Post Wave Publishing @postwavebooks.bsky.social Welcome to Post Wave Children's Books. Publishing with creativity, originality, and passion - for children all over the world.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com Democracy Skies in Blueness
Jennifer Tarr @jennifertarr.bsky.social #picturebook writer, #12x12PB Gold Scholarship winner '26, often despairing Mets fan
Heather Ahmie @heatherahmie.bsky.social Advocate for intellectual freedom, inclusive & diverse bookshelves, and the power of children's literature to inspire empathy and curiosity. Additional all things cats, coffee, and crafts!
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KarenJameson15.bsky.social @karenjameson15.bsky.social Children’s author of lyrical/STEM picture books - WOODLAND DREAMS & more. WHO NESTS HERE? & THE SECRETS of the JELLIES. Repped by K. Rushall of ABLA.
Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social Independent publisher of stories underrepresented in Irish literature
📚Contentious Spaces by Rosaleen McDonagh & The Posthumous Book of Shahrazad by Raquel Menéndez trans by Robin Munby
🎤In the Half Light:Voices from Black Ireland curated by Phil Mullen
Manuscript Academy by #MSWL @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social The Happiest Place in Publishing! Classes, agent consultations + a thriving community at ManuscriptAcademy.com. Brought to you by the makers of Manuscript Wish List® + #MSWL.
Ruqayyah Daud @borahaze91.bsky.social Senior Editor at LBYR & Requited 📚 please don’t pitch me your book here! ❤️
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
The O’Brien Press @theobrienpress.bsky.social Ireland's leading general publisher of both adult and children's books.
Linda Dunn @dunn4authors.bsky.social Streamlining the author platform and strengthening the author brand.
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Write Query Hook @writequeryhook.bsky.social Find the right agents. Fast. Purpose driven tools to help writers out of the query trenches and onto agent client lists. Your agent is calling - try it free: www.writequeryhook.com/
RTÉ @rte.ie Raidió Teilifís Éireann | Ireland's National Public Service Multi-Media Organisation
www.rte.ie
Krista Weltner @kristaweltner.bsky.social Author/Illustrator. Stop-motion puppet maker (Wendell and Wild, Wildwood) https://linktr.ee/kweltner
EVERYDAY ADVENTURES OF MOLLY WITH DYSLEXIA 2024 (Free Spirit Publishing)
Anthony Addis @anthonyaddis.bsky.social I used to write, read and live in Cairo, KL, Jakarta and Riyadh. Now I do all that in Lichfield while placating two Indonesian streetcats.
My novel 'Do Not Keep Silent' is available on Amazon.
anthonyaddis.co.uk
Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social PB/MG; Nature/Verse/Prose
Agent: Mona Kanin
'28 OTIS: THE KING OF KATMAI
‘25 MUD TO THE RESCUE! 🐘🦩🦫 🐢
‘24 HAUNTED STATES OF AMERICA 👻
SCBWI; WFH | hiker 🥾 | veggie 🌽|
bird&bear lover 🐤🐻 | nature 📷 | 💙
www.tanyakonerman.com
Cynthia Grady @yaya6o9.bsky.social Poet & Writer (#PB, #NF) |librarian | naturalist | wild bird rehabber | foodie | quilter | 12x12 | 2020 KPBS One Book One San Diego Pick—WRITE TO ME—LETTERS FROM JAPANESE CHILDREN TO THE LIBRARIAN THEY LEFT BEHIND cynthiagrady.com
Thalamus Plank @thalamusplank.bsky.social Author/illustrator
www.thalamusplank.co.uk
http://thalamusplank.etsy.com
Jennifer Thomas @jthomasabc.bsky.social Word fan having a blast writing #poetry, mostly for kids. Explorer of very old dictionaries.
jenniferthomaswords.com
Tim Foley aka TomCreanStory. @tomcreanstory.bsky.social Job Coach at a college that helps teenagers with high or special needs and in them wee small hours I burned the midnight oil many times to research and write the biography of Irish explorer, Tom Crean. I'm a proud Irish Mancunian who plays the guitar badly
TonyaTemplar 🦋 @tonyatemplar.bsky.social #booktok refuge #booksky 📚
🧜🏼♀️Cold water Mermaid 🦸🏼♀️Aspiring supermum
Mostly retired, found playing at the beach or in the woods ⛱️ 🌳
🎀 Surviving Cancer 🩵AutismMom
🧙♀️History, Archaeology🧶Crochet,cats🐈
Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social Uncovering history across Maine. I detect properties for owners to showcase their history by finding items lost by past inhabitants. Credited with discovering a Militia/Civil War muster field in ME. Posts about Maine history and things that interest me.
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Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning and USA Today best-selling author, narrator, and professional puppeteer. Also has a talking cat. Latest title: Apprehension.
Melissa Catena @melissacatena.bsky.social 📚 #Kidlit Author
✏️ Curriculum Developer
📝 Times/Chicken House 2024 Children's Fiction Competition Shortlistee 
Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social Just to let you know, there are many, many recipes waiting for you on www.nigella.com
Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia @dyslex-dysgraph.bsky.social Sharing dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia resources along with some harsh truths about the systemic inequities plaguing neurodiverse populations. 
RTÉ Radio 1 @rteradio1.bsky.social The official Bluesky home of RTÉ Radio 1 ☘️ 📻
Philip Boucher-Hayes @philipb-h.bsky.social Mostly a journalist. Mostly RTÉ Radio and Television (Ireland). Mostly climate, farming, nature. Never said no to a Ginger Snap biscuit.
MaryEsther Judy @fallenstarmary.bsky.social Childrens books reader, reviewer, blogger & editor; artist; weaver of words & wool; and good human (I hope)
AlemeWrites @alemewrites.bsky.social Hi! I'm Ale and I love to write and tell stories.
Working non stop to become a published author.
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
They/them
https://linktr.ee/AleMewrites
Raven Traylor ✨ @rstraylor.bsky.social Writer • High School Therapist • LCSW • ADHD ✨🌈✊🏾🍉
Noelle Monét | BOUND BY FURY out now!! @noellemonet.bsky.social BOUND BY FURY out now | 2025 LAMBDA lit fellow | she/they | ND | BLM ✊🏾| bi 🏳️🌈 | ✡️ | 🇵🇸| Rep: Laura Crockett at Triada US
https://linktr.ee/noellemonet
Malcolm Newsome @mnewsome.bsky.social Author: DEAR STAR BABY | SYDNEY'S BIG SPEECH | I AM THE SPIRIT OF JUSTICE | DADDY-DAUGHTER DANCE
Rep: James McGowan | Hacker @Crux Security
www.malcolmnewsome.com
Deb Zapata @debbiezapata.bsky.social Children's book author. UP AND ADAM (2022, Kids Can Press), ABUELA'S LETTER (2024, Magination Press) & ISABEL'S BIRTHDAY SURPRISE (2025, Magination Press). Baker. Tea Lover. Knitter. #12x12 #SCBWI
Shawna Malvini Redden @drshawna.bsky.social Writer. Professional people watcher. Messy cook. Pilot. Puzzler. Communication researcher and professor studying organizing. She/Her. Represented by Bookends Literary. www.drmalviniredden.com
Matthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social Writer, artist, comic book creator. The October Girl (Book Three coming October from Mad Cave/Maverick), Amelia Shadows (Book Two out now from Papercutz), DC's Misfits of Magic, and others. He/him.
Literary agent: Moe Ferrara at TriadaUS.
Nicole Wong @painternik.bsky.social 💙 Children’s Book Illustrator | Mom | 2 Dogs | 1 Cat | Trekkie | Explorer of the mundane | Rep: @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social | @bookendsliterary.bsky.social
https://nicole-wong.com/
Lilistrations 🍉 @lilistrations.bsky.social Mexican-American Author and Illustrator
Scholastic, Penguin Random House, Sourcebooks
Rep'd by: Sophie Sheumaker @ BookEnds Literary
Lilistrations.com
Malia Pila @maliapila.bsky.social 📮✨rep'd by James McGowan @ BookEnds
half hawaiian children's book illustrator based in Austin, TX.
maliapila.com
#kidlit
Clary Huang @claryillustration.bsky.social 🎨Children’s book illustrator
✨The Illustration Department & SCBWI member
🔔Available for PBs, board books, and editorial projects
🚀Rep'd by Tracy Marchini Literary
Portfolio: claryillustration.com
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🐌Snailing It! (Sourcebooks, Spring 2027)
Audrey Perrott (she/her) @audreysbooks.bsky.social Award-winning author and copywriter. Write. Bake. Repeat. MOO HOO and BAA HAA (Scholastic, 2024 & 2025), A HAT FOR HOUSE (Putnam, 2024), ONCE UPON A TAIL (Abrams, 2026) & more! Rep: @jmcgowanbks.
Andi Santagata ☠🔥 @suiteddevil.bsky.social 🔪the guy who makes SLASHER U: AN 18+ HORROR MOVIE DATING SIM
🩸backend dev on VAMPIRE: THE TASKERADE
💪IndieCade '24 winner, NYT Top 10 bestseller, beyblade champ
✨ agent: Moe Ferrara at Triada
🔪 tl is 18+ 🔪 opinions = mine 🏳️⚧️ he/him
Skye Quinlan @skyequinlan.bsky.social YA Author of DON'T BE A DRAG & FORWARD MARCH 📚 | They/Them 🏳️⚧️ | Ace/Lesbian 🌈 | Autistic & Disabled ♿ | Agent: Moe Ferrara at Triada 📖
www.skyequinlanbooks.com
Andy Minshew @andyminshewwrites.bsky.social Author. Late-dxed autistic. PEER GUIDE TO LIVING WITH OCD AND AUTISM coming soon from Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Utah Tolkien Society Smial coordinator.
Bayley ✨ @bayleymae.bsky.social writer | she/her 🏳️🌈 | monsters and magic | AMM Alum | Mentor for Round Table Mentor | crochet
bayleymae.com/links
nadia 🕊️ @thenadianoor.bsky.social she/her | kashmiri + arab + jewish |
writer of complex, unhinged brown mcs who reclaim history 📖
rep: emily forney at bookends lit.
Bailie @bailierosenlund.bsky.social she/her |🏳️🌈 | Illustration / Comics / Design
Canadian
GLAAD award Comic artist : Marvel, DC, Darkhorse, IDW |🚫AI |
Star Trek Holoween ll this October!
Open for Freelance!
Rep’d by Moe Ferrara @ Triada
Portfolio: http://www.bailierosenlund.com
Stacy Mozer @smozer.bsky.social Writer of kidlit and teacher of adorable firsties. Member of @SCBWI and @12x12 Mets fan, empty nester, and lover of dogs (especially the one named Mookie Mozer). Co-Regional Advisor New England SCBWI.
Dani | 🌖🌕🌔 @inkforwords.bsky.social Danielle Weires. 30's. She/They. 🏳️🌈
Colorist|Covers|Comics|
worked with Abrams, Harper Collins, DC, Dark Horse.
Represented by Moe Ferrara (@inthesestones.bsky.social)
Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social ✏️ Illustrator/author and general stuff-maker
📚 Rep'd by Sophie Sheumaker at @bookendsliterary.bsky.social
🎨 http://bryonycrane.com
💬 http://Instagram.com/bryonycrane/
David Hohn @davidhohn.bsky.social Children's book illustrator, author, college instructor, and giant fan of all things picturebook.
Open to lit agent representation
www.davidhohn.com
Lele Saa @lelesaa.com (she/her)
Illustrator | Writer | Designer | H(ai)ter
📍Cambridge, UK.
Inspired by joy, curiosity & creativity.
Represented by Sophie Sheumaker at BookEnds Literary Agency.
© Lele Saa 2023-26
www.lelesaa.com
Ewelina Wolnowska @ewelinawolnowska.bsky.social Illustrator based in Germany in love with picture books and children’s illustration. Rep’d by Sophie Sheumaker, BookEnds Literary
#KidlitArt
www.ewelinawolnowska.com
https://bio.link/ewelinawolnowska
Stella ✨ Illustrator @stellaillo.bsky.social 🎨 #kidlit author/Illustrator from Sydney Australia
http://linktr.ee/stellaillo
Angela Matteson @angelamatteson.bsky.social #KidLit Illustrator / Surface Designer
Obsessed with color & inspired by nature
Represented by James McGowan at BookEnds Literary Agency
bio.site/angelamatteson
@mahtabnarsimhan.bsky.social @mahtabnarsimhan.bsky.social Writes books for young, curious minds.
Repped by Naomi Davis, Bookends Literary
The Ghost Queen is a JLG Selection : 11 Feb, 2025
https://www.mahtabnarsimhan.com/
Laura Bontje | Preorder Marian's Big Dig! @laurabontje.bsky.social Fiction Editor | Author: WAS IT A CAT I SAW? (Amicus), WHEN THE AIR SANG (Annick), MARIAN'S BIG DIG (Groundwood), and more | she/her | Seeking rep | No AI
https://bio.site/laurabontje
Abigail Setiadi @abigailsetiadi.bsky.social #KidLit Illustrator who is happiest when drawing everything fun!
Rep'd by Tracy Marchini at BookEnds Lit.
https://abigailtan.com/
Carolina Coroa @carolinacoroa.bsky.social North brazilian 🇧🇷 kidlit illustrator and visdev artist for tv based in London, UK 🎡
Rep by Christie Megill at The Cat Agency
Valerie Bolling @valeriebolling.bsky.social Author of books for children and teachers | Longtime educator | DEIAB advocate | Born in NY | Raised and resides in CT
https://valeriebolling.com
Authors Guild; SCBWI; 12x12; Boyds Mills, #kidlit #PB #earlyreaders #booksforteachers
Joana Pastro @joanapastro.bsky.social Kidlit Author
A FESTA FOR LUANA (Atheneum, May/25)
LUCAS AND THE CAPOEIRA CIRCLE
BISA’S CARNAVAL,
LILLYBELLE, A DAMSEL NOT IN DISTRESS,
and more!!! 🇧🇷🇺🇸
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
Ava Ross/Alaya Wells @avarossalayawells.bsky.social RN/author she/her, 2xGH|Former PitchWars mentor. BLM; Ava: monster romance (2x USA Today Bestselling Author); Alaya: Romantasy. Rep: Amanda Jain, Bookends Lit
Elizabeth Tracy @drliztracy.bsky.social Science Journalist | Children’s Author | MYSTERY DRIVER (@candlewickpress 2025)| Rep'd by Tracy Marchini, Tracy Marchini Literary
Jennifer Robin Barr @jrbarr.bsky.social Author. Middle Grade Historical fiction author. GOODBYE, MR. SPALDING; THUNDER AND MERCY with Astra Publishing. Rep'd by TracyMarchini
Christina Britton @cbrittonauthor.bsky.social Happily Ever Afters in Corsets & Cravats. She/her
Page Getz @vertigoradio.bsky.social Author. A TOWN WITH HALF THE LIGHTS ON. April 2025 on Sourcebooks. Repped by Jenissa Graham at BookEnds Literary.🧚🏻Haunted by the friendliest ghosts. 🇵🇸✡️🏳️🌈☮️🩵
BookEnds Literary Agency @bookendsliterary.bsky.social We believe that books can change the world, and it all starts with our authors and illustrators.
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Christopher Thornock @thornockstudios.bsky.social Illustrator, educator and artist living in the mountain west. Agent - Lori Steel Steelworks Literary - thornockstudios.com Insta - thornockstudios
@bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social 3 times a year Flash Fiction Award. £1460 prize fund. Anthology. Founded in 2015. 32nd Award results out now. 33rd Award open. Judge Writer and writing tutor . Alison Woodhouse Closes June 7th 2026
FlitterMouseArt @flittermouseart.bsky.social Snack-sized art, quirky comics, & indiscriminate tree-hugging. Find me online at flittermouse.ca
Ajuan Mance @ajuanmance.bsky.social Artist, Writer, Professor of Illustration at California College of the Arts, Professor Emeritus of African American literature at Mills College. Picture book WHAT DO BROTHAS DO ALL DAY? is out now. https://www.ajuanmance.com #comics 🖤🏳️🌈
Emily Strempler @estrempler.bsky.social 🏳️🌈✊🧡 (She/Her) Lit and lit-genre crossover author, work in Agnes and True, Broken Pencil, the BK, and many more. Editor at the Baltimore Review. Managing Editor at Li Isprii.
Banff, AB, 🇨🇦 / Treaty 7 / Homeland of the Red River Metis
www.estrempler.com
Annemarie DeClark @declark.bsky.social www.annemarie-declark.com
Book reviewer. Mystery author. Tree planter. Cancer survivor. Vegetarian. Married.
Lauren Whitney (she/her) is querying! @laurenem6.bsky.social Mom of two, #kidlit writer, elementary school librarian, movie-lover, crazy LEGO lady
she/her
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
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Lynne Kelly 🐘🐳🐣🐙 @lynnekelly.bsky.social USA Today bestselling children’s author & sign language interpreter, mom of 2 dogs and 1 human
THREE BLUE HEARTS
SONG FOR A WHALE
THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF BIRDS
lynnekellybooks.com
#SCBWI Houston
E Train Talks Books @etraintalks.bsky.social E Train Talks is a 501©(3) literacy nonprofit. Founded by Ethan, a 15-year-old award-winning literacy advocate, podcaster & Giving Tuesday Leader. E Train Talks Literacy Initiative is turning pages & changing lives, one story at a time! etraintalks.org
Emily Feinberg @ecfeinberg.bsky.social Children’s book editor. Loves dogs. Likes ducks.
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Doug O’Brien @dougobrien.bsky.social 🧭 Director of Insights and Strategy
🏫 CELT School Improvement Team
👨🏫 Deputy Headteacher at Penrice Academy
🔬 Former Head of Science
📚 Curriculum, Assessment and QofE
https://linktr.ee/Doug.OBrien
Lucy Gambier @lucygambier.bsky.social CELT Director of Secondary Education. Exceptional staff, creating exceptional opportunities for our exceptional young people.
Cailyn Creative @cailyncreative.bsky.social Traditional Artist I Kidlit Illustrator I Small Business I Cozy art (she/her) 🇨🇦
I make silly guys to help people smile🪴
🧡Etsy🧡: https://cailyncreative.etsy.com/
#artshop #art #cozyart #kidlitart #illustration
Rocky Mountain Chapter of the SCBWI (RMC-SCBWI) @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social https://www.scbwi.org/regions/rmc
Conference link tree: https://linktr.ee/rmcscbwi
Summit County Libraries @summitlibraries.bsky.social #1 Most Followed Library in the USA!
https://summitcountylibraries.org/
Located in beautiful Summit County, Colorado.
Publishers Lunch @publisherslunch.bsky.social Trade publishing's daily rundown, and sibling of the source of Deal Reports.
Deborah Kalb @deborahkalb.bsky.social DC area. Ex-journalist, writer, editor, book blogger, podcaster, author of OFF TO JOIN THE CIRCUS and other books.
Dean Robbins @deanrobbins.bsky.social Author of nonfiction children's books for Scholastic, Penguin Random House, Candlewick and Macmillan. Margaret and the Moon, The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon, The Fastest Drummer, Two Friends, The Shape of Things, the You Are a Star series, and more. 
David Esson Art 🏴 @davidessonart.bsky.social Stippling | Pointillism ⚫⚪
Scottish Artist ✍🏻
Ginger Bearded Human Printer wondering Scotland 📍🏴
Shop open - 👇🎉
https://david-esson-art.sumupstore.com/
@tourguidejohn.bsky.social @tourguidejohn.bsky.social Hiker, Hillwalker, Explorer, Nature lover, Rock & Blues music and theatre fan, greyhound owner based in Cork, Ireland… oh yeah…tour guide😊
Mary Myatt @marymyatt.bsky.social Education writer and speaker.
CPD resources on Myatt & Co https://www.myattandco.com/
Resources to support the primary curriculum: The Teachers' Collection https://theteacherscollection.com/
Trevor Flanagan (Writer) @trevorflanagan.bsky.social Fiction, Script, Travel & Poetry writer whose mind is stuck together with coffee, duct tape and chocolate... #WritingCommunity
https://linktr.ee/trevor.flanagan.writer 
Marcia Strykowski @marciastrykowski.bsky.social Children's Book Author~MG~PB~SCBWI~Librarian~Art~Music~Ocean www.marciastrykowski.com
Laird Fetzer Hamblin @lairdsstorysongs.bsky.social Teacher _ Writer/Songwriter/Poet/Artist _ Biologist
I write and illustrate songs and stories about nature in rhyme and alliteration.
lairdsstorysongs.us
lettersbylaird.bsky.social
#edusky
#nature #songs
#kidlitart #kidlit #kidsongs #childrens
Boni Ashburn @boniashburn.bsky.social Children’s Book Author.
Librarian (Middle/High School & Public).
Mom. Dog mom. Human.
The U.P. of Michigan. boniashburn.com