and mermaids and dreamer-upper of adventures.
Real name, Rachael. Mum of 2 nearly grown-up boys.
https://mybook.to/magicmermaidtail
ziggyzoubooks.co.uk
John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social Librarian. NYT Bestselling Author. | LOUDER THAN HUNGER, RUTHIE ROSE’S BIG IDEA, THE GIFT OF STORY, THIS IS A SCHOOL, THIS IS A STORY | Agent: Molly O'Neill
Kristin L. Gray @kristinlgray.bsky.social Author, reader, sunshine seeker
BAHA user 🤟
Former RN 🩺
Fan of unsolved mysteries, science, space
Student pilot ✈️
Sometimes copy editor ✍🏻
MURDER AT PENGUIN RANCH (‘26) 🇦🇶
Rep: Caryn Wiseman ABLA
Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social Subscribe to www.lawdork.com for SCOTUS and other legal news. / lawdorknews@gmail.com / Signal: crg.32 / About me: Sober. Queer. Bipolar. Theater. Buckeye. And, now, F1. (I'm as surprised as you are.) / He/him.
P@trik @layouta.bsky.social graphic designer
music is my life | I like everything beautiful, contemporary art, photography, cats and of course life :-)
I follow the motto:
be a voice not a echo
Sarah @sarahofbramblewood.bsky.social Artist • Illustrator • Author • ND 🏳️🌈
#KidLit author/illustrator. Old house owner. Witch.
🚫No GenAI, No NFTs, No fascists🚫
https://open.substack.com/pub/sarahofbramblewood?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1ebk77
William - Aspiring Literary Agent @willmarstudios.bsky.social '96 Queer living in Chicago!
Illustrator+Designer, Writer, Bookworm and Aspiring Literary Agent
🖋☕️🌈✨️🍉
https://lnk.bio/willmarstudios
‼️🚫 AI / NFT 🚫‼️
Marissa @emhonu.bsky.social Pacific Northwest 🌊 • VO Lead & Specialist on Guild Wars Franchise • Editor Things • #wawx #gamedev #kidlitart #britishcolumbia #aurora #wildfire #pnw • Profile art by the amazing Yaoyao Ma Van As 🍂
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
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
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
Fannie H. Gray @mrsfanster.bsky.social Writer of flash and short stories
*Don’t Ask, Won’t Tell re the novel
Aspiring Paid Traveler
www.thefhgraymatter.com
Sara Van Note @svannotes.bsky.social Science & nature writer for kids and adults. Also educator, naturalist, meanderer. 🌱 🦋 🦜
Member SCBWI, SEJ, NASW.
Represented by Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
New Mexico = home
Bex Glendining 🍃 @lgions.bsky.social she/they | award winning uk illustrator and comic artist/colourist
https://www.lgions.com/
Debut graphic novel 'On Starlit Shores' out now ✨
contact - becky.glendining@gmail.com | Rep'd by Paige Terlip.
🚫 AI or NFT
Liz Lazar (she/her) @lizlazarlit.bsky.social #PB writer, former reading teacher, boy & dog mama, 🎶 & 🌎 lover. Highlights/Boyds Mills Scholarship Winner 2026, #12x12 Scholarship Winner 2025 & 2024, #PBParty HM 2024, #PBRisingStars Mentee 2023, #SCBWI #KidLit #CBA #LyricalLanguageLab ✨Seeking Rep
Norene Paulson @nrpaulson.bsky.social I love words! Picture book author. Animal lover. NILA'S PERFECT COAT (Beaming Books, '23)📚WHAT'S SILLY HAIR DAY WITH NO HAIR? (Albert Whitman, '21) 📚 BENNY'S TRUE COLORS, (Imprint/Macmillan, '20) Rep: Naomi Davis, BookEnds. She/her
www.norenepaulson.com
Devyn Douvier 💖💜💙 @devyndouvier.bsky.social 30-something Queer, Neurodivergent, & Overstimulated Mom.
Woman in tech by day, Children's Book Author by night.
Melissa Gardner @artgardner.bsky.social illustrator/storyteller, psychotherapist, mom and maker of magic! 🏳️🌈& ND
www.melissagardnerart.com
Rep’d by @sandraproudman.bsky.social
@galltzacker.bsky.social
#kidlit #kidlitart #illustrator
@ruthcb.bsky.social @ruthcb.bsky.social Writer. I do other things too, but always end up writing them down.
Carrie Medders @cmedders.bsky.social Living that retired life and enjoying every moment.
Meagan Jackson @moogan.bsky.social She/her
Kidlit Illustrator- looking for representation
mom
I like video games, plants, birds, and fish
Portfolio:
www.artbymeagan.com
Monica Acker @monicaacker1.bsky.social THE LEGEND OF LEO coming Spring 2026 art by Mikel Valverde Marble Press | BRAVE LIKE MOM art by Paran Kim Beaming Books | Agent: Kaitlyn Sanchez @ Bradford
#SCBWI #12x12PB, mom of 3, ♥'s🥜🍫
she/her/hers https://linktr.ee/monicaacker
Brandon Province @brandonprovince.bsky.social Kidlit illustrator from Missouri, USA.
Mental health advocate, neurodivergent, all-inclusive, father of seven.
Proudly represented by Amy Milligan of Illo Agency.
https://www.provinceart.com
#kidlitart #kidlit #illustrator 
@FurrBooksFan.bsky.social @furrbooksfangirl.bsky.social "The world of the jungle is in fact both itself and our world as well"
— John Rowe Townsend
Celebrating good things -- from anthropomorphic animal books to great film, TV -- but most of all books. #amquerying X: @JuneSPenacook
@saracrowelit.bsky.social @saracrowelit.bsky.social 
Elio @eliopictures.bsky.social ✏️ Illustrator represented by Andrea Brown Literary Agency. 📚 Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, Abrams. 🍏 Associate Professor of Instruction at Columbia College Chicago. 🏡👧 Dad. 💼 www.eliopictures.com
Yashika Mody @yashikamwriting.bsky.social A recovering management consultant turned picture book writer from sunny Singapore #PB #SCBWI #12x12
✍️ Repped by Karly Dizon, Fuse Literary
📚 FUNCLES (Fall 2026, Lantana Publishing)
💻: yashikamodywriting.com
Let’s be friends! https://linktr.ee/yashikamody
Mermaid Writer @mermaidwriter.bsky.social SCBWI NY Eastern Up! Critique Coordinator
Kidlit writer, published poet, gemologist-in-training, wannabe polyglot, occasional mermaid, reluctant zebra 🍰💜🩶🤍💚 #kidlit #scbwi #amquerying #actuallyautistic
🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 Pronouns: you choose (anything but he)
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app I wrote #TheDarkFantastic. Aspiring YA fantasy author; newbie YouTuber. Professor and grad program chair; Auntie PhD. 🔺1913, OES⭐️, Rattler🧡🐍, Wolverine💛💙. Detroit vs Everybody. Linktree: Ebonyteach.
Claudia Rojas @claudidaudi.bsky.social she/her/ella, Teacher Librarian, book and podcast junkie, first gen, hija de inmigrantes, fur mamá, Tía, Nina, world traveler, board gamer, concert goer, Wordler, SoCal native, Chicana
CR 📚 Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xóchitl González
Chris Barton @bartography.bsky.social Author—THE DAY-GLO BROTHERS, SHARK VS. TRAIN, WHOOSH! & WE MATCH! Freelance editor—fiction/nonfiction. President—Texas Institute of Letters. Loves visiting schools. https://linktr.ee/bartography
EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social Let's support America's libraries. America's Library PAC.
Learn more : linktr.ee/_everylibrary_
U.S. News & World Report @usnews.com Journalism that fuels decision-making.
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
Loyalty Bookstores @loyaltybooks.bsky.social Black, Asian, queer owned indie bookstore in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, DC with a long term pop up in the Parks at Walter Reed in DC.
Abigail Frank @abigailcrfrank.bsky.social literary agent @ www.greenburger.com
she/her
Lauren Allen @itslaurenallen.bsky.social Co-founder of Once Upon a Ban | Demand A Seat Spring 2025 Graduate
https://onceuponaban.com/
PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social We stand at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect open expression in the U.S. and worldwide. Support and learn more at pen.org.
Paula Henson @paulahenson.bsky.social Award-winning author of WHO NEEDS A FOREST FIRE #NautilusAward #SkippingStoneAward #IndieExcellenceAward #middlegrade #nonfictionkids #picturebooks #educator #kidlit #12x12 www.paulahenson.com www.terrabellabooks.com
A.J. Irving 🩷💜💙 @ajirving.bsky.social Mama. Wordsmith. Kidlit enthusiast. Lambda Literary Award Finalist. DANCE LIKE A LEAF, THE WISHING FLOWER, THE BI BOOK • Rep: @thejordache.bsky.social • she/her 🏳️🌈 https://ajirving.com/
Laura Ruby @thatlauraruby.bsky.social Novelist, poet, teacher, unrepentant cat-lover, cancer patient, two-time National Book Award Finalist. Bone Gap, Thirteen Doorways, etc. Made of bees. @thatlauraruby on most socials. www.lauraruby.com
Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social Author: Pride Puppy; Pride Colors; Queer History A-Z; A Hug on the Wind and 30+ more.
Spring 2026: The Book of Jupiter
Spring 2027: Pride Puppy Countdown!
www.robinstevenson.com
https://linktr.ee/pridepuppy
🏳️🌈🍁📚
Michelle Witte @michellewitte.bsky.social Literary agent with Mansion Street Literary (currently closed to queries) and mental health advocate. I also write craptastic books. She/her.
www.michellewitteliterary.com
Sarah @whtabtpineapple.bsky.social Proprietor of Al's Pancake World. Cranky reader, overexcited TV viewer. Loves Autumn, romance books & chocolate milk. ace. ADHD. She/Her. MN. Abortion is healthcare
Reviews romance bks Treat Yourself with Books http://treatyourselfwithbooks.wordpress.com
Katta Kis (she/her) @kattakis.bsky.social Witchy, queer indie romance author with chronic pain conditions 🖤✨
📕Love in the Liner Notes out now
📗Love at the Rock Show out now
📘No Love in LA out now
📙No Love is an Island... soooon
Books, newsletter, and more: linktr.ee/kattakis
Pic by Ryn Stewart
@jilltataraworld.bsky.social @jilltataraworld.bsky.social interested in books art movies science and other cool kids' stuff. #kidlit #scbwi #amwriting
Shirley Ng-Benitez @shirleyngbenitez.bsky.social Author and Illustrator of children’s books, and absolutely anti-AI.
📚🎨 https://www.shirleyngbenitez.com/
—Everyone’s a story.
Katy Manck, MLS SLMSC @booksyalove.bsky.social Reader, gardener, indep book reviewer- https://BooksYALove.com. All kids need school libraries & librarians! IASL Past-President.
Kelly YN 🦀🏳️⚧️ @typologianista.bsky.social 🦀🏳️⚧️
Crabby Trans NB CTBI CPTSD AuDHD
Linguist-turned-Caregiver
Here to RT your cats and add some humor and hugs and hope and levity. If you’re here on the attack, stay for a hug 🫂
Tamiko Nimura @tamikonimura.bsky.social Writer, community journalist, public historian. Memoir A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE coming 4/26. Words in SF Chronicle, Zocalo Public Square, Smithsonian, Discover Nikkei, The Rumpus. 4ever English major. <3: @joshpar.bsky.social Rep: Transatlantic Agency
@happyfeed.bsky.social @happyfeed.bsky.social 
Macmillan Children's School & Library Marketing @mackidssl.bsky.social We are the MacKids School & Library marketing team! Follow us for news about books for kids & teens and resources for teachers & librarians!
https://www.mackidsschoolandlibrary.com/
Once Upon a Ban @onceuponaban.bsky.social We're a newsletter that covers attempts to censor children’s picture books around the country. Part journalism, part book club, we talk to activists and authors about the freedom to read. https://www.onceuponaban.com
Pride The Hague | Official Account @prideth.nl Pride The Hague | Proud to be United | 8-16 May 2026 🌈
prideth.nl/bs
Tasslyn - AKA Dr. Sasslyn @tasslyn.bsky.social Poet. Superfan - AUTHORS. KIDLIT. BOOKS. 
@libraries4all.bsky.social @libraries4all.bsky.social Librarian
Book Nerd
Blue Texan
Silla Hoekstra @priscillahoekstra.bsky.social I'm staying informed... trying to be a helper. All art & photography I post, is my own. My husband & I cherish our family & life in New England. Check out some of my designs at: redbubble.com/people/sillahoekstra 
Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
Proud queer 🏳️🌈 Trans ally 🏳️⚧️ Intersectional feminist ✊ Anti-fascist #LGBWithTheT
www.heatherpaterson.co.uk
Randy Rainbow @randyrainbow.bsky.social 4X EMMY® and GRAMMY®-nominated comedian, actor, singer, producer, NYT Bestselling author. TeamRainbow@wmeagency.com
Rainbow Defense Coalition (RDC) @rainbowdefense.bsky.social At drag story times and LGBTQIA2S events, we form a visual and auditory barrier to shield children and families against hate. We operate on the support of volunteers in the Washington Metropolitan area.
rainbowdefensedmv@gmail.com
onceuponaban.com
Sarah S. Brannen @sarahsbrannen.bsky.social Author/illustrator of two dozen children's books including Lolly on the Ice, Monarch, Mourning Cloak: A Butterfly Journal, and Uncle Bobby's Wedding. Former figure skating journalist/photographer. www.sarahbrannen.com
Kids Can Press @kidscanpress.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of picture books for children 3-7 & non-fiction, fiction & graphic novels for children 8-12.
ellis @elliscarsonjones.bsky.social i like good books, good dogs, and good type.
find my fonts at prologuetype.co.
Julie Hedlund @juliefhedlund.bsky.social Picture Book author & Founder, #12x12PB @12x12challenge.bsky.social & co-founder @pbsubmissions.bsky.social. SONG AFTER SONG: Julie Andrews Bio (2023, little bee), OVER, BEAR! UNDER, WHERE? (2021, Philomel) juliehedlund.com
@elizabethpare.bsky.social @elizabethpare.bsky.social Emerging writer of funny & quirky middle-grade, chapter books, and picture books.
Educator, English & Art teacher,
Love seeing whales at Tadoussac and Northern Lights wherever. #spreadkindnesseverywhere
Christine Ottaviano Shestak @christineoshestak.bsky.social retired MH counselor for children. teens, and the occasional adult
pre-published YA author
looking for writing friends whose warped sense of humor matches mine