Tfthggggttrf @feather.bsky.social Fujichia Castle Groundskeeper
Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social Reporter at steveahlquist.news covering Rhode Island Politics and Social Justice
Proudly anti-fascist
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Gwen!!! @poodlewool.bsky.social Artist based out of Seattle!!!!!
Gwendolynwood.com/shop
ko-fi.com/poodlewool
patreon.com/poodlewool
Kate Berube @kateberube.bsky.social NY Times bestselling illustrator & author of picture books • HANNAH & SUGAR • MAE’S FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL • JOHN’S TURN • WILLOW THE WHITE HOUSE CAT
Summit County Libraries @summitlibraries.bsky.social #1 Most Followed Library in the USA!
https://summitcountylibraries.org/
Located in beautiful Summit County, Colorado.
Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic @grubreport.bsky.social I write NYT-bestselling things. Things that children read.🖖🏻 Books in 2026: THE NEW CAT. More coming. MN-raised, CA-aged. She/her Rep: Jenn Laughran/ABLA Profile art: @cpark.bsky.social Go Blue!
https://www.stephanielucianovic.com
Chechula @chechula.bsky.social Comic artist, animator, illustrator, dwelling in Beskydy hills ♥
COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN ;3
Email: chechula@email.cz
Portfolio https://cara.app/chechula/portfolio
Aya Rothwell (SPX Table D3B!) @akadoristudios.bsky.social Comics and art from Aya. www.ayarothwell.com SciComm at bsky.app/profile/ayabiology.bsky.social
Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social She/her. Picture book writer/illustrator.
Rep: @swekstein.bsky.social
2024 Round Table Mentee, #PBParty Honorable Mention, #50PreciousWords HM.
Keep posting about your books; I want to read them!
sparklemarkers.com
Anine Bösenberg @anineillustration.com Scotland-based Illustrator
she/they
🇬🇧🇩🇪
https://www.anineillustration.com/
Con Rangers @ Dragon Con #1418 @theconrangers.com Merit badges for the most dedicated con-goers.
Next con: Dragon Con
Head rangers: @shoomlah.bsky.social, @hummeline.bsky.social, @azimedes.bsky.social & @aidanrae.bsky.social
Learn more & shop: conrangers.com
Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social Fiercely independent bookstore in Cambridge and Boston, MA
https://linktr.ee/portersqbooks
Libraries for the People @librariesftp.bsky.social A leftist library project
ngoziu @ngoziu.com NYT bestselling graphic novelist. DC Comics, The New Yorker. │rep'd by @chelseberly, business q's @grohac
ngoziu.com
Delano Brown @debrownst.bsky.social Author, Lover of the Word 🇯🇲 🇨🇦 Coming soon from @randomhousestudio in 2026 MY NEIGHBORHOOD - #PBRisingStar Alumni - CANSCAIP - SCBWI - #12x12ChallengeMember - Rep'd by @ArianaPhilips.bsky.social @jvnlainc
George @hannahtempler.com Hannah George Templer | 🏳️🌈lesbian | GLAAD-nominated, Eisner and Ignatz-winning cartoonist | she/any | COSMOKNIGHTS http://cosmoknights.space | http://www.hannahtempler.com | htempler@gmail.com
Kruttika Susarla @kruttika.bsky.social Illustrator & Cartoonist | www.kruttika.com
Emily Conklin @emzconk.bsky.social Marine Scientist/Advocate/Enthusiast | I like birds | she/her | Newport, RI hyperlocal | I pay too much attention for my own good | Opinions my own |
Andrea Tsurumi @atsurumi.bsky.social (they/them) Children's book author & illustrator, cartoonist, games lizard.
(Accident!, Crab Cake, I'm On It!, Mr. Watson's Chickens, Pop Goes the Nursery Rhyme & more)
andreatsurumi.com
Hi! I’m Moggs. @inkcap-art.bsky.social They/Them
Illustrator • Wood Burner • Mushroom Forager
Sometimes I just need to sit for a while and look at a lovely tree stump to reset my brain.
Currently looking for representation!
Here’s my website: https://moggsdrewsillustration.com/home.html
Evie Richner @evierichner.bsky.social Children’s book writer and illustrator. Artist. Teacher.
www.eviewoltilrichner.com
Jameela Wahlgren 🏳️🌈 🎨 @jameelawahlgren.bsky.social she/her
Art Director/Illustrator
(artists: please don't send your portfolios to my personal email)
www.jwahlgren.com
Koboldscrossing @koboldscrossing.bsky.social Maryland based illustrator and cartoon person
https://linktr.ee/koboldscrossing
ND Stevenson @gingerhaze.bsky.social 
Matthew Cordell @cordellmatthew.bsky.social Dad. Husband. Illustrator and author of books. 2018 Caldecott Medalist.
Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social Art director and concept artist, currently designing vampires at Netflix. Previously at Cyan, Valve, Campo Santo, HBO. Draws a lot of rocks and historical fashion. | ClaireHummel.com | linktr.ee/shoomlah
@anikeru.bsky.social @anikeru.bsky.social illustrator based in leipzig, germany 🍵
next con: POLARIS, Hamburg
🍅 instagram https://www.instagram.com/anikeru
🍅 SHOP & SNAIL MAIL https://anikeru.com
Britt Wilson @britterson.bsky.social Illustrator, Ceramic Artist, Slow Thinker.
https://www.brittwilson.ca/links
For just the pretty stuff: #brittwilson
LEE GATLIN @neilaglet.bsky.social 
Tiara Mack @mackdistrict6.bsky.social Senator for RI District 6. She/Her. Queer🌈 Rugby Player🏉Abortion Fundraiser 💜Protect Trans People ✊🏾🏳️⚧️ Pay a living wage 💵Tenant Rights 🏡
Anna Daviscourt ➡️Rose City E10 @annadaviscourt.bsky.social Illustrator, Author
#kidlit
No AI 🚫
I make books for kids and cool people
www.annadaviscourt.com
Betsy Bird @fuse8.bsky.social Blog about kids books? You bet (A Fuse #8 Production). Library degree? You know it. Books for kids? Seven. Books for adults about kidlit? Two. Podcasts about kids books? One (Fuse 8 n’ Kate). Having fun! https://afuse8production.slj.com
Erica Henderson @ericafails.bsky.social 3x Eisner winner. NYT Bestseller. I make comics + clothes.
Ehendoart at gmail dot com
Patreon.com/ericafails
Recent Books: 2024 Harley Quinn Annual, Danger and Other Unknown Risks, Parasocial, Dracula Motherfucker!
Photo by Robbins Studios
Sophie Page @ladlegull.bsky.social ❇️Illustrator 🌝
🐜Clay dioramas & drawings 🦋
🌟Children’s books & zines 🔔
🌼 sophiegenevapage.com 🕸️
🍎Shop: ladlegullgoods.com 🌷
Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social What Do People Do at the Science Museum (illus Qin Leng, 8.26)
Bathtime for Snow Monkeys (illus Yas Imamura,10.26)
Profile pic by Yas Imamura
Prettyokmaggie.com
Céline @petitcrocus.bsky.social 🌱 A gouache painter living in the French Alps
🌼 I like painting flowers and plants, love gardening, film photography and cats
IG: petit.crocus
Prints and Stickers :
https://www.petitcrocus.com/
johnasavoia @konatachan.bsky.social you ever had your photo taken by someone who takes good photos
www.johnasavoia.com
Brittany N. Williams @brittanyacts.bsky.social B-more's own. Actress & Author of The Forge & Fracture Saga. Head full of trivia, heart full of swordfights 
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/
Elizabeth Keenan @elizabethkeenan.bsky.social Writer. Editor. Former real estate agent. Former ethnomusicologist. 
Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social Internationally bestselling author of middle grade books: ⚡️ The Incorruptibles (coming 6/10/25), 🔎 Case Closed series, 🐙 Mythics series, 🐰 The Only Thing Worse Than Witches, 💰 Pilfer Academy, ✨ Wizardmatch.
she/her 🌈
Kate Hart @katehart.net author AFTER THE FALL + lots of anthos • UofA history grad student - Ozarks & Indian Territory • bead & fiber artist • co-owner Natural State Treehouses • Chickasaw citizen/Choctaw in Arkansas • she/her
https://linktr.ee/katehartbooks
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.
Bri G Cane @brigcane.bsky.social They/them. Aro af. YA spec author rep’d by @allielevick.bsky.social and mentored by @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social
🍉Free🇵🇸 Defend🇺🇦
Generative AI is theft. #writingcommunity
Darian Bianco @darianbianco.bsky.social Managing Editor at Apex Book Company. Writer. Reader. Teacher. Coffee Addict. Dog Mom. Rep: @allielevick.bsky.social
Elle Grenier @elleoftheball.bsky.social Author of THIS WRETCHED BEAUTY (Feiwel & Friends/Titan Books, February 2026). Mellow Dramatic. Franco-canadienne. The world’s top Cats (2019) enthusiast. || She/they
Rep: Alexandra Levick, Writers House
linktr.ee/ellegrenier
shafer brown @shaferbrown.com flat fantasy and rpg illustration by some queer in the hills of western NC
commissions open - shaferbrownillus@gmail.com
shaferbrown.com
patreon.com/shaferbrown
Sabina is ready for spooky season @sabinaywong.bsky.social SCBWI. Writer and reader of all things speculative. Witchy vibes. Strange and eldritch. AAPI 🫱🏼🫲🏽 Latina. Words in lit mags and Best Microfiction 2023. she/her
https://linktr.ee/SabinaYWong?fbclid=PAAabKH4eYVZVNxyFf_8Kh-1VZV-vF5_qn5ZOusYU2NmDCT
Lisa Kahn Schnell @lisakschnell.bsky.social Artist, naturalist, author of HIGH TIDE FOR HORSESHOE CRABS. Creature Conserve Fellow. RPCV (Forestry, Ghana). 
🎴 高 | irene koh 🎴 @koh.money 🌽 Professional comic artist & illustrator, from Korra & Overwatch comics to Fortnite loading screens. PGG Xrd TO 【imouto】, vtuber. 日本語も一応🆗
#Rev2Forev2
🎴 http://koh.money
🪽 https://angelarcade.net
🎁 http://patreon.com/koh
📺 http://twitch.tv/kohquette
Stan Yan - Kidlit Graphic Novelist @zombicatures.bsky.social THE MANY MISFORTUNES OF EUGENIA WANG (‘25 JLG Selection)
@SCBWIRockyMtn member
#kidlitartinstructor at @cuddlefishacademy
#aapi #rosebudauthor
Rep: @annmrose at Marsal Lyon Literary
stanyan.me
AI, NFT, Crypto, MAGA gets you blocked
Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social TV & standup & improv & podcasts, hardly any movies
paulftompkins.com/live
Jillian Tamaki @dirtbagg.bsky.social Bump on a log
Heegyum Kim @heegyum-kim.bsky.social Picture book author-illustrator. www.mrfox.nyc
Julia Mills @jamills.com Author/illustrator I AM STUCK Clarion, '23
ROBINSON'S NEW THING Clarion, '25
Public school art educator
Knitter
Zoe Persico @zoepersico.bsky.social HOW TO TALK TO YOUR SUCCULENT 2025. Author & Illustrator. She/Her. Work inquires to persico.zoe at gmail and/or to Natascha Morris at Tobias Literary https://zoepersico.com/
The Providence Eye @thepvdeye.bsky.social Community journalism focused on stories about #Providence by Providence residents. Proud member of the Institute for Nonprofit News. pvdeye.org
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
こまちみゆた @comatimiyuta.bsky.social artist・illustrator/in Japan/紙に筆で手描き絵を描きます。
online shop⇒http://myunmyunmyun.booth.pm
Louie Zong @everydaylouie.bsky.social musician/illustrator/animator/etc.
https://www.louiezong.com
Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com Minneapolis. Author and illustrator of award-winning comics and funnybooks. Keeps hens. Tells fortunes. Is queer. I cannot tell if you're joking. Literal* cartoon. He/him, They/them
Support my work: patreon.com/trungles
Links: https://bio.site/trungles
Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social https://www.bodegacats.nyc
Lindsey Leigh 🐌 @linseedling.bsky.social Illustrator/Author of The Deep! and The Dark! (Penguin Workshop) http://linktr.ee/linseedling She/Her. I love art, nature, and horror books/movies. 
Karen Czap @charmgardens.com Cartoonist, X-Men Fan, Sunfly Believer, Tall Cool Vulnerable & Luscious, FFG, Greatest of All Taurus (*they*)
🌸🌷🌼
https://linktr.ee/charmgardens
Mar Julia ➰〰️➰ @marjulia.bsky.social 🇩🇴 & 🇮🇪🇮🇹 🌿 they/them 🌱 cartoonist, illustrator, occasional florist 🌻 half of datura magazine 🌸 BROWNSTONE from versify, out now 🌎 bmore, md.
marjulia.itch.io
daturazine.carrd.co
🍉🍉🍉
Hollymae Designs @hollymaedesigns.bsky.social She/Her | Artist inspired by nature and all things wild 🐾🍄 Rhode Island #art #illustration
Roger Williams Park Zoo @rwpzoo.bsky.social Join us in conserving wildlife & wild places! #RWPZoo
Endpapers @endpapers.bsky.social Sharing and celebrating the endpapers of children’s literature.
Olivia When @oliviawhen.com Children's book illustrator, 2D animator, dog observer ✏️🐕
she/her
✧ Read The Day Leap Soared!
→ oliviawhen.carrd.co
Amy Benoit @amybenoit.bsky.social Late night dreamer, early morning riser, picture book writer, lover of all-things-Cape Cod, follower of Jesus, and mostly happy go lucky optimist. 
JenStewart4RI.bsky.social @jenstewart4ri.bsky.social State Representative for District 59 - Oak Hill, Woodlawn, Pawtucket, R.I. Teacher and Community Advocate. A Brave Voice for Rhode Island.
valerie 🌷🐌 @snailerie.co Illustrator and Designer 💫 drawing a lot of critters 🌷 sometimes making little paper goods 🐌
https://www.valerie-nelson.com/
https://snailerie.co/
David Morales @davidmoralespvd.bsky.social Democratic State Rep. running for Mayor of Providence to tackle the affordability crisis & deliver a Providence for All. Join our grassroots movement!
Debbie Ridpath Ohi (Work-Only) @work.debbieohi.com This is my work-only broadcast acct with updates about what I'm working on. Not all kidlit. Also see https://debbieohi.com/newsletter/ 🇨🇦
For my main feed w/ ALL my nerdy interests, replies: @DebbieOhi.com
https://debbieohi.com/links/
たにこうたろう☀︎ @tanikotaro.bsky.social 画家・絵本制作／ILLUSTRATION2026掲載👏／動物たちの世界／岩絵具(日本画材)で制作／絵本作家になりたい／いかなる理由において第三者による無断著作物利用は禁止／通販→ https://tanikotaro.booth.pm (不定期)
https://potofu.me/tani0301kita
⚠️無断転載・使用禁止、AI学習禁止
Sara Alfageeh @saraalfageeh.bsky.social Illustrator + Marketer 🌿 Forbes 30 Under 30 🌿 Author of picture book NOT YET and award-winning comic SQUIRE 🌿 co-founder
One More Multiverse
Portfolio: Sara-Alfa.com
Say hello at alfaillustration@gmail.com
Lauren Marie @laurenmarie39.bsky.social Marketing at HarperCollins Children's Books 📚
New York City Mama 💞
Elder Millennial 👵🏻- S @sadillustrations.bsky.social @sadillustrations.bsky.social
Rhoda Perdition @rhodaperdition.bsky.social Cartooning and animation! 
Susanna Chapman @susannachap.bsky.social Illustrations, design, murals
rep: Andrea Morrison at Writers House
Jessica Goecke @jessicagoecke.bsky.social Children’s book author + illustrator | 🖋️🎨BILLY AND THE HOLE (Flamingo Books 2026) | 🎨 IF MY SISTER WERE A WORM (Holiday House 2026)
Rep: Christie Megill at The CAT Agency
https://linktr.ee/jessicagoecke
Jayden An @jaydenduchuyan.bsky.social ✨Jayden An✨
🌈 Featured illustrator on SCBWI
⭐️ Proudly represented by Aliza R. Hoover at The CAT Agency 🐈🐈⬛
📚|TALKING TO WORMS 02/2027|
🍀Portfolio and Social media handles:
https://bit.ly/m/jayden_an_illust
Louis Decrevel @loueee.bsky.social - Writer/illustrator/cartoonist
- PBParty Illustration Showcase
- PB Rising Stars Mentorship winner
- Australian Society of Authors Mentorship winner
- Faber Writing Academy Scholarship winner
visit http://www.Loueee.com for more ✌️😎
GP Bell @gpbellbooks.bsky.social ✍🏾 Picture Book Writer
🌴 Daughter of the Caribbean 🇻🇨 🇱🇨 and old Brooklyn
🌎 #SCBWI
🎓 2024 #PBRisingStars Mentee Alum
🔎 Seeking Representation
https://gpbellbooks.com
Carrie Logsdon McCullough @zoodocwrites.bsky.social Mom, Grammy, retired zoo dentist, kidlit author, Regional Advisor #SCBWI Ohio Central & South, #12x12, #CtC, #STA, #PBRisingStar mentee ‘24&’25, PBRS Collective, Back in the query trenches carrielogsdonmccullough.com
Lisa Healy @lisaahealy.bsky.social #Kidlit author | #pbrisingstars 2024 mentee | #PBParty 2023 Honorable Mention | #SCBWI | #12x12 | #amquerying |
Tiffany Obeng | Author Attorney Advocate @sugarcookiebooks.bsky.social Hi, I'm Tiffany Obeng and I equip organizations and individuals dedicated to improving literacy rates among Black children and Black boys with a curated collection of diverse and engaging children's picture books.
Joy Nicolas @joynicolasdraws.bsky.social Author/Illustrator - Child Life Specialist
IG: @joynicolasdraws
PB Rising Stars Alumna 2024
Shristi Vaidya - Children’s Book Writer @shristivaidya.bsky.social Picture book author 📚| #PBParty '26 & '25 Finalist | #PBRisingStars 2024 Mentee ✨| #SpringFlingKidLit ‘24 winner 🌸 | SCBWI | 🇳🇵| LGBTQIA+ ally🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️⚧️
Amélie Fléchais @amelieflechais.bsky.social Comic book author/ visual development artist
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
Blythe Williams @blytheawilliams.bsky.social PBParty Finalist ('26)
Write Kidlit NOW! Scholarship Recipient ('25) ✍️
#PBRisingStar! ('24)
FallWritingFrenzy Honorable Mention ('23)
#12x12PB/#SCBWI/#KidlitAuthor/✡️Mama of 2/#pb #pbnf #sel
Frankie Pittorf @frankiehotwheels.bsky.social They/Them
Syracuse University BFA 22'
Resident Artist at The Steel Yard 22-23
Ceramicist
✨⭐🍎 🚀 🍏 🦕 🖍️✨⭐
Who's got the chalk?
binglin @binglin.bsky.social 冰 ✧ { 𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙜-𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 } ✧ 他 / he / they
multidisciplinary creator working in illustration, design, comics, poetry, sci-comm, textile, & the intersections within. queer as in always been here, always will be.
binglin.work ✧ seatoad.bigcartel.com
Colin Geller @teamcolin.bsky.social Laid off Principal Concept Artist at id Software
Working on DOOM: The Dark Ages
https://www.artstation.com/colingeller
lily hoang-zhu 🍎 @ Singapore PTS & ANYC @liliuhms.com illustrator & designer! ✏️ i run an art shop for my original goods & happy knick knacks! i also dabble in picture books! / denver, co
linktr.ee/liliuhms
Julie Benbassat @juliebenbassat.bsky.social Philly Illustrator | Avid Sketcher | Soft Tofu Stew Lover
Mungo On His Own (2026)
WEBSITE: https://www.juliebenbassat.com/
CONTACT: mail@juliebenbassat.com
Yu Kito Lee “Yuey” @studio-yuey.bsky.social Hello! I’m Yuey, a Japanese #Kidlit illustrator and a mama of 3 based in Los Angeles.
Represented by Kait Lee Feldmann at KT Literary.
Member of #SCBWI.
https://www.studio-yuey.com
✉️ hello@studio-yuey.com
Jen Gubicza (rhymes with pizza) @jengubicza.bsky.social Picture book author & illustrator rep’d by Kait Feldmann at KT Literary
Working in 3D stop-motion puppetry & 2D digital. Portfolio: jengubicza.com
Designer & maker of stuffed animal faux taxidermy (no actual animals harmed in the making) Zooguu.com