Jeffrey Goldberg @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social Editor in chief, The Atlantic. Moderator, Washington Week with The Atlantic, on PBS.
The Atlantic @theatlantic.com Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social Bestselling author. 2-time Bram Stoker Award winner. Ray Bradbury's authorized biographer. Posting about writing, music, pop culture, books, and beyond. Latest book—DARK BLACK (Hat & Beard Press, 2020).
www.samweller.net
Melissa Guerrette @msguerrette.bsky.social Gr. 5 teacher. NBCT. 2021 Oxford County TOY. Reader. Writer. Lucky Aunt. Creator of educator support materials and graphic design on the side.
John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social Librarian. NYT Bestselling Author. | LOUDER THAN HUNGER, RUTHIE ROSE’S BIG IDEA, THE GIFT OF STORY, THIS IS A SCHOOL, THIS IS A STORY | Agent: Molly O'Neill
Donalyn Miller @donalynbooks.bsky.social I’m a TX teacher and author of books about engaging young people with reading. Co-founder #nerdybookclub. Founder #bookaday. Regular posts at donalynmiller.substack.com
Jillian Heise @heisereads.bsky.social {Hi-Z} | 2026 Caldecott Committee | Elementary Librarian | MLIS | Former 7/8 ELA Teacher | NBCT | #ClassroomBookADay founder | she/her | *views are personal & do not represent my employer
https://campsite.bio/heisereads
heisereads.com
classroombookaday.com
Betsy Bird @fuse8.bsky.social Blog about kids books? You bet (A Fuse #8 Production). Library degree? You know it. Books for kids? Seven. Books for adults about kidlit? Two. Podcasts about kids books? One (Fuse 8 n’ Kate). Having fun! https://afuse8production.slj.com
Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social All things TeachingWithComics.com Eisner Nominated Author. Presenter. Teacher. Husband. Dad. Nerd.
Jen Roberts, NBCT @jen.litandtech.com English Teacher, Author, Speaker,
Google for Education Innovator, Adobe Creative Educator Innovator, CUE Outstanding Educator ‘22, Edutopia author.
http://www.litandtech.com
#edtech #EDUsky #EduSkyAI #NBCT #iTeachEnglish #GooogleEdu #CUEmunity #AIinedu
Amanda Hunt @thenextgenlib.bsky.social TheNextGenLibrarian is a TX HS librarian who reads 1 📖 a day, loves #edtech, presenting & being a LIBRARIAN!
#TLsky #edusky #skybrarians #Skybrarian
www.thenextgenlibrarian.com
bit.ly/TheNextGenLibrarianBioLink
bit.ly/TheNextGenLitSociety
Pernille Schmidt Ripp @pernille.bsky.social Global educator living her best life, mom, writer, speaker, creator of the Global Read Aloud and always in search of a great book and a cup of tea. Now a primary teacher ❤️ in DK 🇩🇰 Used to be a teacher in Wisconsin, 🇺🇸
Becky Calzada @becalzada.bsky.social TX Educator, Library Coordinator, Presenter, Reader, #FReadomFighter, Immediate Past President AASL | Opinions shared are solely my own
NJASL: NJ Assoc. of School Librarians (It's "En-JAY-sul"!) @njasl.bsky.social This is the (currently) unofficial account of the New Jersey Association of School Librarians. We advocate high standards for librarianship & library media programs in NJ schools to ensure students & staff are effective users & producers of info.
Kathy Ishizuka @kishizuka.bsky.social Third generation JA; Master Gardener
Priors: Editor in Chief, School Library Journal, Partnerships & Innovation Director, SLJ & LJ
TX FReadom Fighters @freadomfighters.bsky.social We believe in the right to read. We support #FReadom. Website link: https://www.txfreadomfighters.us/
Brent Gilson-Lifting Literacy @mrbgilson.bsky.social English teacher-Comic Fan-Lifter of Heavy things-Hype man for awesome teachers. “One of the few qualified…” still makes me laugh. Thanks nemesis for that gift.
Tom Bober @captainlibrary.bsky.social Librarian Speaker Writer. LJ Mover&Shaker. Fmr @librarycongress Teacher in Residence. ALA Emerg Ldr. '19 Caldecott Comm. Podcaster. @Maslonline Past President.
School Librarian @tiffreads.bsky.social School librarian and mom running on iced coffee and audiobooks. 17-at-heart. She/her.
QuietLibrarian @quietlibrarian.bsky.social She/her Wife, School Librarian (15+ years), Dog mom (Deja), French language learner, Flute player, Runner (13.1x61; 26.2x4), MLB stadium chaser (16 current, 8 past)
Located in WNY
https://linktr.ee/kmpierce5
Crystal Brunelle @librarygrl2.bsky.social I’m an elementary teacher librarian, avid reader, tea drinker, and co-founder/YA blogger at Rich in Color http://richincolor.com/. I also post on a personal blog readingtl.blogspot.com & Storygraph at crystalreading. (she/her)
#kidlit #ethnicstudies
Kristen Picone @kpteach5.bsky.social Mom, 5th grade ELA/SS teacher, nErDCampLI organizer, book lover 
Marcie Flinchum Atkins @marciefatkins.bsky.social Librarian | Hollins gal (MA/MFA) | Poet | PB & YA Author | Wait, Rest, Pause (2019) One Step Forward (2025) When Twilight Comes (2026) | Rep: Carter Hasegawa at Tugeau2
www.marcieatkins.com
https://linktr.ee/marciefatkins
CT Association of School Librarians (CASL) @ctcasl.bsky.social Connecticut Association of School Librarians
Texas Freedom to Read Project @txfreedomread.bsky.social Parent-founded. Parent-led. Defending the right to read & supporting the fight against book bans in our public schools & communities.
Join us: www.txftrp.org/petition
📍Texas, USA
Megan Frazer Blakemore @megbmore.bsky.social Reader and writer of books for kids.
Jason Lewis @jasontes5th.bsky.social 5th grade ELA teacher, Avid Reader, Book Collector, NCBLA, #Nerdybookclub, Member of @NerdcampNNE committee! A big fan of all Boston sports teams!
Rebecca Sofferman @sofferbrarian.bsky.social Middle school librarian. Former president of the VT School Library Association. Proud Vermonter, She/her. My opinions are my own.
Kelly Shipman @shipmank2.bsky.social Hey y’all from Memphis! I’m a 56 year old elementary librarian who loves to sing and act, and whose blood runs Memphis Tiger blue!
@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social Teacher-Librarian, K-5
Hands-on STEAM; kidlit fanboy; love graphic novels; inclusive col’n; he/him.
Co-host of The Sartorial Librarians Podcast.
@sartoriallibrary.bsky.social
Spotify: spoti.fi/3ANgYge
Apple: apple.co/4e4mM3h
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The Sartorial Librarians Podcast @sartoriallibrary.bsky.social Join @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social and @paulvinelli.bsky.social for celebrations of picture books & librarian fashion.
Apple: https://apple.co/4e4mM3h
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Rachel G. Payne (she/they) @rpayne.bsky.social Early literacy librarian, SLJ columnist, Horn Book board book reviewer, play advocate, and debut author of Let's Rumble from Rise x Penguin Workshop (July 2025). Rep: Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown Lit.
She/they
RachelGPayne.com
Mrs.PReads @mrs-p-reads.bsky.social 💜special educator
🩵boy mama x2
🩷equity chair of my local teachers union
💜literacy advocate
🩵ARC reviewer
🩷book dragon
💜reviewer for Biblionasium
🩵🌈ally
🩷NO book bans! fREADom for all
🩵neurodivergent family
Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social Not actually Batgirl.
If this account were a book, it would be a spicy, queer manifesto with a side of sarcastic footnotes and a oatmilk Earl Grey latte with lavender syrup.
🖖🏻 #SussexSquad #KHive #Librarian
Cody Fulmer @cfulmer.bsky.social English Language Arts Teacher.
@cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social @cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social she/her/us
Blogger. Educator. Librarian. Growing things and telling gma jokes.
None of us is free until all of us is free.
blogs: Pearl's & Ruby's https://pearlsandrubys.slj.com/
Black Cotton Reviews https://blackcottonreviewers.com/
Meg Lewitin @mlewitin.bsky.social Mom, third grade teacher in Oceanside, NY, book nerd, she/her, proud member of #BookAllies 😀📚
Shaunna MacDonald @mrsmacdonald.bsky.social (She/her) District Teacher Librarian Helping Teacher in Surrey School District, BC #sd36tl #sd36learn. Avid #MGLit reader. Passionate about #ReadingJoy. #TLsky #BCTLA 📚 #EduSky #SurreySchools #CDNSchoolLibraries
AussieCanadian 🇦🇺🇨🇦
Katherine Sokolowski @katsokreads.bsky.social Seventh grade teacher by day, romance author Kat Ryan by night. Working to be a positive influence in my little corner of the world.
Education blog:
http://readwriteandreflect.blogspot.com
Romance author website
https://katryanwrites.com
Katy Manck, MLS SLMSC @booksyalove.bsky.social Reader, gardener, indep book reviewer- https://BooksYALove.com. All kids need school libraries & librarians! IASL Past-President.
Erica S. Perl @ericaperl.bsky.social Author. Artist. Avowed woozler of dogs & guinea pigs.
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)
Barbara O'Connor @barbaraoconnor.bsky.social Children's writer, books including How to Steal a Dog and the NYT bestseller WISH
www.barbaraoconnor.com
Elizabeth Wein @ewein2412.bsky.social author of Code Name Verity and major procrastinator- K Kimberly Brubaker Bradley @kimbbbradley.bsky.social Writer. Co-founder of Appalachian Literacy Initiative. Passionately believe that truthful books save lives.
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
Erin Soderberg Downing @erindowning.bsky.social Author of many fun books about finding your voice, finding your people, finding yourself.
nicole d. collier (harp) @essentialcoco.bsky.social ✨ developmental editor & book coach | novelist for young readers | professional daydreamer ✨
www.nicoledcollier.com
www.cocostudio.com
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.
https://linktr.ee/adriannacuevas
Melissa Thom @msthombookitis.bsky.social MS Teacher Librarian; ALA/AASL/NCTE; LJ Mover & Shaker; Nerdy Book Girl; #Bookposse; Joyful Learning Podcast Co-Creator @JoyfulLearnPod #JoyfulMaking = Etsy Shop full of #LiteracyInspiredCrafts
Meg Eden Kuyatt @medenkuyatt.bsky.social Author of GOOD DIFFERENT & THE GIRL IN THE WALLS @Scholastic
Christ-follower #Actuallyautistic #2023Debuts #MGin23
rep'd by @laurenspieller.bsky.social
http://www.megedenbooks.com/
Anica Mrose Rissi @anicarissi.bsky.social Author of books for kids & teens · Fan of dogs & ice cream · Faculty at VCFA WCYA
Most recent book: GIRL REFLECTED IN KNIFE (2026)
⭐️ "Breathless, mesmerizing." --Kirkus, starred review
https://anicarissi.com/
https://thisistheeavesdrop.com/
Jennifer Rummel @yabooknerd.bsky.social Children's Librarian, Young Adult Librarian, a lover of books, book blogger, writer, and book reviewer.
She/Her
https://linktr.ee/YABookNerd
Ann Braden (she/her) @annbraden.bsky.social MG author of THE BENEFITS OF BEING AN OCTOPUS, FLIGHT OF THE PUFFIN, OPINIONS & OPOSSUMS.... just released: INTO THE RAPIDS
Former middle school teacher.
Southern Vermont.
Rep'd by Tricia Lawrence
https://linktr.ee/annbraden
Alysa Wishingrad @alysawishingrad.bsky.social Author of fantastical novels for adventurous readers: The Verdigris Pawn (JLG), Between Monsters and Marvels (SLJ ⭐️)
Rep: @litagentmarini @highlineliterary
#mgauthorcade
https://linktr.ee/Agw408
Dana Kramaroff @danakramaroff.bsky.social Mom, 2nd grade teacher, and middle grade author of THE DO MORE CLUB (Penguin Random House - Rocky Pond Books) 💛💛💛
Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social Award-winning author of middle grade novels like TEAR THIS DOWN, UNSTUCK, MAYBE HE JUST LIKES YOU, and VIOLETS ARE BLUE.
Lindsay Currie @lindsayncurrie.bsky.social New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of mysteries for young readers. Newest title: THE MYSTERY OF LOCKED ROOMS 🗝️
Danielle Joseph @daniellejoseph.bsky.social PB, MG & YA Author. #kidlit
Ruth First Never Backed Down, I Want to Ride the Tap Tap, Shrinking Violet (Disney's Radio Rebel) & more.
Up next: The Mitzvah Fairy (2.4.25)!
Rep: Allison Remcheck at Stimola
www.daniellejoseph.com
Kerry O’Malley Cerra: author 🤟🏼 @kerryomalleycerra.bsky.social Author of JUST A DROP OF WATER, HEAR ME, & MAKE A LITTLE WAVE. Coming soon: NF PB The Gallaudet Eleven: The Story of NASA’s Deaf Bioastronauts (Little, Brown ‘26) “Retired” high school librarian #deaf
R.M. Romero @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social 🌊 THE TEAR COLLECTOR (LYBR)
🧜🏻♀️ THE MERMAID OF WARSAW (Summer 2027, Peachtree Teen)
📕 Rep: Patricia Nelson
🏳️🌈 🇨🇺 🧿 ✡️ 🍉 🇺🇦
https://linktr.ee/rmromeroauthor
MissNikkiIn5th @missnikkiin5th.bsky.social M.S.Ed. - Rdg Specialist; Gr 5 ELA; New Jersey Literacy Association Past President; ILA; Literacy Advocate; Writer. Views are my own.
Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social PB/MG; Nature/Verse/Prose
Agent: Mona Kanin
'28 OTIS: THE KING OF KATMAI 🐻🌊👑
‘25 MUD TO THE RESCUE! 🐘🦩🦫 🐢
‘24 HAUNTED STATES OF AMERICA 👻
SCBWI; WFH | hiker 🥾 | veggie 🌽|
bird&bear lover 🐤🐻 | nature 📷 | 💙
www.tanyakonerman.com
Kristin Johnson @kfjbooks.bsky.social Author - Dog Mom - Pickleballer
Aliza Werner @alizawerner.bsky.social Educator. Literacy Consultant. Reader. Writer. NCTE. Traveler. Knitter. Wife. Dog Mom x2. Jewish. she/her
Chris Baron @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social MG author of ALL OF ME & THE MAGICAL IMPERFECT-THE GRAY 23 & more in 24 @FeiwelFriends, English Prof, Poet, ig: christhebearbaron
Twitter @baronchrisbaron
Joanne Levy @joannelevy.bsky.social I write books for kids and make things with wool, wood, and a bit of magic.
Some of my books: LET IT GLOW (with Marissa Meyer), BIRD BRAIN, SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS , THE SUN WILL COME OUT, FISH OUT OF WATER, SMALL MEDIUM AT LARGE.
www.joannelevy.com
Pam Warren @pamwarren.bsky.social Grammy. Momma. Wife. Recently retired teacher still active in volunteering, literacy, and education. #NCTE #ALA #LitReviewCrew #MYRA reader #ILEC
Tiffany Painter @tiffanypainter.bsky.social MG author, SCBWI, Haiku writer, dog walker, cat lover, storyteller, Paints With Words, former teacher
tiffanypainter.com
Dow Phumiruk @dowphumiruk.bsky.social Mom, wife, clinically retired peds, now academic MD, author/illustrator, 🇹🇭Thai American, SCBWI Narr Art Award winner, E/W Lit Agency, posts #kidlitart & book marketing, on hiatus from new book projects. Ignores random DMs. She/her/hers, opinions my own.
Kath Rothschild Author @kathrothschild.bsky.social Author | WIDER THAN THE SKY (SoHo Teen) and forthcoming books | PhD teach @ Stanford 🌲
Doug Marshall @dougmarshall.bsky.social Children's book author, dog lover, amateur actor/singer, and grandpa. Not necessarily in that order.
Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social #kidlit author middle grade, chapter books, picture books | Sansei 🇺🇸🇯🇵 | Highlights Foundation | ☕️🧋| 🐶💜 | Inuyasha, Studio Ghibli | positivity
Available now - A Study in Secrets (Last Chance Academy book 1)
https://debbimichikoflorence.com
Martha Brockenbrough @marthabee.bsky.social Out this year: FUTURE TENSE: How We Made Artificial Intelligence—and How It Will Change Everything and FRANK AND THE BIG MISTAKE. http://marthabrockenbrough.com
Taryn Souders - Middle Grade Author @tarynsouders.bsky.social Author of Agatha, Anthony, and Edgar-nominated books like: The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle, Coop Knows the Scoop, The Secrets of the Broken House, and more.
Fleur Bradley Visscher @fleurbradley.bsky.social Probably off on a Colorado hike somewhere. Author of Get a Clue & MG mysteries Midnight at the Barclay Hotel & Daybreak on Raven Island (Viking), Double Vision trilogy (Harper). MWA, SinC, SCBWI member.
Cynthia Levinson @cylev.bsky.social Kidlit author/presenter specializing in nonfiction and social justice--and now STEM! See more at cynthialevinson.com. Contact me at clevinson@austin.rr.com. Rep’d by EMLA.
Melissa Taylor @imaginationsoup.bsky.social Writer, communications/marketing consultant, fmr teacher & teacher trainer, author. M.Ed. TOVA’S SWEET SOLUTION (4/2026), https://melissataylor.net https://imaginationsoup.net
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social Writer, poet, lavender menace
Kate Messner @katemessner.com NYT bestselling author of 80+ books for kids. Educator. Speaker. Adirondack 46er. Passionately curious. Coming soon: KEEP THE GHOST LIGHT ON
www.katemessner.com
Janet Fox @janetsfox.bsky.social Kidlit author; writing course creator; lover of dogs, mountains, and all things magical. Blogs every week here: https://janetfox.substack.com/
Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social Creative Living ✨
Writing coach @thenovelry
Author • Designer • HOH
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J. Anderson Coats (she/her) @jandersoncoats.bsky.social YA/MG author. Newest: The Unexpected Lives of Ordinary Girls (2025); The Loss of the Burying Ground (2024). She/Her. Located near the Salish Sea. Rep'd by ACM. https://www.jandersoncoats.com/
Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social Writer of picture books (VAMPIRINA BALLERINA, MOUSE CALLS, and more), chapter book bios and HF. Reader of almost everything. SCBWI. Authors Guild. Repped by Rachel Orr at Prospect. She/her. Find me at www.annemariepace.com
Katryn Bury @katrynwrites.bsky.social Award winning author and also the one who brings up serial killers at your party. 💀🖤 (she/her) BLM 🏳️🌈
Kristin L. Gray @kristinlgray.bsky.social Author, reader, sunshine seeker
BAHA user 🤟
Former RN 🩺
Fan of unsolved mysteries, science, space
Student pilot ✈️
Sometimes copy editor ✍🏻
MURDER AT PENGUIN RANCH (‘26) 🇦🇶
Rep: Caryn Wiseman ABLA
Andrea Wang @andreaywang.bsky.social 2022 Newbery Honor, APALA Award, & Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor winner. NYT Best Books 2021. PB & MG author. http://linktr.ee/AndreaYWang Rep: @agentemurph.bsky.social emliterary.com
Sarah Albee @sarahalbee.bsky.social I write NF books for kids. Newest titles: BOUNCE! A SCIENTIFIC HISTORY OF RUBBER/THE PAINTER AND THE PRESIDENT/ZERO: THE NUMBER THAT ALMOST WASN'T. Repped by Caryn Wiseman at ABLA.
Love visiting schools!
Waka T. Brown @wakatb.bsky.social Award-winning #kidlit author of WHILE I WAS AWAY | DREAM, ANNIE, DREAM | THE VERY UNFORTUNATE WISH OF MELONY YOSHIMURA | PERFECT | RICK KOTANI'S 400 MILLION DOLLAR SUMMER
https://linktr.ee/wakatb
Lynni Betts @furamai.bsky.social Librarian by day, chocolate lover 24/7.
That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com Educator-Librarian-Author-Activist-Speaker-Bibliophile-Louisianan-Defender of Wonder
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ThatLibrarian
Rebecca E.F. Barone @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social MG/YA author
📖 Race To the Bottom of the Earth: Surviving Antarctica
📖 Unbreakable: The Spies Who Cracked the Nazis' Secret Code
📖 Mountain of Fire: The Eruption and Survivors of Mount St. Helens
📖 Double Crossed - 4.28.2026
rebeccaefbarone.com
Jacob Sager Weinstein @jacobsw.bsky.social I write books, mostly #kidlit. My next picture book is I'M SORRY FOR THE BAGEL BURPS: A YOM KIPPUR APOLOGY. He/him.
https://www.jacobsagerweinstein.com
Sally Engelfried @sallye.bsky.social kidlit writer, children's librarian, reader of many books, she/her. LEARNING TO FALL out now 🛹 Little, Brown for Young Readers. Repped by Jennifer Unter/The Unter Agency. 
Jessica Vitalis @jessicavitalis.bsky.social Award-winning author, Greenwillow/HarperCollins. American by birth, Canadian by choice. 
Jenn Bishop @buffalojenn.bsky.social Children's book author. Bearcats 🏀 & Reds ⚾ fan
Coming in 2028: LARK GROWS A CAT 🐈 (Chronicle Books)
& OUT OF BOUNDS 🏐 (Chronicle Books)
She/her. Rep: Katie Grimm @ Curtis Brown.
www.jennbishop.com
Kari Ann Gonzalez, Author @karigonzalezwrites.bsky.social Lover of sweets, tea, hobby farming, reading, and writing. Award-winning children's author of How To Hatch A Reader (23), How To Hatch A Writer (25), If You Live On A Farm (26), and 3 more unannounced titles to share soon!
Mary Boone @boonewrites.bsky.social Author of books for curious kids. 📕✏️📚
UNFATHOMABLE, FLYING FEMINIST, PEDAL PUSHER, SCHOOL OF FISH, BUGS FOR BREAKFAST and more.