Boni Ashburn @boniashburn.bsky.social Children’s Book Author.
Librarian (Middle/High School & Public).
Mom. Dog mom. Human.
The U.P. of Michigan. boniashburn.com
Anika Varty @anikavarty.bsky.social assistant metro editor at The Seattle Times 
J.W. Gant @johnwgant.bsky.social Writer. Father. Unwilling tech enthusiast. Veteran. Hiker of mountains. Black belt. ER medic in a prior life. I sometimes think I know what is going on, but probably don’t. In New England until the end.
Yes. It is a coup.
#WritingCommunity
Art Coulson @artcoulson.com Writer of children's fiction, graphic novels, plays and one failed TV pilot. Pie, never cake. Repped by @jacquilipton.bsky.social | @ravenliterary.bsky.social. The Reluctant Storyteller (2021). Chasing Bigfoot (2022). All the Stars in the Sky (2025).
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.
Jennestorauthor @jennestorauthor.bsky.social Award-winning #kidlit author focused on helping children embrace the things that make them unique. JANE ESCAPES TO THE JUNGLE OF INDIVIDUALITY (2024). Seeking agent representation. #SCBWI & #ALLI member. www.jennestorauthor.com
Ezra Rindner @crunchstep.bsky.social Illustrator based in the Midwest🌲
RCAD 2023 Alumn
http://ezrarindner.carrd.co
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 📱✨️📚😁❤️🍁
Julie Hoffman, EdD @hoffiecup.bsky.social She/her Educator. Reader. Writer. Poet. Researcher. Vegan. Abolitionist. Radical listener. NCTE. NAACP. Illinois Reading Council. Shattering barriers. Building bridges.
Actually, it’s Dr. Hoffman.
Rachel Lawston @rachellawston.bsky.social Book cover illustrator and freelance designer. Award-winning children’s author. Nature connection advocate.
📇 linktr.ee/Rlawston
📮 nature, illustration, books, board games and a blue cat called Moriarty.
Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social 👨🎓Professor, 📚author of 100 books on drwho💫starwars✨outlander #sfwa🚀 #scbwi #kidlit Cali https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004KMCLQK pitch me on #academic #Jewish #sff https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/jewish-science-fiction-and-fantasy/
James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social ALA Geisel Award winning Brooklyn based Korean American Illustrator/Author.
IG: https://www.instagram.com/yangblog/
Web: https://www.jamesyang.com
Books: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2143640/james-y
Rachel Swarns @rachelswarns.bsky.social NYU professor. NYT contributing writer. Author of THE 272: the harrowing origin story of the Catholic Church and one family's indomitable will to survive. I write about history, race, life.
Evan DeSimone @smorgasboredom.bsky.social Media writer/ennui enthusiast: Digiday, IntegralAds, Tubefilter, DCNorg
📍 NYC
P.J. Joshi @pjoshidc.bsky.social @washingtonpost National Weekend Editor, Wife & Mom
Alexia M. Andoni @alexiaandoni.bsky.social Children’s book author & illustrator. Child Development Specialist. Nature-lover & traveler.
LOVE MAKES OUR FAMILY (S&S Beach Lane, March ‘27) @pbcreativecrew #SCBWIMI #12x12PB #PBParty finalist ‘23 repped by @writeloudly.bsky.social
Nie @drawnied.bsky.social asian illustrator and writer ✌🏾| I post about art, tv, movies, books, and ANXIETYYY 🥲 | she/her ✨| @drawnied on all socials 🌎
School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #1 UK children's booklisting website according to Ubersuggest. We recommend children’s and YA books to teachers, parents, librarians and schools. Free resources, free reviews and no paywall. #GoAllIn
https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk
Shae is Writing Queer YA @thereshaegoes.bsky.social Designer & Illustrator 🌟 Currently working on a queer YA contemporary fantasy novel 🌟 way too obsessed with my dog 🌟 she/her 🏳️🌈🇨🇦
Barbara Kimmel | #KidLit @barbarakimmel.bsky.social Children's Book Author
#KidLit #Writer #Author #WritingCommunity #SCBWI
www.barbarakimmelwrites.com
🕎 Hanukkah Hippity-Hop (Kar-Ben)
👑 Purim Possibilities (PJ Publishing)
🦊 Rep'd by Eve Adler, Red Fox Literary
Jenna Satterthwaite @jennaschmenna.bsky.social Author of MADE FOR YOU, out now, THE NEW YEAR'S PARTY (Nov 2025) and BEACH BODIES (PRH UK, summer 2025)/ A KILLER GETAWAY (Sourcebooks) under pen name Sienna Sharpe.
Literary Agent at Storm Literary.
Tenacious.
Heidi Vance @heidivance.bsky.social Mom of 4
Loves walks with friends, coffee and a good book
Momager for Sammie Vance
Marketing coordinator for Storm Literary Agency
Storm Literary Agency @stormliterary.bsky.social Boutique literary agency representing quality literature from exceptional authors and illustrators. https://www.stormliteraryagency.com/
Ry Herman @ryherman.bsky.social They/them. Fantasy author repped by @michelle4laughs.bsky.social. Fairy tale retelling THIS PRINCESS KILLS MONSTERS out now. THIS KNIGHT TOPPLES EMPIRES coming soon!
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/753910/this-princess-kills-monsters-by-ry-herman/
Marc J Gregson @mjgwrite.bsky.social DOWNFALL out now!
NYT bestselling author of the Above the Black trilogy and BEHIND THE GLASS (November 2026) | 8th Grade ELA Teacher |
https://linktr.ee/marcjgregson
Francisca Staines @franciscawrites.bsky.social Author of MG & Picture Books • https://franciscastaines.com/
🇲🇽 All around book nerd with a weakness for mystery, fantasy, sci-fi, dogs, and tacos (not always in that order)
Mindy Nichols Wendell @mnwendell.bsky.social Children’s Author (Historical Fiction) | LIGHT AND AIR (2024) and CALIFORNIA OR DUST (Coming in 2026), both from Holiday House Books | Rep’d by Michelle Hauck at Storm Literary
https://linktr.ee/mindynicholswendell
Julie Shattuck @juliewrites.bsky.social Writer of MG/YA | Rep’d by @michelle4laughs at Storm Literary Agency | Community College Professor | SCBWI | NCTE | Teacher, learner, writer | She/her/hers
Rustin Lovewell @rustinlovewell.bsky.social Writer of books. Scientist of immunology. Drinker of much coffee
Paige E. Ewing @paigeewing.bsky.social Alis volat propriis. SFF & romance writer. Author of Precise Oaths - Liliana and the Fae of Fayetteville series. Throws axes, flings arrows for fun. - N Nicholas George @nikatnyte.bsky.social Author of cozy mysteries, music lover, walking enthusiast.
Sabrina Fedel @writeawhile.bsky.social Award-winning pro daydreamer, rep’d by @michelle4laughs. All Roads Lead to Rome out now, All Paths Lead to Paris, ‘25, Guard My Heart, 27, Delacorte 💝. Leaving Kent State, HSE.
betty hawk @bettyhawkwrites.bsky.social writing books for teens and monsters. she/her. rep'd by michelle hauck of storm literary 
Victoria Zeolla @victoriazeolla.bsky.social YA author and writing coach
Brenda Miller--Out on Sub! @meowdemeow.bsky.social Rep by @michelle4laughs.bsky.social
'23 Las Musas Books
Hermana
'20 LatinxinPub mentee
I write MG, PBs, poetry, & much more.
#MGPies
SCBWI
EFAFreelancers
WriteGirl volunteer
#Queer
she/her, cats + dogs
Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social she/her | Queer, ND/disabled #author of Robbie McNeil's Hit List (Sourcebooks 2026) | Listening to BΔstille | 🥖 | 🚫 AI | Same name on ✖ & 📸 | Rep: @jennaschmenna.bsky.social | 💙📚
https://briannaheath.com
https://briannaheath.substack.com
alex ritany🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @aritany.bsky.social canadian YA author, artist and musician up to my elbows in daydreams. MAYBE TOMORROW I’LL KNOW (2026), DEAD GIRLS DON'T SAY SORRY, I WISH YOU WOULDN’T | 🌈 they/he | rep: jenna satterthwaite
https://linktr.ee/aritany
Dana Hawkins Author 🌈 @dhawkinsauthor.bsky.social 📚Author
⭐️Rep: Jenna Satterthwaite
✔️Agency: Storm Literary
🌈SO NOT MY TYPE out 1.6.25
💕 #sapphic rom-coms Storm Pub
☕️Fueled by love and caffeine
danahawkins.com
Claire Barner | Sci-fi Romance Writer @clairebarner.bsky.social Author | Sci-fi Romance | Rep: Jenna Satterthwaite
MOONRISING coming July 2025 from Diversion Books
Anna Carew @acarewmiller.bsky.social Reader, writer, coffee drinker
Repped by Jenna Satterthwaite at Storm Literary Agency
www.annacarewbooks.com
Kalla Harris @kallanharris.bsky.social THE GROUND THAT DEVOURS US (Entangled TEEN | 6/3/25) repped by Jenna Satterthwaite | chronically ill | mental health matters |
Preorder TGTDU now! ⬇️
linktr.ee/kallaharris
Colleen Alles @colleenalles.bsky.social Writer, Michigander, beagle mom 
Taylor Leamey @taylorleamey.bsky.social Thriller Writer | Rep: Jenna Satterthwaite at Storm Literary Agency | Preorder WHEN WE WERE SISTERS Now!
Jennifer van der Kleut - Thriller THE BETTER MOTHER Out Now! @jennvdk.bsky.social Thriller/suspense writer. Rep'd by @jennaschmenna Jenna Satterthwaite at Storm Literary Agency. My debut suspense/thriller novel THE BETTER MOTHER is out now from @crookedlanebooks !
Chuck Storla @chuckstorla.com Chuck Storla is a mediocre drummer, unrepentant computer geek, and the funniest writer he knows. Look for his debut novel, Murder Two Doors Down.
Dr. Woodchuck @askdrwoodchuck.bsky.social (aka Dr. Haleh Massey) SAY SOMETHING, POUPEH BABAEE! (Little Bee Books) HAIRY MAN SUIT (Lee and LOW) SEVENTH GRADE BLUES (Lee and Low) Rep'd by @HeatherCashman
Victoria Selvaggio @vickiselvaggio.bsky.social Storm Literary Agency L.L.C. (Owner & Literary Agent) | Author | Former Regional Advisor for SCBWI Northern Ohio | Lover of imagination.
www.stormliteraryagency.com
Nancy Tandon @nancytandon.bsky.social Middle grade author of THE WAY I SAY IT (Charlesbridge) and THE GHOST OF SPRUCE POINT (Aladdin). Supporter of literacy in all its forms. Rep: Charlotte Wenger at Prospect Agency.
Carol Gordon Ekster @cekster.bsky.social #kidlit #author, retired #educator, yogi, #scbwi, #12x12, #edusky #couragetocreate Repped by Nicole Resciniti @seymouragency.bsky.social
Chelsea📚Lin🌴Wallace @chelseaauthor.bsky.social Award-Winning Children’s Author
Poet + Drama Queen 📝📚🎭
📖DARE TO BE DARING (Abrams)
📖THE BOO-BOOS OF BLUEBELL ELEMENTARY (Chronicle)
📖ODE TO A BAD DAY (Chronicle)
📖A HOME NAMED WALTER (Macmillan)
#12x12pb #kidlit #scbwi
https://chelsealinwallace.com
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social Writer, poet, lavender menace
KERN CARTER @kerncarter.bsky.social AUTHOR | FILMMAKER | Preorder my novel AND THEN THERE WAS US | https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725662/and-then-there-was-us-by-kern-carter/
Phoebe Sinclair @wholeheartlocal.bsky.social Writer. Wanderer. Friend. She/her. Author of mg novel CONFESSIONS OF A CANDY SNATCHER with Candlewick Press, member of Table for 7 indie press, & newly obsessed with mini-zines.
Vikram Madan @artbyvikram.bsky.social He/him. #KidLit, Funny #Poems, #Art. 📖 BEWARE THE DRAGON AND THE NOZZLEWOCK 📖 ZOONI TALES 📖 OWL & PENGUIN 📖 A HATFUL OF DRAGONS 📖 BOBO & PUP-PUP 📖 Rep’d Stimola Lit
https://linktr.ee/artbyvikram
Josh Galarza @joshgalarza.bsky.social YA author, printmaker, book artist, sculptor. MFA at VCU English. Check out my debut, THE GREAT COOL RANCH DORITO IN THE SKY, July 23, 2024 from Henry Holt and Co. (BYR). 
Anne Nesbet @annenesbet.bsky.social My favorite films are silent. My favorite places are far away. I write books!
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 
Laurie Morrison @lauriemorrison.bsky.social Reader, middle school ELA teacher, & upper middle grade author of WHERE ELLA WENT ⚽️, KEEPING PACE 🏃♀️, UP FOR AIR🏊♀️, COMING UP SHORT 🥎, and more. She/her
LaurieMorrisonWrites.com
Dhonielle Clayton @dhonielle.bsky.social NY Times bestselling author and cookie enthusiast. Coach at The Novelry.
Aixa Pérez-Prado @professoraixa.bsky.social Mom, artist, writer, reader, professor, viajera, soñadora, bilingüe 🇦🇷📚https://www.aixaperezprado.com
Debra Kempf Shumaker @debrakshumaker.bsky.social Children's Writer. Avid Reader. Repped by James McGowan & Sophie Sheumaker, BookEnds Literary. Member of @steamteambooks.bsky.social & @kl4gm.bsky.social.
josé olivarez @joseolivarez.bsky.social writer
Debbie Fong 🌲📬✨ @debbiefong.com Eisner & Ignatz nominated cartoonist ✨ I make fun stuff at www.pommopress.com and work on books! Rep’d by Janna Morishima ✌️🇹🇼🇺🇸
🚌 NEXT STOP
📮 THE FARAWAY FOREST: Wally’s Route
🌲 THE FARAWAY FOREST: Hester’s Big Dream
🔗 debbiefong.com
📍 brooklyn
she / her
Taylor Tyng @taylortyng.bsky.social Author of fantastical fiction. The CLARA POOLE series (Pixel+Ink, 2023-24), SPROUT (Random House Children’s Books, 2026).
Nancy Tupper Ling @nancytupperling.bsky.social Children's Author, Poet, Librarian, Believer. #SCBWI. Repped by Anne Marie O’Farrell Inspired by my multicultural family & the world around me. Soli Deo gloria! https://www.nancytupperling.com/ & latest book https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/714096/
Sarah Kapit @sarahkapit.bsky.social Author of GET A GRIP, VIVY COHEN! and other books for young readers. RACHEL FRIEDMAN chapter books currently available wherever you get books. Rep: Jennifer Laughran
www.sarahkapit.com
Patricia Tanumihardja @ediblewords.bsky.social 🇮🇩🇸🇬🇺🇸 I write for kids! 📚RAMEN FOR EVERYONE🍜JIMMY’S SHOES👠 THE SUGAR PLUM BAKERS🧁 
Jeannine Atkins @jeannineatkins.bsky.social Author of Knocking on Windows: A Memoir, Green Promises: Girls Who Loved the Earth, Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science, all from Atheneum/S & S, Rep: @saracrowelit.bsky.social
Carrie Finison @carriefinison.bsky.social Writer, reader, rhymer, dreamer. Author of Don't Hug Doug, Dozens of Doughnuts & other picture books that don’t start with the letter D.
Find me online: carriefinison.com
David Wilson @downpourdw.bsky.social Making stuff like comics, films, design, illustration, art and... stuff. //
SOULMATES YA graphic novel out 08.04
PLAY LIKE A GIRL MG graphic novel out now.
www.workdavidwork.com
IG @ downpourdw
Newsletter: www.pencilbooth.com/archive/downpourdw
Misty Wilson @mistywilsonwrites.bsky.social New York Times bestselling author of the YA romance FALLING LIKE LEAVES & the award-winning MG graphic memoir PLAY LIKE A GIRL; teacher & RN; @mistywilsonwrites on IG; Rep: Daniel Lazar; she/her
Nadia Salomon @nadiasalomon.bsky.social Author, Book Blogger, Speaker
Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🗽Author~poet~educator|NCTE|Agent- Lori Steel. TRUCKS, BOOTS, & BELLS: FIREHOUSE POEMS (Holiday House 2026); LIKE A MOTHER BEAR (Atheneum 2027) https://linktr.ee/maryecronin
Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul @sonjacherrypaul.bsky.social Educator * 2x NYT Bestselling Author * Founder of Red Clay Educators * Institute for Racial Equity in Literacy * she/her/hers * linktr.ee/sonjacherrypaul
Keisha Smith-Carrington @quichewrites.bsky.social 
Colleen Cruz @mcolleencruz.bsky.social Educator. Writer. Speaker. Fact collector. 
Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social PB/MG; Nature/Verse/Prose
Agent: Mona Kanin
'28 OTIS: THE KING OF KATMAI
‘25 MUD TO THE RESCUE! 🐘🦩🦫 🐢
‘24 HAUNTED STATES OF AMERICA 👻
SCBWI; WFH | hiker 🥾 | veggie 🌽|
bird&bear lover 🐤🐻 | nature 📷 | 💙
www.tanyakonerman.com
Alessia Gilli @alessiagilli.bsky.social Children's book illustrator and Cat lover
Rep' by Leaf Illustration (leafillustration.it)
alessiagilli.com
Ted Northodox @tednorthodox.bsky.social Sheffield, UK. Dreamer. Metalhead. General nuisance. Co-owner of Northodox Press. 🎶I like big books and I cannot lie🎶
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
brenda @petitebanhmi.bsky.social 
Rachel Sanson @rachelsanson.bsky.social 🎨Illustrator
🎮Newbie 3D Artist
🕸️Fan of Spooky Things
https://www.rachelsanson.co.uk/
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
Emily Paige @emilypaigedraws.bsky.social 🎨MI-based kidlit illustrator + felt artist
✨Lover of all things whimsical and cozy
emilypaigedraws.com
Leah Moser @leahmoserwrites.bsky.social Picture Book Writer / Freelance Editor
I AM A THUNDERCLOUD (Running Press Kids, April 2024)
Rep’d by Page Turner Literary Agency
#scbwi / #12x12 / Mom x3 / Member of PBSoar24
https://linktr.ee/leahmoser
Thalamus Plank @thalamusplank.bsky.social Author/illustrator
www.thalamusplank.co.uk
http://thalamusplank.etsy.com
Emily Forney @emilykaitlin.bsky.social Literary Agent @bookendslit • Undiscovered National Treasure • Neighborhood Book Bimbo
Mark O’Brien @bookmarkobrien.bsky.social Associate literary agent at Azantian Literary Agency, previously at NetGalley, Writers House, Triada US, and more. Queer, neuroscoundrel, he/him. #1 fan of my perfect cat Monroe and onion rings.
Freelance edits: https://bookmarkobrien.com
Erik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social Founder and Agent, Headwater Literary Management
Co-host of Print Run Podcast
www.headwaterliterary.com
www.printrunpodcast.com
fiction and essays in Triangle House / Welcome To Hell World / Typebar Magazine / Mount Hope / elsewhere
Laura Zats @lzats.bsky.social Founder & Agent, Headwater Literary Management. Host of the award-winning Print Run Podcast. AALA Member. Treasurer for Literary Agents of Change. Publishers Weekly industry MVP. She/her & Ms/Mx. Open to queries!
Marietta B Zacker @agentzacker.bsky.social Book enthusiast & champion, agent at Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency
www.galltzacker.com
Ernie Chiara @erniechiara.com Senior Agent at Fuse Literary ⟡ erniechiara.com ⟡ links.erniechiara.com ⟡ Co-editor & contributor for @starsandsabers.bsky.social Oz anthology ⟡ anti-AI
Britt Siess @agentbrittsiess.bsky.social Founder of Britt Siess Creative Management/ Literary Agent/ Graphic Novels/ Cosplay/ Cake/ 🇲🇽🇩🇪/ Banner Art by @lazyfishy
Kelly Van Sant @agentkellyvansant.bsky.social Senior literary agent and Contracts Director with KT literary. I open to queries the first 7 days of every month.
https://www.agentkellyvansant.com/
Ali Herring, literary agent @herringali.bsky.social Senior Literary Agent, Spencerhill Associates. Twin mom+1 📚 Eclectic in life & books. I 💙 Jane Austen & SFF in equal doses. #TeamSpencerhill Ali-ens 👽 rock! My site/MSWL: https://aliherringwrites.wordpress.com & how to query: www.spencerhillassociates.com
Hannah Andrade @hhandrade.bsky.social 🇲🇽🇺🇸• Literary Agent with @bradfordagents.bsky.social • book reader • tea drinker
www.bradfordlit.com
www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/hannah-andrade