Edinburgh SFF @edinburghsff.com ESFF is an open writing community for Science Fiction and Fantasy writers in Scotland. Events, resources & support, writing sessions, critique + more.
Community website for writers:
https://EdinburghSFF.com
TrishEM @pematson.bsky.social Award-winning journalism editor and writer, speculative fiction reviewer and podcaster, lover of games, music, audiodramas, wordplay and more. (She/her)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/patriciamatson
Joy Deva Baglio @joybaglio.bsky.social Speculative Writer: Fiction in One Story, Ploughshares, Tin House, Apex, etc. Yaddo Fellow. Founder of Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop. Rep'ed by Peter Steinberg. Novel in progress. Bagpiper.
https://linktr.ee/joy.deva.baglio
https://www.joybaglio.com/
Jane Friedman @janefriedman.com I report on the publishing industry through my paid newsletter, The Bottom Line, and educate writers on the business of authorship in THE BUSINESS OF BEING A WRITER (University of Chicago Press).
PRINT RUN @printrunpodcast.bsky.social The Book Bird Cometh
https://www.printrunpodcast.com/
https://patreon.com/printrun?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink
Brenda Drake @brendadrake.bsky.social New York Times bestselling author of the Library Jumpers series and other books. Founder of now retired PitchWars and PitMad. Lost in the Land of Enchantment. Fueled by coffee. brendadrake.com
K. J. Harrowick @kjharrowick.bsky.social SFF #Author. THE MOUNTAIN AND THE MOON - 2026. #WriteHive Mentor. #WritingMystics Author Coach. Co-Founder of #iknowwhyshestayed www.kjharrowick.com 🌮
Sarah Madsen @unfetteredmuse.bsky.social Author of WEAVER'S FOLLY & WHEN THE STARS BLEED | Freelance TTRPG Designer | Video Game Writer | ENNIE Award Winner | SFWA | She/Her | unfetteredmuse.com
Gwenda Bond @gwenda.bsky.social NYT bestselling author * dog and cat person * moon and pet photographer * gwendabond.com * gwendabond.substack.com * linktr.ee/GwendaBond
Paul Tremblay @paultremblay.bsky.social Writer person. Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep, Horror Movie, Another, A Head Full of Ghosts, The Cabin at the End of the World, The Pallbearers Club. F*ck AI
Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social Science fiction & fantasy writer. World builder. Reader. Outrigger canoe paddler. I ❤️ my schnauzer. Hawaii. ✡️🕊️ She/her.
Where Should I Start With Your Novels, a guide:
https://imakeupworlds.com/where-should-i-start-with-your-novels/
Sarah Guillory @sguillory262.bsky.social Author, teacher, runner. Obsessed with dogs. A WISH WITH WINGS out May 2026!
www.sarahguillory.com
erica m. chapman (she/her) @ericamchapman.bsky.social 📘ᴛᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ғᴏʀɢᴇᴛ (s&s) 🎶 ᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇxᴛ 📖.🏳️🌈🖤ɪᴛ’s ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴜɴs. rep: Christa Heschke. certified healer + guide. podcast producer + host of Hitchhiker's Guide to Humanity 💙✨🩷📸
Ernie Chiara @erniechiara.com Senior Agent at Fuse Literary ⟡ erniechiara.com ⟡ links.erniechiara.com ⟡ Co-editor & contributor for @starsandsabers.bsky.social Oz anthology ⟡ anti-AI
Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social Fantasy author (THE TETHERED MAGE, THE OBSIDIAN TOWER, THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS, etc). Tea drinker, larper, mom. Swordfights in ballgowns. THE LAST STAR IN THE VOID coming 11/26!
Wendy Sparrow @wendysparrow.bsky.social Author of books, lover of HEA, dog person, happily-married mom of 2, disabled, Fibro, EDS, agoraphobia, PTSD, OCD. Bi She/her
Sci-fi rom series on KU: How to Choose a Gaiian in Seven Days https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CH7HSKWH
Sarah Nicolas @sarahnfisk.bsky.social Literary Agent. YA Author as Sarah Nicolas. Queries Qualms & Quirks host. Disability in Publishing Board. 💛🤍💜🖤 linktr.ee/presidentsarah
Laura Rueckert @laurarueckert.bsky.social Award-winning author of A DRAGONBIRD IN THE FERN. American in Germany. Proud 🏳️⚧️ mom. Probably eating European chocolate right now. she/her
https://www.laurarueckert.com/links
Lee A. Everett @leereads.bsky.social SFF writer & veterinarian ⚔️💖🚀 Rep by AJ Van Belle | 🚴♀️, 🏋️♀️, 👩🚒, 🌼, 🦋 everettbooks.com/ {she/her}
Kyra Nelson @kyramnelson.bsky.social She/her. I Write Cinamon Roll Characters Not Tragedies. 💜🤍🖤 & 🩷💜🩵
@wwcomicspodcast.bsky.social
Rep: Ginger Clark Literary
Brooks Benjamin @brooksbenjamin.bsky.social Writer, reader, pizza eater
Librarian the rest of the time
Writes books like MY SEVENTH-GRADE LIFE IN TIGHTS. Rep’d by Triada US
🇵🇸✊🏾🏳️🌈
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)
Ken MacLeod @amendlocke.bsky.social Science fiction writer
Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com Wrote half of This Is How You Lose the Time War & all of The River Has Roots. Next book: Seasons of Glass & Iron, March 24, 2026. I have a newsletter you can sign up for at amalelmohtar.com
Tim Lees @timlees.bsky.social Novelist, short story writer. Brit in Chicago. Door-opener and treat-supplier to a small dog. Married to a wonderful woman.
https://timlees.wordpress.com/
Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com Knitter, writer, teacher, PhD. Ask me about serial killers, true crime, and Stephen King. https://rebeccafrostwrites.com/links/
David Perlmutter @davidperlmutter.bsky.social Canadian white male autistic writer. Author of America 'Toons In: A History of Television Animation and The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Also author of speculative fiction, superhero fiction and anthropomorphic ("furry") fiction.
Nakisa Nooraee, Ph.D. @nakisanooraee.bsky.social 🌎 Iranian-born, Dublin-shaped, Germany-based astrophysicist bringing science and mythology to young readers.
⭐B.Sc. & M.Sc. Physics | Ph.D. Astrophysics
Seeking representation
www.nakisanooraee.com
Anne Lipton, MD, PhD @annelipton.bsky.social Neurologist. Writer. Editor.
THE COMMON SENSE GUIDE TO DEMENTIA, PUTTING THE SCIENCE IN FICTION, THIS SIDE OF DOCTORING
Epistemic Literary Magazine.
#KidLitChuckleChallenge champion, #SpringFlingKidlit winner, #FallWritingFrenzy winner
Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social Expat Brit still bemused by life in America. Avid reader, SFF & mystery fan. Apt to be sweary. Sometimes I write stuff. Occasionally blogging at www.AbroadInTheUSA.com
Writing Guardians of the Weave. She/her
Kobold Press @koboldpress.com Small-but-fierce creators of Tome of Beasts for D&D, Northlands, and the Tales of the Valiant RPG.
Customer service at http://support.koboldpress.com
Kelly Robson @kellyrobson.com 100% human science fiction, fantasy, & horror writer. Stories galore. Books: Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, High Times in the Low Parliament, Alias Space https://kellyrobson.com/books
Trans rights are human rights ffs
she/her in Toronto, Canada
Lawrence M. Schoen @schoen.bsky.social Author of BARSK and THE AMAZING CONROY • Psychologist / Klingonist / Hypnotist / Neurodivergent / Chimeric Cancer Survivor • The Universe is not yet done with me • (he/him)
e.c. myers @ecmyers.com Author, Gamer, Reader, Dad • He/Him • Assembled in the U.S. from Korean & German parts • NYT Bestseller • linktr.ee/ecmyers • #NoGenAI
Just published: THE STREAM TEAM: PLAY 2 WIN
Recently released: GAMERS: LEVELING UP
Coming soon: QUANTUM CREEP (CYOA)
J. Kathleen Cheney @jkcheney.bsky.social Fantasy Writer, publishing as J. Kathleen Cheney or Anna St. Vincent. Member of Codex, Nebula Finalist, Locus Award Finalist, W0TF... but mostly a dog servant these days...
Cover: Vitruvian Moth by Patrick Kramer
Nature Futures @naturefutures.bsky.social Science fiction from the home of science. Nature's award-winning SF column nature.com/futures
Jaym Gates @jaymgates.bsky.social Wearer of many hats. TTRPG, video game, and fiction writer & editor. Co-editor of Strategy Strikes Back, War Stories, co-founder of Falstaff Books & Project Lodestar, etc. No kings. Abolish ICE.
Sharon Lee 🌳🐉 🚀 @clankorval.bsky.social Author: Liaden Universe®, Archers Beach, more. I live in Maine; I keep Maine Coon cats.
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Sharon-Lee/author/B06W56GFL3?
Blog: https://sharonleewriter.com/blog-without-a-name/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leeandmiller
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association @sfwa.bsky.social SFWA promotes, advances, and supports science fiction and fantasy storytelling by educating, promoting, and empowering its creators and the larger community. This account is for informational purposes.
Scott Lynch @scottlynch78.bsky.social 48, fantasy writer, author of THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA. Ex-firefighter, veteran MechWarrior. Minnesotan transplanted to Massachusetts. Gizmonic Institute (1989-92). Instructor at Viable Paradise.
Thomas K. Carpenter @thomaskcarpenter.bsky.social Full time author. Buena Vista, CO. SFWA/CODEX. Find me at www.thomaskcarpenter.com
Ann Leckie @annleckie.com Author of the award-winning Ancillary Justice. Lives in St Louis.
Rhonda Parrish @rhondaparrish.bsky.social Writer, editor, game designer & hydra-tamer. Battling insomnia, making blankets, playing D&D & BSing my way through life. Perpetually tired. Loves the word fuck.
2025 EPL Writer in Residence
#LetsGoOilers
she/her
https://www.patreon.com/c/RhondaParrish
Fran Wilde @franwilde.bsky.social Author & Battle Poet (she/her) hoarder of pens and journals. Teacher. novels, poetry, short fiction, shenanigans
More at https://www.patreon.com/franwilde & http://franwilde.net
Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social Queen of Lasers, Mother of Storms, & NYT/USAToday bestselling author of Fairyland, Space Opera, Deathless, & many more. Any/All
Art: http://patreon.com/catvalente
Politics: http://catvalente.substack.com
TipJar: https://venmo.com/u/cat-valente
Terry Newman @telnewman.bsky.social Author and scriptwriter for film, theatre, television and audio. www.nicelystrongoak.com. Former scientist who still retains his love of Nature, especially Dalmatians. 
Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social Writer of books, most recently: DUST. Next in 2027: THE RAVEN ENGAGEMENT @wednesdaybooks.bsky.social @macmillanlib.bsky.social NEA winner, Philip K Dick Award https://linktr.ee/alisonstinewrites
Los Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social The 2026 Worldcon in Los Angeles, California
Visit LAcon.org for more details
📅 August 27-31, 2026
✨️ Adventure Awaits!
James E. Graham ❌👑 @jamesegraham.bsky.social Fractional CFO and fantasy author. Practical progressive, dog owner, Brooklyn born and bred.
R.W.W. Greene (He/him) @rwwgreene.bsky.social Recovering teacher and journalist, trad-pubbed #SciFi novelist, secular humanist, coffee guzzler. Repped by Megibow Literary Agency. Member of @SFWA.
Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social Author, Gamer, Christian. Wraithbound, Knight Watch, Bladecaster, and Malifaux.
https://linktr.ee/timakers
Brady McReynolds @bradymcagent.bsky.social COO & Literary Agent @awfulagent
Tarheel 🏀 Fanatic. Avid Board/Video Gamer
Currently CLOSED to QUERIES @ http://QueryManager.com/Bradys_Inbox
James Farner @jamesfarner.bsky.social Associate Agent at JABberwocky Literary Agency | he/him | Opening back to Mystery/Thriller Queries on April 1: https://QueryManager.com/JamesFarner
Jim C. Hines @jimchines.com Author of SLAYERS OF OLD, KITEMASTER, TERMINAL ALLIANCE, LIBRIOMANCER, GOBLIN QUEST, and other fun stuff. Knows where his towel is. He/him.
Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social Author of the Iron Druid Chronicles, Ink & Sigil, the Seven Kennings, and more. Into nature photography, metal, and beard maintenance. https://kevinhearne.com Newsletter: https://wordsandbirds.ink
CE (Catie) Murphy @cemurphy.bsky.social Writer, mostly of novels. She/her. CatieMurphy.com for aaaaalllll the books. Please join my newsletter, too! https://BookHip.com/BZQWLZL
Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social Fantasy writer, history geek, dark chocolate addict! Writes sparkling fantasy rom-coms for adults and fun MG fantasy adventures. She/her.
linktr.ee/stephanieburgis
Ask a Manager @askamanager.org Creator of Ask a Manager – home to all your questions about lunch-stealing bosses, coworkers who won't stop hugging you, and how much you can drink at work.
Andrew Varga @andrewvargaauthor.bsky.social YA Historical Fiction author of the Jump in Time series.
Total History Geek. Canadian.
www.andrewvargaauthor.com
#TimeTravelAuthors Starter Pack: https://tinyurl.com/yk68h2nd
#HistoricalFiction Starter Pack: https://tinyurl.com/5n8cnfk5
Jessica Vitalis @jessicavitalis.bsky.social Award-winning author, Greenwillow/HarperCollins. American by birth, Canadian by choice. 
Mayken Brünings @maykenalanna.bsky.social I write fantasy & speculative fiction for kids. 📚 My blog about Paris & published short stories 👉 https://www.maykenbruenings.com/
Trilingual swimmer 🏊🏻♀️ and SCBWI member. I love cows and Brittany.
JABberwocky Literary Agency @awfulagent.bsky.social Query guidelines and other useful info can be found on our website: https://awfulagent.com/
You can also visit Joshua's Blog to find deeper takes on our posts and our agency's business.
Keith Robison @omicsomics.bsky.social Computational biologist & blogger
Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer @princejvstin.com Fan Writer.
@nerdsofafeather.bsky.social Editor (HUGO WINNER)
@skiffyandfanty.com
& much more!
Part of @edmontonin2030.bsky.social bid.
I was AH #Photography at @laworldcon.bsky.social
Podcaster. #ttrpg I'm just this guy, you know? He/him
Edward Ashton @edashtonwriting.bsky.social Author of Mickey7, Mal Goes to War, and Three Days in April, among other things. I also make maple syrup.
Abby Goldsmith @abbybabble.bsky.social https://AbbyGoldsmith.com
Torth series is epic sci-fi, starts with Majority 
Angry Robot Books @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social Your favourite independent, genrefluid fiction publisher, bringing you the very best in SF, F & WTF!?
IG/X: @angryrobotbooks
Samuel Joseph @samueljoseph.bsky.social He/Him. I love stories. I live for them and breathe them in. It is my hope to make my own that people will enjoy. https://samuelcjoseph.com
Ingrid Seymour (Author) @ingridseymour.com Fantasy Romance Author. No DM’s please.
Worlds Without End @wwend.bsky.social Worlds Without End is a fan-built online community, dedicated to identifying, reading, and sharing the best Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror books. www.worldswithoutend.com
Bishop O'Connell @bishopoconnell.bsky.social Award winning author, cat dad, pantless man of destiny
https://aquietpint.com/
He/Him
David X Jones @davidxjonesauthor.bsky.social Author (mostly #scifi), teacher (#games programming), games programmer.
I follow back unless I see a reason not to. [Or if I've been absent for a long time]
Von Is Not My Middle Name Bergen @meganvonbergen.bsky.social PhD, Rhetoric, Writing, Linguistics. Ungrader. Ultrarunner. Personal account. 
Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info Translator, flash sf writer (BSFA); 🇨🇿/🇬🇧
Eclectic posts (current affairs, archaeology, science, words, writing)
❤️ travel, coffee, puns; 🚫 genAI; unsolicited DM = block
He/him; married; 🏳️🌈/🏳️⚧️ ally; #NAFO; 🇺🇦 🇬🇪 🇬🇱
Writing & links: https://linktr.ee/alastairmillar
Beth Revis @bethrevis.bsky.social I write things. NIGHT OF THE WITCH: out now. HOUSE OF HEX: December 2023. THE FATE OF MAGIC: Fall 2024. Something else: Winter 2024. bethrevis.com
Catherine Weaver @catweav.bsky.social Author, editor, educator, poet, mime.
Published two MG fantasy novels, one picture book. Also has a Cli Fi published in Little Blue Marble Magazine.
http://www.catherineweaverauthor.com
Dr Tiffani Angus @tiffaniangus.bsky.social Multi awards-shortlisted SFFH & non-fic author. Editor & typesetter. SPEC FIC FOR NEWBIES 3 now in the wild! https://linktr.ee/tiffaniangusauthor Leftie, feminist, ex academic, ally, anti-AI. she/her. Now 🇬🇧 was 🇺🇸
Meredith Mooring @meredithmooring.bsky.social SFF writer, employment lawyer, blind/albinism, guide dog user. REDSIGHT out now
Simeon writes Epic Fantasy @sdtsanev.bsky.social SFF Writer
👬🏻🏳️🌈 @jaykidding88
Owned by cats
Doing book stuff at Unabridged Bookstore, Chicago
Violinist, Gaymer & Reader
Daniel Price @danielprice.bsky.social Sci-fi guy. Slow-ass writer. Yet another Twitter escapee. My stuff at http://danielprice.info.
Paz Pardo @pazsays.bsky.social Talk like Sam Spade, live like Miss Marple. Real life: Buenos Aires. Fiction: THE SHAMSHINE BLIND (scifi noir alternate history!) from Atria Books: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-shamshine-blind-a-novel-paz-pardo/80bf4e7d932a98a6
M Saraswati @msaraswati.bsky.social I enjoy long books & building things. OSU Poli Sci PhD. Views are my own. 
Anna @annarchy.bsky.social Sci-fi and Fantasy book lover. Crochet and watercolors. Pro: civil rights, human rights, climate action/ climate justice, healthcare and education for all. Our cat is perfect and we spoil him.
FYI: I don’t often post myself (spoons).
Trisha Elliott @trishaelliott.bsky.social Interested in life in general & people in particular.
Living in Edinburgh, now enjoying a non clinical role, but still a doctor at heart.
Posting about medicine, health, social inequalities, sport, politics, Scotland, sustainability, veggie food & cats.
Hayley Stone @hayleystone.bsky.social Lead narrative designer at Obsidian Entertainment (The Outer Worlds 2 🪐) | SFF author of Make Me No Grave and the Last Resistance series | Opinions are mine. She/her.
Website: www.hayleystone.com
S. E. Wigget @sewigget.bsky.social 🖤🩶🤍💜 Fiction, fantasy, gothic writer. Queer, feminist, & supernatural. Neurodivergent. She/they
No DMs
On Amazon: Rowanwick Witches, Skeleton from the Closet, Every Day is Magical, Witch's Familiar & Whimsical Stories 🌈
William H. Devereaux @whdevreaux.cryptoanarchy.network Random musings & smartass remarks. Neurolurker. Dilettante. He/him/his. Interested in (but not necessarily posting about) (or even doing) higher ed, IT, infosec, cocktails, music, old movies, bicycling, & other stuff I don't have room for.
Ariana Jane @queenzucchini.bsky.social A hobbit shield-maiden. Wordsmith and bookwyrm. Bookseller & reviewer. Co-host of
#WyrdAndWonder. She/her 🇿🇦🇮🇹🇬🇧
https://thequaintbooknook.com/
Laura Bridgewater @knit1write2.bsky.social Biblioholic, fiber enthusiast, and gardening novice. Hoarder of books, yarns, and (apparently) Bluesky accounts. 🤦🏻♀️ Working on Act III. She/her
BerryzKobold @berryzkobold.bsky.social Academic wine mom anime statue enthusiast who posts about behavioral research, books, tropical weather, fanart, & seals. Eternally obsessed with Obito, Kakashi, and Fire Emblem. Still naming myself the same bad joke about a jpop group I liked 20 years ago.
Stacey Berg @staceyberg.bsky.social Democracy, science, writing, and whatever else is on my mind. Author of SF novels DISSENSION & REGENERATION. Opinions my own. She/her. 
Hannah @venneh.bsky.social Comics, anime, video games, books, assorted rantings and ravings. Huge cat person. Autistic! Fiancee of @jimh
Gregory A. Wilson @gregoryawilson.com Speculative fiction author, college professor, musician, podcaster, game master, TwitchTV host.
https://www.gregoryawilson.com
https://www.twitch.tv/arvaneleron
https://www.patreon.com/ArvanEleron
https://www.speculatesf.com/
@gengms.bsky.social
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social Fantasy writer and tired millennial who works in special education. Former gen ed teacher, school library assistant. Completed three degrees before being diagnosed with ADHD. Probably trying to find coffee right now. She/her.
https://linktr.ee/stephallen
Rebecca M. Zornow @rebeccamzornow.bsky.social SFF books for overthinkers & romantics.
Michelle Manus @michellemanus.com Is tentatively back online.
Still vicariously living my dreams of having badass magical powers and destroying evil men through the characters I write.
michellemanus.com
https://payhip.com/michellemanus
Jen Hill @greybon.bsky.social SFF Nerd | Avid reader and audiobook listener | Opinions are my own. | She/Her
Jeremy C. Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Award nominated author of THE MERRY DREDGERS and BEDFELLOW and THE ATROCITIES. FAMILIAR out now! Fabric artist. Butler for cats. They/them
https://jeremycreature.bigcartel.com/
https://www.patreon.com/jeremycreature