Jake Lockett, Order MY LIFE AS AN ASTHMANAUT Now! @jlockettauthor1.bsky.social #PB author of MY LIFE AS AN ASTHMANAUT (Free Spirit Publishing, April 14, 2026)
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More tales found in Cricket Media & online!
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@laurawillingham.bsky.social @laurawillingham.bsky.social Children's Book Author / Writer of children's books (pb, chapter, middle-grade, young adult) and adult fiction (speculative and historical). #Art #Golf #Tennis #Hiker #Runner #Trailrunner https://linktr.ee/laurawillingham
@storytimesprint.bsky.social @storytimesprint.bsky.social 
Susan Drew @susandrewwrites.com Kid Lit Writer. Author of Sadie Does Not Like Sorries.
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Cindy Lozito @cindylozito.com Artist | Rep’d by Saritza Hernández at Andrea Brown for kid lit | Somehow have a 5+ year duolingo streak | Philly📍
Dina Sherman @dinasherman.bsky.social (She/Her) librarian, publishing professional, kid lit enthusiast.
Kidlit411 @kidlit411.bsky.social Everything kid lit, in one place! A website and community founded by Elaine Kiely Kearns and @sylvialiu.bsky.social. Follow us for weekly links to kid lit resources and book giveaways.
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Mary K @maryloveswords.bsky.social *jazz hands* MaryKuehner.com Early lit librarian. Storytime pro. PB author seeking representation. Proudly neurodivergent (OCD/ADHD). “She reads a lot of shouty books.” - that one kid at Storytime. She/her.
Page Turner Literary Agency @pageturnerlit.bsky.social Page Turner Literary reps kid lit authors & illustrators. I stand with all people whose right to choose/privacy was taken away. 🏳️🌈Protect Trans People🏳️⚧️- J @jonah-heller.bsky.social @jonah-heller.bsky.social Editor, Peachtree
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Thao Nguyen @thaoillustrations.bsky.social Children’s illustrator 🎨 | Rep'd by Suzie Townsend at New Leaf Literary 🍃 | Drawing stories from everyday magic ✨ #kidlit
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@kaylacichello.bsky.social @kaylacichello.bsky.social Agent at Upstart Crow Literary
Currently OPEN to queries
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Sera Rivers @writeloudly.bsky.social Writer. Literary Agent at Speilburg Literary. Status updates and MSWL at SeraRivers.com Rep’d by Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency
Andrea Brown Literary Agency @andreabrownlit.bsky.social We are a full service literary agency repping the best books in the world since 1981. (Not that we're biased.) We LOVE books and their creators! www.andreabrownlit.com
Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social Literary Agent at Fuse Literary ❤ Publishing Coach + 🇵🇷 Children's Book Author repped by Amy Giuffrida @kissbyink.bsky.social
👉 https://vickyweberbooks.substack.com/p/start-here
Natascha @socalledyalife.bsky.social Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency. Account for #MSWL only. Query me at https://querytracker.net/query/natascha
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Sally M. Kim @sallymkim.bsky.social Literary Agent @AndreaBrownLit
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The CAT Agency @thecatagency.bsky.social Boutique art & literary agency, representing creators from all over the world. 
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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Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic @grubreport.bsky.social I write NYT-bestselling things. Things that children read.🖖🏻 Books in 2026: THE NEW CAT. More coming. MN-raised, CA-aged. She/her Rep: Jenn Laughran/ABLA Profile art: @cpark.bsky.social Go Blue!
https://www.stephanielucianovic.com
Laura Ruby @thatlauraruby.bsky.social Novelist, poet, teacher, unrepentant cat-lover, cancer patient, two-time National Book Award Finalist. Bone Gap, Thirteen Doorways, etc. Made of bees. @thatlauraruby on most socials. www.lauraruby.com
Minh Lê @bottomshelfbks.bsky.social author of The Blur, Real to Me (Knopf/PRH) | Lift, Drawn Together, more (LBYR) | Green Lantern Legacy (DC) | A Lotus for You (Parallax) | WNDB board | Hamline MFAC faculty
Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social "Kyle Lukoff? Isn't he, like, the trans Maurice Sendak?"
"No, Maurice Sendak is the cis Kyle Lukoff."
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🌈
Melissa Stewart @mstewartscience.bsky.social Writes science books for kids. Cares deeply about literacy and science education. Nonfiction advocate. She/her https://melissa-stewart.com
Adam Rex @adamrex.bsky.social Author and illustrator of all the books you like. No, not that one. No, not that one either
Betsy Bird @fuse8.bsky.social Blog about kids books? You bet (A Fuse #8 Production). Library degree? You know it. Books for kids? Seven. Books for adults about kidlit? Two. Podcasts about kids books? One (Fuse 8 n’ Kate). Having fun! https://afuse8production.slj.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.
Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social #kidlit author middle grade, chapter books, picture books | Sansei 🇺🇸🇯🇵 | Highlights Foundation | ☕️🧋| 🐶💜 | Inuyasha, Studio Ghibli | positivity
Available now - A Study in Secrets (Last Chance Academy book 1)
https://debbimichikoflorence.com
Jo Knowles @joknowles.bsky.social Author: http://www.joknowles.com #kidlit #AABB #PB #MG #Tween #YA
Editorial Services: https://www.revise-and-shine.com/jo-knowles
Author visits: https://www.joknowles.com/school-visits
Teacher: Mountainview #MFA Center For Cartoon Studies (summers)
Dow Phumiruk @dowphumiruk.bsky.social Mom, wife, clinically retired peds, now academic MD, author/illustrator, 🇹🇭Thai American, SCBWI Narr Art Award winner, E/W Lit Agency, posts #kidlitart & book marketing, on hiatus from new book projects. Ignores random DMs. She/her/hers, opinions my own.
John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social Librarian. NYT Bestselling Author. | LOUDER THAN HUNGER, RUTHIE ROSE’S BIG IDEA, THE GIFT OF STORY, THIS IS A SCHOOL, THIS IS A STORY | Agent: Molly O'Neill
Martha Brockenbrough @marthabee.bsky.social Out this year: FUTURE TENSE: How We Made Artificial Intelligence—and How It Will Change Everything and FRANK AND THE BIG MISTAKE. http://marthabrockenbrough.com
Hatem Aly @metahatem.bsky.social 🇨🇦🇪🇬 NYT Bestselling Illustrator. Made in Egypt, based in NB, Canada, and found in books. 🤗 (SOMEONE LIKE ME, Two Lions, JUN 2026) | Rep by: James Burns
https://linktr.ee/metahatem
Andrea Wang @andreaywang.bsky.social 2022 Newbery Honor, APALA Award, & Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor winner. NYT Best Books 2021. PB & MG author. http://linktr.ee/AndreaYWang Rep: @agentemurph.bsky.social emliterary.com
Chris Barton @bartography.bsky.social Author—THE DAY-GLO BROTHERS, SHARK VS. TRAIN, WHOOSH! & WE MATCH! Freelance editor—fiction/nonfiction. President—Texas Institute of Letters. Loves visiting schools. https://linktr.ee/bartography
Grace Lin @authorgracelin.bsky.social Newbery & Caldecott Honor & Legacy Award & NBA Finalist • contact Hachette Speakers Bureau for appearance requests • https://linktr.ee/authorgracelin
Aisha Saeed @aishasaeed.bsky.social Author
Vicky Fang | Kidlit Author & Illustrator @fangmousbooks.bsky.social Author and illustrator. LAYLA AND THE BOTS, BEST BUDDIES, AVA LIN, ONE MAD CAT, & more.
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.
linktr.ee/DashkaSlater
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social Writer, poet, lavender menace
Laurie Ann Thompson @lauriethompson.com Author for kids. Raised in rural WI, former software engineer, still a nerd, animal lover always. I root for underdogs and cry at the drop of a hat. https://linktr.ee/lauriethompson
Travis Jonker @100scopenotes.bsky.social School Librarian. Author of BLUE FLOATS AWAY, THE VERY LAST CASTLE, THE SHIP IN THE WINDOW, CABOOSE | Author/illustrator of JUST ONE FLAKE and JUST ONE WAVE (2025)
Heidi EY Stemple @heidieys.bsky.social #KidLit Author & Poet. JANIE WRITES A PLAY (Charlesbridge). Debut MG verse novel THE POETRY OF CAR MECHANICS 4/15 (Astra). Birder/Owler. HeidiEYStemple.com.
Sarah Albee @sarahalbee.bsky.social I write NF books for kids. Newest titles: BOUNCE! A SCIENTIFIC HISTORY OF RUBBER/THE PAINTER AND THE PRESIDENT/ZERO: THE NUMBER THAT ALMOST WASN'T. Repped by Caryn Wiseman at ABLA.
Love visiting schools!
Deborah Freedman @deborahfreedman.net author & illustrator of children's picture books,
+ gardener, woods walker, cloud & bird watcher
www.deborahfreedman.net
Laurie (THE QUEEN OF CHESS) Wallmark @lauriewallmark.bsky.social Award winning children’s book author. (THE QUEEN OF CHESS / GRACE HOPPER: QUEEN OF COMPUTER CODE / CODE BREAKER, SPY HUNTER / and more. Repped by Liza Fleissig at Liza Royce Agency. www.lauriewallmark.com
Traci Sorell @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social Cherokee Nation citizen and author of fiction and nonfiction for young people. tracisorell.com
Deborah Underwood @underwoodwriter.bsky.social Writer of picture books and kisser of cats. DeborahUnderwoodBooks.com
Kelly Starling Lyons @kelstarly.bsky.social Children’s Book Author and Teaching Artist
www.kellystarlinglyons.com
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!
Kara LaReau @karalareau.bsky.social #kidlit writer, rara avis, survivor of dysfunction and malady
COMING OCTOBER 20: Licorice, a mg novel retelling of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca with a feline twist. Preorder NOW wherever books are sold! 🙀
https://linktr.ee/karalareau
Nikki Grimes @poetnikki.bsky.social Poet, novelist, general word-nerd, gardener, photographer, foodie, film lover. My favorite people on the planet are children, which is why I write for them. Oh! And I'm a freak for roses, watercolor, and collage. Author of Ordinary Hazards, a memoir.
Don Tate @dontate.bsky.social Don Tate is an award-winning author and the illustrator of numerous books for children
Sarah S. Brannen @sarahsbrannen.bsky.social Author/illustrator of two dozen children's books including Lolly on the Ice, Monarch, Mourning Cloak: A Butterfly Journal, and Uncle Bobby's Wedding. Former figure skating journalist/photographer. www.sarahbrannen.com
Marcie Flinchum Atkins @marciefatkins.bsky.social Librarian | Hollins gal (MA/MFA) | Poet | PB & YA Author | Wait, Rest, Pause (2019) One Step Forward (2025) When Twilight Comes (2026) | Rep: Carter Hasegawa at Tugeau2
www.marcieatkins.com
https://linktr.ee/marciefatkins
Winsome Bingham @armyvet5.bsky.social Author of books 4 children. Picture books, chapter books, and an occasional novel. I’ve penned SOUL FOOD SUNDAY (⭐️), WELCOME TO FORT GOODE, THE WALK ( ⭐️), MISSING MOMMA (⭐️), LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (⭐️), THE TABLE (⭐️). I treat others the way I want to be treated.
Nancy Tupper Ling @nancytupperling.bsky.social Children's Author, Poet, Librarian, Believer. #SCBWI. Repped by Anne Marie O’Farrell Inspired by my multicultural family & the world around me. Soli Deo gloria! https://www.nancytupperling.com/ & latest book https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/714096/
Ana Aranda @anaranda2.bsky.social 🇲🇽 #Kidlit author illustrator
📚OUR DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION - Penguin/Paulsen
Represented by Adriana Dominguez/Aevitas
www.anaranda.com
Nicole Tadgell @nicoletadgell.bsky.social 🎨 African-american Award winning watercolor artist for children's books 📚 Represented by @thecatagency • Sci-fi and fantasy geek 🤓 Foodie 🍪🍱👩🏽🍳 Nature lover 🪶🌅🌳
Lian Cho @liantomato.bsky.social Author and illustrator of many goofy books.
I won an award and I won’t shut up about it.
I also run a newsletter about my silly life.
Carole Lindstrom @carolelindstrom.bsky.social NYT Bestselling and award winning kidlit author. She/her. Historic RRNation/Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe. Rep'd by: Allison Remcheck/Stimola Literary (artwork by Aly McKnight THE GIFT OF THE GREAT BUFFALO/Bloomsbury 2/25
Nancy Churnin @nchurnin.bsky.social National Jewish Book Award, Sydney Taylor Honor & Notables, South Asia Book Award, Junior Library Guild, starred reviews, Red Fox Literary "No act of kindness...is ever wasted."--Aesop
nancychurnin.com
Anne Broyles, author @annebroyles.bsky.social Children's author & Cherokee Nation citizen
Newest book: EATING TO SAVE THE PLANET: HOW VEGANISM HELPS FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE
Agent: Jen Newens @ Martin Literary
Jessica Lanan @jessicalanan.bsky.social Author/illustrator of JUMPER and a bunch of other books for kids! ❤️📚
Http://jessicalanan.com
Erica S. Perl @ericaperl.bsky.social Author. Artist. Avowed woozler of dogs & guinea pigs.
@lindaurbanbooks.bsky.social @lindaurbanbooks.bsky.social 
Marc Tyler Nobleman @marctnobleman.bsky.social author • speaker • "Batman & Bill" character • pop culture archaeologist
marctylernobleman.com
Laura Lavoie @llavoieauthor.bsky.social Author of picture books & middle grade novels. Newest PB: COUSINS! Spooky MG mystery: 13 DOORS OF BLACK HOUSE out now! Rep: James McGowan Website: linktr.ee/lauralavoie
Kate Messner @katemessner.com NYT bestselling author of 80+ books for kids. Educator. Speaker. Adirondack 46er. Passionately curious. Coming soon: KEEP THE GHOST LIGHT ON
www.katemessner.com
Tara Lazar @taralazar.bsky.social Funny picture book author of FLAT CAT, 7 ATE 9, BLOOP & more, mom, foodie, 80s fan, MS disabled. STORYSTORM founder. SCBWI Golden & Crystal Kite recipient. http://linktr.ee/taralazar
Ana Siqueira @asiqueira.bsky.social teacher, author, abuela and vovó. Kids are my life. 🇧🇷🇨🇺🇺🇸🍮
Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social I write picture books for adults to read to children so that children fall in love with reading.
New in 2026: A Celebration of You (3.17); The Dino Door (5.5).
linkin.bio/joshfunkbooks
Abi Cushman @abicushman.com Kidlit Author/Illustrator
☔️ Soaked!
🚗 Animals Go Vroom!
🐻 Wombats Are Pretty Weird | Flamingos Are Pretty Funky
🐹 The Quiet Forest | The Quiet Ocean
https://www.abicushman.com | Newsletter: https://www.abicushman.com/join-my-email-list
Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social www.troystory.ca
Author of 10 trad pub picture books.
(And 10 million unpubbed ones.)
Jess Hernandez (she/her) @jessjhernandez.bsky.social Writer of #kidlit. Former teacher and librarian. Current kid wrangler. Mutant diabetic and perpetually tired nd. Author of 1st Day of Unicorn School (Capstone) and I WANT TO DANCE IN PANTS (Sleeping Bear, 2025) www.jesshernandezwrites.com
Dev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social Children’s Author. Devout Californian.
Rep'd by @jenrofe of ABLA
www.devpetty.com
Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social NYT Bestselling/Geisel-winning #kidlit author! (Short, loud, goofy… & probably trying to hug wildlife. “NO, AME!”) LATEST 📖: DUCKIE & SNAPS #2: 🍌WE CANNOT BE BRAVE🍌. 6 new 📚 in 2026! (Send coffee! 😂!) Rep.: Tricia Lawrence, Aevitas Creative Management.
Sylvia Liu @sylvialiu.bsky.social MG author who loves oceans, kraken, cephalopods | new MG: ⚽️ STEALING THE SCORE (World Cup mystery)| next: 🐕 NOW THAT WE DON’T TALK| sci-fi: 🦀 HANA HSU AND THE GHOST CRAB NATION | co-run Kidlit411 | website: enjoyingplanetearth.com
Kim-Hoa Ung 黃金花 @autumnleaflet.bsky.social Author-Illustrator, Amigurumi Artist, A GIFT FOR NAI NAI (12/5/23) 👧🏻🎁👵🏼, http://instagram.com/AutumnLeaflet, Rep’d by Miranda Paul, https://linktr.ee/AutumnLeaflet
Tammi Sauer @tammisauer.bsky.social Children’s picture book author repped by Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown Literary Agency
tammisauer.com
Audrey Perrott (she/her) @audreysbooks.bsky.social Award-winning author and copywriter. Write. Bake. Repeat. MOO HOO and BAA HAA (Scholastic, 2024 & 2025), A HAT FOR HOUSE (Putnam, 2024), ONCE UPON A TAIL (Abrams, 2026) & more! Rep: @jmcgowanbks.
Kaz Windness she/her @kazwindness.bsky.social •📕Out now: WORM AND BUTTERFLY (S&S)
•📘Out soon!: TIME TRAVELING CHICKENS (S&S)
•📚Check out: “When You Love a Book” (PRH)
Award-Winning Children’s Book Author-Artist, Art Professor, Autistic-ADHD 🌈📚Books, Classes, Social Media: linktr.ee/KazWindness
A.J. Irving 🩷💜💙 @ajirving.bsky.social Mama. Wordsmith. Kidlit enthusiast. Lambda Literary Award Finalist. DANCE LIKE A LEAF, THE WISHING FLOWER, THE BI BOOK • Rep: @thejordache.bsky.social • she/her 🏳️🌈 https://ajirving.com/
Stacy McAnulty @stacymcanulty.bsky.social Author of over 40 books for children. Loves brunch, Taylor Swift, and the Green Bay Packers.
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
Lisa Tolin @lisatolin.bsky.social Editorial Director @ PEN America (formerly Today Show, NBC News, AP) and I write for kids. HOW TO BE A ROCK STAR (2022) CAN YOU IMAGINE? (Atheneum, 2025). #12x12
Debra Kempf Shumaker @debrakshumaker.bsky.social Children's Writer. Avid Reader. Repped by James McGowan & Sophie Sheumaker, BookEnds Literary. Member of @steamteambooks.bsky.social & @kl4gm.bsky.social.
Henry Herz @henryherz.bsky.social #Author of 14 picture books (I Am Smoke) & many #MG, #YA & adult short stories - #fantasy, #scifi, #horror. #Editor of 10 #anthologies (Combat Monsters). henryherz.com
Agent: Laurie McLean (Fuse Literary)
Cynthia Harmony @cynthiaharmony.bsky.social #Kidlit Author
Latest: Apapacho Love, Forest en Familia
A Flicker of Hope /Un Aleteo de Esperanza 🦋
Upcoming: Row Sow Grow '27, Hasta Pronto is a Promise '27
linktr.ee/cynthiaharmony
Stephen Briseño @stephenbriseno.bsky.social Husband. Dad. Middle School English Teacher. Kidlit author.
THE NOTEBOOK KEEPER ('22)
QUEEN OF LEAVES ('23)
TEXT STRUCTURES FROM PICTURE BOOKS ('23)
TAMALES FOR CHRISTMAS (‘24)
and more on the way!
Rep: Lilly Ghahremani
www.stephenbriseno.com
Amy Guglielmo @amy-guglielmo.bsky.social 📚🌈 Author of 20+ #nf picture books about #art + #artists
Artist, Educator, Public Art Advocate living in #Mexico #ADK #LakeChamplain #kidlit #pb #ArtEd #OutsideArt #SCBWI #STEAM #artbooksforkids #NY21 www.amyguglielmo.com
Joana Pastro @joanapastro.bsky.social Kidlit Author
A FESTA FOR LUANA (Atheneum, May/25)
LUCAS AND THE CAPOEIRA CIRCLE
BISA’S CARNAVAL,
LILLYBELLE, A DAMSEL NOT IN DISTRESS,
and more!!! 🇧🇷🇺🇸
Jennifer Raudenbush @jenraudenbush.bsky.social Author of IN THE PALM OF MY HAND, illustrated by Isabella Conti. Picture books, MG, & poetry. #SCBWI #Inked Voices #12X12
Dianne White @diannewrites.bsky.social Picture book author. Poetry lover. Teacher.
linktr.ee/diannewrites
Becky Scharnhorst @beckyscharn.bsky.social 
Katelyn Aronson📚#KidLit Author/Poet @katelynaronson.bsky.social 🇺🇸🇫🇷 France / Switzerland / California
👩🏼🎓Bilingual MA, La Sorbonne Paris
My Books:
🐷Piglette 1, 2 🌸
☕️🐃Clovis 1, 2 ⭐️
🐭💩Poo-Dunit?⭐️
🥜When PB Met J🍓
🧜♀️Orpheline, June ‘25
🐘Clovis 3, Sept ‘25
Ashley Franklin @ashleyfranklin.bsky.social I write. I teach. I mom.
I’m using this space to share random glimpses into my life as I just try to do my best.✏️💻🤷🏾♀️
Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/AshleyFranklin
Books: https://ashleyfranklinwrites.com/books/
Malcolm Newsome @mnewsome.bsky.social Author: DEAR STAR BABY | SYDNEY'S BIG SPEECH | I AM THE SPIRIT OF JUSTICE | DADDY-DAUGHTER DANCE
Rep: James McGowan | Hacker @Crux Security
www.malcolmnewsome.com