Jenny Powers @powersofwords.bsky.social Owner and Author at Powers of Words, LLC✨Middle-grade writer✨KidLit book coach✨Co-author of “On the Origin of Being”✨Mom, athlete, nature lover✨Recovering academic
BLM. There is no Planet B. Protect Trans Kids
Erik Talkin @eriktalkin.bsky.social Author. YA novel Private School Punk (full-cast audiobook, 2026 IPPY Outstanding Book of the Year). Lulu & the Hunger Monster (ILA Social Justice Award). MFA from VCFA. Punk, audiobooks, illustrated fiction, book-connected soundtracks.
Caroline Kind @carolinekind.bsky.social MG author, educator, researcher, reader, learner | She/Her | Halifax, NS |
Jesse O Benitez - Writing @jesseobenitez.bsky.social Lifelong reader & writer
I'm here to make friends (especially people who write/read books) please reach out 📚📝✍️
I hope to make a better world for everybody
Never let them get you down!
https://linktr.ee/JesseOBenitez
Round Table Mentor @roundtablementor.bsky.social creating a more equitable mentorship program ~ mentee applications open November 6-22!
roundtablementor.com
Elara Rosequartz @elararosequartz.bsky.social 🧚♀️ I write chapter books for young dreamers like me who love fairies and friendship.
💖 No villains - just sparkle, heart, and adventure.
📚💙 Ages 6–9
www.fairyacademybooks.com
Digital creator, parent managed account.
@mandy3milo.bsky.social @mandy3milo.bsky.social MG fantasy writer and editor
JWT_BookAdventures @jwtba.bsky.social Welcome to JWT_BookAdventures - I do Q&A interviews with Authors - I also do book reviews if I am interested in reading the book
Chance Durant @chancedurant.bsky.social Author, Game Designer, TTRPG player, Nerd, Father, Husband, Christian, lover of all things Shenanigan, Co-Creator of Carbyne Jungle & LokDown TTRPGs, Author of Sci-Fi Novel Construct, Believer in Nazi Punching, Guillotined my Twitter account for blue skies
Ms. K @msk1st.bsky.social Mom to 2 amazing daughters, 1st grade teacher, #clearthelist 💙 https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/WEY70LX5XAGF?ref_=wl_share
Ms.P @96teacherk.bsky.social Kindergarten teacher🥰🩷
Amazon wishlist-
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/84F1DYJ5JZHY?ref_=wl_share
Jen Jilany_Editor @jenjeditor.bsky.social Certified Professional Editor, Up Style Editing.
Fiction and Memoir. 📚
Editors Canada Executive.
www.upstyleediting.ca
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
Lauren Kimberly 🇨🇦 @authorlaurenk.bsky.social THE HOLIDAY TRAIN (fall 2028) #PBParty Finalist ‘26 | #PBParty HM ‘25 | Writing PB through MG | autistic mom of two | #SCBWI #12x12PB | #amquerying #neurodiversity
www.laurenkimberlyauthor.com
Nikki Harwood @ohhhhdoodles.bsky.social Aspiring author/illustrator and ASL/English interpreter by day - also obsessed with the magic of theater.
https://nharwood124.wixsite.com/ohhhh-doodles
Judith L. Roth @judithlroth.bsky.social Children's author. CADENCE AND KITTENFISH/HIDING BABY MOSES/VENETIAN LULLABY/SERENDIPITY & ME/GOODNIGHT, DRAGONS, etc. Major cat fan. 
Lynne Lieberman @hikewriterepeat.bsky.social Author. Lynne was born under the Liberty Bell and currently dwells among the saguaros. She loves reading and writing urban fantasy, for adults & children. Her short story, “Safety,” appears in The Writers’ Journal: Live and Learn.
Ms. A @msa3rd.bsky.social 3rd grade teacher in a Title I school. #clearthelist
Classroom wish list - https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/8W5GVA9DKPAQ?ref_=wl_share
Julie Honan Johnston @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social Picture Book Author. Owner of Coyote Kids, a secondhand clothing and bookstore for kids in Albany, CA. It's all about the kids! 
BookishPerseus @bookish-perseus.bsky.social 22yrs
Book Count: 2060
TBR: 6965
2026 Reading Challenge: 202/200
Harper Dent @harperdent.bsky.social Writer of speculative fiction. Loves nature, dogs and chocolate. She/them
Kelly Clasen, PhD @kellyclasenwriter.bsky.social 🌻Kidlit author & writing professor. Rep'd by Reiko Davis.🌻
#SCBWI #InkedVoices #MG #PB
kellyclasenwriter.com
Charlie Griffin @cbgriffin.bsky.social Writer, composer & arts admin with a side of improv and acting. Full Sail University Prof; Director of Central Florida Composers Forum; Picture Book author; Screenwriter. Repped by @joycekay.bsky.social
#ASCAP. #SCBWI. #12x12. #PBParty 2024 & 2025
@laj956.bsky.social @laj956.bsky.social #kidlit author--Picture Books + MG. Poodle Fan. Flower Grower. 
Nicole Davisson @nic-davisson.bsky.social Meezer mom 🐈⬛(siamese cats),PhD student at the U of U, small business owner w/ my kiddo refabulizing furniture with delovely art🎨, democratic socialist, feminist, late bloomer🪷🏳️🌈yacht rock lover⛵️🌊teatime keeper🫖 www.lavienouveaudecorshoppe.com
Flex Fish Games @flexfishgames.bsky.social Artist Matthew king and programmer Rami Bukhari, teaming up to develop nostalgic hand-drawn 2D games.
M D Flyn @mdflynwriter.bsky.social she/her Writer extraordinaire and perpetrator of geekery. Lover of all things fantasy, scifi, and otherwise weird. MDFlyn.com #ProtectTransKids #LGBTQ #GoodTrouble
Susan Park @susanfirghilpark.bsky.social writer, poet, nature lover and complete book geek living in the Pacific Northwest surrounded by forest, birds, squirrels, chipmunks and chickens. Member SCBWI.
ablakeywrites.bsky.social @ablakeywrites.bsky.social kidlit author, fall admirer, fan of books and musicals, dancer, weather and space enthusiast, pro-spreadsheet, toy marketer, mom of two
#KidLit | #SCBWI | #12x12PB | #50PreciousWords Winner 2024| #STEM | #SEL
@lizhansonbooks.bsky.social @lizhansonbooks.bsky.social 
Libby Hartwell @libbyhartwell.bsky.social Children’s writer. 🏆Winner of Little Tiger IAmInPrint Picture Book Prize ‘23. 🏆Winner of SCBWI Slushpile Challenge ‘24. Runner-up Write Mentor Chapter Book Award ‘24. SL for Searchlight Awards ‘24. SL for Write Mentor PB Award ‘24 & ‘25 #MAWYP
Melissa Catena @melissacatena.bsky.social 📚 #Kidlit Author
✏️ Curriculum Developer
📝 Times/Chicken House 2024 Children's Fiction Competition Shortlistee 
Kim Harrington @kimharringtonbooks.bsky.social Author | A KILLER FOR CHRISTMAS (9/22/26, Crooked Lane) | A HOMICIDE FOR HALLOWEEN (Fall 2027, Crooked Lane) | Past: Clarity, Revenge of the Red Club, Forget Me, etc.
https://kimharringtonbooks.com/
J. Arnold @half-wit.bsky.social Writer, illustrater, former caffeine consumer (health reasons).
Katie Gilstrap @bykatiegilstrap.bsky.social Author of SPACEMANATEE! (Magination Press), PENNY LU PORCUPINE, and FINNEGAN FOX (Nancy Paulsen Books). 📚
Bestie to @attaboyartie.bsky.social 🐕
Friend to all creatures ❤️🐾
Lauren Whitney (she/her) is querying! @laurenem6.bsky.social Mom of two, #kidlit writer, elementary school librarian, movie-lover, crazy LEGO lady
she/her
Juli 💖💜💙 @juli-writes.bsky.social Kid Lit writer with ADHD who likes to rock climb (She/her)
Rep: Sharon Belcastro at @belcastroagency.bsky.social
IG: @juli_writes #12x12PB #SCBWI
Oak Tree Comics @oaktreecomics.bsky.social An independent children’s book publisher 📚
Where imagination meets environmentalism🌍
Based out of Los Angeles ☀️
Founded by author Josh Oaktree 🌳
www.oaktreecomics.com/link-tree
Diane Debrovner @dianedebrovner.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Former deputy editor @Parents Magazine. Co-author of ROXIE IN COLOR, Candlewick Press, 2026. 
Elaine Anderson @eandersonwriter.bsky.social Vermont Writer. Former Teacher. Ilsley Public Library. Yellow House.
SCBWI. MG HUB. #amwriting #amquerying #YA #MG
MG and YA have my heart. 
StellaSaysWhat @stellasayswhat.bsky.social PGH, PA transplant to #NWA
#Bluedot
Marcella Pixley @marcellapixley.bsky.social Award Winning Author of #kidlit YA and MG Novels. NESHAMA (Candlewick 2025). Junior Library Guild Gold Standard. TROWBRIDGE ROAD (Candlewick 2020) Longlisted National Book Award, Finalist, Massachusetts Book Award, Junior Library Guild Gold Standard.
Doggy Diaries @doggydiaries.bsky.social Dogs - Books - Chaosbrain - Bicycle - History - Einzelgänger - Food addict - Anglophile - Of a certain age but in denial and the rest is none of your business.
Emily Barth Isler @emilybarthisler.bsky.social Author of books out now (The Color of Sound, AfterMath,Three Pieces of Broken Glass), and coming soon (Always Enough Love, The Hand-Me-Down Queen). Emilybarthisler.com
Stephanie Willing @swillingsays.bsky.social Author of West of the Sea. Rep'd by Allie Levick at Writers House. Audiobook Narrator and Voice Actor. Mom. SCBWI, SFWA, SAG/Aftra. Bisexual, she/her. Cat lover and accidental bird watcher because my husband announces every bird he sees out our window.
Sonya Afnan @sonyaafnan.bsky.social Writer | illustrator | Iraqi-Chaldean † | SCBWI
Rep: Jordan Hamessley at JABberwocky Lit Agency
www.sonyaafnan.com/portfolio
Kristine Ada Carter @kristineadacarter.bsky.social MG and YA writer and poet. Represented by literary agent, A.J. Van Belle at The Booker Albert Literary Agency. KristineAdaCarter.com
I. M. Eerie @imeerie.bsky.social 💀 Middle grade horror author 🦷 OPEN WIDE (SimonKids, Aug ‘25)🍦I SCREAM TRUCK (SimonKids, Aug ‘26) ✍🏻 Repped by Lynnette Novak
https://www.imeerie.com
https://www.simonandschuster.com/series/An-Eerie-Tale
Jason Croot @jasoncroot.bsky.social Bradfordian, actor and author of the Bradford Back in the Day Memories Series: Bradford, Eh? & Bradford, Ye What? and the nostalgic football book Bradford or Leeds, Eh?
https://www.jasoncroot.com
@acatchytitle.bsky.social @acatchytitle.bsky.social 
AL Wyss | #BookSky Middle Grade Fantasy @alwyss.bsky.social I’m an author #coach, #editor, and #fantasy author 📚🧚♀️🔥 I love #FB and enjoy supporting #indieauthors.
www.TheWriteWyss.com
@mitchwrites1982.bsky.social @mitchwrites1982.bsky.social Greenhorn writer and movie lover. Find more at https://authormitchellmcenery.com
Middle Grade Escapades @mgescapades.bsky.social A community of authors debuting with middle grade books in 2025.
middlegradeescapades.com
https://mainpointbooks.com/book/9781250331342
Lex Pushka | Author @lexpushka.com #Author #Sci-Fi #Cyberpunk
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Kidlit For Los Angeles @kidlitforla.bsky.social Auction by the #kidlit community to raise funds for Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts. Bidding: Jan 20th (9am PST) - Jan 28th (8pm PST).
Amazing items up for bid: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles
Bear logo by Sydney Hanson IG: @sydwiki
lisa dyson @msljd.bsky.social Musical theatre performer, middleschool librarian, ally, activist, lover of dogs
@riyazachariah.bsky.social @riyazachariah.bsky.social ✒️Writer
📝Poet
👩👧👧Mom
Nerding out about AI safety
Suzy Henderson @suzyhenderson.bsky.social Writer of historical fiction, fantasy & romance. Lost in the 1940s. Copious tea drinker. Loving Lake District life. Published by DP Books & Northodox Press. Shortlisted for RetreatWest First Chapter Prize 2025.
CYA Conference @cyaconference.com Children, Young Adult, and Adult Writers’ and Illustrators’ Conference, is for writers and illustrators of all ages, all genres.
CYAConference.com
Jeremy Eagan ⊬ 📘 @jeagan.bsky.social Author, have ASD, love baseball, Trek, and TØP. The Sleep Directive out now.
jeremyeagan.com
Marc Zammit @marczammit.bsky.social Director🎬 | Producer 🎥| Actor 🎭 CEO Aptitude Films, Skylark Vision.
Homeless Ashes, Witch, JITTERS
Trish Grace Malone @tgracemalone.bsky.social Lived in 7 states & 3 countries- not an army brat- just the spawn of an adventurous mama. Writer, artist, & pro listener - books for kids and adults - represented by Stephen Fraser of JDLlit. Still have invisible friends.
https://www.trishgracemalone.com
Kevin Ashton 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇬🇱🇩🇰🇵🇸 @kevinashton.bsky.social Called a thing the Internet of Things—Wrote HOW TO FLY A HORSE and THE STORY OF STORIES—https://storyofstori.es/buy—He/Him—Agents: Richard/Inkwell (Literary)—Mary Ellen/Leigh Bureau (Talks). Austin, TX—I don't argue or debate.
@damroncox.bsky.social @damroncox.bsky.social 
Eric Fomley @ericfomley.bsky.social I write science fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories and flash fiction. Read my stories on ericfomley.com!
Eric Bell @ericbellwriter.bsky.social Middle grade writer of ALAN COLE IS NOT A COWARD and ALAN COLE DOESN'T DANCE. Kidlit teacher, workshop facilitator, freelance editor. Queer, neurodivergent. He/him. Rep: Christa Heschke, Daniele Hunter. https://iamericbell.com/
Nimblewitlit Mag @nimblewitlit.bsky.social Epistemic Literary's new adventure for a young audience!
Our all ages eMag will extend the conversation to a younger audience by exploring similar themes.
Issue 1: https://epistemiclit.com/nimblewitlit/taking-a-stand/
www.EpistemicLit.com/nimblewitlit
Liz Brownlee @lizpoet.bsky.social I'm a children's poet, I love writing animal and shape poems, and the children's poetry world! National Poetry Day Ambassador. Dog Owner. Book reader. Coffee drinker. Friend. Between Bristol and Bath.
PJScribbansAuthor @pjscribbansauthor.bsky.social Author of atmospheric mysteries
Hidden motives, psychological intrigue & unexpected twists.
See linktr.ee/paul.j.scribbans for books, socials & more.
Sheila M Averbuch @sheilamaverbuch.bsky.social Children's #author of middlegrade thriller FRIEND ME (Scholastic Press). Studied history & literature at Harvard. From US & Ireland. Living in Scotland. NEW BOOK: PITCH YOUR BOOK - write the letter that hooks an agent on your novel bit.ly/SMApitchorder
Jacqueline West @jacquelinewest.bsky.social Author (MG/YA: THE BOOKS OF ELSEWHERE, LAST THINGS, LONG LOST, etc.). Poet. Parent. Cemetery wanderer. Usually covered with ink and dog hair. HWA, SFPA. www.jacquelinewest.com
Jonathon Cain - Middle Grade Author and Illustrator @jonathoncain.bsky.social He/Him. I write and illustrate middle grade fantasy novels. Love musical theater. Animation. Illustration.
pamelakramer.com @pamelakramer.com Avid reader & book reviewer, animal rescue, native gardener. Retired lawyer & teacher. Reviews books at Pamelakramer.com & Bookreporter. Loves to share great books, find a perfect home for homeless dogs/ cats. I believe in democracy. 
Benjamin Boche, PhD @benjaminboche.bsky.social Associate Professor of Education at Valparaiso University. Kidlit enthusiast. Always looking to learn and grow.
Abby Vail @abbyvail.bsky.social Horror author- middle grade through adult
Bassist 🤘🏼
WRITHE 2025 Sobelo Books
BAD MANOR 2027 Sley House Publishing
abbyvailauthor.com
Angela Wooldridge @angw.bsky.social Writer of short stories and MG
#GoldenEggAcademy
Terri Farley @terrifarley.bsky.social Writer, recovering teacher, advocates for the wild, love selkies, dogs, cats, brainy outsiders.
PHANTOM STALLION books w Simon & Schuster ORDER here http://bit.ly/3BoMfnd Check out my new website TerriFarley.com
Blair N Williamson, Children's Author @theislandwriter.bsky.social Award-winning #kidlit author / Ocean Activist / Retired Scuba Instructor and Boat Captain bringing a unique voice from the ocean. Rep'd by Andie Smith and CMA Lit
Mariel Jungkunz @marielm.bsky.social Mamá bear | Editor | Journalist | DREAMS OF GREEN ('23) | Las Musas Books | Macondista | 🇵🇷 | heysunnyside on IG | RWJF Culture of Health Leadership Institute for Racial Healing
Meg Gaertner is OPEN to submissions @meggaertner.com Managing #kidlit Editor @fluxbooks.bsky.social + @jollyfishpress.bsky.social. YA/Adult sff writer. Shortlisted for the Page Turner Writing Award + Oxford/Pushkin Children's Books Fantasy Prize. CHASING STARS (hi-lo MG) out now! she/her.
Diana Renn @dianarenn.bsky.social Author of six mysteries for kids, teens, and adults, including TOKYO HEIST and middle grade eco-mysteries THE OWL PROWL MYSTERY and TROUBLE AT TURTLE POND. Book coach, editor, creative conservationist, backyard detective. 
@jacquelinedavies.bsky.social @jacquelinedavies.bsky.social 
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 📱✨️📚😁❤️🍁
A.B. Queen @abqueen.bsky.social Author of the middle-grade fantasy series The Curiosity Collection, available on Amazon.
Sandy Grubb @sandygrubb.bsky.social Sandy Grubb is the author of Just Like Click, a contemporary middle grade superhero adventure story for a new era! Represented by Stephanie Cardel. #mg #kidlit
Mo Netz @moosenetz.bsky.social MG and YA author. They took the boy out of the trailer park and now there's a trailer park rolling through NYC. Frightens children.
N.J. Gallegos is Dr. Spooky (she/her) @drspookyer.bsky.social I like big cats. ER doc. Horror author. Artist. Cohost of The Scream Kings Podcast. Member of HWA. Pro-choice. BLM. I voted for her. Star Wars & BravoTV fanatic. She/her. 🌊🏳️🌈
Personal site: https://njgallegos.com
Podcast: https://www.screamkingspodcast.com
Carol Mahoney @caroltheteacher.bsky.social Children’s librarian and head of libraries @ the Key School in Annapolis, MD
Lynn Katz @lynnkatzauthor.bsky.social Author, educator, grandmother, lover of kidlit
Susan Drew @susandrewwrites.com Kid Lit Writer. Author of Sadie Does Not Like Sorries.
Follow me here:
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Art shop: https://susandrewart.net/
Newsletter: www.substack.com/@susandrew
Intagram: www.instagram.com/_susandrew/
Lee Ballard @leeballardbooks.bsky.social Novice Writer of Chapter Book Series, Experienced Grandmother, Almost Graduate of SNHU, Gladly Retired, Shivering Chicago Resident, Extreme Novice Website Developer (mine only), Longtime lover of life!
www.LeeBallardBooks.com
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
Michael Kaufman @kaufmanwrites.bsky.social Writer--mysteries, YA and non-fiction. Worked in 50 countries engaging men to support women's rights & positively transform men's lives. Latest: "The Male Ally Handbook" & "Moon Storm Rising" (K Quinn) & "The Last Resort" both with climate change themes