Clevclan @eburn8script.bsky.social Probably reading right now Lover of books, drafts, and fictional drama
Daily Stage Play Festival Contests @stageplaycontests.bsky.social Submit to these contests via Submittable. Full feedback on every submissions. Winners get their play performed by professional actors and made into a promotional video.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-stage-play-contest-deadlines/
Jacob Hansen @jacobhansenwrites.bsky.social Repped by Sorcha Fairbank
#SCBWI member
#chucklechallenge ‘24 winner
#kidlit Author
Indianapolis
AnneWritesKidlit @anneruggirello.bsky.social Picture book writer 📚 Bluesky newbie
Watercolor dabbler 🎨 Lover of apple crisp
#KidLit #picturebooks #SCBWI #amwriting
WILDsound Feedback Festival @wildsoundfestival.bsky.social Telling stories through film and conversation. WILDsound showcases the best of new films & screenplays from around the world in a daily film festival.
www.wildsound.ca
https://filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFilmandWritingFestival
Author Craig Read @craigread.bsky.social Dwayne And The Dinosaur Dilemma now available, either from myself paperback £10 each, or Hardback £15 each, or Amazon at £15 & £25
Faith Gluskin @authorfaithgluskin.bsky.social #PICTURE BOOK Writer/#Teacher/#amquerying/Author of Gorillas’ Night Out (Indigo River Publishing/2019) and Matzah Means So Many Things (Yorkshire Publishing/2022). Member of #SCBWI
Lynn Street Books @lynnstreetbooks.bsky.social THE BLUE JAYS THAT GREW A FOREST (2025), NO FEATHERS IN YOUR HATS! (2027)
VCFA. 12x12. Writing lyrical nonfiction and fiction for curious kids.
Rep'd by @SFretwellHill @RedFoxLiterary. http://linktr.ee/lynnstreet
Maria is Writing @mariakidlit.bsky.social #Kidlit PB/MG writer and enthusiast
Parent
Bunny person
#Scbwi
Nature
Foodie
Stephanie Jackson - seeking rep! @sjwritesforkids.bsky.social Kidlit writer, mostly PB & MG. '26 Honorable Mention, #PBRisingStars! Member SCBWI, The Authors Guild. Mom x4. 12x12 challenge. Words published w/ Cricket magazine, Dirigible Balloon, STEMTuesday.com. Seeking rep. StephanieWritesForKids.com
Traci Van Wagoner @tracivw.bsky.social Traci VW Creations: Dragon Tamer & award-winning children’s book illustrator with a Kirkus star. I also do game art. By hand. No AI ever.
Let’s create beautiful things together! ↓
www.tracivanwagoner.com
#PaintPlay #KidLitArtist #NatureintheCity #SCBWI
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
Aightball @aightball.bsky.social Reader. Writer. Deathbat. Iowa. 🏳️🌈 Ally.
Wendy Greenley @wendygwriter.bsky.social Kidlit #author. Debut PB out in the world, seeking new representation. #kidlit #2023RUCCL #2022PBParty, #12x12PB, Inked Voices
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 💫
Cheryl A. Johnson @cherylajohnson.bsky.social Author/Nature Photographer
Rep'd by Mara Cobb @ Lighthouse Literary
SCBWI/12x12
SCBWI MS Winner
Detroit Writing Room MS Winner
#PBChat Mentorship HM
ArtPrize Artist 2025 & 2024
http://cherylajohnsonwrites.weebly.com
http://cherylajohnson.pictorem.com
Jennifer Walker @jenwalkerauthor.bsky.social Teacher, author, yoga enthusiast, carb-lover, Hawaii-dreamer and try-hard mom 🇨🇦 Repped by @essiewhite.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/JenWalkerAuthor
Laura Segal Stegman @laurastegman.bsky.social Middle Grade Author: Summer of L.U.C.K + Ready or Not + The Chambered Nautilus (Young Dragons)
| SCBWI | Publicist/Creator PR Tips for Authors
linktr.ee/LauraStegman
Lorelle Page @lorellepage.bsky.social Aussie YA writer of quirky, sarcastic characters in contemporary coming-of-age stories💙#survivingblue💙
Sharon Dee Tabak @sharondeetabak.bsky.social Happily married Middle grade author seeking representation for my coming of age novel spill. I split my time between Maryland and Chincoteague, VA but will always be a Jersey girl! No catfish please.
Blog: whimsyshark.substack.com
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
Judy Bryan ~ Children’s Book Author @judybryanauthor.bsky.social 📚 Children's Book Author 📚
#SCBWI | #12x12 | Courage to Create | #kidlit | #PB | #MG | #YA | #Poetry
Website: JudyBryanAuthor.com
Melissa Johnston Miles @melissajmiles.bsky.social RN, author & certified K-12 educator. (She/her) #scbwi SoBreeze RA. Pitchwars & WriteMentor alum. Rep: Kristen Terrette/ Martin Literary
CAUGHT ON CAMERA (2027, Moon + Bird/Watkins)
Mary Jane Lange @maryjanelange.bsky.social Wine lover, tree hugger, children's book author-illustrator, middle/high school art teacher in Paris.
California (native) 🐻
France (adoptee) 🐓
https://serendipiti.myportfolio.com/
https://www.instagram.com/maryjanelange4?igsh=ZngzZTBpdW5qbW1m
Evelyn Bookless @evelynbookless.bsky.social Children’s Author - mostly picture books
JINX! Out now
🌏Award winning environmental series:
CAPTAIN GREEN AND THE TREE MACHINE (2021)
CAPTAIN GREEN AND THE PLASTIC SCENE (2019)
www.evelynbookless.com
Monica Acker @monicaacker1.bsky.social THE LEGEND OF LEO coming Spring 2026 art by Mikel Valverde Marble Press | BRAVE LIKE MOM art by Paran Kim Beaming Books | Agent: Kaitlyn Sanchez @ Bradford
#SCBWI #12x12PB, mom of 3, ♥'s🥜🍫
she/her/hers https://linktr.ee/monicaacker
Lauren Whitney (she/her) is querying! @laurenem6.bsky.social Mom of two, #kidlit writer, elementary school librarian, movie-lover, crazy LEGO lady
she/her
Janice Woods @north4woodsss.bsky.social Children's author, teacher, picture book fan, and lover of all things nautical. #kidlit #storystorm #SCBWI #12x12 #50PreciousWords HM 2023, 2024, and 2026.
Valerie Bolling @valeriebolling.bsky.social Author of books for children and teachers | Longtime educator | DEIAB advocate | Born in NY | Raised and resides in CT
https://valeriebolling.com
Authors Guild; SCBWI; 12x12; Boyds Mills, #kidlit #PB #earlyreaders #booksforteachers
Della Ross Ferreri @dellarossferreri.bsky.social Children's Author
Rep:Rachel Orr, Prospect Agency
MOUSE BUFFET (Sleeping Bear Press)
HUGGLE WUGGLE, BEDTIME SNUGGLE (Beaming Books)
JANE THE TRAIN & THE CHRISTMAS STORM (Flamingo/PRH, 2028)
Now booking K-3 school visits.
https://www.dellarossferreri.com
Kim Pfennigwerth @kpfennigwerth.bsky.social PB writer Sea Turtle Nest Patroller Boxer Rescue plus Mom Nana kayaker #Kidlit #SCBWI #InkedVoices she/her 📝💻 🛶
Sue (Susan Uhlig) she/her @susanuhlig.bsky.social Married. Children's Author. Writing PB, MG, some YA. Kidlit. SCBWI Regional Advisor Emerita. Former Institute of Children’s Literature Instructor.
I write helps & book recs on my site susanuhlig.com.
WA state. Owned by cat.
Kathy Halsey @infowoman.bsky.social Kid lit Author | 📚🖌 Ask Infowoman: A Library Consult |PBChat Mentee |Corgis | NFNerd |Former Storyteller Academy Community Manager | Retired Librarian | https://www.kathyhalsey.com/
Twitter handle: @infowoman1
Ramya G Spaulding @rgspaulding.bsky.social Author/illustrator looking for representation #12x12 #PB #MG #engineer #STEAM #scbwi #2021PBParty Finalist, #2025PBParty HM, #2025PBRisingStar HM. Will not engage in DMs from unknown people.
www.rgspaulding.com
P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields) @pjpurtee.bsky.social SCBWI
PBs
Poet: The Toy, Little Thoughts Press
Mira Reisberg's Children's Book Academy (featured poems)
Honors: Madness! Poetry (Elite 8), #50PreciousWords, Valentiny, Halloweensie, Holiday, Spring Fling
School volunteer
Hx: pediatrics
http://pjpurtee.com
Michael Sussman @michaelsussman9.bsky.social Author of Incognolio, Duckworth: The Difficult Child, Otto Grows Down, and A Curious Calling: Unconscious Motivations for Practicing Psychotherapy.
https://www.michaelsussmanbooks.com/
https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-michael-sussman
Lynne Kelly 🐘🐳🐣🐙 @lynnekelly.bsky.social USA Today bestselling children’s author & sign language interpreter, mom of 2 dogs and 1 human
THREE BLUE HEARTS
SONG FOR A WHALE
THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF BIRDS
lynnekellybooks.com
#SCBWI Houston
Cathy Ballou Mealey @catballoumealey.bsky.social Picture book author
Scone lover
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/
Candace Spizzirri 📚 @candacespizzirri.bsky.social Children’s author 📚young-minded grandma FINLEY: A MOOSE IN CHARTREUSE 🫎💚 FINLEY: A MOOSE ON THE CABOOSE 🫎🚂 FISHING WITH GRANDPA AND SKYE 🎣🐠 AMBER MAE AND HER STRAYS (2027) 🦥🐧🐊🦒 🦛 Rep: Ritu Anand D4EO ❤️ #SCBWI #12x12
Kelsey E. Gross @kelseyegross.bsky.social #kidlit author. FALL: A SEASONS STORY (August 2026, Beach Lane), SPRING: A SEASONS STORY (spring 2028, Beach Lane), WINTER: A SOLSTICE STORY (2023) & SUMMER: A SOLSTICE STORY (2024) from Paula Wiseman/Simon & Schuster. #12x12PB #SCBWI kelseyegross.com
Pen Avey @penavey.bsky.social #author and #illustrator of #middlegrade and #chapter books. Educator of SEND teens. Kindness is my currency. penavey.wordpress.com
Mindy Alyse Weiss @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social I write #PB & #MG with humor, heart & hope 💖
#PBParty host | #SCBWI FL Crit Group Coordinator | #12x12PB | http://linktr.ee/MindyAlyseWeiss | https://mindyalyseweiss.com/
Repped by @joycesweeney.bsky.social
Buffy Silverman @buffysilverman.bsky.social Author of nonfiction and poetry books for kids, lover of nature and photography. Check out my new book: STARLIGHT SYMPHONY. Visit me at www.buffysilverman.com
Dani Duck (She/They) @daniduck.bsky.social Writer/Illustrator. Loves GNs, humor & cats. She/they. Nonbinary, Bi & Fibro. 🌈#12x12PB
www.daniduck.com
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
Katie L. Carroll @katielcarroll.com Award-winning author of books for kids, teens, and those who are young at heart
She/they
https://katielcarroll.com/
LizRiceWrites @lizricewrites.bsky.social Writer- current project is a contemporary middle grade novel in verse. I'm always working on picture books. The beach is my happy place.
Carolyn B. Fraiser @carolynbfraiser.bsky.social NF #PB Author, MOON TREE 🌙🌲(2022, Reycraft Books) & M IS FOR MASON JAR (2025, Familius). #STEM. #SCBWI. Crystal Kite Award. Rep: Michelle Z. Jackson, Jackson Literary. She/Her.
#KidLitEvents calendar is available at CarolynBFraiser.com/KidLit
Kristi Mahoney @kristimahoney.bsky.social picture book author:
OWLS MAKE TERRIBLE TEACHERS
ALPACAS MAKE TERRIBLE LIBRARIANS
OSTRICHES MAKE TERRIBLE PILOTS (2028)
rep'd by @elisahouot.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/kristimahoneybooks
12x12, SCBWI, PBSoar, 24CarrotWriting, Boston Author's Club
Jo Cardillo @jocardillo.bsky.social Painter, writer, and consumer of 9 servings of veggies daily (trying).
Theartofpuro @theartofpuro.bsky.social I'm a children's book, comics illustrator and cover artist often in collaboration with my buddy Andrea.
PB (TOOFS)
#kidlitart
https://www.artstation.com/theartofpuro
IG: @ theartofpuro
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
Andrew Fox Ⓥ @foxphorescence.bsky.social Reader, writer, book collector, and all-around biblophile.
Learning to channel the soft whisper of the muses.
Autodidact.
INFJ
#WritingCommunity
#Shelley #Keats #Tennsyon #HartCrane #Stevens #Whitman #Dickinson #Bloom.
Vegan FTA
Good vibes only. ~ ~ ~
Write Query Hook @writequeryhook.bsky.social Find the right agents. Fast. Purpose driven tools to help writers out of the query trenches and onto agent client lists. Your agent is calling - try it free: www.writequeryhook.com/
Kirsten Miles, Author 🌹 @kirstenmiles.bsky.social Author 🖊 Vegan 🥬 Libra ♎️
EDM forever 🪩 Write Your Heart Out ❤️
Visit me at kirstenmilesauthor.com 💕
🏳️🌈🇸🇪💋✈️⛵️🌊
I do not read DMs here.
Amber McAfee @novelandjelly.bsky.social Special education teacher 📝 | MFA in Children's Lit in progress 📚 | Lifelong writer ✍️ | Paranormal enthusiast 👻 | Believer in Nessie 🦕 | Working on a novel (or four!) #SpecialEducation #WritersLife #Paranormal #NessieBeliever #Iwanttobelieve 
Heather Ayris Burnell @heatherayris.bsky.social Author of the Unicorn and Yeti. Sub It Club moderator. Librarian. Garlic farmer. Represented by @mccarthylit https://www.heatherayrisburnell.com/
https://www.greatnortherngarlic.com/
barbowlprincess @barbowlprincess.bsky.social Owl Princess, Tulip Greeter, Skunk Sommelier. Author, poet. (Aren't we all?) Stress-free zone; (mostly) avoiding politics. Writing, owls, tulips, dogs, fun. Canadian, elbows up. No DMs.
Deborah Halverson @deborahhalverson.bsky.social Award-winning author, editor, founder of DearEditor.com. Author of WRITING YOUNG ADULT FICTION FOR DUMMIES and WRITING NEW ADULT FICTION
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.
Lee Ballard @leeballardbooks.bsky.social Novice Writer of Chapter Book Series, Experienced Grandmother, Almost Graduate of SNHU, Gladly Retired, Shivering Chicago Resident, Extreme Novice Website Developer (mine only), Longtime lover of life!
www.LeeBallardBooks.com
Howerd @ascensionsubud.bsky.social Upgraded human from five senses to six senses since 1980. Author of the best-seller, "Ascension" on Amazon. Type "Ascension Halay" into the Amazon search bar to get the book.
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.
Marzieh Abbas | Kidlit Author @marziehabbas.bsky.social 🏆📚
🇵🇰📝
Constantly curious, chai-drinking award-winning children's book author, poet, and aspiring illustrator.
📕Excited for Eid (LBB, 2024)
📙Friday Fun (LLB, 2024)
📘Aarzu All Around (S&S, 2025)
📗The Camel Library (F&F, 2025)
📕Radiant Ramadan (LBB, 2025)
@miriamsf.bsky.social @miriamsf.bsky.social Mom of 2 daughters. Middle Grade Author. Repped by Nicole Eisenbraun. Developmental Editor. MS ELA Teacher. Tree-hugger. Vegetarian. Figure Skater. Dreamer.
#MGpies
https://mspitzerfranklin.wixsite.com/mysite/critique-services
Diana Delosh - illustrator @dtdelosh.bsky.social Illustrator/storyteller represented by Lynnette Novak of The Seymour Agency
portfolio: https://dianadelosh.com
Laurie Sawyer @lauriesawyer.bsky.social Visual storyteller whose style fits perfectly into kidlit. Dog lover who can be found hiking with my two Huskies on the weekends. SCBWI member
Portfolio: LaurieSawyer.artstation.com
IG: @huskysketches
Kerry Langan @kerryfiction.bsky.social Fiction writer and editor. 4 collections of published short fiction; short and flash fiction in 70+ literary journals; nominee for Pushcart and Best Small Fictions of the Net.
Michelle Nott @michnott.bsky.social Bilingual 🇺🇸🇫🇷 Educator & Children’s Book Author, Enchanted Lion Books.
https://linktr.ee/MichelleNott?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Mirka Hokkanen @mirkahokkanen.bsky.social Kidlit author & illustrator, educator, printmaker. Rockville, MD. MOSSY & TWEED (Holiday House), KITTY & CAT (Candlewick), LITTLE SEASONS (Odd Dot) series. Teaching online and in person. Repped by Laurel Symonds. https://smart.bio/mirkahokkanen
Patricia Storms @stormsy.bsky.social Picture book author/illustrator, painter, ukulele-player, nature-loving artsy gal • Newest book: If I Could Draw... by DC Canada Educational Publishing
Seeking commissions
https://patriciastorms.com
Crypto Kid @cryptokid.bsky.social 16 y/o Technical Analyst | #Bitcoin # & #Crypto KOL | Angel Investor | Nothing here is financial advice, just my opinion.
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