AnneWritesKidlit @anneruggirello.bsky.social Picture book writer 📚 Bluesky newbie
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Zibe🌱 @zibe.bsky.social 🪴lvl 30 Freelance illustrator |💍|
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Melissa Manlove @mmanlove.bsky.social Executive Editor, Sourcebooks. She/her
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
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Tiffany Painter @tiffanypainter.bsky.social MG author, SCBWI, Haiku writer, dog walker, cat lover, storyteller, Paints With Words, former teacher
tiffanypainter.com
Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social Wife of @alysemayequade.bsky.social, mom, reproductive justice advocate, MN State Senator, and John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award Winner (along with my Twin Cities neighbors). Reposts aren’t endorsements.
Jerry Bennett @thejerrybennett.com Graphic novelist, full time illustrator,
Global U.S. Illustrator Coordinator for SCBWI. (Is having six cats too many? I didn’t think so.)
https://artistjerrybennett.substack.com/
https://linktr.ee/artistjerrybennett
Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.bsky.social Congressman, former Mayor of Long Beach, educator, comic nerd, progressive & proud American 🇺🇸🏳️🌈
Official: @robertgarcia.house.gov
Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social Anarchist. Host of Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff. Co-owner of Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness. Latest book is The Immortal Choir Holds Every Voice. she/they
Brock Stephen Henning @bshenning.bsky.social #kidlit @SCBWIRockyMtn member 📚 MG Author/Illustrator of HACKERS: WORM EATER and the HACKERS series 👾 gamer, sax player, fly fisher, tech geek, film buff 🌐 www.brockhenning.com
Jessica Stremer Kidlit Author @jstremer.bsky.social Children's Book Author
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Kirsten Miles, Author 🌹 @kirstenmiles.bsky.social Author 🖊 Vegan 🥬 Libra ♎️
EDM forever 🪩 Write Your Heart Out ❤️
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Judith Henderson @judithhenderson.bsky.social ✍️ author/illustrator, Composer🎹TV Producer. Wrote theme song for PBS show, Arthur.🏆
Official 🦋 for #MENApit! @menapitch.bsky.social A pitch event for MENA writers created by & for marginalised voices. Next event: April 2027.
Hosts: @ptissem | @yaldacollection | @krystalelkhoury
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Nevada Public Radio (KNPR) @knpr.org We are NPR for Nevada.
📻 88.9 FM in Las Vegas
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Terri Farley @terrifarley.bsky.social Writer, recovering teacher, advocates for the wild, love selkies, dogs, cats, brainy outsiders.
PHANTOM STALLION books w Simon & Schuster ORDER here http://bit.ly/3BoMfnd Check out my new website TerriFarley.com
Katie Monson @litagentkatiem.bsky.social Senior Literary Agent with SBR Media.
https://QueryTracker.net/query/Katie_Monson
https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/katie-monson/
All opinions and statements are my own.
Rebecca @rebeccaw04.bsky.social Assistant Agent at Sheldon Fogelman Agency 📚| writer 🖊| CPC & Geneseo alumna 💞 | all thoughts and opinions my own 💅
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Scholastic UK @scholasticuk.bsky.social Publisher & distributor of great children's books.
Please email enquiries@scholastic.co.uk with any queries.
Jane Smith @superjane.bsky.social Super Jane • Author-Illustrator • Picture Books: CHLOE ZOE, MISS MEOW, NAKED BUTT, HELLO NEW HOUSE + more! • Join the Super Readers Club on Substack • https://linktr.ee/superjane
PBS @pbs.org PBS’s editorial independence is central to our work and will never change. We produce trustworthy content that features unbiased reporting.
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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social “Having fun isn’t hard, when you’ve got a library card!” - Arthur Read
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social Texas State Representative, former middle school teacher, and Presbyterian seminarian running for the U.S. Senate to take power back for working people.
Jocelyn Cho @artbyjoycho.bsky.social Freelance illustrator based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov Congresista proudly serving the diverse IL-03. 🦋
I will not concede the power of the people.
Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov U.S. Senator for Oregon. Rotisserie chicken enthusiast. Senate’s resident privacy hawk.
senatefinance.bsky.social
wydenpress.bsky.social
National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org Advancing and defending the rights and opportunities of low-income immigrants & their loved ones.
@bobmcmahonart.bsky.social @bobmcmahonart.bsky.social Creator of the Cookie & Broccoli early reader series, Dial Books Random house.
Be honest, be silly, be kind. 
Laken Brimicombe @lakenbrimicombe.bsky.social 🇨🇦Middle grade writer
🐈⬛Cat mom
Daniel Rolph Author @danielrolphauthor.bsky.social Daniel Rolph grew up in the UK foster care system, experiencing firsthand the challenges that come with it. Now, he's channelling those experiences into his debut novel, Shattered Paths
Buy Now: https://geni.us/OEi75Gh
Mirka Breen @m-moi.bsky.social Kidlit reader & writer, Cat Crazy (but not a lady), my heros are the get-along people
Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social Digital Project Manager for Scottish Book Trust. Children’s books and comics enthusiast. Dyslexic. ME/CSF. Here for the kids book chat. All views my own. #KidsBooksFriday 📚🏴
Pauline Ts'o @p2tso.bsky.social #Kidlit author/illustrator. Barely taller than my audience. Take a peek at my portfolio at www.paulinetso.com - thanks! #SCBWI #pb #illustrator
@ciaralovesbooks.bsky.social @ciaralovesbooks.bsky.social 
Melissa Catena @melissacatena.bsky.social 📚 #Kidlit Author
✏️ Curriculum Developer
📝 Times/Chicken House 2024 Children's Fiction Competition Shortlistee 
Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social Author of time travel stories BLUE SKIES (in The Accidental Time Travelers Collective Volume 1) and FROM NOW ON (Vol. 3). Working on PBs, MG Sci-fi, and haiku as @haikuformykids.bsky.social (he/him)
Cindy Samul @cindysamul.bsky.social Illustrator with a life-long love of books, cartoons, and gummy bears (but not necessarily in that order). https://linktr.ee/cindysamul #scbwi
Katie Gilstrap @bykatiegilstrap.bsky.social Author of SPACEMANATEE! (Magination Press), PENNY LU PORCUPINE, and FINNEGAN FOX (Nancy Paulsen Books). 📚
Bestie to @attaboyartie.bsky.social 🐕
Friend to all creatures ❤️🐾
Joy 💙 @sugataai.com Developer | Democrat 🩵
"U r only limited by ur imagination" - Jeff Mills.
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Beth Carrison | B&N Bookseller @bcarrisonbn.bsky.social 📚 Helping Schools, Libraries, Hospitals & Businesses Access Books, Games & More!
✨ #Boston #Metrowest #Southshore #Northshore #MA #AEPA #bookvendor
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Claire Blumenfeld @cblumenfeld.bsky.social K-12 Reading Specialist, PBWriter, reader, mom, SCBWI #12x12PB #InkedVoices mentee www.ClaireBlumenfeld.com
CRANKY HANK and THE NOISY NEIGHBORS: A PURIM STORY (spring 2027, Kar-Ben)
David McMullin @davidmcmullin.bsky.social Kidlit Author, FREE TO BE FABULOUS, ROCK 'N' ROLL BABY
KidsWord & AllKidsBooks – Explore, Read & Share! @allkidsbooks.com 🌟 Join our vibrant community of children's book lovers!
🔗 KidsWrd.com | AllKidsBooks.com
👧 Parents & Teachers: Find the best books for young readers.
✍️ Authors & Illustrators: List & showcase your books to a global audience.
Lauren N. Simmons @laurennsimmons1.bsky.social #Kidlit writer. Wife and mom. Loves Jesus.
#50preciouswords HM 24/25, #springflingkidlit HM 25, #sunwritefun win 23/24/25.
R Crumb Warehouse @rcrumbwarehouse.bsky.social We post everything R, Crumb related
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends, We're so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside, There behind a glass stands a real blade of grass Be careful as you pass, move along, move along
Ibarra V. Gomez @ibarravgomez.bsky.social Author of kids’ horror fiction and a voracious reader, watcher, and player of stories! Contact: ivg@eml.cc
Samuel Lee @thenameisleee.bsky.social I was the leading figure of the way of romance and the spiritual and psychological warfare for 18 years.
https://thewayofromance.com
https://spiritualandpsychologicalwarfare.com
SAM || SMÈD @sam2005brave.bsky.social My YouTube channel 😉 https://youtube.com/@sam_brave?si=c8DKihYQvNB_2wAn
Your sexual health ain’t just ‘important’ — it’s the damn engine of your manhood. Rev it up in 7 seconds.👇🏻
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Meryl Suresh @merylwrites.bsky.social #kidlit author in training
#SCBWI
2025 #12x12challenge
2025 #PBRisingStars HM
a 2025 #KidLitZombieWeek Winner
Erin L. Thomas @erinthomas.bsky.social Author, Daydreamer, Lover of Yarn
I write books for kids and teens from my home in Whitby, Ontario. I love knitting and sewing, and have a thing for old sewing machines and typewriters. I'm happiest when surrounded by my wonderful family and pets. 
Katie Kulla @katiekulla.bsky.social 🌻 Author FARM-RAISED KIDS (Storey 2024)
🌱 Illustrator EDIBLE (Thames & Hudson 2023)
🥕 Podcaster GROWING FOR MARKET PODCAST
Suzanne Beaky Illustration @suzannebeaky.bsky.social Children’s Illustrator. Cat Lover. Avid Gardener.
You can find my portfolio at http://www.suzannebeaky.com
General Strike US @generalstrikeus.bsky.social THE Decentralized General Strike Network ✊ Uniting 3.5% (11 million Americans!) to actively participate in a STRIKE for economic & political reconstruction.
JOIN US: www.GeneralStrikeUS.com
LEARN MORE: https://linktr.ee/generalstrikeus
CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social Founded to stand up to Trump and the GOP. Legal analysis & news the media is missing.
Norm Feuti @normfeuti.bsky.social Award-winning author, illustrator & cartoonist living in Massachusetts.
📚BOOKS: A Kid Like Me • Beak & Ally • Hello, Hedgehog! • The King of Kazoo
🗞COMICS: Retail • Gil
normfeuticartoons.com
Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social Independent Journalist. Host of “The Jim Acosta Show” on Substack, YouTube and Apple Podcasts: Former Chief WH Correspondent. Author. https://substack.com/@jimacosta?r=lpd3z&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile Inquiries: go to jimacosta.com
James Topham @jamestopham.bsky.social Screenwriter: @RidleyScottCG, @GaumontTV #BAFTA / @RocliffeForum Winner.
https://james-topham.com
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
Cayen @cayen.bsky.social Comic artist:
https://globalcomix.com/c/armageddon-divinity
https://www.patreon.com/c/Cayen
Zombie, part time farmer, holy crow! :D
🪷Book Junky @027queen.bsky.social School librarian, bookseller, dachshund mom.
Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com Senior editor at DarlingAxe.com. Novelist at SeptimusBrown.com. Award-winning short-fiction writer. Chaotic good. He/they. 🏳️🌈
Rick MacKay @rickmackay.bsky.social Rocky Mountain Serial Remodeler, Writer, Nature Boy, Movie Buff, Road Dog.
X refugee.
#JoyPit Pitch Event @joypit.bsky.social Pitch event for light hearted feel-good books #JoyPit | Official Date - June 6, 2024 | Founded by @amsahubooks.bsky.social - joypitch.wordpress.com
Cynthia Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award–winning author | MFA, PhD English(c) | SOMETHING FOLLOWED US HOME, Sept 29 | Rep-Lane Heymont | cynthiapelayo.com
Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social We host virtual events for authors! Find out more at https://ko-fi.com/weeknightwriters
MoodPitchers @moodpitchers.bsky.social MOVING TO WEBSITE AND DISCORD! A biannual online pitch event hosted by @LiteraryKat @hannahdsharpe2 incl. moodboards & ALT text, connecting writers with agents & acquiring editors. NEXT EVENT: THURS NOV 9/23 8a-8p ET!
#MiseryPit @miserypit.bsky.social #MiseryPit - A pitch event focusing on Mysteries, Thrillers, and True Crime for the #writingcommunity and #Booksky authors. Hosted by @jocelynegregory.bsky.social
Next event: February 1st, 2026
#YouDeservepIt @youdeservepit.bsky.social A hype pitch event for writers that fosters community, connection, and most of all—empowerment. Next Event: January 23rd on X and January 24th on 🦋 | Hosted by @drenderturmaud
Path2pub (Path To Publication) @path2pub.bsky.social Path To Publication: From The Querying Trenches To The Shelves. We’re writers sharing our publication journey along with tips & lessons! #P2Ppit hosts.
🔗 https://path2pub.wordpress.com/
Cupit @cupitch.bsky.social A pitch event for romance of all sorts on bsky & X. #Cupit is hosted by @CrystalBAuthor.bsky.social.
We will see you February 14, 2026!
Cheer Pit @cheerpitx.bsky.social Cheer Pit is a pitch event for authors held on December 9 focused on spreading holiday cheer. Established 2024 by @cjtruwriter.bsky.social
#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social bsky pitch event for unagented creators from marginalized communities
next event Sept 30, 2026 8AM-8PM ET
More #DVpit info: https://dvpit.carrd.co/
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social Rabbi/award-winning author.
🌱 Ancient tools for healing + justice: LifeIsASacredText.com
(Always! 100% human-authored + NAZI-FREE!):
New 📚 On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World.
💥 Collective liberation or bust.
she/her
Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov Dad, husband, teacher, coach, veteran. Governor of Minnesota. Working to move our state forward as #OneMinnesota.
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.
BluesterB @bluesterb.bsky.social He/him, bi,💙. I don't normally do social media, but this place seems less aggressive than most of the internet.
Patricia J Wentzel @patriciajwentzel.bsky.social Writer of Disordered Chronicles, essays on mental illness by an insider; querying my hybrid memoir about my recovery from decades of bipolar insanity.
#bipolardisorder #bipolarsky
Kids.Radio @kidsdotradio.bsky.social Studies show kids thrive with media designed for their growth and well-being. That’s why Kids.Radio/app offers kid friendly music, podcasts, audiobooks, jokes, prizes and more, all free from harmful algorithms. With Kids.Radio, they can have control.
We ❤️ HB Public Library! @supporthbpl.bsky.social We are a grassroots group of residents in Huntington Beach, CA, battling an extremist City Council that wants to ban books at our public library. They have also explored privatization of our library.
Andrea Amanda Faulborn IS QUERYING @andreafaulborn.bsky.social Author of CORRUPT ME GENTLY.
💡Querying dark fantasy OFFERING OF BLOOD & INK
📝Writing BOOK 2 - OFFERING OF WING & ASH
Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social Entrepreneur
Costplusdrugs.com
@amysimon25.bsky.social @amysimon25.bsky.social 
engl📚 @engl.ca a passion project to highlight Canadian and world literature in a fun way :) #booksky🇨🇦📚
academic deadlines banned in this space ↓
engl.ca 🩷
T.E. Bean @tebean.bsky.social lit-sci-fi novel ♾️ 𝙄𝙉𝙁𝙄𝙉𝙄𝙏𝙀 𝙉𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏 𝙀𝙔𝙀𝙎 ♾️ arriving Nov 2026 from Black Spring Press (UK) + via Simon & Schuster (US/Can) rep: Katharine Sands
☆ 𝙏𝙄𝙈𝙀, 𝙏𝙀𝙉𝘿𝙀𝙍𝙄𝙕𝙀𝘿 (Beacon Press) Autumn 2027 https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/T-E-Bean/269958332
First Focus Campaign for Children @campaign4kids.bsky.social First Focus Campaign for Children is a bipartisan child advocacy group dedicated to improving U.S. public policy for kids. Sister org of @firstfocus.bsky.social. #Commit2Kids 
Nour Sallam, Literary Agent @nourhasbooks.bsky.social literary agent at Helm Literary, professional cheerleader of books and authors & huge virgina woolf fangirl, amongst other things…
website + publishing blog: noursallam.com
all other links: https://bio.site/noursallam
Tyler Monson @tylerlazer.bsky.social He/Him / Literary agent at Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc. / PhD in American Literature / dog (Violet) and cat (Poppy) dad / Open to queries! 📚
https://www.sll.com/our-team
Melissa Edwards @melissaedwards.bsky.social Literary agent. Lawyer. Slow runner. Fast audiobook listener.
Weaver Literary Agency @weaverliterary.bsky.social Working to create space for voices of diverse backgrounds & perspectives in adult & children’s literature. 🕯
Michelle Hazen / Nika Grace @michellehazen.bsky.social Author | Editor & Writing Coach | SERIAL KILLER WANTED by Nika Grace (Oct 27, 2026) | Kiss & Tell: How to Write Unforgettable Sex Scenes (out now!)
Loves fanfic, trashy teen TV, rock climbing & New Orleans.
https://linktr.ee/MichelleHazenAuthor
Maeve MacLysaght loves a little gall on gall @mmmlysaght.bsky.social Literary agent at Aevitas Creative Management ★ MG-Adult graphic novels, Sci-fi, Fantasy, That👏Gay👏Shit👏 ★ She/her ★ OPEN TO QUERIES | IG @mmmlysaght
claire harris | literary agent @clairemharris.bsky.social literary agent at helm literary
website: clairemharris.com
more links: linktr.ee/claire_m_harris
julie gourinchas @literaryfey.bsky.social literary agent, speculative & literary adult fiction @ Bell Lomax Moreton. mainly on 📷. cheap wine enthusiast, TTRPG nerd, & Tolkien girlie. nd. views mine. 🚫 query DMs; 🚫 AI.
📍 ldn ❗she, they
🔗 https://linktr.ee/literaryfey
Larissa Melo Pienkowski is ✨open to queries✨ @lmpnk.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🇧🇷🇵🇱
queer latine literary agent @ Azantian Literary Agency, writer, artist.
mostly inactive here
https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/larissa-melo-pienkowski/
Sam B. Farkas @sambfarkas.bsky.social Literary agent + foreign rights at Jill Grinberg Literary Management. Serial hobbyist. Probably drinking tea or wine.
Anjanette Barr @bookbarrista.bsky.social Literary Agent with Dunham Literary, Inc.
Temporarily closed to queries.
https://www.dunhamlit.com/how-to-submit
🌎Alaska 💕Books! Tea! Whisky!
Roma Panganiban @romapancake.bsky.social Literary agent at Azantian Literary Agency; constantly mortified by the ordeal of being known. Don't buy books from Amazon. she/her
www.romapanganiban.com