Vibha Surya | Kidlit Illustrator @vibhasurya.bsky.social Illustrator + Designer
Seeking art representation
🧚🏻♂️Clients:PRH•Scholastic•Harpercollins•Hachette
Elizabeth Botsford @elizabethbotsford.bsky.social Middle grade novel writer. Longlisted, Yeovil Literary Prize 2026. Shortlisted, Jericho Writers Friday Night Live.
Caroline Kind @carolinekind.bsky.social MG author, educator, researcher, reader, learner | She/Her | Halifax, NS |
Jessica Braidan @jessicabraidan.bsky.social 📚 Color & Discover series — fact-and-coloring books for curious kids 4 and up. Surprising facts + bold pictures to color + try-it activities. Read, create, discover, screen-free. 🦕🚀🐴 jessicabraidan.com
https://www.facebook.com/jessica.braidan/
ØROJI (Eunbee Kim) @orojiart.bsky.social Warm, playful picture books bursting with character and a little magic.✦
Picture Book Author–Illustrator · Hand-drawing + digital collage
🇰🇷 Seoul, Korea · SCBWI Member ·🔗orojiart.com
Kallie Stenman @kalliestenman.bsky.social Children’s book writer & illustrator, kidlit enthusiast, designer & artist.
Protecting and promoting creativity and human empathy through 100% human-made art and story text for children’s books!
SCBWI & 12x12
Semper Anticus Press @semperanticuspress.bsky.social Indie publisher launching soon!
Main site: www.book-shelfie.com/submissions
semperanticuspress@gmail.com
Maria is Writing @mariakidlit.bsky.social #Kidlit PB/MG writer and enthusiast
Parent
Bunny person
#Scbwi
Nature
Foodie
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Postscript (Book Formatter, Cover Designer and Socials Post Maker): https://book-shelfie.com/postscript
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Remi ✨ @vaultoffel.bsky.social Kann man Rohstoffe draus machen. Zwei Herzen für @tofubunny.bsky.social.
they/them · Lvl 30 · Köln
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
ValleyCAST @valleycast.bsky.social An inclusive arts community in the Blackstone Valley. Arts & Culture wing of Open Sky https://openskycs.org
50 Douglas Rd Whitinsville Massachusetts
Get Launched @getlaunched.bsky.social Make yourself the 'Go To' person in any industry and earn a side income from running small networking events.
Earn through entrance fees, membership fees, sponsorships & deals. GetLaunched.org
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.
Jessie D. Phillips | Picture Book Writer @phillipsjessied.bsky.social Writes to bring laughter and joy to kids by encouraging them to be in relationship with storytelling as listeners, storytellers, and writers. #SCBWI.
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
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
Debbie Palen Illustration @debbiepalen.bsky.social Illustrator of picture books seeking representation. Feminist, animal lover, Penguin Random House, Scholastic, Free Spirit Publishing, NWF. ✉dpalen@fmgirl.com portfolio: https://www.debbiepalen.com linktr.ee/dpalen
#KidLitArt #childrensbooks #kidlit
Ameena | Kidlit Author & Illustrator @ameenasiddique.bsky.social ⭐️Animation & VFX Producer / PM⭐️
⭐️Children's Book Author & Illustrator⭐️
⭐️Aspiring Creator⭐️
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
Sarah Atherton @sarah-a-author.bsky.social Children's Author & Teacher/SENCo
Winner #ChuckleChallenge 2024
Winner #springflingkidlit 2023
Mentor #WriteMentor 2023 & 2025
Anya @greenrainart.bsky.social Author-illustrator of children’s books
She/her
#kidlitart
Anyakopotilova.com
Rep’d by Eve Adler at Red Fox Literary
Cara: https://cara.app/greenrainart
Sheri Bentley @sheribbooks.bsky.social Writer. Literacy Coach. Lover of people and words. #SCBWI #KidsChoice-Winner #KidLitVibes-Winner #50PreciousWords-HM #KidlitChuckleChallenge-HM Pub'd in @DirigibleBalloon
Taiko Endo @taikoendo.bsky.social • author of character-driven love stories
• literary agent assistant @andreabrownlit
• fangirl. friend.📍california
www.taikoendo.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
Amber Ren @amberren.bsky.social ✦NYT best-selling illustrator rep by Jen Rofé.
✦Children’s Book Illustrator|Animation Artist|Cat Butler
https://www.amber-ren.com/
@georgejarnold.bsky.social @georgejarnold.bsky.social 
Lynn Becker @lynnbbooks.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Author of MONSTERS IN THE BRINY, JUNE MOON, and GHOST TOWN IN THE MOUNTAINS (2026). Children’s book reviewer for Shelf Awareness. http://lynnbeckerbooks.com
secret zoo @secretzoo.bsky.social 🎨🖌️🖍️🐭😺🐶🐾🌱🐛✏️
https://www.supercutekawaii.com/author/allison/
ChetRoi @chetroi.bsky.social Okay Okay
ErikaLandArt @erikalandart.bsky.social 
Ziggy Zou @ziggy-zou.bsky.social Writer of children's picture books. Creator of zombies and mermaids and dreamer-upper of adventures.
Real name, Rachael. Mum of 2 nearly grown-up boys.
https://mybook.to/magicmermaidtail
ziggyzoubooks.co.uk
Sumi Chowdhury @artbybluebellsumi.bsky.social Illustrator from India
🚫AI/NFT
@robotilustrador.bsky.social @robotilustrador.bsky.social 
Ian @ianr.uk Technology | WoW | Mystery | Nature lover | Rambler | Retro nerd | 📷
Irfan Ajvazi @irfanajvaziart.bsky.social Artist 🎨 Represented by V Art Union // DM for inquiries and sales irfanajvaziart@gmail.com / Portfolio: cara.app/irfanajvaziart / http://irfanajvazipaint.wordpress.com / group show 16 March @arthouse.nyc 🖼️ group show April 2025 @dodomugallery
Laura Diehl Art @lauradiehlart.bsky.social 🎨 Fantasy & Visionary Artist (no AI)
🖌️ Thresholds of ✨light, magic & wonder✨
🖼️ Prints • Zines • Cards — ldiehl.com/shop
Cathy Ballou Mealey @catballoumealey.bsky.social Picture book author
Scone lover
Mikael Forsström @mickedesign.bsky.social Multidisciplinary freelance designer with a love for the craft of design! Based in Stockholm, Sweden.
www.mikaelforsstrom.com
Silla Hoekstra @priscillahoekstra.bsky.social I'm staying informed... trying to be a helper. All art & photography I post, is my own. My husband & I cherish our family & life in New England. Check out some of my designs at: redbubble.com/people/sillahoekstra 
Sonya Afnan @sonyaafnan.bsky.social Writer | illustrator | Iraqi-Chaldean † | SCBWI
Rep: Jordan Hamessley at JABberwocky Lit Agency
www.sonyaafnan.com/portfolio
Ashley Sierra @ashleysierra06.bsky.social #PB Writer| 2024 Twice #Halloweensie Honorable Mention| 2024 #KidlitChuckleChallenge WINNER| 2024 #50PreciousWords WINNER | 2024 #Valentiny WINNER | 2024 #KidsChoiceKidLitWritingContest Honorable Mention
@dorfelgar.bsky.social @dorfelgar.bsky.social 
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
Adam 🦝👑 @castiemrys.bsky.social 🌒🌓🌔🐺🌖🌗🌘
Adam
30
he/him
🇮🇸 in 🇩🇰
queer 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
autistic
>>--------->
An artist and an animation student!
Gay pirate enthusiast (Black Sails)🏳️🌈🏴☠️
>>--------->
No AI 🚫
Fascists get eaten by werewolves
@librarycats25.bsky.social @librarycats25.bsky.social Teacher-Librarian, 😺📚🏒
https://www.donorschoose.org/project/book-trolley-book-love/9061761/?challengeid=393443 
Morgan A. Taylor @matillustration.bsky.social Illustrator of cottagecore animals, kid lit and still lifes. Plant mom and amateur chef.
Illustrator of When Water Makes Mud (2021)
PHL ➡️GSO
www.matillustration.weebly.com
Lisa Amstutz @ljamstutz.bsky.social Author, ecologist, agent @StormLiterary
. http://linktr.ee/LJAmstutz
Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social Encouraging others to get know science a little better. Kidlit author. Science educator. Rock collector. Stargazer. Nature photographer. Animal buddy. They/She. Repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette.
www.KatieSlivensky.com
Monisha Bajaj @monishabajaj.bsky.social Professor & scholar of peace, human rights, migration & education
University of San Francisco
(views posted here are my own)
Debut picture book A YEAR OF KITES out in 2026 with Bloomsbury
www.monishabajaj.net
Pronouns: she/her/वह
Mike Petrik @mikepetrik.bsky.social Author and illustrator of books for kids!
One Cool Duck 4, Camp Out! Out now from Hippo Park and Astra Pub.
Currently seeking representation.
https://linktr.ee/mikepetrik
The Beautiful Sausage @beautifulsausage.bsky.social Art/cartoons/illustrations/poetry/humour. Occasional writer.
Banner illustration by Fiona Ross
@fiveona.bsky.social from the book 'No More Mr Mice Guy' (Rep'd by
Luddington Creative)
Avatar by @vinkelmule.bsky.social
No AI⛔
KarenJameson15.bsky.social @karenjameson15.bsky.social Children’s author of lyrical/STEM picture books - WOODLAND DREAMS & more. WHO NESTS HERE? & THE SECRETS of the JELLIES. Repped by K. Rushall of ABLA.
Alex Waldo @alexwaldobooks.bsky.social 📍 Nashville
Rebuilding after leaving Twitter!
Querying PB!
Mom, Picture Book Writer, Application Development, Gardner, Hiker, Dog Lover, she/her #kidlit #PBPitch #SCBWIMidsouth #amquerying #writingcommunity 🌞
www.waldohousebooks.com
Lauren Tregenza @laurentregz.bsky.social Artist | Book Illustration | Urban Sketching. Based in 🇨🇦
#Kidlitart
#SCBWI Member
#UskToronto urban sketching
Portfolio and Prints: https://lauren-e-tregenza.com
ACEO miniature art shop: https://ebay.io/m/q56vYR
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.
PaperPencilPlay @paperpencilplay.bsky.social Kidlitart🎨📚📓
✨Children’s Illustration✨
❤️Picture Books and Middle Grade🫶🏻
Loriantubooks.com
Ibarra V. Gomez @ibarravgomez.bsky.social Author of kids’ horror fiction and a voracious reader, watcher, and player of stories! Contact: ivg@eml.cc
Heather Stigall @heatherstigall7.bsky.social 📚KidLit Author
#SCBWI PA East Critique Group Coordinator
👻GILBERT & THE GHOST (Beaming Books 2025)
🐰PAISLEY'S BIG BIRTHDAY (Clavis Books, 2023)
🚌PAISLEY’S BIG FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL (Clavis Books, 2027)
picture book obsessed, creator of stuff
Sarah Glenn Marsh @theeyeofsarahn.bsky.social "Those without swords can still die upon them."
OUR ROGUE FATES ⚔️ MM Romance April ‘26
Author repped by JGLM. Queer. Witchy. T1D. Probably drinking at the Prancing Pony. Mother to many including Dawn, dogs, birds, fish, and a turtle. She/They. 🏳️🌈
Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social 🇨🇦 🇸🇬 Illustrator, author (The Pink Pajamas, S&S 2025) | Rep: Tracy Marchini | Co-host @kidlitart.bsky.social chat | 🚫AI/NFT
🎨 CharleneChua.com
🖼️ Links - charlenechua.com/links
✏️ Alt account @sygnin.com
IslandTwinArtists @islandtwinartists.bsky.social Hi! We're Dori and Kate! 💕 Identical twins, kidlit author-illustrators, educators, SCBWI members, bakers, nature lovers, moms of super kids and pets, neurodiverse 💞
✨ Joyfully seeking representation ✨
www.IslandTwinArtists.com
Stephanie Graegin @steph-graegin.bsky.social Writer. Illustrator. I make picture books.
sᴏғɪᴀ ᴄᴀʀᴅᴏsᴏ .·͙* @sofiagcardosoo.bsky.social ˙ᵕ˙ illustrator and designer of ᴄᴏʟᴏʀғᴜʟ & ᴘʟᴀʏғᴜʟ artwork
⋒ children's books, greeting cards, puzzles & more
⌂ represented by the Bright Agency
ᝰ ғᴏᴏᴅɪᴇ ─ INFJ ─ ᴄᴀᴋᴇ ᴇɴᴛʜᴜsɪᴀsᴛ
.·͙* https://sofiacardoso.com/
jasmine karan 🌻 illustrator @jasminekaran.bsky.social 🌻 children’s book artist
🐠 whimsical & vibrant art
🪁 looking for representation
🌺 available for commissions
🌴 living & creating in Bali, Indonesia
Pamela Goodman @pamelagoodmanart.bsky.social Children’s book illustrator and artist in the PNW🌲
linktr.ee/pamelagoodmanart
Tammi Sauer @tammisauer.bsky.social Children’s picture book author repped by Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown Literary Agency
tammisauer.com
BluDraku @bludraku.bsky.social Just Your Local FENC 💖💜💙// Monster Addict // Izzet League Guildmage // Prismari Student // Official Ral Zarek Simp <3 // He/Him // I Commission Stuffs!!! 🦊🐦💙✨
Pfp: @carbo2n.bsky.social
Header: @carbo2n.bsky.social
https://moxfield.com/users/BluDraku
Maria Gianferrari (she/her) @gianferrari-m.bsky.social Creature & nature lover
Bird nerd 🐦
Wordsmith
#Kidlit Fiction & #STEM PBs:
Latest: Just One Oak 🐿 & Puffins!
Horn Book honoree for Fungi Grow 🍄
Obsessed with auroras
Website: https://mariagianferrari.com/
Lindsay Short @lindsaydraws.bsky.social ✏️ illustrator, brand designer & mural artist
🏅 @illusdept member
🇨🇦 Peterborough ON, Canada
© 2025 Lindsay Short
Meridth McKean Gimbel @hellomeridth.bsky.social 🌟Award winning writer & artist
🗣️they/them/elle
🧳Rep: Allie Levick at Writers House
📕GETTING TO KNOW YOUR TRANSCESTORS 2028 🏳️⚧️
🕸️ https://www.meridthsayshello.com/links
🧦 Here to steal your left sock
JMQ Morris | commissions closed @jmqmorris.bsky.social freelance artist | she/they | viet-american | comms closed
Commissions: VGen.co/jmqmorris
Print Shop: inprnt.com/gallery/jmqmorris
Portfolio: jmqfolio.carrd.co
Website: jmqmorris.carrd.co
No AI. No NFTs.
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
Nora Racz @noridraws.bsky.social Hi, I’m an illustrator living in the UK and I like drawing cute things! 😊
norasillustrations.co.uk
Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social 🌈 Creative Development Director at Barefoot Books 👣
📍Arby's on McKnight Road
HootOwlStar @hootowlstar.bsky.social profile pic is artwork by @uzairrashid.bsky.social
email and discord got hacked, but feel free to contact me here for inquiries
Gema Casillas @oaxacan.bsky.social Writer, my puppy calls the shots, wife to my better half, carry Oaxacan in my heart, think in Spanish, great at mixing words up and free spirit! Was part of Las Musas 2024 mentorship.
#kidlit #Latinxkidlit #Lasmusas #poetry
@gelesitabububu.bsky.social @gelesitabububu.bsky.social 
@irisesss.bsky.social @irisesss.bsky.social 
Dylan Teut @dylan-teut.bsky.social K-5 Music Educator. Children's Literature Fanatic and Enthusiast. PhD in Education: Reading Assessment & Intervention. Husband. Uncle. Rotarian. Kiwanian. Organist. Local Dolly Parton Imagination Library Director. Adjunct Children's Literature Prof.
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 📱✨️📚😁❤️🍁
Amberin Huq @amberinhuq.bsky.social Children's illustrator.
Drawer of pictures, colourer of spaces, writer of moments.
Rep'd by The Plum Agency
She/Her
@katkatkat123.bsky.social @katkatkat123.bsky.social