Laura Piggott @laurapiggott.bsky.social www.laurapiggott.com
Author/Illustrator
Rep’d by Elisa Houot and Joyce Sweeney at the Seymour Agency.
Small Town. Big Dreams. Magical Illustrations. 🇨🇦
Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com Executive Art Director at Scholastic (Picture Books). Educator at Pratt (Typography) & CCNY (Critical Writing). Speaker (SCBWI et al.). Writer of Fiction (Agent: @liznealon.bsky.social). 523rd Bluesky account. NYC. He/Him. www.brianlarossa.com.
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Serineh Eliasian @seelillustrations.bsky.social ✨Kidlit illustrator and storyteller
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Amanda Dressel @amandadressel.bsky.social 🖍️ illustrator & writer of picture books
📝 illustrated newsletter about art & life as an orphaned young adult ↓
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Olga Komashko @sirenasdream.bsky.social Children’s Book Illustrator | represented by the Plum Agency | mom of two | SCBWI member
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Nadia Bouras @nadiabouras.bsky.social Historicus - docent Universiteit Leiden & NIMAR
“This will end in tears” - Violet Crawley
Arjen Lubach @arjenlubach.bsky.social comedian | talkshow host | writes jokes, books, music and to-do-lists | The Netherlands
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Mark Hoffmann @studiohoffmann.bsky.social Children’s books & editorial illustrator, professor
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🚫 No AI Art
Proudly rep’d by:
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Editorial- @i2iart.bsky.social
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Anna Daviscourt ➡️Rose City E10 @annadaviscourt.bsky.social Illustrator, Author
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No AI 🚫
I make books for kids and cool people
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Rebecca Wong @rebeccawong.bsky.social 🍓 #kidlitartist #childrenbookillustrator. She / Her. 🇸🇬
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🍊 Looking for Rep!
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🥦 NO AI USE
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Steve James @stejdesigns.bsky.social Leeds based freelance illustrator
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https://www.advocate-art.com/steve-james
Lele Saa @lelesaa.com (she/her)
Illustrator | Writer | Designer | H(ai)ter
📍Cambridge, UK.
Inspired by joy, curiosity & creativity.
Represented by Sophie Sheumaker at BookEnds Literary Agency.
© Lele Saa 2023-26
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Leah Chen @leahchen.bsky.social KidLit Illustrator 🌟 Based in Melbourne
Rep’d by @kaylacichello.bsky.social
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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com 🇨🇦 Author/illustrator. Illus books by Judy Blume, Michael Ian Black, others. Author news, more: https://debbieohi.com/links/ Atmosphere updates: https://debbieohi.com/standard-reader
📚 I WANT TO READ *ALL* THE BOOKS
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Tim Hofman @debroervanroos.bsky.social 🎥📝🌎
dan maken we maar zin.
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Sander Schimmelpenninck @schimmelpenninck.bsky.social Journalist and entrepreneur
Hatem Aly @metahatem.bsky.social 🇨🇦🇪🇬 NYT Bestselling Illustrator. Made in Egypt, based in NB, Canada, and found in books. 🤗 (SOMEONE LIKE ME, Two Lions, JUN 2026) | Rep by: James Burns
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Colleen Kong-Savage @kongsavage.bsky.social Write-handed Chinese-American illustrator of picture books in NYC. And Muralist.
And Teaching Artist.
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Vanessa Gillings @vanessagillings.bsky.social autistic author-illustrator 🌿 (she/her) https://linktr.ee/vanessagillings
Aishwarya Tandon @toondoon1010.bsky.social 🎨 Illustrator & Cartoonist (she/her)
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📝 Rep'd by Claire Draper (Au Literary Management)
🌐 www.aishwaryatandon.com
Beehandi @beehandi.bsky.social She/her
Kidlit Illustrator/ writer.
Insta @bhandiillustration
http://www.bhandiboe.com
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Mireille Lachausse @mireillelachausse.bsky.social Swiss illustrator Rep: Gaby Cabezut, The Seymour Agency
Books: 50 Amazing Swiss Women; 50 Amazing Swiss Immigrants; La princesse, le berger et le revenant; Kira et Kooki ; Lia's Football Journey
SCBWI / SCAA
milapictures.com
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Hollie Michaels @hbmichaels.bsky.social Literary Manager at Martin-Newens Literary Management
Author & Illustrator
Author of GOLDA AND EZRA series - Capstone
Member: SCBWI, Kids Comics Unite, Children’s Media Association
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www.QueryTracker.net/query/holliemichaels
Biting n Clawing @bitingnclawing.bsky.social Mira ~ writing and illustrating because I like the process of it. My pets are my muses most of the time 🐾 #HumanArt
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Clara Dee @yayaveebs.bsky.social Children’s book illustrator ✨🇮🇩
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Robert Dzudzar @robertdzudzar.bsky.social 📡 Astrophysicist 📈 Data Person
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Nicola Schofield @nicolaschofield.com Children's book illustrator and author in the UK. Urbansketcher. Creating colourful worlds & characters
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✏️ https://nicolaschofield.com/newsletter/
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Represented by Sally Kim at ABLA
#kidLitArt
Laurie Sawyer @lauriesawyer.bsky.social Visual storyteller whose style fits perfectly into kidlit. Dog lover who can be found hiking with my two Huskies on the weekends. SCBWI member
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IG: @huskysketches
Thalamus Plank @thalamusplank.bsky.social Author/illustrator
www.thalamusplank.co.uk
http://thalamusplank.etsy.com
Gael_Me ☆ Illustrator @gaelme.bsky.social Freelance Illustrator
Represented by Pyro Represents
linktr.ee/adaabigael
Sara Olmos - Teconlene @teconlene.bsky.social Spanish illustrator and graphic designer based in Rome.
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Graham Howie @grahamhowie.bsky.social Illustrator and writer of children’s books.
www.grahamhowie.com
Represented by www.creativeauthors.co.uk
Andrea Wickert @librarymusthaves.bsky.social 🌳 Parent | ♡ Book Lover |📍Upstate NY
🖼️ Author + Illustrator
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Michael Joosten @michaeljoosten.bsky.social I am a managing agent with The Bright Agency and always on the lookout for author/illustrators or illustrators whose work is full of personality and a point of view.
Gina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social Picture Book Author Illustrator, THE KING OF BOOKS Feiwel & Friends, SNOW DAY WITH DADDY '28 Christy Ottaviano Books / Creator of #KidLitArtPostcard / Rep’d by Sean McCarthy www.ginaperry.com
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Ali Herring, literary agent @herringali.bsky.social Senior Literary Agent, Spencerhill Associates. Twin mom+1 📚 Eclectic in life & books. I 💙 Jane Austen & SFF in equal doses. #TeamSpencerhill Ali-ens 👽 rock! My site/MSWL: https://aliherringwrites.wordpress.com & how to query: www.spencerhillassociates.com
Josh Lewis @joshjlewis.bsky.social Author • Illustrator • Art Director
#kidlit #kidlitart
Author of Ray’s Big Day (Scholastic, 2024)
Illustrator for LEGO Little Golden Books
Agent: Natascha Morris @socalledyalife.bsky.social, the Tobias Literary Agency.
joshjlewis.com
Jane Friedman @janefriedman.com I report on the publishing industry through my paid newsletter, The Bottom Line, and educate writers on the business of authorship in THE BUSINESS OF BEING A WRITER (University of Chicago Press).
Jim Hoover @jimhoover017.bsky.social I am a children’s book art director, and that’s it. That is my entire vibe.
Oh, and pop culture stuff.
Right right right—I’m also drawn to politics like a mosquito to a bug zapper.
Kelly Van Sant @agentkellyvansant.bsky.social Senior literary agent and Contracts Director with KT literary. I open to queries the first 7 days of every month.
https://www.agentkellyvansant.com/
Sarah Beck (she/her) @sarahgbeck.bsky.social I make picture books that lovingly undermine the status quo.
TAROT DECK MESS & MY FIRST TAROT (‘23)
MAGIC CHILD ('25)
🧹📚🥄 www.sarahgbeck.com
http://www.Linktr.ee/9_of_wands
#12x12PB
Rep: Natascha Morris
Endpapers @endpapers.bsky.social Sharing and celebrating the endpapers of children’s literature.
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jeremymillar.org
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