Andie Smith @andiesmithbooks.bsky.social 📚 Associate Agent at Creative Media Agency
✍🏼 Editor at Sun & Spines Editorial
🎙️ Co-Host of Flublishing Podcast
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Toddling The Stacks @toddlingthestacks.com You should be reading #kidlit, and we'll help you see why.
A children's literature podcast by award-winning educator and Princeton-educated literature PhD @seangill.net
New episodes drop on Mondays!
http://www.ToddlingTheStacks.com
Janine Le @janinele.bsky.social Founder & Agent at Janine Le Literary Agency. Found outdoors or in a book.
janinele.com
jen rofé @jenrofe.bsky.social Senior Agent at Andrea Brown Literary Agency
www.jenrofe.com
www.andreabrownlit.com
Indigenous Bookshelf🌈🪶 @indigenousbooks.bsky.social @indigenousbookshelf on ig
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Hillary Fazzari @hillaryfazzari.bsky.social Lit Agent at @bradfordagents.bsky.social in San Diego, representing Kid Lit, New Adult, and Adult books.
👉 #MSWL: https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/hillary-fazzari
👉 Query Me: https://querymanager.com/query/3240
Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency @hslanews.bsky.social A boutique literary agency representing fiction for adults and children run by Hannah Sheppard (@hannahlitagent.bsky.social). Associate Agent Louise Buckley (@louisebuckley.bsky.social)
#WeNeedDiverseBooks
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Natascha @socalledyalife.bsky.social Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency. Account for #MSWL only. Query me at https://querytracker.net/query/natascha
Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/natascha
Website: www.nataschamorris.com
Word Up Community Bookshop / Librería Comunitaria @wordupbooks.bsky.social Collectively run non-profit bookshop & arts space in Washington Heights NYC 🗽 Check out our new space Recirculation!
Berkeley Public Library @berkeleypubliclibrary.org Your public library since 1893. Berkeley, CA, USA
Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social A multimedia literary and cultural arts magazine with an enduring commitment to the written word. https://lareviewofbooks.org/
Mandy @mldavisreads.bsky.social Multilingual children's librarian. Focus on collection development. Hobbies include gardening, backyard chickens and ducks, Orioles baseball, and genealogy. Reviews at https://www.goodreads.com/mldavisreads and storygraph. 
Lian Cho @liantomato.bsky.social Author and illustrator of many goofy books.
I won an award and I won’t shut up about it.
I also run a newsletter about my silly life.
People's Book @peoplesbooktakoma.com Mom 'n pop bookshop in downtown Takoma Park, MD. New books, hot zines, and Sunday storytimes. We're DC City Paper's Best Bookstore of 2026, 2025 and 2024. 👍 See upcoming events and membership options here: https://wfr.bio/peoplesbook
Kat Cho @katchowrites.bsky.social NYT & international best-selling chaos machine
📚 Gumiho duology | K-Verse Books | GODS & COMICS
🔜 HOUSE OF FORGOTTEN SOULS (Bloomsbury, 2027)
🇰🇷🌈
📱 tiktok/IG katchowrites
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she/her
Peter Lopez @peterlopez.bsky.social Author. Rep: Beth Phelan of Gallt & Zacker
Chelsea Hensley @chelseabigbang.bsky.social Probably watching Golden Girls
Beste Filiz @beste-filiz.bsky.social 
Melissa Manlove @mmanlove.bsky.social Executive Editor, Sourcebooks. She/her
Abbie James @abbiewjames.bsky.social #Kidlit Writer: PB, MG, YA. #SCBWI. Poetry.
Youth Services at a Public Library. Licensed Behavior Specialist.
Wife & Mom. Gardener/Hiker/Birder. Environmentalist. No AI. She/her
abbiewernerjames.com
Ruqayyah Daud @borahaze91.bsky.social Senior Editor at LBYR & Requited 📚 please don’t pitch me your book here! ❤️
Story Sunbirds @storysunbirds.bsky.social The Story Sunbirds Team: A Kidlit collective of authors and illustrators who stand up for children with all our hearts.
Sojung Kim-McCarthy @creativesojung.bsky.social Author-illustrator 🇰🇷🇬🇧 She/her
Agent: @agenthawk.bsky.social
My PB debut: BINNA’S DALGONA (2025)
tinyurl.com/3m7bpcd3
instagram.com/creativesojung
sojungkimmccarthy.art
sojungkimmccarthy@gmail.com
Hatem Aly @metahatem.bsky.social 🇨🇦🇪🇬 NYT Bestselling Illustrator. Made in Egypt, based in NB, Canada, and found in books. 🤗 (SOMEONE LIKE ME, Two Lions, JUN 2026) | Rep by: James Burns
https://linktr.ee/metahatem
KidLit TV @kidlittv.bsky.social 📚We're an Award-Winning website celebrating children's books & reading with Videos 🎥 Podcasts 🎧 KidLit Crafts & Activities 🎨 🏅An ALSC BEST DIGITAL TOOL 🐛CARLE HONOREE
Founder: Julie Gribble @juliegribble.bsky.social #kidlit
Vroman's Bookstore @vromansbookstore.bsky.social California's oldest independent bookstore since 1894, Vroman's Bookstore is your one stop shop for books, magazines, gifts, and more! We host 300+ bookish events annually. Hope to see you soon! : https://vromansbookstore.com/events/calendar
Blue Dot Kids Press @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social Books that engage a young reader's innate sense of wonder + empathy, connecting them to our global community + the pale blue dot we call home.
https://www.bluedotkidspress.com/
Bel Canto Books @belcantobooks.bsky.social Filipina founded indie bookstore with 3 Long Beach CA locations. 📚💗☕️ More at belcantobooks.net
Heegyum Kim @heegyum-kim.bsky.social Picture book author-illustrator. www.mrfox.nyc
Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com Independent publisher. Scotland, Taiwan & elsewhere. Directed by Hannah Stevens & Will Buckingham.
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LiteraryMickee @moomoomoose.bsky.social 
DK Ryland @dkryland.bsky.social Kidlit Author/Illustrator 
Carren Jao @carrenjao.bsky.social #Kidlit author Rep'd by @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @bradfordagents.bsky.social @LeeandLow New Voices award winner, #PBRisingStars '23 Alum #FilTheShelves.
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)
Hannah Ann Krueger @hanzzkrueger.bsky.social they/she
Brooklyn Queero
Wife & Mama
Author & Illustrator & Educator
Multidimensional Being
Andrew Katz @andrewkatzauthor.bsky.social #Kidlit author 🇨🇦. #picturebooks Editor and story coach. Forest of Reading nominee. Co-founder Picture Books, Eh! Upcoming: JACKIE'S DRAWING (2025) LITTLE HEARTS IN THE SNOW (2025). Recent: A STARLIT TRIP TO THE LIBRARY (2022). andrewkatzbooks.ca. He/him
Raquel Russo @raquelrussoo.bsky.social Illustrator, Designer, Writer & Cookie Lover
Rep’d by Taylor Martindale-Kean @fullcirclelit
E-mail: hello@raquelrusso.com
Website: www.raquelrusso.com
Kristin Varner @kristinvarner.bsky.social Kidlit illustrator, author and graphic novelist based in the Seattle area. DOG TROUBLE (First Second) out now! Horse nerd. Cheese enthusiast. Rep’d by Teresa Kietlinski at https://bookmarkliterary.com/
https://www.kristinvarner.com/
Corey King @ckinginator.bsky.social Children's book author, #SCBWI, MBA, musical theatre is my love language, Repped by Lindsay Auld of Writers House
Katie Wray Schon @katiewrayschon.bsky.social Book lover, mother, kidlit author & illustrator. Rep’d by Jennifer Mattson @ ABLA
www.katiewrayschon.com
Good Girl Books Los Angeles @goodgirlbooks.bsky.social Your new favorite women-owned indie bookstore and cafe. Arriving in Los Angeles Winter 2026.
Good Books 📚
Good Coffee ☕
Good Company 🫶
GoodGirlBooks.com
Owl Creek Books @owlcreekbooks.com Rare and vintage bookstore in Mid-city Los Angeles.
Open Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm & Sat, 9am-2pm
owlcreekbooks.com
Los Angeles Public Library @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social Free and easy access to information, ideas, books and technology that enrich, educate and empower every individual in our city's diverse communities.
American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Empowering and advocating for libraries and library workers to ensure equitable access to information for all. 🌎’s largest library association.
Find us at https://ala.org.
We follow the ALA Code of Conduct: https://www.ala.org/user-guidelines
Amber Akin 🍉🌷 @almondmilkart.bsky.social Cartoonist, educator, & illustrator from Massachusetts 🌿🐇 Find more from me here: https://amberakin.com 🫖 Contact: almondmilkart@gmail.com
📗 PENNY AND THE YETI (Papercutz)
Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social 🌈 Creative Development Director at Barefoot Books 👣
📍Arby's on McKnight Road
Jenna Waldman @jennawaldmanauthor.bsky.social Children's Author & Poet. 12x12 Rhyme Co-Elf. Bluesky Newbie.
A Purr-fect Passover '25, Purr-im Time! '23, Sharkbot Shalom '21, Larry's Latkes '21
Repped by Lisa Rambert-Valaskova/Transatlantic Agency
www.jennawaldman.com
IG: @jennawaldmanauthor
Aixa Pérez-Prado @professoraixa.bsky.social Mom, artist, writer, reader, professor, viajera, soñadora, bilingüe 🇦🇷📚https://www.aixaperezprado.com
Marietta Apollonio @mariettaa.bsky.social Author-illustrator of:
Wombat And The Family Tree
Jack The Library Cat
Traditional and digital illustration
Rep'd by Andrea Colvin Creative Agency
🐴 Equestrian Instructor
🐶 Dog and kid mom
🍰 Dessert lover
📚
https://www.mariettaapollonio.com
Samara Cole Doyon @samara-cole-doyon.bsky.social Author of Magnificent Homespun Brown, Magic Like That, Next Level. International Literacy Award Winner. Lupin Award Winner. Poet. Mom. She / her / hers
Melissa Taylor @imaginationsoup.bsky.social Writer, communications/marketing consultant, fmr teacher & teacher trainer, author. M.Ed. TOVA’S SWEET SOLUTION (4/2026), https://melissataylor.net https://imaginationsoup.net
Federico Erebia @federicoerebia.bsky.social PEDRO & DANIEL
Lammy Award - Winner
Intl. Latino BA - Winner x2
MA Book Award - Longlist
Ohio Book Award - Finalist
Crystal Kite Award - Honor Book
Américas Award - Commended Book
Linktree: linktr.ee/FedericoErebia
Website: FJEbooks.com
Hayley Lowe @hloweart.bsky.social Author/Illustrator found in 🇨🇦 and🇬🇧
✨Debut✨
THE PIE REPORTS - Orca Books Spring ‘24 (Hayley Lowe)
DIAPER KID - Owlkids Fall ‘25 (Loretta Garbutt/Hayley Lowe)
MEMORY STONES- Second Story Press, Fall 25 (Kathy Kacer/Hayley Lowe)
Algonquin Books @algonquinbooks.bsky.social 📍 Chapel Hill and NYC ❤️ Est. 1983 📚 Books for a well-read life.
PB Rising Stars @pbrisingstars.bsky.social We give experienced picture book creators the platform to pull up-and-coming, historically excluded creators up the turbulent publishing ladder.
www.pbrisingstars.com
Maria Wen Adcock @mariawenadcock.bsky.social Children's Book Author of "It's Chinese New Year, Curious George" and "My Name is Ai Lin" (released July 1, 2025). www.MariaWenAdcock.com
Patty Wurster @pattywurster.bsky.social Illustrator • Writer • Regional Advisor #SCBWI New York West/Central Upstate • MFA Indiana U
#kidlit #kidlitart
www.pattywursterstudio.com
Junco @junconagano.bsky.social juncostudio.com
Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social 🏴 Illustrator based in Scotland painting in gouache, ink & acrylic
📚 Represented by the Bright Agency
🏳️🌈 He/him
🌐 gordywright.com
🌐 linktr.ee/gordyjwright
Kris Easler @kriseasler.bsky.social Children’s book illustrator | Represented by Jen Rofé of Andrea Brown Lit Agency | she/her
www.kriseasler.com
kriseaslerart@gmail.com
Lenny Wen @lennywendraws.bsky.social Children's books author-illustrator
🌶️Spicy Spicy Hot! (LBYR)
👻Wolfgang in the Meadow (Clarion)
🐭Pippo's Perfectly Peculiar Days (Clarion)
✏️Sister Scribbles (Viking)
Represented by Christy Ewers @thecatagency.bsky.social
www.lennywen.com/links
Nada Shawish Dutka @nadawrites.bsky.social #kidlit author rep’d by https://bsky.app/profile/pterlip.bsky.social, https://bsky.app/profile/andreabrownlit.bsky.social. COOKIES AND CRESCENTS (Abrams): https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/cookies-and-crescents_9781419773327/
Yu-An Xie @yuanxie.bsky.social 👩🏻🎨 Illustrator and picture book maker
📍 Based in Taipei, Taiwan
📚 Represented by Lori Steel at SteelWorks Literary
Indigenous Editors Association @indigeditors.bsky.social Serving & advocating for Indigenous editors & storytellers. Tag us in your PAID opportunities for Indigenous people and we'll share!
https://linktr.ee/indigeditors
Indigenous-Aboriginal American Writers Caucus (IAAWC) @iaawc.bsky.social Indigenous-Aboriginal American Writers imparting field-related craft, pedagogy, celebrations, & concerns
nativewriterscaucus.wordpress.com
Asian Pacific American Librarians Association @apalaweb.org APALA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing leadership opportunities through informed dialogue that addresses the needs of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander library workers and those who serve these communities.
Jaena Rae @jaenarae.bsky.social Librarian, cultural architect, visibility agent. Runs on books, FilAm brilliance & the audacity to make public libraries feel like the main character.
https://linktr.ee/jaenarae
Charlotte Wenger @charlottewenger.com she/her | 📚 literary agent with Prospect Agency repping kidlit authors and illustrators | toddler mom | Greater Boston Area | opinions mine
🌻
www.charlottewenger.com
www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/charlotte-wenger
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
Emmeline Pidgen @emmelinedraws.bsky.social Kidlit illustrator/author & comic maker 🌿🌞
Literary agent: Thao Le. She/Her.
Mum of two tiny humans 💕
Linktree.com/emmelinedraws
Ines Ayala (she/her) @byinesayala.bsky.social 🌟#kidlit writer (PB/YA) | agent: @the1whowill | by lines @parents | ‘21-‘25 Communications Manager @latinxkidlitbf @lkbfstorytellers
Layla Fallah @laylafallah.bsky.social Agent Assistant at BookEnds Literary Agency
www.laylafallah.com/links
Katie L. Carroll @katielcarroll.com Award-winning author of books for kids, teens, and those who are young at heart
She/they
https://katielcarroll.com/
Kristy Everington @kristyeverington.bsky.social Kidlit author. ISOBEL ADDS IT UP w/AG Ford, Random House Studio. VCFA MFA. Likes books, tea, cake, and cats. Rep: @thejordache.bsky.social at Jabberwocky Literary Agency. SF Bay Area. 🇦🇺/🇺🇲 She/her
www.kristyeverington.com
Boyds Mills @boydsmills.bsky.social Boyds Mills positively impacts children by amplifying the voices of storytellers who inspire children to become their best selves.
https://linktr.ee/boydsmills
Drawn by Heidi @drawnbyheidi.bsky.social Kidlit illustrator, dog lover, nerd and expat🇺🇸🇸🇪. Bring on the nature hikes and Mom jokes.
www.DrawnbyHeidi.com
Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social Award-winning middle grade author. What Fell From the Sky and Rancho Espanto paperback out now! she/her 🇨🇺 Runs on pastelitos and BTS.
https://linktr.ee/adriannacuevas
Carmen Wiigwaas Craig @carmunist.bsky.social Learning and teaching my language—Nishnaabemwin. Jijaak ndoodem. Consultant at Oodenaw.com. Award-winning short fiction author and poet. Developmental editor at DarlingAxe.com. Kidlit, YA, hist fic, women's lit. She/they
Jameela Wahlgren 🏳️🌈 🎨 @jameelawahlgren.bsky.social she/her
Art Director/Illustrator
(artists: please don't send your portfolios to my personal email)
www.jwahlgren.com
Leslie Zampetti @literarylesliez.bsky.social Founder & Literary Agent at Open Book Literary. Lapsed librarian. Rapacious reader. Wishful writer. She/her. Member of @scbwi & @aalitagents. http://www.openbooklit.com/
Michelle Jing Chan (she/her) 🌈 @michellejingchan.bsky.social ✏️ 🎨 Kidlit Author-Illustrator
💜 Rep: @jemiscoe.bsky.social
📚2025: PRIDE, 100 DAYS, WEIWEI'S WINTER SOLSTICE
💻 https://linktr.ee/michellejingchan
DeAndra Hodge | Illustrator and Designer @deandrahodge.bsky.social NAACP Image Award Winning Illustrator
Rep. By Christy T. Ewers @the_cat_agency
📍Washington D.C.
💌 hodgedeandra@gmail.com
www.deandrahodge.com
Brittany Pearson @britspixels.bsky.social Asian American author / illustrator, represented by Jordan Hamessley at JABberwocky Literary Agency. I draw cute, colorful, whimsy, and joy 🩷
#PBparty finalist ‘25
#SCBWI and #12x12 member.
www.britspixels.com
Dagmar Smith | Illustrator 💫 @dagmarsmith.bsky.social 
Elizabeth Tracy @drliztracy.bsky.social Science Journalist | Children’s Author | MYSTERY DRIVER (@candlewickpress 2025)| Rep'd by Tracy Marchini, Tracy Marchini Literary
Flux Books @fluxbooks.bsky.social Flux is a YA fiction imprint devoted to publishing authors who understand that young adult is a point of view, not a reading level.
fluxnow.com
Lisa Stringfellow @engagereaders.bsky.social Author. KINGDOM OF DUST (8/20/24), A COMB OF WISHES, HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books. Educator integrating literacy, equity, & social justice. Rep @lindsaydauld
Alex Morss Author Page @alexmorssauthor.bsky.social 📚🌱 A page just for wildlife books by me & others, wild knowledge, science & nature, mainly for young people, families & educators.
#STEM #EcoLiteracy #ForestSchool #UKkidlit #Ecology 🌍🇵🇸
M.O. (Mindy) Yuksel @moyuksel.bsky.social Author of picture books:
📕In My Mosque
📙One Wish
📘Ramadan Kareem
📗Sami’s Special Gift
📒The Prince of Stars
www.moyuksel.com
Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social They/them. Middle grade kidlit author of MELISSA, GREEN, and other books with LGBQTIAP+ characters and friendship themes. Living that pun lifestyle. ACAB. Free Palestine. Reparations. Housing, food, and medical care for all. Interdependence is life.
Kari Percival @karipercival.bsky.social Author Illustrator, SAFE CROSSING, Chronicle Books, 2025
Ezra Jack Keats Award for Writer, How to Say Hello to A Worm, Rise x Penguin Workshop
Repped by @bookmarklitereary
Jessica Sinsheimer @jsinsheim.bsky.social Ravenous reader, lazy gourmet, literary agent + cheese-obsessed human. Co-creator of #MSWL, Manuscript Wish List® + http://www.ManuscriptAcademy.com. ☕📚She/her.
We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social We Need Diverse Books is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit revolutionizing what we read to create a world where everyone can find themself in the pages of a book.
🔗 bio.site/WeNeedDiverseBooks
Gabby Zapata @gabbyzapata.bsky.social Art director . Character Designer 🇲🇽🇨🇴🇺🇸 Former: Disney, DWTV, Netflix, Nick hello@gabbyzapata.com
Gabbyzapata.com
Karla Sy @karlasywrites.bsky.social #Kidlit Author 📚
Rep’d by Eve Adler, Red Fox Literary
www.karlasy.com
#12x12PB #InkedVoices
Elio @eliopictures.bsky.social ✏️ Illustrator represented by Andrea Brown Literary Agency. 📚 Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, Abrams. 🍏 Associate Professor of Instruction at Columbia College Chicago. 🏡👧 Dad. 💼 www.eliopictures.com
Joanna Ho @joannahowrites.bsky.social NYT Bestselling author • Intl speaker • Educator. Eyes that Kiss in the Corners. We Who Produce Pearls. The Silence that Binds Us.
Laura Segal Stegman @laurastegman.bsky.social Middle Grade Author: Summer of L.U.C.K + Ready or Not + The Chambered Nautilus (Young Dragons)
| SCBWI | Publicist/Creator PR Tips for Authors
linktr.ee/LauraStegman
Andy Spearman @andyspearman.bsky.social Writing for kids 🇨🇦+🇮🇪+🇬🇧 @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social, @thecaterpillarmag.bsky.social, @thetoypress.bsky.social, Dirigible Balloon, Parakeet Magazine, Bag of Bones Press
Heather Bell @heatherbell37.bsky.social Artist, writer, and professional overthinker 😸 She/They 🏳️🌈 Rep’d by Kaitlyn Sanchez, Bradford Literary Agency. 📚SIMPLY SKYE out now
Portfolio: https://heatherbellbooks.com/