Unite Against Book Bans @uabookbans.bsky.social #UniteAgainstBookBans is a national @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social initiative to empower readers everywhere to stand together in the fight against censorship.
Join the campaign: https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social We are Authors Against Book Bans. We stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We unequivocally support diverse voices on our library shelves, in our schools, and in our culture.
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social What Do People Do at the Science Museum (illus Qin Leng, 8.26)
Bathtime for Snow Monkeys (illus Yas Imamura,10.26)
Profile pic by Yas Imamura
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Darcie Little Badger @littlebadger.bsky.social Hi! I’m the bestselling author of Elatsoe & A Snake Falls to Earth & Sheine Lende. I <3 lifting heavy weights, playing video games, & writing stories. Sry I don’t check DMs. She/her. Lipan Apache.
MariNaomi (they/them) @marinaomi.bsky.social Artsy and fartsy, not necessarily in that order
名古屋 and California
MariNaomi.com
Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com Minneapolis. Author and illustrator of award-winning comics and funnybooks. Keeps hens. Tells fortunes. Is queer. I cannot tell if you're joking. Literal* cartoon. He/him, They/them
Support my work: patreon.com/trungles
Links: https://bio.site/trungles
Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social They/them. Middle grade kidlit author of MELISSA, GREEN, and other books with LGBQTIAP+ characters and friendship themes. Living that pun lifestyle. ACAB. Free Palestine. Reparations. Housing, food, and medical care for all. Interdependence is life.
Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social They pay brisk money for this crap?
MAKE ME BETTER and NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH on sale now
Hellraiser, Eat the Rich, Echo Wife, Spread Me @ your local bookstore and comic shop
Sonido Reyes @sonidoreyes.bsky.social So-NEE-doh
he/they
Base form known as Sonora Reyes
bestselling and award-winning author
https://sonidoreyes.carrd.co/
Duke Stephens @oliveoilcorp.bsky.social [he/him] ignatz award-winning graphic novelist
thinks a lot about werewolves
for all inquiries: oliveoilcorp@gmail.com
repped by @jenazantian.bsky.social
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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social NYT & indie bestselling author of Love Hate & Other Filters, Internment, Hollow Fires, Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit, This Book Won't Burn, The Singular Life of Aria Patel. Nat'l leadership team Authors Against Book Bans
www.samiraahmed.com
Raina Telgemeier @goraina.bsky.social Cartoonist & tea enthusiast 
Erika Moen @erikamoen.bsky.social Queer cartoonist publishing TMI comics online since 1999. Member of Helioscope. Co-created Oh Joy Sex Toy. she/her
• Free Patreon: patreon.com/erikamoen
• Graphic Novel: patreon.com/posts/letters-from-71578543
Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social Writer of books, drinker of tears! Carnegie nominated, Locus and Nebula shortlisted. LONG LIVE EVIL, a portal fantasy in which the villains unionise, is my #1 Sunday Times & USA Today bestselling adult fantasy debut. She/her
Adib Khorram @adibkhorram.bsky.social Award-winning best selling author of books for all ages. Out now: ONE WORD, SIX LETTERS (YA). Up next: ISN'T HE ROMANTIC (adult)! bio.site/adibkhorram 🏳️🌈🇮🇷 he/him
Dashka Slater @dashkaslater.bsky.social NYT-bestselling author of fiction and nonfiction for children and adults. Pro: curiosity, compassion, complexity. Anti: hot takes, easy answers, rushes to judgment, leaf blowers. She/Her. Use link to contact.
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Cathy G. Johnson🏴SPX @cathygjohn.bsky.social Cartoonist, Printmaker + Educator 🔥🔥🔥
PVD, she/they.
FOX RIVER COMICS CAMP! Out 10/6/26!
Pre-order my new children's graphic novel today! foxrivercomicscamp.com
Links: bio.site/cathygjohn
Jodi Picoult @jodipicoult.bsky.social Author/Mom/Wonder Woman/Queen of the North
She/her/hers
Shawn Powers @shawnp0wers.com I dunno, I’m a nerd and stuff. Linux Journal alum, web cartoonist, YouTuber. Assume the best in people, and be kind; the rest will go much better. https://shawnp0wers.com
Dahlia Adler 📚 @missdahlelama.dahliaadler.com YA and Romance Author/Anthologist. LGBTQReads founder. Macaron aficionado. SOON BY YOU out now from SMP. Rep: Patricia Nelson. She/her. Update your website.
Katryn Bury @katrynwrites.bsky.social Award winning author and also the one who brings up serial killers at your party. 💀🖤 (she/her) BLM 🏳️🌈
Aron Nels Steinke @mrwolfcomics.bsky.social Eisner-winning cartoonist. Public speaker and former classroom teacher. Creator of the Mr. Wolf’s Class series and SPEECHLESS (Graphix/Scholastic)
Links to all my stuff: https://linktr.ee/mrwolfcomics
Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social Author, Blogger, Make the World a Better Placer (he/him). Out to empower Queer Youth and their allies. Out Now: A DIFFERENT KIND OF ENEMY -- Book 2 in my Gay teen action-adventure romance series where Queer Teens Save the World!
Rainbow Rowell @rainbowrowell.bsky.social Yes! My mother named me this!
Author of Eleanor & Park, Slow Dance and the Simon Snow Trilogy. Writer of She-Hulk and Runaways. My next book is called Cherry Baby, and it comes out in April 🍒
Mel Gillman @mgillman.bsky.social Trans cartoonist, colored pencil artist, hideous woodland creature. Author of As the Crow Flies, Stage Dreams, Other Ever Afters, The Goblin Throne. Comics Chair at CCA. They/them
http://thegoblinthrone.com
Lily Williams @lwbean.bsky.social • Author • Artist • IF ANIMALS DISAPPEARED (series) • GO WITH THE FLOW Eisner nominated/LA Times Book Prize finalist • She/Her •
https://linktr.ee/lwbean 
Jarrett J. Krosoczka @studiojjk.bsky.social 💬Graphic Novelist
📙 Lunch Lady • Hey, Kiddo
📕 Star Wars • Crayola • Marvel
▶️ Process & Creative Career Tips
🍎 Classroom Resources
Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social Maker of fine comics products, incessant scribbler, former garbageman, aging punk rocker.
Kat Leyh @katleyh.bsky.social A writer/cover for LUMBERJANES. Eisner nommed author of SNAPDRAGON @01firstsecond and THIRSTY MERMAIDS @gallery_13
Represented by @ComicsisPeople
She/her
katleyh.com
Liz Prince @lizprincecomics.bsky.social Comic artist, aspiring pinball wizard, frog enthusiast, cat afficiando
Torrey Maldonado @torreymaldonado.bsky.social Educator & Writer for Young People | Close to 25 years teaching in Brooklyn, NYC where I was born & raised.
Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social World’s greatest author
mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com best-selling & award-winning comics idiot, beautiful giantess // buy SIMPLICITY on sale now // mattielubchansky.com // @nogodsnomayors.com // temporalculturewar.com // bass faithvoid.bandcamp.com // she
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
Jeff Smith @jeffsmithsbone.bsky.social Cartoonist. I draw comics
Abby Howard @abbyhoward.bsky.social Horror cartoonist and game dev. Slay the Princess🗡, Scarlet Hollow🍂, the Crossroads at Midnight💀, The Last Halloween 🎃
Evan Dorkin @evandorkin.bsky.social Comics: Milk & Cheese, Dork, Beasts of Burden, Eltingville Club etc
TV: Yo Gabba Gabba!, Space Ghost C2C, Superman TAS etc
He/Him
PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/evandorkin
MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/user/house-of-fun
instagram.com/evandorkin
Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social Writer of the TOXIC AVENGER and TOXIC CRUSADERS comics and co-writer of JUSTICE WARRIORS. Founded The Nib (RIP). Comics editor at In These Times magazine.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/that-one-matt-bors-comic
Gale Galligan @galegalligan.bsky.social 🐰 Cartoonist, bunfriend, learnin the drums
📚 BABY-SITTERS CLUB 5-8
🪀FREESTYLE & FRESH START✈️
🦔 http://galesaur.com/quick-links/
🏳️🌈 they/them
next book: BSC Super Special! (Sept 2026)
Blue Delliquanti @bluedelliquanti.bsky.social Creator of O Human Star, Across a Field of Starlight, and more. Makes comics, teaches comics. they. http://ohumanstar.com
Hazel Newlevant @newlevant.bsky.social Cartoonist and editor. My graphic novel QUEER & HOW WE GOT HERE is out now from Little, Brown Ink! 🤪 they/them ⚧️
Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social Maker of fine queer comics (and some pretty trashy ones too). Author of MIDSUMMER SISTERS, SEA LEGS (with Jules Bakes), THE GOLDEN HOUR, THE DEEP & DARK BLUE, and more. She/her. ENG/GER
http://niki-smith.com
Ryan North @ryannorth.ca You know, the @qwantz.com guy! The How To [Invent Everything | Take Over The World] guy? The Fantastic Four / Flash / Squirrel Girl guy? The non-linear Shakespeare guy? The "stuck in a hole with his dog" guy?
Look... I'm a lot of guys
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Dylan Meconis @dylanmeconis.bsky.social I make comic books and the occasional loud noise. She/they 🏳️🌈 Portland, Oregon
dylanmeconis.com
shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social Award-winning (2x Indiecade, Eisner, Ignatz, National Book Award finalist, etc) game designer, cartoonist, and puppet filmmaker in the practice of marionettes, fortune cabinets, kind rabblerousing, and Paul Bunyan facts. Little guy enjoyer. (they/them)
Robert Kirkman @robertkirkman.bsky.social Comics, TV shows & movie. Invincible, The Walking Dead, Fire Power, Void Rivals, Renfield, Oblivion Song and a ton of others. I mostly post about movies I liked. I dunno. Man, they sure do let you type a whole lot of words here. How long does it let you g
Faith Erin Hicks @faitherinhicks.bsky.social Eisner Award winning writer & drawer of comics. Exhausted Canadian, here to talk about Star Trek, Dragon Age & other things that I love. My cat's name is Maple.
www.faitherinhicks.com
Sarah Winifred Searle @swinsea.bsky.social I write & draw award-winning comics! Also working on a PhD about just that. swinsea.com/links
✨💪💀✏️
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
Veronica Roth @veronicarothbooks.com Recently: Seek the Traitor's Son (dystopian fantasy)
Next: The Sixth Faction (a Divergent alternate universe story)
ngoziu @ngoziu.com NYT bestselling graphic novelist. DC Comics, The New Yorker. │rep'd by @chelseberly, business q's @grohac
ngoziu.com
rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social portfolio: rachelelliott.me
luvs comedians tacos comics
queer kentucklahoman teacher she/her/y’all
author-illustrator of THE REAL RILEY MAYES (harpercollins 2022)
and ZEB AND BEL (harpercollins 2026)
all views and expressions are mine, not my employers’
Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social Father, son, husband, artist, author, researcher, cinema & comics historian, and former instructor (retired), 
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
D.M.Trott [Author: The Drug Users Bible] @dmtrott.bsky.social This is the official BlueSky account of DM Trott, the author of The Drug Users Bible. Ignorance kills education saves lives.
Information: www.DrugUsersBible.com
Writer Manuel Godoy @officialblacksands.bsky.social Author/Educator/Publisher
The no.1 black indie comic publisher in the Nation! Creator of Black Sands, the Seven Kingdoms! Currently making an anime.
Website: blacksands.com
Anime Investment: Wefunder.com/blacksandsanime
Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social National political analyst/forecaster/strategist. Read election analysis from a real expert at The Cycle on Substack 🦆🏈
“The malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous.” -Winston Churchill
truthlafayette @truthlafayette.bsky.social 
Ali Velshi @velshi.com Host of The 11th Hour and Chief Data Reporter at MSNOW
Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com Eisner, Ringo, and Harvey-nominated author/artist/adventurer behind Banned Book Club, Student Ambassador, No Rules Tonight, Good Old-Fashioned Korean Spirit. Worked on Garfield, Star Trek, Popeye. Repped by Janine Kamouh at WME. Find me at ryanestrada.com
Lucina "Luci/Cici" Molinero @josiasluna.bsky.social 27. They/them. Hispanic.
I'm a SFF author who tends to care about many things - fight fascism and book bans. Support your local libraries and communities.
Jarvis DeBerry @jarvisdeberry.bsky.social Opinionated journalist. ms.now
Previously at lailluminator.com; cleveland.com and NOLA.com
Author of "I Feel to Believe: Collected Columns" by UNO Press
The Atlantic @theatlantic.com Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
Colson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com Release the bats
Emma Straub @emmastraub.bsky.social Novelist and bookseller. 
Candice Huber (they/them) @candice.tubbyandcoos.com 🏳️🌈📚 Owner of Tubby & Coo's, a queer traveling book shop
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ NB/trans
⚜️ NOLA
❄️ Cleveland
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👽⚔️ SF/F Nerd
🔮 Witchy
🏰 Disney
🚢 JoConaut
🎲 Board Games/RPGs
🇵🇸 Free Palestine
Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social I wrote some books, once upon a time.
Posting about stories, brain injuries, adorable animals, rhubarb recipes, nature facts, human rights, and how we can make this world safe and kind and good. You are precious to me, and I love you.
kellybarnhill.com
Tasslyn - AKA Dr. Sasslyn @tasslyn.bsky.social Poet. Superfan - AUTHORS. KIDLIT. BOOKS. 
Margaret Atwood @margaretatwood.bsky.social Writer of this and that... www.margaretatwood.ca
and margaretatwood.substack.com;I also have an Instagram account, though I don't know how to use it much, beyond posting pictures...
The New York Times @nytimes.com We seek the truth and help people understand the world. Not a subscriber? Your first month is now free in our app. https://nytimes.onelink.me/Xpht/zbx4nci9
Bob Mann @robertmannbooks.com Emeritus professor at Louisiana State Univ; political historian; former Russell Long, John Breaux, Kathleen Blanco flunky; RobertMannBooks.com; My new book is: "You Are My Sunshine: Jimmie Davis & the Biography of a Song." https://robertmann.substack.co
Julie O'Donoghue @jsodonoghue.bsky.social Senior writer at Louisiana Illuminator. I previously worked at The Times-Picayune, St. Louis Public Radio, The Connection Newspapers and The Northwest Current. Macalester College and Northwestern University alum. 
Piper Hutchinson @piperhutch.bsky.social FOIA freak | Louisiana Illuminator politics & higher ed reporter | Tiger Rag contributor | NAHJ & NLGJA | LSU alum | she/her | Signal piperhutch.28
Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social NOLA. SFFH/crime/journalist. BASFF & Locus notable stories ‘23.
Contributor to Antigravity Magazine & Gambit
Words in: Buzzfeed News, Politico, Apex Mag, Fiyah, more.
NOLA 40 under 40 2025!
MY NOVEL: “The Pike Boys” books2read.com/thepikeboys
kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social Senior Editor at Book Riot. Editor/Author of BODY TALK, HERE WE ARE, + (DON'T) CALL ME CRAZY. Former librarian. Anti-censorship advocate. Yoga teacher. Your favorite infernal witch. She/her. Library Journal Mover & Shaker in 2024.
The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com Democracy Skies in Blueness
Becky Calzada @becalzada.bsky.social TX Educator, Library Coordinator, Presenter, Reader, #FReadomFighter, Immediate Past President AASL | Opinions shared are solely my own
Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social PSCCUNY. #CUNYStrong. Queer. Collective power, public good. Organize your workplace. Zindabad. Makibaka. Solidarity
Gene Luen Yang @geneluenyang.bsky.social Cartoonist and Comic Book Writer
🧧American Born Chinese
🏀Dragon Hoops
🐢Secret Coders
🗡Books of Clash
🦸🏻♂️Superman Smashes the Klan
👊🏼Shang-Chi
🐵Monkey Prince
☁️Avatar
Kelly Yang @kellyyang.bsky.social #1 NYT bestselling author of many books, including the FRONT DESK series
Andrea Trudeau, Ph.D. @andreatrudeau.bsky.social No-"shh” librarian. NBCT. 2025 Library Journal Mover & Shaker. 2022 Fulbrighter. 2020 AASL Frances Henne Award winner. Librarians Building Libraries co-founder. VR and empathy researcher. International speaker. Eternal optimist.
andreatrudeau.com
Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social 📎2023 NJLA Librarian of the Year📎Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians📎NCAC Outstanding Librarian📎AASL, NJLA & NJASL Intellectual Freedom Awards📎InsiderNJ 2025 Policy Makers Power List📎2026 MLK Spirit Hall of Fame📎Ban book banners!
Steve "It's TAY-tro" Tetreault @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social This is my personal account for personal thoughts. School Libraries are the cure for what ails education! | M.Ed., Ed.D., M.I. | 25 yr vet Tchr | he/him | Lots o' SLMS stuff @ http://SchoolLibLearning.net
Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet. 
Penguin School & Library @penguinschoollib.bsky.social The School & Library Marketing department of Penguin Young Readers! Book news, educator and library resources, good vibes, and more!
Check out FREE resources at https://www.penguinclassroom.com/
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Amanda Hunt @thenextgenlib.bsky.social TheNextGenLibrarian is a TX HS librarian who reads 1 📖 a day, loves #edtech, presenting & being a LIBRARIAN!
#TLsky #edusky #skybrarians #Skybrarian
www.thenextgenlibrarian.com
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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social Overcaffeinated Kentuckian in Massachusetts. Librarian. Professor. Trustee. Ask me about #GraphicMedicine. Trying to be kind, do good, and read comics. (He/Him)
noethematt.com
Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social 🎉2022 #SchoolLibOTY,
⭐️Past Chair of EMIERT,
✊🏾ALA Executive Board
#KC_SaidIt
Phil Bildner @philbildner.bsky.social I write books for young people, picture books and middle grade novels. I’m the founder and President of The Author Village. Mets and Nets fan. LGBTQ🌈
Erin Entrada Kelly @erinentrada.bsky.social Author + Illustrator | 2x Newbery Medalist | National Book Award Finalist | NYT Bestseller | Agent: Sara Crowe | Faculty: USF MFAY | https://linktr.ee/erinentrada
TX FReadom Fighters @freadomfighters.bsky.social We believe in the right to read. We support #FReadom. Website link: https://www.txfreadomfighters.us/
LibraryThingTim @librarythingtim.bsky.social LibraryThing founder. Father, hacker, bibliophile, ex-classicist, Mainer, Catholic. I tweet books, libraries, technology, culture.
LibraryThing: @librarything.com
Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com The worst library on the internet.
Black Lives Matter. Trans Rights are Human Rights. Get Vaccinated.
Help http://patreon.com/bannedlibrary
bannedlibrary.com
Ellen Hopkins @ellenhopkins.bsky.social NY Times bestselling, often banned author. MARRIED feminist. Mom. Grandma. German shepherd lover. Joy seeker midst the chaos. Staunch ally. Democracy defender. Fighting for our kids' future. Not here to be sold anything. #blueresister 
Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social NYT Bestselling/Geisel-winning #kidlit author! (Short, loud, goofy… & probably trying to hug wildlife. “NO, AME!”) LATEST 📖: BAT, CAT & RAT 5: 🏘️THE COZY TOWN🏘️. 6 new 📚 in 2026! (Send coffee! 😂!) Represented by: Tricia Lawrence, Aevitas Creative Management.
ALA’s Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table @libcomix.bsky.social American Library Association's Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table - Library Workers, Educators & Comics Advocates Unite!
https://www.ala.org/gncrt
#libcomix #educomix #comicslibrarianship #readmorecomics #ForOurLibraries
Dylan Flesch @dylanflesch.bsky.social Organizing with For the People Leftist Library Project and NYC PLAN. Day job in the archives at New York Public Radio. Views my own. He/him.
Janelle Zetty @janellezetty.bsky.social kmart entertainment and lifestyle consultant
That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com Educator-Librarian-Author-Activist-Speaker-Bibliophile-Louisianan-Defender of Wonder
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ThatLibrarian