Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻♀️🎃 @karenyin.bsky.social Writer by day, in bed by night. Author of five books, including The Conscious Style Guide (Hachette). I open my own jars. #AABB
KarenYin.com/links
VCCA/LLF/CAC Fellow | ACES Robinson Prize Winner | DJNF Alum
Agent: Laurie Abkemeier, DeFiore & Company
Greenlight Bookstore @greenlightbklyn.bsky.social An independent bookstore in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social Literary Agent at Morhaim Literary 📚 Newsletter: Agents & Books at agentsandbooks.com. 📚 WRITE THROUGH IT out June ‘25 📚📚 picture book called PAY ATTENTION TO ME out in ‘26!
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Write-Through-It/Kate-McKean/9781668055540
Jane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social Writing in the age of AI stuff
Newsletter: writinghacks.substack.com
Also curate theimportantwork.substack.com
Vicky Fang | Kidlit Author & Illustrator @fangmousbooks.bsky.social Author and illustrator. LAYLA AND THE BOTS, BEST BUDDIES, AVA LIN, ONE MAD CAT, & more.
J. Anderson Coats (she/her) @jandersoncoats.bsky.social YA/MG author. Newest: The Unexpected Lives of Ordinary Girls (2025); The Loss of the Burying Ground (2024). She/Her. Located near the Salish Sea. Rep'd by ACM. https://www.jandersoncoats.com/
AI Moratorium for NYC Schools @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social Coalition of parents, teachers, and activists calling for a two-year moratorium on AI in NYC schools. https://parentsforaicaution.com/aim-coalition/
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aim_coalition_nyc
Mike Jung @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social OH FFS, do I have to
Okay fine, FINE, I'm a children's writer and artistttnnnggghhhh that still feels so weird to say, I'm also Korean American and autistic and a messy emotional glob who constantly gets sentimental on main, you've been warned
Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social Host of Words to Win By, a podcast about progressive wins around the world and how we achieved them. https://wordstowinby-pod.com/
Researcher, message maker, campaign strategist to progressive and Democratic causes here and abroad.
DearEditorDotCom @deareditordotcom.bsky.social Deborah Halverson—“The Editor”—posts writing tips, inspirations, news, & alerts when she answers new questions from writers on DearEditor.com
John Mendelson @johnmendelson.bsky.social President of Nosy Crow. Books, bikes, boats. www.nosycrow.us
Rebecca M Davis @rebeccamdavis.bsky.social Children's book editor; loves books, nature, animals, poetry, walking, and so much more.
Rebecca Davis Editorial Services
Blythe Williams @blytheawilliams.bsky.social PBParty Finalist ('26)
Write Kidlit NOW! Scholarship Recipient ('25) ✍️
#PBRisingStar! ('24)
FallWritingFrenzy Honorable Mention ('23)
#12x12PB/#SCBWI/#KidlitAuthor/✡️Mama of 2/#pb #pbnf #sel
Kid's Book Revisions PLUS @kbrplus.bsky.social KBR PLUS is @drydenbks.bsky.social, @eileenwrobinson.bsky.social, and @hunderdown.bsky.social. We are 3 experienced #kidlit and #yalit editors. Focus: revision, writing, illustrating, publishing, and related topics.
www.kidsbookrevisions.com
Jen Arena @jenarena.bsky.social Kids book author and kids book editor
Check out some of my books! Acorn Was a Little Wild (S&S), Besos for Baby (Little Brown), GIVE (Knopf), Marta! Big and Small (Roaring Brook)
agent: Stephanie Fretwell-Hill, Red Fox
jenarenabooks.com
Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs @puddlereader.bsky.social Children’s author | editor Islandport Press | former librarian | enthusiastic tea-drinker | probably baking or lost in the Maine woods
Winsome Bingham @armyvet5.bsky.social Author of books 4 children. Picture books, chapter books, and an occasional novel. I’ve penned SOUL FOOD SUNDAY (⭐️), WELCOME TO FORT GOODE, THE WALK ( ⭐️), MISSING MOMMA (⭐️), LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (⭐️), THE TABLE (⭐️). I treat others the way I want to be treated.
K.L.Going @klgoing.bsky.social Keep. Love. Going. Do one good thing every day. (One writer's quest not to shut down in the face of injustice, but instead to commit to small acts of resistance, education, kindness, and hope every single day.)
The Phantom Tollbooth Quotes @phantomtollbot.bsky.social Words and numbers are of equal value, for, in the cloak of knowledge, one is warp and the other woof. It is no more important to count the sands than it is to name the stars.
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To read all its wit and wisdom, get a copy from a local bookstore or library.
Dictionary of Canadian Biography @dcb-dbc.bsky.social 📕 A bilingual scholarly research & publishing project, with free online access to more than 9,000 biographies, with many more to come. Since 1966.
🔗 www.biographi.ca
En francais: @dbc-dcb.bsky.social
Nora Nickum, children’s author @noranickumbooks.bsky.social Author, STEM, ocean, islander.
🌊 SUPERPOD: SAVING THE ENDANGERED ORCAS OF THE PNW (‘23)
🕳️THIS BOOK IS FULL OF HOLES (’24)
🫧 THIS BOOK BUBBLES OVER (‘25)
🐋 12 DARING GRAYS (‘26)
🦍WILD MEDICINE (‘26)
She/her. Rep: Lynnette Novak
www.noranickum.com
eileenwrobinson.bsky.social @eileenwrobinson.bsky.social Author. Editor. Publisher. Scholastic. Harcourt. Co-founder Reycraft Books. Founder of Move Books (now at Charlesbridge as Charlesbridge Moves). Partner in Kid’s Book Revisions PLUS. Author of 2 PB’s (2028). But even more importantly—lover of desserts!
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Booklist Publications @ala-booklist.bsky.social Official book review journal of the American Library Association.
New ALA Member Benefit! Read digital issues of BOOKLIST READER. Visit www.booklistonline.com/reader-issues to get started!
250 Years Ago News @250yearsagonews.bsky.social The events of exactly 250 years ago today (1776). A project in conjunction with America’s semiquincentennial. By Jon Blackwell, an editor at the Wall Street Journal. Also follow me @100yearsagonews.bsky.social
Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social Hello 👋… my name is Jacob Souva and I’m an illustrator and author of books for kids. I’m rep’d by Jen Rofé of Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
✨ www.twofishillustration.com/links
✏️ https://open.substack.com/pub/jacobsouva
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social Author, Art Director at Eerdmans, Illustrator, & Michigander
LOVE IS POWERFUL
ONWARD: 16 Climate Fiction Stories
MEET ME IN YOUR HEART, 2026
heatherdeanbrewer.com
instagram.com/hdeanbrewer/
bracketpublishing.com
Heather Cashman @heathercashman.bsky.social Literary Agent at Storm Literary Agency | Podcast Cohost: Way-Word Writers | Writer
https://linktr.ee/heathercashman
Cathren Page @cathrenpage.bsky.social Disabled Writer of YA Fantasy, Former Law Prof & Applied Legal Storytelling Scholar, Zebra (HeDS). Harris Voter. Post-Truthism Opponent. I support DEI. Follows back writers & law profs. 
Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social Book: https://thecon.ai
Web: https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender
Effie Seiberg @effies.bsky.social Nebula-winning and Hugo/Sturgeon-nominated writer. Bagel the Dog's emotional support human. Dadjoke teller. Unrepentant punster. Sentence-fragment lover. Disabled w #MECFS She/her effieseiberg.com/stories
Sayada Ramdial @sayadaramdial.bsky.social Illustrator, Trini, person with things to say occasionally. (she/her)
sayadaramdial.com
Represented by The Bright Agency
#kidlitart #illustration
A Nine Night For Noxxy is out on Aug 6th!!
Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social Surgeon, Writer ("Being Mortal," "Checklist Manifesto"), and formerly led Global Health @USAID.
The Serious Fun Stuff Librarian @seriousfunstuff.bsky.social Resources for libraries, librarians, and fans of funky library stuff. Have fun and learn stuff!
Emma Kantor @emkantor.bsky.social Writer, film lover, Italian speaker, & children's news editor at Publishers Weekly (@pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social). Words in NYT Mag, Bright Wall/Dark Room, The Millions, Electric Lit, Lit Hub, Hey Alma, & more. All quips my own. emmakantor.com
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers @ebyrbooks.bsky.social Creating conversation & opening children's minds to a larger world since 1995 🌎📖💡
📘 Picture books
📕 Fiction, nonfiction, & YA
📗 Award winners
linktr.ee/eerdmansyoungreaders
@martharago.bsky.social @martharago.bsky.social Books, art, poetry, science, nature… no politics or nastiness generally, please.
Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social Medieval historian interested in Wales, Somerset exile, inept cricketer, General Editor of the longest-running and largest local history project yet devised, the Victoria County History of England. Probably drinking tea.
Pamela Courtney | Children's Author @pamismylmnop.bsky.social Author of A Season For Fishin': A Fish Fry Tradition, illustrated by Toni D Chambers.
SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators
Supporting quality children’s books & the artists who make them since 1971.
Michael Lange @michaellangenyc.bsky.social NYC born & raised || Writing about local politics || #BillsMafia
All tweets, views and writings expressed are my own
www.michaellange.nyc
Bev Cooke @bevmacrinacooke.bsky.social Writer, old lady, Canadian & proud of it, likes solitude & rural living.
Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social This is a bot that posts a quote by Ursula K. Le Guin every 2 hours. Was ursulabot on twitter
Endpapers @endpapers.bsky.social Sharing and celebrating the endpapers of children’s literature.
Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social National opinion columnist, Philadelphia Inquirer; author of After the Ivory Tower Falls; free weekly newsletter at inquirer.com/bunch
School Library Journal @slj.com School Library Journal is the premiere publication for librarians and information specialists who work with children and teens. A source of quality, award-winning journalism and reviews for 70 years, SLJ publishes 5,000+ reviews annually.
Fred Koehler @1booknerd.bsky.social Artist / Writer / Community Builder & CEO at Ready Chapter 1
Kristan Tetens @tetens.bsky.social Hat #1: Chartered strategic comms professional, UK higher education sector. Hat #2: PhD'd historian currently writing about my family's connections with the Danish West Indies, c. 1720-1900. Former Michiganian … ask me about Petoskey stones and Motown!
PB Rising Stars @pbrisingstars.bsky.social We give experienced picture book creators the platform to pull up-and-coming, historically excluded creators up the turbulent publishing ladder.
www.pbrisingstars.com
sharyn november @sn0vember.bsky.social Alien anthropologist, smoker, disorganizer, enthusiast, poet, baker, children's/YA book editor. A tough room.
Liz Bicknell @lizbick25.bsky.social Gardener, editor, Vermonter, married to the love of my life 🏳️🌈
Alex Aceves (ah-SEV-ess) (she/her) 🇲🇽🩷💜💙 @alexace.bsky.social mexico city girl in bkln. likes the 🍷 not the 🏷. lets other pens dwell on guilt&misery. editor at Holiday House, writer by night. opinions my own.
Shana Corey @shanacorey.bsky.social Editorial Director Random House Graphic, Writer, Reader, Swiftie, Book Recommender, Mom. Opinions mine. Taylor Swift reader available now https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777341/taylor-swift-superstar-by-shana-corey-illustrated-by-chloe-quinn/
Tracey Baptiste @traceybaptiste.bsky.social Author. Educator.
Jo Marple @writerjedi.bsky.social Children’s writer. European Nomad. Mountain-hiker. Into conserving this wondrous planet we get to inhabit. School librarian. 🏳️🌈
Kathy @kathydawson.bsky.social Gardener in NYC, kids book editor. She/Her
Danny Adlerman @dannyadlerman.bsky.social Children’s Author, Musician, Production Director. I like talking politics, comic books, the environment, publishing, and music…especially but not limited to classic rock.
Proud leftist (not extreme), proud secular Jew, proud vegan.
Adam Blackman @adamdblackman.bsky.social Acquiring Editor (Cardinal Rule Press), Freelance Editor (developmental through proofreading at www.adamdblackman.com). Writer of PB and MG. Proud dad to 1 burgeoning tween (human) and 1 seriously adolescent bunny. #SCBWI #Kidlit
A.S. King @as-king.bsky.social Author of books. Maker of art. Speaker of speeches. Part squid/part earthquake. Literacy fanatic. Lover of corn. Ardent supporter of teenagers. Founder of 🏳️🌈 Gracie's House: www.gracieshouse.com.
She/her https://linktr.ee/AS_King
SCBWI Eastern PA @scbwiepa.bsky.social Official account for the Eastern Pennsylvania Region of SCBWI. https://www.scbwi.org/regions/epa
Janet Fox @janetsfox.bsky.social Kidlit author; writing course creator; lover of dogs, mountains, and all things magical. Blogs every week here: https://janetfox.substack.com/
Philip Nel @philnel.bsky.social 👨🏼🏫 Prof. he/him.
📚 Books on children's books & comics: https://philnel.com/writing/books/
📷 IG: thephilnel
🐘 Mastodon: @philnel@mastodon.green
🎵 Spotify: thephilnel
🐦 ex-Twitter (deleted in 2022): @philnel
The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social Independent, opinionated, and stylish: essential multimedia publications for everyone who cares about children's and young adult literature. Visit us at hbook.com.
Pat Cummings @betnoire.bsky.social Olympic medalist, Grammy winner, ballerina emeritus, storyteller.
Dominique Raccah @draccah.bsky.social Founder + CEO of Bestselling Indie Book Publisher #Sourcebooks ⭐️ Entrepreneur 🔥 Data ✅ Leading Innovation 💥 Championing Banned Books + New Voices 🧨 Read a Lot 📚 Opinions Mine 💯 Books Change Lives
(she/her)
Elizabeth Law @elawreads.bsky.social #Kidlit and YA Lit are my vocation and I won't stop preaching. Currently Editor-at-Large at Holiday House Bks, and a freelance editor and speaker. 40 years in the biz, yowsah! https://www.elawreads.com/ I'm also a showqueen trapped in a woman's body.
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 
Jes Trudel 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @jestrudel.bsky.social Literary agent with The Rights Factory. Founder of WritingCommunity.ca. CLOSED TO QUERIES.
Penguin School & Library @penguinschoollib.bsky.social The School & Library Marketing department of Penguin Young Readers! Book news, educator and library resources, good vibes, and more!
Check out FREE resources at https://www.penguinclassroom.com/
Privacy Policy | https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/privacy/
American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Empowering and advocating for libraries and library workers to ensure equitable access to information for all. 🌎’s largest library association.
Find us at https://ala.org.
We follow the ALA Code of Conduct: https://www.ala.org/user-guidelines
Alice Feagan @alicefeagan.bsky.social Children's book author & illustrator
🪺 THE COLLECTORS (Kids Can May '21)
🏄🏽♀️ THE LOST BOARD (Viking Summer '26)
Rep'd by The Literary Longs @ Tugeau 2
SCBWI Member
Edwards, Colorado
Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social Children's book author - MY TEACHER IS AN ALIEN; JEREMY THATCHER, DRAGON HATCHER; the UNICORN CHRONICLES, etc. Publisher of FULL CAST AUDIO. In real life husband, father, grandfather. Broken hearted optimist as of 11/5/24
The ACTUAL Christina Soontornvat @soontornvat.bsky.social 3-time Newbery Honor-winning author of THE LAST MAPMAKER, the #1 Bestseller THE TRYOUT, and THE LEGENDS OF LOTUS ISLAND series. 
The Mixed-Up Files @themixed-upfiles.bsky.social A group blog of middle-grade authors celebrating books for middle-grade readers. For anyone with a passion for children’s literature. Join us! https://fromthemixedupfiles.com/
Tasha Saecker @tsaecker.bsky.social Librarian with an expertise in children's books, YA reads, fantasy and sci fi. Administrator who works towards inclusivity, diversity, engagement and advocacy. Children's & YA book blogger at Waking Brain Cells: https://wakingbraincells.com/
Judy Goldman @judygoldman.bsky.social Bicultural author of over 70 books in Spanish and English for kids. English-Spanish-English translator of kidlit.
Autora bicultural de más de 70 libros para niñas y niños en español e inglés. Traductora inglés-español-inglés de literatura infantil.
Freedom to Read Foundation @ftrf.bsky.social The official account for the Freedom to Read Foundation. FTRF protects and defends the First Amendment to the Constitution and supports the right of libraries to collect - and individuals to access - information. www.FTRF.org | https://tr.ee/4XlSHYFTGw
Yale University Press @yalepress.bsky.social Books et Veritas. Bringing truth to light for more than one hundred years.
Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social We are Authors Against Book Bans. We stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We unequivocally support diverse voices on our library shelves, in our schools, and in our culture.
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social The home for international literature since 2003. Winners of the Whiting Literary Magazine Prize.
https://linktr.ee/wordswithoutborders
Publishers Lunch @publisherslunch.bsky.social Trade publishing's daily rundown, and sibling of the source of Deal Reports.
The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org Authors working together to ensure fair pay, protect copyright, and defend free speech.
@bobbiecombs.bsky.social @bobbiecombs.bsky.social 
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
Kate Morgan Jackson @framedcooks.bsky.social Recipe creator, photographer, dog lover.
Melissa Manlove @mmanlove.bsky.social Executive Editor, Sourcebooks. She/her
School Librarian @tiffreads.bsky.social School librarian and mom running on iced coffee and audiobooks. 17-at-heart. She/her.
Lizzie K. Foley @lizziekfoley.bsky.social I do right, I don't do nice. She/her.
Nosy Crow Inc. @nosycrowus.bsky.social ⭐️ Official US and Canada Account for Nosy Crow ⭐️
Award-winning children's books publisher
www.nosycrow.us
Kris Waldherr @kriswaldherr.bsky.social Author, illustrator, designer, tarotist. British-American Brooklynite. Beauty lover. Author of TAROT FOR STORYTELLERS and many other books. Chief power-that-be behind Muse Publications. She/her.
https://linktr.ee/kriswaldherr
SCBWI SF North and East Bay Region @scbwisfneb.bsky.social Welcome to SCBWI SF North & East Bay!🤗 Follow us! Facebook and Pinterest: SCBWI CA/San Francisco North & East Bay Region Instagram: scbwinortheastbay
Darcy Pattison @darcypattison.bsky.social Author of over 70 children’s books, including A LITTLE BIT OF DINOSAUR series, the Moments in Science series, and the Another Extraordinary Animal series. See more at MimsHouseBooks.com #STEM #NextGen #Kidlit #TLsky #EduSky 
Sharon Darrow @sharondarrow.bsky.social Poet, Author, Teacher. I write poems, essays, and books for children, young adults, and adults. For over 20 years I was on the faculty of Vermont College of Fine Arts.
SCBWI Southern Breeze Region @scbwi-sobreeze.bsky.social Co-Regional Advisor, Melissa Miles
Co-Regional Advisor, Amanda Fletcher
Co-ARA, Michelle Kennedy
Co-ARA, Janet Kelly
IC, Jime Alena Wimmer
https://www.scbwi.org/regions/southern-breeze
The regional team is volunteer-led.
Roz Cummins @rozcummins.bsky.social A writer focused on climate change and environmental issues living in Western Massachusetts, USA.
@robinkoontz.bsky.social @robinkoontz.bsky.social 
Yolanda Scott @yolandascott.bsky.social Publisher, reader, grammar nerd.