Elizabeth Botsford @elizabethbotsford.bsky.social Middle grade novel writer. Longlisted, Yeovil Literary Prize 2026. Shortlisted, Jericho Writers Friday Night Live.
Maria is Writing @mariakidlit.bsky.social #Kidlit PB/MG writer and enthusiast
Parent
Bunny person
#Scbwi
Nature
Foodie
Steve Horton 🚀 The Comic Book Story of Space Exploration @mst3k.fan Writer (Comic Book Story of Space Exploration, NYT bestselling BOWIE, secret 3rd thing), SFF & film essays. Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop alumni. Rep'd by RHA. Codexian. Everything is rubbish and all rubbish is wonderful. stevehorton.neocities.org
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Saoirse Doyle- Sweet Dreams celebration🍓🍰😴 @ladyofart123.bsky.social a future book writer and illustrator
working on two debut books:
"the meditating crocodile and other tales" (short story collection) and "our magically cherished things: an Autumn beginning" (novel)
AI is Not allowed
Patricia Keeler - GN Illustrator for YA @patriciakeeler.bsky.social Graphic Novel illustrator/author. Winner Christopher Medal & New York Book Festival. 100,000 multicultural (LeeandLow) paperback books in print
SCOOP THE ICE CREAM TRUCK (Sky Pony) Feb 2024
https://patriciakeeler-author-illustrator.com
Reece @thiccreese.bsky.social on Signal: reece_rogers.01
Kirsty Dale @kirstydale.bsky.social Writer - thriller, speculative, weird. Avoiding reality whenever possible. Very busy procrastinating and consuming other people’s stories.
Darren Bigelow @erawan2567.bsky.social “Always be yourself, unless you can be a pirate. Then always be a pirate.”
☠️ 🏴☠️ 🏴☠️ 🏴☠️ 🏴☠️ 🏴☠️ 🏴☠️ 🏴☠️ 🏴☠️ 🏴☠️ ☠️
Link: https://authors.tertulia.com/mrdarrenscottbigelow-draftw6eocv
Wren @wrenriosart.bsky.social Wren • 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 • she/her • afro 🇵🇷 • comic book artist • sappy indie darling • Rep'd by Saritza Hernández
Nancy Castaldo Books @nancycastaldobooks.bsky.social Author and photographer of books for curious minds. 🇺🇸🇮🇹
Rep'd by Jennifer Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social
Andrea Brown Literary @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/NancyCastaldo
Marietta Apollonio @mariettaa.bsky.social Author-illustrator of:
Wombat And The Family Tree
Jack The Library Cat
Traditional and digital illustration
Rep'd by Andrea Colvin Creative Agency
🐴 Equestrian Instructor
🐶 Dog and kid mom
🍰 Dessert lover
📚
https://www.mariettaapollonio.com
Blankpage00 @blankpage00.bsky.social Just a man flesh and bone.
Cybersecurity/ICS/OT/IT/IoT/Engineering/SmartGrid
Innovation/Sustainability/Climate/Recycle/GreenTech
Data/Research/Investing/FreeThinking/
Democracy/Politics/Liberal/Organizer/
Music/Theater/Art/Museums/Food/Languages
Janee Trasler @janeetrasler.bsky.social Children’s book author/illustrator HarperCollins, Scholastic, S&S, FSG, Holiday House
2020 National Cartoonist Society Award Best in Book Illustration
Represented by Jamie Weiss Chilton
Andrea Brown Literary Agency
Tina Schofield @tinaschofield.com Illustrator + surface designer + woodland explorer + vegan animal rescuer & gardner + bunny mom 🐇🐇 + environmentalist 🦋🌿
✨NO Ai✨
I've worked in the fine china & gifting industry for many years. Check out my website for more 🎨🧚♀️
https://linktr.ee/dulcey4
Yaroslava Apollonova @odnatamyara.bsky.social Kidlit illustrator and mixed-media artist, nature lover | ADHD
Represented by the Bright Agency | odnatamyara.com
Ameena | Kidlit Author & Illustrator @ameenasiddique.bsky.social ⭐️Animation & VFX Producer / PM⭐️
⭐️Children's Book Author & Illustrator⭐️
⭐️Aspiring Creator⭐️
Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social 🌟 2025 #PBRisingStars Mentee
🎨 #kidlit author-illustrator
📚 Former children's bookseller and school librarian
😴 Current tired mom
🤓 Self-taught and still self-teaching
Represented by Marissa Brown at Pippin Properties
brookebaum.com
Fay Ryu Kelling @drawnbyfay.bsky.social Children's Author-Illustrator
Based in Southern California
Rep'd by @essiewhiteliterary
SCBWI member • Mom of 2
drawnbyfay.com
Alex Villasante @magpiewrites.bsky.social Author of Lambda Award Winner, THE GRIEF KEEPER, short story writer, co-founder Latinx Storytellers Conference and LKBF. Pre-order FIREBLOOMS now 🧡🇺🇾🏳️🌈 linktr.ee/avillasante
Lori Knutsen: Kidlit Writer, Teacher and Photographer @lknutsenkidlit.bsky.social I write #PB #YA to uplift, inspire, and entertain kids.❤️ Boy mom. Teacher. Dreamer. #kidlitfirefly #ND 💫📝🌈
Seeking Rep https://loriknutsen.com
#50Preciouswords ‘26‘25 HM
#springflingkidlit ‘25 Winner
#Halloweensie ‘25 HM
#SCBWI
#12X12
#PBRS Col
Sheri Bentley @sheribbooks.bsky.social Writer. Literacy Coach. Lover of people and words. #SCBWI #KidsChoiceWinner -'24 #KidLitVibesWinner-'23 #50PreciousWordsHM-'23, '24 Pub'd in @DirigibleBalloon-'25, '26
PALarts @photoarts.bsky.social Art 🔸 Books 💙📚 Sad {former} Baseball Fan
Taiko Endo @taikoendo.bsky.social • author of character-driven love stories
• literary agent assistant @andreabrownlit
• fangirl. friend.📍california
www.taikoendo.com
Cheryl A. Johnson @cherylajohnson.bsky.social Author/Nature Photographer
Rep'd by Mara Cobb @ Lighthouse Literary
SCBWI/12x12
SCBWI MS Winner
Detroit Writing Room MS Winner
#PBChat Mentorship HM
ArtPrize Artist 2025 & 2024
http://cherylajohnsonwrites.weebly.com
http://cherylajohnson.pictorem.com
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.
Emmy @emmyillustrates.bsky.social ⊹₊⋆Kids Lit Illustrator & Jewelry Maker ⊹ ࣪ ˖
🌟Available for work! 🌟
🌟currently seeking representation🌟
Website, Portfolio + Shop! ⤵️
https://www.emmyillustrates.com
Elke @theremaybecats.bsky.social Illustrator & Storyteller.
Rep'd by: Caryn Wiseman @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
Portfolio: www.theremaybecats.com/links
Освін/Oswyn @logoswynartist.bsky.social Ukrainian mixed media artist in PDX. Signage, block prints, album covers, logos, wearable art.
www.logoswyn.com
Jo Salazar (she/they) @paperyjoey.bsky.social Illustrator 🖤🤍💜
Paper cut and paint
📍Lisbon
Rep’d by @tajmccoy.bsky.social
josalazar.com
RA @therottingsun.bsky.social 30 / LV/IS / THEY/THEM
horror and ugly art enthusiast
Rachel Sanson @rachelsanson.bsky.social 🎨Illustrator
🎮Newbie 3D Artist
🕸️Fan of Spooky Things
https://www.rachelsanson.co.uk/
Allyssa Van Cuyk @avc-art.bsky.social Children's Book Illustrator in central Florida
"The Inclusive Reef: Finn and Hatch" by Tabitha Erbe is available for preorder TODAY! 🐠🪸
https://www.tabithaerbe.com/shop
Open for work and representation ✨
My portfolio: https://www.avc-art.com/
Oompa von Bülow @polferiferus.bsky.social Old-timey lefty-antifascist, mathematic random # enthusiast, my leg might be haunted, Zero Mostel is still my flawed hero...etc.
Starting now I'll only consider following if you've posted at least 1 thing, a pretty low bar. + No RW or Crypto grifters. ☮
Reesa Guerra @reesaguerra.bsky.social 🌩️ Middle Grade Horror Fantasy writer 🌩️
Member of #SAGAFTRA
Celiac/Gluten-Free
I 👁️🗨️👻
Unless I'm familiar with you or you're really cool, please no DM's.
Dano Moreno @dano-moreno.bsky.social 👋 Hi! I’m Dano. I write for kids.
📘Pride is Love 🏳️🌈
📗Our Wish for You ✨
📕Hope for Ryan White 🌱
Rep’d by Charlotte Wenger
danomoreno.com- T ThaCDB @thatoneguy87.bsky.social Just some guy that likes nerdy stuff ( Comics,Animation,Pro Wrestling) Pronouns are He/Him
Melissa Murray @melissamurray.bsky.social Author + Illustrator + Artist
SCBWI | CBIG | 12x12
PBParty 2024 Illustration Showcase HM
https://melissamurray.net
#kidlitart #kidlit
Write Query Hook @writequeryhook.bsky.social Find the right agents. Fast. Purpose driven tools to help writers out of the query trenches and onto agent client lists. Your agent is calling - try it free: www.writequeryhook.com/
Lisa Chow @lisachowart.bsky.social she/her ✨ Children’s Book Author-Illustrator
BECAUSE OF YOU, I'M A SISTER (Doubleday) 2/10/26
BEAR WAKES UP (Random House Studio) Fall 2026
Represented by @ksonnack.bsky.social at ABLA
www.lisachowart.com
Sadee Schilling @sadeeschilling.bsky.social teacher & artist 🎨 comics, #kidlit illustration, cut paper collage 🦋🐝AuDHD 📚grounded by books, my ginger kitty, fairy lights & tea 🏕 Colorado ☀️ https://www.sadeeschilling.com
Clary Huang @claryillustration.bsky.social 🎨Children’s book illustrator
✨The Illustration Department & SCBWI member
🔔Available for PBs, board books, and editorial projects
🚀Rep'd by Tracy Marchini Literary
Portfolio: claryillustration.com
•••
🐌Snailing It! (Sourcebooks, Spring 2027)
Hannah @shaddix10.bsky.social 
Alleanna Harris @alleannaharris.bsky.social ✨ Picture book illustrator (she/her)
🖌️ Rep’d by Alex Gehringer at Bright Agency
📍 Philly made, Jersey raised
🌎 alleannaharris.com
Jenin Mohammed @knotwritenow.bsky.social Kid lit illustrator from Florida.
WHEN I WRAP MY HAIR. DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE 2025
Sonya Afnan @sonyaafnan.bsky.social Writer | illustrator | Iraqi-Chaldean † | SCBWI
Rep: Jordan Hamessley at JABberwocky Lit Agency
www.sonyaafnan.com/portfolio
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 📱✨️📚😁❤️🍁
Paula Henson @paulahenson.bsky.social Award-winning author of WHO NEEDS A FOREST FIRE #NautilusAward #SkippingStoneAward #IndieExcellenceAward #middlegrade #nonfictionkids #picturebooks #educator #kidlit #12x12 www.paulahenson.com www.terrabellabooks.com
Xi Chen the Illustrator @xichenillust.bsky.social I'm a Chinese Illustrator based in US, focus on children's book illustration, MG/ YA novel art, manga and character design. Former game artist for 8 years.
vgen.co/XiaoFeiArt
🎨 xichenillust.com
✨ vgen.co/XiaoFeiArt
✉️ xichenillust@gmail.com
Griffin McPherson @griffinmcpherson.bsky.social Illustrator and Storyteller
Lover of Spookiness, Whimsy, and Adventure
•Seeking Representation•
griffinillustration.com
William - Aspiring Literary Agent @willmarstudios.bsky.social '96 Queer living in Chicago!
Illustrator+Designer, Writer, Bookworm and Aspiring Literary Agent
🖋☕️🌈✨️🍉
https://lnk.bio/willmarstudios
‼️🚫 AI / NFT 🚫‼️
Meghan Lands @meghanlands.bsky.social She/Her - Comics, Storyboards, Kids illustration. Good head of hair.
Prev. WB, Nickelodeon, Penguinworks, Annick Press
https://linktr.ee/meghanlands
#sketchbook thread
Alison Mutton @aleneart.bsky.social Perth 🇦🇺
Kidlit illustrator, designer, needle felter, swing dancer. Seeking kidlitart representation
www.alene-art.com
Chamisa Kellogg @chamisa.bsky.social Kidlit illustrator and author, surface pattern designer, art director. Garden witch & occasional baker.
bio.site/Chamisa
Nadia Fisher @ariadelsole.bsky.social Author-illustrator•Illustrator•DC•No AI
Preorder AT THE COOKOUT ‘26 (✍🏽🎨)
Latest: I AM THE SPIRIT OF JUSTICE (🎨) ‘25 • LPBD: SIMONE BILES ‘24 (🎨)
Rep’d by @Jemiscoe.bsky.social @starlingliterary.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/Ariadelsole
Rebecca Ensign @rebecca-ensign.bsky.social OTIS HAS A BAD DAY (2023)
Mom, Picture Book Author, LCMHC, Coffee Enthusiast, #InkedVoices Member & #PBParty 2025 Finalist!
1/6 of #kidlitzombieweek hosts.
www.rebecca-ensign.com
Rep'd by Michelle Witte (@michellewitte.bsky.social)
Kris Rashid @krisrashid.bsky.social She/her | Picture Book Author represented by Janine Le at JLLA | @SCBWIEPA.bsky.social Blogmaster | 2025 #PBParty finalist | Here for #PictureBooks and #KidLit
📍Philly
www.krisrashid.com
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
Dambusta Animations @dambustaanimations.bsky.social ✨Animator & Artist✨
Just a redheaded lunatic making his merry way through his mess of a life, creating cartoons and art to keep the demons at bay (Him/He)
https://linktr.ee/Dambusta_Animations
Leslie D (she/her) @leslie-d.bsky.social I'm a nerd when it comes to books and TTRPGs; I sell the former (for Powell’s Books on Hawthorne) and often GM the latter.
Hayley Lowe @hloweart.bsky.social Author/Illustrator found in 🇨🇦 and🇬🇧
✨Debut✨
THE PIE REPORTS - Orca Books Spring ‘24 (Hayley Lowe)
DIAPER KID - Owlkids Fall ‘25 (Loretta Garbutt/Hayley Lowe)
MEMORY STONES- Second Story Press, Fall 25 (Kathy Kacer/Hayley Lowe)
Ibarra V. Gomez @ibarravgomez.bsky.social Author of kids’ horror fiction and a voracious reader, watcher, and player of stories! Contact: ivg@eml.cc
Genevieve Kote @genevievekote.bsky.social KidLit illustrator from 🇨🇦
Represented by the Bright Agency
https://www.genevievekote.com/
@matthewdidit.bsky.social @matthewdidit.bsky.social Author/Illustrator of kid’s books: THE PLANT RESCUER @holidayhousebks, 🏳️🌈, museum exhibit designer, bunny dad, part coffee/part nachos, PDX
Kelsey Buzzell @kelseybuzzell.bsky.social Kidlit Illustrator & Interior Designer, mom of 2 bugs 🐛🐞, magic maker 🔮, ♥️ the forest🌲and the sea 🌊, vintage hunter, 🥑 eater | 🏡OR | Rep: Nicole Tugeau
Next 📖: Families of a Feather, Little Big Foot/Sasquatch out March 2025
https://linktr.ee/ladykbuzz
Dani Williams @daniwilliams.bsky.social Children's illustrator from NW England with a background in zoology.
For book enquiries please contact @sallymkim.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
https://www.daniwilliams.co.uk/links
Tammi Sauer @tammisauer.bsky.social Children’s picture book author repped by Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown Literary Agency
tammisauer.com
Mamichoudraws @mamichou.bsky.social ~ Marilyne ~
🌱Creative I Illustrator 📸 🎨
✨I draw women, diversity, lifestyle & more
•Cats mother, pancakes 🥞and sunset lover, hopeless dreamer ✨
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
Florence @lamouette.bsky.social 🌷 🇫🇷🇨🇦 French-Canadian - Montrealer based Illustrator
www.ateliermouette.fr • ateliermouette.etsy.com
Monika Nor-Cer @monikanimated.bsky.social Mid-century-inspired multidisciplinary artist
Paper cut pro, lenticular illusionist, animator extraordinaire
Bringing retro into the future 🚀