Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social Literary Agent at Fuse Literary ❤ Publishing Coach + 🇵🇷 Children's Book Author repped by Amy Giuffrida @kissbyink.bsky.social
👉 https://vickyweberbooks.substack.com/p/start-here
BookEnds Literary Agency @bookendsliterary.bsky.social We believe that books can change the world, and it all starts with our authors and illustrators.
www.bookendsliterary.com
Hatem Aly @metahatem.bsky.social 🇨🇦🇪🇬 NYT Bestselling Illustrator. Made in Egypt, based in NB, Canada, and found in books. 🤗 (SOMEONE LIKE ME, Two Lions, JUN 2026) | Rep by: James Burns
https://linktr.ee/metahatem
Emily Asaro @emilyasarodoodles.bsky.social Illustrator • Mama • SCBWI Member • Kidlit nerd • Usually found in the wild drinking coffee💜
https://emilyasarodoodles.com/
Rep’d by @essiewhite.bsky.social at Essie White Literary
Anisi Baigude | illustrator @anisibaigude.bsky.social 🖍️ Mongolian American KidLit Illustrator
📖 BORN NAUGHTY, Anne Schwartz Books
📖 ODI’S LIBRARY DAY, SDPL
📮 Rep'd by Analía Cabello at ABLA
📍San Diego, CA
linktr.ee/anisibaigude
Haley Grunloh @haleygrunloh.bsky.social An illustrator and zoology fangirl from New Haven CT 🏳️🌈🐌 Pratt 2013, CSUMB Science Illustration 2024 http://www.haleygrunloh.com
Agent Adriana @soyadriana.bsky.social Partner at Aevitas Creative Management with over 25 years of experience focusing on diverse authors and artists. Query here: https://QueryManager.com/2243. Websites: https://www.aevitascreative.com/ and https://www.acmkidsandillustration.com/
Katie Quinn @quinndiesel.bsky.social Hi there! :) 🎨🌷🌻
hawkheartstudios.com
Creative-Caro @creative-caro.com 🌿Freelance Illustrator
🍂 Fantasy, Animals, Plants, Scenerys
Coms open!
Linktree: https://www.creative-caro.com/seiten/kontakt
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/creative_caro
info@creative-caro.com
Susanna Rumiz @susannarumiz.bsky.social Children's book illustrator ✏️🎨
Wherever there are fun characters to draw and color palettes to play with, I'm in! 🌟
https://www.susannarumiz.com/
Sable Lawrence @sablelawrence.bsky.social 
NorthSouth Books @northsouthbooks.bsky.social We publish beautiful picture books from international authors, illustrators, and translators! Also home to Ediciones NorteSur, our Spanish language imprint.
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
Meghan Lands @meghanlands.bsky.social She/Her - Comics, Storyboards, Kids illustration. Good head of hair.
Prev. WB, Nickelodeon, Penguinworks, Annick Press
https://linktr.ee/meghanlands
#sketchbook thread
Sean McCarthy @mccarthylit.com Founder/Literary Agent at mccarthylit.com, long-suffering Mets fan, hops (beer and rabbits) enthusiast. 
Liz Wong @lizwong.bsky.social Picture book author/illustrator of QUACKERS, THE GOOSE EGG, I AM NOT A PENGUIN. Illustrator of A MIND OF HER OWN: THE STORY OF MYSTERY WRITER AGATHA CHRISTIE, plus others! She/her
Rep: Alexandra Penfold at Upstart Crow
http://lizwongillustration.com
Brizida Magro @brizidamagro.bsky.social Illustrator | Climber | Cat Lover
Boulder, CO
Rep by Andrea Morrison at Writers House
https://www.sweetbeyond.com/
Martin Stanev @martinstanev.bsky.social Illustrator & Author from Bulgaria, living in the Lake District, UK
🌐 martinstanev.com
📚 Rep’d by InklingIllustration.com
✉️ hello.martinstanev@gmail.com
Christopher Thornock @thornockstudios.bsky.social Illustrator, educator and artist living in the mountain west. Agent - Lori Steel Steelworks Literary - thornockstudios.com Insta - thornockstudios
Sarah @sarahofbramblewood.bsky.social Artist • Illustrator • Author • ND 🏳️🌈
#KidLit author/illustrator. Old house owner. Witch.
🚫No GenAI, No NFTs, No fascists🚫
https://open.substack.com/pub/sarahofbramblewood?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1ebk77
Kelli Welli @kelliwelli.bsky.social “The Pixar of Children’s songwriters.” - Planning Playtime | Award-winning smart, funny, genuine songs | ‘24 John Lennon Song Contest WIN | ‘23 ISC WIN | '24 DSA WIN | ‘23 NAPPA | Grammy voter | SCBWI | Lucky mom to twins! linktr.ee/kelliwelli
School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #1 UK children's booklisting website according to Ubersuggest. We recommend children’s and YA books to teachers, parents, librarians and schools. Free resources, free reviews and no paywall. #GoAllIn
https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk
@ravenhowell.bsky.social @ravenhowell.bsky.social 
Steph Fizer Coleman @stephfc.bsky.social 🎨 Maker of picture books. Watcher of birds. Painter, gardener, reader, tea drinker.
🌟Repped by Alex Gehringer at Bright
🖼️ Portfolio: stephfc.com 
@tamekafryerbrown.bsky.social @tamekafryerbrown.bsky.social 
Theispot Illustration Directory @theispot.bsky.social An illustration directory that hosts top illustrators and premium stock images for editorial, publishing, and advertising markets
🆕 1-on-1 mentorships for illustrators looking for guidance ⤵
www.theispot.com/mentorship
Alex Falcone @alexfalconeart.bsky.social ✂️ Paper Artist
🐟 She/Her
💖 Always tired
🌵 linktr.ee/alexfalconeart
💥 used to work in the anim industry before if blew up lol
David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social Blue Peter Book of the Year winner. Writes for children and adults, 70+ books translated into more than 30 languages. Occasional ghost. Agent: Penny Holroyde at Holroyde-Cartey.
davidlong.info
Sarah Beck (she/her) @sarahgbeck.bsky.social I make picture books that lovingly undermine the status quo.
TAROT DECK MESS & MY FIRST TAROT (‘23)
MAGIC CHILD ('25)
🧹📚🥄 www.sarahgbeck.com
http://www.Linktr.ee/9_of_wands
#12x12PB
Rep: Natascha Morris
Molly McIntyre @brooklynrabbit.bsky.social Brooklyn-based cut paper artist and illustrator entering the #kidlit world. Lives in small spaces with wild boys. Maker of books that accept the shadow self.
mollymcintyre.com
Heather Davulcu @whereheathergrows.bsky.social She/Her /Fighting Fascism in my Fifties / Documenting Life https://youtube.com/@whereheathergrows?si=tYSpDL2u0VkPJ7Mf
Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social 🌟 2025 #PBRisingStars Mentee
🎨 #kidlit author-illustrator
📚 Former children's bookseller and school librarian
😴 Current tired mom
🤓 Self-taught and still self-teaching
Represented by Marissa Brown at Pippin Properties
brookebaum.com
Ashley Sierra @ashleysierra06.bsky.social #PB Writer| 2024 Twice #Halloweensie Honorable Mention| 2024 #KidlitChuckleChallenge WINNER| 2024 #50PreciousWords WINNER | 2024 #Valentiny WINNER | 2024 #KidsChoiceKidLitWritingContest Honorable Mention
Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social STEM Advocate|Picture Book Author|Retired Educator|Proud mom of 3 sons|Married to super guy|Packers Fan|Rep’d by @LitAgentKatieM.bsky.social
collazocove.com
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
Becky Hohensee @bhohensee.bsky.social #PB Writer, former social worker, literacy advocate & cake enthusiast
#SCBWI
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.
David Daily @daviddaily.bsky.social Writer (PB, MG) | rep’d by Elena Giovinazzo
Entrepreneur, salty snack aficionado, outdoor & travel enthusiast, grumpy runner, skilled in cookery, made in Minneapolis | MN
Cynthia Mackey, Butterfly Sea, out now! @booksbycindy.bsky.social Poet, Picture Book author, and Nature educator. IF A BUMBLE BEE LANDS ON YOUR TOE, Picnic Heist. BUTTERFLY SEA is available for pre-order with Tielmour Press, #SCBWI #Edusky #CANSCAIP #CWILLBC
🦋 🐝 🍃
www.booksbycindy.com
https://linktr.ee/Cynthiamackey
DA Children's Book Agency @da-childrens.bsky.social Your words, our passion! ✨ We are Clare Wallace, Becca Langton, Kristina Egan, Lorna Hemingway, Lucy Irvine, Chloe Davis, Kat Lenahan and Maleeha Mir
http://www.darleyandersonchildrens.com
Sojung Kim-McCarthy @creativesojung.bsky.social Author-illustrator 🇰🇷🇬🇧 She/her
Agent: @agenthawk.bsky.social
My PB debut: BINNA’S DALGONA (2025)
tinyurl.com/3m7bpcd3
instagram.com/creativesojung
sojungkimmccarthy.art
sojungkimmccarthy@gmail.com
Paula Henson @paulahenson.bsky.social Award-winning author of WHO NEEDS A FOREST FIRE #NautilusAward #SkippingStoneAward #IndieExcellenceAward #middlegrade #nonfictionkids #picturebooks #educator #kidlit #12x12 www.paulahenson.com www.terrabellabooks.com
Lenny Wen @lennywendraws.bsky.social Children's books author-illustrator
🌶️Spicy Spicy Hot! (LBYR)
👻Wolfgang in the Meadow (Clarion)
🐭Pippo's Perfectly Peculiar Days (Clarion)
✏️Sister Scribbles (Viking)
Represented by Christy Ewers @thecatagency.bsky.social
www.lennywen.com/links
Nancy So Miller @nmillerillo.bsky.social #Korean American #Kidlit #Illustrator, #Edusky #Author, and #ArtEd (K-8). Author/Illustrator SUN, MOON, AND STAR Holiday House Spring 2026 💫
www.nmillerillustration.com
E. L. Shen @elshenwrites.bsky.social I write about flawed Asian girls | author of The Queens of New York, Maybe It's a Sign, and The Comeback | she/her | elshenwrites.com
Elizabeth Lee @eleereads.bsky.social Senior editor at Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers | moonlighting as @elshenwrites.bsky.social | she/her
Sarah Green @sarah-green.bsky.social 🌸 SF / Vancouver 🌸
🌱 illustration & painting & knitting 🌱
✨ mostly picture books ✨
🍄 assistant prof in illustration at emily carr 🍄
🦋 book inquiries: wendi@hgliterary.com 🦋
🧶 https://sarahgreenillustration.com 🧶
Ellie Garvey Studios @elliegarveystudios.bsky.social Indianapolis-based picture book artist, 2024-2025 RSA fellow, 2022-2023 CRAF fellow, mother, carpooler, joy-seeker <3
Helena Juhasz @helenajuhasz.bsky.social Artist. Illustrator. Author.
https://www.helenajuhaszillustration.com
Proudly represented by @theliterarylongs from @t2agency
#KidLitArt
#KidLitArtist
#illustration
#graphicnovelist
#SCBWI member since 2011
Alina Manolache @alpacasbookshelf.bsky.social I'm Alina and I like alpacas🦙
romanian children's book illustrator
available for new projects
🚫 No AI
Portfolio: alpacasbookshelf.com- S @sadillustrations.bsky.social @sadillustrations.bsky.social
Shannon Atwater @skatwater.bsky.social New Orleans Based Illustrator and Author 📚
Mardi Gras Enthusiast 💜💚💛
www.shannonkelleyatwater.com
Kent Culotta @kentculotta.bsky.social Artist●Illustrator●Animator
Juanita Londoño | Kidlit Illustrator @juanitalondo8o.bsky.social 🩷Rep’d by Robyn Newton at @the_bright_agency
🌼Clients: HarperCollins, Simon and Schuster, Quarto, Familius, Target
🖍️Domestika course
Maria Mola @mariamola.bsky.social Artist
rosita colores @rositacolores.bsky.social illustrator ✿ ✿ ✿
🌐 www.rositacolores.com
#childrenbookillustration #kidlitart
Deborah Paquette @deborahpaquette.bsky.social Picture-book author/illustrator. #SCBWI Canada West Co-ARA.
deborahpaquette@shaw.ca
deborahpaquette.com
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
Christine Almeda ✏️ @eychristine.bsky.social illustrator 🇵🇭 I DANCE (Holiday House ‘25), I TUCK IN MY TRUCK (Holiday House ‘26)
📚 rep’d by Full Circle Literary
available for freelance!
https://www.christinealmeda.com/links
nala khan ✩ @nalakhan.bsky.social ✎ Author • Illustrator • Menace
☼ Rep: @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social
⟡ www.nalakhan.com
* Debut PB coming 2027+2028 via Scholastic! *
Sydney J. Stone @sydleys.bsky.social Critter connoisseur and lover of breakfast food.
✏️ Kidlit Illustrator | Spooky and Fantastical
💁♀️ Rep’d by @kellydhouse.bsky.social
📚 SCBWI Carolinas
IG 📷: instagram.com/sydleys
Portfolio 📁: sydneyjstone.com
Mathias Ball+ﾟ*｡:ﾟ+ | illustrator open for work 🍊 @mathiasball.bsky.social ✧ Illustrator available for freelance work ✨
✧ Shop: @Sulkypup 🌿
✧ Repped by Natascha Morris @ The Tobias Literary Agency
-
they/them or he/him
https://www.mathiasball.com/
JasonHendrickson.com @jasonhendr.bsky.social Definitely not a cryptid pretending to be human or anything.
KidLit Author, Illustrator, Designer. JasonHendrickson.com
Janine Le @janinele.bsky.social Founder & Agent at Janine Le Literary Agency. Found outdoors or in a book.
janinele.com
Michelle S. Kennedy - Children's Picture Book Writer and Poet @michelleskennedy.bsky.social https://www.michelleskennedy.com/
https://x.com/MichelleSKenned
#PBWriter. Wife & mom. Loves Jesus. #SCBWI Southern Breeze Co-Asst. Regional Advisor, #12x12, #PBParty Finalist '24, '23, & '22 and #50PreciousWords HM '26, 25 and '23.
Melissa Zurca-Ng @melissazurcang.com 🎨 Kidlit Illustrator
✨Seeking Representation
🧘🏻♀️Yogi
🤯Mom
Website 👉 melissazurcang.com
Anne Awh @anneawh.com #Kidlid Author/Illustrator seeking representation. Author/Illustrator seeking representation, urban gardener, knitter, loud laugher, cat spoiler.
@sbhilarion.bsky.social @sbhilarion.bsky.social 
Paulina Suárez @pauillustration.bsky.social Ilustradora // Illustrator 🇲🇽 #Illustrator
www.paulinasuarez.com
Prints & Art for sale, DM
IG: @pauillustration 
Andy Salinas Aceves @andylozano.com Animator and Illustrator from Kansas City!
Regional Advisor for KsMo SCBWI
Trying out new socials
Paul O. Zelinsky @paulozelinsky.com children's book illustrator, sometime author. Obsessive doodler. Website https://www.paulozelinsky.com
Abby Bill @abbybillart.bsky.social She/her Northern Indiana Artist, educator, and plant enthusiast
Cincinnati Magazine @cincymag.cincinnatimagazine.com We're a monthly magazine bringing you stories you care about: arts, style, food, and what's happening in Cincinnati since 1967.
Joelle Gebhardt @joellegebhardt.bsky.social 🇨🇦🇩🇪 #kidlit author and illustrator
Rep’d by Ammi-Joan Paquette
www.joellegebhardt.com
Andrea Liebe @andrealiebe.bsky.social Illustrator 
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
@jamesfigment.bsky.social @jamesfigment.bsky.social 
Sayani Mukherjee @sayanikoyelartist.bsky.social KidLitArtist, Childrenbook Illustrator
Dublin
Represented by The Plum Agency
Member of Illustrators Ireland
Website:
https://linktr.ee/Sayanikoyelartistic
Ellis Woolley @elliswoolley.bsky.social Woodland enthusiast & whimsy addict ✨
www.EllisWoolley.co.uk
Rachel Devlin @racheldevlinart.bsky.social Irish Illustrator, designer-maker & eternal optimist 🌞 Obsessed with flowers, colour, history, ghosts, nature + small things 🪲🐞🌿
📍 N. Ireland
MirvSolPainter @sol-eck.bsky.social A full-time artist, co-founder IndyLatinaArtist in Indiana. I make stylized, recognizable art,
in bright colors and at times in dramatic grays.
@matthewdidit.bsky.social @matthewdidit.bsky.social Author/Illustrator of kid’s books: THE PLANT RESCUER @holidayhousebks, 🏳️🌈, museum exhibit designer, bunny dad, part coffee/part nachos, PDX
Katrin Meiller @katrinmeiller.bsky.social Mixed media illustrator from Germany in love with characters and plants. www.katrinmeiller.com
Yves Kervoelen @yveskervoelen.bsky.social Stationary with architecture illustrations and aspiring #kidlit illustrator represented by @illu_literaturagentur_arteaga
©2025 Yves Kervoelen - www.yveskervoelen.xyz
https://campsite.bio/yveskervoelen
Song of Amazon Sitchery & Such @songofamazon.bsky.social Jenna (she/her)
A Minnesotan in Yokohama
Expect costumes, crafts, books, travel, and other such shenanigans
Sailor Moon, Star Wars, and Dragon Age Enthusiast
Anna Wilson @abottlefullofrain.bsky.social Illustrator of children's books.
Artist. Lover of light and atmosphere, snow, wind and tea.
Rep'd Jodie Hodges, United Agents
https://www.annawilsonink.com/
https://www.instagram.com/abottlefullofrain/ 
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
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
Abby Jo Elle @abbyjoelle-art.bsky.social nerdy + nature inspired pottery [mostly animals, anime, and horror 💅🏻]
love + liberation driven 🍉💚
https://linktr.ee/abbyjoelleart
Kaz Windness she/her @kazwindness.bsky.social •📕Out now: WORM AND BUTTERFLY (S&S)
•📘Out soon!: TIME TRAVELING CHICKENS (S&S)
•📚Check out: “When You Love a Book” (PRH)
Award-Winning Children’s Book Author-Artist, Art Professor, Autistic-ADHD 🌈📚Books, Classes, Social Media: linktr.ee/KazWindness
Katie Wray Schon @katiewrayschon.bsky.social Book lover, mother, kidlit author & illustrator. Rep’d by Jennifer Mattson @ ABLA
www.katiewrayschon.com
Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social 🌈 Creative Development Director at Barefoot Books 👣
📍Arby's on McKnight Road
Strips of Light @stripsoflight.bsky.social Paper cutting artist | she/her | looking at everything wondering if it could be turned into paper art
✨️ Shop: stripsoflight.etsy.com
✨️ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/stripsoflight
✨️ Socials and more: linktr.ee/stripsoflight
Katy Lengacher @palebluekaty.bsky.social 📸 photographer. artist. activist. humanist. 🖤
let’s make the world a little softer 💫🍉🌈
James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social ALA Geisel Award winning Brooklyn based Korean American Illustrator/Author.
IG: https://www.instagram.com/yangblog/
Web: https://www.jamesyang.com
Books: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2143640/james-y
Lee & Low Books @leeandlow.bsky.social Independent, POC-owned children's book publisher specializing in diversity since 1991. © 2026 Lee & Low Books.
Serineh Eliasian @seelillustrations.bsky.social ✨Kidlit illustrator and storyteller
✨Portfolio: www.serineheliasian.com
Yusuke Watanabe @artofyusuke.bsky.social *Available for work*
Children’s Book Author/Illustrator
TURTLE ON THE TARMAC(Abrams '27)
Rep’d by @jemiscoe.bsky.social
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/art_yusuke/
Portfolio: https://yusukewatanabe.com/