Dave Blackwell @daveblackwell.bsky.social Medical Engineer and Indie Author from Kent, UK. I am profoundly deaf and write comedy based on my experiences.
The Hospital is now available - check it out.
Bill Eisele - Author @billeisele.bsky.social Writer of MG Kidlit. Husband. Dad. Fundraiser. Animal Lover. Karaoke King.
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Moe Ferrara @inthesestones.bsky.social Senior Literary Agent @triadaus.bsky.social
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The Tobias Literary Agency @thetobiasagency.bsky.social A full-service literary agency representing authors of fiction and nonfiction.
https://thetobiasagency.com/
Crystal Bayless ✍🏻is writing & editing✍🏻 @crystalbauthor.bsky.social I'm just a girl who likes animals, music, reading, writing, & soon a published author who has a bookshop named Dragonfly Night Books. Currently preparing for self-publish a few books. Host of #WIPPIT and #Cupit cohost of #Ghostpit
J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social British guy - living in KY, USA
Award winning commercial copywriter
MG fantasy writer
Voiceover | youtuber | director | actor | dad
#AmQuerying - AOATDC
SkyPitch @skypitch.bsky.social #SkyPitch - a Bluesky pitch party for #kidlit authors!
https://boringstorybook.com/skypitch
Organized by @boringstorybook.com
Dominique Raccah @draccah.bsky.social Founder + CEO of Bestselling Indie Book Publisher #Sourcebooks ⭐️ Entrepreneur 🔥 Data ✅ Leading Innovation 💥 Championing Banned Books + New Voices 🧨 Read a Lot 📚 Opinions Mine 💯 Books Change Lives
(she/her)
Melissa Manlove @mmanlove.bsky.social Executive Editor, Sourcebooks. She/her
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
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.
Ros Dando ✨A Gift of Wild available now!✨ @rosdando.bsky.social Level 43 AuDHD chaos gremlin. Author, artist, teacher, and owned by three cats. 141 RAADS-R score. Ace and tired.
A GIFT OF WORDS and A GIFT OF WILD (middle grade contemporary fantasy) out now from D&O Publishing
Found in the wilds of Cumbria, UK
John Zeleznik @johnzeleznikauthor.bsky.social Father, Husband, Teacher & Writer. Jedi Knight & friend to Captain Solo. Winter is coming. Mets, Orange, Isles, Bills fan. Novelist & writer NOT the artist with the same name! Opinions stated are mine alone.
Winter's Discord: https://a.co/d/03HllUfX
Sue (Susan Uhlig) she/her @susanuhlig.bsky.social Married. Children's Author. Writing PB, MG, some YA. Kidlit. SCBWI Regional Advisor Emerita. Former Institute of Children’s Literature Instructor.
I write helps & book recs on my site susanuhlig.com.
WA state. Owned by cat.
Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social Combat veteran (Marines + Army). Friend of the working Mainer, foe of the oligarchy. Husband. Candidate for U.S. Senate.
www.grahamforsenate.com
Celsie Moseley @celsie-moseley.bsky.social Junior Agent and Foreign Rights Associate at Context Literary. Starving book collector and avid SFF reader. celsiemoseley.com & contextlit.com
Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social Cozy random passages from Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad books. Posts auto-delete.
Susan Park @susanfirghilpark.bsky.social writer, poet, nature lover and complete book geek living in the Pacific Northwest surrounded by forest, birds, squirrels, chipmunks and chickens. Member SCBWI.
Tracie Renee (she/her) @tracierenee.bsky.social Librarian in sort-of Chicago.
PW book reviewer.
#Amquerying #SCBWI writer/poet.
Winner: #50PreciousWords, Highlights scholarship, ElegantLit, IAmWritingMG.
HM: #PBParty.
WTMP mentee, RisingTalent finalist, BOTN.
https://linktr.ee/tracie.renee
Celia Cataldo @ccat7.bsky.social ✍️Writer with a focus on middle grade. It's always Halloween in my 🖤. Lover of animal sanctuaries 🐾, meteor showers ✨, & oddities. LGBTQIA 🌈, vegetarian, & frequent 🩸 donor. Always open to a good book recommendation 📚
Caroline @carolinewu.bsky.social ✨ MG and PB writer
🏔️ Always in the mountains
🐦 Avid hiker, amateur nature photographer, wannabe birder
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
Veena B.Sankar @v-na-macadamia.bsky.social Spec/Sci Fic ✍🏽
Bc we are living sci Fi, could the genre then be called contemporary?
leah holler writes @leah-holler-writes.bsky.social Writer & poet drafting YA solarpunk 🌱🌻
Actor & puppeteer living the skoolie life 🚌🎭
Here queer & not goin down without a fight 🏳️🌈🌟
Joan Marr Books @joanmarrbooks.bsky.social Children's book author of IZMELDA THE FAIREST DRAGON OF THEM ALL! (Union Square Kids)
samira is querying her MG fantasy🍉🍉🍉 @goodsamiratan.bsky.social 🇬🇭 Professional over-thinker and aspiring author|she/her/hers|Black|Muslim|RTM mentee-2025
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Melissa Murray @melissamurray.bsky.social Author + Illustrator + Artist
SCBWI | CBIG | 12x12
PBParty 2024 Illustration Showcase HM
https://melissamurray.net
#kidlitart #kidlit
Hey, Jim Hill! @heyjimhill.bsky.social Word nerd, pixel wrangler. Writes funny on purpose.
VCFA WCYA SCBWI
www.heyjimhill.com
Mary R. @amerrywrath.bsky.social I write quips, not tragedies. |she/her| VCFA's Writing for Children and Young Adults MFA '26 | books |TTRPGs | movies | nature/science shenanigans | new to Bluesky, not the internet
(pfp by Makowka/picrew)
Art commission carrd-> https://keirelo.carrd.co/
Maria Linn @marial1nn.bsky.social I write silly/scary MG books, make silly/scary collages, and, silly/scariest of all, analyze data for a living
Alexandra Z. Lazar @alexandrazlazar.bsky.social ✨Author. Disneyphile. Animal lover. Fairy tale aficionado. Photographer. Holiday fan.
📚Writes YA, MG & kids’ fiction (including WFH projects for Disney)
📱Instagram: @alexandrazlazar
👩🏻💻Current project: The Other Fairy Godmother, a MG fairytale reimagining
Wendy Parris @wendyparrisauthor.bsky.social MG author: FIELD OF SCREAMS and STAGE FRIGHT both Delacorte Press rep: Sara Megibow
https://www.wendyparris.com/home
Jesus Perez @jesuswrites.bsky.social Indie author and publisher of #KidLit 📚
I write GameLit and Horror for kids 👻🎮
William - Aspiring Literary Agent @willmarstudios.bsky.social '96 Queer living in Chicago!
Illustrator+Designer, Writer, Bookworm and Aspiring Literary Agent
🖋☕️🌈✨️🍉
https://lnk.bio/willmarstudios
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Jo Knowles @joknowles.bsky.social Author: http://www.joknowles.com #kidlit #AABB #PB #MG #Tween #YA
Editorial Services: https://www.revise-and-shine.com/jo-knowles
Author visits: https://www.joknowles.com/school-visits
Teacher: Mountainview #MFA Center For Cartoon Studies (summers)
Ree Augustine-MG Author @reeaugustine.bsky.social HANGABOUT: FAR FROM HOME, Aug. 2023
Orange Blossom Publishing
No boxes.
Eastern PA www.reeaugustine.com
Samantha M Clark @samanthamclark.com Author of books for kids and young at heart. Repped by Rachel Orr, Prospect Literary. Samanthamclark.com | Samanthamclark.substack.com | Bsky.app/profile/samanthamclark.com
@robrenzetti.bsky.social @robrenzetti.bsky.social Creator of Mina & the Count, My Life as a Teenage Robot, and the Horrible Bag Series. Lover of cartoons, books, movies, and rabbits. Visit me at robrenzetti.com
Ally Ally Oxenfree @allymalinenko.bsky.social She/her 🏳️🌈 @Horrorwriters #SpookyMG Rep'd by @renarossner. GHOST GIRL, the Bram Stoker nominated THIS APPEARING HOUSE, THE OTHER MARCH SISTERS and Stephen King endorsed BROKEN DOLLS
Julie Shattuck @juliewrites.bsky.social Writer of MG/YA | Rep’d by @michelle4laughs at Storm Literary Agency | Community College Professor | SCBWI | NCTE | Teacher, learner, writer | She/her/hers
@wordpamela.bsky.social @wordpamela.bsky.social Alumni of @HarperCollins Children's Author Academy March 4, 2021
Member of @SCBWI British Isles
Middle Grade Writer
@mjwilen.bsky.social @mjwilen.bsky.social 
Soph | S.J. Montgomery @sjmontgomery.bsky.social THE NESTING ROOM (Maverick, 2027)
UK. Queer author of weird, whimsical and unsettling YA/MG. Hot beverage enthusiast. Silly costume enjoyer (cosplay and larp). WriteMentor Mentee 2021. They/She. Rep: Caroline Wakeman Literary Agency.
sjmontgomery.co.uk
Uriel Harper @uriiswriting.bsky.social Husband/Father/Black and Korean writer (Blasian ✊🏾🇰🇷) 😊/D&D for life/Love always wins over Hate! ❤️❤️! Socials: IG: @uriel_harper rep: @ashleedani.bsky.social & @bookfairyangus.bsky.social
Shaelyn Zeitz @shaelynzeitz.bsky.social MG author and poet | Adorer of all things spooky and twisty 🪄 | May or may not still be afraid of the dark | Rep'd by Lauren Spieller
Brenna Sowder 🌊🐋📚 @brennasowder.bsky.social Horizon gazer and low tide explorer. Grew up among whales. Aspiring lupine lady.
More writerly thoughts: brennasowder.com
Anca Demeter @aanquinha.bsky.social 👻 horror writer - currently writing MG | ☕️ coffee addict | 🥞 breakfast food enthusiast | 🧛🏻♀️ Transylvanian in 🇬🇧 | 🫧ND mess
rep: Gyamfia Osei @ ANA
Mel Cordan (she/her) @melcordan.bsky.social Animating by day-Illustrator & Author by night.
Rep’d by @annmrose.bsky.social
Mama Bear to neurodivergent & 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ kids.
https://linktr.ee/melaniecordan?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=6dee148a-6859-4ea
Jennifer Guyor Jowett @jenguyorjowett.bsky.social Author | Teacher | Living as a character in my own story; plot still to be discovered #DogEaredBookAward creator #bookposse
Books:
#IntoTheShadows
#WordsThatMend
Author Benjamin Ryan @brclothwrites.bsky.social #WritingCommunity #NYC 🏳️🌈
Author of MADAME ELDRIDGE’S WAYWARD HOME FOR UNRULY BOYS BenjaminRyanBooks.com
Amazon Best Seller, Distinguished Favorite in the NYC Big Book Award, Book Fest Award Winner, & Book Blogger’s Novel of the Year Award FINALIST! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Angie Isaacs @angieisaacs.bsky.social (She/her). Kidlit writer, bookworm, web designer, 90% iced coffee by volume. www.AngelaMIsaacs.com and www.BookendStudio.com
Amy Newbold Books @amynewboldbooks.bsky.social I write picture books (If Picasso Painted a Snowman series), middle grade, and clean romance. A Lady Most Alluring (Grimm Regency novella) is out now. Fan of birding, reading, board games, and chocolate.
https://www.amynewbold.com/
Catherine Kinsey @catherinekinsey.bsky.social Middle grade fantasy writer | mom of 2 in MI | rep: Liv Ivanov
Sky @writtenbysky.bsky.social MG & YA author | #SBCWI member | Rep: Ann Rose
Tara Trudel @taratrudel.bsky.social Songwriter for #kidlit (UNI THE UNICORN) and comedy (The Second City)
Composer for film/TV
Family music artist -my album Fractured: Fairy Tales Remixed was called "better than Taylor Swift" by one 3yo
Recording Academy
#12x12PB
www.taratrudel.com
Stephanie Rondeau, Author @stephrondeauwrites.bsky.social MG and PB author. Lives in a haunted house. Rep: Ann Rose @ Tobias Lit
Jake Fluekiger- Author- 🏳️🌈 @jakefluekiger.bsky.social Author, rep’d by Ann Rose at Tobias Literary Agency - Co-host of THE WRITERS BLOCK podcast
#writingcommunity
Amalie Jahn (she/her) @amaliejahn.bsky.social Kidlit Author Rep'd by Ann Rose
MG 2024: TEAM CANTEEN ROCKY ROAD (Penguin)
YA 2023: A WALK BETWEEN RAINDROPS (Kirkus ⭐️)
YA 2021: PHOEBE UNFIRED
TED speaker | potter | anxious | neuro diverse | accomplice
https://linktr.ee/AmalieJahn
S i l v e r M i l a g r o @silvermilagro17.bsky.social Children's author obsessed w/lifeforce of a good seed, literally and metaphorically. Repped by Curtis Brown, Ltd.
Laura Bryte Writes @laurawrites.bsky.social Author | Poet | Picture Books | Middle Grade | Young Adult | SCBWI | 12x12 | Lyrical Language Lab Alum |
Christina Frigo @christinafrigo.bsky.social kidlit writer & mother
rep: Tess Weitzner at FGLA
christinafrigo.com
Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social Writer (Rep: Danai Christopoulou @ The Tobias Literary Agency)
Associate Literary Agent at @StormLiterary
RevPit Board Member
& lover of all things spooky and queer.
She/they
https://madheditorial.com
Jessi Pitts @jessipitts.bsky.social ✨ she/her/any ✨ playwright, MG novelist, & old growth forest enthusiast ✨ working on something fearsome 🤫 and something in the stars 🚀
Kimberly A. Gordon Biddle @kbiddle.bsky.social PhD Educator, Author, Music-lover, Singer, Composer, SCBWI member, Neuro-diverse, Poet, Mom, Wife, PAL coordinator for SCBWI, cat-lover, AKA Soror, love to walk & cook, repped by the fabulous Deborah Warren at East West Literary. www.pinkpearlwriting.com .
Jamie Krakover @rockets2writing.bsky.social Rocket Scientist
YA/MG Author
Indie Author Project YA runner up
Cosplay
SciFi Geek
SWE Life Member
MGminded blog
stlwritersguild Treasurer
FIRST mentor
Snowy Wings Publishing
The Tracker Sequence
she/her
linktr.ee/Rockets2Writing
✡️
🩷💜💙🖤🩶🤍💜
Kieran Shipley @kship.bsky.social Writer | #WriteMentor 2022 mentee I CNPK 2024 LL | Skylark Soaring Stories SL 2024 | MG & YA | SEO specialist | he/him 🇳🇿
Repped by Kaitlyn Sanchez at Bradford Literary
Katie Brown @authorkatiebrown.bsky.social #kidlit MG and YA author
2023 #WriteMentor Mentee
2022 #PitchMe finalist
#MGalomaniacs
Jasmine Ann Smith @jasmineannsmith.bsky.social Kidlit writer, Traveler, Eater, Mom
PBParty Finalist 2024. Currently #amdrafting a MG novel and #amquerying PBs
@chinelochidebe.bsky.social @chinelochidebe.bsky.social 
@amynelder.bsky.social @amynelder.bsky.social Author/Painter #kidlit #MGLit #Thriller #MGtyDucks #kidlitchat
Nedda Lewers @neddalewersbooks.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling Egyptian American Children’s Author | DAUGHTERS OF THE LAMP series | THE LUXOR HOUSE HEIST (Spring’27) | Educator | Mom
Kamilla Milligan @kamillamilligan.bsky.social Kidlit writer exploring how humans grow and change through relationships and connections with nature. kamillamilligan.com
KathrynFaye007 @kathrynfaye007.bsky.social Author of Imorata: Book 1 of the Death Walkers series. Currently VAGUE era! MG, YA and Adult Horror. #T1D #MGwaves🌊 #SignedInk #WritingCommunity
Artwork Portfolio: https://halfbloodeddragon.wordpress.com/
Beth Gawlik 📚🐈⬛🍪 @bethgawlik.bsky.social Reader, Writer, Mother, Christian, cat lover, preschool teacher, #ADHD, #T1D Mom, #dyslexia mom, 🏳️🌈 ace she/her, writing #MGLit and #cozymystery, #MGWaves
Carolyn Ziegler @carolynziegler.bsky.social Canadian writer, screenwriter and playwright. Dog aficionado. #MGWaves carolynziegler.com
Melissa Jenson @melissajenson.bsky.social MG Author I Rock Star in other life I Person who goes places I Parent I Perpetually awkward I Newly seeking rep
Karyn Curtis @karyncurtiswrites.bsky.social Middle Grade, Picture Book writer, former editor, horse girl, #MGWaves
Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social I'm a fantasy writer w/a pile of rejection letters & a new #WIP, a voice actor, & supporter of all creatives!
I help run MyAgentDatabase (on Patreon) for querying authors.
Plus, I'm the Blogger/Youtuber/Podcaster of "Writing Tips & Writerly Musings"
Paul Vinelli @paulvinelli.bsky.social Picture Book Writer | MLIS
Co-Host of The Sartorial Librarians Podcast
@sartoriallibrary.bsky.social
Spotify: spoti.fi/3ANgYge
Apple: apple.co/4e4mM3h
Patchree Jones is officially published 🎉 @patchreejones.bsky.social Thai-American Author of MG fantasy #SKYLIGHT & #HIMMAPAN CB w/ SORRA Books |#MGMiracles |#LitKidsMag Mentor | #MixedUpFiles Writer |#WriteHive24 |#AAPI| #2024debut | patchreejones.com
Kassie Lamro @kassielamro.bsky.social Writer, Teacher, Mama (sometimes drummer)| #amquerying MG niv| MG Narwhals | Arizona http://kassielamro.weebly.com
Jenny Banker @jbankerwrites.bsky.social MG Writer, Librarian, believer in magic and dragons, weird sense of humor, MGNarwhals unite!
Katie Ferriello @katieferrie1.bsky.social Literary Agent w/ Mansion Street Literary Management
🎿🚵♀️🧘♀️🏋🏻♀️⛺️🛩️✍️📚
Amy Watia @amywatia.bsky.social Middle Grade Children’s Writer | Non Practicing Librarian/Archivist | Mom of 3 | University of Michigan undergrad + MSI (AKA MLS) | Chicago Suburbs | #MGNarwhals Member of MG Hub | Yes, that’s me with the guy from Pretty In Pink & St. Elmo’s Fire!
dsallenauthor @dsallenauthor.bsky.social Damara Allen (she/her) Wife, mother, and writer of #middlegrade #horror | #MGnarwhals | #PitchWars '21 alum | rep'd by @esc_key | The Skeleton Flute (Aladdin Books 2024) | The Undead War (Aladdin Books 2026) | www.dsallenauthor.com
Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social Writer: TV, books, gaming & audio
Words in/on: Netflix, BBC, Sesame Street, Cartoon Network, Disney, Ghee Happy (Emmy Nominee) | Oxford Children’s Books | Ubisoft
Rep: Lydia Silver at The Soho Agency, UK
svaniparekh.com
Marjory Ruderman @marjowhee.bsky.social Writer of kidlit & humor & other stuff.
Differently wired cheerful curmudgeon.
she/her
Rep: Kathryn Green Literary Agency
marjoryruderman.com
Peace Zodanou @peacezodanou.bsky.social 🤎✊🏾#MG #YA #Adult Writer❤️🔥🇹🇬📚❤️🔥#KDrama #KPop #Anime watcher.❤️🔥Here for #BVM in #sff books and movies.❤️🔥 Mentored #WTMP❤️🔥🩵🩷🤍💜🤍💚 #PeaceZWrites
Rep: TBD
Host: https://open.spotify.com/show/0bEJ8tAWgwUNO38268tmSQ?si=L7c1S4_kSB278rJbMPCqkQ
Justine Pucella Winans @justinepwinans.bsky.social Award-winning author, cat lover, and aspiring Pokémon trainer. Most recent: HOW TO SURVIVE A SLASHER Next up: A LITTLE TOO HAUNTED (9/30/25) They/She
www.justinepucellawinans.com/links
L. G. Robbins @quillcheese.bsky.social Writer | Filmmaker | Illustrator | Canadian | He/Him | SAC: quillcheese #EpicPartner
Stan Yan - Kidlit Graphic Novelist @zombicatures.bsky.social THE MANY MISFORTUNES OF EUGENIA WANG (‘25 JLG Selection)
@SCBWIRockyMtn member
#kidlitartinstructor at @cuddlefishacademy
#aapi #rosebudauthor
Rep: @annmrose at Marsal Lyon Literary
stanyan.me
AI, NFT, Crypto, MAGA gets you blocked
TC Kemper @tckemperwrites.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Author, THE GINGHAMS (Mackids/Henry Holt) Made of butter & sunshine. Are you fun, too? she/her. Rep: @kissedbyink.bsky.social
insta-@tckemperwrites #MGwaves
Taylor Tyng @taylortyng.bsky.social Author of fantastical fiction. The CLARA POOLE series (Pixel+Ink, 2023-24), SPROUT (Random House Children’s Books, 2026).
Stephanie L. Ward @stephanielward.bsky.social #Fantasy and #SciFi #MG writer. #SCBWI member. #MGBees #WMCNA 2020 Longlist #WriteMentor Novel in Development Award 2021 Kid's Favorite List 
Siana LaForest @sianalaforest.bsky.social MG and adult fiction writer, high school bio teacher. Rep: Sara Megibow.
Shawn Proctor #middlegradeauthor #author @shawnproctor.bsky.social Middle Grade author. MGNarwhals! WriteMentor 2021. Rosemont MFA. WYRM's Gauntlet Champ. Library fan.
Sarah J. Mendonca @sarahjmendonca.bsky.social Author of the Encantadora Duology🧙♀️(out now) and The Dragoneer🐉 (Fall 2027)
🇵🇹🇺🇸
https://bio.site/sarahjmendonca
Sam E. Snyder @sammisnyder.bsky.social Producer. 🎥 Writer. 🖌️ www.samelyse.com/producer
Fan of all things coffee, anime, & Godzilla. 🔥
Rebecca Weber 🙂🐈⬛📰 @rweberwrites.bsky.social #SCBWI Author - THE PAINTER'S BUTTERFLY and LOOPHOLE (Artemesia Publishing)/Beta reader/@litkidsmagazine.bsky.social founder/House flipper/Bostie & girl mom/#MGpies #YANation
"You are the one you've been waiting for all of your life!"
Rebecca Chaney @rebeccajchaney.bsky.social Science-loving Aussie author of THE SKETCHER SERIES.
https://rebeccajchaney.com/
https://linktr.ee/rebeccajchaney