Cecil Castellucci @misscecil.bsky.social Author Comics, Novels and Librettos. Currently in Canada.
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Kemi Ashing-Giwa @kashinggiwa.bsky.social Writer, grad student, amateur kazooist (she/they)
The Splinter in the Sky (2023), This World Is Not Yours (2024), The King Must Die (2025), assorted short stories, and some other stuff
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Jodi Meadows @jodimeadows.bsky.social NYT bestselling author. Yarn enthusiast. Cat person.
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Alex White @alexwhite.bsky.social Novelist: The Salvagers Trilogy, The Starmetal Symphony, Every Mountain Made Low, Alien and Star Trek
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
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Sylvia Liu @sylvialiu.bsky.social MG author who loves oceans, kraken, cephalopods | new MG: ⚽️ STEALING THE SCORE (World Cup mystery)| next: 🐕 NOW THAT WE DON’T TALK| sci-fi: 🦀 HANA HSU AND THE GHOST CRAB NATION | co-run Kidlit411 | website: enjoyingplanetearth.com
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Liselle Sambury @lisellesambury.bsky.social Author of the Blood Like Duology & Delicious Monsters
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Randy Ribay @randyribay.bsky.social YA author. 2x National Book Award Nominee. Printz Award co-winner. APALA award winner. PATRON SAINTS OF NOTHING, EVERYTHING WE NEVER HAD, THE RECKONING OF ROKU, + more.
Manuia Heinrich @heinrichmanuia.bsky.social Mā’ohi author of SALT WATER BLOOD (Simon & Schuster - Allen & Unwin '26) 🏝️ Doctor in Pacific Studies & Cofounder Pacific Islanders in Publishing • Rep: @marintakikawa.bsky.social 🌺 manuiaheinrich.com GR: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222438787-sa
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BLACK GIRL POWER out now! 💕
BREE BOYD IS A LEGEND out 3.4.25 ✨
Angie Thomas @angiethomas.bsky.social #1 NYT Bestselling author - The Hate U Give, Concrete Rose, etc. On the Come Up streaming on Paramount+ . Nic Blake and The Remarkables out now!
Tracey Baptiste @traceybaptiste.bsky.social Author. Educator.
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Black By Popular Demand: https://kwamembalia.substack.com
kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social Dragon, Lodestar, & Lambda Award Finalist. Bestselling author of SO LET THEM BURN (2024), THIS ENDS IN EMBERS (2025), AN ARCANE INHERITANCE (2025), WICKED ENDEAVORS (2026), & HEIR UNDYING (2027) | she/her 🇯🇲
LeVar Burton @levarburton.bsky.social Kunta, Geordi, Reading Rainbow guy. Flies twice as high… #bydhttmwfi
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Felicity @flossaus.bsky.social Professional publishing (PYR) & social media person (PenguinTeen) 🙋🏻♀️
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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.
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Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social Award-winning middle grade author. What Fell From the Sky and Rancho Espanto paperback out now! she/her 🇨🇺 Runs on pastelitos and BTS.
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All things TV, movies, books, sci-fi, theatre, & theology.
Los Angeles / Austin
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Cynthia Leitich Smith (Native Books for Young Readers & More) @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social children's-YA author, Heartdrum imprint curator, little free library steward, dog mom
Kiersten White @kierstenwhite.bsky.social #1 New York Times bestselling, Bram Stoker Award-winning tortoise owner
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Karen M. McManus @writerkmc.bsky.social #1 NYT and international bestselling author of the ONE OF US IS LYING series & other young adult mysteries. Latest: SUCH CHARMING LIARS. Will keep you up too late.
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ADAM SILVERA @adamsilvera.bsky.social Tall for no reason + #1 New York Times bestselling author of THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END
R. O. Kwon 권오경 @rokwon.bsky.social nationally bestselling novels Exhibit & The Incendiaries • co-edited Kink • Lambda Literary Prize
www.ro-kwon.com
emery lord @emerylord.bsky.social noticin the days, hurrying by
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Francesca Zappia @chessiezappia.bsky.social Award-winning author of YA books including ELIZA AND HER MONSTERS. Ace & autistic tall girl. Repped by Louise Fury. Video games, sometimes cosplay, and Magic:The Gathering
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farah naz rishi 🐦⬛ @farahnazrishi.bsky.social philly-based author, audie & sovas nominated voice actor, miserable pile of secrets ✨
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Traci Chee @tracichee.bsky.social NYT best-selling & award-winning author of THE READER, WE ARE NOT FREE, 1000 STEPS INTO NIGHT & KINDLING 🔥 WCYA faculty at the Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing at UNR (she/her)
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Swati Teerdhala @swatiteerdhala.bsky.social Writer of swoon-worthy fantasy and romance novels.
🔜 Maya in Multicolor
📚 Author of The Tiger at Midnight trilogy and The Boyfriend Wish
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Michelle Ye Hee Lee @myhlee.bsky.social Covering Asia at The Washington Post. Mom to two needy cats & a rambunctious golden retriever. michelle.lee@washpost.com
Saraciea J. Fennell @sj-fennell.bsky.social 
Misa Sugiura @misa-sugiura.bsky.social Award-winning author of YA contemporary novels and a MG fantasy trilogy about Japanese gods and monsters.
Preorder MOMO ARASHIMA DUELS THE QUEEN OF DEATH today!
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gina chen! @actualgina.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of VIOLET MADE OF THORNS & short stories • YA, SFF, fairy tales, romance • fandom hopper • https://actualgina.com/books
Graci Kim @gracikim.bsky.social New York Times bestselling author of MG books | The Last Fallen Star + Moon + Realm | DREAMSLINGER coming April 2025 | www.gracikim.com
Soumi Roy🏳️🌈🇮🇳 in 🇰🇷 @soumiroy1.bsky.social Author. Artist.
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These Bodies Ain't Broken (Page Street 2025), Being Aro (Page Street, 2026)
Nidhi Chanani @nidhiart.bsky.social Bestselling author (!!)
📚PASHMINA, SUPER BOBA CAFÉ, JUKEBOX, STRONG, SHARK PRINCESS, I WILL BE FIERCE and more
Rep Jodi Reamer at Writers House
Shveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com Desi mythopoetess. Author of Nebula Award finalist STAR DAUGHTER, THE DREAM RUNNERS, and DIVINING THE LEAVES. Also INTO THE MOON GARDEN (Audible).
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@sarahgerton.bsky.social @sarahgerton.bsky.social 
Gene Luen Yang @geneluenyang.bsky.social Cartoonist and Comic Book Writer
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🐢Secret Coders
🗡Books of Clash
🦸🏻♂️Superman Smashes the Klan
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🐵Monkey Prince
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Phil Yu @angryasianman.bsky.social Angry Asian Man. RISE: A Pop History of Asian America From the Nineties to Now. They Call Us Bruce. All The Asians On Star Trek. Stay Angry. angryasianman.com
Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social Novelist and essayist, most recently author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He/him. alexanderchee.net
Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social Asian American feminism and racial justice. Blogging since 2002. I like pangolins.
Danielle Paige @daniellepaige.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Writer of Books, Comics and Television. Known for #dorothymustdie. #dccomics #archiecomics #guidinglight #stealingsnow #theravens. my latest is #wishofthewicked. And just lucky to be on staff @ CBS' brand new soap #beyondthegates
Hannah Ban @hannahban.bsky.social MG writer | VCFA WCYA '24
Jandy Nelson @jandynelson.bsky.social NY Times Bestselling author of the novels When the World Tips Over, I'll Give You the Sun, and The Sky Is Everywhere. 
Roseanne A. Brown @rosiesrambles.bsky.social New York Times Bestselling author of A SONG OF WRAITHS AND RUIN + more. Just another new social media profile hahahahaa :') 🇬🇭
Intersectional Papi @julianthepoet.bsky.social Julian Randall
Author of REFUSE | PILAR RAMIREZ | THE DEAD DON'T NEED REMINDING & THE CHAINBREAKERS
Chicago
Sofía Lapuente Jarrod Shusterman @sofiandjarrod.bsky.social 
Sarah Dass @sarahdasswrites.bsky.social 🇹🇹 author of WHERE THE RHYTHM TAKES YOU and IT WAITS IN THE FOREST | Agent: Wendi Gu | https://linktr.ee/sarahdassauthor
泛依婷 Stefany Valentine @booksbystefany.bsky.social I write books⤵️
FIRST LOVE LANGUAGE (Out now!)
WHEN WE BECOME OURS (Out now!)
LOVE MAKES MOCHI (Feb, 2026)
ann zhao @annzhao.bsky.social indie bestselling author of DEAR WENDY, library worker, and owner of two build-a-bear axolotls. (she/her)
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박사라 Sarah Park Dahlen @readingspark.bsky.social Associate Professor iSchool University of Illinois; Asian American Youth Lit; Asian American Studies; Critical Adoption Studies; RDYL co-editor #VeryKorean #VeryAsian sarahpark.com
Cover art: Nancy So Miller
Agent: Tricia Toney Lawrence (Aevitas CM)
rebecca kuss @rebeccakuss.bsky.social senior romance editor at bloom books/sourcebooks
Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social Writer of books, drinker of tears! Carnegie nominated, Locus and Nebula shortlisted. LONG LIVE EVIL, a portal fantasy in which the villains unionise, is my #1 Sunday Times & USA Today bestselling adult fantasy debut. She/her
Maurene Goo @maurenegoo.bsky.social Writer!
Xiran Jay Zhao @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social #1 New-York-Times-Disqualified & Hugo-Award-disqualified author of IRON WIDOW and ZACHARY YING AND THE DRAGON EMPEROR (They/Them)
Karen Strong @karenmusings.bsky.social Speculative fiction author. Avid reader. Public library aficionado. Southern Book Prize and Ignyte award finalist. She/Her.
https://www.karen-strong.com
Min Jin Lee @minjinlee.bsky.social New York State Author Laureate 2025-2027. Writer. New Yorker. Late Bloomer.
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💖”don’t you want your heart eaten?”💖
Anne Ursu @anneursu.bsky.social I write books, herd cats, and mostly stay under the bed. Latest release: Not Quite a Ghost. Minneapolis, always.
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Marietta B Zacker @agentzacker.bsky.social Book enthusiast & champion, agent at Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency
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Erin Casey Westin @erincaseywestin.bsky.social She/her
Associate Agent at Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency
Open to queries from the 1st-7th of each month.
www.erincaseywestin.com / www.galltzacker.com
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Rick Riordan @rickriordan.bsky.social Author of Percy Jackson and many other books.
justin a. reynolds @andthisjustin.bsky.social MILES MORALES (@Marvel + @Scholastic) EARLY
DEPARTURES + SHOT CLOCK (@KTegenBooks)
•HOUSE PARTY (@JoyRevBooks) •IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD & I'M IN MY BATHING SUIT (@Scholastic)
Linsey Miller will see y'all at Armadillo Con 2027 @linseymiller.bsky.social award-losing author of dark fantasy novels & the Disney princes series
(she/her)
🔗 linseymiller.com/links
Sara Holland @sara-holland.bsky.social NYT-bestselling author of EVERLESS, HAVENFALL, and BREAK WIDE THE SEA 🐋
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Shanna "Read Black Fantasy" Miles @srmilesauthor.bsky.social Writer. Librarian. Rep'd by the extraordinary @johnmcusick at
@foliojr Latest title: #THERISEOFISSAIGWE
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social What Do People Do at the Science Museum (illus Qin Leng, 8.26)
Bathtime for Snow Monkeys (illus Yas Imamura,10.26)
Profile pic by Yas Imamura
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Asian Author Alliance @asianauthors.bsky.social Author-run group to celebrate Asian Kidlit & the diversity of stories that originate from the Asian Continent and books by Asian authors! #AsianAuthors
Vicki Lame @thedaysbetween.bsky.social Executive Editor, St. Martin’s Publishing Group / Wednesday Books / Saturday Books. Books about Big Feelings. Opinions Mine. She/her. Not here as often as you think.
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app I wrote #TheDarkFantastic. Aspiring YA fantasy author; newbie YouTuber. Professor and grad program chair; Auntie PhD. 🔺1913, OES⭐️, Rattler🧡🐍, Wolverine💛💙. Detroit vs Everybody. Linktree: Ebonyteach.
Alexandra Bracken @alexbracken.bsky.social Author LORE, THE DARKEST MINDS, and SILVER IN THE BONE (out now)