The Writing Biz Podcast @onthewritingbiz.bsky.social The Writing Biz podcast helps writers think like entrepreneurs, offering practical strategies for platform building, revenue growth, marketing systems, and mindset development to create sustainable, professional writing businesses.
DAR @darbooks.com Author/Writer/Dreamer - DA RASMUSSEN
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Dan O’Mahony @danoauthor.bsky.social I was raised in a library by a pack wild fantasy novels who brought me up as if I was one of their own.
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Salinee Goldenberg @salgo.bsky.social SFF Author - Multimedia Artist / Rep'd by Sam Farkas
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Dr. Nasrullah Anwar @noorajahangir.bsky.social Writer of fantasy and sf. Social Scientist. Podcaster. Works in Adult Education. Member of BFS and ALCS. Posts about writing, SFF, current affairs. Visit https://www.trollking.co.uk, https://ko-fi.com/noorajahangir?ref=onboarding_email_founderwelcome
Jennifer 📚🎧❣️ @jdawson001.bsky.social ♿️🏳️🌈American SFF author, poet, editor, & book reviewer living in England. She/her. The Poetry Society & The British Fantasy Society. Old OWW member.
Online at: WorldsOfMayhem.com
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Nate Hendley @natehendley.bsky.social Toronto-based writer and author of several true-crime and history books. My latest book, Atrocity on the Atlantic, recounts the torpedoing of a Canadian hospital ship in WW1.
Books: https://tinyurl.com/4rvtkp7d
My website: www.natehendley.ca
E. D. Jones (he/him), author and weirdmaster of Write Sinister @sinister42.bsky.social Weird fiction, fantasy, and horror writer, and occasional dragon, living in interesting times. SFWA Associate member. https://writesinister.substack.com/
Freya Pickard @freyapickard.bsky.social Author of grim dark fantasy The Kaerling & Vampirical Verse
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Anna Tizard, Exquisite Corpse Wizard 🌀🫖✍️ @annatizard.bsky.social British author writing, dabbling & daydreaming in comtemp. fantasy. Inspired by a surrealist word game played live on podcast, Brainstoryum. Join the creative mayhem! annatizard.com.
Stories are doorways into the mind. 🌟✍️📚
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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social That freelance Audible-bestselling, British Fantasy Awards-losing SFF author with Very Tall Hair. Guitarist, singer, occasional DJ. (d)eaf, queer. He/him.
All queries to @losbennett.bsky.social at Liverpool Literary Agency
www.mikebrooks.co.uk
Rosemarie Cawkwell/Everything Is Better With Dragons book review @betterdragons.bsky.social Reader and writer of fantasy and sci fi, reviewer of mostly sci-fi and fantasy, some crime, and non-fiction. Butler to a rescue feline called Phoenix. Collector of books, yarn, and dragon stuffies. Neurodivergent and Queer. Based in Lincolnshire.
Justina Robson @justinarobson.bsky.social I write Science Fiction; AI, transhumanism, economics, space opera and cyberpunk. I also sometimes write Fantasy and a variety of short stories. All opinions my own. She/her. Autistic (self-diagnosed).
@molecule-mind.bsky.social @molecule-mind.bsky.social Centre left flexible voter. Really wouldn't want to have a pint with Nigel Farage.
Ed Walker @ed-walker.bsky.social Forever curious. Old engineer and newish writer. Retired, and living in Catalunya, Spain. Disability never stopped me.
Melissa Rea Author 📚📚📚 @melrea.bsky.social Four novels written. Fun novels about strong women with a pinch of magic. https:// @iquitcigs.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social Team Site StL Mo 🚭
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David Daily @daviddaily.bsky.social Writer (PB, MG) | rep’d by Elena Giovinazzo
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Katey Murphy @authorkateymurphy.bsky.social Writer, Blogger, Travelling Photographer, Hobbyist Historian of American and Railroad history as well as Aspiring Author. Currently writing my 1st book.
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Sebastien de Castell @decastell.bsky.social I write swashbuckling fantasy novels such as Traitor’s Blade, Spellslinger, Play of Shadows and Malevolent Seven. My books have been translated into fifteen languages and are available in ebook, hardback, paperback and audiobook.
AJS ✨ Querying @authorajs.bsky.social Adult/YA Fantasy author 🏳️🌈
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Sarah Elliott @sarahelliottwriter.bsky.social ✍🏾Wordwitch extraordinaire
✨Enchanting the mind, one word at a time
🪄Conjuring supernatural stories, blogs, articles and more.
Talk to me about Buffy, Tarot or cats! 😀
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Melodie Ramone @melodieramone.bsky.social Novelist. Mom to autonomous wild things. Cystic Fibrosis Advocate. Certified Kitchen Witch. A Goddess with a Godzilla twist. I am my mother's savage daughter.
https://www.melodieramone.com/
🔞Dyanna Pierce-Author of Spicy Fiction @dyannapierce.bsky.social Author.
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Don't tell me to smile, I bite, not in the fun way.
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Oliver Arditi @paracyclops.bsky.social Writer, librarian, worldbuilder, conlanger, lapsed musician. I like fantasy, science-fiction and horror, books, records, comics, games, cats, food, and holding inexplicable opinions.
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World Fantasy 2025 @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social World Fantasy Convention, Brighton UK
Dates: Thursday 30th October - 2nd November 2025
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Darrel @darrelrm.bsky.social Author, artist, screenwriter & video editor.
Marywritesshit @marywritesshit.bsky.social Aspiring fantasy and science fiction author. Insomniac. ADHD. Bookish tea. Cat servant.
swadeshine☀️ @swadeshine.bsky.social Wade Aaron Inganamort · sf writer · gardener · student of Buddhist philosophy · friend to all cats📍FL #amwriting · #Booksky📚💙
Brett Callwood @bcallwood.bsky.social Senior editor at Music Connection, and reporter at Culver City News / Gardena Valley News.
Neil Williamson @neilwilliamson.bsky.social Words and music. Glasgow, Scotland
he/him https://linktr.ee/neilwilliamson
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Ruth EJ Booth (she/they) @ruthejbooth.bsky.social SFFH Author/Critic. BSFA & British Fantasy Award Winner. Shoreline of Infinity columnist. GSFWC Social Media. #SGSAH PhD. #StrathLife
Queer Neurodivergent with Chronic Illness.
Stories and more: https://linktr.ee/ruthejbooth
AK Faulkner @ravenswordpress.com Your friendly local agender trauma merchant.
Bereaved and current Corgi parent. Cat chew-toy.
Visually impaired, posts may contain typos.
Any pronouns.
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CL Hellisen | Preorder The Shape of Monsters @clhellisen.com Writer, artist, occasional table. Cast Long Shadows (Luna Press) The Shape of Monsters (Audible, TorUK) A Million Points of Light (Audible)
Preorder The Shape of Monsters - https://geni.us/TheShapeofMonster
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clhellisen.com
Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social Award Winning Small Press. SFF in Fiction and Academia. Est. 2015. Member of Publishing Scotland. https://www.lunapresspublishing.com
Stark Holborn @starkholborn.bsky.social Author of Nunslinger, the Factus Sequence & Triggernometry. Lead Writer on Shadows of Doubt, Lead Narrative on Hopetown. Visiting Lecturer in Interactive Narrative at Glasgow School of Art 🏳️🌈
https://linktr.ee/starkholborn
Lyndsey Croal (she/her) @lyndseycroal.bsky.social Scottish SFFH Author | Shirley Jackson Award & BFA Finalist | Latest: LIMELIGHT, Shortwave, DARK CRESCENT, Luna Press | Words in Apex, Analog, Weird Tales, & more | Rep: Michael Mungiello InkWell, Film/TV: Sean Berard https://linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
sunyi @sunyidean.com ~Reader, writer, occasional thinker // multi-award-losing author // rep: Harry Illingworth @harryillingworth.bsky.social
Jen Williams | The Dreamless out this year! @sennydreadful.bsky.social Award-winning author. Earth bender. Full-time goblin mode. Agent: Juliet Mushens. Partner of Peter Newman. From London, enjoying Bristol.
The Copper Cat Trilogy|The Winnowing Flame Trilogy|The Talon Duology|The Sleepless Duology
Dr Tiffani Angus @tiffaniangus.bsky.social Multi awards-shortlisted SFFH & non-fic author. Editor & typesetter. SPEC FIC FOR NEWBIES 3 now in the wild! https://linktr.ee/tiffaniangusauthor Leftie, feminist, ex academic, ally, anti-AI. she/her. Now 🇬🇧 was 🇺🇸
M H Ayinde 🍉 A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES out now! @mhayinde.bsky.social She/Her. Blerd. Sunday Times bestselling author. Nommo, Ignyte, British Fantasy & Locus Award Finalist.
A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES out now! (Orbit UK/Saga)
https://linktr.ee/mhayinde
Bella Pagan @bellapagan.bsky.social Publisher @UKTor. Love fiction with a speculative spin, science fiction & fantasy. Wordsmith. Professional geek. ‘Cat person’. Info: https://shorturl.at/rRID9
Zen Cho @zenaldehyde.bsky.social Malaysian in UK. I write fantasy and romance. BEHIND FRENEMY LINES out now!
Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social Womble of Liverpool. Enjoys geekery, bad jokes & may tempt a bit. pronouns - he/they/Womble Also Book Blogger/Tempter run fast, laugh hard, be kind - https://www.runalongtheshelves.net
Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social Writes epic and contemporary fantasy novels along with varied shorter fiction. She/her. All opinions absolutely my own. For more, see www.julietemckenna.com
David Thomas Moore @dtmooreeditor.bsky.social World Fantasy and Hugo Award-nominated Editorial Director at Solaris (Profile Books). Clarion West Instructor 2026. he/him
Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social Commissioning Editor at Solaris Books. Owned by three hellhounds. Talks a lot about politics, sports, books and dogs. Knitter, crocheter and lover of loud music.
Queen of Grimdark @annasmithspark.bsky.social Author of critically acclaimed grimdark epic fantasy, EMPIRES OF DUST, A WOMAN OF THE SWORD, A SWORD OF BRONZE AND ASHES. A SWORD OF GOLD AND RUIN out now.
Dyslxic, dyspraxic, ASD, PhD.
Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social Author of Invisible Library and Scarlet Revolution series, classifications specialist, quilter, knitter, tired. Pronouns she/her.
Lauren (LJ) McMenemy @laurenwrites.bsky.social 👻Writes the dark stuff
📣Online content ed @ British Fantasy Society
🤘Founder/mentor/coach/author promo, Society of Ink Slingers
🔮Events curator, Writing the Occult
🔪Former editor, TWF @ HorrorTree.com
👩💻Day job: Content & community
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🤓Curious/exhausted
Anna ZenKen Stephens @annasmithwrites.bsky.social THE SPORT OF WINGS, Oct'26.
AN HONESTY OF THIEVES, Apr'27. Godblind, Songs of the Drowned.
Dungeon Master
Magic & Mayhem Author Academy www.anna-stephens.com
Rep @harryillingworth.bsky.social
Zen, Shotokan, antifa, no AI in art, #WorkingClass
She/They
Emma (Em) Sterner-Radley @emmasternerradley.bsky.social Fantasy author. Lesbian. Cancer-survivor. Cat-owner. Married. Coffee addict. Swede living in the U.K. (Chester at the moment.) SNOWBLOODED - out now! @solarisbooks . Agent: Fabienne at Ki Agency. She/her.
James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social British Fantasy Award-Winning author 🏳️🌈
The Ben Garston Novels. The Dark magazine.
"Mother of Night" March 2027 from Evil Twin (Zando Books)
Web: https://james-bennett.org/
'Inventive and vivid'
Publishers Weekly
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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social Scottish fantasy author. Archaeology & history fiend. The Maleficent Seven and The Last Shield out now from Angry Robot Books, represented by Ed Wilson at Johnson & Alcock. www.cameronjohnston.net
E.M. Faulds / Beth or Taxes / Not em faulds @emfaulds.com Award-winning Scottish science fiction & fantasy writer. Podcastle, Strange Horizons, Shoreline of Infinity, ParSec, Best of British SF. More: emfaulds.com NEW HANDLE, bethkesh will still work.
#scruffyGarden
Runs @bibliotta.bsky.social
Eliza Chan @elizachanwrites.bsky.social 🏴 Fantasy & Weird Fiction🖋️ FATHOMFOLK and TIDEBORN out now 🌊 HARBOUR OF HUNGRY GHOSTS 2026 👻BFA nominated 🦊 she/her rep Alex Cochran
https://linktr.ee/elizachan
M V Melcer @mvmelcer.com pronounced *meltzer*
SFF writer and perpetual student. Author of REFRACTIONS and INVERSIONS. Repped by Lisa Rodgers at JABberwocky. SFWA, BSFA, Codex.
Polish-born/UK-based
she/her
https://mvmelcer.com/
https://linktr.ee/mvmelcer
Shona Kinsella @shonak.bsky.social Scottish fantasy and horror author. Chair of the British Fantasy Society. Avid Reader. Vaguely gothic. She/her www.shonakinsella.com
Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com Scottish fantasy author of Carpet Diem as well as The Eidyn Saga from @orbitbooks.bsky.social. The Damned King OUT NOW. He/Him. Rep by @canonizer.bsky.social
Founder of bookmatch.co.uk
Robin CM Duncan @robincmduncan.bsky.social Writer of SF/F stories; pub by Space Wizard SF; mem. BFS, BSFA, GSFWC, RE, eSFF.
*** The Rigel Redemption OUT NOW ***
Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social BSFA and BFA award winning artist, SF writer, book nerd, NHS GP, goblin. Art editor of BFS Horizons. Long suffering minion to an elderly rescue cat.
Website: Jennicoutts.com
Rep: @harryillingworth.bsky.social
Lesbian Asexual 🏳️🌈
J E Hannaford @hannafordjenny.bsky.social Dragon Queen, Fantasy author, Ocean Spirit. #SPFBOX Finalist. GM, (D&D)
Selkies with a twist, or telepathic hounds. Choose your series! (No refunds for accidental dragons.)
https://linktr.ee/jehannaford
Dr. Meg MacDonald @megintransition.bsky.social PhD belief & gods in fantasy @angliaruskin, work in R&D @UofGlasgow, DH Promotions @Glasgowin2024. Tendency to pun-escalate. She/Her Cis/Bi 🌈🏳️🌈
Tej Turner @tejturner.com he/him. SFF author, travel blogger & vegetarian chef. Published by Elsewhen Press
http://linktr.ee/tejturner
Annabel Campbell @annabelcwrites.bsky.social (she/her) SFF writer based in Lanark, Scotland. Her first novel, THE OUTCAST MAGE, combines a coming-of-age narrative with thrilling magic and found family. Out now from Orbit UK/US in hardback, paperback, ebook and audiobook.
PS Livingstone (she/her) @pslivingstone.bsky.social Author, editor, ghostwriter. Page Turner Award finalist. AH Glasgow 2024 Presents (WorldCon). BFS Event Co-ordinator. SoA and CIEP member. All things SFFH.
Vicky Brewster (they/them) @vickybrewster.bsky.social ✏️Copy & developmental editor, & indexer
👻Gothic, horror & sci-fi academic
🧑🏫 Occasional lecturer & support at Swansea U
🏳️🌈Asexual-agender-panromantic
Steve McHugh @stevemchugh.bsky.social Award-nominated, bestselling author of over 30 books.
The Hellequin Chronicles
Riftborn
The Assembly
The Wardens
Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social Author, Librarian, general book nerd, SFF, Irish, she/her
(pretty much always a library in my books)
http://www.rflong.com/
https://www.patreon.com/c/RuthFrancesLongJessicaThorne
Dr Stew Hotston (he/him) @stewarthotston.com Author, LARP, physics, economics. Subjective Chaos, BSFA, BFA finalist. Board @SoA, Treasurer @BFS, Chair @BSFA.
Rep:John Baker @PFD. Writer @ (hugo winner) Nerds of a feather
stewarthotston.com
Last: The next enemy
Next: Mage against the machine (05/27)
George Sandison @georgesandison.bsky.social Managing Editor @titanbooks.bsky.social. Ran multiple award-winning Unsung Stories. Writer: HINTERLANDS @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social. European (yes, still). Empathy, compassion & ice cream pls. He/Him.
AGENCY out now https://shorturl.at/iqPUx
Genoveva Dimova @gen-dimova.bsky.social Author of FOUL DAYS and MONSTROUS NIGHTS 🧙♀️ and the forthcoming THE TRAVELLING MUSEUM OF WITCHCRAFT 🏛️ Archaeologist ⛏ Immigrant 🇧🇬🏴 (She/her)
Omar Kooheji 🍉 @ohmz.bsky.social Neurodivergent (ADHD), I pretend to be an SFF writer, but I wish I had more time to write. I like boardgames, and video games, and tech stuff former SWE.
Scotland, but originally from the “Middle East”.
He/Him
Emma L. Adams @emmaladams12.bsky.social Fantasy author. SPFBO9 Semi-Finalist. Amateur artist. Dragon collector. Gamer. Daydreamer. Wanderer. She/her.
www.emmaladams.com
C.A. Yates @shloobee.bsky.social 'Knock hard. Life is deaf.' - Mimi Parent. 5 time British Fantasy Award nominated writer of odd stories. She/Her/Them http://chloeyates.com
Laura Bennett @losbennett.bsky.social Literary Agent at the Liverpool Literary Agency with a focus on underrepresented SFF writers.
More info & submissions: https://www.liverpool-literary.agency
She/her.
Susan J. Morris @susanjmorris.bsky.social Author of STRANGE BEASTS and WAYWARD SOULS (March 2026), out from Hodderscape and Bindery Books. Bi. She/her. Rep: @jenazantian.bsky.social at Azantian Literary Agency. Headshot: Andrea Prudente.
Links to book stuff: linktr.ee/susanjmorris
Halla Williams @hallawilliams.bsky.social Mostly writing SFF and singing now I’m no longer acting or teaching English. Tequila and coke, please. Post-cancer chronic fatigue can do one. She/her. Hallawilliams.net
Phil Williams @fantasticphil.bsky.social Professional wordsmith. Writer and editor of fiction including the Ordshaw series and The Blood Scouts series. SFINCS finalist and 4 x SPFBO semifinalist.
https://phil-williams.co.uk
t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social a peaceful place | BFA short story finalist | Best of British Sci-Fi '21 | she/her | they/them is fine too | account is a placeholder as don't do socials |
Katie ♥️💜💙 @katiebruce.bsky.social She/Her. Bi/Omni. Yorkshire lass. Reader of books. Writer of books. Lover of happy metal
Caroline Lambe @caramalines.bsky.social Freelance publicist.
Former Head of M&P at Watkins Media (Angry Robot, Datura, Watkins, Nourish, Repeater)
Lucy Holland @silvanhistorian.bsky.social Bestselling author of SISTERSONG. BFA & Goldsboro Glass Bell Award finalist. ⅓ of Breaking the Glass Slipper podcast. Harps & early medieval Britain. she/her
THE LAST VERSE OF THE HARP LORD (Bloomsbury 2027)
https://linktr.ee/silvanhistorian
littlepurplegoth @littlepurplegoth.bsky.social yes, that one... sorry!
Hesper Leveret 🐇 @hesper.bsky.social Author of speculative fiction. She/her
🧜🏿♀️🦄🔮🧚♀️🗡️🚀
Website: https://hesperleveret.com
Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/hesperleveret
https://ko-fi.com/hesperleveret
Trans rights are human rights 🏳️⚧️
Ian Green @ianthegreen.bsky.social SFF author; EXTREMOPHILE & THE ROTSTORM trilogy out now with HoZ books/Ad Astra; PhD in epigenetics; ᛉᚷᛏᚫ; www.ianthegreen.com; https://geni.us/extremophile
HWS Events @hws.bsky.social HWS run events, including Fantasycon 2023 and World Fantsy Convention 2025, as well as other creative projects.
Posts by Karen (she/her).
Gwen Frazer @gwenfrazer.bsky.social SFF convention fan, book reader, geocacher, trainee toastmaster - A Ali Mack @alimack13.bsky.social Does Theatre, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, books of all kinds, a bit of IT, some environmental caring and a touch of emergency planning. Worries about keeping freedom of choice, how we treat refugees and each other. She/Her
Karen @mintypolo.bsky.social Reader of books.
Archivist for the BFS
Trainer for MBS
Proofreader
Lrper
Campervan owner
HWS / Chair WFC 25
Owned by 3 cats
She/Her
Siân O’Hara @sianoh.bsky.social SFFH reader/writer. BFS member. Human?
She/her 🩷💜💙
Jendia Gammon @jendiagammon.bsky.social “Jen-DEE-a”
Creative Instructor | Producer | STEM Communications | Artist | Author
GODFESTATION (Out Now) | THE DAWN OF DUSK AND TWILIGHT (Preorder)
CEO and Editor-in-Chief of @starsandsabers.bsky.social.
Also J. Dianne Dotson.
https://jendiagammon.com
📍LA
Dan Hanly - Fantasy Author @danhanly.com Author of Dark Fantasy and Mystery 🏴📚✍️
Buy my debut novel 'The Great Leap' today: amzn.to/455s8rI
Nick Wells @nickwells451.bsky.social Musician. Artist. Writer. World citizen. Publisher Flame Tree. Writes/records as Jake Jackson.
Stephen McGowan @geekdaddyprime.bsky.social Award-Winning Author, Poet, Reviewer, Editor Gamer, CatDad, Weirdo.
Membership Officer @bsfa