Danika Runyan @danikarunyan.bsky.social 🎨Children’s Book Illustrator-Represented by Lynnette Novak
📍Idaho Artist ❤️Mom 🌎 Want-to-be World Traveler 🌿Nature Lover
danika-runyan.weeblysite.com
Tommy Doyle @tommydoyle.bsky.social Canadian Kidlit Illustrator
Available for work
Rep by @lemonadeillustrationagency
🏳️🌈✌️- 🚫AI
@kaylacichello.bsky.social @kaylacichello.bsky.social Agent at Upstart Crow Literary
Currently OPEN to queries
Www.upstartcrowliterary.com
Marusha Belle @marushabelle.com ☆ Kidlit illustrator & author ☆ Pattern Creator ☆ Athlete☆ Ukulele player☆ life & ocean lover ☆
Rep’d by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social
https://hype.co/@marushabelle
Shiva Delsooz @shivadelsoozart.bsky.social 🎨Children’s book author/illustrator
🇨🇦
Represented by Kayla Cichello at Upstart Crow Literary
🌐 https://www.shivadelsooz.com
Jessica Gibson @jessiedrawz.bsky.social NY Times bestseller Kidlit Illustrator | She/her | Clients include Random House HarperCollins, Disney, Scholastic, etc.
🌸 Jessicamgibson.com
🌱jessiedrawz@gmail.com
Anna M Lewis @annamlewis.bsky.social Author/ Illustrator | Toy Inventor | Sarcasm Queen | Pursuer of Creative Ideas | Constantly Spiraling Down Some Rabbit Hole
KidsWord & AllKidsBooks – Explore, Read & Share! @allkidsbooks.com 🌟 Join our vibrant community of children's book lovers!
🔗 KidsWrd.com | AllKidsBooks.com
👧 Parents & Teachers: Find the best books for young readers.
✍️ Authors & Illustrators: List & showcase your books to a global audience.
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Jessica Braidan @jessicabraidan.bsky.social 📚 Color & Discover series — fact-and-coloring books for curious kids 4 and up. Surprising facts + bold pictures to color + try-it activities. Read, create, discover, screen-free. 🦕🚀🐴 jessicabraidan.com
https://www.facebook.com/jessica.braidan/
Naomi Krueger @naomijkrueger.bsky.social Writer and editor based in the Twin Cities, MN.
Interests: children's books, local journalism, gardening, democracy, and the extraordinary ordinary.
www.naomikrueger.com
Sara Schonfeld @saraschon.bsky.social Editor at HarperCollins - Author with ABLA
Alex Borbolla @alexborbolla.bsky.social Senior Editor at Bloomsbury | My dog’s biggest fan | 🇨🇺🇺🇸 | she/her
www.editoralexborbolla.com
Alvina Ling @alvinaling.bsky.social Children's book editor living in Brooklyn. Books, cats, food, travel, running, stuff. Check out my podcast with Grace Lin, Book Friends Forever!
Rachel Stark @syntactics.bsky.social Editor at Disney-Hyperion▫️ House Stark; more of an Arya than a Tony ▫️ Opinions my own; pic @JarrettWilliams's ▫️ they/them
https://rachelstark7.wixsite.com/home/books-i-ve-edited
Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social executive editor of ya, mg and picture books at knopf bfyr, writer of songs and picture books (POWER TOOL ALPHABET & BUT I’M A PUMPKIN!), appreciator of odd curiosities
Charlotte E. Greenbaum @sgtgreenbomb.bsky.social Executive Editor (of Graphic Novels) at ABRAMS.
Chronically offline.
She/Her 🌈
Nancy Paulsen @nancyrosep.bsky.social Publishes kids books
Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social 🖍 Illustrator
🌷Represented by the Bright Agency
🐛 AuDHD | Chronically (ch)ill
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 | 🚫 AI
🌐 Website: wrencraftt.art
🌷 Insta: @wrencraftt
Mingjue Chen @mingjuechen.bsky.social Artist in animation 
Rachel Smythe @rachelsmythe.bsky.social 1 NYT Bestselling Author |3 Eisners |3 Harveys.
Creator of Lore Olympus.
Current project - Eleanor's Deathbed.
Rep: Britt Siess Creative Management
(Some artistic nudity)
Tags
#eleanorsdeathbed
#loreolympus
Email:loreolympus@gmail.com
yingjue chen @yingjuechen.bsky.social 
Jarom Vogel @jaromvogel.bsky.social Illustrator // Designer // Whatever
jaromvogel.com
Gabby Zapata @gabbyzapata.bsky.social Art director . Character Designer 🇲🇽🇨🇴🇺🇸 Former: Disney, DWTV, Netflix, Nick hello@gabbyzapata.com
Gabbyzapata.com
Bobby Chiu @bobbychiu.bsky.social 🎨Artist 🏆Emmy winning creator 🔥Imaginism Studios 🎓Schoolism 💡LightBox Expo
Loish @loish.bsky.social I’m a digital artist!
Free tutorials & brushes: loish.school
Naomi @ NYCC AA @naomiromeroart.bsky.social Latino Character Designer!
@anxietyfox.com creator!
Worked for DreamWorks TV, Nick, SesameWorkshop, Hasbro & more
naomiromero4@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/naomiromeroart
Beanie (Alina T) @whatsupbeanie.bsky.social Author, comic artist and and animator.
📚: What’s Up Beanie, Emi Isn’t Scared of Monsters, The Great Puptective series, My Sister The Werebeast (oct 7, 2025). Currently living in 🇨🇦 whatsupbeanie.com
isa zeferino ✨ @imzeferino.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 brazilian illustrator & comic book artist ✨ repd by Britt Siess
work inquiries: imzeferinoilustra@gmail.com | they/she
M✨ @matelier.bsky.social 💫 Manuela López
✏️ Mostly illustrator, introvert & tea drinker
💌 srta.eme@gmail.com
👩🎨 srtam.com
Anna Daviscourt ➡️Rose City E10 @annadaviscourt.bsky.social Illustrator, Author
#kidlit
No AI 🚫
I make books for kids and cool people
www.annadaviscourt.com
pikaole @pikaole.bsky.social Artist 🐟
you can support me on
🐙 http://patreon.com/pikaole
🦑 Store : http://pikaole.redbubble.com
🔎 'pikaole' on GIF/LINE/Galaxy/App store
Steph Laberis @steph-laberis.bsky.social Designer on Young Jedi Adventures & children's book illustrator! Past: Puppy Dog Pals|DreamWorksTV|HarperCollins|Little Golden Books|📚rep:
@BrightAgencyUS
steph still likes cereal 🥣✨ @stephasocks.bsky.social British Artist & Youtuber ♿ (she/her)
I love making lil comics and sticking stuff in my sketchbook! :o)
1/2 of Doodle Date with @adamsketches.bsky.social💙
Watch my art videos on the yt link below 👀
📷: youtube.com/DoodleDate
🌐: linktr.ee/stephasocks
Zoe Persico @zoepersico.bsky.social HOW TO TALK TO YOUR SUCCULENT 2025. Author & Illustrator. She/Her. Work inquires to persico.zoe at gmail and/or to Natascha Morris at Tobias Literary https://zoepersico.com/
Elsa Chang @elsasketch.bsky.social Character Designer | Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Jessica Hische @jessicahische.bsky.social Lettering Artist, Professional Logo Zhuzher, & NYT Best-selling Author. Co-founder of Studioworks—shaping the future of creative business!
studioworks.app
linktr.ee/jessicahische
anoosha syed ✏️ @anooshasyed.com award-winning author/illustrator for children’s books, character designer & art educator📚
✎ resources, books, & more links ↓
https://www.anooshasyed.com
TadCarpenter @tadcarpenter.bsky.social Designer, Author, NYT Bestselling Illustrator & Partner at Carpenter Collective, a design & branding studio.
carpentercollective.com
Requinoesis✨ @requinoesis.bsky.social The shark from outer space ☄️🦈💫
🐠Store: http://requinoesis.redbubble.com
🐟LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/requinoesis
✨🌊If you'd like to support my webcomic 'Waters Gone By' that I'm trying to create: https://www.patreon.com/cw/requinoesis
Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social Formerly Nan Lawson. Artist / Illustrator. Past clients: Warner Bros, Harper Collins, Penguin Random House & more. She/Her. Contact: hello@shannonwildsmith.com portfolio: shannonwildsmith.com
Jem is OPEN to queries @jemiscoe.bsky.social Founder + Agent @Starling Literary + Media, representing authors & Illustrators. Wife, mom of 3, MFA grad, & former Asst. Director for film & TV. https://www.starlingliterary.com | http://querymanager.com/query/Jemiscoe
Max Ulichney Muñoz | MaxPacks @maxulichney.bsky.social Character Designer, Illustrator & Brushmancer of #MaxPacks brushes for Procreate. Lorcana, Netflix, Dreamworks
Tom Booth @tomwilltell.bsky.social Author/illustrator & designer for screens large & small, and co-founder at Made Up Games.
DreamWorks | Netflix | Supercell | PRH | Walker | HarperCollins | Simon & Schuster and more.
For more, visit tom-booth.com
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
Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com Senior VisDev artist at studio MDHR Harvey award winning Author and Illustrator of Graphic novels. HUNGRY GHOST, Artist for DC and Marvel. Film Credits: Tangled, Frozen, Wreck it Ralph, Big Hero 6, Moana. Views are my own
Linkin.bio/victoriaying
Deena Beck ✨looking for work✨ @deenabeck.bsky.social ⏯️ Storybord Artist @ DTVA (Phineas & Ferb)
Previously:
✏️ Storyboard Layout Supervisor @ A24
🗺️ Storyboard Artist @ CN (Craig of the Creek & Ben10)
Deenabeck.jobs@gmail.com
Deenabeck.com
scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social Understands comics… mostly… Now on sale: THE CARTOONISTS CLUB, co-created with the legendary Raina Telgemeier! https://bit.ly/CartoonistClub And I'm also working on a massive book about visual communication; learn more at scottmccloud.com.
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
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
Carol Hinz @carolhinz.bsky.social Children's book editor, knitter, baker, erstwhile ballerina. Wrangler of two no longer small children. (she/her)
Child's Play (International) @childs-play.co.uk Award-winning independent children's book publisher, inspiring a lifelong love of reading for more than 50 years #Bookswithusallin #Learningthroughplay www.childs-play.com https://linktr.ee/childsplaybooks
Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social Sharing news about kids books from international publishers and domestic library and teacher conferences https://www.publisherspotlight.com
Feather Flores ❄️☕️ @featherfully.bsky.social editor & maker of good trouble • california coastal creature • still workin’ on it 🌱🌈✨
https://featherflores.com/
she/her • kitty art by Carrie Liao 🐾
🩷💜💙
Kelly Dyksterhouse @kellydhouse.bsky.social Literary Agent, The Tobias Literary Agency | #kidlit | AALA | SCBWI | 🐱and 🐶 | writer-hiker-daydreamer | www.KellyDyksterhouse.com
Emma Kantor @emkantor.bsky.social Writer, film lover, Italian speaker, & children's news editor at Publishers Weekly (@pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social). Words in NYT Mag, Bright Wall/Dark Room, The Millions, Electric Lit, Lit Hub, Hey Alma, & more. All quips my own. emmakantor.com
Kristin | Detailed Draft @detaileddraft.bsky.social Editor and writer. Résumé specialist (CPRW). Book award judge. Dog hugger. Science fiction, kidlit, and anything else with themes of possibility. she/her
#SCBWI #ACES #EFA #IBPA
detaileddraft.com
Kristie Choi @kristiechoi.bsky.social Editor @ Atheneum (S&S) | 🌈 bi/pan genderfluid (she/they); pro-transgender; neurospicy; 최민지, Korean-Am; plant witch meets punky morbid grandma/cat daddy; opinions my own.
KristieChoi.com
Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com A print lit mag for kids featuring writing and artwork by both adult and youth creatives. EIC: @clairemtaylor.com
littlethoughtspress.com
Jordan Hamessley @thejordache.bsky.social Literary Agent at JABberwocky Literary Agency representing picture books through YA. Musical Theater nerd. Disney adult. Fan of all things spooky.
QueryManager.com/HamessleyQuery
Martha Mihalick @marthamihalick.bsky.social Children's/YA books editrix, Greenwillow Books, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Opinions my own. she/her
LK Literary Agency @lkliterary.bsky.social Lori Kilkelly (she/her) posting for my boutique literary agency. Reps seasoned & rising talent in children's & YA lit (est 2018).
Molly O'Neill @mollyoneill.bsky.social Literary agent at Root Literary. Builder of bookmakers. Collector & connector of words + art + people + stories. Shameless sharer of cat pics. mollyoneillbooks.com
Shelly Romero @shellyromero.bsky.social Associate Agent | Azantian Literary Agency • PW Star Watch Honoree• Bi Final Girl • she/her 🇭🇳
Website: shellyromero.com
Links: https://linktr.ee/shellyromero
No AI “art” or “writing.”
Leslie H. 📚 🐕 @bookshopleslie.bsky.social I like big dogs | Freelance editor of #KidLit + select books for adults | Referrals deeply appreciated | EFA & SCBWI | She/her | https://bit.ly/LH_EditsBks
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
Jasie ✧*。 @withlovejasie.bsky.social Illustrator + Cat lover 🖍️🐛🍎
For business inquiries💌:
wwithlovejasie@gmail.com
Rii Abrego @riibrego.bsky.social 🌷Illustrator and comic artist
🌻Represented by Molly O'Neill / Root Literary
🌼Prints, Patreon, email, etc: https://bio.site/riibrego
🪻Tags: #Art | #NetherlingsBook
meyo 🌸 @meyoco.bsky.social She/her | Online store: meyocostudio.com | STORE INQUIRY: info@meyoco.art
Mark Hoffmann @studiohoffmann.bsky.social Children’s books & editorial illustrator, professor
🎥 Host of Gab ‘n’ Doodle on Insta
🚫 No AI Art
Proudly rep’d by:
Kidlit- Nicole Tugeau @the_t2_agency.bsky.social
Editorial- @i2iart.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/studiohoffmann
Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social New & vintage stationery from around the world, since 2009. Our shop is at 12 Bury Place, London WC1A 2JL. https://www.presentandcorrect.com
Laura Gómez @lauratresoret.bsky.social Ilustradora http://lauratresoret.com
hello.lauragomez@gmail.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lecahier/
Newsletter: https://lauratresoret.substack.com/
Dream code: DA-3501-8814-7461
Grace Sandford @gracesandford.bsky.social Children’s Illustrator, Sometimes Author, Always Left Handed. Lifts Heavy Things For Fun.
www.GraceSandford.com
Kaly Quarles @kalyquarles.bsky.social Illustrator & lettering artist. Kidlit & licensing. Cat mama x 4. She/her.
Rep: Jennifer March Soloway at Starling
Clients: Simon & Schuster, Harper Collins, PRH, eeBoo, American Greetings, etc.
📍SLC from Austin, y’all
https://www.kalyquarles.com/links
Vanessa Morales @phonemova.bsky.social 🇲🇽 |Illustrator / Children’s books | MG Book Covers| Magic,Nature,Fun,Spooky,critters💚
Repped by @fullcirclelit
|www.linktree.com/phonemova
Lorcana✨
Macmillan,Scholastic,HarperCollins,S&S,LBBYR,Disney Books,Penguin Random House🖍️etc
María Brenn @mariabrennmb.bsky.social Illustrator & comic book author
🐍 In the heart of the island, SBFair 2025
🍀 Ula y Vinca (ESP/GAL/FR/RU)
💌 maria.brenn.mb@gmail.com
linktr.ee/mariabrenn
Kim Smith @kimillustration.bsky.social ⭐ Kim is a 🇨🇦 New York Times best-selling children's book illustrator. She is also the author of the picture book Boxitects! You can find more of her work at kimillustration.com .
Denis Angelov @denisillustrates.bsky.social Children's book illustrator and artist, based in Sofia, Bulgaria
Art / Film Photography / Stuff I like
🌐 www.denisillustrates.com
Anna Florsdefum @annaflorsdefum.bsky.social ✏️ illustrator and dreamer
🌱 herbal tea & books addict and nature lover
✉️ annaflorsdefum@gmail.com
www.annaflorsdefum.com
Gillian Eilidh O’Mara @lightonthesea.bsky.social Author/illustrator with Walker, Candlewick, Faber, HarperCollins, Penguin, Puffin, Rocky Pond. USA Today Bestseller. Rep Jennifer Laughran @ Andrea Brown Lit. Scottish & Irish and living in England.
lily hoang-zhu 🍎 @ Singapore PTS & ANYC @liliuhms.com illustrator & designer! ✏️ i run an art shop for my original goods & happy knick knacks! i also dabble in picture books! / denver, co
linktr.ee/liliuhms
mocculere @mocculere.com Author/illustrator of Picopaco & Mojčica comics
Soria, Spain. 🏳️🌈 (she/her)
📚 Rep'd by Lorna at Darley Anderson
📯 hello@mocculere.com
🌐 www.mocculere.com
Nicky (🦵🏼🔑) Rodriguez is on sub! needs an agent! @artofnickyrdrgz.latinsky.app 🏳️🌈🇵🇷 award winning/nom'd illustrator & comic artist | gray ace-bi | disabled | support my webcomic TUOTEON | Stacked Deck Press, Scholastic, OSU Press, DC, Z2, Rutgers Uni Press | pre-press person by day. seeking new agent!
anerbananers🍌 @anerbananer.bsky.social Illustrator-Author/Concept Artist/Storyteller. Yapper, PhD. Lover of purple and nerdy things. 💜 (she/her) 30+, 🚫NO AI/NFTs
Rep: Alex Gehringer, The Bright Agency.
#art #bookart #illustration
www.anadraws.com
http://linktr.ee/anadraws
Mallory Grigg @mallorygrigg.bsky.social Senior Art Director at Macmillan Children's Publishing Group working with Balzer + Bray, Feiwel & Friends, Henry Holt BYR, FSG BYR, Roaring Brook Press, Swoon & Squarefish. She/Her
Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com Executive Art Director at Scholastic (Picture Books). Educator at Pratt (Typography) & CCNY (Critical Writing). Speaker (SCBWI et al.). Writer of Fiction (Agent: @liznealon.bsky.social). 523rd Bluesky account. NYC. He/Him. www.brianlarossa.com.
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