Erin M. Evans @erinmevans.bsky.social Author of EMPIRE OF EXILES and RELICS OF RUIN (Orbit, out 4/24)| Brimstone Angels Saga | Dungeon Scrawlers DM and Concentration Check host | STXBP1 mom | co-host of Writing About Dragons and Shit | she/her
alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social NYT-bestselling fantasy author in charlottesville va
The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social Eldest Sister. Childless Cat Lady. Italian Jew. Witchy Woman.
I’m from N-E-W Jerz
Kate Siegel @katesiegel.bsky.social often actress, always dramatic. 
Agatha Andrews @agathaandrews.bsky.social Writer. Professional Gothic Swooner
Host of the She Wore Black Podcast
Rep: Jill Marr at Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
Active HWA member
Isabel Cañas @isabelcanas.bsky.social Your friendly neighborhood horromance evangelist. Out now: THE HACIENDA & VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE & THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ. Up next: THE HOUSE OF GARDENIAS (Dutton Fall ‘26). | Bram Stoker Award Nominee | UChicago PhD
https://www.isabelcanas.com/
Madeline Miller @madelinemiller.bsky.social Writer (The Song of Achilles, Circe), reader, theater lover. Cats, Long Covid. She/her. 
Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social Writer. THE BEWITCHING (2025), SEVENTH VEIL OF SALOME, MEXICAN GOTHIC, and others books. https://silviamoreno-garcia.com/
🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social Make horror gay AF, Stoker Award winner
out now: NO GODS FOR DROWNING
Sept 15: THIS MOVIE DOESN'T END THE WAY WE WANT
she/her; rep: Lane Heymont
haileypiper.com
Caitlin Starling @caitlinstarling.com Award-winning and bestselling author of THE LUMINOUS DEAD, THE DEATH OF JANE LAWRENCE, LAST TO LEAVE THE ROOM, and others. She/her.
Rhonda J. Garcia aka RJ Joseph @rjacksonjoseph.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award winning, Shirley Jackson award nominated writer/professor/editor. She/Her. Literary representation: Natasha Mihell, at The Rights Factory
Rachel Harrison @rachelharrison.bsky.social Friendly Ghost 👻
NYTimes bestselling author of The Return, Cackle, Such Sharp Teeth, Bad Dolls, Black Sheep, So Thirsty, Play Nice & KISS SLAY REPLAY 9/1 🖤
Gail Carriger @gailcarriger.bsky.social NYT best selling author of book hugs, queer, tea snob, avid reader & nerd girl. Fond of hedgehogs & soup ladles. GailCarriger.com
Deb Harkness @debharkness.bsky.social Feels too much. Never enough children, islands, mourners, gossips & vegetables. Warms the stars. Essentially a spy. She/her. A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES 🧙♀️SHADOW OF NIGHT 🌚 THE BOOK OF LIFE 📖 TIME'S CONVERT 🕰️ THE BLACK BIRD ORACLE🐦⬛ THE FALCON AND THE ROSE 🥀
Cat Sebastian @catswrites.bsky.social Writer of queer historical fiction. She/her. Newsletter: https://catsebastian.myflodesk.com/signup website: catsebastian.com
Leanna Renee Hieber @leannareneehieber.bsky.social Gothic novelist. Ghost-filled non-fiction. Actress. Goth. Narrator. Playwright. NYC Ghost Tour Guide. RAVENFIELD HALL (2/27, Hachette) A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN, AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC (USA Today Bestseller, Kensington), STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL (Tor)
Ashley Poston @ashleyposton.bsky.social nyt bestselling author and diana wynne jones’ #1 fan
Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social Cat sitter. Gothic lit and theology. Romance studies. Byron studies. Runs 'Romancing the Gothic'. Writes queer little stories.
Moonstruck Books @moonstruckbooks.bsky.social Publisher of otherworldly, haunting fiction. HWA + SFWA. Find us at moonstruck-books.com🦇
Katee Robert @kateerobert.com They/She. NYT Bestselling author of romance and fantasy. Repped by Bradford Literary. Banner art: Syd Mills. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/kateerobert
Charish Reid @charishreidauthor.bsky.social Romance author 💋
American in Sweden 🇸🇪
She/her
Rep'd by @litagentsaritza.bsky.social
My books: https://charishreid.com/links/
Nalini Singh @authornalinisingh.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of paranormal & contemporary romance. Also writes murdery books set in New Zealand.
https://www.nalinisingh.com
Tanya Pell @tanyapell.bsky.social 💀Bram Stoker nominated author
😴 narcolepsy
🩷💜💙she/her
A DARKNESS RATHER BLACKER (Gallery ‘27)
THIS B JUST WON’T DIE! (Gallery ‘26)
HER WICKED ROOTS
CICADA
Rep’d by Marcy Posner
J.V. Gachs @jvgachs.bsky.social Horror writer, Mother of Cats
Epiphany (Sobelo Books//Dolmen Editorial)
Spooky Lovers (IFP//Dimensiones Ocultas, 2025)
Unholy (Mad Axe Media, March 2025)
jvgachs.com
Rosanna Leo @leorosanna.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Award-winning romance author. Teller of ghost stories. Taphophile. Library staffer. She/her.
https://rosannaleoauthor.wordpress.com/
Beverley Lee @beverleylee.bsky.social ♱ Character-driven. Atmospheric, creeping dread & broken boys a speciality.
♱ Breaking your heart with horror since 2016
♱ Editing Project Sea 🌊
♱ Ally 🏳️🌈
♱ No AI ever.
www.beverleylee.com
http://bio.site/beverleylee
Celestine Martin @celestinemartin.bsky.social *Pen Name* Writer of Romance. She/Her. Whimsigoth in Training *Tweeting W/O Glasses* Repped by @lauren_bieker
Former @jellybeanrae on x-tweeter
Order Link: http://bit.ly/3IbQxR0
Sarah Hawley @sarahhawley.bsky.social USA Today bestselling author of SERVANT OF EARTH and the Glimmer Falls series 📚 https://linktr.ee/sarahhawley 🗡️ Not here often!
April Yates 🏳️🌈💀 @aprilyates.bsky.social Author of Sapphic Horror & Dark Romance
https://linktr.ee/aprilyates
she/her
Dr. Maria DeBlassie @mdeblassie.bsky.social Award-winning mestiza author & professor. Bruja. Believer in everyday magic. Lover of bodice rippers, HEAs for all, spooky stuff & witchy business. she/her
https://linktr.ee/mdeblassie
Jess 📚 Armstrong @jesslarmstrong.bsky.social Author of the Ruby Vaughn Mysteries
she/her
📚THE CURSE OF PENRYTH HALL | THE SECRET OF THE THREE FATES | THE DEVIL IN OXFORD | THE LOST SOULS OF SAINT ODA’S (Nov 2026)
Rep: Jill Marr SDLA
Mimi Matthews @mimimatthewsesq.bsky.social USA Today bestselling author of historical romance, nonfiction, and various Victorian trifles. BELLES OF LONDON series out now from Berkley/Penguin Random House! 💜 MimiMatthews.com
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
Vanessa Montalban @vvmontalban.bsky.social Award-winning author of A TALL DARK TROUBLE, THESE VENGEFUL WISHES, MIDNIGHT'S VICIOUS TOLL (PRH 2027) Contributor in NIGHT OF THE LIVING QUEERS (Wednesday Books) Rep: Madwoman Literary
🇳🇮🇨🇺 She.Her
Rose Sutherland🌈 @sutherrose.bsky.social Queer historical fiction author, pastry and theatre nerd. (she/her)
My sapphic selkie wife reimagining A SWEET STING OF SALT is now available!
Rep: Maggie Cooper, Aevitas Creative Management
📍Mi'kma'ki/Nova Scotia
Desirée M. Niccoli @authordmniccoli.bsky.social Author of adult romance + cozy horror (eco, folk). Monsters, mermaids 🖤 Rep: Kaitlyn Katsoupis. 18+ (she/her)
Harper St. George @harperstgeorge.bsky.social Historical romance writer
Berkley/Harlequin Mills & Boon
harperstgeorge.com
Briana Una McGuckin @brianaunamcguckin.bsky.social #GothicRomance #RomanticSuspense, rep:
Chris Bucci at Aevitas; ON GOOD AUTHORITY out NOW: https://amzn.to/41jpMCz ; cerebral palsy haver, former librarian. She/her.
Kate Khavari @authorkkhavari.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling Author of the Saffron Everleigh mysteries
A BOTANIST’S GUIDE TO TRADITION & TREACHERY 🐍 June 9
Nicole Eigener @nicoleeigener.bsky.social Nicole Eigener🏳️🌈🇫🇷♾️ she/they/iel
Queer author of literary, gothic, vampire romance | lover of 17th century French culture and the Gothic | 🩷💜💙 | Meet my books here: https://thevampire.org or https://bio.site/NicoleEigener
Stephanie Parent @scparent.bsky.social Writer of dark fiction and poetry.
Francine Mathews @francinemathews.bsky.social Author, also as Stephanie Barron. Former Intel analyst, mother, lifelong political junkie. Princeton ‘85.
Sharon Lynn Fisher 📚🕯️☕️ @sharonlynnfisher.bsky.social Witchy. Author of SALT & BROOM. Betwixt and between. Mostly on 🧵
B.R. Myers 🇨🇦 @brmyers.bsky.social The B stands for Bethany. Mary Higgins Clark Award winning author of A DREADFUL SPLENDOR. THE THIRD WIFE OF FARADAY HOUSE is out now! Rep~Jill Marr.
www.brmyers.ca
Alyssa Cole @alyssacolelit.bsky.social Writer of thrillers, romance, and more! Next release: IT TAKES A VILLAGE (Wildthorn): February 9, 2027.
Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com She/her. I write books about carriages, corsets, and smartwatches. Mother of (emoji) dinosaurs 🦖🦕. 羽生結弦 fan. Fan of tea. Born at 332 ppm.
This biography should not be taken as a complete description.
courtneymilan.com
Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social Jorts the cat.
Jean helps me.
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹
links.weratedogs.com
Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social Senior Fellow at @mmfa. Views expressed here my own. Husband of @alyssarosenberg. Dad. Not the former GOP congressman. Find me here: http://bio.site/mattgertz
sophia slade | NIGHTSTRIDER out now!!! @theneonvulture.bsky.social author | emo softie | 🏳️🌈 | rep’d by bethany weaver | NIGHTSTRIDER out now with orbit books | VEILWEAVER (oct 2025)
Sophia Benoit @1followernodad.bsky.social i wrote the da Vinci code
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Emily St. John Mandel @emilymandel.bsky.social Six books including Sea of Tranquility, The Glass Hotel, and Station Eleven. St. John is just my middle name; the books go under M.
Fonda Lee @fondalee.bsky.social NYT bestselling, World Fantasy Award-winning author of the Green Bone Saga & other books. The Last Contract of Isako out now! Next: Mark of the Warrior (Oct 2026) https://linktr.ee/fondalee
Holly Black @hollyblack.bsky.social Author of books involving folklore and bad decisions.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association @sfwa.bsky.social SFWA promotes, advances, and supports science fiction and fantasy storytelling by educating, promoting, and empowering its creators and the larger community. This account is for informational purposes.
Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social *THE* Naijamerican PhD-holding, World Fantasy, multi-Hugo, Nebula, Eisner Award-winning, New York Times bestselling rudimentary cyborg writer, nnedi.com
Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning and USA Today best-selling author, narrator, and professional puppeteer. Also has a talking cat. Latest title: Apprehension.
Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social NYT & USA Today-bestseller, Stoker Award Winner, writer of horror, fantasy, YA, MG, romance, and Star Wars. Cowriter of the Tales of Pell. Also comics. Olympic lifter. She/her. aka Lila Bowen & Isla Jewell.
Links: https://linktr.ee/delilahsdawson
N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social Writer. She/her.
Wesley Chu @wesleychu.bsky.social #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Art of Prophecy, The Lives of Tao, and more!
Zen Cho @zenaldehyde.bsky.social Malaysian in UK. I write fantasy and romance. BEHIND FRENEMY LINES out now!
Naomi Novik @naominovik.bsky.social author, coder, fangirl, geek. 🌕🌖🌗🌑 Author of Spinning Silver, Uprooted, Temeraire, & The Scholomance. Latest Release: THE SUMMER WAR
https://lnk.bio/naominovik
Kat Howard @katwithsword.bsky.social Writer of books, short stories, comics, and other things. Friend to cats and sometimes people. She/her. https://www.kathowardbooks.com/ and https://epigraphtoepilogue.substack.com/
erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social Author of The Night Circus (2011) & The Starless Sea (2019), creator of The Phantomwise Tarot (2022). she/her. Ask me about my cat. https://linktr.ee/erinmorgenstern
Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social Writer. Yes, that one.
(she/they)
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social Writer, actor, audiobook narrator, notorious tryhard 
Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com Wrote some books, won some awards. Strong feelings about plants. She/her
Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social I write books and post too many cat pictures. She/her, only.
Rick Lewis @forgoodbooks.bsky.social Literary Manager at Martin Literary Management, representing science-fiction, fantasy & horror authors and graphic novel creators
Mike Flanagan @mikeflanaganfilm.com Writer/Director: Life of Chuck, Doctor Sleep, Hush.
Showrunner: Carrie, Fall of the House of Usher, Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass.
Founder @redroompictures.com
www.mikeflanaganfilm.com
https://linktr.ee/mikeflanaganfilm
Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet. 
darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social not the darth u are looking for
Lish McBride @lishmcbride.bsky.social Former indie bookseller and cursed object, current feral goblin bard spinning coffee and spite into books about necromancers, werewolves, and delightful weirdos. (She/her)
https://linktr.ee/lishmcbride