Jeff Lang @jeffreylang.bsky.social SCBWI member. Children's author. Occasional doodler. www.jefflang.rocks
@and45.myatproto.social @and45.myatproto.social 
Pat Cummings @betnoire.bsky.social Olympic medalist, Grammy winner, ballerina emeritus, storyteller, bookie.
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
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www.booksbycindy.com
https://linktr.ee/Cynthiamackey
@farehamboy.bsky.social @farehamboy.bsky.social 
thealternative.social @creatinganewworld.bsky.social I created a social network in which 50% of the profits will be given to homeless charities. The social network is www.thealternative.social Please join and invite people to it.
Peninsula Book Collaborative @peninsulabooks.bsky.social Our mission is to build and grow the next generation of book lovers by providing a space in North San Mateo County.
Nonprofit Bookstore
Community Space
Free Book Area
441 Westlake Center, Daly City, CA 94015
www.peninsulabooks.org
Picture Book Summit @picturebooksummit.bsky.social The original online writing conference JUST for Picture Book Creators, established in 2015. Join us ONLINE on Oct. 3 2026 with Superstar Speakers Derrick Barnes, Deborah Underwood, and Brian Lies! picturebooksummit.com
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers @ebyrbooks.bsky.social Creating conversation & opening children's minds to a larger world since 1995 ๐๐๐ก
๐ Picture books
๐ Fiction, nonfiction, & YA
๐ Award winners
linktr.ee/eerdmansyoungreaders
Action/Crime/Mystery Film & Screenplay Festival @crimemystery.bsky.social This festival now takes place every single month, giving filmmakers 4 tiers to showcase and promote their film. In-person public events also take place.
https://filmfreeway.com/crimemystery
www.crimemysteryfestival.com
Idilia @idilia.bsky.social Illustrator/author~ kidlet, picture book, graphic novel, ya
Carmela Simmons Writes @carmelasimmons.bsky.social Peruvian-American kidlit author and Teacher of the Year. Shares Mother Natureโs wonders.
Represented by @EastWestLit
๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ธ @horrorculturist.bsky.social Gothic gardening, goblincore, dark art, horror, weird music. ๐ฟ๐๐๐
Agnostic atheist. Nyctophile. AuDHD. Demi-Pan. They/them. | Contrary to internet lore, I am not lost, sorrowful, despairing, trapped, drowning, falling, or stuck in a maze. (You OK?)
eliza.fstudio @elizafstudio.bsky.social Children's Book illustrator @fetsolstudio
Giving children's stories warmth, wonder & unforgettable characters.
illustrator โข Storyteller
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eliza.fstudio/
This Is Done By Humans @thisisdonebyhumans.bsky.social Welcome to Done By Humans, a certification entity where businesses, organizations and individuals can self-certify and get a badge of recognition that their product/service/art is human-made without generative AI.
https://www.thisisdonebyhumans.org/
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
Elizabeth Botsford @elizabethbotsford.bsky.social Middle grade novel writer. Longlisted, Yeovil Literary Prize 2026. Shortlisted, Jericho Writers Friday Night Live.
Extremely Normal Guy (not weird about stuff) @planarpunk.com Just your average MCU/NFL/D&D/Yakuza/Spice World superfan.
Everything should be much much gayer.
Don't blame me, I voted for Nader
Cait Darfler..... is on SUBMISSION! @caitdarfler.com picture book writer. mom. geologist. environmentalist. gardener. jigsaw puzzler. #SCBWI #kidlit ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
PBParty2025 Finalist!
www.caitdarfler.com
Rep'd by Joyce Sweeney @joycekay.bsky.social
WILDsound Feedback Festival @wildsoundfestival.bsky.social Telling stories through film and conversation. WILDsound showcases the best of new films & screenplays from around the world in a daily film festival.
www.wildsound.ca
https://filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFilmandWritingFestival
Jesse O Benitez - Writing @jesseobenitez.bsky.social Lifelong reader & writer
I'm here to make friends (especially people who write/read books) please reach out ๐๐โ๏ธ
I hope to make a better world for everybody
Never let them get you down!
https://linktr.ee/JesseOBenitez
Danny Baker @selimsgnidart.bsky.social comversation, humor, rhyme, reading, etymology, information, decompositon a composition a decomposition, huemanity, music, .... am from a cherokee huevo.
'95-today: bsis, msis: tinyurl.com/ksumsis c# infosysdev, '88-'95: usn .: vet
$smilestrading
Steve Silas Hendrickson (Mlem) @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social "Mamunduong tawo" ๐๐ต๐ญ
| Gay Widower | Bicolano Poet | Bibliophile | Gamer
Monthly Host: #PoetsOfDoom
Daily Host: #7SyllableSquad
Currently Sponsored by Ramen, Audacity, and Coffee ๐ ๐ป โ
Chronic Pop Culture Illiterate
๐ซ DMs ๐ซ Generative AI
Nadia Ali @nadiaawriter.bsky.social KidLit Author:
RAISAH AND THE BOAT TRIP (2023),
HUMPHREY THE EGG_SPLORER (2023)
THE ANIMAL SOCIETIES SERIES (2023)
12x12 Challenge
mono2STEREO @mono2stereo.bsky.social This is the Official Bluesky profile for monotoSTEREO.info (https://www.monotostereo.info)
#audio #DES #monotostereo #mono #stereo #stems #musicproduction #demix #unmix #upmix #remix #ML #music #audiotech #musictech #audioengineer #homestudio #plugins ๐ง
Katherine Pryor @katherinepryor.bsky.social I write kidsโ books about food, nature & gardens.
Twin mama. Probably wanting coffee.
Rep'd by Adria Goetz at KT Literary.
Eleyezee Librarian @eleyezeelibrarian.bsky.social Academic outreach/instruction librarian turned tech marketing writer & PT ref librarian turnedโฆhopefully a FT librarian again? Interested in #scholcomm #copyright & #openaccess. I missed y'all & need to catch up.
Simon Constable @realconstable.bsky.social Broadcaster | Columnist | Commentator | Award-winning Author
Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Institute of Applied Economics
If you are an author or an aspiring one, feel free to contact me
Melinda Layten - Writes about Hazel an Immortal Cat @mlayten.bsky.social What the Fire Didn't Take - Debut Middle Grade Novel about 2 autistic girls 2000 years apart and the cat who knew them both. Modern day Minnesota meets Library of Alexandria and what it means to learn and be heard. #Autism #Querying
Iain Aire @iainaire.bsky.social Word alchemist, the quest for the unobtainable. EcoFiction, Fantasy, SciFi, Crime & Book Binder. The borderland of worlds. www.iainaire.com The Grey Pilgrimโs Gambit https://thegreypilgrimsgambit.laterpress.com Seeds anthology https://seeds.laterpress.com
Erik Talkin @eriktalkin.bsky.social Author. YA novel Private School Punk (full-cast audiobook, 2026 IPPY Outstanding Book of the Year). Lulu & the Hunger Monster (ILA Social Justice Award). MFA from VCFA. Punk, audiobooks, illustrated fiction, book-connected soundtracks.
@notsoeasy.bsky.social @notsoeasy.bsky.social Late baby boomer. Political junky.
Griet van Lente @vanhelsingssister.bsky.social Blogger about child literacy in rural America, also features writer for small town Oregon. Favorite published story, Exorcism, In County (Danse Macabre), blogger: https://makingspiritsbright.org/it-take-a-village-to-read-a-book
Maya P. Lim @mayaplim.bsky.social Designer, author, illustrator. THE STORY OF LEO LIONNI (Viking โ27). GHOST GIGGLES (Scholastic โ27). BEAR HUGS (Scholastic โ26). Rep: Andrea Morrison @ Writers House.
Kristi Mahoney @kristimahoney.bsky.social picture book author:
OWLS MAKE TERRIBLE TEACHERS
ALPACAS MAKE TERRIBLE LIBRARIANS
OSTRICHES MAKE TERRIBLE PILOTS (2028)
rep'd by @elisahouot.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/kristimahoneybooks
12x12, SCBWI, PBSoar, 24CarrotWriting, Boston Author's Club
Repost! Repost! @repostrepost.bsky.social Frederick Post: Amateur, Dabbler and Dilettante. Mostly Reposts + Images + Occasional AI Slop.
Joe Hessert @joehessert.bsky.social Seeking Representation for my Middle Grade Fantasy Debut | MFA, Iowa Writersโ Workshop
joehessert.com
Toddling The Stacks @toddlingthestacks.com You should be reading #kidlit, and we'll help you see why.
A children's literature podcast by award-winning educator and Princeton-educated literature PhD @seangill.net
New episodes drop on Mondays!
http://www.ToddlingTheStacks.com
North of November @north-of-november.bsky.social Electrical engineer & entrepreneur. Author of Built to Last. I write about business, books, and the human stories in between. โ minetuut.wordpress.com
Miya T. Beck @miyatbeck.bsky.social Author of The Pearl Hunter and Through a Clouded Mirror | Oxford comma convert | recovering journalist | obsessed with cats and kitsune
https://www.miyabeck.com 
Wendy Anderson @andwrit.bsky.social Screenwriter, fairytale fanatic, feminist loudmouth, lover of kitties, defender/advocate, hater of bullies, theatre geek, LA girl.
Del Potter PhD @drdelpotter.bsky.social Iโm deeply immersed in the intersections of neuroscience, ethnobotany, & pharmacological research, I thrive on leveraging science to enhance human well-being and longevity. After years of scientific writing Iโm writing fiction and a cinematic memoir.
Alison Weiss @alioop7.bsky.social Editorial consultant at Alison Weiss Editorial. Causing all sorts of mayhem in the publishing world.
www.alisonweisseditorial.com
Aimee L. Gross @aimeegross.bsky.social MG and YA author with two books out in the world : โIf Crows Know Bestโ and โNo Mercy From Crowsโ with more to come! SCBWI , Kansas Authors Club.
Melissa Bergum @writingbubbly.bsky.social Kidlit author seeking rep, deaf in one ear, living with chronic migraines, Searchlight Awards 2024 Best Children's Novel Opening Longlistee, SCBWI member, cat wrangler, book dragon, geek
website: melissambergum.wixsite.com/melissabergum
Harrison Mooney @harrisonmooney.bsky.social Author of INVISIBLE BOY, winner of the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, BITTERSWEET (spring 2027) and I JUST HAVE TO RACE ALL THESE GHOSTS (summer 2027). Host of @TheTyee podcast. East Vancouver.
Joan Timmings @joantimmings.bsky.social Writer and aspiring author of picture books, middle grade, and some for adults, too. Love quirky kids, reluctant heroes, and poetry and being caught off-guard by a surprise laugh.
Celia Cataldo @ccat7.bsky.social โ๏ธWriter with a focus on middle grade. It's always Halloween in my ๐ค. Lover of animal sanctuaries ๐พ, meteor showers โจ, & oddities. LGBTQIA ๐, vegetarian, & frequent ๐ฉธ donor. Always open to a good book recommendation ๐
Michelle Nott @michnott.bsky.social Bilingual ๐บ๐ธ๐ซ๐ท Educator & Childrenโs Book Author, Enchanted Lion Books.
https://linktr.ee/MichelleNott?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Hey, Jim Hill! @heyjimhill.bsky.social Word nerd, pixel wrangler. Writes funny on purpose.
VCFA WCYA SCBWI
www.heyjimhill.com
Mary R. @amerrywrath.bsky.social I write quips, not tragedies. |she/her| VCFA's Writing for Children and Young Adults MFA '26 | books |TTRPGs | movies | nature/science shenanigans | new to Bluesky, not the internet
(pfp by Makowka/picrew)
Art commission carrd-> https://keirelo.carrd.co/
Kate Cosgrove @k8cosgrove.bsky.social KidLit #1 NYT BESTSELLING ILLUSTRATOR ๐
Rep: Deborah Warren
@eastwestlit.bsky.social
she/her
https://linktr.ee/k8cosgrove?fbclid=PAAabMQUP9aLIDiOylx1JASn-n7ENDVrSKlbPdNyvIGdtGs6qfXIhmjM1BMTk_aem_AQY1
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Jenn Gaulding @jenngauldingbooks.bsky.social #PB Writer ๐โ๏ธ
Math & Science Educator ๐งฎ๐ณ๐
Member of 12x12 and SCBWI Southern Breeze
Halloweensie, SunWriteFun, SpringFlingKidlit '25 Winner
Valentiny, WKLN '25 HM
Hank Moore @hankmoore.bsky.social Author 14 books: Pop Music Legends, Big Picture of Business, Classic TV Reference, Non-Profit Legends, Pop Icons & Business Legends. Nominated for 7 Pulitzer Prizes. 100+ awards. Speaker. Business guru. Corporate Strategist. Humanitarian. Pop Culture Maven
Sue Sutherland, Author - TWELVE DAYS AT GLACIER @suemt.bsky.social Debut picture book author - TWELVE DAYS AT GLACIER, granola girl, weaver, quilter, traveler, photographer, 12x12, Montana SCBWI
Coming Soon - HOW HANNAH GOT HER LUMP OF COAL (2026), TWELVE DAYS AT YELLOWSTONE (2027), & NOTHING BUT NET TROUBLE
Sheri Bentley @sheribbooks.bsky.social Writer. Literacy Coach. Lover of people and words. #SCBWI #KidsChoiceWinner -'24 #KidLitVibesWinner-'23 #50PreciousWordsHM-'23, '24 Pub'd in @DirigibleBalloon-'25, '26
The Storytellers Foundation | The Storyteller's Shelf Podcast @tstorypodcast.bsky.social https://thestorytellersshelfpodcast.com ๐ Kidlit experts. ๐ We demystify publishing! | ๐ฅ Top 100 & Spotify Award-Winning Podcast | Home of The Big Bang Notable Book List & The Storytellers Summit Series | summit.getstoryrise.com
Koko @mikekoko.bsky.social Walking on my hands ๐คธ๐ฝโโ๏ธ, diving into kidlitโwhether reading or writing ๐, and solving puzzles ๐งฉ.
#PBRisingStar #SCBWI #12x12 #GoldenEggAcademy
Tricia Renee @theecatservant.bsky.social Unappreciated serial writer and blogger. Reader. Gamer. Queer: Poly and Bisexual. Black DC Native. Chronically ill. Gamer. She/Her. Books rock. Cat lover. Soap fan. In a queer platonic relationship.Episcopal. Avon Shop.
LaTasha Vines @latashavines.bsky.social Victim to Victor: HER2+ My Breast Cancer Story https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2Z5MFL7
Moonheart Wolves @moonheartwolves.bsky.social Building the world of MOONHEART โ a xenofiction wolf fantasy
Five packs. Broken moon. A magic that remembers. Follow along for worldbuilding, sneak peeks, and the occasional chaos.
Which pack are you? ๐บ
Story/Art by BixByte
DearEditorDotCom @deareditordotcom.bsky.social Deborah HalversonโโThe Editorโโposts writing tips, inspirations, news, & alerts when she answers new questions from writers on DearEditor.com
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
EduMatch @edumatch.bsky.social Empowering the expert within, we are an international community of educators who connect beyond borders or roles for the good of our students. Professional learning, networking, and publishing are just a few of the things we do. www.edumatch.org #Edumatch
E.I.Chillin @eihillin.bsky.social Educator. ๐๐ Adventurer.๐ฅพ
The Overlord of Books and Authors @books.overlordshop.com We make the Unseen, seen. 100% Hate-free!
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Maria is Writing @mariakidlit.bsky.social #Kidlit PB/MG writer and enthusiast
Parent
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