Laura Handy @lauradhandy.bsky.social Writer. Picture book enthusiast. Promoter of organ donation.
#SCBWI #12x12 #MightyKidLit
Alan D Thomas @alanthomasd.bsky.social A musician with a passion for real estate building dreams you can live in and songs you can feel.
Jamie Novak @jamienovak.bsky.social Professional declutterer & author of KEEP THIS TOSS THAT: the practical guide to tidying up, turned PB author & SCBWI member http://www.JamieNovak.com
Erin Siska @erinsiska.bsky.social Reader, picture book author/illustrator, graphic novelist, lawyer, mama, dog person, mental health advocate, good listener. #kidlit #kidlitart
(she/her) Portfolio at www.erinsiska.com.
Robin Brett Wechsler @robinbwechsler.bsky.social Children's author, freelance editor/writer. Avid reader, walker, voter, museum goer, bird feeder, ice cream eater, ‘80s music listener. Cat lady.
12x12 I Courage to Create I SCBWI member
Writers' Loft member and PBCG leader
2025 PB Rising Stars HM
SJ Hartman (#AmQuerying The Sigil and the Serpent) @mkfshard.bsky.social Synell J. Hartman (she/they) 🏳️⚧️
Also known as: Shard, Halfwheel
Writer of upcoming fantasy novel
THE SIGIL AND THE SERPENT
Developer of soulslike RPG Deadbeat!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2067430/Deadbeat/
https://linktr.ee/jahartman
Heather Lee @heatherlee.bsky.social KidLit writer. Nurse Practitioner. Overseer of the House Committee for Spoiled Cats.
SCBWI Member | 12 x 12 | Inked Voices | RACWI News Editor
Adriana Gutierrez @felizreading.bsky.social Writer~Teacher~ Mama~❤️📚#50PreciousWords Win ‘23 #SpringFlingKidLit Win ‘23 #SunWriteFun Win ‘23 and ‘24 #FallWritingFrenzy Win ‘23 #12x12PB
Jessica DeLand - Author (is getting published! 😱) @delandjessica.bsky.social ~ X/IG/🧵@delandjessica
~ YA Contemporary Fantasy #author
~ debut WAKE coming Spring 2027 from Phoenix Moirai & @whimsillusion.bsky.social
~ 2022 Killer Nashville Claymore Finalist
~ #nospice #cleanreads #writer
~ 💍mom of 5
~ #LDS
https://jessicadeland.net/
The Times They Are A-Changin’-Dylan @soccerdawgz.bsky.social Retired Substance Use Disorder Counselor; long term recovery; NC Dem; Kamala supporter; soccer player & fan; everyone watches women's sports; NC Courage & NCFC supporter; NWSL, USWNT, USMNT, USL; music; nature; healthy resistance!
Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social Children’s Author | Idahoan | AABB | Hamline MFAC
The Good Little Mermaid’s Guide to Bedtime🧜♀️😡
Crocodile Hungry 🐊🦩😭
Cats, eels, books, etc.
www.eijasumner.com
Abby Wooldridge @anwbooks.bsky.social Pediatric speech-language pathologist. #KidLit writer. #12x12PB. #SCBWI. #PBParty 2025 Finalist. Equal parts Monica Geller, Sue Heck, Leslie Knope.
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.--Romans 12:21
abbywooldridge.com
Author Lilybeth/L.E. Schultz @lilybeth-writes.bsky.social Speculative | Romance | Horror
Feral 🏳️🌈 Auntie
Disabled Combat Veteran
SAFE Anthology - 9/2/2026
The Night Devours Us All - 10/15/2026
SECRET Anthology - 12/2027
www.authorlilybethschultz.com
Deb Cameron @debcameron.bsky.social Editor
Knowledge graph fan
Libraries saved my life
Cat lover
Sometimes silly
But very serious when I say
Abolish ICE
Maria is Writing @mariakidlit.bsky.social #Kidlit PB/MG writer and enthusiast
Parent
Bunny person
#Scbwi
Nature
Foodie
Lori Knutsen: Kidlit Writer, Teacher and Photographer @lknutsenkidlit.bsky.social I write #PB #YA to uplift, inspire, and entertain.❤️Teacher. Dreamer. #kidlitfirefly #ND 💫📝✨
https://loriknutsen.com
#kidlitchucklechallenge ‘26 Winner
#50Preciouswords ‘26‘25 HM
#springflingkidlit ‘25 Winner
#Halloweensie ‘25 HM
#SCBWI
#12X12
#PBRS Col
Tracie Renee (she/her) @tracierenee.bsky.social Librarian in sort-of Chicago.
PW book reviewer.
#Amquerying #SCBWI writer/poet.
Winner: #50PreciousWords, Highlights scholarship, ElegantLit, IAmWritingMG.
HM: #PBParty.
WTMP mentee, RisingTalent finalist, BOTN.
https://linktr.ee/tracie.renee
zilla @zillawrites.bsky.social 📎There's a lot of beauty in ordinary things.
🖤🤍💜
🩸 In my FINAL GIRL era 🩸
🎧 Co-host of the With Series Potential podcast
✏️ rep: Alex Land at MWLA
🏕️ Camp Director 🌲
Jessie Romigh @jessieromigh.bsky.social Children's book writer & illustrator seeking representation. Finding whimsy & humor with a dash of puns. Illustrations are hand-drawn, inked, & painted with watercolor. SCBWI-Austin Chapter. She/Her
www.jessieromigh.com
#kidlit #picturebook #kidlitart
Sadee Schilling @sadeeschilling.bsky.social teacher & artist 🎨 comics, #kidlit illustration, cut paper collage 🦋🐝AuDHD 📚grounded by books, my ginger kitty, fairy lights & tea 🏕 Colorado ☀️ https://www.sadeeschilling.com
Katrina Holly @katrinaholly.bsky.social Author of mysteries. Also a reader, drinker of too much coffee, and lover of full moons and rainy days.
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.
Brian Rhymer @rhymeswithfry.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ Transman. Writer. Teacher. Father. (he/him/his) #amquerying
Sandy Jonas @sandyjonas.bsky.social Author/illustrator, she/her kidlit and cozies 🇨🇦 SCBWI member
Rep’d by Maura Kye-Casella
Valeria Diaz ☀️🌷 @valeriadiazart.bsky.social 🇻🇪 Author-illustrator & Surface Designer
🖍️ Seeking Representation
💌 hello@valeriadiaz.com
🍊Based in Florida
https://valeriadiaz.com
@violetwelles.bsky.social @violetwelles.bsky.social 
Katie Erickson @katieerickson.bsky.social 
Allison Rozo @allisonrozo.bsky.social DIEGO FUEGO THE FIREFIGHTING DRAGON '25 🐧🐉🔥🌬️
UNIQUE LIKE YOU '25 🔆🇨🇴🫏♻️
Kidlit Author + Artist | Mama of✌️
🇺🇲 ❤️ 🇨🇴 #SCBWI #12x12PB
http://instagram.com/allisonrozo
https://www.rozobooksart.com/books
Agent:
@elisahouot.bsky.social ✨
Erin Rew @erinrew.bsky.social Aspiring children's book author/illustrator navigating life with two little ones, a growing menagerie, and a love of travel. (She/Her) #amwriting #amquerying #SCBWI #12x12
https://erinrew.com
OnTheFly🌻 @onthefly.bsky.social Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
Bad golfer, Decent fisherman, Not Too Bad on skis
Vermont
Cape Cod
Fly Fishing, Gardening, Dogs, German Beer, German cars
H is Querying @odearreader.bsky.social Here to connect with members of the #writingcommunity! 😊 #amquerying
Mom👧 🐶🐶, PhD researcher, full-time Swiftie. 
Ruth Williams @rooph.bsky.social Writer and illustrator. Tea fancier. Morning denier. NE-SCBWI Competition Winner. PBParty Finalist.Tassy Walden Award Finalist. Illustration Department mentee. www.madebyruth.com. instagram.com/rooph.pix/.
Rebecca Field @rebeccafieldgraphy.bsky.social Illustrator of beautiful worlds where dogs train humans to be kinder and more joyful. HS art teacher, teenager whisperer, facilitator of creative thought and imaginative possibilities
https://www.rebeccafieldgraphy.me
Ross Trevelyan 🗻🌲🦪🦀🚵♂️ @jumpintraxjack.bsky.social Freelance Editor. Author. Realpolitiker. Diplomat.
2026-27 WIPs:
◆ Black as the Sea at Night, 1816 Irish picaresque
◆ Lakeshore Heights, psych noir thriller
Excerpts on #WIPSnips.
Слава Украïнi!
🚫AI, DM
#editors
https://www.trevelyanwrites.com
Lindsey Aduskevich @laduskevich.bsky.social Literary Manager with Martin Literary Management | Reader | Writer | Dreamer | #SCBWI #InkedVoices| rep'd by @joycekay.bsky.social with the Seymour Agency
Brenna Jeanneret @brennajeanneret.bsky.social #Kidlitauthor #PB #GN #NF
THE LAW OF BIRTHDAYS ('24)
A BIKE IS NOT JUST A BIKE (26)
DUDES OF DISPOSAL ('26)
Co-host of You May Contribute A Verse
@JoshMonkwords.bsky.social
https://brennajeanneret.com/index.html
Mary Manning Illustration @marymng.bsky.social Illustrator #kidlit #illustration Character Artist
Professional dreamer
Accepting new projects
Portfolio: https://marymanning.portfoliobox.net/
Art Prints: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/marym/
🌩️👀 hrPVsI-acxlq
Ilona @ilonakidscribe.bsky.social Kidlit writer, refugee daughter, amateur photo-snapper, member of co-housing eco-community. Co-author, CAT TAKES QUEEN (middle grade novel about a chess-playing cat) coming Oct. 2026 from Feiwel & Friends. Rep'd by Kristen Terrette, Martin Literary Mgmnt.
Debbie Palen Illustration @debbiepalen.bsky.social Illustrator of picture books seeking representation. Feminist, animal lover, Penguin Random House, Scholastic, Free Spirit Publishing, NWF. ✉dpalen@fmgirl.com portfolio: https://www.debbiepalen.com linktr.ee/dpalen
#KidLitArt #childrensbooks #kidlit
Julia 🌟 (she/her) @asometimesartist.bsky.social Australian artist, mum, dog lover, plant hoarder, disability advocate, and amateur cake decorator
Hollie Michaels @hbmichaels.bsky.social Literary Manager at Martin-Newens Literary Management
Author & Illustrator
Author of GOLDA AND EZRA series - Capstone
Member: SCBWI, Kids Comics Unite, Children’s Media Association
www.holliemichaels.com
www.QueryTracker.net/query/holliemichaels
Phyllis Harris @phyllisharris.bsky.social Children’s book author-illustrator. Rep’d by @KTerrette.bsky.social at Martin Literary.
Books:
THE GIFT SHOP BEAR 🧸🎄❤️
CLAUDE 🎨🐶 3 Starred Reviews
THE DAY KINDNESS CAME🌲🐻
Illustrated over 30 children’s books.
Website - https://www.phyllisharris.com
Mike Manley @drawmanley.bsky.social Veteran of animation and comics. Artist The Phantom, Judge Parker, editor of Eisner nominated Draw! Magazine and Co-Host on the Pencil-to-Pencil Podcast
Chloe Greenberg Art ✳️ @chloegreenbergart.bsky.social Queer #KidLit Illustrator based in Cincinnati
Lover of birds, movies, cozy games, and soup.
Links: http://linktr.ee/chloegreenbergart
chloegreenbergart@gmail.com
Mimi Simon || Commissions Open @mimisimon.com ☀️Illustrator and Background Artist
☀️Worked for Scholastic and King Features
☀️Richmond Virginia
🌐 https://linktr.ee/mimisimonart 🎨 https://vgen.co/mimisimon