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
Julie Patchouly @juliepatchouly.bsky.social Psychologist, Clinical Therapist, Writer, Avid Reader and Lover of Humanity. I am salt and light.
Jeanne Walker Harvey @jeannewharvey.bsky.social #kidlit author! I value the power of words, art, dancing & chocolate.
I love writing picture book bios about inspiring creative people!
Recent books: THE GLASS PYRAMID, ELSE B. IN THE SEA, ABLAZE WITH COLOR & DRESSING UP THE STARS. jeanneharvey.com
BookishPerseus @bookish-perseus.bsky.social 22yrs
Book Count: 2000
TBR: 6931
2026 Reading Challenge: 195/200
Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
@aufarmlife.bsky.social @aufarmlife.bsky.social
Holly R. Valakresch @hollyvalakresch.bsky.social Author & Screenwriter | I 🩶 Arts & Sciences, Sculpting, Cartography, Cooking, Baking, Fashion, Fitness, Fairytales, & Historical Things.
https://linktr.ee/hollyvalakresch
Heather Lang @heatherlangbooks.bsky.social Author of picture books that celebrate our natural world and biographies about strong women, including THE LEAF DETECTIVE. Represented by Red Fox Literary. heatherlangbooks.com
Renee Runge, literary agent @reneerunge.bsky.social Associate Agent at Spencerhill Associates repping middle grade and young adult fiction 📖🐛 (do not DM me submissions) | MA/MFA in Children’s Literature
Gleann @gleann62.bsky.social Newly arrived in Ireland with my husband. Illustrator, puppeteer, phlebotomist, GNA and all around kind soul.
Sarah E. Steinberg @sarahesteinberg.bsky.social she/her/they - author-illustrator for kidlit and comics
GOBLINCORE COLORING BOOK OUT NOW sarahesteinberg.com/coloring
sarahesteinberg.com/links - rep'd by Allison Remcheck - Long Covid class of '20
Angel Gantnier @angelgan.bsky.social Picture Book Writer. Published Short Story Author. Reader. Crafter. Optimist. Nature. Animals. Institute of Children’s Literature. #Storystorm #PBParty #12x12PictureBookWritingChallenge
Boyds Mills @boydsmills.bsky.social Boyds Mills positively impacts children by amplifying the voices of storytellers who inspire children to become their best selves.
https://linktr.ee/boydsmills
Layne Johnson | Children’s Author - Is Querying @laynejohnsonkidlit.bsky.social Layne Johnson is a picture book writer/aspiring illustrator. #SCBWI. Humor and Heart|STEAM and SEL|ADHD #amquerying
Website: https://laynejohnsonkidsbooks.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
Jen Linnan @jenlinnan.bsky.social
Mike Jung @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social OH FFS, do I have to
Okay fine, FINE, I'm a children's writer and artistttnnnggghhhh that still feels so weird to say, I'm also Korean American and autistic and a messy emotional glob who constantly gets sentimental on main, you've been warned
Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine @doorisajarmag.bsky.social Quarterly literary magazine of #poetry, short #fiction, #nonfiction, #drama, #art and #bookreviews with cadence and personality to take readers on a journey.
https://www.doorisajarmagazine.net/
Emily Goss @barrowmember.bsky.social Love nature, writing, arts & crafts, music, community, books, #SciComm, play & growing. Editor Ciadish.co.uk (for chronically ill and #disabled [CIAD] writers & the readers who love their books). Co-founder CripCoop.co.uk mutual support network #CripCoop
N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social Writer. She/her.
Sami Schalk @drsamischalk.bsky.social Academic. Pleasure activist. Author of Bodyminds Reimagined & Black Disability Politics. Both open access from Duke University Press. She/her.
https://linktr.ee/samischalk
Septima P. Snark @drsubini.blacksky.app DisCrit-Critical Educator-Black Asian Feminist exploring intersections, searching for Justice-Yogini-Tweets=mine. She/Her Author-Pedagogy of Pathologization 🍉
Tethered Sky @tetheredsky.bsky.social Poet | current manuscript: Mélusine 🐍 | she/her
MizTeeFranklin @teefranklin.com 1st Black Harley Quinn Writer
Bestselling award winning comic writer
BINGO LOVE | HARLEY QUINN
Kidlit author: MY LITTLE PONY
Screenwriter | Writing Consultant
Disabled | Neurodivergent
They/She
https://linktr.ee/mizteefranklin
Dr. Anna Hinton @blackademicmama.bsky.social Disabled queer mama. Professional over-thinker and wordy writer.
✨️intelligentwat✨️ BRING BACK ŁINK @zinrock.bsky.social ZinRock.com
Black. Queer. Genderweird. Author.
rep: @arleysorg.bsky.social
preliminary editor and sensitivity reader. don't fuck with AI. horror obsessed.
toss a coin? https://ko-fi.com/zinrock
Nalo Hopkinson - Jamaica Ginger & Other Concoctions @nalohop.bsky.social Award-winning author of prose & comics, maker of food and small objects she/her/hers http://nalohopkinson.com
Risa Wolf / Killerpuppytails @risawolf.bsky.social Multi-gendered water elemental (all pronouns, use they/them for myself) pretending to be an ink-stained lycanthrope. Writer-type, NO AI. (If you use AI? EW, David. Ew.)
Loves parenthetical asides.
More at killerpuppytails.com
Anita 🧜🏽♀️🏴☠️🪐 @mythopoetica.bsky.social Author. Poet. Gothic Academic. PhD. she/her.
🕌 ☪️ 🕋
🚫 no gen-AI
Codex, MLA
Published in: Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, BCS, Uncanny, Lightspeed (POCDSF) etc
Website: www.mythopoetica.com
Bibliography: https://mythopoetica.com/bibliography/
Laura Miers @lauramiers.bsky.social Chronically ill, LongCovid since 2020. Public health advocate and lived experience expert. Ex-Texan. Medicine, languages, Sociology, & law. Global citizen & polyglot.
Whirl 📚(can't donate) @whirloglyphics.bsky.social Book Reviewer | Book Blogger | Writer | Artist | Editor | 18+ only
🚫AI
Reads: Mostly BIPOC authors- all genres
BSc: Natural Resources- Conservation Rangeland Ecology
BSc: Sustainability
Oregon State University Alum
Imani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social Disabled Loudmouth.
https://www.canva.com/design/DAFjqA7WtS0/11YO6Ql6Yl9J792_jipiwQ/edit?utm_content=DAFjqA7WtS0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton
Vilissa Thompson @vilissathompson.bsky.social #DisabilityTooWhite Creator • Founder of Ramp Your Voice!, LLC • #Disability_Rights #Consultant • Social Worker • #Writer
https://www.rampyourvoice.com/
https://www.vilissathompson.com/
http://patreon.com/RampYourVoice
Moya @moyazb.bsky.social Moya Bailey. Quirky Black Girl. Queer Androgyne. 90s R&B Lover. Teacher. Gatherer. Mozzarella Stick Aficionado.
https://linktr.ee/moyabailey
Sharon Phillips @sharoncowling.bsky.social Retired college principal, learning to write poems. First pamphlet Liven Yourself Up, available through Yaffle's Nest. Dogmother. Living with large vessel vasculitis.
Allison Wallis @awallis.bsky.social Journalist
Disability Rights
Clippings.me/allisonwallis
I also sell vintage jewelry! https://www.ebay.com/usr/northshorealohavintage
(I alt text when I don't have a bad headache. Sometimes I can't.)
D. A. Charles Author @dacharlesauthor.bsky.social Pronouns: She/Her
Diversity storyteller committed to representing the disability population by writing authentic stories that matter.
https://linktr.ee/dacharlesauthor
Marianne Xenos @mariannexenos.bsky.social Artist, writer and occasional shapeshifter. I live in western Mass. with a cat named Fred.
www.mariannexenos.com
K.J Viridis @kj-viridis.bsky.social Chronically ill👩🦽Chronically writing
🏳️🌈🇬🇧🇪🇸
2025 releases
🌓 Perseverance - Poetry collection
🔪 The Dream Reaper series book 1
🤫 (I’m also K.J Green for kids)
Tyler Battaglia, horror author - PRAY FOR HIM out now! @whosthistyler.bsky.social PRAY FOR HIM out now! | writing queer and disabled horror, horror romance, dark fantasy | see site for all publications and content warnings | tylerbattaglia.carrd.co/
Robin After Dark 🌶️🔞 @robinjomargaret.bsky.social NSFW!!! 🔞🔞🔞
Indie author of queer books
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇮🇹
xe/xem/xyr/xyrs/xemself
Domina Easton @dominaeastonauthor.bsky.social 🌶️🌶️🌶️Author.
🏳️🌈♿🔞
They/Them/Any
https://linktr.ee/dominaeastonauthor
Deborah Foster, PhD, author, AuDHD, EDS @deborah-foster.bsky.social Author of What’s So Bad About Being Poor? Our Lives in the Shadows of the Poverty Experts; former TRIO student/staff; PhD in Social Work and Psychology from UMich. Chronic pain. Cat lady with kids, just not my own; Vaxxed.
https://linktr.ee/DeborahMFoster
Daelyn Morgana 🥀 @daelynmorgana.bsky.social Dark Spec Fic Author • Words in Livina Press, Prosetrics, Suburban Witchcraft Mag, & more • Lover of all things fantasy & dark-natured • Introvert • Witch • Horsewoman • AuDHDer • She/Her
https://linktr.ee/daelynmorgana
✨️ mars 🪽 is writing @marsadler.bsky.social (they/he) 27 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 | 18+ content, occasionally ⚰️🕊 | award-winning author of queer and trans horror | recovering ghostwriter | pfp by @/theartofabirdy
Read my books here 👇
https://marsadler.carrd.co/
Rachel Handley 🏳️🌈 @rachelahandley.com Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool.
SFF Author. Poet. 🦉
Possible Worlds and Other Stories (2022)
They/Them.
rachelahandley.com
Jumping Jules Poetry @jumpingjulespoetry.bsky.social Julie Stevens, MS, poet. Forest Girl, Journey Through the Fire, Step into the Dark, Stickleback and Quicksand. Writes for adults and children.
www.jumpingjulespoetry.com
Brian Palermo - Veteran Coach @brianpalermo.com Supporting fellow veterans in getting the benefits they’ve earned by securing proper compensation and reaching their highest possible VA rating.
No claim representation or legal advice provided.
Celia Roan - fighting to regain sight @celiaroan.bsky.social Writer, artist, shy singer, hobby-gamer, social tea-drinker. Likes walking in nature - when it's not overly wet or soggy =)
❤️ myth, legends & folklore
❤️ dogs, doting equestrienne 🥕
Disabled (Visually Impaired) - I may not see you clearly, but I hear you
Astrobridge @otterdojustice.bsky.social Bestselling Author of "Do You Believe in Fairies? Compositions of Truth & Nature in Art & Poetry" & a Neurospicy Photog/Artist/Poet/Author/Performer Cat Compatriot & FATposi Veg EcoSocJ Leftie. No AI/NFT! My Light Fairy is REAL www.astrobridge-artistry.com
Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social Shy, disabled, queer, autistic.
Requires alt text to follow you.
Writer of contemporary m/m/m and lesbian historical novels.
Book related stuff found mostly at @penthewriter.bsky.social
Cornwall dweller.
May actually be the cat in the picture
Dusty Limits @dustylimits.bsky.social Cabaret artiste, singer, actor, writer, director, lyricist, compere, life-drawing instructor, bon vivant, thinker and drinker. Love cabaret, hate fascism.
Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social Name's Shannon Elayne Ann Weston; SEA for short. Pirate at heart, writer by trade. Join me as I delve into magic's core, embark on voyages, and reveal beings that only trained eyes can see. 🖤🤍💜
linktr.ee/sea_author | http://rb.gy/uhyt5 | no ai
Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social Disabled writer of things. Bad at being on BlueSky. Debut sci-fi horror novel AWAKENED out now with Angry Robot Books.
‘An impressive debut worth losing sleep over’ - New York Times
Lyn Wheaton (Lynnie) @lynwheaton.bsky.social WRITER: CNF. Short Story. #binders.
Memoirs in Progress: THE DREAM LOTTERY & 3 unnamed.
Screenplays: Heaven in a Cup.
Featured monthly writer: Valley Voice-6 years.
Lighthouse Writers Workshop.
Coffee bogart. #Neurodivergent
Follows Back Creatives
Sophie Gabrielle @sophgabswrites.bsky.social UK #indieauthor of the romantasy series, The Chaos Chronicles 🔥 Available on Kindle Unlimited.
LGBTQIA+ characters 🏳️🌈
Chronic Illness and Mental Health ♿️
Heteromantic Ace 🖤🩶🤍💜
Sophgabswrites.carrd.co
Pauline @paulinewrites.bsky.social 🎙️| Societal advisor & impact author
🤘🏼| Kindness is punk AF
♾️| @jcdenden.bsky.social’s favourite rockchick
🧑🧒| Mom of a tiny human & two dogs
🎞️| Cinema & books fuel my soul
👩🏽🎓| Academic student.
🌀| I don’t do toxic positivity, I just reframe realistically
Prof Kate Loder @kghist.bsky.social STOP TRUMP #stoptrump
History: gender, women, children, music, African diasporas, queer histories, disabilities.
British #womencomposers 🎶
Long-term housebound with
#longcovid
Garden flora and fauna 🌿 🐦⬛🐞
Julene Tripp Weaver @trippweavpoet.bsky.social Poet—latest book: "Slow Now with Clear Skies." Writer. Herbalist—Green Witch. Therapist. Systemic or Family Constellation. Health Artist. #WOMPO https://www.julenetrippweaver.com
Andrea Avery @andreaavery.bsky.social Author of:
• SONATA: A MEMOIR OF PAIN AND THE PIANO (Pegasus Books)
• VISITING COMPOSER: A NOVELLA (Miami U Press)
• Co-author LET’S DISCUSS (Teachers College Press)
BA (🎹) MFA, Ed.D @ ASU
Rheumatoid arthritis since 1989.
She/her.
Kat Brown @katbrownwrites.com Freelance journalist and editor in London, hello! Only Connect Jilly and servant to v entitled animals. My books are on ADHD and infertility, but I’m 99% fuelled by The Archers and horse riding. www.katbrownwrites.com
Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social West Coast Canada illustrator & writer🤖🦕🛼
Short, left-handed, adhd, lighthouse keeper’s daughter. Nature & neon
Rep'd by @jemiscoe.bsky.social -Starling Literary
@starlingliterary.bsky.social
PBs: MAYBE A WHALE | MOTHER ASPEN
www.heycrystalsmith.com
Megan McNamara @writtenbymegan.bsky.social Story Maker-Upper 📺 TV Writer: ESE on All American: Homecoming I Staff Writer on LA’s Finest 📚 Kidlit Writer: Member of Storyteller Academy I PB Rising Stars HM 2025 I Blogger of @keepwritingkidlit.bsky.social (she/her)
Lee Ballard @leeballardbooks.bsky.social Novice Writer of Chapter Book Series, Experienced Grandmother, Almost Graduate of SNHU, Gladly Retired, Shivering Chicago Resident, Extreme Novice Website Developer (mine only), Longtime lover of life!
www.LeeBallardBooks.com
@canew.bsky.social @canew.bsky.social #bluerev
Jody J. Little @jodyjlittle.bsky.social 5th Grade Teacher, author, middle grade and picture book enthusiast, MOSTLY THE HONEST TRUTH, WORSE THAN WEIRD. SCBWI Member.
Joan Marie Galat @jmgalat.bsky.social Author and speaker. 30+ books. Topics include #activism, #astronomy, #darkskies, #nature, #ecology #pollution. #SCBWI Crystal Kite winner #STEM #STEAM www.joangalat.com & moondotmedia.com
Katie Booms Assarian @commonpoem.com Poet, artist, quirky spiritual picture book creator. Parenting twin 1st graders 👯 with a loud librarian. Farmers' daughter turned former writing prof, nerd for native plants + community arts, Episcopal church lady by day. Total Grand Rapids townie. Say hey
Lisa Yee . . . is confused about social media @lisayee.bsky.social New York Times Bestseller, Newbery Honoree, National Book Award Finalist, Procrastinator Extraordinaire, #KidLit Author
Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social Author. Fledgling poet. Rep’d by Nicole Eisenbraun @ GCL. Debut novel, WHERE THE LIGHT SHINES IN, releasing 9.29.26.
Website: jemattern.com
April Berry | KidLit @aprilberrybooks.bsky.social Introvert, travel writer, children's book author, host of Picture Books Postcard blog. Rep'd by Katie Monson of SBR Media. #kidlit #writingcommunity #12x12PB #KidlitChuckleChallenge
AprilBerryBooks.com
Melissa Murray @melissamurray.bsky.social Author + Illustrator + Artist
SCBWI | CBIG | 12x12
PBParty 2024 Illustration Showcase HM
https://melissamurray.net
#kidlitart #kidlit
Lisa Rogers @lisaljrogers.bsky.social Author, dog mom, librarian, immigrant daughter
#SCBWI Golden Kite Honor: Beautiful Noise
Elvis Presley Little Golden Book
Joan Mitchell Paints a Symphony
Rep'd: Hen&ink Literary
https://lisarogerswrites.com/
Love connecting w/ #teachers #librarians
Ally Ally Oxenfree @allymalinenko.bsky.social She/her 🏳️🌈 @Horrorwriters #SpookyMG Rep'd by @renarossner. GHOST GIRL, the Bram Stoker nominated THIS APPEARING HOUSE, THE OTHER MARCH SISTERS and Stephen King endorsed BROKEN DOLLS
@miriamsf.bsky.social @miriamsf.bsky.social Mom of 2 daughters. Middle Grade Author. Repped by Nicole Eisenbraun. Developmental Editor. MS ELA Teacher. Tree-hugger. Vegetarian. Figure Skater. Dreamer.
#MGpies
https://mspitzerfranklin.wixsite.com/mysite/critique-services
Sarah Sellman @snsellman.bsky.social expansion + compassion
filmmaker, writer, ritual artist, psychopomp, animist, neurospicy, queer in all the ways
🧵🪲🐍🌻🌾🪞🕸️🥚⏳🏹🍎🗝️🕯️
STEAMTeamBooks @steamteambooks.bsky.social A group of STEAM children's authors and illustrators sharing sneak peeks of new books, cover reveals, giveaways, and writing tips. www.steamteambooks.com
Produceu11 @produceu11.bsky.social https://mitcheldelevieproductions.bandcamp.com/
Music & Video Production
Book Worm Jim @book-worm-jim.bsky.social 22 Bookworm 📚 Lover of dark fantasy, cozy mysteries, and everything in between ✨ Always chasing the next great story. Opinions are my own, but feel free to borrow them 😉
@jameswenzel.bsky.social @jameswenzel.bsky.social
Jenna B. @jennabiagio.bsky.social 21 Love anime and emo music 🎥🎶 Big fan of deep stories and cool soundtracks. Always down to talk about favorite shows or bands. Just here to vibe and share what I like 🖤 New to this, so go easy on me!
Lisa Gerin @lisagerin1.bsky.social Picture Book author. NJ-Tucson #SCBWI Cat & cacti wrangler School visits-https://lisagerin.com
Author of ROSALIND LOOKED CLOSER- abt scientist Rosalind Franklin (22') LUCY STONE SPEAKS UP about suffragette Lucy Stone
(27) Beaming Books Former librarian
Mary Elder @bymaryelder.bsky.social Writer. Give me a minute. I just got here.
Emily Roberson @robersonemily.bsky.social Author and screenwriter, LIFESTYLES OF GODS & MONSTERS (FSG/Macmillan) | Repped by Kerry Sparks at LGR Literary | fundamentally unserious
Earthling Beta Readers @earthlingbeta.bsky.social Hello, writing community! We are the beta wing for the Darling Axe. Follow us for graphic writing prompts—all art is by actual humans. Find us here: https://tinyurl.com/earthlingbeta 🪓🪓
Viral Memes @handle.invalid Bringing laughs to your timeline daily 🤪 | Follow for the best viral memes! | viralmemes.lol
Elise Salomon @elisesalomon.bsky.social "Author. Dreamweaver. Visionary. Plus actor."
If you know what I'm quoting, I probably like you a lot.
Dr. Sandy B @drsandyb.bsky.social (She/Her) Ultimate Life Alchemist⚛️
Magic is EVERYWHERE & Love WINS💙⭐️💃
RN, BSN, MSN, CHPN, PhD(c)
Woke AF 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Cult Survivor☠️
Atheist☮️
Fuck the Pedo 🐷
Batnurse Educator 🧠 📚🎓⚕️
Baker St. Irregular🔎
All animals welcome💝
Fighting for ALL of us!!
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💙🦋JaneyLou🦋💙 (ClassAwitch) @janeylou.bsky.social Entertainer, married to my best friend/disabled Vietnam Vet. I love Democracy and our way of life. Let's keep it, shall we?! #DonksFriends #BlueCrew #Resist I'm Queen of Typos! Please, no DM's! 🖕MAGAts & the tRump they rode in on! #AdoptDontShop 🦋 💙✌🐈⬛🐕🐎🦬🎵🎙
🇺🇸💙🏳️🌈🇺🇦Kygrannyof12🏳️🌈🇺🇦💙🇺🇸 @kygrannyof12.bsky.social I believe in Love and Kindness 💙 for everyone(except Maga)
Try to keep a positive attitude about the future
Love my family and will fight tooth and nail for all of them, to old and to tired to keep quiet
🚫DM’s instant block 🚫OnlyFans
#BlueToTheCore
💙🌸JK🌸💙 @pinklipgloss.bsky.social Woke AF 🤸♂️ Ally 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️Gen X ✨ Mama 💜
Hospital MSW 🫶 Atheist 🔬 Anti-bigot 🤬
🚫DMs Married 👰 she/her 🩵
Erika Chappell 🏳️⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social Magical Girl. RPG designer & author. Milhist nerd. Buckling spring keyboard shill. Made Flying Circus that one time. Now working on Torchship.
https://opensketch.itch.io/
MeidasJayneE💙🦋🌊🇺🇸 @jayneeangelmom.bsky.social “DO NOT OBEY”💙🌊🦋🇺🇸
•AngelmanSyndrome•Autism •Epilepsy•COTA/L•WokeAF •RadicalHumanitarian•FBR•Love is Love #MeidasMighty #Oppose #Resist #DoNotObey 🐶🐱🐴☕️🍀🍷🌎☮️🌻🎶⚖️🌈✊🏿🟧💞
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🚫Illuminati🚫MAGA🚫Porn🚫DM’s
Anne - Love is Love 💜 Put some beans on it! @annedeuceofcups.bsky.social Science, decency, random acts of kindness. Love is the only true religion. Happily married.
#Legumunati 🫘
Patron of The Daily Beans
Frequent typo queen 👸
Douglas Smith 💙💛🌈❄️🌊✊️ @fakedigdoug.bsky.social He/Him
Observer
#NoKings
#Feminist
#BlueCrew
#UBI
🚫DM(unless I know you)🚫
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