Caroline Kind @carolinekind.bsky.social MG author, educator, researcher, reader, learner | She/Her | Halifax, NS |
Melisa Quigley @mquigley1963.bsky.social No Direct Messages. Happily married. My award-winning debut novel, The Complexities of Love, poetry novel, Bereft, and Let's Write a Six-Word Story or a Poem are out now. linktr.ee/MQuigley1963
Katie Lee Reinert - KidLit/PB Author @katieleereinert.bsky.social Picture book writer and lover. Seeking representation.
READY TO SMILE AGAIN (Gnome Road Publishing, '25)
EMMA WASN'T READY (Lawley Publishing, '26)
SLOTHS AND THEIR MOTHS (Tielmour Press, '26)
www.KatieLeeReinert.com
#KidLit #author
Sarah Claxton @sarahclaxton.bsky.social #kidlit writer, SCBW, Inked Voices, PB Party Finalist 2026
Cathy Ballou Mealey @catballoumealey.bsky.social Picture book author
Scone lover
Rina Singh @storiesbysingh.bsky.social Children’s Author Spoken Word Coach
Katie Arthur @katiearthur.bsky.social Author/illustrator of books for kids 🌻
OUR WOOLLY BEAR
WHAT IF MARTY DOESN’T LIKE MY PARTY?
📍Nova Scotia, Canada
Rep: Westwood Creative Artists
studioarthur.com
Judith Graves @judithgraves.bsky.social Author, illustrator, vintage decor lover. A TALE OF TWO KITTIES, Acorn Press, 2023. The ANNEthology, Acorn Press, 2024. Living on beautiful Prince Edward Island. I am Canadian.🇨🇦
#SCBWI #SCBWICanada #canscaip #kidlit #YAlit
Aidan Cassie @aidancassie.bsky.social Island-dwelling picture-book-maker.
Author & illustrator of STERLING, BEST DOG EVER • LITTLE JUNIPER MAKES IT BIG • THE WORD FOR FRIEND
and... CAT SHAPES, spring 2026!
portfolio at http://aidancassie.com
Jane Whittingham @raincityjane.bsky.social Canadian picture book author, children's librarian, tea drinker and mum.
Newest book: 24 SLEEPS TILL CHRISTMAS (2025, HarperCollins Canada)
www.raincitylibrarian.ca
Shari Becker @sharibecker.bsky.social #kidlit author: picture books, middle grade and young adult 🇨🇦🇺🇸 founder Whale Rock Workshops 🐶📚
Www.sharibecker.com
Www.whalerockworkshops.com
Paola Santos @pgsantosb.bsky.social Venezuelan children's book author. A HOUSE IN MY BARRIO (Henry Holt. Fall 2026), HOW TO EAT A MANGO (2024). Rep’d by Jen Rofé.
https://linktr.ee/paolagsantos
Patricia Brown @patbrownbooks.bsky.social Retired Bilingual ESL teacher. Writer. Poems in @TheDirigible & Bards anthologies. #Kidlit #PictureBooks #SCBWI #12x12 #50PreciousWords 2024 & 2026 Winner. 📚
Roz MacLean @rozdraws.bsky.social Author illustrator on Vancouver Island. More Than Words: So Many Ways to Say What We Mean (2023) and Together, a Forest (Henry Holt) coming this Spring!
#kidlit
https://rozmaclean.com/blog/
Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social ✦ I'm Cat ✦ she/her ✦ 44 ✦ neurodivergent
✦ Portuguese-Canadian Kid Lit Illustrator
✦ Rep'd by The T2 Agency
✦ 📍 in Portugal
✦ Book a Portfolio Review ⤵️
catarinaoliveirastudio.com
✦ instagram.com/catarinaoliveirastudio/
#KidLitArt #illustration #kidlit
Michelle Barker @michellebark.bsky.social Senior #editor at DarlingAxe.com. Award-winning #author, Ironman #triathlete. michellebarker.ca
Your Story Match @dreamverseland.com Helping stories meet the readers they’re meant for.
A calm discovery space for authors who value alignment over noise.
List your book → https://unread.cloud
Lisa Cortez @marieandleelee.bsky.social Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist/Children’s Book Author
The Adventures of Marie and LeeLee, Las Aventuras de Marie y LeeLee
YouTube “Learning with Marie and LeeLee” videos and tips for language development
#kidlit #SCBWI
San Diego, CA
Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
Dean Gloster @deangloster.bsky.social Anti-authoritarian. Author of stories for young people, including the YA novel DESSERT FIRST. Former Supreme Court law clerk. Former standup comic. VCFA MFA. Write on. He/him.
Sarah @tittertales.com Children's Book Author/Illustrator with a passion for creating fun stories and interesting characters that make you think about things in new ways. First book BUT I'M JUST SPUD out now!
https://tittertales.com/
JenLei @jenlei.bsky.social I-can’t-find-locator, it’s-not-working-fixer, fan-of-things
Marlene Rohr @matrohr.bsky.social #SCBWICanadaWest Co-ARA, Edmonton, AB, kidlit writer, reader, traveller. Family, Faith and Friends 🙏🇨🇦 rare disease advocate: LMS cancer, Batten Disease, 4P-
A Blue Box Full of Books @abluebox.bsky.social 🌟 Laura | Booksky
🌈 Little Free Library Steward + BookCrossing Zone Manager
📚 Book Reviews & Book Drops
🐓Bookstagram : @ablueboxfullofbooks
📖 The Storygraph : a_blue_box_full_of_books
💥 BookCrossing : blue_box_OBCZ
Sondra Eklund @sonderbooks.com Librarian. Writer. Book Reviewer. Math geek. Knitter. Progressive Christian. She/her. No DMs from strangers.
More at https://sondraeklund.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
Kitty Felde @kittyfelde.bsky.social Recovering journalist, podcaster, author of The Fina Mendoza Mysteries series of books and podcasts.
Ms. Yingling @msyingling.bsky.social Middle school #librarian who has read EVERY fiction book in my #SchoolLibrary. Posts a new #MGLit book review EVERY DAY at http://msyinglingreads.blogspot.com, where I've been since 2006. 👍📚
Andy Ruffell @andyruffell.bsky.social Writer (rep’d J Mustelier @ Bent Agency), adopted Northerner & Hachette Children’s Novel Award Winner 2021 with Lily Grim and the City of Undone
Ginger Johnson @gingerjohnson.bsky.social Author. Artist. Wanderer. VCFA.
SCBWI. Rep’d by Michelle Witte @ MansionStLit #kidlit #thegenesisretreat #TheOtherSideofLuck #TheSplinteredLight
Connie Kingrey Anderson @kingreyanderson.bsky.social Author of MG spy mysteries, interactive chapter books, and drama kits. Creepers Mysteries: Haunted Cattle Drive, and Toadies. Audie and Saturn Award winner. Founder of Middle Grade Writers Group https://linktr.ee/MiddleGradeWritersGroup
Aden Polydoros @adenpolydoros.bsky.social Horror/SFF Author of THE CITY BEAUTIFUL, WRATH BECOMES HER, and others. Sydney Taylor winner. Finalist for World Fantasy Award, Lambda, National Jewish Book Award. Nonbinary/Trans.
Next books: THE CITY OF SLAUGHTER (9/26), IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU (1/27)
In The Red on 101.7 FM CHLY Nanaimo @intheredcanada.bsky.social ITR broadcasts stellar Canadian rock music every Wednesday from 8 - 10 PM Pacific on 101.7 FM CHLY #Nanaimo, #BritishColumbia on traditional Snuneymuxw territory. Stream us at CHLY.ca/listen or on the TuneIn app 🎙️🎶
Elbows up, eh? 🍁
Author Suzy Davies Award-Winning Children's Books and YA LitFic @birdwriterwrites.bsky.social Cheese lover, animal/nature admirer, movie & anime lover, loves music. I love writing children's and ya books. Children's lyricist and composer. Children's Musicals.
NO CHAT UNLESS I KNOW YOU
BULLIES OUT
IF YOU COPY MY LINKS BOOK HASHTAGS please.
N. R. M. Roshak (Natalka) @nroshak.bsky.social Canadian, author & reader, nerd, parent. She/they. SFWA, SCBWI, Codexian. Invisibly bi/pan 🏳️🌈 Proud member of 🇺🇦 diaspora in 🇨🇦. https://nrmroshak.com and https://rdbms-insight.com 
Kathy Jo Watson @kathywatson.bsky.social Kid Lit Writer. Music and theater fanatic. Space Nerd.
Author of MY CITY IS A FORT and featured in BOY MOMS.
#SCBWI
#365PictureBooks
Nadia Ali @nadiaawriter.bsky.social KidLit Author:
RAISAH AND THE BOAT TRIP (2023),
HUMPHREY THE EGG_SPLORER (2023)
THE ANIMAL SOCIETIES SERIES (2023)
12x12 Challenge
normacardenas.bsky.social @normacardenas.bsky.social assoc prof of practice | research food, identity, culture, and pedagogy #LasMusas #PBChat #WNDB #RUCCL Mentee #SCBWI #12x12 Ella/She
Sandra G James @sandragjames.bsky.social farmers’ markets - thrift stores - lover of words - cozy games - arts in all mediums - eclectic music - atmospheric gothic fiction - nonfiction and documentaries - teacher - picture books - aspiring author - #12x12PB member #SCBWI member 🇨🇦
Laura Bontje | Preorder Marian's Big Dig! @laurabontje.bsky.social Fiction Editor | Author: WAS IT A CAT I SAW? (Amicus), WHEN THE AIR SANG (Annick), MARIAN'S BIG DIG (Groundwood), and more | she/her | Rep: James McGowan, BookEnds | No AI
https://bio.site/laurabontje
Jen MacGregor @jenmacgregor.bsky.social 🇨🇦 she/her; #kidlit author, repped by Saba Sulaiman
MAGS MACDONALD HAD A JETPACK (Owlkids, 2026)
https://www.jenmacgregor.ca/links.html
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.
Leah Hong @leahhong.bsky.social Illustrator-author, once a designer 🇨🇦
HAPPY DREAMS LITTLE BUNNY (2021) WHEN YOU HAVE TO WAIT, A MOUSE FAMILY CHRISTMAS (2024)
Represented by Catbird Agency
Shari Green @sharigreen.bsky.social author, poet, beach-wanderer 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 | she/her | Vancouver Island, BC | www.sharigreen.com
Analene @analene.bsky.social Children's Author, Filipino-Canadian
I write stories for kids and kids at heart 💗
analene.com
Sal Sawler @salsawler.bsky.social Author | Book Reviewer | Teacher
Books: Written and illustrated by humans.
Posts: Do not represent my employer.
Casey Lyall @caseylyall.bsky.social Author of children's books and library staffer. THE LEAGUE OF LITTLES (Greenwillow, 2025), VAMPIRE JAM SANDWICH (Tundra, 2025), and more to come! More info at caseylyall.com
Hayley Lowe @hloweart.bsky.social Author/Illustrator found in 🇨🇦 and🇬🇧
✨Debut✨
THE PIE REPORTS - Orca Books Spring ‘24 (Hayley Lowe)
DIAPER KID - Owlkids Fall ‘25 (Loretta Garbutt/Hayley Lowe)
MEMORY STONES- Second Story Press, Fall 25 (Kathy Kacer/Hayley Lowe)
Lana Button Books @lanabutton.bsky.social Books for kids dealing with life at school.
School presentations Kindergarten | Elementary |
Preschool| Toddler
Children's author with an ECE focus
Amanda West Lewis @awestlewis.bsky.social A writer, theatre artist, calligrapher & arts educator who specializes in work for and with young people. Author of 11 books including MG & YA novels, picture books, poetry, graphic novel. MFA, Writing for Children & Young Adults #VCFA #Canscaip
Karen Autio @karenautio.bsky.social Children's book author (PB, chapter book, MG), avid reader, nature photographer, disability awareness sensitivity reader
Yewande Daniel-Ayoade @ydayoade.bsky.social Author of children's books. Typically set in or about West Africa.
THE LITTLE REGENT (Owlkids Books, March 2024), JOLLOF WAR (Owlkids, Sept 2026)
Sophie Benmouyal @sophiebenmouyal.bsky.social Illustration and Graphic Design
Based in Montreal, Canada
https://linktr.ee/sophiebenmouyal
Jami Gigot @jamigigot.bsky.social Hello there! I am a children’s book author/illustrator and texture supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic living in the Pacific Northwest. www.jamigigot.com
https://www.amazon.com/Bigfoot-Field-Guide-Campers-Mysterious-ebook/dp/B0F4G895X7
Tanya Lloyd Kyi @tanyakyi.bsky.social Children’s writer and lecturer for UBC Creative Writing. Most recently: THE CITY OF LOST CATS.
Nathan Christopher @hellonathanc.bsky.social Bestspelling author.
World chess ranking: 8,263,401,754.
WHEN SANTA WROTE BACK! (2025)
WHEN THE WITCH WROTE BACK! (2026)
WHEN THE EASTER BUNNY WROTE BACK! (2026)
Links: https://hellonathan.ca/links.html
Christopher @parliapics.bsky.social Gen Z. Pescatarian. Screenwriter. Songwriter. Playwright.
Patreon.com/JustChristopher
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Emma Jayne @emmajaynedesigns.bsky.social Illustrator and pattern designer. Love to create designs for kid's books, stationery, gifts and apparel. For work enquiries please email me at emma@emmajayne-designs.co.uk
Instagram: @emmajayne_designs
Portfolio: portfolio.emmajayne-designs.co.uk
writerharrison @harrisonwriter.bsky.social 🍁 #Canadian - #Author - #Poet 🍁
amazon.com/author/phillipharrison
I try to write in ways that feed both the mind and soul. ♊ & #GenX #stationaryaddict
💫 Creator of imagined worlds 💫
Denis Angelov @denisillustrates.bsky.social Children's book illustrator and artist, based in Sofia, Bulgaria
Art / Film Photography / Stuff I like
🌐 www.denisillustrates.com
NYC Midnight @nycmidnight.bsky.social Inspiring challenges for storytellers. Next up is the Rhyming Story Challenge on September 15th at https://nycmidnight.com/rhyme.
Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com Senior editor at DarlingAxe.com. Novelist at SeptimusBrown.com. Award-winning short-fiction writer. Chaotic good. He/they. 🏳️🌈
Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social A 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.
Find it at Writingaboutwritingaboutwriting.com
Natalie Finch @natfinch.bsky.social New here! WIP: THE HOUSE ON THORNFIELD STREET a 2000s SoCal horror romance. Don’t let me scream into the void all alone—be my friend!
Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Writer, zoologist, artist.
Author of 20+ books. SHARK LADY, BUNBUN & BONBON, OCEAN SPEAKS.
Unruly spokesperson for literacy, science, creativity, wildness & wonder.
https://www.jesskeating.com/
Rep: Kathleen Rushall, Andrea Brown Lit
Camellia Koo @camelliakoo.bsky.social Storyteller, picture book author, illustrator.
Set & costume designer for theatre, opera.
Rock collector. Woolgatherer. Daydreamer.
YAYA AND THE DAN-TATS, illustrated by Phoebe Xiao. (Annick Press, out in the world now :) )
Ian Duncan (he/him) @ian-duncan-pb.bsky.social Kidslit writer and collector! Teacher, Parent, and Proud Partner. Preorder "RJ and the Ticking Clock" with Scot Ritchie (OwlKids) August 2025!
https://linktr.ee/ian_duncan_pb
Jennifer Harris @mypbjam.bsky.social Picture Book Writer. English Prof. http://mypbjam.com (she/her)
#kidlit #SCBWI #CANSCAIP Rep'd by Jackie Kaiser, Westwood
Heather McLennan @hmclennan.bsky.social Kidlit writer, CANSCAIP competition finalist ‘24, member SCBWI, CANSCAIP. Proud mum. She/her
Beth Stilborn 🇨🇦 @bethstilborn.bsky.social Writer (mostly Middle Grade), SCBWI Canada West, CANSCAIP, Freelance Editor, Cat-lover. My website is https://www.bethstilborn.ca/ 
Laura Polasek @polaseklj.bsky.social Writer. Mom. Lover of books and tea | 🇨🇦📚🫖 #amquerying
CANSCAIP PB Shortlist '23, Longlist '24 | #kidlitvibes winner '23 | #KidsChoiceKidlitWritingContest MG winner '24 | Lyrical Language Lab Rhyming Contest Longlist '24 | Halloweensie HM '25
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!
Rob Gotobed @robgotobed.bsky.social Stand-up philosopher, scribe, bongo drummer and professional time-traveller. (Once dated Anne Boleyn)
Amazon: bit.ly/4hA0B7W
Apple: http://bit.ly/3K6WdB9
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2992620/
Jane Baird Warren @janebairdwarren.bsky.social Sporty mom, book lover & author of HOW TO BE A GOLDFISH (Scholastic Canada). Writing stories for the young and young at heart. Repped by Elizabeth Bennett at Transatlantic Literary Agency #🟦
Anne Lipton, MD, PhD @annelipton.bsky.social Neurologist. Writer. Editor.
THE COMMON SENSE GUIDE TO DEMENTIA, PUTTING THE SCIENCE IN FICTION, THIS SIDE OF DOCTORING
Epistemic Literary Magazine.
#KidLitChuckleChallenge champion, #SpringFlingKidlit winner, #FallWritingFrenzy winner
Faith Lapka Richardson @faithr.bsky.social farmgirl, writer, ecotherapist, RN
www.faithrichardson.info
www.faithwrites.ca
Jessica Ralli @jessicaralli.bsky.social Manager of #EarlyLiteracy Programs & Special Initiatives @ Brooklyn Public Library | #KidLit Writer @ RISE X Penguin Workshop | LJ Mover and Shaker 2020 |
Carolyn Ziegler @carolynziegler.bsky.social Canadian writer, screenwriter and playwright. Dog aficionado. #MGWaves carolynziegler.com
Hungry Tomato @hungrytomato.bsky.social 📚 Children's Non-fiction Book Publisher
💡 The Big Questions Answered
🪲 Beetle Books
Find out more: https://linktr.ee/HungryTomatoUK 🍅
Patty Wurster @pattywurster.bsky.social Illustrator • Writer • Regional Advisor #SCBWI New York West/Central Upstate • MFA Indiana U
#kidlit #kidlitart
www.pattywursterstudio.com
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
Groundwood Books @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social At Groundwood we believe all children deserve access to good books. Distributed by Jaguar in Canada and PGW in the U.S.
Visit our website: https://groundwoodbooks.com/?utm_source=bsky&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bluesky_profile
Cormorant Books @cormorantbooks.bsky.social Cormorant books is a Canadian independent book publisher of fiction and nonfiction. We’ve been publishing diverse Canadian voices since 1986.
Tara Shannon @tarashannonwrites.bsky.social Rabbit & Bear, Author/Illustrator, AuDHD, cancer Survivor, Mental Health Advocate, lover of food, whiskey, wine, bonfires & moonlit starry skies ❤
She/Her 🇨🇦☘️🐇🐻❄️✨️
Laken Brimicombe @lakenbrimicombe.bsky.social 🇨🇦Middle grade writer
🐈⬛Cat mom
Kevin Gallant @kevin-gallant.bsky.social Canadian
Author of Beyond the Mark: Ashes of the Hero. 🗡🛡🔮✨️🧙♂️
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/beyond-the-mark
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DM96B5J9
Singer for Violet Outburst 🎸🎤
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Vf4w9Ze38rLniADBEGKSp?si=AcWduGX
Suhasini Gupta @thesusankam.bsky.social Author/Engineer/Mom
Debut PB- KAI PO CHE: Mini's Perfect Kite (@GRP, March '25)
#12x12 #SCBWI #DVpit
Amazon: https://a.co/d/cSZyHfk
Rap song: https://bit.ly/3zyA35u
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
SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social Dedicated to developing experiences where SCBWI members can grow in their craft, expand their network, and build their writing and illustration goals.
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
Carrie Evans @carrieevans.bsky.social Mom X2 👧🏼👧🏻school speech therapist 🗣️ Spartan for life 💚
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3SMI0Y77JER1O?ref_=wl_share
Ms. K @msk1st.bsky.social Mom to 2 amazing daughters, 1st grade teacher, #clearthelist 💙 https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/WEY70LX5XAGF?ref_=wl_share
Canada As It Is 🇨🇦 @cdnwall.bsky.social Curator-At-Large. 🚫 Don't bother with DMs, donation pleas, etc.🚫
Sarah Atherton @sarah-a-author.bsky.social Children's Author & Teacher/SENCo
Winner #ChuckleChallenge 2024
Winner #springflingkidlit 2023
Mentor #WriteMentor 2023 & 2025
Julie Honan Johnston @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social Picture Book Author. Owner of Coyote Kids, a secondhand clothing and bookstore for kids in Albany, CA. It's all about the kids! 
YAbookscentral @yabookscentral.bsky.social Website devoted to YA, Middle-Grade, and Kids books.
We offer book reviews, blog content featuring author Q&A, guest posts, excerpts, cover reveals, and giveaways!
Authors- Check out how to advertise your book with YABC!
Ms. A @msa3rd.bsky.social 3rd grade teacher in a Title I school. #clearthelist
Classroom wish list - https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/8W5GVA9DKPAQ?ref_=wl_share