COwrite @cowrite.bsky.social Inclusive virtual and in-person writing classes and workshops led by industry professionals.
🌈 + woman owned.
www.cowritecollective.com
https://linktr.ee/COwrite
The Artwork of Kristen Solecki @kristensolecki.bsky.social Illustrator, sketchbook keeper, and avid reader
Check out my work and projects at www.kristensolecki.com
Alison Goldberg @alisongoldberg.bsky.social Author of children's books: The Remembering Candle, Eighteen Flowers for Grandma, Bottle Tops, I Love You for Miles and Miles. Forthcoming novel: The Lost Sea Garden. Picture book critique services.
www.alisongoldberg.com
Kazoo magazine @kazoomagazine.com Quarterly Print Magazine for girls. National Magazine Award-winner. “Smart & beautiful” -NYT. "For little girls who want to grow up to be president” -Vogue. Made in Brooklyn. Ships worldwide. www.kazoomagazine.com
The Sartorial Librarians Podcast @sartoriallibrary.bsky.social Join @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social and @paulvinelli.bsky.social for celebrations of picture books & librarian fashion.
Apple: https://apple.co/4e4mM3h
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3ANgYge
Instagram: https://bit.ly/4dCh09b
Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social West Coast Canada illustrator & writer🤖🦕🛼
Short, left-handed, adhd, lighthouse keeper’s daughter. Nature & neon
Rep'd by @jemiscoe.bsky.social -Starling Literary
@starlingliterary.bsky.social
PBs: MAYBE A WHALE | MOTHER ASPEN
www.heycrystalsmith.com
Jolene Gutiérrez | Kidlit Author & Teacher Librarian @writerjolene.bsky.social #Kidlit writer 📚 #SCBWI member 📚 Teacher librarian in a haunted library 👻 TOO MUCH! AN OVERWHELMING DAY '23 ✨ THE OFRENDA THAT WE BUILT '24 ✨ MAMIACHI AND ME '25 ✨ UNBREAKABLE: A JAPANESE AMERICAN FAMILY IN AN AMERICAN INCARCERATION CAMP '26 ✨ 
Geeksarecool @geeksarecool.bsky.social Designer/illustrator based in Cardiff, Wales. Commissions currently open! Find me on @redbubble, @inprnt & @teepublic
Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social 🏴 Illustrator based in Scotland painting in gouache, ink & acrylic
📚 Represented by the Bright Agency
🏳️🌈 He/him
🌐 gordywright.com
🌐 linktr.ee/gordyjwright
Brian Kirby @boringstorybook.com Author/illustrator of humorous stories for kids.
https://briankirbystudio.com
SCBWI Ohio: North | #pbparty Finalist ‘24 & ‘25 | #kidlit booster
Represented by @KaitlynLeann17.bsky.social at
@Bradfordagents.bsky.social
Brenda Miller--Out on Sub! @meowdemeow.bsky.social Rep by @michelle4laughs.bsky.social
'23 Las Musas Books
Hermana
'20 LatinxinPub mentee
I write MG, PBs, poetry, & much more.
#MGPies
SCBWI
EFAFreelancers
WriteGirl volunteer
#Queer
she/her, cats + dogs
Lisa Chow @lisachowart.bsky.social she/her ✨ Children’s Book Author-Illustrator
BECAUSE OF YOU, I'M A SISTER (Doubleday) 2/10/26
BEAR WAKES UP (Random House Studio) Fall 2026
Represented by @ksonnack.bsky.social at ABLA
www.lisachowart.com
Brizida Magro @brizidamagro.bsky.social Illustrator | Climber | Cat Lover
Boulder, CO
Rep by Andrea Morrison at Writers House
https://www.sweetbeyond.com/
The CAT Agency @thecatagency.bsky.social Boutique art & literary agency, representing creators from all over the world. 
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social I wrote some books, once upon a time.
Posting about stories, brain injuries, adorable animals, rhubarb recipes, nature facts, human rights, and how we can make this world safe and kind and good. You are precious to me, and I love you.
kellybarnhill.com
Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was a celebrated author of novels, children’s books, poetry and essays. This account is managed by her estate.
https://www.ursulakleguin.com/
Kelly Sonnack (like "Sonic") @ksonnack.bsky.social Children's Agent. Reader. Mama.
Header art by Marissa Valdez.
Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org How do you do, fellow squids? 🌊 We're your frondly Aquarium with a mission to inspire conservation of the ocean. https://www.montereybayaquarium.org
Leigh Anne Carter @lacarterbooks.bsky.social Author-Illustrator
📘 YETI IS NOT READY FOR SCHOOL
📘 YETI IS NOT READY FOR GAME OVER
💼 Rep’d by Lane Clarke, Ultra Literary
#kidlit #kidlitart
https://lacarter.com/links
Mary Peterson @marypeterson.bsky.social Picture book author/illustrator. Letterpress, printmaking, reader. Rep'd by Jen Rofé, Andrea Brown Literary
marypeterson.com
Cani Chen @canigrin.bsky.social Taiwanese Illustrator
https://www.canigrin.com
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
Jenn Bower @jennbower.bsky.social Children's book author-illustrator from NC.
Rep'd by Lane Clarke at Ultra Literary
🌐 www.jennbower.com
Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social A free e-newsletter from Publishers Weekly that reports on children's and YA books. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/9Ubz9L
Bluesky Feed Creator @blueskyfeedcreator.com Create your own Bluesky Feeds using our third party app. Quickly design and customize your Bluesky feeds, no coding knowledge required.
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Status: @status.blueskyfeedcreator.com
🌏 Proudly Aotearoa New Zealand owned
Angela Marie Morton @angemmorton.bsky.social ○ art & illustration
○ calm art for a busy world
○ linktr.ee/angelamariemorton
Micael Nuñez @micaelnunez.bsky.social Freelance Illustrator and Designer - She/Her
Portfolio - https://www.micaelnunez.com/portfolio
KinderclassNPS @kinderclassnps.bsky.social A school librarian and FDK educator working in downtown Toronto 🏳️🌈
Arpita Choudhury @fernspikeart.bsky.social She/ Her
Lapsed marine biologist turned illustrator.
Looking for representation.
SCBWI Member Western PA.
Interested in PB, CB, ER, MG, BC, NF, puzzles, and kids games.
https://www.fernspikeart.com/moreinfo
Jennifer Chambliss Bertman @jennbertman.bsky.social NYT bestselling author: Book Scavenger series, SISTERHOOD OF SLEUTHS, and A GOOD DEED CAN GROW, illustrated by Holly Hatam. More info: www.jenniferchamblissbertman.com
&
https://jenniferchamblissbertman.substack.com
Colleen Muske @colleenmuske.bsky.social Children’s Book Writer and Illustrator represented by Kelly Dyksterhouse https://bsky.app/profile/kellydhouse.bsky.social
http://www.colleenmuske.com/
https://www.inprnt.com/search/products?q=Colleen+Muske
Lee & Low Books @leeandlow.bsky.social Independent, POC-owned children's book publisher specializing in diversity since 1991. © 2026 Lee & Low Books.
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/
Kalaniot Books @kalaniotbooks.bsky.social Our mission at Kalaniot Books is to help young children and their families explore the diverse mosaic of Jewish culture and history. Our exciting picture books entertain, educate, and inspire engagement with this storied tradition http://kalaniotbooks.com
Lerner Books @lernerbooks.bsky.social We create high-quality fiction and nonfiction for children and young adults. More starred reviews. More awards. More digital options.
Feeding Minds Press @feedingmindspress.bsky.social Independent children's book publisher focusing on food and farming. www.feedingmindspress.com
Marble Press @marblepress.bsky.social Children's Book Publisher located in Palo Alto, CA.
Child's Play (International) @childs-play.co.uk Award-winning independent children's book publisher, inspiring a lifelong love of reading for more than 50 years #Bookswithusallin #Learningthroughplay www.childs-play.com https://linktr.ee/childsplaybooks
Flux Books @fluxbooks.bsky.social Flux is a YA fiction imprint devoted to publishing authors who understand that young adult is a point of view, not a reading level.
fluxnow.com
Jolly Fish Press @jollyfishpress.bsky.social We believe in connecting authors and readers through the magic and discovery of simply good books. An imprint of North Star Editions.
jollyfishpress.com
North Star Editions @nseditions.bsky.social A publishing company dedicated to guiding readers toward a lifetime love of reading.
northstareditions.com
Little Island Books @littleislandbooks.bsky.social Independent press publishing the best new Irish writing for young readers. Supported by Arts Council Ireland. Repped in UK by Bounce Sales & Marketing.
Books create waves.
Creston Books @crestonbooks.bsky.social Creston Books is author/illustrator driven, with talented, award-winning creators we promote every book we publish https://www.crestonbooks.co/
Mishy Wang 王祎涵 @mishywang.com 💬 pronounced "me-she", she/her
📖 #kidlit writer, rep'd by Paige Terlip @ Starling Literary + Media
🧧 Chinese American
🐰 bunny wrangler
🎨 banner art by Michelle Jing Chan
🔗 mishywang.com/links
Nicole @nicamsterdam.eurosky.social I live just outside of Amsterdam.
My home town is Vukovar - Croatia.
Kaly Quarles @kalyquarles.bsky.social Illustrator & lettering artist. Kidlit & licensing. Cat mama x 4. She/her.
Rep: Jennifer March Soloway at Starling
Clients: Simon & Schuster, Harper Collins, PRH, eeBoo, American Greetings, etc.
📍SLC from Austin, y’all
https://www.kalyquarles.com/links
Alisha Gabriel @alishagabriel.bsky.social Award-winning kidlit author, Music teacher, https://linktr.ee/alishagabriel, she/her
Julian Plum @julianplum.com Picture book illustrator working in gouache! he/they 🏳️⚧️ 🖌️ 🌿
WHOSE TREE IS THIS (Singer, Lerner, S '26)
THE HOUSE THAT FEELS LIKE ME (Allen, LBYR, W '27)
Rep'd by Naomi Davis @ BookEnds Literary
💌 contact: hello@julianplum.com
🎨 portfolio: julianplum.com
Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social Stoker nominated horror writer; editor of NIGHTMARE MAGAZINE. Rep'd by Lane Heymont. 🏳️🌈
Portland, OR - plant nerd, foot traveler - she/her, they/them
https://linktr.ee/wendynwagner
Laura K Zimmermann @laurak-pbwriter.bsky.social Children’s Author | Professor | Rep’d by @KaitlynLeann17.bsky.social at @Bradfordagents.bsky.social | MUSHROOM RAIN | TANGLED TALES OF AN UNDERGROUND MARKET coming Fall 2027 | #SCBWI | she/her
Greg Pincus @gregpincus.bsky.social Writer. Likes to rhyme, though not when writing movies or novels. But you should see my shopping lists! Has never bought an orange. #kidlitchat cohost for 14+ years on ex-Twitter (and now here on Tuesday nights at 9 PM EST!). Still bats and throws righty.
Angela Dahle @angelapenadahle.bsky.social Signed Ink founder 🤟signedink.org , 🇺🇸HOH 🦻🧏♀️AUTHOR of MG fantasy/historical fantasy & PB, 2023 SCBWI Rising Kite (2nd place MG), 2020 Walter Grant recipient, 2020 Las Musas Hermana. Lover of wit, waves🌊, fruit tarts, & all shades blue 🦋 #MGForce
Brittany Pomales @brittanypomales.bsky.social Children’s Book Author
Host of Kidlit Haha Week
SM & Publicity for The Little Press
Preorder IT STARTED WITH A P 👇🏽
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738107/it-started-with-a-p-by-brittany-pomales-illustrated-by-andrew-joyner/
Sally Hoch @sallyhochwriter.bsky.social 🙋🏼♀️Writer. #STEMGirl. Math nerd. ✍️ KidLit author. Freelancer. Teacher. #SCBWI. 📍Oklahoma
www.sallyhoch.com
Kyle Carson @kylecarson.bsky.social Queer SFF/H writer and retired sleep paralysis demon. He/Him 🏳️⚧️ kecarson.blogspot.com
Christiana Doucette @doucette515.bsky.social Author | Poet | SDWF Kids Write Judge | MGpies | SCBWI Mentee: Joy McCullough | Agent: Leslie Zampetti | #KidLitChat [Tuesdays 9pm ET] | MG Hub | Highlight’s Kay Yoder Scholarship for US History ‘24 | Intern for Kaitlyn Sanchez | https://bit.ly/3Zf7FiH
Elke @theremaybecats.bsky.social Illustrator & Storyteller.
Rep'd by: Caryn Wiseman @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
Portfolio: www.theremaybecats.com/links
Angela Matteson @angelamatteson.bsky.social #KidLit Illustrator / Surface Designer
Obsessed with color & inspired by nature
Represented by James McGowan at BookEnds Literary Agency
bio.site/angelamatteson
Nancy Paulsen @nancyrosep.bsky.social Publishes kids books
Mallory Grigg @mallorygrigg.bsky.social Senior Art Director at Macmillan Children's Publishing Group working with Balzer + Bray, Feiwel & Friends, Henry Holt BYR, FSG BYR, Roaring Brook Press, Swoon & Squarefish. She/Her
Rachel Stark @syntactics.bsky.social Editor at Disney-Hyperion▫️ House Stark; more of an Arya than a Tony ▫️ Opinions my own; pic @JarrettWilliams's ▫️ they/them
https://rachelstark7.wixsite.com/home/books-i-ve-edited
Amy Hevron @amyhevron.bsky.social Children's book author, illustrator, birder, baker.
Recent books: 🪵 Log Life 🍃 City of Leafcutter Ants 🐜 Poo Pile on the Prairie 💩
Coming 2026: Bog Buddies www.amyhevron.art
Feather Flores ❄️☕️ @featherfully.bsky.social editor & maker of good trouble • california coastal creature • still workin’ on it 🌱🌈✨
https://featherflores.com/
she/her • kitty art by Carrie Liao 🐾
🩷💜💙
Kristie Choi @kristiechoi.bsky.social Editor @ Atheneum (S&S) | 🌈 bi/pan genderfluid (she/they); pro-transgender; neurospicy; 최민지, Korean-Am; plant witch meets punky morbid grandma/cat daddy; opinions my own.
KristieChoi.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
Meg Gaertner is CLOSED to submissions @meggaertner.com Managing #kidlit Editor @fluxbooks.bsky.social + @jollyfishpress.bsky.social. YA/Adult sff writer. Shortlisted for the Page Turner Writing Award + Oxford/Pushkin Children's Books Fantasy Prize. CHASING STARS (hi-lo MG) out now! she/her.
Tiffany Shelton @tiffanydiahann.bsky.social Editor - St. Martin's Press (Adult), Wednesday Books (YA) & Saturday Books (NA) • Foodie • Tattoo + Tea Addict • she/her • Opinions are my own
YYZ》MIA》PDX》NYC》AVL
MSWL: https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/tiffany-shelton/
Roseanne Baxter Frank | Kidlit Everything @roseannefrank.bsky.social #PB Writer FINDING CHRISTMAS 2025 | O’WIN & the MOON (2025) | Social Media @SCBWILongIsland | #kidlit Workshops | Insta: @writingoutloud X: @writingoutloud2 | Just Be Kind! linktr.ee/rbfrank
Stacy Whitman @stacylwhitman.bsky.social Owner of @curiouscatbookshop.bsky.social, founder and editor-at-large of Tu Books, editor, cat person, K-dramas, and more. Opinions my own. curiouscatbookshop.com
Naomi Krueger @naomijkrueger.bsky.social Writer and editor based in the Twin Cities, MN.
Interests: children's books, local journalism, gardening, democracy, and the extraordinary ordinary.
www.naomikrueger.com
Mindy Weisberger @laminda.bsky.social Science writer/editor, bylines at CNN, Live Science, SciAm. Previously at Scholastic and the American Museum of Natural History. WGAE member. She/her.
Author of Rise of the Zombie Bugs https://press.jhu.edu/books/title/53677/rise-zombie-bugs
Cheryl B. Klein @cherylklein.bsky.social I notice things for a living. Editorial director, Workman Kids; author of THE MAGIC WORDS: WRITING GREAT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS and five picture books, most recently IT’S HARD TO BE A BABY; 6yo mom; Virgo/goofball. Opinions my own.
Druscilla Santiago @adventurefunclub.bsky.social An Illustrator! In Honolulu! Probably drinking coffee.
Rep'd by @ksonnack.bsky.social
www.adventurefun.club
📗: Anything? Anything! (Summer 2027)
kidlitchat @kidlitchat.bsky.social #kidlitchat happens every Tuesday night at 9E/6P, co-hosted by @bonnieadamson.com and @gregpincus.bsky.social. The topic is posted here as each chat begins, as well as any important chat news.
Banner art by Brian Kirby: @boringstorybook.com
Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com Executive Art Director at Scholastic (Picture Books). Educator at CCNY (Critical Writing) & Pratt (Typography). Speaker (SCBWI et al.). Writer of Fiction (Agent:
@liznealon.bsky.social). 523rd Bluesky account. NYC. He/Him. www.brianlarossa.com.
💙❤️
Sophie Benmouyal @sophiebenmouyal.bsky.social Illustration and Graphic Design
Based in Montreal, Canada
https://linktr.ee/sophiebenmouyal
Jennifer Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social literary agent with a lot of opinions 👀 also a podcast 👀 also my puppy looks like baby chewbacca! www.jenniferlaughran.com / www.andreabrownlit.com
Martina Stuhlberger @lamartinaart.bsky.social Illustrator, writer, picture book lover
Clients: HarperCollins, NorthSouth Books/NordSüd, Lantana Publishing, Affirm Press
Rep‘d by the Bright Agency ☀️
martinastuhlberger.com
The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab) @theglazeproject.bsky.social Official Glaze project Bsky account.
Glaze/Nightshade @ University of Chicago
https://glaze.cs.uchicago.edu
https://webglaze.cs.uchicago.edu
https://nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu
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
Reagan Lehman @reaganlehman.net ✨ Children’s book illustrator
🎨 Painting, reading, & gaming in Lanc, PA
🐈⬛ Rep’d by Christie Megill @ The CAT Agency
💌 reagan@reaganlehman.net
Portfolio 👉 reaganlehman.net
Essie White @essiewhite.bsky.social
Educator, writer, literary agent, artist and documentary enthusiast. Powered by children, and what matters most to them
Founder and owner- essiewhiteliterary.com
KidLitArt @kidlitart.bsky.social #KidLitArt chat for children's illustrators & fans of kidlit art.
Next chat - Thurs, Aug 27, 9pm EST/6pm PST
Aug topic - Visual Storytelling Techniques
Mods - @charlenedraws.bsky.social and @weyakindesigns.bsky.social
Maria Over . illustrator . artist @mariaover.bsky.social Author-illustrator and licensing artist. Inspired by birds, florals and observing nature. Hand painted watercolors.
www.mariaover.com
Bronwyn @bronwyngruet.bsky.social 🐰✏️🎨 Freelance Illustrator / Designer
👶🏻🐶🐱 Mama
💌 hi@bronwyngruet.com
See my portfolio at bronwyngruet.com!
Jessica Fries-Gaither @jessicafgwrites.bsky.social Albert Einstein Fellow 24-25. Science educator. Award-winning author of books for children and teachers. PAEMST Finalist. SCBWI & 12 x 12. Rep: Tricia Lawrence at EMLA. All opinions are my own.
https://linktr.ee/jessicafgwrites
Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic @grubreport.bsky.social I write NYT-bestselling things. Things that children read.🖖🏻 Books in 2026: THE NEW CAT. More coming. MN-raised, CA-aged. She/her Rep: Jenn Laughran/ABLA Profile art: @cpark.bsky.social Go Blue!
https://www.stephanielucianovic.com
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
Clary Huang @claryillustration.bsky.social 🎨Children’s book illustrator
✨The Illustration Department & SCBWI member
🔔Available for PBs, board books, and editorial projects
🚀Rep'd by Tracy Marchini Literary
Portfolio: claryillustration.com
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🐌Snailing It! (Sourcebooks, Spring 2027)
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
Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com 🇨🇦 Kidlit author & illustrator. Illus books by Judy Blume, Michael Ian Black, others. Author news, ATmosphere, other links: https://debbieohi.com/links/
📚 I WANT TO READ *ALL* THE BOOKS
🎨 I'M BUSY (w/ Michael Ian Black)
DebbieOhi.com
Audrey Perrott (she/her) @audreysbooks.bsky.social Award-winning author and copywriter. Write. Bake. Repeat. MOO HOO and BAA HAA (Scholastic, 2024 & 2025), A HAT FOR HOUSE (Putnam, 2024), ONCE UPON A TAIL (Abrams, 2026) & more! Rep: @jmcgowanbks.
Jackie Verbitski @jackievee.me 🌞 Illustrator, Mom, and Other Attributes As Well
🍅 New Jersey
📚 Portfolio: jackievee.me
Steph Lau (she/her) @stephlaubooks.com Author, illustrator, former pastry chef.
❄️🩰THE ABOMINABLE SNOW DANCER (Penguin Workshop): out now!
🐍🪨 MEDUSA'S PET ROCK (HarperCollins): 9/22/26
Rep: @allielevick.bsky.social
Website: bit.ly/stephlaubooks
Leslie Coston @lcoston.bsky.social Art and science and food fan. Book reader. Outdoors, always. On IG at @lcoston_studio
Erica Sirotich @ericasirotich.bsky.social Illustrator & author of books for kids. Repped by Jenn Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social of ABLA. Creator of the MAIL DUCK books published by Abrams Appleseed. www.ericasirotich.com