Loyalty Bookstores @loyaltybooks.bsky.social Black, Asian, queer owned indie bookstore in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, DC with a long term pop up in the Parks at Walter Reed in DC.
Jordan Minor @jordanwminor.bsky.social Author of VIDEO GAME OF THE YEAR
Principal Apps and Games Writer at PCMag
Union guy, Black guy, fake Street Sharks guy
https://www.jordanwminor.com/
gita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social im gita
they/them
cofounder of aftermath.site
Level Up For Romance! coming in 2027
gita@aftermath.site
Thomas Elrod @thomas-elrod.com THE FRANCHISE (Tor, May 2026) https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250406583/thefranchise/
WE USED TO BE HEROES (Tor, May 2027) more tk
Philadelphia and environs. Posts mostly about books and baseball
http://thomas-elrod.com
Danya Henninger @danyahenninger.bsky.social Never been more like I am today. Journalist, photographer, Philadelphian. Editorial director at Technical.ly. Writing advocate at OKhuman.
Tyler Walpole ➡️ Dragon Con @tylerwalpole.bsky.social Artist for Magic the Gathering, Critical Role miniature designer.
Working on a creator-owned project: Blood of Dragons
Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social Freelance Game Writer & Narrative Designer | NOW: Kinali Works & Stupendium Softworks | Hugo finalist, BAFTA, DICE, Future Class | UVW-CWA | "Queen of the Freelancers" | ♐️ 💜🤍🖤💚 | she/her | annacwebster.com
Lee Seymour @leemourseymour.bsky.social Tony-winning writer, producer, gardener. Recovering journalist. Incorrigible theater kid.
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Literarily repped by @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social
Korrine Crawford @almostwriting.bsky.social Fantasy Author writing about angsty dragons and the humans who put up with them. Violently against AI. -Pan -Cass gender -Shrodinger's Pronouns
https://ko-fi.com/almostwriting
Rob Polk @curiousrob.bsky.social Husband to 💪🏼 Dr., Dad to 7, professional educator, business creator, public school board member, author (Operation Tree Roper) I've been called a bad Catholic. It could be true. (He, him) Member SCBWI
Reading > banning Loving > deporting
Erin Siska @erinsiska.bsky.social Reader, picture book author/illustrator, graphic novelist, lawyer, mama, dog person, mental health advocate, good listener. #kidlit #kidlitart
(she/her) Portfolio at www.erinsiska.com.
Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social Literary Agent at Looking Glass Literary & Media. She/her.
https://bookshop.org/wishlists/d21f08914825aedf5fd1678efb75266d2a412690
E.J. Ephess 🌈♿️ @ejephess.bsky.social she/her 💜 | queer 🌈 | author 📔| wheelchair user ♿ | service dog handler🐕🦺 | rep: GiannaMarie Dobson
Fated Mates @fatedmates.net A romance recommendation machine and podcast.
Discover your next favorite romance novel
fatedmates.net
Follow in your fav podcast app
mf.fatedmates.net/listen
Random Romance Recommender
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Book Club
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Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social 🫧The Good Witch of Game Dev🫧Lead writer + narrative designer for video games and stuff. Babygirl connoisseur. NOW: Gearbox, [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED]. A Host of AIAS' Game Maker's Notebook.
https://linktr.ee/alexaraycorriea
Stuti Telidevara @stutitelidevara.bsky.social agent at Park Fine & Brower // opinions own // she/her
SF & F Poetry Assn @sfpoetry.bsky.social The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association is for writers and lovers of science fiction, fantasy, horror and other spec poetry. Skeets by SFPA Team. sfpoetry.org
Kate Gilbert (she/her) @kateg7.bsky.social Historian, freelance academic editor, archive nerd. I also write for children and young adults and have been known to be silly on occasion.
UCP Workers Guild @ucpworkersguild.bsky.social Representing workers at the University of Chicago Press, as TNG-CWA Local 34071, a unit of the Chicago News Guild. Bound together in our effort for a more equitable workplace.
https://linktr.ee/ucpworkersguild
April Henry @aprilhenry.bsky.social I kill people, but only on paper. New York Times bestselling author of over 30 thrillers. Out May 12: IN THE BLOOD. I love snacks, scary things, Brazilian jiujitsu, and democracy.
Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social Miami Herald Investigative journalist, author of "Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story." Philly girl trying to make my way in the South Florida wilderness. Temple Owl. Jkbjournalist on Substack.
Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social Award-winning poltergeist and comedian | Writer of the Montgomery Bonbon mysteries | Pronouns like a butler coughing: he/him | linktr.ee/misterabk
UK TOUR 2026 (Extended!): www.mickperrin.com/tours/king-of-crumbs
Kim J @kimlovestrees.bsky.social Urban ag, Phillies baseball, Philly politics, amateur bird observer, childless cat lady.
Skeets by me.
Profile photo: me on a bench in Rittenhouse Sq in the summer, smiling.
Banner photo: Fishtown mural overlooking a garden that will soon be lost.
John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social Librarian. NYT Bestselling Author. | LOUDER THAN HUNGER, RUTHIE ROSE’S BIG IDEA, THE GIFT OF STORY, THIS IS A SCHOOL, THIS IS A STORY | Agent: Molly O'Neill
Jennifer(Eine Togi) @einetogi.bsky.social Writer(she/her). https://einetogicuentos.blogspot.com
Karis Rogerson 🏳️🌈 @karisselizabeth.bsky.social Writer rep'd by Eric Smith at Neighborhood Literary. Reader. Co-host of The Write Way of Life podcast📍NYC 💜Trieste 🧠A book
https://linktr.ee/karisselizabeth
Cheryl B. Klein @cherylklein.bsky.social I notice things for a living. Editorial director, Workman Kids; author of THE MAGIC WORDS: WRITING GREAT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS and five picture books, most recently IT’S HARD TO BE A BABY; 6yo mom; Virgo/goofball. Opinions my own.
Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com she/her
Author. Not the one from Rent.
IG: https://www.instagram.com/maureenjohnsonbooks/
https://maureenjohnsonbooks.com
Justina Ireland @justinaireland.com Award winning writer and New York Times Bestseller. Sometimes agent at Handspun Literary. I also do TV and comics.
Food is a scam in this country.
Up next: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN HALLOWEEN - October 2026
Vaughn Roe | seeking new rep | PNRxRomantasy @authorvaughnroe.bsky.social DEMON CHEVALIER - adult gothic PNR standalone| #amwriting ReaperWIP | advocate of healthy masculinity, hard-earned HEAs & characters in their 30s | Filipino-German from 🇨🇭| 📸: author.vaughnroe | Rep: on sub & seeking new rep
Mike (Michaela) Whatnall @mwhatnall.bsky.social Literary agent at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret. Lover of tea and irrepressible book enthusiast. (they/them, sal: Mx.) Most active on insta! @michaelawhatnall michaelawhatnall.com
Avery Flynn @averyflynn.com The sass is strong with this one. USA Today & WSJ bestselling romance author. She/Her Repped by @ElaineSpencer
rebecca kuss @rebeccakuss.bsky.social senior romance editor at bloom books/sourcebooks
Emma Kantor @emkantor.bsky.social Writer, film lover, Italian speaker, & children's news editor at Publishers Weekly (@pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social). Words in NYT Mag, Bright Wall/Dark Room, The Millions, Electric Lit, Lit Hub, Hey Alma, & more. All quips my own. emmakantor.com
Margot Moore ✒️ @margotmoore.bsky.social Contemporary romance author, chronic overachiever, she/her, ATL 💙
FOR A FORTNIGHT ⚜️ Out Spring 2027
Berkley / Penguin Random House
Rep: Eric Smith at Neighborhood Literary
Shaun David Hutchinson @shauniedarko.bsky.social Author of We Are the Ants, Brave Fave, Before We Disappear, and other books for young adults.
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Facebook Beef
Jonny Diamond @jonnydiamond.bsky.social Editor of Lit Hub, writer, not-so-secretly Canadian.
Kristin Temple 🎈 @kristintemple.bsky.social Associate EdiTOR at Tor Nightfire. Chaotic neutral, horror fan, cat mom, and "little bisexual gremlin". Opinions my own. she/her. 💖💜💙
Molly B. Ellis @mollybeedenim.bsky.social Book Publicist. Lover of Queens (the borough, not monarchs), Dogs, Tacos, Rain, Unlikely Animal Friendships, Airports, Public Transportation, Singalongs, Spies, and Cheese. Hater of Book Bans and Carrots.
Barbara Perez Marquez @ Baltimore Comic Con Walkin’ @mustachebabs.com Queer Writer, Bestselling, Eisner & Ignatz nominated, fairy tales and lady knights enthusiast | She/Her 🇩🇴✨🏳️🌈
Work: THE LIBRARY OF MEMORIES, TO DANCE THE MOON AND STARS, THE CARDBOARD KINGDOM SERIES + OTHERS
bio.site/mustachebabs
Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com I write novels, games and stories. Coming in 2026: MERCUTIO and THE SWORDMASTER. Writer at CHEO Foundation (my views are my own). Former journalist. From Manitoba, now in Ottawa. She/her. Trans rights are human rights 🏳️🌈
https://kateheartfield.com
Elizabeth May/Katrina Kendrick @elizabethmay.bsky.social Not the Green Party leader. #1 Sunday Times bestselling SFF author. Romance as Katrina Kendrick.
victoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27) @dirtbagqueer.rocks writer in residence @ texas roadhouse //
NYT bestselling author + stonewall award winner //
first book: ONE OF THE BOYS, out now! //
next book: RISEBALL, out summer ‘27! //
MGS podcast: @shadowmosesbook.club //
buffalo gal // she/her🏳️⚧️ // victoria.monster
Angela M Cowan @angelamcowan.bsky.social Writer, editor & hedge witch on the West Coast 🇨🇦 Easily distracted by pretty stones and moss. Obsessed with creepy fairy tales. Writes @moon-eyed-fox.bsky.social
Rep: Brent Taylor
www.angelamcowan.com
Jen Coster @jcalyst.bsky.social narrative design and writer for Butterscotch Shenanigans. video games, D&D, SFF. former reader at Escape Pod. erstwhile MD. #AuDHD. she/they.
Michael barron @barronauthor.bsky.social (he/him) Librarian - Writes Comics - "The Secret Lives of Demon Hunters" - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/secret-lives-hunters/the-secret-lives-of-demon-hunters-a-24-page-horror-comic
Kristy Gardner - Queer Sci-Fi & Horror Author @kristygardner.bsky.social Bi writer & reader of much SFF ★ THE STARS IN THEIR EYES ★ THE DARKEST STARS ★ THE STARS INSIDE US ★ Fuck AI ★ She/Her 🏳️🌈🖤🌟
https://kristygardner.com/links
Lynn Lovegreen @lynnlovegreen.bsky.social I'm an Alaskan, YA author, and advocate. I write YA and MG fiction with historical and romantic elements set in Alaska. Libraries rock! (she/her)
www.lynnlovegreen.com
Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social Writer at Crunchyroll, Polygon, WIRED, Vulture, GamesRadar, Inverse, Pokemon, Paste Magazine and other places / Rep'd by Aevitas Creative / Author of MONSTER KIDS ('22), I AM THE NIGHT ('26) and LIFE FINDS A WAY ('28) / Picked Charmander
Eshani Surya @eshanisurya.bsky.social debut novel RAVISHING 💄💉 ✨ out now from Roxane Gay Books/Grove Atlantic | disabled & chronically ill | philly-based | surya means sun ☀️ | eshani.surya@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/eshanisurya
Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social international bestselling pervert • writer: DAYSPRING, AVENGERS ACADEMY, etc • film programmer • phd • any pronouns http://linktr.ee/meakoopa lycan sub scribe.
DAYSPRING - out now! dayspringbook.com
Lane Moore @hellolanemoore.bsky.social 🎤Comedian: Tinder Live + Heartthrob Slasher
🩸NYC - 11/20 at Twisted Spine🩸
📚Author: How To Be Alone, You Will Find Your People
💿Musician, FINAL GIRL out now
💌Subscribe: LaneMoore.Substack.com
📺🎧Podcast: Patreon.com/LaneMoore
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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social 🍹 an aperol spritz in human form 🍹
📝 senior reporter @ digiday 📝
📚 The Rage Game: Video Games and the Politics of Reaction due out summer 2027 📚
(views expressed are mine alone)
Nick Coveney @nmjcoveney.bsky.social Queer Ancient 🌈💀 | Husband | Author EVERYTHING NOT SAVED | Trans incl 💖🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈❤️ books, tech, 🎮| All opinions own & RSkts others'| Occasional life model | He/Him/His https://linktr.ee/nmjcoveney
H. E. Bibbs @wordsbybibbs.bsky.social Inspired by the life and works of Henry Walton Bibb. The Voice of the Fugitive — Reignited.
Narrative is a weapon. So I write.
Follow the Lightkeeper’s Ledger for more flames: substack.com/@wordsbybibbs
Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social Organizer, writer, mom. Philly partisan. IIWFJU member.
She/they.
Sally Sultzman @sallysultzman.bsky.social The One In The Hat. Published by Cast of Wonders, Sley House & more. Owner of Sarah STETS Editorial Services. YA pen name of Sarah M. Anderson. THEY ARE ALL HER CHILDREN out May 2027 from Apex! she/her
www.sallysultzman.com
Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social Writing in the New Statesman, Liberal Currents, New Socialist, Tribune, Vulture, Aftermath. Host of Death Sentence podcast.
Brandon O’Brien @therisingtithes.bsky.social 🇹🇹 Poet, SFF writer, TTRPG designer. Worldcon 2025 Poet Laureate.
@rascal.news columnist. Podcaster @speculate.bsky.social & @skiffyandfanty.com.
Author of CAN YOU SIGN MY TENTACLE? and other things.
Thank God for words.
https://www.brandonobrien.xyz/
🆂🅷🅴🆁🆈🅻 🆂🆃🅴🅸🅽 she/her @sherylstein.bsky.social Are you there, social media void? It's me, Sheryl.
Writer (WaPo, #WFWA #Binders). Deus ex mama. Soccer mom with track marks ( #PI #CVID #DIS #ChronicIllness). Rutgers stan.
Rep: @shellyromero
website: sherylstein.com
links: https://linktr.ee/sherylstein
matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social matchbook is an online literary journal that publishes one piece of short prose accompanied by an author's note every two weeks.
https://matchbooklitmag.com
#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social bsky pitch event for unagented creators from marginalized communities
next event Sept 30, 2026 8AM-8PM ET
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Erinn Pascal Potters (she/her/hers) @erinnpascal.bsky.social NYT #1 bestseller & Eisner-nominated book editor
Children’s, graphic novels, comics & pop culture
Author Stewardship Manager @ PJ Library (@pjlibrary.org)
WFH/freelance. Sometimes Cala Spinner. #ArtByHumans #WritingbyHumans
www.erinnpascaleditorial.com
Rebecca Gyllenhaal @rebeccagyllenhaal.bsky.social I ride for South Philly & trash animals 🦝
www.rebeccagyllenhaal.com
IG: rk_gyllenhaal
she/her
Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com Brief elaboration of a tube.
Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org Lambda Literary, celebrating LGBTQ+ storytellers since 1985. Home of the Lammy Awards, Writers in Schools, the Emerging Writers Retreat for LGBTQ Voices, and the Lambda Literary Review.
lambdaliterary.org
lambdaliteraryreview.org
linktr.ee/lambdaliterary
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers @ebyrbooks.bsky.social Creating conversation & opening children's minds to a larger world since 1995 🌎📖💡
📘 Picture books
📕 Fiction, nonfiction, & YA
📗 Award winners
linktr.ee/eerdmansyoungreaders
Jennifer Heddle @jenheddle.bsky.social NYC expat in the California Bay Area. I edit Star Wars books and need Real Housewives for sustenance. My husband is disabled due to #stroke, so I also rant about our health care system and #disability issues.
@priscillamante.bsky.social @priscillamante.bsky.social Author. Poet. Traveller. Jaz Santos vs the World (PRH) Football’s Hidden History (OUP)
THE OTHER FATHER CHRISTMAS (Storymix),
Agent: Eric Smith.
Trick Weekes @trickweekes.bsky.social Narrative Designer by day (Mass Effect, Dragon Age), Novelist by night (The Palace Job, Feeder). (they/them, views strictly mine, OC do not steal)
Anna Sproul-Latimer @annasplat.bsky.social Founding Partner, Neon Literary. Get in, loser, we're making it art. www.neonliterary.com
Nicoletta Poungias @nicolettawrites.bsky.social 🏳️🌈♾️🇩🇪🇬🇷 bookish creative
www.nicoletta-poungias.com
Talia Hibbert @taliahibbert.bsky.social internationally bestselling romance author who doesn't know how to use this app
Kiana Nguyen @kiananguyen.bsky.social Literary Agent at Donald Maass Literary Agency
Representing YA & Adult Fiction; Horror, SFF, Thriller, Romance, and WF
IG: knguyenbooks
www.kiananguyen.com
Gabriella Munoz @gmunoz6991.bsky.social Editorial at Del Rey / Random House Worlds | Professional Nerd |(she/her)
Tyler King @tyleraking.com General malcontent. Ghostwriter.
Author: THE DEBT, RIOT STREET (Hachette)
Agent: Kimberly Brower @ Park, Fine & Brower
tyleraking.com
She/her 🇨🇴
Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social Romance reader/writer. She/her. jackielaubooks.com
Tonya Abari @iamtabari.bsky.social ✨ Storyteller ✍🏾 Independent Journalist | Author | 📚 Collaborator #amquerying
🖊: Essence, USA Today, AllRecipes, HuffPost, Ambrook and more
📚: Mudpuppy, The Innovation Press, LBYR, HarperCollins, Quarto, Wiley, Penguin
💻 (Subscribe) www.tonyaabari.com
YAbookscentral @yabookscentral.bsky.social Website devoted to YA, Middle-Grade, and Kids books.
We offer book reviews, blog content featuring author Q&A, guest posts, excerpts, cover reveals, and giveaways!
Authors- Check out how to advertise your book with YABC!
Beka @itsbeka.bsky.social Liberation for 🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️
I love Beyoncé, books, rocks, dogs, and most sports. Go spurs go
Erin M. Evans @erinmevans.bsky.social Author of EMPIRE OF EXILES and RELICS OF RUIN (Orbit, out 4/24)| Brimstone Angels Saga | Dungeon Scrawlers DM and Concentration Check host | STXBP1 mom | co-host of Writing About Dragons and Shit | she/her
Jennifer Thorne @juniperjennyt.bsky.social UK/US Author (THE STARLETS, DIAVOLA, other stuff) capybara enthusiast
L.R. Lam @lrlam.bsky.social USA Today and Sunday Times Bestselling writer of Dragonfall, Pantomime, Goldilocks, Seven Devils, False Hearts, etc. Writing coach at The Novelry. 
zoe | preorder The Coven Tendency 🖤 @zoehanamikuta.bsky.social author of GEARBREAKERS duology | OFF WITH THEIR HEADS | upcoming: THE COVEN TENDENCY (4.1.25/Hyperion) 🖤 rep: Laura Rennert/ABLA
preorder a lovesick necromancer horror book: zoehanamikuta.com
Daniel Kraus @danielkraus.com Pulitzer Prize winner & NYT bestselling writer (books, TV, film). Angel Down, Whalefall, Creepshow, The Shape of Water, The Living Dead, Rotters, The Autumnal, 21 more, visit the site or just trust me.
DanielKraus.com
Nicole M. Wolverton (she/her/hers) @nicolemwolverton.bsky.social Professionally unsettling | Philly-area writer of (mostly) horror & thrillers | MEAT SWEATS * MARCH 2027 | horror academic | scent-obsessed | nicolewolverton.com
Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social Author of THE WICKER KING,THE WEIGHT OF THE STARS and ICARUS! Rep: @ericsmithrocks,
CLASH Books @clashbooks.bsky.social Big Indie Establishment Mom & Pop Press in Troy, NY Publishing Beach Reads from Hell. Skeets by Christoph Paul.
Nelson Rare Books @nelsonrarebooks.com Bookseller of uncommon 18-19th c. British lit, street lit, and Gothic Revival. Dreaming of illuminated manuscripts.
Dirtbag medievalist. Wears Crocs with tweed.
Always intentionally unhinged. You post, I reply. Never legal advice.
Member ABAA/ILAB/PBFA
Sara Davis @literarysara.bsky.social Reader, writer, environmental steward, recovering PhD.
Philadelphia
she/her
literarysara.net
Profile pic by Jay Shifman
Brian Box Brown @boxbrown.bsky.social Cartoonist, New York Times Best Seller, Eisner Winner, Philly resident, illustrator #cannabis activist http://linktr.ee/BrianboxBrown
Kelly Lawler @klawls.bsky.social TV critic, USA TODAY. I'm very tired. 
Emma Berquist @emmaberquist.bsky.social an outlaw by the name of Texas Red
writer/book shelver/final girl
books: DEVILS UNTO DUST, MISSING PRESUMED DEAD
Amparo Ortiz @amparoortiz.bsky.social ✨young adult & middle grade author 🇵🇷 next: DREAM AWAY THE NIGHT (2027)
www.amparoortiz.com
Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social We are Authors Against Book Bans. We stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We unequivocally support diverse voices on our library shelves, in our schools, and in our culture.
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
emerson p. @latitudelessplace.bsky.social bookseller in philly + tesla the cat’s primary caregiver (tesla is named after the inventor)
Quill (she/they) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 🐎🗡️🌼 @quillauthor.bsky.social Writer of books about sword-wielding femmes. AuDHD. Demi. Pan. Nonbinary/Genderfae. Apocalypse librarian. Probably in the woods, or on a train reading a book by one of my friends.
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