Lydia Stutzman @thelydiary.bsky.social ✱ Art director & graphic designer for nonprofits, social entrepreneurs, artists, advocates & activists ✺ Cat: #LuckyPenne | Kindness Monster | she/her
❂ Support libraries & local ➸ Credit artists
Cbus, OH ☻ Lydiary.com
Tiffany Everett @tiffanyeverett.bsky.social Illustrator + Writer
Rep’d by the T2 Agency
www.tiffanyeverett.com
Nicola Schofield @nicolaschofield.com Children's book illustrator and author in the UK. Urbansketcher. Creating colourful worlds & characters
🌐 https://nicolaschofield.com
✏️ https://nicolaschofield.com/newsletter/
💌 Hello@nicolaschofield.com
Represented by Sally Kim at ABLA
#kidLitArt
Lauren Kimberly 🇨🇦 @authorlaurenk.bsky.social THE HOLIDAY TRAIN (fall 2028) #PBParty Finalist ‘26 | #PBParty HM ‘25 | Writing PB through MG | autistic mom of two | #SCBWI #12x12PB | #amquerying #neurodiversity
www.laurenkimberlyauthor.com
BookEnds Literary Agency @bookendsliterary.bsky.social We believe that books can change the world, and it all starts with our authors and illustrators.
www.bookendsliterary.com
Andrea Brown Literary Agency @andreabrownlit.bsky.social We are a full service literary agency repping the best books in the world since 1981. (Not that we're biased.) We LOVE books and their creators! www.andreabrownlit.com
jen rofé @jenrofe.bsky.social Senior Agent at Andrea Brown Literary Agency
www.jenrofe.com
www.andreabrownlit.com
sophie @sophiesheumaker.bsky.social she/her • bear of Very Little Brain • @bookendslit • instagram @sophiesheumaker
JacobGrantBooks @jacobgrantbooks.bsky.social Author - Illustrator - Dad
🏆 2024 Bologna Book Fair Illustrators Exhibition Winner
https://jacobgrantbooks.com/
Lisa Amstutz @ljamstutz.bsky.social Author, ecologist, agent @StormLiterary
. http://linktr.ee/LJAmstutz
Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social 🌈 Creative Development Director at Barefoot Books 👣
📍Arby's on McKnight Road
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
Uwe Stender @uwestenderphd.bsky.social Herthaner. Berliner Schnauze. Westend. Qualität kommt von Qual. 1982, 1991, 2013, 2017. Books, Films, Music. 💙 Berlin 🤍
Saritza Hernández @litagentsaritza.bsky.social ✨Lit Agent @andreabrownlit.bsky.social✨
@aalitagents.bsky.social Member✨ #tabletopnerd ✨Coffee junkie✨Romance Enthusiast✨💖💙💜Boricua✨#LGBTQIA & Autism Advocate✨#DementiaCaregiver ✨
https://QueryTracker.net/query/Saritza
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
Vuurdistel ✏️🎨 @vuurdistel.bsky.social Carola Van den Wijngaert
Erfgoedbewaarster. Beeldfluisteraar.
Zit, denkt, observeert, schrijft en illustreert.
Missie: positiviteit en schoonheid brengen.
🌎 https://www.vuurdistel.be | ✍️ https://vuurdistel.blog & https://illuminatio.blog
Rachel Rizzuto @rachelrcreates.bsky.social
Kidlit Author/Illustrator Represented by Jes Trudel at The Rights Factory
RachelRCreates.com
Making stories that create touchstones for anxious and inquisitive children.
KidLitArt @kidlitart.bsky.social #KidLitArt chat for children's illustrators & fans of kidlit art.
Next chat - Thurs, Sep 24, 9pm EST/6pm PST
Sep topic - Back To School
Mods - @charlenedraws.bsky.social and @weyakindesigns.bsky.social
Mindy Alyse Weiss @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social I write #PB & #MG with humor, heart & hope 💖
#PBParty host | #SCBWI FL Crit Group Coordinator | #12x12PB | http://linktr.ee/MindyAlyseWeiss | https://mindyalyseweiss.com/
Repped by @joycesweeney.bsky.social
Martina Stuhlberger @lamartinaart.bsky.social Illustrator, writer, picture book lover
Clients: HarperCollins, NorthSouth Books/NordSüd, Lantana Publishing, Affirm Press
Rep‘d by the Bright Agency ☀️
martinastuhlberger.com
Saribel Pages @saribelp.bsky.social She/Her
Literary Associate at Gallt and Zacker Literary
Proud nerd and Kidlit advocate
Loudest GRD Jeerleader
All thoughts are my own
Mallory Grigg @mallorygrigg.bsky.social Senior Art Director at Macmillan Children's Publishing Group working with Balzer + Bray, Feiwel & Friends, Henry Holt BYR, FSG BYR, Roaring Brook Press, Swoon & Squarefish. She/Her
Matt Roeser @mattroeser.bsky.social Book cover designer // Art Director // Author // Jurassic Park conversationalist // Angela Lansbury signed my banner
mattmakesbooks.com
Anna Lindsten @annalindsten.bsky.social Childrens book illustrator 📚
#kidlit #kidlitart
📍Stockholm, Sweden
💳 SCBWI, Svenska Tecknare
💌 info@annalindsten.se
🎨 https://www.annalindsten.se
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annalindsten
Traci Van Wagoner @tracivw.bsky.social Traci VW Creations: Dragon Tamer & award-winning children’s book illustrator with a Kirkus star. I also do game art. By hand. No AI ever.
Let’s create beautiful things together! ↓
www.tracivanwagoner.com
#PaintPlay #KidLitArtist #NatureintheCity #SCBWI
Jeremy Ross @jeremyross.bsky.social Mexican/American Kidlit Author/Illustrator, artist for makeawishamerica, rep’d by Sera Rivers, Speilburg Literary Agency.
https://www.jeremyrayross.com
Gili Bar-Hillel @gilibug.bsky.social Publisher (Utz Publishing) and translator, mostly of children’s fantasy. Tiptoeing around explicit words and vague feelings. Often wears socks with Moomins on them. Heartbroken.
הוצאת ספרים עוץ: utz.co.il
maya.t @petitemayat.bsky.social 🌻 A petite illustrator & book designer & stress baker
🐈 always watched by studio manager mosami
https://linktr.ee/petitemayat/
Yvonne Lam @yvonnelam.bsky.social About 📚, 📚+🎨, 🧣 & 🏀
book designer + art direction @ Scholastic Canada
Instagram @yvonnelamdesign
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
Ronni Runyon - Illustrator 🌷 @ronnirunyonillo.bsky.social See the world as a kid again!
Children's book illustrator, SCBWI member
ronnirunyonillustration.com
Juliana Vieira @julianavii.bsky.social Illustrator and Designer in Vancouver 🍁
julianaillustration.com
Krista Lynn @kristalynnillus.bsky.social Children’s book illustrator🎨 BFA🎓
Instagram: @kristalynnillustration 📸
✉️art.kristalynn@gmail.com
SEEKING REPRESENTATION! 👀
kristalynnillustration.com
Jessica Vitalis @jessicavitalis.bsky.social Award-winning author, Greenwillow/HarperCollins. American by birth, Canadian by choice. 
Jaimie Franchi @jaimiefranchi.bsky.social Writer for kids and adults. College English Instructor. Mother, gardener, maker.
www.jaimiefranchi.com
https://linktr.ee/jaimiefranchi
Nadia Ali @nadiaawriter.bsky.social KidLit Author:
RAISAH AND THE BOAT TRIP (2023),
HUMPHREY THE EGG_SPLORER (2023)
THE ANIMAL SOCIETIES SERIES (2023)
12x12 Challenge
Katrina Tangen @katrinatangen.bsky.social Kidlit Author | COMING OCT 6: RAMP IT UP! (Charlesbridge) | COPY THAT, COPY CAT!: INVENTIONS INSPIRED BY ANIMALS (Barefoot Books, 2023) | 12x12 | SCBWI SoCal | Disabled by ME/CFS https://linktr.ee/katrinatangen
Abi Cushman @abicushman.com Kidlit Author/Illustrator
☔️ Soaked!
🚗 Animals Go Vroom!
🐻 Wombats Are Pretty Weird | Flamingos Are Pretty Funky
🐹 The Quiet Forest | The Quiet Ocean
https://www.abicushman.com | Newsletter: https://www.abicushman.com/join-my-email-list
Steve Antony @mrsteveantony.bsky.social Children's Author/Illustrator of internationally bestselling Mr Panda series, school staple The Queen’s Hat and ‘Best 2024 Picture Book’ Rainbowsaurus. And many more.
A. M. Dassu (Az) @amdassu.bsky.social Award-winning, former World Book Day author | Carnegie Nom x3 | Books: BOY,EVERYWHERE | FIGHT BACK |BOOT IT | KICKED OUT and 12 others from pb - teen | PublishersWkly⭐️, ALA Notable Book, a Guardian & Kirkus & Booklist BOOK OF THE YEAR
Instagram: @a.m.dassu
@evecoy.bsky.social @evecoy.bsky.social 
Estrela Lourenço @estrelalourenco.bsky.social #PB Children's Book Author/Illustrator | SCBWI 2021 Portfolio Honor Award | #12x12PB | Rep by @jmcgowanbks at @bookendslit | Freelance STB artist for TV
linktr.ee/estrelalourenco
Laura De La Cruz LOWRIDER FOR SALE (Disney-Hyperion 2026) @vrukaslt.bsky.social #KidLit author | Retired library media tech | #SCBWI | #12x12 #pb | Mamá | Wife | Lowrider lover | Pan Dulce connoisseur | 🇺🇸Chicana🇲🇽 | Rep’d by Leah Pierre - Ladderbird Literary Agency | lauraadelacruz.com | https://linktr.ee/laura_delacruz
Juliana Salcedo @jusabar.bsky.social Children's book illustrator based in Madrid. Repped by Susan Hawk
Portfolio: https://www.jusabar.net
Substack: https://jusabar.substack.com/
Schmax @arcaneshark.com Scooters, cooking and making commercials.
LisaWriteDraw @lisawritedraw.bsky.social Children's author, illustrator and poet, SCBWI NM ARA, ranch living under blue skies of Santa Fe
www.strongboxstudio.com
Joelle Gebhardt @joellegebhardt.bsky.social 🇨🇦🇩🇪 #kidlit author and illustrator
Rep’d by Ammi-Joan Paquette
www.joellegebhardt.com
Mari Netto ✦ @mariananetto.net PT-BR/ENG ✦ ✏️ illustrator, char&prop designer and story artist ✦ 🐞 Quintal (short film) ✦ 🌵 art director at Viu Cine
🌻 mariananetto.net/links
📮 mariananettoart@gmail.com
[ #illustration • #kidlit • #BRart • #quintal • #animation ]
Jon Esparza @jonscrazyblues.bsky.social Hey y’all! I’m cartoonist and stagehand extraordinaire Jon Esparza! The skies have become… CRAZY!!!
Be sure to check out my comics and art at:
BubbleFox.TheComicSeries.com
JonsCrazyStuff.blogspot.com
https://www.redbubble.com/people/jonscrazyshirts/shop
A.J. Irving 🩷💜💙 @ajirving.bsky.social Mama. Wordsmith. Kidlit enthusiast. Lambda Literary Award Finalist. DANCE LIKE A LEAF, THE WISHING FLOWER, THE BI BOOK • Rep: @thejordache.bsky.social • she/her 🏳️🌈 https://ajirving.com/
Vicki Gausden @vickigausden.co.uk Illustrator, friend to dogs & fan of the 6B pencil. Love a dress with pockets. Books with Little Tiger, Farshore & HarperCollins.
www.vickigausden.co.uk
Gabby HC @scriblit.bsky.social Comedy writer & Author. Repped by JFL. Dead Funny History, Horrible Histories & Horrible Science! Loadsa R4 stuff! And more! Buy the Darkwood Trilogy or Rooks Trilogy or Cursed Under London! 🐝 with the 🫖. Avatar by Tealin!
Julie Hedlund @juliefhedlund.bsky.social Picture Book author & Founder, #12x12PB @12x12challenge.bsky.social & co-founder @pbsubmissions.bsky.social. SONG AFTER SONG: Julie Andrews Bio (2023, little bee), OVER, BEAR! UNDER, WHERE? (2021, Philomel) juliehedlund.com- J @jenniferard.bsky.social @jenniferard.bsky.social
Paula @paulajbecker.bsky.social Illustrator/cartoonist/writer. Clients include, Random House, Highlights, Owlkids, KidCanPress, Scholastic, etc.
www.paulajbecker.com
www.instagram.com/paulajbecker
Tara Lazar @taralazar.bsky.social Funny picture book author of FLAT CAT, 7 ATE 9, BLOOP & more, mom, foodie, 80s fan, MS disabled. STORYSTORM founder. SCBWI Golden & Crystal Kite recipient. http://linktr.ee/taralazar
Julie Koon @juliekoon.bsky.social Kidlit Author-Illustrator. Always learning. THE STRUGGLE BUS (2022). Represented by Bookmark Literary.
https://www.juliepkoon.com/
Meredith Vigh Author @meredithvighauthor.bsky.social Picture Books in rhyme and prose.
Agent: @ichristmasbell @DHAchildrens.
Proud Kiwi. She/Her.
Picture Book Critiques at https://www.fiverr.com/merypink33/critique-and-help-edit-your-c
Anna Florsdefum @annaflorsdefum.bsky.social ✏️ illustrator and dreamer
🌱 herbal tea & books addict and nature lover
✉️ annaflorsdefum@gmail.com
www.annaflorsdefum.com
runeowl @runeowl.bsky.social Haley Ray 🦉 Illustrator & Indie Game Dev
Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social M.Ed. Children's Book Writer. Picture Taker. Nature Lover. Anglophile.
Curious about flora and fauna of all kinds but particularly fond of elephants, wolves, birds, insects, and trees.
#SCBWI. #12x12 #kidlit #naturalist
elizabethvolkmannauthor.com
ellen seal ✨ kidlit @byellenseal.bsky.social Author/Illustrator creating books that spark curiosity in all the little dreamers & weirdos
✨ Find my work at ellenseal.com
✨ Represented by Karly Dizon of Fuse Literary 
Catherine Friess @ Story Snug @storysnug.com Bookblogger: https://storysnug.com
🇮🇪 #scbwi #writementor #writemagic
3rd place: Writing Mag PB Prize '25
Top 100: #CNPKids CB '25
Shortlisted: Searchlight PB Award & #WM Idea Idol '24 / #WMCNA PB '23
https://www.instagram.com/cjfriess_storysnug
Kelsey Marshalsey @kelseymarshalsey.bsky.social She/Her
Canadian Illustrator/Author 🇨🇦
Portfolio: www.kelseymarshalsey.com
Angela Matteson @angelamatteson.bsky.social #KidLit Illustrator / Surface Designer
Obsessed with color & inspired by nature
Represented by James McGowan at BookEnds Literary Agency
bio.site/angelamatteson
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
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
Melissa Lettis @melissalettisart.bsky.social KidLit illustrator/author. I also knit, sing, hike, and drink absurd amounts of tea. www.melissalettisart.com
Seeking Representation.
Denise Gallagher @denisegallagher.bsky.social Author. Illustrator. SCBWI Illustrator Coordinator LA/MS Region. Loves to draw. Loves really weird animals. Denisegallagher.com
Audrey Suau @audreysuau.bsky.social PB Author & illustrator 🇫🇷
REVE DE MEDAILLE, MARIE PANTALON, L’ABECEDAIRE EXTRAORDINAIRE…
| she-her | #PB Party 22 &24 illustration showcase HM | Kidlit411 illustration contest’ 22 finalist | #12X12 |
💌audreysuau@gmail.com
📚https://linktree.ee/audreysuau
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
Angel Tate @attcreates.bsky.social Author/Illustrator kidlit is my happy place 😊
“ PARKER PETERZAK HAS THE BIG SCHOOL BLUES” Sunday Dinner Publishing Out now. “I ROCK MY HAIR PRETTY AND PROTECTED BY THE CROWN ACT” with Gnome Road Publishing March 2025
https://angeltate.crevado.com/
Katiuska Pino @katiuskapino.com ✨ open for picture books and early readers projects.
✨ currently seeking representation.
🌈 www.katiuskapino.com/
Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social REWRITING THE RULES (Sept '25 Millbrook Press)
#MakingSTEMaccessible
Bio PhD | PB MG YA author |
1st pl '22: #rateyourstory & #springflingkidlit
3x winner #50PreciousWord '22/3/4;
Highlights sch '23
Rep: @gabycabezut @SeymourAgency
www.dannazeiger.com
J.L. DoomRona, Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃 @jldurona.com Spooky middle grade author, music and movie friend, fledgling DM. #SCBWI #HWA. 🚫AI
Troupes are the ropes on which we joyfully swing!
Anja Rützel @anjaruetzel.bsky.social Autorin für Tiere & Televisionen.
Hängengeblieben auf der Damals-Zeit.
Podcasts: Der Bätchcast, Sendepause Fehlanzeige und Studio Schnabel.
ko-fi.com/anjaruetzel
Paul Joseph Nicholson @pauljnicholson.bsky.social UK based Character Designer and Animation Artist. Art Director (Mr Bean) Character Designer: Netflix (Dance Monsters, DeadEnd), Tiger Aspect (Mr Bean, Corpse Talk) Moonbug/Disney (Buster Saves Christmas) He/Him
Rochelle Steder (Illustrator) @rochellesteder.bsky.social Chicago-land illustrator, crocheter, mom, & cat enthusiast. 📚Picture books & 🎲Board Games. SCBWI. ✨Looking for representation!✨ www.rochellesteder com
rochellesteder@gmail.com
Susanna Mazzaschi @susillustrations.bsky.social 🏳️🌈Freelance illustrator based in Italy!
Find my work here👇🏻
https://linktr.ee/SusannaMazzaschi
Ravenscar Podcasts (Publishing Rodeo & Bad First Books) @publishingrodeo.bsky.social http://linktr.ee/ravenscar
Home of the trade publishing podcast, PUBLISHING RODEO, and author chat podcast, BAD FIRST BOOKS. Hosts: @sunyidean.com and @scottdrakeford.com and @richardswanauthor.bsky.social
Renate Potter @renatepotter.bsky.social Illustrator of children’s books, enjoyer of nature and lover of fantasy…
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/
Noël Baris @barisnoel.bsky.social 🏴☠️ 🇳🇱 🇮🇩 MG/YA Author | Rep’ed by Eva Scalzo | Hit me up for MG/YA ARC reviews!
Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social MG Author (she/her) 🎵THE SONG OF ORPHAN'S GARDEN🌺 January 21, 2025 Feiwel & Friends🌟Bookseller (Kids’ Specialist)🌟SCBWI-IL Co-rep 🌟Former homeschool co-op teacher🌟Rep: Deborah Warren East/West Literary
https://linktr.ee/nicolemhewitt
Jo Salazar (she/they) @paperyjoey.bsky.social Illustrator 🖤🤍💜
Paper cut and paint
📍Lisbon
Rep’d by @tajmccoy.bsky.social
josalazar.com
Brittany Pomales @brittanypomales.bsky.social Children’s Book Author
Host of Kidlit Haha Week
SM & Publicity for The Little Press
Buy IT STARTED WITH A P 👇🏽
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738107/it-started-with-a-p-by-brittany-pomales-illustrated-by-andrew-joyner/
Jolene Gutiérrez | Kidlit Author & Teacher Librarian @writerjolene.bsky.social #Kidlit writer 📚 #SCBWI member 📚 Teacher librarian in a haunted library 👻 TOO MUCH! AN OVERWHELMING DAY '23 ✨ THE OFRENDA THAT WE BUILT '24 ✨ MAMIACHI AND ME '25 ✨ UNBREAKABLE: A JAPANESE AMERICAN FAMILY IN AN AMERICAN INCARCERATION CAMP '26 ✨ 
Keith Robinson @keithrobinson.bsky.social Illustrator, mostly of books for young persons. I enjoy drawing fantasy, spooky, historical and animal stories.
📚 Rep'd by Emily Talbot at United Agents
🌐 www.keithrobinson.co.uk
📷 Insta: @keithrobinson.illustrator
Christina Frigo @christinafrigo.bsky.social kidlit writer & mother
rep: Tess Weitzner at FGLA
christinafrigo.com
Jessica Stremer Kidlit Author @jstremer.bsky.social Children's Book Author
GREAT CARRIER REEF 🌟🌟 LIGHTS OUT;
FIRE ESCAPE 🌟🌟; PLIGHT OF THE PELICAN; WONDERFULLY WILD 🌟 TRAPPED IN THE TAR PIT; WHEN OLD BECOMES NEW ('26)
Alison Weiss @alioop7.bsky.social Editorial consultant at Alison Weiss Editorial. Causing all sorts of mayhem in the publishing world.
www.alisonweisseditorial.com
Jeanette Bradley @jbradley.bsky.social Author/Illustrator of books for kids. LOVE, MAMA, SOMETHING GREAT, NO VOICE TOO SMALL, NO WORLD TOO BIG & forthcoming NO BRAIN THE SAME 🏳️🌈
Anna M Lewis @annamlewis.bsky.social Author/ Illustrator | Toy Inventor | Sarcasm Queen | Pursuer of Creative Ideas | Constantly Spiraling Down Some Rabbit Hole
Olivia Villet @oliviavillet.bsky.social Children’s book illustrator. Dog lover. Cake eater. 
Shirley Ng-Benitez @shirleyngbenitez.bsky.social Author and Illustrator of children’s books, and absolutely anti-AI.
📚🎨 https://www.shirleyngbenitez.com/
—Everyone’s a story.
Aschwabart @aschwabart.bsky.social (she/her) 🎨 I'm an editorial & book illustrator, picture book writer, designer, speaker, and neurodiversity advocate. https://www.aliciaschwab.com/links | Member: @illustratorsforhire, SCBWI PAL, and #12x12PBchallenge.