Summit County Libraries @summitlibraries.bsky.social #1 Most Followed Library in the USA!
https://summitcountylibraries.org/
Located in beautiful Summit County, Colorado.
Random House Children's Books @randomhousekids.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
Tiffanie Leung Abbott @tleungabbott.bsky.social It’s “Learn” with a “G.”
• Mixed-race Chinese American author
• Rep: Michelle Jackson
• 2026 #pbparty Finalist
• 2025 #pbparty HM
• 2025 #roundtablementor
• #scbwi #12x12challenge
Jennifer Mary G @jennifermaryg.bsky.social Science Teacher. Author. Reiki Master. Mom of 2 nature-loving daughters. SCBWI 📚Nat Geo Certified 🌎
www.jennifermaryg.com 
Ginger Burke @gingerburke.bsky.social Kidlit writer. Foster mom. Love to travel. Sometimes calm. #12x12PB #scbwi
https://gingerburkebooks.com
Angela Hartman @angelarosehartman.bsky.social Retired Library Girl. Writing. Reading. #amquerying #kidlit #SCBWI #writingcommunity #pbparty
Jill Terlep @jillterlep.bsky.social Author 📚 (SCBWI - PAL). NCHMA Analyst + 📊 Economic Editor. ❤️Wife+Mom+Dog-Lover❤️ Boilermaker! 💛🖤 Querying MG 📖
Margaret Renkl @margaretrenkl.bsky.social Author, most recently, of "The Weedy Garden" (for children) and "The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year" (for adults).
Jessica Sinsheimer @jsinsheim.bsky.social Ravenous reader, lazy gourmet, literary agent + cheese-obsessed human. Co-creator of #MSWL, Manuscript Wish List® + http://www.ManuscriptAcademy.com. ☕📚She/her.
Yia Lor @yiawrites.bsky.social she/they/nws
#Hmong #KidLit #Writer #SCBWI #DogMom 🐾 #TreeHugger 🌿
Rep: Mike Whatnall at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret 📚✨
Insta: instagram.com/yiawrites
@amynelder.bsky.social @amynelder.bsky.social Author/Painter #kidlit #MGLit #Thriller #MGtyDucks #kidlitchat
Celeste got her groove back @drceleste.bsky.social Friendly neighborhood biology teacher working on better assessment and grading practices (UBC). Permanently under construction. Say hey to your dog for me! 🇨🇦🇺🇸 @ubc
Ginger Ngo | Illustrator 🤡 @gingerngo.bsky.social Illustrator, kids books, googly eyes. I'm too much woman for Instagram.
Rep’d by Adriana Domínguez at ACM Kids & Illustration
https://gingerngo.com
https://gingerngo.substack.com/
Octopedal🐙📷🚲 @octopedal.bsky.social Featherless biped. Luddite-curious. Likes to cook, eat, read, draw, walk, ride bikes, and take photographs. Almost as smart as a real octopus.
Colleen Paeff @colleenpaeff.bsky.social Rhymes with laugh | Sibert Honor author of THE GREAT STINK | Next up: FIREFLY SONG 6/25 and RAINBOW TRUCK 3/26 | School visits are my favorite! | Los Angeles, CA
www.colleenpaeff.com
Agent: @steelworksliterary.bsky.social
Susan Johnston Taylor (she/her) @sjohnstontaylor.bsky.social Actor/singer/author who tells stories onstage & on the page. ND. Works/teaches at @thewritingbarn.bsky.social
#Kidlit author: ANIMALS IN SURPRISING SHADES, 2023. Rep: Mara Cobb at Martin Lit.
staylorwrites.com https://linktr.ee/sjohnstontaylor
PBSoar @pbsoar.bsky.social Welcome to PB Soar! We're a group of picture book authors and illustrators that debuted together and are still going strong. Our stories have just begun! Come SOAR with us!
Lina Chopra Haldar, PhD @linahaldar.bsky.social Kid Lit Author | Math Enthusiast | Education Consultant | Ice Cream Lover | 12x12 and SCBWI Member | Rep’d by Saba Sulaiman, Talcott Notch Literary Services
Author of DEAR MATH, WE’RE NOT FRIENDS (Beaming Books 2026)
www.linahaldar.com
Shennen Bersani @shennen.bsky.social A children’s book author and illustrator I’ve illustrated 45 picture books (currently working on more). I also create fine art, portraits, & share 🍀 with others. www.Shennen.com Find free puzzles, coloring pages and crafts at www.achoowhypollencounts.com
Elisa Fadda @elisafadda.bsky.social Associate Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Southampton, head chef at https://GlycoShape.org, Salem's butler, fucose fanatic #glycotime everyday! She/Her
Twilight Plotter @reshveen.bsky.social Educator 🇦🇺
Zumba - yoga enthusiast.
Cats and books 📚❤️
Member of 12x12 PB challenge
Aspiring #kidlit writer ✍️
Feminist
Mountain dweller
Mary Vander Plas @maryvpwriter.bsky.social Kidlit author repped by Jackie Kruzie.
Jen H. Barnes @jenhb.bsky.social YA and PB writer. Hand-blown glass, Van Gogh, mountains, and ocean. 12x12, SCBWI
Janet Krauthamer @janetkrauthamer.bsky.social 
SusanHughes @susanhughes.bsky.social editor/story coach specializing in kidlit | author of kids' books | freelance writer | she/her | upcoming bk: MISS MATCH | recent bks: HOORAY FOR TRUCKS!; SAME HERE; WALKING FOR WATER; LIGHTS DAY AND NIGHT | www.susanhughes.ca
Nickolas Rice @slikniky.bsky.social 🎬Kidlit author, actor, voice-over artist,
👫Father of (the best) twins.
📺 Scooby-Doo, Futurama, I Love Lucy, Twilight Zone
🦧Favorite animal-Orangutan
🎵It's All Coming Back To Me Now and Believe 
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
Carrie Schneider Author/Illustrator @carrieschneider.bsky.social Autistic, ADHD, queer 🏳️🌈 author/illustrator of PB & MG books affirming neurodivergent and other identities. Literature PhD. Safe Space.
She/her.
PBRising Stars/PBParty honorable mention/runner-up ‘23/24/25
#amquerying #12x12pb
https://linktr.ee/Cs_au
Melissa Rafson Friedman @mrafson.bsky.social 📚 reader ✏️ writer 👩👧mom 👩🏫 teacher #12x12challenge #scbwi #kidlit
Emily Starr @emilystarr.bsky.social #Kidlit author | StarrMatica CEO | Science curriculum and PD writer | IA State Science Leadership Team Member | Nonfiction fanatic | Elementary #STEM advocate
SCBWI | 12x12
Kimberly Yavorski @kyavo.bsky.social Freelance writer, Questioner, Storyteller
#history #science #parenting #education #finance #health #travel #nature #Binder #ASJA #SCBWI #NASW #YA #Kidlit #12x12
Carrie Logsdon McCullough @zoodocwrites.bsky.social Mom, Grammy, retired zoo dentist, kidlit author, Regional Advisor #SCBWI Ohio Central & South, #12x12, #CtC, #STA, #PBRisingStar mentee ‘24&’25, PBRS Collective, Back in the query trenches carrielogsdonmccullough.com
Sarah Claxton @sarahclaxton.bsky.social #kidlit writer, SCBW, Inked Voices, PB Party Finalist 2026
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
Meredith Epstein @meredithepstein.bsky.social Picture book writer, gardener, and climate advocate. #SCBWI #12x12 #kidlit
Suhasini Gupta @thesusankam.bsky.social Author/Engineer/Mom
Debut PB- KAI PO CHE: Mini's Perfect Kite (@GRP, March '25)
#12x12 #SCBWI #DVpit
Amazon: https://a.co/d/cSZyHfk
Rap song: https://bit.ly/3zyA35u
Diane Mittler @writerdi.bsky.social #PB #MG author seeking representation |'26 debut READY TO RIDE |'24 PBParty finalist | '24 WNDB Mentee| '23 #SCBWI-NM Enchantment Show winner| #12x12 | retired educator | ❤️ photography | http://mochadiane.com | she/her/hers
Robynn Hyde @robynnhyde.bsky.social #Kidlit author #pb #cb
Member of #12x12PB #SCBWI #MightyKidLit
#50PreciousWords Winner '26
#PBandKidJudges HM '25
Lover of horror & humour
#KidlitCraze Blog
robynnhyde.com/kidlit-craze
Shuyi Chiou @shuyichiou.bsky.social Author & illustrator for picture books.
my website: shuyichiou.com
Cathy Stenquist-#amquerying @cathystenquist.bsky.social Author of Award-winning FOREVER HOME, 2022 IPNE Best Children’s Book; 2023 Writers Digest Honorable Mention-Children’s Picture Book. Published poet and writer, collage artist, baker and doter of grandchildren.
sherritmercer @sherritmercer.bsky.social #Wife, #Mother, #Educator—#SCBWI #12x12 #Picturebooksummit #KIdLit #BlackCreatorsHq #WNDB #PBMentee @diverse-books
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
@abbywordsandwhimsy.bsky.social @abbywordsandwhimsy.bsky.social Disney fanatic who loves to write. Blog for adults on #caregiving and #grief- www.PixieDustForCaregivers.com. Book in progress. Picture books in my future! Expect whimsy and pictures of cute, clever animals, including my cat! #kidlit #12X12 #ALS 
Nicole Monahan @monahanstudio.bsky.social Whimsical Illustrator for the young at heart with a special interest for the eco system of nature, gardening, bonsai and animals. #kidlitartist, Check out my work at www.monahanstudio.com
Katie Furze @katiefurze.bsky.social Kidlit writer from Aotearoa New Zealand. Books include: KEKENO CURIOUS EXPLORER (2026), PEKAPEKA SECRET FOREST BAT (2025), RURU NIGHT HUNTER (2024), TUATARA A LIVING TREASURE (2023) from Scholastic NZ. #STEM #12x12PB #SCBWI https://www.katiefurze.com
Cheri Thriver @cherithriver.bsky.social Always curious. Writer. #PBRisingStarsCollective #12x12PB #amquerying #kidlit Recipe developer. Product designer. Funma! (she/her) Blog: http://cooking2thrive.com
Alicia Meyers @byaliciameyers.bsky.social Author ✏️ | Teacher 🍎 | #SCBWI
DO THE PASTA DANCE [2027]
TIC-ERRIFIC ME [2026] 📚
THE A-TO-Z TEACHING TOOLKIT [2025]
Lover of coffee, carbs, books & Bravo
@ruthcousins.bsky.social @ruthcousins.bsky.social Picture book author 12x12; SCBWI; the Writing Barn, seeking rep
Ali DeMoro @alidemoro.bsky.social Children's Author
THE JEALOUS LITTLE MUNCHKIN
2026 Purple Dragonfly Book Award honoree🏅
alidemoro.com
Grab my FREE 2026 Picture Book Guide 👇
https://preview.mailerlite.io/forms/2610207/198342432656459512/share
Maria Martin @mariamartin.bsky.social Poems in Threepenny Review, New Ohio Review, Poet Lore.
http://www.mariasprogress.com
My name is Maria, but it is pronounced Mariah which was the first trick my parents played on me.
Judie Offerdahl @judieofferdahl.bsky.social 📝 Children's Book Author (SCBWI/#12×12PB), 🍎Teacher, ☔ Washington Alum, 4ever 🏈 Seahawks & ⚾️ Stan Musial fan
Billy B @bbwritesright.bsky.social An immature writer, cartoonist and Olympic athlete. Well, 2 out of 3.
Amy Fettig - Inkhorn Books @inkhornbooks.bsky.social Librarian 📚 Author 🖋️ Believer in the magic of words ✨. Read, Write, Create 🌠 #kidlit #yalit
Korena Di Roma Howley @korena.bsky.social Writer, Editor, and Children's Author
❤️ SARANG SAVES THE SCHOOL
🌕 A HANBOK FOR HANA - Preorder Now!
Rep: Lisa Amstutz, Storm Literary
www.korenahowley.com
Johanna Peyton @johannapeyton.bsky.social #kidlit writer rep'd by Taylor Martindale Kean at Full Circle Literary
#SCBWI #12x12PB #CTC #neurodivergent
Kidlit reviewer on https://www.instagram.com/johannapeytonauthor/. www.johannapeyton.com
Marlee Fuller-Morris 🏳️🌈 @mfmwrites.bsky.social Birder, #kidlit author, former park ranger turned full-time mom. Military spouse. Good thing Im happy living anywhere with cool critters and creative kids. she/her.
#50PreciousWords ‘24 Winner | #SCBWI | #12x12 | #PB | #amquerying
www.mfmwrites.com
Jacqueline Lindsey @jlindseybooks.bsky.social Writer - ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE (Sourcebooks, 2026) | Rep'd by @litagentkatiem.bsky.social #SCBWI #12x12 @pb26debut.bsky.social
@joycefrankwrite.bsky.social @joycefrankwrite.bsky.social Stories in @SoutheastReview and Microfiction Monday Magazine; SCBWI; 12x12; picture books!!
Lenora Todaro @lenoratodaro.bsky.social Writer, editor, sidewalk naturalist. Books: Sea Lions in the Parking Lot (2021) and Hang Tough, Horseshoe Crab!(2026) Words: NYT, AFAR, Atlantic, Kirkus, etc. #NASW #SCBWI #12x12 website: www.lenoratodaro.com
jrickerwhalen.bsky.social @jrickerwhalen.bsky.social Kidlit author, YS librarian, Purdue grad, #SCBWI, #12x12, 2022 #PBParty Honorable Mention, 2020 #PBCritiqueFest winner, Cheesehead, and Intense Sports Fanatic.
Kirsten Bock @kpbock.bsky.social Librarian, Writer, Tea drinker
Paula VanEnkevort @paulav.bsky.social I dabble in writing, fiber arts, and yoga. Animal lover. Daydreamer. Beach walker. Moon geek. Currently revising a MG novel. #kidlit #12x12 challenge.
Jane Bexley @janebexley.bsky.social Bestselling Author / Illustrator featured on @NPR.org and Last Week Tonight w/John Oliver
Momx4 with a soft spot for delightful wordplay #PBparty 2025 finalist #kidlit #12x12PB #SCBWI
janebexley.com
Tracy Smith Schmidt @tschmidtwrites.bsky.social Writer. MIT Biology Ph.D. Kid mom, cat mom. #PBRisingStars Runner Up '24, #PBParty Finalist '20. #SCBWI #12x12PB #amquerying #PB #CB #MG
Ann Magee @ammwrite.bsky.social 
Deborah Lakritz @deblak1.bsky.social Author of Sydney Taylor Notable award-winning middle grade novel, THINGS THAT SHIMMER, plus PBs and YAs. Midwestern. I travel for Bruuuuce.
Meghan Downs @booksbymeghandowns.bsky.social #SCBWI WINNER of the Nonfiction Most Promising Picture Book▪️SCBWI Cynthia Leitich Smith Writing Mentor Award Finalist ▪️ PB & MG writer▪️avid reader
Mary Malhotra @mcmalhotra.bsky.social #Kidlit !!!
Storytime is the best time :)
Other times, catch me solving a crossword while listening to a podcast and sipping a mocha
More at www.marymalhotra.com
Lauren Kimberly 🇨🇦 @authorlaurenk.bsky.social THE HOLIDAY TRAIN (fall 2028) #PBParty Finalist ‘26 | #PBParty HM ‘25 | Writing PB through MG | autistic mom of two | #SCBWI #12x12PB | #amquerying #neurodiversity
www.laurenkimberlyauthor.com
Michelle Volpe-Kohler @volpekohler.bsky.social Marketing + comms pro, speaker / writing, economics, singing, songwriting / #greatlakes fan / #kidlit fiction, poetry @ https://dirigibleballoon.org / #12x12PB #SCBWI / #amquerying #amwriting / views mine
CLE ➡️ DC ➡️ CLE
https://linktr.ee/volpe.kohler
Michael Wang @mwstories.bsky.social ▫️Designer + Children’s PB Author
▫️LEIF’S GIFT (June 10, 2025) Norton Young Readers
▫️rep’d by Allison Hellegers at Stimola Literary Studio
▫️SCBWI ▫️12x12
▫️ http://michaelwangstories.com/
▫️ https://linktr.ee/mwstories
Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social Owned by 2 rescue dogs.
Adored by an amazing man who doesn't (much) mind being called by my last name.
Cali girl living in Georgia.
Neurospicy PB/MG kidlit writer #SCBWI, #12x12PB #LondonWritersSalon
#PBRisingStars Mentee 2026
All em dashes are my own—
Rachel Gozhansky Illustration @rachelgozhansky.bsky.social #KidLit Illustrator and Writer: SCBWI, 12x12.
Womens' Lax Official.
Graphic Designer (data and presentation design).
Dog mom. Enthusiast of technology, fantasy fiction, movies, boardgames, the outdoors
RachelGozhansky.com
MornaSG.bsky.social @mornasg.bsky.social Works at authoring and illustrating. Bibliophile through and through. Lover of outdoors, animals, the underdog and both classic and modern children’s lit.
Lauri Meyers @laurimeyers.bsky.social Kidlit Author. Word juggler. Awkwardly funny. Embraces weird. #50PreciousWords Winner #KidsChoice Winner #PBParty 2023 HM #PBChat Mentorship 2021 #Madness!Poetry #SCBWI #12x12
Jess Burbank, author/illustrator @jburbank.bsky.social she/her I write & illustrate picture books!
Rep’d by Ariana Philips at JVNLA
#PBParty ‘23 and ‘25 Finalist, #PBRisingStars ‘23 Runner Up #StorytellerAcademy #SCBWI #12x12
Marta Costello @martacostello.bsky.social Author, YOU’RE ONLY TWO ONCE (Kirkus calls it a "comedic hit" :D ) | Writing & making little paintings and drawings for my kids’ lunchboxes | #SCBWI #12X12pb
@KatieDavisBurps @katiedavisburps.bsky.social I write, I draw, teach, do critiques, host(ed) podcasts, co-founded Picture Book Summit, make videos, do presentations, ran a #writers school. I need a nap.
Jeanette Fazzari Jones @thefelttippen.bsky.social bit.ly/jeanettefazzarijones
Meatballs for Grandpa (Two Lions Press, 2024)
Duck, Duck, Groove (The Little Press, 2026)
Ava's Chalk (Ever Imagine Press, 2026)
Author. Teacher. Baker. Former ninja.
Seeking new rep due to the sad & sudden closure of BRLA.
Sharalyn Edgeberg @sedgeberg.bsky.social I’m a children’s picture book writer. I’m inspired by nature & wildlife. I love to paint with watercolors and draw. @
#SCBWI, #12x12PB, @thewritingbarn.bsky.social
Donna Cangelosi @donnacangelosi.bsky.social KidLit Author. Psychologist. Adventurer. MISTER ROGERS' GIFT OF MUSIC 🎶. LIGHT, LETTERS & LOVE (Sleeping Bear Press, 3/16/27)🌻
#SCBWI #12x12 www.donnacangelosi.com
Dea Brayden @deabrayden.bsky.social Co-author of picture books with Lindsay Ellis. Members of SCBWI, 12x12, Mighty Kidlit. We’re on a mission to craft triumphant stories that are like comfort food for your soul.
Virginia McGregor @virginiamcgregor4u.bsky.social Children’s book author, poet, educator, child safety/improve school indoor air quality advocate, support school librarians, require teacher training in asthma ed. #children'sbookauthors #STEAM #earthscience https://diggerdynamo.com 
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
Christina Shawn - KidLit Author @christinashawn.bsky.social Author of AND THEN CAME YOU (Chronicle Books, 2025)
NO LOVE POTION (The Little Press, 2026)
ChristinaShawn.com
Agent: @liznealon.bsky.social
Megan Ray Durkin @mother-goose.bsky.social #Kidlit author - following the child, seeking rep, Montessorian, #SCBWI #12x12PB #writingcommunity #PBSummit ‘22 #PBRisingStars ‘23 Mentee, can make you a cake 🫘
Sheree Tomba @shereesketches.bsky.social Storyteller, bike racer, board game player, animal lover, tea drinker.
www.shereetomba.com
Repped by Kaitlyn Sanchez of Bradford Lit
‘24 PB Party Finalist
#12x12PB #SCBWI
#kidlit #kidlitart
Valerie Bolling @valeriebolling.bsky.social Author of books for children and teachers | Longtime educator | DEIAB advocate | Born in NY | Raised and resides in CT
https://valeriebolling.com
Authors Guild; SCBWI; 12x12; Boyds Mills, #kidlit #PB #earlyreaders #booksforteachers
Gabi Snyder @gabisnyder.bsky.social Author of TWO DOGS ON A TRIKE, LISTEN, COUNT ON US, TODAY, and LOOK | Rep: Natalie Lakosil, @lookingglasslit.bsky.social | she/her 
Kelly Rice Schmitt @krschmittwrites.bsky.social A mom in #STEM writing for curious kids!
I SHIP (Lerner, 2023) 🚢 I FUEL (Lerner, 2024) 🚙, THE FARM NEXT DOOR (Knopf BFYR, 2026) 🐰🚜
2023 SCBWI Crystal Kite Award Winner
Rep: Miranda Paul, EMLA
member @BusyPBs @pbarade @SteamTeamBooks @12x12challenge
Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social ✂️ Author/Illustrator of books for young readers and artists
👀 Playful, visual storytelling
🏆 Emmy-winning compositor
📚 Once a librarian, always a librarian
https://www.carterhiggins.com/
Donna Rossman @donnarossman.bsky.social 2026 winner #50PreciousWords ‘23/24/25 HM, ‘25 winner #SeasonsOfKidlit Promising MS, #KidsChoiceKidLitWritingContest ‘24 HM, Writer, Ordained Buddhist, Gizmo the Wonder Dog’s grandma 🐾 #SCBWI #KnoxWritersGuild
Flabbergasted @flabbergasted25.bsky.social Always manifesting | 💙🌳 & dragonflies | energy work & magic | 🌊🪸Coastal Zen is in my DNA ⛵️☯️ | Woman entrepreneur & graphic designer creating mindful designs for home decor. www.sage-and-sea.com 🪬🙏🏼🧿
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 
Boyds Mills @boydsmills.bsky.social Boyds Mills positively impacts children by amplifying the voices of storytellers who inspire children to become their best selves.
https://linktr.ee/boydsmills
The Writing Barn @thewritingbarn.bsky.social ✍️ We go beyond craft classes to transform pre-published writers into career authors with varying tools and community offerings to suit YOU.
Craft + Community + Connections = a Thriving Literary Life!
SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators
Supporting quality children’s books & the artists who make them since 1971.
Emileigh Foots @emfoots.bsky.social I am an elementary music teacher that serves multiple public schools. I’m married with two adult children. I have a fur baby who is the best dog ever. I am also an ambassador for #DonorsChoose.
#clearthelist