Alec Longstreth @aleclongstreth.bsky.social (he/him) Award-winning, Eisner-nominated cartoonist, illustrator, and animator. Living and working in Santa Fe, NM, USA! https://www.alec-longstreth.com/
Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com Executive Art Director at Scholastic (Picture Books). Educator at CCNY (Critical Writing) & Pratt (Typography). Speaker (SCBWI et al.). Writer of Fiction (Agent: @liznealon.bsky.social). 523rd Bluesky account. NYC. He/Him. www.brianlarossa.com.
💙❤️
Summit County Libraries @summitlibraries.bsky.social #1 Most Followed Library in the USA!
https://summitcountylibraries.org/
Located in beautiful Summit County, Colorado.
Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social ✦ I'm Cat ✦ she/her ✦ 44 ✦ neurodivergent
✦ Portuguese-Canadian Kid Lit Illustrator
✦ Rep'd by The T2 Agency
✦ 📍 in Portugal
✦ Book a Portfolio Review ⤵️
catarinaoliveirastudio.com
✦ instagram.com/catarinaoliveirastudio/
#KidLitArt #illustration #kidlit
Ethan M. Aldridge @ethanmaldridge.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Bestselling author and illustrator. Creator of the Deephaven Mystery series, the ESTRANGED duology, THE PALE QUEEN, THE LEGEND OF BRIGHTBLADE, and more.
Linktr.ee/ethanmaldridge
Eliza Kinkz @elizakinkz.bsky.social Makes Funny Books for kids and their grown-ups 
Tracey Baptiste @traceybaptiste.bsky.social Author. Educator.
@peanutscollab.bsky.social @peanutscollab.bsky.social Celebrating 75 years of one of the world's most beloved comic strip.
Moderated by @WaggToon
This is a fan project, not affiliated with Peanuts Worldwide LLC.
Click here to view the project: https://archive.org/details/peanuts-reillustrated_2025
Michael Ruocco @michaeljruocco.bsky.social Annie-Nominated Animator/Storyboarder/Oblivious Bon Vivant. Voiced a buzzard. Looney Tunes Cartoons, The Cuphead Show, Helluva Boss, The Day the Earth Blew Up, BoJack Horseman, etc. PORTFOLIO: https://t.co/J7rBd87jJ8
Rob Gotobed @robgotobed.bsky.social Stand-up philosopher, scribe, bongo drummer and professional time-traveller. (Once dated Anne Boleyn)
Amazon: bit.ly/4hA0B7W
Apple: http://bit.ly/3K6WdB9
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2992620/
Chris Jones @mrjonesey.bsky.social Hi! I'm a kid-lit illustrator working in books and comics. I love illustrating expressive characters and whimsical, colourful worlds!
Coffee lover / dog wrangler / reader / Canadian 🇨🇦
Portfolio: www.mrjonesey.com
Katie Gilstrap @bykatiegilstrap.bsky.social Author of SPACEMANATEE! (Magination Press), PENNY LU PORCUPINE, and FINNEGAN FOX (Nancy Paulsen Books). 📚
Bestie to @attaboyartie.bsky.social 🐕
Friend to all creatures ❤️🐾
Tina Hoggatt @thoggatt.bsky.social Writing and illustrating stories for young readers. Fond of books, animals, nature, and baseball. Northwestie.
Hamline MFAC, #scbwi #C2C, #12x12
Julissa Mora @julissamora.bsky.social Children’s Book Author & Illustrator ✏️🎨
Cuban-American 🇨🇺 🇺🇸
Baking With Mi Abuelita, PRH 2023 📘
Represented by @painted.words ✨
www.julissamora.com
Cheryl B. Klein @cherylklein.bsky.social I notice things for a living. Editorial director, Workman Kids; author of THE MAGIC WORDS: WRITING GREAT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS and five picture books, most recently IT’S HARD TO BE A BABY; 6yo mom; Virgo/goofball. Opinions my own.
Nadine Takvorian - ARMAVENI (March 10, 2026) @nadinetakvorian.bsky.social ARMAVENI - A Graphic Novel of the Armenian Genocide has 4 starred reviews! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
📚 Books 🎨 Art 💬 Comics ✍️ Writing
֎ Western Armenian culture
Rep'd by Sara Crowe of Sara Crowe Literary
🎨 https://www.nadinetakvorian.com/links
T. L. McBeth @tlmcbeth.bsky.social Children's book author & illustrator.
Repped by Stephen Barr @ Writers House.
www.TLMcBeth.com
www.linktr.ee/tlmcbeth
@jackiedeckerstudio.bsky.social @jackiedeckerstudio.bsky.social 
Martha Rich Art Projects @martharichart.bsky.social Freelance illustrator and fine artist based in Philly via LA and Maine. Art, cats, absurdity. Plus I’m the Democratic Committee Person for the 2nd Ward, Division 10 in PHL 🤙🏼 Phillies + Eagles! Linktr.ee/martharichart
Jim Hoover @jimhoover017.bsky.social I am a children’s book art director, and that’s it. That is my entire vibe.
Oh, and pop culture stuff.
Right right right—I’m also drawn to politics like a mosquito to a bug zapper.
@martharago.bsky.social @martharago.bsky.social Books, art, poetry, science, nature… no politics or nastiness generally, please.
Michelle Denise Wood @mdwillustration.bsky.social 🖍️Illustrator, author, mom to girls
🌿Nature, retro, spooky, nostalgia
👋🏻Let’s make cool stuff together! #scbwi #kidlitart #12x12PB
⭐️#PBRisingStars 2024 Honorable Mention
📍Indiana
✨michelledwoodillustration.com
✏️michellewooddraws.com
📒 Seeking representation
Adrienne Pettinelli @adriennepettinelli.bsky.social Director of the Henrietta (NY) Public Library; reviewer at Horn Book Magazine; writer wherever I am; three cats, a dog, and a spouse at home.
Juana Martinez-Neal @juanamartinezn.bsky.social Author-illustrator and mami born in Lima, Peru and living in the woods of SE Connecticut. Se habla español.
linktr.ee/juanamartinezneal
Lisa Anchin @lisaanchin.bsky.social Illustrator, writer, artist mother, Smithie, tea-drinker, dessert-MacGyver, midnight adventurer.
Rep’d by Andrea Morrison @writershouseagency
Greg Pizzoli @gregpizzoli.bsky.social Maker of picture books, comics, early readers and screenprints. Preorder my new book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721979/earl-and-worm-1-the-b
Jessie Sima @jessiesima.bsky.social Indie and NYT Bestselling Author & Illustrator of a stack of books for kids.
https://www.jessiesima.com/
Tatjana Mai-Wyss @tatjanamaiwyss.bsky.social illustration + surface design, based in South Carolina. Telling stories with pictures. Represented by the Bright Agency
https://www.tatjanamaiwyss.com/
Sylvia Chen 余愛莉 @sylviaichen.bsky.social TRICKY CHOPSTICKS {‘24 @SimonKIDS} 🌟 SPARKLES FOR SUNNY: A Lunar New Year Story {‘25 @PenguinKids} 🌟 #SCBWI #12x12PB #PBParty #PBRisingStars #PBStudyBuddy Rep: @AgentHenkin 💜 food +☕+ writing STEAM PBs
Mike Moran @mikemoranillo.bsky.social Illustrator represented at The Bright Agency
www.mikemoran.net
Brook Gideon @brookgideon.bsky.social Wrangler of words, watercolors, pets, and plants. Lover of sharks, science, and second breakfast. Salty.
normacardenas.bsky.social @normacardenas.bsky.social assoc prof of practice | research food, identity, culture, and pedagogy #LasMusas #PBChat #WNDB #RUCCL Mentee #SCBWI #12x12 Ella/She
Taylor Woolley @woolleystories.bsky.social Kidlit author and illustrator, graphic designer for higher education, owner of a giant tortoise 🩵✏️📖🐢🩵
BIRTHDAY BASH (2025) | EARTH ROVER (2025)
repd. by Dan Cramer @pageturnerlit.bsky.social
www.woolleystories.com
Ariana Philips @arianaphilips.bsky.social Literary Agent/Partner at JVNLA
@jvnla.bsky.social
https://www.jvnla.com/
Meggie's at ALA - table 2052 @meggietheramm.bsky.social Michigan cartoonist
IRL swamp muppet
Comic design, comic education, comic etc.
Creator of Batcat
Devon Holzwarth @devonholzwarth.bsky.social 📚Picture book creator
Color enthusiast, dog lover, lake swimmer 💦
✨Publishing ‘25✨
📕BIRDLORE (March 18/Knopf)
📘SAND CAKES (April 22/Tundra)
www.devonholzwarth.com
Rep’d by Nicole Tugeau
jml grabow @jeangrabow.bsky.social KidLit writer, YA/MG fiction, verse, poetry. Social Media coordinator for @scbwila. MFA @VCFA. Ketchup fan.
Ruth Horowitz @ruthhorowitz.bsky.social Writer repped by Linda Epstein (kids books) and Rena Rosner (adult). Latest title: THE MIDNIGHT MITZVAH (Barefoot Books 1924).
Make Art That Sells @makeartthatsells.bsky.social Outstanding online art + illustration courses from top art agent + illustrator Lilla Rogers. 30k+ students in over 100 countries. #MakeArtThatSells
Online art courses to boost your portfolio 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-art-courses/
Emma Miller 😁📚🍁 @emmadmiller.bsky.social Canadian Author & Creator of "The Doonies" children's book series! 📚🍁 https://thedoonies.ca
- Follow on: Bluesky, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Threads, Spotify
- Find our podcast on YouTube and Buzzsprout 📱✨️📚😁❤️🍁
Sònia Albert @sonia-albert.bsky.social illustrator ✏✏ | somewhere near Barcelona
Rep. by Pickled Ink
✉sonalbert@gmail.com
http://instagram.com/sonialbert_
https://sonialbert.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/sonialbert
(she/her)
Diana Delosh - illustrator @dtdelosh.bsky.social Illustrator/storyteller represented by Lynnette Novak of The Seymour Agency
portfolio: https://dianadelosh.com
Theartofpuro @theartofpuro.bsky.social I'm a children's book, comics illustrator and cover artist often in collaboration with my buddy Andrea.
PB (TOOFS)
#kidlitart
https://www.artstation.com/theartofpuro
IG: @ theartofpuro
Sally Anderson @sallyginger.bsky.social Freelance illustrator with clients from PRH, innocent, NHS and Chatsworth House with a passion for drawing and specialising is Children’s book illustration.
GreenMan @greenman508.bsky.social I’m a visual artist. Graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, grad work at Northwestern, taught art and worked for art supply manufacturers & design firms. Now, I’m an old white guy trying to figure life out from my US & Mexican studios.
Lisa Carmody Doiron-Author @lisacarmodydoiron.bsky.social SCBWI | CANSCAIP | 12x12 | 2025 Chuckle Challenge Finalist | HM 2025 Halloweensie Contest | HM 2026 Valentiny Contest | AHOY, MATE, AHOY! MISS MOLLY MOLLOY, spring '26
Nicola Schofield @nicolaschofield.com Children's book illustrator and author in the UK. Urbansketcher. Creating colourful worlds & characters
🌐 https://nicolaschofield.com
✏️ https://nicolaschofield.com/newsletter/
💌 Hello@nicolaschofield.com
Represented by Sally Kim at ABLA
#kidLitArt
Leander Fontaine @lefonta.bsky.social Writing, illustrating and painting stories for our grandchild.
Ich schreibe, illustriere und male Geschichen für unser Enkelchen.
www.leanderfontaine.com www.instagram.com/singlenats
#kidlit #kidlitart #art #childrensbook #picturebook #kinderbuch 
Vinnie @vinnieguarna.bsky.social Illustrator, artist, traveler...
Favorite destinations - Iceland, Tahiti, England, Egypt, Portugal, NYC!
Enjoy rock music, theater, illustrating, nature, animals, Crane's Beach, Halloween and Christmas!
Enjoy life to the fullest...we only get one chance!
Avani Dwivedi @avanidwivedi.bsky.social 🎨 picture book artist
📍Mumbai / NYC
🌷Repped by Painted Words
Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social She/her. Picture book writer/illustrator.
Rep: @swekstein.bsky.social
2024 Round Table Mentee, #PBParty Honorable Mention, #50PreciousWords HM.
Keep posting about your books; I want to read them!
sparklemarkers.com
Natalie Nourigat @natalienourigat.bsky.social Director, Head of Story, Writer, Storyboard Artist for animation. Occasionally makes comics 💕
Bryan Mon @monstergram7.bsky.social Official Bluesky page of Bryan Mon, Disney staff drawer of princesses and the co-creator of "Unstoppable Tuff-Girl." Also on Cara
Blog: monotonae.blogspot.com
Valerie Light @valerielight.bsky.social Illustration
Comics Memoir
Artist About Town in the Hudson Valley
@lswidener.bsky.social @lswidener.bsky.social 
Pamela Goodman @pamelagoodmanart.bsky.social Children’s book illustrator and artist in the PNW🌲
linktr.ee/pamelagoodmanart
Mel @melirific.bsky.social Writer | Illustrator | Photographer
📷 Capturing mother's dementia journey
🎨 Captivated by creative discovery
⛔ Recovering social media recluse
melmakes.ca
Cindy Rodella Purdy @cindyrodellapurdy.bsky.social I am a designer, illustrator, artist, children’s book writer and director with two cats living in Florida.
Allison Cole @allisoncole.bsky.social 🖌 Illustrator and Artist
✨ Adjunct Professor at RISD
📚 Represented by Analía Cabello @analiacabello.bsky.social at ABLA
allisoncoleillustration.com
Paige Pooler @paigepooler.bsky.social Illustrator, dog friend, thrifter, wannabe mudlark. VOTES BLUE. Proud Californian. Anti-Trump
DM/Chat has been disabled.
🚫GenAI 🚫MAGA
🚫PORN 🚫Crypto
Chris Robertson @chrisrbooks.bsky.social Author/Illustrator of many delightful picture books and Storyboard Professor at Otis College of Art & Design www.chrisrobertsonbooks.com
Indie Comics Creator Con (IC3) @indiecomicscreator.bsky.social IC3 is an innovative comic book convention focusing on creators and supporters of indie art and ideas. IC3 is produced by Comic Art Fans. Logo by Sam J Royale.
Tenderhearted Teacher @sallymacsam.bsky.social Special education preschool teacher, mom of 2 littles and a rescue dog, ECE blogger, and aspiring PB writer
www.tenderheartedteacher.com
IG: @tenderheartedteacher
#scbwi #12x12challenge #kidlit #pb #writingcommunity #preschool #earlychildhood
Seth Kazmar @sethkazmar.bsky.social Drexel MFA Alumni
Meridth McKean Gimbel @hellomeridth.bsky.social 🌟Award winning writer & artist
🗣️they/them/elle
🧳Rep: Allie Levick at Writers House
📕GETTING TO KNOW YOUR TRANSCESTORS 2028 🏳️⚧️
🕸️ https://www.meridthsayshello.com/links
🧦 Here to steal your left sock
@lizannart.bsky.social @lizannart.bsky.social 
Scarlet Fox Studios // Megan Laude @scarletfoxstudios.bsky.social Connecticut Based Watercolor Artist & Illustrator
All Things Nature & Magic 🌿✨️
https://linktr.ee/scarletfoxstudios
Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social Comics as thinking. Eisner winner. Unflattening from HarvardUP (http://bit.ly/1vENIO7). Former Detroiter/NYer/YYC/now assoc prof SFSU-Comics Studies!
https://spinweaveandcut.com/
Tags #comics
#Unflattening #Nostos
Kellie Lewis @kellielewis.bsky.social Creator of Kicky Brand and Wild Unknown comics
James Braithwaite Kidlit/Animation @thebathwater.bsky.social Illustrator, author, animation director (in that order) Lost an Oscar. Won an Emmy. Represented by Rosemary Stimola at Stimola Literary Studio.
Rachel Pinnelas 💭 @racheaissance.com • \rā-chə-sän(t)s\ n. I’m here because I was in the comic book. Writer. Editor. Curator. @comicmoviebookclub.bsky.social Creator & Host. She/her. ✍️ racheaissance.com
lila pearl @lilashapiro.bsky.social features writer, new york magazine
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social Pulitzer prize winning Editorial Cartoonist
Open Windows at http://anntelnaes.substack.com
Archived work at http://anntelnaes.com
Linda Rooney-Arts @lindarooneyarts.bsky.social See my paintings and photographs at lindarooneyarts.com.
Cosmic Lion Productions @cosmiclion.bsky.social Home of Eli Schwab and the whole galaxy of Cosmic Lion books!! Including Space Knights, GHOST Agents, Printopia, Weird Myths, Ghost Man, Tales From the Wolf, Relic Hunter and tons more! https://cosmiclionproductions.com/
Meesimo @meesimo.bsky.social Multi award nominated Cartoonist/caricaturist/illustrator based in the Midwest
Www.meesimo.com
Kim Soderberg @kimsoderberg.bsky.social 🌸Children’s Book Illustrator🌸
KimSoderbergIllustration.com
Wife•Mom•Gardener•Autism Advocate
Effie Seiberg @effies.bsky.social Nebula-winning and Hugo/Sturgeon-nominated writer. Bagel the Dog's emotional support human. Dadjoke teller. Unrepentant punster. Sentence-fragment lover. Disabled w #MECFS She/her effieseiberg.com/stories
Susan Hood @susanhood.bsky.social Award-winning children's book author of LIFEBOAT 12, ADA'S VIOLIN, ALIAS ANNA, HARBORING HOPE, THE LAST STRAW, SHAKING THINGS UP, and more. Rep: Brenda Bowen, The Book Group. susanhoodbooks.com New: LIFEBOAT 5!
Deborah Paquette @deborahpaquette.bsky.social Picture-book author/illustrator. #SCBWI Canada West Co-ARA.
deborahpaquette@shaw.ca
deborahpaquette.com
Dani_B @danib.bsky.social Future of education. She/her. EdD student studying futures thinking in the youth educator workforce.
Yell at the machine, girl
Cordelia Jensen @cordeliajensen.bsky.social MG/YA verse novelist, author of LILAC AND THE SWITCHBACK, EVERY SHINY THING, SKYSCRAPING, THE WAY THE LIGHT BENDS. Creative writing teacher, freelance editor and certified book coach.
Kellie DuBay Gillis (she/her) @kdubaygillis.bsky.social Enviro scientist. Kidlit author. linktr.ee/kelliedubaygillis Out now: IF YOU FIND A FAWN art by Wazza Pink from Disney’s Planet Possible & BIG BIKE, LITTLE BIKE art by Jacob Souva from HarperCollins. Great Lakes lover living near Cleveland. Go Blue!
Rajani LaRocca @rajanilarocca.bsky.social 2022 Newbery Honoree, Walter Award, Golden Kite winner. Doctor, author of MG & PB, fiction & nonfiction, prose & poetry. Pro-democracy, pro-reproductive freedom, anti-book bans.
Rep: Brent Taylor
www.RajaniLaRocca.com
Ramya G Spaulding @rgspaulding.bsky.social Author/illustrator looking for representation #12x12 #PB #MG #engineer #STEAM #scbwi #2021PBParty Finalist, #2025PBParty HM, #2025PBRisingStar HM. Will not engage in DMs from unknown people.
www.rgspaulding.com
Kathy Halsey @infowoman.bsky.social Kid lit Author | 📚🖌 Ask Infowoman: A Library Consult |PBChat Mentee |Corgis | NFNerd |Former Storyteller Academy Community Manager | Retired Librarian | https://www.kathyhalsey.com/
Twitter handle: @infowoman1
Jolene Gutiérrez | Kidlit Author & Teacher Librarian @writerjolene.bsky.social #Kidlit writer 📚 #SCBWI member 📚 Teacher librarian in a haunted library 👻 TOO MUCH! AN OVERWHELMING DAY '23 ✨ THE OFRENDA THAT WE BUILT '24 ✨ MAMIACHI AND ME '25 ✨ UNBREAKABLE: A JAPANESE AMERICAN FAMILY IN AN AMERICAN INCARCERATION CAMP '26 ✨ 
Pamela Ross @pamelarosswrites.bsky.social Writer. Poetry. Prose. Copywriter. Proofreader. Book Rescuer. Book Lover. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band person.
Anna M Lewis @annamlewis.bsky.social Author/ Illustrator | Toy Inventor | Sarcasm Queen | Pursuer of Creative Ideas | Constantly Spiraling Down Some Rabbit Hole
Gabi Snyder @gabisnyder.bsky.social Author of TWO DOGS ON A TRIKE, LISTEN, COUNT ON US, TODAY, and LOOK | Rep: Natalie Lakosil, @lookingglasslit.bsky.social | she/her 
Shelley Johannes @shelleyjohannes.bsky.social Author|illustrator|designer from Metro Detroit.
Books include: BEATRICE ZINKER, UPSIDE DOWN THINKER SERIES | MORE THAN SUNNY | THIS JOY! | March 2025: WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? with Marcy Campbell
Book, prints, tees + more:
linktr.ee/ShelleyJohannes
Maria van Lieshout @vanlieshoutstudio.bsky.social Dutch-born, California-based illustrator/graphic novelist. Printz Honor. Nat. Book Award longlist🐦⬛
songofablackbird.com
instagram.com/vanlieshoutstudio
linktr.ee/vanlieshoutstudio
LizRiceWrites @lizricewrites.bsky.social Writer- current project is a contemporary middle grade novel in verse. I'm always working on picture books. The beach is my happy place.
Lyn Miller-Lachmann @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social Author, translator & Lego builder. Winner 2023 LA Times Book Prize for YA Literature for TORCH. Author of MOONWALKING (co-authored with Zetta Elliott) & EYES OPEN, both historical novels in verse. 
Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social Author of A TIME TRAVELER’S THEORY OF RELATIVITY | Cailleach of the Catskills | Baba Yaga of Philly | Writes Fantasy & Scifi for Children | Knitter, Needleworker, Raptor lover
Leslie Piotrowski @lpiotrowski80.bsky.social Biracial debut picture book author with a passion for sharing her heritage through children’s literature. Former Peace Corps volunteer. Rep’d by Joyce Sweeney of the Seymour Agency.