BookishPerseus @bookish-perseus.bsky.social 22yrs
Book Count: 2060
TBR: 6965
2026 Reading Challenge: 202/200
Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
Maria is Writing @mariakidlit.bsky.social #Kidlit PB/MG writer and enthusiast
Parent
Bunny person
#Scbwi
Nature
Foodie
Angel Gantnier @angelgan.bsky.social Picture Book Writer. Published Short Story Author. Reader. Crafter. Optimist. Nature. Animals. Institute of Children’s Literature. #Storystorm #PBParty #12x12PictureBookWritingChallenge
VegPlotter: Online Vegetable Garden and Allotment Planner @vegplotter.com The best online Vegetable Garden & Allotment planning software to get you organised in the garden.
Fully featured garden planner vegplotter.com
Frost dates and growing zone calculator frostdates.com
writerharrison @harrisonwriter.bsky.social 🍁 #Canadian - #Author - #Poet 🍁
amazon.com/author/phillipharrison
I try to write in ways that feed both the mind and soul. ♊ & #GenX #stationaryaddict
💫 Creator of imagined worlds 💫
Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social 🌱 Grow Food 🌎 Heal the Planet
🐝 For gardeners learning to grow regeneratively ♻️
📚 FREE knowledge + community on our website! ↙️
https://learndirt.com/
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
Pat Cummings @betnoire.bsky.social Olympic medalist, Grammy winner, ballerina emeritus, storyteller, bookie.
@mrrabbitnoam.bsky.social @mrrabbitnoam.bsky.social 
☀️ Wei Wuxian’s vengeful frolic: the fic 📌 @sunshineandivy.bsky.social 20+ | 🇸🇱 | writer of short stories, poems & mdzs thread fics | icon by ThatKodo | they / she
tags: #mdzs #mdzsmusicau #originalpoetry #flashfiction (eventually)
Farnaz Nadim @farnaznadim.bsky.social Visual Artist 🎨 Illustrator
Represented by Christy Ewers at The CAT Agency
@thecatagency.bsky.social
www.farnaznadim.com
Polina Gortman 🎨 | Illustrator @polinagortman.bsky.social Picture book maker • Reader & star gazer
✨ SEEKING REPRESENTATION ✨
📚SPRING IS FOR STRAWBERRIES ’23
📚WIDE OPEN SPACES ‘26
📍PNW🌲
www.gortmanillustration.com
Marissa @emhonu.bsky.social Pacific Northwest 🌊 • VO Lead & Specialist on Guild Wars Franchise • Editor Things • #wawx #kidlitart #britishcolumbia #aurora #wildfire #pnw #gw2 #gw3 #gamedev • Profile art by the amazing Yaoyao Ma Van As 🍂 • Old Twitter: Ygvir
Ms. A @msa3rd.bsky.social 3rd grade teacher in a Title I school. #clearthelist
Classroom wish list - https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/8W5GVA9DKPAQ?ref_=wl_share
Julie Honan Johnston @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social Picture Book Author. Owner of Coyote Kids, a secondhand clothing and bookstore for kids in Albany, CA. It's all about the kids! 
KindleStack – The Go-To Platform for Indie Authors @kindlestack.com Boost Your Book Sales!
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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.
Barbara DiLorenzo @barbaradilorenzo.bsky.social Author + Illustrator
Rep'd by Rachel Orr of the Prospect Agency
Sian Bowman Illustrator @sianbowman.bsky.social Freelance Illustrator specialising in children’s books, toy and card design.
Proudly represented by Illo Agency
Lee Ballard @leeballardbooks.bsky.social Novice Writer of Chapter Book Series, Experienced Grandmother, Almost Graduate of SNHU, Gladly Retired, Shivering Chicago Resident, Extreme Novice Website Developer (mine only), Longtime lover of life!
www.LeeBallardBooks.com
Nora @noraaahlovessky.bsky.social 18, fresh on bluesky💙
coffee enthusiast, book lover, night owl.
😅➡️ https://bit.ly/norasfreedomhub
The Complete Picture Book Submissions System @pbsubmissions.bsky.social The Complete Picture Book Submissions System is a soup-to-nuts, self-paced, online course for crafting winning submissions that soar out of the slush pile! Answers every question you've ever had about submitting picture books to agents and editors.
Brian Borncamp @zubaplants.bsky.social www.zubaplants.com - Native Plants and More - Buffalo, NY
Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com Viet-Canadian writer, multidisciplinary artist, general goblin on Treaty 1 territory. Queer, neurodivergent, she/they. SCBWI. https://tiffbartel.com
Rep: Katie Blagden @ The Ampersand Agency
Lynnor Bontigao @lbontigao.bsky.social Author-Illustrator:SARI-SARI SUMMERS Illustrator: MILES AHEAD('26), LOOKING FOR GIFTS & TALENTS('27),AT THE END OF THE DAY,KAILANI'S GIFT,SEASHELL KEY Series, THE WORLD'S BEST CLASS PLANT,YOU ARE REVOLUTIONARY,JACK & AGYU https://linktr.ee/lynnorbontigao
MiaBellaDraws @handle.invalid ✨ Kidlit illustrator
✨ Cozy/warm/nostalgic illustrations
✨ 🇵🇭🇧🇪, INFP, HSP
✨ TikTok for more content: @Miabelladrawss
·.·★✨SK Delph✨★·.· @skdelph.bsky.social Blue Crew 🩵🦋OG ‘Tank Girl’🦋🩵Resistor
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Dow Phumiruk @dowphumiruk.bsky.social Mom, wife, clinically retired peds, now academic MD, author/illustrator, 🇹🇭Thai American, SCBWI Narr Art Award winner, E/W Lit Agency, posts #kidlitart & book marketing, on hiatus from new book projects. Ignores random DMs. She/her/hers, opinions my own.
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.
Ebony Lynn Mudd (she/her) @ebonylynnmudd.bsky.social PEOPLE Magazine ✨ featured author
🎤 Just Like Tina (PRH • Jan 27th)
🌊Swim Like Them (S&S)
🩰 Junior Takes a Leap (Scholastic)
Now booking school visits for Black History Month ‘26 + beyond.
🌸Website: www.ebonylynnmudd.com
📚PB Courses: www.thepbretreat.com
Tracy Nishimura Bishop ✨Illustrator @tracybishopart.bsky.social Illustrator of picture books. Lover of iPads, fountain pens, and notebooks!
Portfolio: https://www.tracybishop.com
Represented by Jemiscoe Chambers-Black at 🐦⬛ Starling Literary + Media
Robin Martin @robinmartin.bsky.social She/Her- Wife/ Mom Eternal Optimist. Allergic to peppers. Lover of chocolate, sunsets, God and nature. PB and MG Author. Scwbi Canada East. Rep’d by the Deborah Harris Agency (On Sub)
Lisa Tolin @lisatolin.bsky.social Editorial Director @ PEN America (formerly Today Show, NBC News, AP) and I write for kids. HOW TO BE A ROCK STAR (2022) CAN YOU IMAGINE? (Atheneum, 2025). #12x12
Amy Hillman is leaning into the joy of maybe- again @ahillmanwrites.bsky.social Chahta Sia
She/her
#pb and #mg writer
Rep'd by Mona Kanin @mkaninliterary
Mindy Alyse Weiss @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social I write #PB & #MG with humor, heart & hope 💖
#PBParty host | #SCBWI FL Crit Group Coordinator | #12x12PB | http://linktr.ee/MindyAlyseWeiss | https://mindyalyseweiss.com/
Repped by @joycesweeney.bsky.social
Searra Simpson @searrastoryteller.bsky.social #PB #Kidlit Writer 🐣
#Horror Writer 👹
Shower Singer 🎤
Hard Worker 💪🏼
Hard Sleeper 😴
#AmQuerying
CBIG Illustrators @cbignyc.bsky.social CBIG, Children’s Book Illustrators Group, is a NYC based group of illustrators and author-illustrators who create work for children’s publishing.
Website: https://www.cbig-nyc.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbignyc/
Shirley Ng-Benitez @shirleyngbenitez.bsky.social Bay Area Children's book Author/Illustrator, and absolutely anti-AI.
DOWN, THROUGH, UP - debut picture book releases March 2, 2027, pre-orders available now at: shirleyngbenitez.com
—Everyone’s a story.
Abi Cushman @abicushman.com Kidlit Author/Illustrator
☔️ Soaked!
🚗 Animals Go Vroom!
🐻 Wombats Are Pretty Weird | Flamingos Are Pretty Funky
🐹 The Quiet Forest | The Quiet Ocean
https://www.abicushman.com | Newsletter: https://www.abicushman.com/join-my-email-list
Sylvia Chen 余愛莉 @sylviaichen.bsky.social TRICKY CHOPSTICKS {‘24 @SimonKIDS} 🌟 SPARKLES FOR SUNNY: A Lunar New Year Story {‘25 @PenguinKids} 🌟 #SCBWI #12x12PB #PBParty #PBRisingStars #PBStudyBuddy Rep: @AgentHenkin 💜 food +☕+ writing STEAM PBs
Yvonne Ventresca @yvonneventresca.com Author of IF I'M GONE, coming May 18, 2027, Poisoned Pen Press.
Writing workshop presenter. Repped by Liza Royce Associates. #VCFA MFA.
YvonneVentresca.com
karammitchell @karammitchell.com Illustrator
Telling stories with pictures.
Represented Lori Steel, Steelworks Literary
SCBWI Illustrator Coordinator OK/AR
https://karammitchell.com/
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
Patricia Storms @stormsy.bsky.social Picture book author/illustrator, painter, ukulele-player, nature-loving artsy gal • Newest book: If I Could Draw... by DC Canada Educational Publishing
Seeking commissions
https://patriciastorms.com
Kerry McQuaide @kerrymcquaide.bsky.social Author/Illustrator of THE BIGGEST, HIGHEST WAVE | #SCBWI RA Eastern New York | she/her
I’m @kerrymcquaide on Insta, Threads, Cara & @kerrymcquaide.bsky.social
https://www.kerrymcquaide.com/
Ignacio Gallup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social College teacher, Atlantic World historian, Poirot + Morse aficionado
he/him/his
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
🎨 I'M BUSY
DebbieOhi.com