Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social She/her. Award-winning health and science journalist. Investigative reporter at CIDRAP News. LizSzabo.30 on Signal. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/all-news
@ruthcousins.bsky.social @ruthcousins.bsky.social Picture book author 12x12; SCBWI; the Writing Barn, seeking rep
Cynthia Reeg @cynthiareeg.bsky.social Often making things up. Often researching. Always making magic one word at a time! PB, MG, SCBWI, PBParty, ALA, ZIA Award
Sharon Peerless @sharonpeerless.bsky.social -- Writer of kidlit fiction, seeking representation #kidlit #amquerying #amwriting.
-- Love drinking coffee while conjuring my childhood self.
-- Passionate about advocating for developmental disability awareness. #intellectualdisabilities #Downsyndrome
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social 📚 Picture books!
💜 LOVE, VIOLET (Chua FSG)
🍎 THE AMAZING IDEA OF YOU (Lundquist, Bloomsbury)
✏️ former educator, bookseller, SCBWI RA
🌈2LGBTQIAP+ she/her
♿ ME/CFS
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📚 Repped by www.andreabrownlit.com/Team/analia
Poets Reading the News @poetsrtn.bsky.social Journalism in verse.
📰 The publication bridging poetry & current events since 2016.
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social A free blog about writing books, and books about writing, and reading books about writing.
Writing About Writing About Writing is a project by @thatemilymunro.bsky.social
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@goodriverreview.bsky.social @goodriverreview.bsky.social 
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
Rene Bartos @rebwrites.bsky.social Author rep'd by Jennifer Unter with The Unter Agency, mom of engineers+rescue 🐈, developmental ped + child health advocate connecting children to nature
2023 Austin SCBWI Cynthia Leitich Smith mentorship award finalist views my own
www.renebartos.com
M. Faye @m-faye.bsky.social Sociologist. Political Scientist. Adjunct Assistant Professor. Systems of poverty and power. Public media supporter, fur babies are family, sketch & stand-up comedy fan, Gen X, WNBA, Women’s Pro Volleyball, Prince ☔️. She/her. 🦋 Justice is a verb.
Laken Brimicombe @lakenbrimicombe.bsky.social 🇨🇦Middle grade writer
🐈⬛Cat mom
Lee Wardlaw @leewardlaw.bsky.social KidLit author, teacher, poet, cat-wrangler. Did I mention Civil War buff? Award-winning author of 30 books for young readers. Brand new: MY BOOK OF FIRSTS: POEMS CELEBRATING A BABY'S MILESTONES, illustrated by Bruno Brogna, Red Comet Press.
Iris Rainer Dart @irdart.bsky.social Author (nine novels, notably Beaches) playwright: The People in the Picture on Broadway, Beaches - the musical with Mike Stoller on Broadway, Happy wife. (45 years so far) Mom to 2, Grandma to 3. No DMs, unless we're already friends.
Author Denise Devine @dmeinstad.bsky.social USA Today bestselling author of 22 books and 3 novellas. Minnesota tomboy who likes to read, write and hang out with other authors. NO DMs unless I know you.
FeministSociologistPhD @femsocphd.bsky.social Author, Qualitative Researcher, Policy/Program Developer, Semiotician, Post-Structuralist.
Expertise in gender-based violence prevention, adolescent mental health, PAR, EPBs CQI, and acronyms.
#StandWithUkraine
#CanadaStrong 🚫 DMs.
One L💜ve.
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Jessie A @jessieatkin.bsky.social Author, storyteller, writer, reading aficionado, Star Wars enthusiast, Mets devotee, student, sister, twin 🖤🤍💜
OODLES OF NOODLES (📖 out now)
http://www.jessieatkin.com/
Elizabeth Everett | Educator & Kidlit Author 📚 @elizabetheverett.bsky.social ➡️ Boosting books for #Teachers, #Educators, #Librarians, #Parents, #Authors, #Writers, and #Readers
💙 Former #Teacher turned #Homeschool mama
✏️ #Kidlit #Writer and #SCBWI member
📚 #PB #Author rep'd by Michelle Witte
🖱️ elizabetheverettbooks.com
Dr. Laura M. Furlan @laurafurlan.bsky.social Associate Professor of English. Author of Indigenous Cities (UNP 2017). ACLS Fellow. Writer of creative nonfiction. Adoptee. Native Chicagoan. Queer mommy. She/her.
Diverse Verse @diverseverse.bsky.social A resource to highlight & celebrate diversity, especially with regard to poetry & verse novels for young people 💫 #diverseverse
Lisa Stringfellow @engagereaders.bsky.social Author. KINGDOM OF DUST (8/20/24), A COMB OF WISHES, HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books. Educator integrating literacy, equity, & social justice. Rep @lindsaydauld
Susan Krawitz @susankrawitz.bsky.social Author, writer, editor, chicken and sheep chaser, exhausted gardener.
Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social A free e-newsletter from Publishers Weekly that reports on children's and YA books. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/9Ubz9L
Amy R. Murrell @amyrmurrellauthor.bsky.social Clinical Psychologist; Author, Member of the Authors' Guild, SCBWI, Mighty KidLit, 12x12, Storyteller Academy, Children’s Book Academy , and more :)
Donna Cangelosi @donnacangelosi.bsky.social KidLit Author. Psychologist. Adventurer. MISTER ROGERS' GIFT OF MUSIC 🎶. LIGHT, LETTERS & LOVE (Sleeping Bear Press, 3/16/27)🌻
#SCBWI #12x12 www.donnacangelosi.com
Claire Blumenfeld @cblumenfeld.bsky.social K-12 Reading Specialist, PBWriter, reader, mom, SCBWI #12x12PB #InkedVoices mentee www.ClaireBlumenfeld.com
CRANKY HANK and THE NOISY NEIGHBORS: A PURIM STORY (spring 2027, Kar-Ben)
Leslie H. 📚 🐕 @bookshopleslie.bsky.social I like big dogs | Freelance editor of #KidLit + select books for adults | Referrals deeply appreciated | EFA & SCBWI | She/her | https://bit.ly/LH_EditsBks
Katie Gilstrap @bykatiegilstrap.bsky.social Author of SPACEMANATEE! (Magination Press), PENNY LU PORCUPINE, and FINNEGAN FOX (Nancy Paulsen Books). 📚
Bestie to @attaboyartie.bsky.social 🐕
Friend to all creatures ❤️🐾
Rhonda DeChambeau @rhondadechambeau.bsky.social Writer and Poet for young people living in southeastern Massachusetts. VCFA WCYA Alum. TOP HEAVY, my debut YA novel-in-verse, comes out June 10th from Holiday House! Woo hoo!
@chironreview.bsky.social @chironreview.bsky.social 
Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 | Picture book writer | 12x12 Challenge | Always writing, always revising | Currently querying |
https://angelalucillelongo.com/
Lisa Varchol Perron @lisavperron.bsky.social Author:
Patterns Everywhere (Lerner '23)
My Love for You (S&S '23)
Tell Me About Space/Oceans (S&S '23/'24)
All the Rocks We Love (RiseXPenguin '24)
Wonder Why (Harper Kids '25) + more
Rep: Tricia Lawrence, EMLA
https://lisaperronbooks.com
Kids.Radio @kidsdotradio.bsky.social Studies show kids thrive with media designed for their growth and well-being. That’s why Kids.Radio/app offers kid friendly music, podcasts, audiobooks, jokes, prizes and more, all free from harmful algorithms. With Kids.Radio, they can have control.
ReadiLN – Discover & Share Books @readiln.com 📚 Where Readers & Authors Connect!
Discover new books. Share reviews. Connect with authors
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Readers: Explore indie gems & bestsellers.
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Dianna Wilson Sirkovsky @diannaws.bsky.social Dianna Wilson Sirkovsky writes for kids 🎃📚🐈⬛🇨🇦
Cat lover; baker; picture book maker. Author of James’ Reading Rescue + Just One Pebble-2024 Goddard-CBC award winner. www.Diannawilsonsirkovsky.com
#SCBWI #Amquerying
Karen Massey @karenemassey.bsky.social Poet & artisan. Lives in Ottawa, Canada on unceded Algonquin Anishinabe territory.
3 chapbooks from above/ground press Ottawa
2020 ARC Diana Brebner Award winner
2024 Finalist MIPP; Longlist 3-Day Novel Contest
karenmassey.wordpress.com
KidsWord & AllKidsBooks – Explore, Read & Share! @allkidsbooks.com 🌟 Join our vibrant community of children's book lovers!
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👧 Parents & Teachers: Find the best books for young readers.
✍️ Authors & Illustrators: List & showcase your books to a global audience.
@deborahwilliamsphd.bsky.social @deborahwilliamsphd.bsky.social Remember….kindness costs nothing.
Emily Mohn-Slate @mohnslate.bsky.social poet & essayist, THE FALLS & FEED 📚
BE WHERE YOU ARE on Substack ✨
teaches @madwomencarlow.bsky.social ⚡️
Cynthia Leitich Smith (Native Books for Young Readers & More) @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social children's-YA author, Heartdrum imprint curator, little free library steward, dog mom
Deborah Kalb @deborahkalb.bsky.social DC area. Ex-journalist, writer, editor, book blogger, podcaster, author of OFF TO JOIN THE CIRCUS and other books.
Julia Marie - writer @jmc-author.bsky.social Resistance fighter. Poet. If you believe in peace and democracy and if you back UKRAINE please read My Novella CATBIRD won a ZIBBY AWARD. Www.JuliaMarieDavis.com
Care about Dem-ocracy? https://a.co/d/e67TRsD
Follow me on Substack!
Joyce Sidman @joycesidman.bsky.social Children’s book author. Poet. Collector of stones, shells, mushrooms, and bits of beauty all around.
Www.joycesidman.com
Oak Tree Comics @oaktreecomics.bsky.social An independent children’s book publisher 📚
Where imagination meets environmentalism🌍
Based out of Los Angeles ☀️
Founded by author Josh Oaktree 🌳
www.oaktreecomics.com/link-tree
Trish Deitch @trishdeitch.bsky.social Deputy editor at Variety. New Yorker magazine diaspora. Writer. Mama. All my views are my own, and are unrelated to my work.
Shoshana Flax @shoshanaflax.bsky.social @HornBook-er. MG/PB author. Rep: @AmyRStern, Sheldon Fogelman Agency. #SCBWI. 2025 Walter Award judge. She/her. Opinions mine.
Parodies for Charities: tinyurl.com/hwtylda
Association of Jewish Libraries @jewishlibraries.bsky.social The leading authority on Judaic librarianship.
www.jewishlibraries.org
Beth Kanter @beekaekae.bsky.social Writer, teacher, workshop leader.
Hand holder
Words in: X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine, Emerge Literary Journal, Unbroken, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Cease, Cows and others.
Pushcart nominee.
www.bethkanter.com
Books: No Access DC & Great Food Finds DC…
Melanie Drane @melaniedrane.bsky.social Psychotherapy, dreams, language(s), books, poetry, handmade things, wild water, wild creatures, old trees, fermentation, patience, deep listening.
Michelle Denise Wood @mdwillustration.bsky.social 🖍️Illustrator, author, mom to girls
🌿Nature, retro, spooky, nostalgia
👋🏻Let’s make cool stuff together! #scbwi #kidlitart #12x12PB
⭐️#PBRisingStars 2024 Honorable Mention
📍Indiana
✨michelledwoodillustration.com
✏️michellewooddraws.com
📒 Seeking representation
Sandi Bachom 📹🎥🎬 @sandibachom.bsky.social Self-funded Visual Journalist 🎥 Credentialed Press 📹 Eyewitness 📹 To Support My Work: venmo.com/u/sandi-bachom
paypal.me/sandibachom
Hanh Bui @hanhbuiwrites.bsky.social Children's Book Author
hanhbui.net
https://hanhbui.net/about/
https://hanhbui.net/connect/
@felinedvm.bsky.social @felinedvm.bsky.social 
Lauri Meyers @laurimeyers.bsky.social Kidlit Author. Word juggler. Awkwardly funny. Embraces weird. #50PreciousWords Winner #KidsChoice Winner #PBParty 2023 HM #PBChat Mentorship 2021 #Madness!Poetry #SCBWI #12x12
Allyssa Van Cuyk @avc-art.bsky.social Children's Book Illustrator in central Florida
"The Inclusive Reef: Finn and Hatch" by Tabitha Erbe is available for preorder TODAY! 🐠🪸
https://www.tabithaerbe.com/shop
Open for work and representation ✨
My portfolio: https://www.avc-art.com/
Open Books @openbooks501c3.bsky.social Open Books is a nonprofit organization that brings LGBTQ+ affirming stories to school libraries, so every child can feel like they belong. www.openbooks.org https://linktr.ee/openbooks501c3
Nechama Birnbaum @nechamabirnbaum.bsky.social Author of my grandmother’s story - The Redhead of Auschwitz.
Lover of stories and the connection they bring.
Nechamabirnbaum.com
Ruth Horowitz @ruthhorowitz.bsky.social Writer repped by Linda Epstein (kids books) and Rena Rosner (adult). Latest title: THE MIDNIGHT MITZVAH (Barefoot Books 1924).
jml grabow @jeangrabow.bsky.social KidLit writer, YA/MG fiction, verse, poetry. Social Media coordinator for @scbwila. MFA @VCFA. Ketchup fan.
JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler @jenfw.bsky.social Children's Author / Puzzle Specialist
Author of 30+ #kidlit books, including fiction, text books, NF puzzle books, and comic books.
The Puzzler's Guides to Alaska, Oregon, and California: one part puzzle book + one part natural history guide.
Elisa Boxer @elisaboxer.bsky.social Emmy-winning journalist and Sydney Taylor Honor author of numerous children's books about resilience and courage, including: Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust. Website: Elisaboxer.com
Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social NYT Bestselling, Geisel-winning, GRATEFUL #kidlit author! (Short, loud, goofy… and probably trying to hug wildlife. “NO, AME!”) LATEST 📖: ⭐️THE SICK DAY⭐️ (🦇, 🐈 & 🐀 #6). MORE 📚 ON THE WAY! Rep: Tricia Lawrence—🏆—at Aevitas!
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
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
Sarah Kurpiel @sarahkurpiel.bsky.social Picture book author/illustrator. MORE THAN A TREE (2026), A LITTLE LIKE MAGIC, SNAKE'S BIG MISTAKE. ♿ She/her.
linktr.ee/sarahkurpiel
Karla Arenas Valenti (Author) @karlavalenti.bsky.social Pura Belpré Award winning author of best-selling picture books, chapter books and MG novels. Visit https://linktr.ee/karlavalenti for info re: signed copies, author visits, educator resources, and much more!
Jashar Awan @jashar.bsky.social Geisel Honor-winning author-illustrator; EVERY MONDAY MABEL out now from Simon & Schuster; repped by Erica Rand Silverman at Stimola Literary Studio
Liz Hughes @lizhughes1.bsky.social Resister, Liberal💙💙💙🇨🇦🇨🇦 / Democrat wishing that I could fast forward life by 4 years to start fixing the damage he will cause. Also a shameless dog lover 🐶🐶🐶🏳️🌈Please, do not DM me without a specific reason - You will be blocked
Andrea Hairston @andreahairston.bsky.social novelist, drama queen, biker babe, speculating and agitating http://andreahairston.com/
Annie Cardi @anniecardi.bsky.social YA author, baker, runner, hound enthusiast. RED (2024) and WINTER WHITE (January 2026). She/her.
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 
Blue Jaryn @bluejaryn.bsky.social Author of Payden's Pronoun Party ('22). Illustrator of As Bright as a Rainbow ('24). He/they. 🚫GenAI.
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
www.bluejaryn.com
Kirsten Pendreigh @kirstenpendreigh.bsky.social Picture Book Author & Poet. https://www.kirstenpendreigh.com/
WHEN A TREE FALLS, PW ⭐️; WHAT FISH ARE SAYING, SLJ ⭐️; MAYBE A WHALE, Horn Book⭐️ Fanfare Book; JLG, CCBC⭐️; LUNA'S GREEN PET (Quill & Quire Book of the Year. Next: CAMPING IS A TERRIBLE IDEA.
Susan Van Metre @skeetervm.bsky.social Hopelessly devoted to books. Editorial Director Walker Books US/Candlewick Press
Katie McEnaney @katiemcenaney.bsky.social Teacher. Writer. Lover of words and history. One-time archaeologist. Nonfiction Ninja mentee. SCBWI. 12x12. #amquerying #5thgrade She/her. https://katiemcenaney.com/ and https://www.thelogonauts.com/ for book rec's
Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs @puddlereader.bsky.social Children’s author | editor Islandport Press | former librarian | enthusiastic tea-drinker | probably baking or lost in the Maine woods
Suzanne Scallion @suz55.bsky.social Artist, Retired Educator, National Park devotee, Wildlife
Naomi Danis @naomidanis.bsky.social Picture book author of BYE, CAR and MY BEST FRIEND, SOMETIMES. Also WHILE GRANDPA NAPS and I HATE EVERYONE. Contributing writer at Lilith magazine. #KidLit (BYE, CAR cover illustration by Daniel RIeley, headshot by Joan Roth.)
www.naomidanis.com
Rebecca Petruck (she/her) @rpetruck.bsky.social Master of Science in Social Work, University of Louisville, KY. Master of Fine Arts, UNC Wilmington. Author of MG novels Boy Bites Bug and Steering Toward Normal. #ProtectTransKids
Maria Gianferrari (she/her) @gianferrari-m.bsky.social Creature & nature lover
Bird nerd 🐦
Wordsmith
#Kidlit Fiction & #STEM PBs:
Latest: Just One Oak 🐿 & Puffins!
Horn Book honoree for Fungi Grow 🍄
Obsessed with auroras
Website: https://mariagianferrari.com/
Kidlit For Los Angeles @kidlitforla.bsky.social Auction by the #kidlit community to raise funds for Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts. Bidding: Jan 20th (9am PST) - Jan 28th (8pm PST).
Amazing items up for bid: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles
Bear logo by Sydney Hanson IG: @sydwiki
@pawsandpans.bsky.social @pawsandpans.bsky.social 
Aunt T @tswanick.bsky.social 
Elizabeth Metz @thefinestmuffins.bsky.social Illustrator, writer, nonprofit staffer, Reds fan, bookworm, pedestrian, houseplant and voting rights enthusiast. She/her. What, people who like baseball can't like books?
📍Cincinnati, OH
https://www.elizabeth-metz.com
Gail Thomas @gthomaspoet.bsky.social Poet and teacher, lover of women, dogs, the natural world, art, music. Be kind and keep hope alive! http://www.gailthomaspoet.com/- G @giselleanatol.bsky.social @giselleanatol.bsky.social
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
American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Empowering and advocating for libraries and library workers to ensure equitable access to information for all. 🌎’s largest library association.
Find us at https://ala.org.
We follow the ALA Code of Conduct: https://www.ala.org/user-guidelines
Dawn Geller @dngeller.bsky.social 
@merylc777.bsky.social @merylc777.bsky.social 
Letterbox Library @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social Est. 1983. Not-for-profit children’s booksellers celebrating equality, inclusion & diversity. Schools/EY supplier. Co-runs Little Rebels Award. Workers’ Cooperative. www.letterboxlibrary.com
#kidlituk #ukkidlit
Arlene Schenker @arleneschenker.bsky.social #kidlit writer, debut PB CALL ME GEBYANESH (Apples & Honey Press) In bookstores April 29, 2025. Pre-order now! Book reviewer for Sydney Taylor Shmooze.
Kimberly Wilson @kimberlywilson.bsky.social Children’s Book Writer ✍🏻
A PENNY’S WORTH, A DOLLAR’S GRAND DREAM, A CREDIT CARD TAKES CHARGE, PIGGY BANK SAVES THE DAY (Page Street Kids, Fall 2025), and more 📚on the way!
www.kimberlywilsonwrites.com
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
k d chambers 🦋 @kdc99.bsky.social Liberal AF
LOVE: All animals.
LIKE: Most people.
ADORE: John Oliver, Steven Colbert, Jordan Klepper, Seth Meyers.
MY HEROS: KatiePorter, AOC Adam Schiff, John Oliver, Rachel Maddow!
🦋 No DMs.
Anya Kirshbaum @anyakirshbaum.bsky.social Pacific Northwest poet, queer mama, somatic therapist, beekeeper, and lover of wild and tended gardens.
https://anyakirshbaumpoet.com
Elizabeth Law @elawreads.bsky.social #Kidlit and YA Lit are my vocation and I won't stop preaching. Currently Editor-at-Large at Holiday House Bks, and a freelance editor and speaker. 40 years in the biz, yowsah! https://www.elawreads.com/ I'm also a showqueen trapped in a woman's body.