Kid's Book Revisions PLUS @kbrplus.bsky.social KBR PLUS is @drydenbks.bsky.social, @eileenwrobinson.bsky.social, and @hunderdown.bsky.social. We are 3 experienced #kidlit and #yalit editors. Focus: revision, writing, illustrating, publishing, and related topics.
www.kidsbookrevisions.com
Krista Van Dolzer @kristavandolzer.bsky.social Literary agent at @unteragency.bsky.social. Once (and future?) author. Friendly neighborhood introvert. (Opinions are, of course, my own, and you can also find me at kristavandolzer.wordpress.com)
Caroline Kusin Pritchard @carolinekpritchard.bsky.social Reader, writer and kveller of books
Author of Gitty and Kvetch, Where is Poppy?, What Jewish Looks Like and more
Latest: The Keeper of Stories, out on 2/4/25!
edna cabcabin moran ✨🌈 🌺 kid lit author/illustrator @kidlitedna.com I'm an author/artist/educator who dances up stories and paints with words. ✨ PB & MG GN :)✨💫
#ResistanceMatters ✨ #wethepeople
"Love the life you live. Live the life you love." ~Bob Marley
☺️ bio.site/kidlitedna
💜 #diversekidlit
🚫 no gen AI
Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
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
Ryan T. Pozzi @ryantpozzi.bsky.social Nonfiction writer. Author of The Mess That Made Them (Bloomsbury, 2026) geni.us/TMtMT. Two-time Best of the Net nominee. | 🏠 Council Bluffs, IA (Omaha Metro Area) | Rep: Anderson Literary Agency
Suzanne Goldsmith @suzgold.bsky.social Author of WASHASHORE, winner of the Green Earth Book Award, and A CITY YEAR. Writing like a maniac while getting an MFA in writing for kids at Hamline U. Watch this space!
http://www.suzanne-goldsmith.com/
G.G. Sherrill @ggsherrillreads.bsky.social Writer, Aspiring Middle-Grade Novelist, Traveler, Fan of Nature, Folklore, Underdogs, Paranormal/Spooky, Humor, Encouraging Boys to Read, Making a Difference.
www.ggsherrill.com
Melissa Brooks @melissa-brooks.bsky.social A memoir writer, writing about my experiences and childhood as a form of personal therapy.
@susanbtaylor.bsky.social @susanbtaylor.bsky.social 
Amy Leskowski @amyleskowski.bsky.social Rep'd by Keely Boeving. PB writer, #scbwi, #12x12, copyeditor, dog mom, mom of 3, actor, instructional designer, baseball fan, soccer mom, baseball mom, Red Sox Nation, rhymer, pickleball player, cake decorator
Amanda Davis (she/her) @amandadavisart.bsky.social Author-Illustrator | Educator | Mom 🐶🐶👶🏽
🇺🇸 30,000 STITCHES (‘21)
🌙 MOONLIGHT MEMORIES (‘23)
💙 SOMETIMES STORMY (‘25)
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
J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit @jjphillipsyo.bsky.social Hunted for his meteorite wand, twelve-year-old Catcher Kline must master spell-hacked spycraft to find his missing parents and stop dark wizards from weaponizing the star metal minerals that power all magic.
#AmQuerying
Dawn Byrne she/her @dawnbyrne.bsky.social Writer, turtle mom, I read so I can breath, !children's picture books!, sky gazer, archery, crazy plant person dawnbyrne.com
#SCBWI
#picturebooks
Melanie Kyer @fraudrk.bsky.social German/French teacher. Writer. Poet.Speech/Debate coach. Musician. Gamer/Geek. Cook. Traveler. Progressive Christian. Mom. Sustainable Crafter #PB available now!
Laura Parnum @lauraparnum.bsky.social Author, copyeditor, occasional magician. PERIL AT PRICE MANOR (HarperCollins 2023) and THE HAUNTING OF BELLINGTON COTTAGE (HarperCollins, July 2025). www.LauraParnum.com
linktr.ee/lauraparnum
Meg Eden Kuyatt @medenkuyatt.bsky.social Author of GOOD DIFFERENT & THE GIRL IN THE WALLS @Scholastic
Christ-follower #Actuallyautistic #2023Debuts #MGin23
rep'd by @laurenspieller.bsky.social
http://www.megedenbooks.com/
Harlan DeChamps @harlandechamps.bsky.social Stay-at-home Time Traveler ⏳, Writes YA Sci-fi Fantasy 📚, artist 🎨, aspiring game-maker 👾, Boyd’s Mills Porcupine 🦔, Neurodiverse Kidlit Collective Founder 🧠, Disabled ♿️, AuDHD ♾️, Queer 🏳️🌈, She/Her/They/Them, safe space 🔒
Andria W. Rosenbaum @andriarosenbaum.bsky.social PB writer, poetry lover, photograph taker, sourdough baker. OUR CLASS IS A COUNTRY w/ Dream Chen, Albert Whitman 9/28/23,
Website: andriawarmflashrosenbaum.com 
Patricia Newman @patricianewman.bsky.social Children's Book Author. Speaker. Sibert Honoree. 2x Green Earth Book Award winner. Celebrating #environmentaljustice #nature #STEM
https://linktr.ee/patricianewmanbooks
@mandy3milo.bsky.social @mandy3milo.bsky.social MG fantasy writer and editor
Chance Durant @chancedurant.bsky.social Author, Game Designer, TTRPG player, Nerd, Father, Husband, Christian, lover of all things Shenanigan, Co-Creator of Carbyne Jungle & LokDown TTRPGs, Author of Sci-Fi Novel Construct, Believer in Nazi Punching, Guillotined my Twitter account for blue skies
Nicole Castrovinci @nicolecastrovinci.bsky.social #PB writer, book eater, coffee drinker. Out now-THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT (Clavis). Out Oct 2026-SNOWBALLED (Familius)-Now Available For Pre-Order! #scbwi #kidlitsky www.nicolecastrovinci.com
Judith L. Roth @judithlroth.bsky.social Children's author. CADENCE AND KITTENFISH/HIDING BABY MOSES/VENETIAN LULLABY/SERENDIPITY & ME/GOODNIGHT, DRAGONS, etc. Major cat fan. 
Nikki Harwood @ohhhhdoodles.bsky.social Aspiring author/illustrator and ASL/English interpreter by day - also obsessed with the magic of theater.
https://nharwood124.wixsite.com/ohhhh-doodles
Lauren Kimberly 🇨🇦 @authorlaurenk.bsky.social THE HOLIDAY TRAIN (fall 2028) #PBParty Finalist ‘26 | #PBParty HM ‘25 | Writing PB through MG | autistic mom of two | #SCBWI #12x12PB | #amquerying #neurodiversity
www.laurenkimberlyauthor.com
Anjanette Barr @bookbarrista.bsky.social Literary Agent with Dunham Literary, Inc.
Temporarily closed to queries.
https://www.dunhamlit.com/how-to-submit
🌎Alaska 💕Books! Tea! Whisky!
Susan Park @susanfirghilpark.bsky.social writer, poet, nature lover and complete book geek living in the Pacific Northwest surrounded by forest, birds, squirrels, chipmunks and chickens. Member SCBWI.
@mlrobbie75.bsky.social @mlrobbie75.bsky.social 
Kristie Wang @kristiewang.com 🦄🍄🗡️ genrebending gnomecore
Molly Ippolito @mollyippolito.bsky.social ✏️2nd/3rd grade teacher
🍎Teaching ideas & resources
✨Picture book magic
🎀Little girl fashion inspo
🏠Home making
linktr.ee/thesunnysideteaching
Foyinsi @foyinsipub.bsky.social (Foe-yin-SEE); 🇳🇬; She/Her; Editor (MCPG); opinions my own; PW Star Watch Honoree; if you aren’t actively fighting against oppression…why?
Arriel Vinson @arriwrites.bsky.social She/her. UNDER THE NEON LIGHTS (PenguinTeen, 6/3). Reese’s Book Club LitUp Fellow. Tin house YA '21. Educator. Rep: Jodi Reamer. IG: arriwrites. Pronounced Ar-ee-el.
Website: arriwrites.com
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/arriwrites
Jeannine Atkins @jeannineatkins.bsky.social Author of Knocking on Windows: A Memoir, Green Promises: Girls Who Loved the Earth, Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science, all from Atheneum/S & S, Rep: @saracrowelit.bsky.social
Lauren N. Simmons @laurennsimmons1.bsky.social #Kidlit writer. Wife and mom. Loves Jesus.
#50preciouswords HM 24/25, #springflingkidlit HM 25, #sunwritefun win 23/24/25.
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
Emily Calimlim @limlimillus.bsky.social Picture Book illustrator. Loves birds, birding, and nature. Self appointed naturalist. 🦜 Can tell you random facts on birds. Want to go hiking?
Website: limlimillustration.com
Caroline @carolinewu.bsky.social ✨ MG and PB writer
🏔️ Always in the mountains
🐦 Avid hiker, amateur nature photographer, wannabe birder
SMVL Trudeau @smvltrudeau.bsky.social Author of The Phoenix and the Ant series, Grade 7/8 teacher, and cool guy.
🍁 Winnipeg
www.smvltrudeau.ca
Erin L. Thomas @erinthomas.bsky.social Author, Daydreamer, Lover of Yarn
I write books for kids and teens from my home in Whitby, Ontario. I love knitting and sewing, and have a thing for old sewing machines and typewriters. I'm happiest when surrounded by my wonderful family and pets. 
Heather Brockman Lee @heatherbrockmanlee.bsky.social Award winning Illustrator of Picture Books represented by East West Literary- books with Simon and Schuster, Flamingo PRH, and Harper Collins
Heatherbrockmanlee.com
Jeff Zentner @jeffzentner.bsky.social Nashville. Poet and award-winning author of COLTON GENTRY’S THIRD ACT, SUNRISE NIGHTS, IN THE WILD LIGHT, THE SERPENT KING & more. LOVE, LIKE APPLES forthcoming.
www.jeffzentnerbooks.com
Ana Crespo @anacrespobooks.bsky.social 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 Children’s Book Author
Former Agent at East West Lit Agency
SAUDADE (Neal Porter Books/HH ‘24)
LIA & LUÍS (Charlesbridge, ‘20 and ‘23)
HELLO, TREE (LBBYR, ‘21)
@sheilafernley.bsky.social @sheilafernley.bsky.social 
Linda Kulp Trout @ldkt55.bsky.social Mom. Wife. Grandma. Sister. Friend. Music Lover. Reader. Sky Magic Admirer. Baker. Journal Writer. Kidlit Poet. Author of a forthcoming MG novel-in-verse.
http://lindakulptrout.blogspot.com
carolporterbooks @carolporterbooks.bsky.social Children's Book Author-someday illustrator
Mom, Teacher, Education Advocate, Dog Lover, Book Lover
Buffalo Bills Fan, Buffalo Booster
Josie Liming Gawlowski @jgawlowski.bsky.social #kidlit #PB writer: #scbwi: #pbchat mentee: #storystorm: #12x12pb: #PBParty HM 2021 & 2024: horchata drinker, former photojournalist, farmer's daughter, based in Seattle
Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social Children's author, software engineer, Tu Youyou's Discovery. Bookshop Lk: http://bit.ly/3A9071n @AlbertWhitman @BarefootBooks #12x12PB
Linda Zajac @lindazajac.bsky.social 
ablakeywrites.bsky.social @ablakeywrites.bsky.social kidlit author, fall admirer, fan of books and musicals, dancer, weather and space enthusiast, pro-spreadsheet, toy marketer, mom of two
#KidLit | #SCBWI | #12x12PB | #50PreciousWords Winner 2024| #STEM | #SEL
Nikki Bergstresser @nikkibergstresser.bsky.social 🇨🇦Children’s author & educator. Best day has me with ☕️ in hand, lost in nature and a good story to share. 📚www.nikkibergstresser.com
Gander: The Town that Welcomed the World PB NF
Lila Lou’s Little Library PB
Seasons for Stones PB
A Promise to Protect MG
Eleanor A. Peterson @eleanorpeterson.bsky.social KidLit author/illustrator- PB, JF, MG, animal, nature lover, SCBWI, 12x12PB, CBI, ICWA BS Environmental Sciences and Territorial Management.
www.eleanorannpeterson.com Jurassic Rat '2019
Wendy Greenley @wendygwriter.bsky.social Kidlit #author. Debut PB out in the world, seeking new representation. #kidlit #2023RUCCL #2022PBParty, #12x12PB, Inked Voices
@katherine398.bsky.social @katherine398.bsky.social Kidlit Writer #PB #SCBWI #kidlit #12x12 SpringflingKidLit '24Winner, 50PreciousWords '24Winner, ‘25HM
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
MornaSG.bsky.social @mornasg.bsky.social Works at authoring and illustrating. Bibliophile through and through. Lover of outdoors, animals, the underdog and both classic and modern children’s lit.
Amy Newbold Books @amynewboldbooks.bsky.social I write picture books (If Picasso Painted a Snowman series), middle grade, and clean romance. A Lady Most Alluring (Grimm Regency novella) is out now. Fan of birding, reading, board games, and chocolate.
https://www.amynewbold.com/
Lori Knutsen: Kidlit Writer, Teacher and Photographer @lknutsenkidlit.bsky.social I write #PB #YA to uplift, inspire, and entertain kids.❤️ Boy mom. Teacher. Dreamer. #kidlitfirefly #ND 💫📝🌈
Seeking Rep https://loriknutsen.com
#50Preciouswords ‘26‘25 HM
#springflingkidlit ‘25 Winner
#Halloweensie ‘25 HM
#SCBWI
#12X12
#PBRS Col
Teresa Rodrigues @teresarodrigues.bsky.social Histotechnologist turned Children’s Books Author
📚 WHERE THEY GATHER (Atheneum, ‘26)
Rep’d by @christietellsastory from @the_cat_agency
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
Angela Hartman @angelarosehartman.bsky.social Retired Library Girl. Writing. Reading. #amquerying #kidlit #SCBWI #writingcommunity #pbparty
Jesse Anna Bornemann @jesseannabornemann.bsky.social Poems in Highlights, Spider, The School Magazine, & The Dirigible Balloon. University staff writer. Wife of Eric and mom of ages 11 and 6.
Olga Smith @olgasmithart.bsky.social Author-Illustrator. Cincinnati OH. #SCBWI Cincy Illustration Critique Coordinator. Pb party finalist 2025 and 2026.
Portfolio: http://www.OlgaSmithIllustrator.com
#kidlitart #kidlitillustrator
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
Jennie @jsaywell.bsky.social Pb-writing word nerd and animal lover. WriteMentor 25 #PB winner 📚 #scbwi
Rose Cappelli @rosecappelli.bsky.social Poet, author, lover of children's literature; member 12x12 and SCBWI- L Linda Staszak @lindastaszak.bsky.social I write humorous PB and CB. 12x12 and SCBWI.
Elisa K. @elisaincleve.bsky.social ✏️ Picture book & MG author
📚 Seeking representation
🎨🦄🧠 Creative braining
🧘♀️ Meditating for calm
🐉 Qi gong for health
Callie Dean @calliebdean.bsky.social Writer, Musician, Researcher, Mom.
http://calliebdean.com
Rep: Karly Dizon @ Fuse Literary
Stacey B @staceybyer.bsky.social Kidlit writer & illustrator. Made in the Caribbean 🇬🇩 🇧🇧.
Creator: #sweetshoutout series
Rep'd: McIntosh & Otis
WILL & KRILL (Beaming Books 2025) https://staceybyer.com/books
Aixa Pérez-Prado @professoraixa.bsky.social Mom, artist, writer, reader, professor, viajera, soñadora, bilingüe 🇦🇷📚https://www.aixaperezprado.com
Marietta Apollonio @mariettaa.bsky.social Author-illustrator of:
Wombat And The Family Tree
Jack The Library Cat
Traditional and digital illustration
Rep'd by Andrea Colvin Creative Agency
🐴 Equestrian Instructor
🐶 Dog and kid mom
🍰 Dessert lover
📚
https://www.mariettaapollonio.com
🍄 Melissa Escobar 🍄 @handle.invalid Illustrator & author. Creator of all things cute, whimsical and magical. Horse girl!
Rep: @joycesweeney.bsky.social of The Seymour Agency.
Portfolio: www.melissaescobarart.com/
Links: https://linktr.ee/melissaescobarart
Laura Croyle @lcroylewrites.bsky.social Children’s author seeking representation. Instructional designer, mom, & former educator. Cat-lover 🐈. #scbwi #12x12pb
William David Curtis @wmdcurtis.bsky.social Picture book author, songwriter, member of SCBWI, Association of Rhode Island Authors (ARIA), ASCAP, and Actors' Equity, versatile, funny, and serious, seeking representation
Anita Tran @anitatran.bsky.social Storyteller | Author | Illustrator | Creator
SCBWI | 12x12 | kidlit
www.anitatran.com
TheresaAnackerWohlers @tanackerwohlers.bsky.social Artist, Must be outdoors, Lover of imagination and youthfulness. An illustrator and author of PBs and working on MG pieces as well. 
Lia Upton Kidder @liaukidder.bsky.social Aspiring Children's Picture Book Author
#SCBWI member and Oregon Chapter Great Critique Co-Coordinator, #12x12 member, formally agented.
Ready for query PB witch series, giants and mice, dragons and gnomes in rhyme and a young king meets a wizard in prose
Katie Moon 🌔 @katiemoon-author.bsky.social Author-illustrator braving the query trenches. Focused mainly on humor with a sprinkle of heart. Illustration HM #PBParty2024.
Lori Bonati @loribuffalo.bsky.social Admirer of Rosa Parks, Parks & Rec, & U.S. National Parks; fan of Steve Martin, Doc Martin, & Martin guitars; ardent supporter of ampersands.
Jordyn Jefferson @jordynblue.bsky.social Writer. Fundraiser. Crafter. Chaos-Wrangler. Etc.
www.jordynjefferson.com
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.
Joyce Ray @joyceraywriter.bsky.social #VCFA #SCBWI #PBParty Writer. Reader. Traveler. PB, MG, YA, Poetry #AmSubmitting www.joyceraybooks.com
@mizaudbee.bsky.social @mizaudbee.bsky.social 
Caitlin Binder-Markey @cbmwrites.bsky.social Twin mom. PB Writer. Travel junkie. Broadway enthusiast. Collector of all things Wizard of Oz. I #12x12PB I #SCBWI I #50PreciousWords winner 2025
Mermaid Writer @mermaidwriter.bsky.social SCBWI NY Eastern Up! Critique Coordinator
Kidlit writer, published poet, gemologist-in-training, wannabe polyglot, occasional mermaid, reluctant zebra 🍰💜🩶🤍💚 #kidlit #scbwi #amquerying #actuallyautistic
🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 Pronouns: you choose (anything but he)
Jane Bexley @janebexley.bsky.social Bestselling Author / Illustrator featured on @NPR.org and Last Week Tonight w/John Oliver
Momx4 with a soft spot for delightful wordplay #PBparty 2025 finalist #kidlit #12x12PB #SCBWI
janebexley.com
@lucianchung.bsky.social @lucianchung.bsky.social 
Hannah Roy LaGrone @hannahlagrone.bsky.social Mom of 2 toddler boys, poet and picture book writer, former ESL/bilingual teacher #12x12PB #PBparty finalist #50preciouswords ‘26 winner
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
@kamillam.bsky.social @kamillam.bsky.social 
Chris Demeropolis @bychrisdemeropolis.bsky.social PB author of Teddy Lou, Bell Guru. Mom of two young readers. SCBWI member.
Laird Fetzer Hamblin @lairdsstorysongs.bsky.social Teacher _ Writer/Songwriter/Poet/Artist _ Biologist
I write and illustrate songs and stories about nature in rhyme and alliteration.
lairdsstorysongs.us
lettersbylaird.bsky.social
#edusky
#nature #songs
#kidlitart #kidlit #kidsongs #childrens
Emily Keifer @emilykeifer.bsky.social #kidlit writer | SCBWI | PB Rising Stars Runner-up ‘23 | Kidlit Chuckle Challenge winner ‘24 | Kid’s Choice Winner ‘23 | Kidlit Vibes winner ‘22 & ‘23 | 50 Precious Words Winner ‘22 | #amquerying
Susan Korchak @susankorchak.bsky.social Writer & reader of books for children. Former corporate communicator. #VCFA, #SCBWI, #CTC Writers, #12x12PB
Ginger Burke @gingerburke.bsky.social Kidlit writer. Foster mom. Love to travel. Sometimes calm. #12x12PB #scbwi
https://gingerburkebooks.com