Debra Collins @thewritedebrac.bsky.social School psychologist, children's author rep'd by @JenNewens; SEL PB blogger. Co-author, S.T.O.P. and Relax therapeutic yoga curriculum. Website: www.thewritedebracollins.com
@ChildrensBookAc; #SCBWI; #RYS, @writeforkids Insider Coaching Club.
Bonnie Kelso @bonniekelso.bsky.social Author illustrator of books for kids. Nature, humor, and cuteness are my pb & jam. Rep'd by Liz Nealon @GreatDogLit https://linktr.ee/bonniekelso
Mariana Ríos Ramírez @marianarios.bsky.social 🇲🇽🇺🇸Kidlit author | SANTIAGO’S DINOSAURIOS - AW’22 | ABUELITA’S GIFT - KNOPF’24 | SCBWI | RYS | Storyteller Academy | Las Musas | 📷 Photographer| K-drama ♥️ I PB Rising 🌟 l Dog 🩷 l Chai Latte fan l Rep’d: Natascha Morris
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Maria van Lieshout @vanlieshoutstudio.bsky.social Dutch-born, California-based illustrator/graphic novelist. Printz Honor. Nat. Book Award longlist🐦⬛
songofablackbird.com
instagram.com/vanlieshoutstudio
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Way-Word Writers @waywordwriters.bsky.social To nurture and enrich the established writer’s journey through podcasts, classes, retreats, and more.
Kaz Windness she/her @kazwindness.bsky.social •📕Out now: WORM AND BUTTERFLY (S&S)
•📘Out soon!: TIME TRAVELING CHICKENS (S&S)
•📚Check out: “When You Love a Book” (PRH)
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Lisa Yee . . . is confused about social media @lisayee.bsky.social New York Times Bestseller, Newbery Honoree, National Book Award Finalist, Procrastinator Extraordinaire, #KidLit Author
Adria Karlsson @adriakarlsson.bsky.social They/them
Author/illustrator repped by @litagentsaritza.bsky.social
#nescbwi, #12x12pb
MY SISTER, DAISY (Capstone, 2021)
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Rob Liu-Trujillo @robliutrujillo.bsky.social Fresh Juice/Jugo Fresco. Dad, Husband, Author, Muralist, Illustrator. Trust Your Struggle Collective, Come Bien Books, Soc Justice Kids Bk Fair, Bay Area. He/him/his.
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Nancy Viau @nviau.bsky.social Reader, Writer,📚 Biker, 🚴🏻 Hiker, Nature-Lover, 🏖️Traveler
Newest book: HANGING OUT WITH GRAM (Jan. 2026)
#PB #kidlt #author #travel
www.NancyViau.com
Neal Zetter @nealzetterpoet.bsky.social Award-winning performance poet, author, educator, entertainer and superhero. I work with all ages visiting schools, libraries etc, in-person and virtually. Latest poetry books: 'Chicken in the Kitchen' and 'Small Poems for Big Imaginations'.
Lori Tecler @loritecler.bsky.social Elementary school library media specialist; 💙 literacy & freedom to read advocate 💙; 📚reader;📚; goldendoodle mom🐾; DC sports fan 🏒🏈🏀; University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate & Badger sports fan 🦡
https://www.donorschoose.org/ms-tecler
Heather Kinser @heatherkinser.bsky.social Picture book author: IN A CAVE, NATURE IS A SCULPTOR, SMALL MATTERS | rep'd by @sarah_redfoxlit | Inform, Delight & Shine a Light!
SCBWI/12x12/InkedVoices
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/
Kari Ann Gonzalez, Author @karigonzalezwrites.bsky.social Lover of sweets, tea, hobby farming, reading, and writing. Award-winning children's author of How To Hatch A Reader (23), How To Hatch A Writer (25), If You Live On A Farm (26), and 3 more unannounced titles to share soon!
Anita Bagdi @anitab.bsky.social Kidlit illustrator, human artist, neurodivergent family
Proudly represented by Illo Agency
https://linktr.ee/anitab_art
Vivian Kirkfield @viviankirkfield.bsky.social Writer for children—reader forever…living my dream as the author of award-winning pictures books & helping others follow their dreams with the #50PreciousWords Writing Contest & Literacy Initiative. Lover of dark chocolate and compassionate people.
Ann Diament Koffsky @artbyann.bsky.social Author and/ or Illustrator of 40+ books including PING PONG SHABBAT (2024, Little Bee). 12x12. CBIGNYC. SCBWI.
Ellen Leventhal @ellenlwrites.bsky.social Author, Educator, and lover of children, dogs, and chocolate #12x12 picture book challenge, #Debbie’sSong, #AFloodofKindness #kidlit Rep’d by Ritu Anand D4EO Literary
Pat Zietlow Miller (she/her) @patzmiller.bsky.social Picture book author. Reader. Bookstore and library lover. All about my kids and cats. Repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette. #Kidlit website: www.patzietlowmiller.com
Kidlit411 @kidlit411.bsky.social Everything kid lit, in one place! A website and community founded by Elaine Kiely Kearns and @sylvialiu.bsky.social. Follow us for weekly links to kid lit resources and book giveaways.
website: kidlit411.com 
Melissa Stoller Author @melissastoller.bsky.social Author & Educator #PictureBooks and #ChapterBooks. HAZEL AND MABEL: TWO HEARTS APART releasing from @GnomeRoadPublishing in Fall 2025. #SCBWI #12x12PBChallenge #WritingBarn #RateYourStory Judge
www.MelissaStoller.com
Amanda Morrow @amandamorrowart.bsky.social Kidlit Artist 🎨
amandamorrowart.com
Rep’d by the Bright Agency
Candace Spizzirri 📚 @candacespizzirri.bsky.social Children’s author 📚young-minded grandma FINLEY: A MOOSE IN CHARTREUSE 🫎💚 FINLEY: A MOOSE ON THE CABOOSE 🫎🚂 FISHING WITH GRANDPA AND SKYE 🎣🐠 AMBER MAE AND HER STRAYS (2027) 🦥🐧🐊🦒 🦛 Rep: Ritu Anand D4EO ❤️ #SCBWI #12x12
Rekha Salin @rekhasalin.bsky.social Children Author+Illustrator
Seeking Representation
Clients- Puffin Books UK, OUP, GRP
RA #scbwi INTL centre region
Www.rekhasalin.com
Newsletter- https://rekhasalin.substack.com/
Kristi Mahoney @kristimahoney.bsky.social picture book author:
OWLS MAKE TERRIBLE TEACHERS
ALPACAS MAKE TERRIBLE LIBRARIANS
OSTRICHES MAKE TERRIBLE PILOTS (2028)
rep'd by @elisahouot.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/kristimahoneybooks
12x12, SCBWI, PBSoar, 24CarrotWriting, Boston Author's Club
Anita Crawford Clark @authoranita.bsky.social Children's Book Author and Illustrator, Educator, Musician
Debut Picture Book: OLD TO JOY (23) by Gnome Road Publishing
acrawfordclark.com 
Suhasini Gupta @thesusankam.bsky.social Author/Engineer/Mom
Debut PB- KAI PO CHE: Mini's Perfect Kite (@GRP, March '25)
#12x12 #SCBWI #DVpit
Amazon: https://a.co/d/cSZyHfk
Rap song: https://bit.ly/3zyA35u
Susan Johnston Taylor (she/her) @sjohnstontaylor.bsky.social Actor/singer/author who tells stories onstage & on the page. ND. Works/teaches at @thewritingbarn.bsky.social
#Kidlit author: ANIMALS IN SURPRISING SHADES, 2023. Rep: Mara Cobb at Martin Lit.
staylorwrites.com https://linktr.ee/sjohnstontaylor
Betsy Bird @fuse8.bsky.social Blog about kids books? You bet (A Fuse #8 Production). Library degree? You know it. Books for kids? Seven. Books for adults about kidlit? Two. Podcasts about kids books? One (Fuse 8 n’ Kate). Having fun! https://afuse8production.slj.com
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org radical publisher of politics, culture, current events
haymarketbooks.org
London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk Critical thinking, published every fortnight.
Read at lrb.co.uk
Try the LRB for just £6: lrb.me/social
Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social Verso Books is the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English speaking world.
Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social Award Winning Small Press. SFF in Fiction and Academia. Est. 2015. Member of Publishing Scotland. https://www.lunapresspublishing.com
Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social Indy publisher of award winning literary fiction
You can order books here : www.bluemoosebooks.com 
Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social Fiercely independent bookstore in Cambridge and Boston, MA
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king's co-op bookstore @kingsbookstore.bsky.social Order books online or shop in-person at Canada's hardest to find indie bookstore, co-operatively run in Halifax, Nova Scotia, featuring $5 flat rate shipping across Canada!
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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk A queer online book shop based in the UK, specialising in LGBTQ+ graphic novels, books, and manga. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️📚✌🏻@proudgeekbookshop elsewhere.
https://linktr.ee/ProudGeekBookshop
Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social Established 2016, worker owned and operated since 2020. Always Carry A Book
Shakespeare and Company @shakespeareandcompany.com Indie bookshop in Paris📚Online store ships to the world 🌎 Listen to our podcast here: https://podfollow.com/shakespeare-and-company 🎧
In My Good Books Podcast @inmygoodbookspod.bsky.social 🎧Twice-weekly podcast episodes with authors & book lovers
📚Book reviews & recommendations
🏴Scotland
🙋🏻♀️Susie - She/her
Links to listen: https://linktr.ee/inmygoodbookspod
SomethingAboutBooks23 @shonaholmes23.bsky.social 📚👋Bookblogger of ARC’s, NetGalley & a never ending TBR list! Reviews posted here, Twitter & #Bookstagram (Insta: @SomethingAboutBooks23)
📚Current Read: Someone Is Lying
Clare - The Fallen Librarian Reviews 😄📚💖 @fallenlibrarian.bsky.social She/Her💖📚☕️🌿🌳UK 🇬🇧Book blogger, Librarian📚, Trainer, Book worm, cross stitcher, mad knitter, cake baker, garden lover xxx
Blog www.thefallenlibrarian.wordpress.com
Jill 💙📚👀 Book Blogger (Books_in_wales) 🏳️🌈 @booksinwales.bsky.social 📚💙 Book lover and reviewer 💙📚⌛
Massive fan of gothic historical fiction 🖤
Love anything bookish, dogs, nature and food 💓
Always looking for glimmers ✨ small moments of positivity and light in a dark world 🌍
#booksky
Linda Hill @lindasbookbag.bsky.social Book blogger at https://lindasbookbag.com and fanatical tea drinker
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Tina Jordan @tinajordan.bsky.social Deputy editor, New York Times Book Review. Reader, writer, archives fiend.
Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social Manc independent publisher with a conscience.
M.D. Isabelle Kenyon
2024 North England Winner Small Press of Year!
Sustainable, political and accessible
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk
Canongate @canongate.co.uk Publisher. Always independent.
https://canongate.co.uk
Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social Publishing independently since 1929.
linktr.ee/faberbooks
Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social Award-winning powerhouse publisher of SF 🚀 Fantasy 🧜♂️ Spec Fic ✨, and Horror 🧟 Part of Profile Books 📚 https://linktr.ee/solarisbooks
Salt Books @saltpublishing.com If you’re reading this, you’re in the right place.
Beautiful books you won't forget. Available in all good bookshops.
Atlantic Books @atlanticbooks.bsky.social Independent British publisher of literary fiction and non-fiction. Also the home of imprints Corvus Books, Allen & Unwin UK, and Grove Press UK.
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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social Swindon based independent bookshop, visit us online or in person! bertsbooks.co.uk - or 54 Godwin Court, Swindon, SN1 4BB
Email us on bert@bertsbooks.co.uk 
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social Half Man, Half Bookshop.
Moved to Hastings in 2018 to start a wild new adventure with my family.
Not the inventor of the word "brainbow"
https://www.biggreenbookshop.com/
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me Writer, Colombo. Wrote THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS (2023, Nebula, Ignyte, Crawford, and Locus awards) & RAKESFALL (2024, Le Guin Prize and Otherwise award.) https://vajra.me
Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social Writer. Yes, that one.
(she/they)
Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social Writer, husband, etc. Books: Pictures at a Revolution (2008), Five Came Back (2014), Mike Nichols: A Life (2021), Our Way (coming in fall 2027). Lately: T, New York, etc. Past: EW, Grantland, younger. I am not Mark Hamill so I cannot "stick to acting."
John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social Nebula Award & Locus Award winner. Novels: SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN (2024), WEARING THE LION (2025), THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS (2026). Disabled. Ace/aro. He/him. https://linktr.ee/johnwiswell
Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com 🇨🇦 Kidlit author & illustrator. Illus books by Judy Blume, Michael Ian Black, others. Author news, ATmosphere, book blog etc: https://debbieohi.com/links/
📚 I WANT TO READ *ALL* THE BOOKS
🎨 I'M BUSY (w/ Michael Ian Black)
DebbieOhi.com
Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com Writer, scientist, bug. she/her. #yeg. 🇨🇦 🇬🇾 Winner of a Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy, Ignyte, and Aurora award! Rep: Michael Curry 📚🪲 Tips for cat treats! https://ko-fi.com/premee
Sarah Pinborough @sarahpinborough.bsky.social Author and screenwriter. Sunday Times #1, & NYT Bestselling author of BEHIND HER EYES on Netflix and INSOMNIA on Paramount+. Ted owner. WE LIVE HERE NOW coming Summer of 2025
Janet Emson @janetemson.bsky.social Book lover. Book reviewer. On the other socials as @JanetEmson
UK
fromfirstpagetolast.wordpress.com
Ian Rankin @ianrankin1.bsky.social Author, Inspector Rebus (and other stuff). Edinburgh-based. More usually pub-based.
Fox Lane Books 🦊 @foxlanebooks.bsky.social 🦊Indie bookseller with an online shop📚Lots of signed books & special editions 🦊 Sale sections all year round with book bargains📚Gift packages, book subscriptions & E-gift cards available🦊Bookish gifts📚 FoxLaneBooks.co.uk 🦊
Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) is a labor union representing writers of motion pictures, television, radio, and internet programming.
linktr.ee/wgawest
Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social Writers Guild of America East, AFL-CIO, is a labor union representing writers in film, television, news, podcasts, and online media.
Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com Author, Historian, Novelist. New mystery: THE DEAD COME TO STAY; New nonfic: THE INTERMEDIARIES🏳️⚧️. As seen on THE UNBELIEVABLE & SECRETS DECLASSIFIED. Bylines @SciAm @WSJ @wired 🧪🗃️Social justice & equity
(she/her) #Autistic #NB
https://brandyschillace.com/
Electra Rhodes @electrarhodes.bsky.social Writer. Digger. Rustic. Thief.
Wait...
*Taps mic*
Is this thing working?
Work on/in/with
BBC Radio 4
Best Small Fictions 2023
Emerging Writers The London Library 22/23
W/C
ND
She/Her.
Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social Writer
Poetry: Debut collection due Spring ‘27
(Broken Sleep Books)
Forward Prize/BOTN nominee
100+ poems in Agenda, Stand, Poetry Salzburg, Chiron Review, IS&T etc & on BBC
Charles Causley & Bridport shortlists
Prose: Orwell Prize/Bridport Novel longlists
Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social Writer. Very small. Books normal size. THE CLOCKWORK GIRL, BOOK OF SECRETS etc. Writes thrillers as Anna Sharpe.
Also a criminal justice lawyer and a dark history geek.
Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social Host, NPR. Writer of novels. Companion of internet dog. Not a customer service desk. (I do not book guests for NPR. Beware of scams.)
Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social writer. gardener. cailleach na luatha 🦋
moryan.com 💚
linktr.ee/maureenryan 🚀
I’m writing a book about Battlestar Galactica. I wrote a book about Hollywood titled Burn It Down. I’ve been a critic & journalist for 100 years. More at links above 🌸 Abolish ICE
Jane Fallon @janefallon.bsky.social Sunday Times 13 time bestselling novelist
Mhairi McFarlane @mhairim.bsky.social Writer 📚romantic comedies & 🍏📺 writers room Slow Horses Series 5 ✍🏻 Meme slag. Lover of cats. Prosecco goblin. Old Hollywood enthusiast. Don’t trust me with Google Maps & we should be fine.
https://www.mhairimcfarlane.com/
Harlan Coben @harlancoben.bsky.social Next Netflix series: I WILL FIND YOU
Next book: PLOT TWIST: A Memoir
HarlanCoben.com
Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social Author. Immigrant. Queer. Owned by dog. PhD student University of Reading.
Usually pissed off, but like in a funny way. Latest novels: BODY COUNT (UK), PARADISE (UK), EAT SLAY LOVE (US). Next novel: THE BEST OF ENEMIES
Sheila O’Flanagan @sheilawriter.bsky.social Writer, reader, armchair sportswoman. Secrets Between Friends out 26 March 2026
Jenny Colgan @jennycolgan.bsky.social Writeroonie
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
Sahil Bloom @sahilbloom.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Author of The 5 Types of Wealth. Gave up a grand slam on ESPN in 2012 and still waiting for it to land. Order my book here: https://www.the5typesofwealth.com/
Blue Willow Bookshop @bluewillowbooks.bsky.social West Houston's favorite bookshop. Can we say that? Opinionated service and fantastic author events since 1996.