Marla Yablon @marlayablon.bsky.social PB writer/Poet. Former Science/Math teacher. Once upon a time archeologist. #SCBWI #12x12 #AmQuerying 😻
AH @23catsinaroom.bsky.social Artist, reader, mom. I know where my towel is.
Angela Quezada Padron @angelapadron.bsky.social #Kidlit author-illustrator, artist, singer & freelance curriculum dev, editor & writer; Rep’d by Sera Rivers @SpeilburgLit. #scbwi www.angelapadron.com 🇺🇸🇩🇴
Tracy Banghart @tracythewriter.bsky.social Author of feminist YA and sweet PB. Up next: PERFECT GIRL (Feiwel & Friends). She/her. Runs on rage and peppermint tea.
www.tracybanghart.com
Francisca Staines @franciscawrites.bsky.social Author of MG & Picture Books • https://franciscastaines.com/
🇲🇽 All around book nerd with a weakness for mystery, fantasy, sci-fi, dogs, and tacos (not always in that order)
Nicole Wong @painternik.bsky.social 💙 Children’s Book Illustrator | Mom | 2 Dogs | 1 Cat | Trekkie | Explorer of the mundane | Rep: @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social | @bookendsliterary.bsky.social
https://nicole-wong.com/
Cheryl Rainfield @cherylrainfield.bsky.social I write the books I needed & couldn't find. Award-winning YA author of SCARS, STAINED, HUNTED, VISIONS. Cult torture survivor, neurodivergent, mental health. Repped by Jennifer Wills. They/them 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇨🇦 https://beacons.ai/cherylrainfield
Abigail Frank @abigailcrfrank.bsky.social literary agent @ www.greenburger.com
she/her
April Jones Prince @apriledit.bsky.social Children's book author. Agent/nurturer at Studio Goodwin Sturges. PT faculty @RISD. Cheerleader of young writers. Believer in hearing and empowering all voices. Lover of history, juicy words, and coffee. She/her.
Jennifer Robin Barr @jrbarr.bsky.social Author. Middle Grade Historical fiction author. GOODBYE, MR. SPALDING; THUNDER AND MERCY with Astra Publishing. Rep'd by TracyMarchini
Toni Kirkpatrick @tonimargarita.bsky.social Senior Editor at Diversion Books, author, Chair of Latinx in Publishing
Shari Becker @sharibecker.bsky.social #kidlit author: picture books, middle grade and young adult 🇨🇦🇺🇸 founder Whale Rock Workshops 🐶📚
Www.sharibecker.com
Www.whalerockworkshops.com
Dean Robbins @deanrobbins.bsky.social Author of nonfiction children's books for Scholastic, Penguin Random House, Candlewick and Macmillan. Margaret and the Moon, The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon, The Fastest Drummer, Two Friends, The Shape of Things, the You Are a Star series, and more. 
Trinica Sampson-Vera @trinicasampsonvera.bsky.social Associate Agent at New Leaf Literary & Media | they/she 🇹🇹🏳️🌈
trinicasampsonvera.com
Bianca Schulze: The Children's Book Review @tcbrbookreview.bsky.social Founder of The Children's Book Review. Reader-writer-reviewer!
Bestselling author of 101 Books to Read Before You Grow Up, Don't Wake the Dragon, and more. Sharing reviews, book lists, interviews with authors and illustrators, and tips for raising readers.
Bookstop Buzz @bookstopbuzz.bsky.social 
The Reading Riddler @thereadingriddler.bsky.social Teacher Librarian. Reader. Lover of Trivia, Puzzles and Games. Champion of Books, Authors and Illustrators. She/her. Book Reviewer. Dog Mom.
Theresa M Burton @theresamburton.bsky.social Story Weaver✍️, Editor📝 , Dancer💃 , Traveler🗺️, Book Lover📚, Educator👩🏫, Coffee Enthusiast☕️, Witchy Vibes 🌗✨ Crow Lover 🐦⬛
Meg Fleming @megosphere.bsky.social Children’s Author. Fan of all dogs. Big-time laugher.
Author of I Live In A Tree Trunk✨I Was Born A Baby✨Wondering Around✨Rock That Vote✨ Coming to Bookstores 8.26.25 THE EVERYTHING TRAIL🌲
Represented by Emily van Beek @foliojr
Modern Day Valkyrie @moderndayvalkyrie.bsky.social Artist, Writer, Cert. Forest Therapy Guide, Alchemist, C-PTSD survivor. Things I love: compassionate people, animals, 🌲 . Things I hate: banning 📚, selfishness & greed. Go sit in a forest and calm down!
Arika Dickens @arikadickens.bsky.social Librarian. Teacher. Mom.
Lover of sunshine and stories. Dislikes clutter.
Seen in the PNW, London, and the South.
Patrick D. Joyce @patrickdjoyce.com 📚 I love to read, write, & tell stories
✍️ Author of BACK IN THE USSR and STRAWBERRY FIELDS, YA thrillers made of history, mystery, & music
🌐 patrickdjoyce.com/links
Cathy Cultice Lentes @cathylentes.bsky.social Poet, essayist, & children’s writer. Author of Getting the Mail; co-author of Stronger When We Touch. #SCBWI PAL member. MFA in Writing for Young People (Solstice) Proud mother of Youth Library Services Coordinator and TV anchor/journalist.
onegracenote @onegracenote.bsky.social Artist and dog lover! Looking for my peeps to help survive this next 4 years. 💙
Yvonna Graham @grahamyvonna.bsky.social Educator/author focused on neurodivergence. DyslexiaKit.net
Dyslexia Tool Kit: What to do when phonics isn't enough (2021)
Never Too Late: Leveraging Technology to Support High School Readers with Dyslexia (2025)
#EduSky
Matthew Burgess @matthewburgessj.bsky.social Poet, Professor, & Children's Book Author. Brooklyn College. Forthcoming: Words With Wings & Magic Things, illust. Doug Salati (Tundra / Penguin Canada, 2025) & Fireworks, illust. Cátia Chien (Harper Collins, 2025). www.matthewjohnburgess.com
Alice, Ever After Books @aliceeverafterbks.bsky.social Indie bookstore ✨ Voted Best in WNY
295 Parkside Ave, Buffalo NY
A place to wonder...for all ages.
Mon: Closed T/Th: 12-5 W/F/S: 10-5 Sun: 10-3
Anna Staniszewski @annastanisz.bsky.social Children's book author, writing instructor, and general word nerd. Lover of dogs, fairy tales, and silliness. My most recent titles: MY COUSIN'S MERMAID, THE WONDER OF WILDFLOWERS, and CLIQUE HERE. annastan.com
Lupine Books @lupinebooks.bsky.social Children's bookstore coming to Providence, RI. Woman/queer/disabled/neurodivergent owned.
https://linktr.ee/lupine_books
@editorhsu.bsky.social @editorhsu.bsky.social 
Jennifer Ziegler @jennyziegler.bsky.social Writer. Speaker. Goofball. VCFA Faculty. Author of MG and YA novels, including WORSER, named a Best Book of the Year by New York Times, Kirkus, and Booklist. jenniferziegler.com
she/her/hers
The Write Way of Life @thewritewayoflife.bsky.social Hosted by writers, for writers. A craft-focused author interview podcast.
Judith Gardiner @judithgardiner.bsky.social Love stories, books, animal especially dogs and a real foodie-at-heart.
Melissa Stoller Author @melissastoller.bsky.social Author & Educator #PictureBooks and #ChapterBooks. HAZEL AND MABEL: TWO HEARTS APART releasing from @GnomeRoadPublishing in Fall 2025. #SCBWI #12x12PBChallenge #WritingBarn #RateYourStory Judge
www.MelissaStoller.com
Carole Meyer-Rieth @carolewritesbooks.bsky.social SCBWI member and writer of picture books/middle grade fiction seeking representation. I love spending time with family and friends, exploring new places, learning new skills, reading, photography, cooking, drawing and watercolor. www.bibibooks.org
Jenny Z @jennyz.bsky.social librarian. tea chugger. daydream believer. Jersey girl. not aspiring to be humble ✌🏼 Bookstagram @jennyzreads
Kelly Milner Halls @kellymilnerh.bsky.social I've published more than 60 nonfiction books and over 1,000 newspaper and magazine articles for young readers in the past 30 years. I've never been rich, but I've always been happy.
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)
Megan Litwin @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social Children’s book author and former-yet-forever teacher.
GATHER GRATEFUL * TWINKLE, TWINKLE, WINTER NIGHT * DIRT AND BUGSY series
www.meganlitwinbooks.com
Scott Rothman @scottrothmanwriter.bsky.social Writer of Underwear Dragon kid's books (Random House), the football movie DRAFT DAY and other stuff. My newest books are KITTYBUNKPORT (Viking) and WARM AND FUZZY (Tundra).
www.scottrothmanwriter.com
Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social Author of time travel stories BLUE SKIES (in The Accidental Time Travelers Collective Volume 1) and FROM NOW ON (Vol. 3). Working on PBs, MG Sci-fi, and haiku as @haikuformykids.bsky.social (he/him)
Katie Kulla @katiekulla.bsky.social 🌻 Author FARM-RAISED KIDS (Storey 2024)
🌱 Illustrator EDIBLE (Thames & Hudson 2023)
🥕 Podcaster GROWING FOR MARKET PODCAST
Dianne King @dianneking.bsky.social Fiction writer, dog lover, Austinite
Serafina Finnegan @serafinafinnegan.bsky.social Kidlit writer, proudly repped by @casahasegawa of @the_t2_agency, boy mom x 3
Swati Avasthi (SWA-thee) @swatiavasthi.bsky.social Author of Split and Chasing Shadows. (Knopf BFYR). Adj Professor at Hamline University’s MFA in writing for children and YA. Obsessed with all things bunny on bluesky.
Blocks all lurkers. No DMs.
Stephen Messer (aka Zeno Alexander) @stephenmesser.bsky.social Author of books for middle grade readers.
Sara Ryan @ryansara.bsky.social Queer author of books & comics for teens & others. They/them. Authors Against Book Bans member. VCFA WCYA faculty. Represented by Michael Bourret. Not here much. 
Judy Bailey @judy-bailey.bsky.social #MG Writer. Member of @SCBWI, @PNWA, & @InkedVoices. #kidlit #amquerying #writingcommunity
Tae Keller @taekeller.bsky.social 
Luciana Illustration @lucianaillustra.bsky.social Illustrator from Brazil, creating #kidlit in the PNW. rep by EastWest Lit Agency. "A Speedy Little Cheetah on the Big Blue Earth" Amicus Ink /"Squirrel's Big Picture" Beaming Books Spring 2026
Jami Sinclair | Kidlit Writer & Illustrator ^._.^ @jamiohmg.bsky.social NEW—Seeking old (& new) book-ish friends
Weaning off of X, FB, Insta!
Grateful for Teachers & Librarians!
🐈⬛ Writing & drawing (while cat judges)
WIP: SpyKids & Cat vs. AntiDiversity villain
#mgbookchat #amwriting #drawing #middlegradebooks #Kidlit #cats
Nova Ren Suma @novarensuma.bsky.social NYT bestselling author. WAKE THE WILD CREATURES now out from Little, Brown: “Luminous.” “Ferocious.” “Essential.” https://linktr.ee/novaren
Newsletter hosted by Ghost: https://newsletter.novaren.com
Erik Brooks @erikbrooksbooks.bsky.social I’m an art teacher, kid lit author/illustrator, and cartoonist living in WA state.
http://www.erikbrooks.com
https://erikbrooksbooks.substack.com
http://www.patreon.com/c/erikbrooks/about- K ksw2.bsky.social @ksw2.bsky.social #VCFA | #SCBWI | #ITP/IMA NYU | #12x12PB
National Teacher Front @teacherwalkout2025.bsky.social A collective of Teachers who are fed with with the abuses against our most dedicated and vulnerable educators. We fight for Pay, Purpose, and Protection.
Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social 👨🎓Professor, 📚author of 100 books on drwho💫starwars✨outlander #sfwa🚀 #scbwi #kidlit Cali https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004KMCLQK pitch me on #academic #Jewish #sff https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/jewish-science-fiction-and-fantasy/
Will Taylor @willtaylorbooks.bsky.social NYT bestselling children's author (Scholastic; HarperCollins, Penguin Workshop) Queer. Seattleite in Wales. Rep: Brent Taylor at July First Literary. THE SCHOOL FOR WICKED WITCHES Book 5 out Feb 2027! willtaylorbooks.com
@erynmurphy.bsky.social @erynmurphy.bsky.social a lot of fire with a pisces moon | journalist, writer, & poet ✨
www.erynmurphywriter.com
KidsWord & AllKidsBooks – Explore, Read & Share! @allkidsbooks.com 🌟 Join our vibrant community of children's book lovers!
🔗 KidsWrd.com | AllKidsBooks.com
👧 Parents & Teachers: Find the best books for young readers.
✍️ Authors & Illustrators: List & showcase your books to a global audience.
Sweet Cuddles and Hugs Reading @cuddle-and-read.bsky.social Welcome to Sweet Cuddles & Hugs Reading! We share our interactive read-aloud stories designed to spark imagination & learning for your littles. Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@SweetCuddlesandHugsReading
Sarah Shumway @sarahshum.bsky.social Editorial Director at Bloomsbury Children's Books, here for all things kidlit.
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
Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social Cartoonist
Bev Plass @bevplass.bsky.social Writer, cyclist, dog-lover
Moni Ritchie Hadley @bookthreader.bsky.social Half-Japanese military brat, #kidlit author 🌸
MISO MAGIC🌟
THE STAR FESTIVAL🎋
ANZU AND THE ART OF FRIENDSHIP❤️
Write Kidlit NOW! Scholarship ✍️
Rep: @sarahredfoxlit 🦊
https://linktr.ee/moniritchiehadley
questpit || next event: NOV 4th @questpit.bsky.social #questpit is a writers hype event that welcomes industry participation || any stage of your wip can be pitched || run by @leonahwrites.bsky.social and @minaareis.bsky.social
https://questpit.carrd.co
TJ Ohler @tjohler.bsky.social Editor | Emerson Alum | bookseller | #editor #horror #romance #thriller #YA #adult #mg #eviltwin #zando #slowburn
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.
Melissa Rechter @melissarechter.bsky.social Lover of puns. Editor.
Ruqayyah Daud @borahaze91.bsky.social Senior Editor at LBYR & Requited 📚 please don’t pitch me your book here! ❤️
Tova Seltzer @talovala.bsky.social Assistant Editor @ Holiday House | Interior Designer @ Tova's House | Most Awkward Guest @ Your House
she/her ~opinions are solely my own~
manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/tova-seltzer/
claire harris | literary agent @clairemharris.bsky.social literary agent at helm literary
website: clairemharris.com
more links: linktr.ee/claire_m_harris
Cat Ross ✨ @catross.bsky.social Lawyer. Writer.✨Lover of all things fantasy✨
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?
Kevan Lyon @kevanlyon.bsky.social Literary agent at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency, book lover, rescue pup mom.
Melissa Edwards @melissaedwards.bsky.social Literary agent. Lawyer. Slow runner. Fast audiobook listener.
Great Dog Literary @greatdoglit.bsky.social 
Amanda Carbonell @amandalitagent.bsky.social Former junior literary agent📚
She/Her/Ella. 🇵🇷
Editing Services: editingtales.com
Misc: linktr.ee/amandacarbonell
Saritza Hernández @litagentsaritza.bsky.social ✨Lit Agent @andreabrownlit.bsky.social✨
@aalitagents.bsky.social Member✨ #tabletopnerd ✨Coffee junkie✨Romance Enthusiast✨💖💙💜Boricua✨#LGBTQIA & Autism Advocate✨#DementiaCaregiver ✨
https://QueryTracker.net/query/Saritza
Jen Babakhan @jenbabakhan.bsky.social Author, Associate Literary Agent, Wife, Mom, Loud Laugher.
Sierra Godfrey @sierragodfrey.bsky.social Author.
The ENIGMA CHALLENGE (Viking Penguin), 2026
Also: A Very Typical Family and The Second Chance Hotel (both avail now)
Rep: Melissa Edwards @melissaedwards.bsky.social
sierragodfrey.com
Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com Agent at kt literary. Legal Counsel for ANSI. Freelance Attorney with Matter Services LLC. Always a nerd. She/her.
www.rebeccamatte.com, www.kt-literary.com
Instagram: @rlmatte_litagent
Michelle Hauck @michelle4laughs.bsky.social Senior Literary Agent with Storm Literary Agency | Represents MG, YA, and Adult Fiction | Currently CLOSED to select queries | she/her
https://linktr.ee/michellehauck
Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social Literary Agent/Writer/Grants Coordinator.
Doing my part for HCFVC, Donald Maass Literary Agency, and murders in space.
https://maassagency.com/anne-tibbets/
jess not jessie 🍂 @jessnotjessie.bsky.social cat friend, runner, reader, ttrpg player, & writer of tough girls + magical boys in liminal spaces, lit assistant @ Folio Lit | she/her 🌈
Andie Smith @andiesmithbooks.bsky.social 📚 Associate Agent at Creative Media Agency
✍🏼 Editor at Sun & Spines Editorial
🎙️ Co-Host of Flublishing Podcast
linktr.ee/andiesmithbooks
Kristie Choi @kristiechoi.bsky.social Editor @ Atheneum (S&S) | 🌈 bi/pan genderfluid (she/they); pro-transgender; neurospicy; 최민지, Korean-Am; plant witch meets punky morbid grandma/cat daddy; opinions my own.
KristieChoi.com
Jennifer Azantian @jenazantian.bsky.social Founder and Literary Agent at Azantian Literary Agency. Mom to humans and pups. Occasional sharer of TMI. Queer. ND. First-gen Armenian (she/her)
Dahlia Adler 📚 @missdahlelama.dahliaadler.com YA and Romance Author/Anthologist. LGBTQReads founder. Macaron aficionado. SOON BY YOU out now. SUMMER CAMP ROMANCE coming 7/6/27. Rep: Patricia Nelson. She/her. Update your website.
Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social Senior Agent at Neighborhood Literary. Lambda Award-winning author, sometimes. HOMEGROWN MAGIC out now, WHAT IF…KITTY PRYDE out next
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
Lauren Spieller @laurenspieller.bsky.social LitAgent @FolioLiterary + @FolioJr
Full Adult + Kidlit wishlist on Pub Marketplace!
YA author w/ S&S
I love dogs like it's my job
She/Her
Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com 🇨🇦 Author/illustrator. Illus books by Judy Blume, Michael Ian Black, others. Author news, more: https://debbieohi.com/links/ Atmosphere updates: https://debbieohi.com/standard-reader
📚 I WANT TO READ *ALL* THE BOOKS
🎨 I'M BUSY
DebbieOhi.com
Sarah Nicolas @sarahnfisk.bsky.social Literary Agent. YA Author as Sarah Nicolas. Queries Qualms & Quirks host. Disability in Publishing Board. 💛🤍💜🖤 linktr.ee/presidentsarah
beth phelan @bethphelan.bsky.social she/her. senior literary agent @galltzacker. closed to unsolicited queries for the time being.
bethphelan.com
galltzacker.com
Jen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social Young adult and middle grade book blogger at Pop! Goes The Reader (popgoesthereader.com) since 2013. Get access to exclusive posts and rewards on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/c/popgoesthereader). She/Her. 🇨🇦
Cat Winters @catwintersbooks.bsky.social Novelist, picture book author, poet, playwright, theater worker, freelance fact-checker, co-leader of the Oregon chapter of Authors Against Book Bans. she/her
https://linktr.ee/catwinters
Kit Mallory 🌈 @kitkattus.bsky.social Archetypal bookish cat lesbian, fantasy author & freelance editor. She/her. Rep: Laura Bennett @Liverpool Lit.
Jordan Hamessley @thejordache.bsky.social Literary Agent at JABberwocky Literary Agency representing picture books through YA. Musical Theater nerd. Disney adult. Fan of all things spooky.
QueryManager.com/HamessleyQuery
Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social 🏠 Founder & Agent at Neighborhood Literary.
📚 Award-winning Author.
👴🏽 Perpetually Tired Dad.
Latest book: With or Without You.
Next: The Adopted Kids’ Guide to Surviving Seventh Grade (Crown, Spring 2027)
🚪 https://www.neighborhoodliterary.com