Sonja McGiboney, Author @sonjamcg.bsky.social Sonja McGiboney is an author and photographer with a focus on children's literature. She created a series of concept PB called "Jazzy’s Books." She is focused on building her PB library with new stories.
AnneWritesKidlit @anneruggirello.bsky.social Picture book author 📚 Bluesky newbie
Watercolor dabbler 🎨 Lover of apple crisp
#KidLit #picturebooks #SCBWI #amwriting
Author Craig Read @craigread.bsky.social Dwayne And The Dinosaur Dilemma now available, either from myself paperback £10 each, or Hardback £15 each, or Amazon at £15 & £25
Andrea Noca @andreanoca.bsky.social 
Dmitry @dmitrygart.bsky.social Children's book illustrator ✏️ | Based in Israel | Open to commissions & collaborations | dmitryg.art
The Storytellers Foundation | The Storyteller's Shelf Podcast @tstorypodcast.bsky.social https://thestorytellersshelfpodcast.com 📚 Kidlit experts. 📖 We demystify publishing! | 🥇 Top 100 & Spotify Award-Winning Podcast | Home of The Big Bang Notable Book List & The Storytellers Summit Series | summit.getstoryrise.com
ligh7.bsky.social @ligh7.bsky.social Rise Relentlessly.
Becky Walker @beckywalkerbooks.bsky.social ✍️#Kidlit author (rep’d by Stephen Fraser)
📚Debut 2027, Charlesbridge
💻business owner
🧳explorer of the world
📰news junkie
👋🏼Love making friends!
https://linktr.ee/beckysuzannewalker?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
#KidlitZombieWeek @kidlitzombieweek.bsky.social Hosts of #KidlitZombieWeek 2026, @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @rebecca-ensign.bsky.social @monicafreewoman.bsky.social @janmilusich.bsky.social @drenderturmaud.bsky.social @kcstrocchia.bsky.social
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/kidlit-zombie-week/
Aishwarya Tandon @toondoon1010.bsky.social 🎨 Illustrator & Cartoonist (she/her)
📚 Clients include Scholastic, PRH, HarperCollins US, Beaming Books US & more.
📝 Rep'd by Claire Draper (Au Literary Management)
🌐 www.aishwaryatandon.com
Emily Grandin @emilyink.bsky.social I draw album covers by day and bunnies by night. 
Derry Sketcher @derrysketcher.bsky.social Near-Derry based artist-illustrator. Mainly work with pet and animal portraits.
Email: derrysketcher@gmail.com
@butterflygardens.bsky.social @butterflygardens.bsky.social 🇺🇸Christian Liberal, 💍 Married, 👩🏻🦼➡️Mobility Challenged, BLM, LGBTQ Ally 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️Climate Change is Real 🌎
Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 Elbows up! 🇨🇦
NO MAGA! 🤮 🚫NO KINGS!!!
🏴 ☘️🇮🇪 🇬🇧🇩🇰🇳🇱🇨🇭🇸🇪
Nathasha Padrón @muakata.bsky.social ♾️🌈 Children’s Books Illustrator | TTRPG | Books
https://links.muakata.com/
T.E. Bean @tebean.bsky.social debut novel ♾️ 𝙄𝙉𝙁𝙄𝙉𝙄𝙏𝙀 𝙉𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏 𝙀𝙔𝙀𝙎 ♾️ arriving November 2026 from Black Spring Press (UK) + via Simon & Schuster (US/Can) rep: Katharine Sands
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
Juanita Londoño | Kidlit Illustrator @juanitalondo8o.bsky.social 🩷Rep’d by Robyn Newton at @the_bright_agency
🌼Clients: HarperCollins, Simon and Schuster, Quarto, Familius, Target
🖍️Domestika course
@mollythemoggie.bsky.social @mollythemoggie.bsky.social 
Gabby Correia Illustration @gabbycorreia.bsky.social Award winning Children's Book Illustrator from South Africa. Member of SCBWI
Proudly represented by @illoagency
http://www.gabbycorreia.com/
#kidlit
Rain @simplyrain.bsky.social Friend. Educator. Librarian. Employed. Artist. Patron. Advocate. Ally. Accomplice. Coconspirator. Activist. Listener. Caregiver. Human. And MUCH more. Need my creds? Ask! Personal account--thoughts are my own. she/they
emmy @horrorhippies.bsky.social 𓃦 ↟ Tattoo, Animation & Illustration ↟ 𓃥
↟ Austin TX ↟
✸ Creator of Memory Box ✸
⇸ • Contact: horrhipp[at]gmail • ⇷
🏳️🌈 💛🤍💜🖤
jks (she/they) @jkshields.bsky.social 💙📚 ReligionNerd; Libraries
How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks ~Sayers
🏳️🌈. BLM. Protect 🏳️⚧️.
End the warcrimes. Open borders. End Prisons. Eat the Rich.
Sandy Jonas @sandyjonas.bsky.social Author/illustrator, she/her kidlit and cozies 🇨🇦 SCBWI member
Rep’d by Maura Kye-Casella
Δ Ren Aviel Zohara @prismaticstreams.bsky.social Artist, mentor and creative catalyst. 🌀 Located on Ngunnawal & Ngambri land. Canberra, Australia 🇦🇺 https://linktr.ee/prismaticstreams
K. Risa Mcloughlin @krmclough.bsky.social Hi there, I draw children's books (and sometimes even write them)- why don't you stay a while?
🏳️🌈
(Los Angeles based)
Repped by Lori Steel at SteelWorks Literary
https://www.krmcloughlin.com/
MrsPowellsBooks @mrspowellsbooks.bsky.social K-2nd grade librarian & Author of THE LIBRARY KITTY book duo and HEROES NEED HELP (a chemo themed picture book written with my college kid).
AcademicPlayBooks.com
Tori Kate @torikateillo.bsky.social canadian kidlit illustrator ✏️ & full time mama
i love joyful, silly and heartwarming characters ✨
rep’d by Analía Cabello @ ABLA @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
portfolio: www.torikateillustration.com
email: torikcole@gmail.com
Annely So @annely-so.bsky.social Kid lit illustrator and writer, educator, and outdoorsy girl.
Rep’d by @essiewhite.bsky.social at Essie White Literary
www.annelyso.com
Ellie Thorel @elthorel.bsky.social Retired nurse, artist, aspiring author/illustrator, looking for representation, book lover (you can never have too many books), nature lover.
Kevin Soeria Jaya @drawnbykevin.bsky.social Children Book Illustrator
Seeking for representation
Work/ Collaboration: drawnbykevin@gmail.com
www.drawnbykevin.net
Ruth Williams @rooph.bsky.social Writer and illustrator. Tea fancier. Morning denier. NE-SCBWI Competition Winner. PBParty Finalist.Tassy Walden Award Finalist. Illustration Department mentee. www.madebyruth.com. instagram.com/rooph.pix/.
Holly McCoach @coachmchollyart.bsky.social 📜 Illustrator
📚 Children’s Books
📖 SCBWI
👤www.hollymccoach.com
Jasmine Faye @jasminefayefreitas.bsky.social I am a Canadian illustrator who loves #fantasy, #magic, and #halloween!
🔗 https://www.jasminefaye.art
💌 jasminefayefreitas@gmail.com
#illustration #art #childrensillustration #kidlitart
Jack Foster @jackfoster14.bsky.social Jesus follower, Kid lit illustrator, father, grandfather, animal lover
Schrill_art @schrill-art.bsky.social Rp: @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social at @bookendsliterary.bsky.social | she/her | Brush-creator & illustrator based in Berlin | Portfolio & shop:
https://www.schrill-art.com
Show the art you did with my brushes: #schrillbrushes
Lucy Corrina @lucycorrina.bsky.social Senior 3D Artist at Unity
Also Illustrator & Picturebook Creator
Aaaaand I won an award once 😄
Colourful and wibbly wobbly is always best
I make posters for kids, link 👇
https://linktr.ee/lucycorrina
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.
Maria is Writing @mariakidlit.bsky.social #Kidlit PB/MG writer and enthusiast
Parent
Bunny person
#Scbwi
Nature
Foodie
Kevalkumar @kevalkumar.bsky.social Motivational Quotes Writer
Nadiad, Gujarat, India 🇮🇳
Contact:+918866868474
⭐️Yume⭐️ @yumeora.bsky.social 28 años She/Ella Español/Inglés 🇵🇷 Artista🎨Actriz de voz/doblaje 🎤 Autista ♾️ Creadora de Enchanted Star y Dark Worlds ⭐️👻
OldeHippi🦋 @oldehippi.bsky.social Woodstock '69 alumni. Artist, writer/poet, vegetarian. Adore nature, animals, birds. Grateful to Jack for Twitter (B4 it was 'hacked') and Bluesky. Banned from Twitter right after BigHead dumped that sink into Twitter HQ.
No AI 🚫 no DM
Allison Strick @byallisonstrick.bsky.social Kid Lit Creator--PB, CB, GN, illustrations. Rep'd by Adria Goetz of KT Literary. She/her Instagram @ByAllisonStrick www.allisonstrick.com
Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social Poet, New York Times bestselling author of Paleolithic Era novels, nonfiction writer, award-winning screenwriter.
https://marymackey.com/
Lily ✨illustrator @lilinway.bsky.social 🦄 Children’s book illustrator ✨
Whimsical, story-driven art for young readers.
Open to new projects & seeking representation.
Portfolio: http://lilinway.com
AllAuthor @allauthor.bsky.social AllAuthor Official Account. 
Sonya Afnan @sonyaafnan.bsky.social Writer | illustrator | Iraqi-Chaldean † | SCBWI
Rep: Jordan Hamessley at JABberwocky Lit Agency
www.sonyaafnan.com/portfolio
VWonders @vwonders.bsky.social I’m too tired to write a description. Maybe later. Peace, love, and sleeep…🥱😴😴
Walter Croncat @mewscast.bsky.social 🐱 Most trusted mewsman on a perch.
📰 Sharp analysis + actual sources
Anna🐱 @theartistac.bsky.social 🎨🌈 Picture book Author/Illustrator! bi,
(she/her) ✨Commissions open!✨
Jasmine G @jasminegardens.bsky.social Mom, gardener, pagan blue dot in a red state.
#BlackLivesMatter
#LoveisLove
Nora Racz @noridraws.bsky.social Hi, I’m an illustrator living in the UK and I like drawing cute things! 😊
norasillustrations.co.uk
Wiredtiger (Glen j stroup) @wiredtiger.bsky.social Glen j stroup
Jo Cardillo @jocardillo.bsky.social Painter, writer, and consumer of 9 servings of veggies daily (trying).
Kim Pfennigwerth @kpfennigwerth.bsky.social PB writer Sea Turtle Nest Patroller Boxer Rescue Foster Mom Mom Nana kayaker #Kidlit #SCBWI #InkedVoices she/her
Kate Grigoreva @kategrigoreva.bsky.social Illustrator & children’s book author 🧚🏼♀️
Storyteller, storybeliever, vintage lover, immigrant🧳
Proudly rep’d by Chelsea Hensley at Mad Woman Literary Agency
www.kategrigoreva.com
Robert Dzudzar @robertdzudzar.bsky.social 📡 Astrophysicist 📈 Data Person
🎨 SciArt Illustrator & Children’s Book Author
Dogs UK @dogsuk.bsky.social Check out my new website for dog lovers https://tinyurl.com/PawsforTruth
Deborah Burn @allotmentnews.bsky.social Allotment News to inform and inspire.
Used to run this account on twitter 2011-2015.
Garden Media Guild member.
Day job @greenallotments
Proud owner of a PhD on Allotments
⛔️ no profile
今話題のトピックス - 日本 @trending-ja.bsky.social 日本の主要トレンドトピックを30分ごとに投稿します https://bsky.app/profile/trendingjapan.bsky.social/lists/3l5fppmrqqp2c 開発 @terraprotege.bsky.social terraprotege@gmail.com
Ronreon @ronreona.bsky.social Artist, Illustrator
Feather Dancer @feather-dancer.bsky.social Hi I'm Feather or Rook. I write and draw strange beasties/birds despite funky health issues and aphantasia. Aro Ace and a They/Them ~
Fuck AI and everybody who tries to claim it's a magical aide for disabilities. To even claim that is an insult.
Karyn Curtis @karyncurtiswrites.bsky.social Middle Grade, Picture Book writer, former editor, horse girl, #MGWaves
Sunny Side Down - The Comic @sunnysidedown-comic.com I’m Leif (he/him) — creator of the indie comic Sunny Side Down 🌻
A runaway with a heart condition, a bitter old hippie, and a stolen coffin on a roadtrip to the North Sea 🌊
New pages every Thursday:
https://sunnysidedown-comic.com/
To Crossfield 🇪🇺 🇬🇱 @sefarad.bsky.social 📔 Lazy old librarian #schoollibrary with cats, living history, archeology, #foodhistory, reading, books a. #littlefreelibrary
#buchclub and nordic #jazz
Bluesky elder 973.296🦋 #Sefarad.
🇺🇦 will never surender!
https://gutsbibliothek.romanica.de/
La Serrería @lafabricadehumo.bsky.social 
Jennifer Tarr @jennifertarr.bsky.social #picturebook writer, #12x12PB Gold Scholarship winner '26, often despairing Mets fan
Jessica Robin Harkey @jessicarobin.bsky.social 🍃✨Children’s Illustrator✨🍃
Currently Seeking Representation
✨Firm believer in all things mythical, magical and make-believe✨ SCBWI Member
www.jessicarobinharkey.com
💙💙💙💙💙💙Deb🐝💙 @deborahs82.bsky.social Author of children’s ebook on Barnes & Noble called Debbie adopts a Dog. Singer and songwriter. Published Poet. My sister, Dorothy married Barbie creator’s nephew. I am an advocate to get children reading. Married with kids and living in USA.💙☮️😊🐾🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🎶
Gnome Scarf @gnomescarf.bsky.social drawer of things and liker of Rings
cara.app/gnomescarf
Julian @minikinetic.bsky.social Illustrator, writer and art director. Children's books, graphic novels and other things.
Website: https://artbyjulianguy.com/
Dianna Wilson Sirkovsky @diannaws.bsky.social Dianna Wilson Sirkovsky writes for kids 🎃📚🐈⬛🇨🇦
Cat lover; baker; picture book maker. Author of James’ Reading Rescue + Just One Pebble-2024 Goddard-CBC award winner. www.Diannawilsonsirkovsky.com
#SCBWI #Amquerying
Erin Rew @erinrew.bsky.social Aspiring children's book author/illustrator navigating life with two little ones, a growing menagerie, and a love of travel. (She/Her) #amwriting #amquerying #SCBWI #12x12
https://erinrew.com
Gustavo Rinaldi @gusrinaldi.bsky.social Illustrator from São Paulo - Brazil (he/him) - 🚫 AI
Seeking representation
Website: gustavorinaldi.net
Instagram: @gus.rinaldi
#illustration #art #kidlitart #fantasyart
Anna Florsdefum @annaflorsdefum.bsky.social ✏️ illustrator and dreamer
🌱 herbal tea & books addict and nature lover
✉️ annaflorsdefum@gmail.com
www.annaflorsdefum.com
laripureza @laripureza.bsky.social desenho (às vezes) e vendo camiseta! https://umapenca.com/laripurezaloja/
#BRart 
jan dolby @jandolby.bsky.social Children’s Illustrator made in Newfoundland based in Toronto, Canada.
jandolby.com
https://linktr.ee/jandolby
Rep'd by @pageturnerlit.bsky.social
SamraeDuke @samraeduke.bsky.social Illustrator of nature, fairy tales, and fantastic creatures.
They/them🐉♏🐈☘️🌙✨
www.samraeduke.com
samraeduke@gmail.com
Cristian @cristianpintos.com Illustrator
Xàbia 🇪🇸 🇺🇾
https://cristianpintos.com/links
ValeTer @valeter.bsky.social Landscape and nature photography. Based in the US.
Web: nature.valeter.net
www.map-shaped.com — a tool where you upload a photo to create state- or country-shaped images, or generate maps of visited states, countries, or U.S. national parks.
edfredned @edfredned.bsky.social Kidlit books + comics author/illustrator, designer, maker, peruser, petter of dogs.
Portfolios: https://linktr.ee/edfredned
Side hustle: https://edfredned.etsy.com
Olga Komashko @sirenasdream.bsky.social Children’s Book Illustrator | represented by the Plum Agency | mom of two | SCBWI member
My portfolio:
www.olgakomashko.com
Sandra G James @sandragjames.bsky.social farmers’ markets - thrift stores - lover of words - cozy games - arts in all mediums - eclectic music - atmospheric gothic fiction - nonfiction and documentaries - teacher - picture books - aspiring author - #12x12PB member #SCBWI member 🇨🇦
Jenn Bower @jennbower.bsky.social Children's book author-illustrator from NC.
Rep'd by Lane Clarke at Ultra Literary
🌐 www.jennbower.com
BrianMcLachlan @brianmcl.com Website: http://brianmcl.com
COMPLETE THE QUEST: https://bitly.cx/aCyq
Comic Tutorial Videos: http://bit.ly/3EvX8CX
shop: http://brianmcl.threadless.com
Author of Spruce Street Squad in Owl Magazine
he/him demi/ace
#KidLitArt #TTRPG
Jessie Romigh @jessieromigh.bsky.social Children's book writer & illustrator seeking representation. Finding whimsy & humor with a dash of puns. Illustrations are hand-drawn, inked, & painted with watercolor. SCBWI-Austin Chapter. She/Her
www.jessieromigh.com
#kidlit #picturebook #kidlitart
Diandra Mae @diandramae.com 🇵🇷-Texan Illustrator 🖌️✂️🎨 | She/Her | ✨this✨close to wandering off into the woods forever 🏕️ Team#ADHD, so no method to my madness | TX ICE Impact Guide: https://tinyurl.com/TxICE |Portfolio: diandramae.com |
Rep’d by Carrie Hannigan at hgliterary.com
Paula @paulajbecker.bsky.social Illustrator/cartoonist/writer. Clients include, Random House, Highlights, Owlkids, KidCanPress, Scholastic, etc.
www.paulajbecker.com
www.instagram.com/paulajbecker
Elizabeth Metz @thefinestmuffins.bsky.social Illustrator, writer, nonprofit staffer, Reds fan, bookworm, pedestrian, houseplant and voting rights enthusiast. She/her. What, people who like baseball can't like books?
📍Cincinnati, OH
https://www.elizabeth-metz.com
Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social Children’s Author | Idahoan | AABB | Hamline MFAC
The Good Little Mermaid’s Guide to Bedtime🧜♀️😡
Crocodile Hungry 🐊🦩😭
Cats, eels, books, etc.
www.eijasumner.com
Marta Pilosio Illustration @martapilosio.bsky.social Italian author-illustrator with a passion for books, folktales, fairytales, legends and history. SCBWI member. Represented by Erzsi Deàk at Hen&ink Literary.
Mix Monsters @mixmonsters.bsky.social Coming Soon...
Your Kid, Our World, Their Adventure!
Customizable Books & Animated Series!
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To get your updates & early supporter perks 🌟 Join the mailing list on MixMonsters.club
Bee 🐝 @bee26.bsky.social Just trying to cling to a bit of sanity. First grade teacher, Dr. Pepper enthusiast.
🍃🌱🌿cathryn🌿🌱🍃 @cathryncreates.bsky.social 🌱27🌱she/her🌱artist🌱professional anxious lurker🌱BPD🌱queer🌱
🦖dinosaur enthusiast
🪲horror enjoyer
🐌 adventure time lover
🍃 edible consumer
🍏no age on profile, no follow back🍏
🍁mdni!!!🍁
Gabby @gabliotecaria.bsky.social 🇵🇷 in 🇬🇧. She/her. Proud trade union organiser & rep. Former public library worker. Views here are my own, not my employer's.
Rebecca Ensign @rebecca-ensign.bsky.social OTIS HAS A BAD DAY (2023)
Mom, Picture Book Author, LCMHC, Coffee Enthusiast, #InkedVoices Member & #PBParty 2025 Finalist!
1/6 of #kidlitzombieweek hosts.
www.rebecca-ensign.com
Rep'd by Michelle Witte (@michellewitte.bsky.social)
Marissa @emhonu.bsky.social Pacific Northwest 🌊 • Editor • VO Specialist on Guild Wars Franchise • #wawx #gamedev #kidlitart #britishcolumbia #aurora #wildfire #pnw
Nancy Stark Lee 🇨🇦 @drnancydraws.bsky.social #kidlit author-illustrator seeking representation | #PBRisingstars 2023 alum | SCBWI San Diego Own Voices Illustrator Award Winner 2024
https://linktr.ee/drnancydraws
Kandeel @olirhe.bsky.social She/her 📚 Writer & Illustrator | BA Creative Writing 🌛 | Currently reading: The Raven Scholar
Portfolio: Kandeelillustration.com
Burke Gerstenschlager @bleaktheology.bsky.social Finishing “Tears in Their Eyes: Joy Division as Theological Lamentation”. Former academic book editor. Religion & culture writer. Kierkegaardian. Antifascist. UT Austin Classics BA. YDS MDiv. Lutherpalian. Your post-punk counterweight to joy in Brooklyn.
Blair Shedd @onegemini.com Artist/Writer
Fan Favorite (apparently)
Critically Acclaimed (seriously)
Award Winning (at least one)
Comics/GNs
TV/Film
Books & More
VT Based
Mental Health: degrading.
He/Him
Pinoy-American
onegemini.com
Kickstarer for #TheWorldsBetweenUs LIVE!