Caroline Kind @carolinekind.bsky.social MG author, educator, researcher, reader, learner | She/Her | Halifax, NS |
taylor robin @taylor-robin.bsky.social he/him | author of Hunger's Bite, previously Never Satisfied
repped by Kurestin Armada
https://taylor-robin.com
honestly more active on tumblr as ohcorny
Darcie Little Badger @littlebadger.bsky.social Hi! I’m the bestselling author of Elatsoe & A Snake Falls to Earth & Sheine Lende. I <3 lifting heavy weights, playing video games, & writing stories. Sry I don’t check DMs. She/her. Lipan Apache.
Kelly Pousette @kpousetteillus.bsky.social Children’s book illustrator and papercut artist.
Simkaye 🌈 @simkaye.bsky.social Illustrations, comics, nonsense 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ they/them
✨ https://simkaye.carrd.co ✨
Yas Imamura @yasimamura.bsky.social Illustrator
Portland, OR
Rebecca Wong @rebeccawong.bsky.social 🍓 #kidlitartist #childrenbookillustrator. She / Her. 🇸🇬
🥝 Available for #picturebook #kidlit #childrenbook projects!
🍊 Looking for Rep!
🫐 rebeccawongsilin@gmail.com
🥦 NO AI USE
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#KidlitZombieWeek @kidlitzombieweek.bsky.social Hosts of #KidlitZombieWeek 2026, @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @rebecca-ensign.bsky.social @monicafreewoman.bsky.social @janmilusich.bsky.social @drenderturmaud.bsky.social @kcstrocchia.bsky.social
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/kidlit-zombie-week/
Jonathan Edwards @jontofski.bsky.social Illustrator/painter/character designer.
https://jonathanestore.bigcartel.com
https://www.jonathan-e.com
mona 𓃵 مونا @nazarjoon.bsky.social they/them ── .✦
🖍 illustrator, printmaker, etc
🧿 iranian-american | lover of iced coffee, folklore & anything cute
📍 ohio
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melanie! @mansfieldparkour.bsky.social website: melaniegreaver.com
Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social Wilderness EMT/mountain man/drawer of critters. Illustrated for PBS Eons, NPS, & others. Views are my own.
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madi 💫 @madisonspeaking.bsky.social she/they 🦋 NYC 💘 PEN America United / UAW 🌹 loves books, birds, unions, & queer stuff 🪩 New College alum 🕊️ personal account/all views my own 🌈🍉❤️🔥
Hachette Workers Coalition @hbgworkers.bsky.social The Hachette Workers Coalition is a union fighting for better benefits, protection, rights, and increased equity, transparency, and agency at HBG
https://linktr.ee/hachetteworkerscoalition
Kris Rashid @krisrashid.bsky.social She/her. Picture Book Author represented by Janine Le at JLLA / Blogmaster for the @SCBWIEPA.bsky.social / School library volunteer / 2025 #PBParty finalist / Here for #PictureBooks and #KidLit
Abbie James @abbiewjames.bsky.social #Kidlit Writer: PB, MG, YA. #SCBWI. Poetry.
Youth Services at a Public Library. Licensed Behavior Specialist.
Wife & Mom. Gardener/Hiker/Birder. Environmentalist. No AI. She/her
abbiewernerjames.com
Kristen C. Strocchia @kcstrocchia.bsky.social Children’s writer • Poetry lover • Mom of 7
Kidlit Honors: Ann Whitford Paul Awards 2024 & #PBParty 2025
Writes lyrical PB, quirky stories, & speculative upper MG/YA
SCBWI Eastern PA CoRA | Former K–12 Teacher | kcstrocchia.com
1/6 hosts: #KidlitZombieWeek
Chelsey Bahe @chelseybahe.bsky.social Nanny. Auntie. Nature artist. PB writer. Outdoor play advocate. 12x12. SCBWI.
Britt Wilson @britterson.bsky.social Illustrator, Ceramic Artist, Slow Thinker.
https://www.brittwilson.ca/links
For just the pretty stuff: #brittwilson
Workman Kids @workmanpubkids.bsky.social Home of Brain Quest, Indestructibles, Paint by Sticker Kids, and more innovative books for curious kids ❤️
Animal Photo Reference Repository @animalphotorefs.bsky.social This site is an open-access, AI-free repository of wildlife and non-domestic animal image references. Artists (creating *without* AI) have blanket permission for transformative and derivative use.
www.animal-photo-references.com
All photos by @rhgarner.
tailor moblee 🐛 @tailormoblee.bsky.social doodler ✏️| He-Him / They-Them 💕 follow along for art and other shenanigans!
IG: tailormoblee | tailormoblee.com 🌐
New York Working Families Party @nywfp.bsky.social We’re a multi-racial, working class political party fighting for a New York for the many, not the few. Text JOIN NY to 30403.
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madly kim (illustration) @madlyart.bsky.social (she/her)
kidlit illustrator based in bucks county, pa
represented by Charlotte Wenger at Prospect Agency
charlotte@prospectagency.com
madlykim.com
madlykimART@gmail.com
2025 SCBWI EJK Showcase Prize Winner
🇰🇷🇺🇸adoptee
SCBWI | open porch arts
Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org We are a progressive grassroots political party building a multiracial, feminist movement of working people. Text WFP to 30403 to join us.
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Dr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social Paleobiologist. evolution and paleoclimate. Coffee enthusiast. Snail evangelist. Visiting Professor @ SUNY Oneonta. Paleontological Research Institution Research Associate. Dartmouth, KU, Cornell alum. He/him. Opinions my own. https://www.brendan-anderson
Elliott G - MG Illustrator @elliottgrinnart.bsky.social he/him. Trans man, cat dad, & kidlit & middlegrade author/illustrator! Currently open for projects! ✨🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Rep’d by: Pyro Represents
Portfolio: http://elliottgrinnell.com
Twitter: twitter.com/elliott_gr
Insta: Instagram.com/elliottgrinnart
Illustration Jobs @illustration-jobs.com https://illustration-jobs.com is a free job board for illustrators.
Operated by two lovely humans 🇱🇧 🇵🇭 not bots or AI.
Fyrinnae @fyrinnae.com That old independent cosmetic & perfume company (owned by an actual chemist: @chaoticgooddemon.bsky.social ). This is our only social media, not often logged into by staff - please email questions. Important info is always on Fyrinnae.com first.
mohawkemotions @mohawkemotions.bsky.social Haudenoshouting.
Co-Director of Protect the Tract
Research Fellow at the Yellowhead Institute
Research Coordinator at Longhouse Labs
Full-time Cayuga Immersion 🖖🏾
https://www.paypal.me/mohawkemotions
Bryson The Gaytive @brysonthegaytive.bsky.social 45. Mi’kmaw. 2-Spirit. Gay. HIV+. Professional Sailor.
If I don’t follow you. Ask me publicly first before you dm me
https://ko-fi.com/brysonthegaytive
Onondaga Nation @onondaganation.bsky.social People of the Hills- one of the six nations of the Haudenosaunee OnondagaNation.org
LakotaMan69 @lakotaman69.bsky.social -◽️-◻️_🌲_◻️-◽️- haudenosaunee. plants. seeds. foods. medicines.
Dr. BlackDeer @drblackdeer.bsky.social Indigiqueer anti-colonial scholar activist •
social work prof
📍 Tkarón:to
Kenna Alexander @kennaalexander.bsky.social She/her 🏳️⚧️, Cherokee citizen, game designer, writer, super far left, trans woman, nerd, goth/punk, futurist, SFWA member. I work daily to find a better me and to put a little good into the world. Company: coyoteandcrow.net
Alicia Elliott @wordsandguitar.bsky.social Mohawk from Six Nations. Writer and Editor. Pro wrestling and makeup enthusiast. Horror and nail polish fanatic. She/her. Lit agent: Ron Eckel Speaking agent: rob AT transatlanticagency.com. AND THEN SHE FELL. A MIND SPREAD OUT ON THE GROUND. 
Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social Native Haudenosaunee Television & Musical writer. Wasn’t cool in high school, and never will be. 🥸 I like D&D and stuff. Rep’d at Verve. Ska:rù:rę & Muscowpetung Cree 🪶 Two-Spirit
www.imdb.com/name/nm5422690/
#WGAStrong #StandwithAnimation
ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com asiniiwiikwe indizhinikaaz. anishinaabekwe in yanaguana. storyteller, comms nerd, & artist trying to shift power and build a just and sustainable world. fuck borders. land back. she/her/wiin.
Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com Comedian and Actor who writes TV Shows, Video Games, and TV Shows about Video Games. | Host of Um, Actually and Nobody Asked on Dropout TV
www.ifycomedy.com
Macmillan Children's School & Library Marketing @mackidssl.bsky.social We are the MacKids School & Library marketing team! Follow us for news about books for kids & teens and resources for teachers & librarians!
https://www.mackidsschoolandlibrary.com/
Sarah Guillory @sguillory262.bsky.social Author, teacher, runner. Obsessed with dogs. A WISH WITH WINGS out May 2026!
www.sarahguillory.com
alexia winterhalter @alexiawinterhalter.bsky.social tiny artist based in the mountains 🥕
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prints and more in my online shop : alexiawinterhalter.sumupstore.com
Northsky Social Cooperative @transrights.northsky.social We're creating a safer social media experience for marginalized people, powered by ATProto, and operating as a nonprofit worker-owned cooperative in Canada.
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Alex Finkeldey @scatterbee.bsky.social illustrator & picture book maker // Kingston 🇨🇦// cat enthusiast
portfolio: https://artbyscatterbee.com
books, socials, etc: https://bio.site/scatterbee
Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social He/him | Blerd, Author... Blerduthor? | Author of Forever for the Culture (Beacon) and Sundiata (Feiwal & Friends/Macmillan) | stevenunderwoodjr(at)blaqueword(dot)com
George M Johnson Garçon @iamgmjohnson.bsky.social NYTIMES Bestselling Author of All Boys Aren’t Blue. Emmy nominated Writer & Executive Producer. TIME100 Next Moat Influential People in World. AφA 06. They/Them
Eve L. Ewing @eveewing.bsky.social I’m a Chicagoan and a prof and I write a lot of things like books [Original Sins, Electric Arches, 1919, Ghosts in the Schoolyard, Maya and the Robot] and comics [X-Men, Black Panther, Ironheart] and more + I love my dog so so much
Arriel Vinson @arriwrites.bsky.social She/her. UNDER THE NEON LIGHTS (PenguinTeen, 6/3). Reese’s Book Club LitUp Fellow. Tin house YA '21. Educator. Rep: Jodi Reamer. IG: arriwrites. Pronounced Ar-ee-el.
Website: arriwrites.com
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/arriwrites
Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social *THE* Naijamerican PhD-holding, World Fantasy, multi-Hugo, Nebula, Eisner Award-winning, New York Times bestselling rudimentary cyborg writer, nnedi.com
N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social Writer. She/her.
Jaymar Thee Author @jaymarjackson.bsky.social Lv 34! WE DESERVE MORE!!!
📍ATL
Author of The Celestial Elementals Series. Available NOW!
Visit http://tceseries.com to learn more.
M H Ayinde 🍉 Preorder A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES! @mhayinde.bsky.social She/Her. Blerd. Sunday Times bestselling author. Ignyte, Locus, & British Fantasy Award Finalist.
A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES out now UK (Orbit) Aug 11 US/CAN (Saga)
https://linktr.ee/mhayinde
Colson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com Release the bats
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.
Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social Doing what I dreamed of since I was a kid.
Books: Lone Women, The Changeling, The Ballad of Black Tom, The Devil in Silver.
TV: The Changeling (EP), The Terror: Devil in Silver (Creator, Showrunner)
Comics: Destroyer, Eve, Sabretooth, Black Panther
Shawn Pryor @shawnrpryor.bsky.social Writer. FAST BREAK from FSG/Macmillan, 2026. He/Him. Repped by K. Sonnack of the Andrea Brown Literacy Agency.
linktr.ee/shawnpryor
Jelani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social your new neighbor from your old neighborhood. dean. writer. left-hander & occasional photographer. known to frequent the new yorker and columbia journalism school. 
Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social Author of bestselling memoir,
SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER.
I deserve it all.
https://linktr.ee/SmashFizzle
Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social Journalist, writer, former member of the Six Heartbeats. Championship-level spades player. ContrabandCamp.com founder. Author of NY Times bestseller: Black AF History: The Unwhitewashed Story of America.
Brent C. Lambert @brentclambert.bsky.social Writer. Black SFF always! Hugo Award Winner. One of the co-hosts for Just Keep Writing.
he/him http://brentclambert.com
Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social New York Times bestselling author.
Senior Writer, Race and Equity @theguardian.com.
Deesha Philyaw @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social Author of THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF FIRST LADY FREEMAN (on sale 9.29.2026; pre-order: https://bit.ly/firstladyfreeman) and THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES.
Yamiche Alcindor @yamiche.bsky.social White House Correspondent for @NBCNews. Tips? Email: Yamiche.Alcindor@nbcuni.com.
Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social Carter G. Woodson Endowed Chair in History @Howard.edu • Editor @TheEmancipator.org • National Book Award Winner • #1 NYT Bestselling Author. #BeAntiracist. 🐍🦁🌱
ibramxkendi.com
Raquel Willis @raquelwillis.com ✦ co-founder, @genderlib.com
✦ author, THE RISK IT TAKES TO BLOOM
✦ host, AFTERLIVES + QUEER CHRONICLES
✦ activist ✦ media strategist ✦ georgia peach
RaquelWillis.com
Kwame Mbalia @kwamembalia.bsky.social Husband, father, writer, Publisher w/ FREEDOM FIRE.
Black By Popular Demand: https://kwamembalia.substack.com
Ryan Douglass @ryandouglass.bsky.social writer
linktree.com/ryandouglass
King Darrell @originalkingd.bsky.social Author, YouTuber, Podcaster. You think I'm comic relief until you find out I'm serious. 
Danny B. Groves @dbgroves.bsky.social He/Him 🏳️🌈✊🏾 HBIC storyteller. The magic is within. Rep: Leah Pierre, Ladderbird
https://linktr.ee/dbgwrites
Tananarive Due - The Reformatory @tananarivedue.bsky.social Lifewriting Podcast - Exec Producer #HorrorNoire: A History of Black Horror, Writer: Twilight Zone. UCLA Lecturer. Vanity Fair. Author: American Book Award #BLM #blacksky She/Her - https://linktr.ee/tananarivedue
Dante @iamdantemoore.bsky.social Insight Extraction Coach | 📍Los Angeles
I pull clarity from chaos + turn potential into action
📚 Author & Speaker
🚀 Business Consultant & Strategist
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L.C. Perry 💚💜🩷💪🏾 @lcperry.bsky.social YA & NA Author / Anime & Music junkie / Black / Aro & Bi-greyace🏳️🌈/ Tall gal 🙌🏾 She/her. I support Angry Black Women. Trans Lives Matter. Repped by @msholliday93.bsky.social
Tamara ⛱️🎇🕶️🌊☀️ @tamaratoday.bsky.social Ivy League Grad. Fantasy and Horror Writer. Creator of BULLIED on Wattpad. Avid Reader. Former B&N Bookseller. She/Her
#BlackLivesMatter #StopAAPIHate #TransLivesMatter
@TamaraToday_ on IG and Twitter
Gabrielle Alexa Noel @gabalexa.bsky.social Challenging what ppl think they know about sex/love. 💕
Author of HOW TO LIVE WITH THE INTERNET 📚 Words in Playboy, Elle, etc.
gabalexa.com
instagram.com/gabalexa
twitter.com/gabalexa 
Gerrie Summers @gerriesummersink.bsky.social Writer. 🥬Wellness 🛫Travel 🧘🏾♀️Lifestyle 📚Fiction
Yoga & meditation, TaiChi/Qigong enthusiast.
Drafting #horrornovel.
Regina Black @reginablackwrites.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling Author of THE ART OF SCANDAL and AUGUST LANE | Black & Southern
https://linktr.ee/reginablackwrites?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Latonya "Penn" P. @wordsfromapenn.com Mid 30s Black-Asian genderqueer freelance contributor at Pop Heist, Yatta-Tachi, and more. I'm a poet too. Pronouns: they/them.
My Website: https://wordsfromapenn.com/
https://ko-fi.com/latonyap
Email: tonyapenn2009@gmail.com
Zeta @zetakpierce.bsky.social Indie SFF author. Casual gamer. Lover of villains and antiheroes.
My books:
The Crimson Knight
The Haunted Warrior
Book 3: slated for 2027
https://zetakpierce.carrd.co/
Bain 🇧🇸 @mrbainer.bsky.social Neurodivergent. ✊🏿Story-teller. 24. Actor.||Rep:@Ashliterary|🍁Canadian Immigrant.🌻 I've been California Dreaming #PlasticHearts🌻
mo @mothebad.bsky.social romance writer & professional letterboxd poster
tinyurl.com/preordercosmos
William Evans @williamevanswrites.bsky.social writer, professor, coach and some other whatnot
Co-founder & Editor for BlackNerdProblems.com
(@blacknerdproblems.bsky.social)
George Gant @geogantart.com Ringo-Nominated cartoonist. Creator of the comic strip Beware of Toddler, distributed by King Features Syndicate. Beano/Dandy Artist and I drew Redman's graphic novel. Based in Chicago. Inquiries: geo@geogantart.com
Jasper @blkpansy.bsky.social Ayyyyy. Read (or listen to!) my award-winning book PANSY: A BLACK AMERICAN MEMOIR 📖
linkz: https://rb.gy/vt8bb
peaches (they/them) @spicybits.bsky.social luscious black nonbinary writer. ask me about the x-files or my record collection
Aaron Cole has a Book Deal! @theaaroncole.bsky.social Author of SOULCAST out summer 2027 🐦🔥
SAG Actor and Screenwriter
UCLA Grad🎓
Rep: Natalie Lakosil at Looking Glass Lit
Subscribe for book updates⬇️
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Jaie Michelle @jaiemichelle.bsky.social Neurodivergent | Foodie | Simmer & WWE lover 🤍 | NOT Wcif Friendly
Kenyon @kenyonfarrow.bsky.social Writer. Activist. Strategist.
Comms Director: @cfaunited.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/kenyonfarrow
Dr. Jon Paul (They/Them/Tired) @doctorjonpaul.bsky.social Famous on Twitter. Educator, Creator & Exec Producer: @BlkFatFemmePod w/ @iheartpodcast and author of BLACK FAT FEMME (Wiley, 2025).
www.DoctorJonPaul.com
Sade Green @sadegabriella.bsky.social Writer, activist, poet | Words in TIME Magazine, Forbes, Teen Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, ELLE Magazine, The Nation, + more ✍🏾 | Amherst College alumna | 🇳🇬 + AA❤🖤💛 | Views = mine
Chrystal D. Giles @chrystaldgiles.bsky.social Author of books for young readers.
📚 Take Back the Block
📚 Not an Easy Win
📚 Listen to the Girls (May 2026)
📚 We Are Joy (June 2026)
chrystaldgiles.com/links
✨Nikki Savoy | Thriller Author✨ @nikkisavoy.bsky.social Nikki Savoy dreams of joy and justice and writes about Black women—what we protect, what we carry, and what it costs.
Some dreams are built on stolen things
https://linktr.ee/NikkiSavoy
Jaie @ohhmyjaie.bsky.social authoress & writer 🦋 ♊︎
Blooming Uninterrupted available now
https://linktr.ee/jaiesims
𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧 ✒️❤️🔥📚 @shoneljackson.bsky.social Author of Contemporary Romance 💘
Poetically inclined 📜 Former actress 🎭
Sky's the limit▪️🇬🇾🇬🇧
🐘 #ServiceIsUniversal 🐤🐓
PIN/❤️ Caribbean Vibes 🌴 Feed bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3fprsrd7nxtvd2mr3vun6jrr/feed/caribbeanvibes
🔗 https://linktr.ee/shoneljacksonauthor
Sarah IS LOOKING FOR WORK!!! @killianfantasy.blacksky.app Artist and writer.
Books: The Heretic Series. Bride of the River God
Comics: The Violent Vixens Ride Again, Soul Food War, Villainous (webcomic). #art #books www.sarahamacklin.com
https://linktr.ee/sarahamacklin
Rosa Sparks @rosasparks.blacksky.app Shuri's mom. Publisher of Fabulize; a pop culture feminist mag for BIPOC nerds. Cannabis lover. Neurospicy creative. Emerging comic book writer and novelist. 🏳️🌈 Lambda + Ignatz Awards nominee subscribe: https://mailchi.mp/f0796697386b/fabulizemagsubscribeme
Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social diaspora-discoveries.com | nnekadennie.com | accidental historian | editor of Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Essential Writings of a Nineteenth Century Black Radical Feminist (OUP, 2023) | ⚽️ fan | 🇻🇨 vincy, not nigerian | NEEK-uh | views mine, not my employer's