Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd
latest books: A Wall Is Also a Road, Automatic Noodle, We Will Rise Again
bylines: New Scientist, Flaming Hydra, etc.
pronouns: they/them
all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
Samira Ahmed @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social Bride of Art. Presenter:Front Row, Newswatch, Art of Persia @SquareWindowPod.bsky.social. 20th Century Society Pres. BFI Film Classics Bk on A Hard Day's Night out now: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/hard-days-night-9781839029394/
https://samiraahmed.blog/
Pearl Low | 劉寶珠🧋 (they/them) @pearllow.bsky.social They/them/佢🌈 | Director, Creator, Story Artist | Founder: Orange Blossom Studios | Creator of Wheels & Roses | Clients: Sanrio, A24, Cartoon Network, DreamWorks, Netflix | 🇨🇳🇯🇲 Pearllow.com | Fourth Wall Management
Gabby Zapata @gabbyzapata.bsky.social Art director . Character Designer 🇲🇽🇨🇴🇺🇸 Former: Disney, DWTV, Netflix, Nick hello@gabbyzapata.com
Gabbyzapata.com
Bex Glendining 🍃 @lgions.bsky.social she/they | award winning uk illustrator and comic artist/colourist
https://www.lgions.com/
Debut graphic novel 'On Starlit Shores' out now ✨
contact - becky.glendining@gmail.com | Rep'd by Paige Terlip.
🚫 AI or NFT
Aiden Thomas 🇵🇸 @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social author of NYT bestsellers “Cemetery Boys”, “Lost in the Never Woods”, “The Sunbearer Trials” and “Celestial Monsters”.
currently writing: “Cemetery Boys 2: Espíritu”
just Some Guy.
https://linktr.ee/aidenschmaiden
Taj McCoy (she/her) @tajmccoy.bsky.social Author, Literary Agent (open to queries), Higher Ed Consultant, Private Chef… tumbleweed.
Author website: https://tajmccoywrites.com
Agency website: https://ldlainc.com
Rep: https://bsky.app/profile/jemiscoe.bsky.social
Mark Hoffmann @studiohoffmann.bsky.social Children’s books & editorial illustrator, professor
🎥 Host of Gab ‘n’ Doodle on Insta
🚫 No AI Art
Proudly rep’d by:
Kidlit- Nicole Tugeau @the_t2_agency.bsky.social
Editorial- @i2iart.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/studiohoffmann
Ward Jenkins @wardjenkins.bsky.social Storyboard Artist (MLP:FIM, Ada Twist, Camp Snoopy) & Children’s Book Illustrator. SPACE CASE: The Graphic Novel by Stuart Gibbs out now!
[he/him] Absolutely NO AI.
wardjenkins.com
I share things, too: #wardsmorguefile
Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social Hello 👋… my name is Jacob Souva and I’m an illustrator and author of books for kids. I’m rep’d by Jen Rofé of Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
✨ www.twofishillustration.com/links
✏️ https://open.substack.com/pub/jacobsouva
Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic @grubreport.bsky.social I write NYT-bestselling things. Things that children read.🖖🏻 Books in 2026: THE NEW CAT. More coming. MN-raised, CA-aged. She/her Rep: Jenn Laughran/ABLA Profile art: @cpark.bsky.social Go Blue!
https://www.stephanielucianovic.com
jamison shea 🌛 @wickedjamison.bsky.social award-winning author of I FEED HER TO THE BEAST duology ✨ bio.link/wickedjamison
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Daniel Pinkwater @danielpinkwater.bsky.social Famous writer. Well, maybe not exactly famous. Famous with the right people. Was married to the great Jill. Has a really nice dog.
Kaly Quarles @kalyquarles.bsky.social Illustrator & lettering artist. Kidlit & licensing. Cat mama x 4. She/her.
Rep: Jennifer March Soloway at Starling
Clients: Simon & Schuster, Harper Collins, PRH, eeBoo, American Greetings, etc.
📍SLC from Austin, y’all
https://www.kalyquarles.com/links
Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social #1 bestselling author, trans autistic monster boy • out now: YOU WEREN'T MEANT TO BE HUMAN • up next: YOU’RE NO BETTER • he/him • andrewjosephwhite.com • mostly crossposting
Keala Kendall @kealakendall.bsky.social ʻŌiwi NYT & USA TODAY Bestselling Author. 📚: HOW FAR I'LL GO, NOBODY GETS LEFT BEHIND, + THAT WHICH FEEDS US (05/5). Cofounder of Pacific Islanders in Publishing. 日本語. Kay-ah-luh.
https://bio.site/kealakendall
Tori Kate @torikateillo.bsky.social canadian kidlit illustrator ✏️ & full time mama
i love joyful, silly and heartwarming characters ✨
rep’d by Analía Cabello @ ABLA @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
portfolio: www.torikateillustration.com
email: torikcole@gmail.com
Nadia Fisher @ariadelsole.bsky.social Author-illustrator•Illustrator•DC•No AI
Preorder AT THE COOKOUT ‘26 (✍🏽🎨)
Latest: I AM THE SPIRIT OF JUSTICE (🎨) ‘25 • LPBD: SIMONE BILES ‘24 (🎨)
Rep’d by @Jemiscoe.bsky.social @starlingliterary.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/Ariadelsole
Nicole Lesperance @niclesperance.bsky.social Author, editor, book monster 🌈
A Spell to Wake the Dead, The Depths, The Wide Starlight, The Nightmare Thief
She/her
nicolelesperance.com
Kate Wheeler @kagwheeler.bsky.social Cartoonist | Funny Gal
Team Trash: A Time Traveler's Guide to Sustainability, out now with Holiday House | Goat Magic: August 2025 with Oni Press
Lynnor Bontigao @lbontigao.bsky.social Author-Illustrator:SARI-SARI SUMMERS Illustrator: MILES AHEAD('26), LOOKING FOR GIFTS & TALENTS('27),AT THE END OF THE DAY,KAILANI'S GIFT,SEASHELL KEY Series, THE WORLD'S BEST CLASS PLANT,YOU ARE REVOLUTIONARY,JACK & AGYU https://linktr.ee/lynnorbontigao
Calef Brown @calefbrownart.bsky.social Art, poetry and books
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Breanna Carzoo @breannacarzoo.bsky.social 🖍Author-illustrator 🚒 LOU🚦GREENLIGHT 🏰🌊THE SQUISH Rep:Jen Rofé-ABLA
www.breannacarzoo.com
Justin Colón @justincolonbooks.bsky.social Children's Author. Professional Voice & On-Camera Actor. Backyard Beekeeper. Classical Pianist in training.
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Critiques & Consultations: kidlithive.com
Mary Averling @maryaverling.bsky.social Author of Bram Stoker Award finalist THE CURSE OF EELGRASS BOG and THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY with Penguin Young Readers. Next: THE BURN BEAST (Putnam, Fall 2026)
Rep'd by Kelly Sonnack at ABLA
ann zhao @annzhao.bsky.social indie bestselling author of DEAR WENDY, library worker, and owner of two build-a-bear axolotls. (she/her)
linktr.ee/annzhao_
Cassandra Federman @cassfederman.bsky.social Creator of graphic novels and picture books for kids! ND mom to a PDA kid💪
Rep: @marchsoloway.bsky.social
🔗 https://cassandrafederman.com/links
📚GRAY SQUIRREL LOSES IT! (Random House, 2025)
📚AQUAMANATEE (DC, 2025)
📚STORY SPINNERS (S&S/Aladdin, 2025)
Jon Corby | KidLit Illustrator @joncorbyart.bsky.social Illustrator and Designer at HarperCollins Children’s Books 🍊Syracuse Alum / 🎨Rep’d by Jennifer March Soloway of Starling Literary Agency
🚀 Look out for I NEED SPACE 10/27/2026!
And 🌎 BLAST OFF TO THE PLANETS 01/2027
James Burks @jamesburks.bsky.social Creator of Bird&Squirrel, Agent9, Boxtales (’25) and other children's books. Animation director, writer, illustrator, runner, and coffee lover. Rep’d by Kelly Sonnack | www.jamesburks.com
Janee Trasler @janeetrasler.bsky.social Children’s book author/illustrator HarperCollins, Scholastic, S&S, FSG, Holiday House
2020 National Cartoonist Society Award Best in Book Illustration
Represented by Jamie Weiss Chilton
Andrea Brown Literary Agency
kris/KM Fajardo | Preorder LOCAL HEAVENS 💎 @kmfajardo.bsky.social author • LOCAL HEAVENS (Oct 14) • rep’d by @ljrennert.bsky.social • she/her
Pre Order my book! https://kmfajardo.com/local-heavens/
links: https://linktr.ee/kmfajardo
Jenny Alvarado @jennyabooks.bsky.social #kidlit Author-Illustrator & T1D Mom 💙 | PENCIL & ERASER (book 3) Jan 2026 | She/Her | Rep’d by Kelly Sonnack at ABLA
www.JennyAbooks.com
Supriya Kelkar @supriyakelkar.bsky.social Screenwriter/Author/Illustrator. New in 2024 - KAMALA RAISED HER HAND and AND YET YOU SHINE: THE KOHINOOR DIAMOND, COLONIZATION, AND RESISTANCE. 2025- THANK YOU, TEACHER!
Wren @wrenriosart.bsky.social Wren • 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 • she/her • afro 🇵🇷 • comic book artist • sappy indie darling • Rep'd by Saritza Hernández
Isabella Kung @isabellakung.bsky.social 🖋Author + 🎨illustrator of
🌊 NUNU AND THE SEA
🐈⬛NO FUZZBALL! & 🐈NO SNOWBALL!
🎨Illustrator of 123 CATS & ABC CATS
👩🏻🏫 Instructor @storyteller_academy
☎️ Rep: @literaticat.bsky.social
🔗 www.IsabellaKung.com
Ishaa Lobo @ishaalobo.bsky.social Children’s Book Illustrator based in London. 🌲Clients include Penguin, Macmillan, S&S and more. Hope you like my work! 🪻🌸🍃ishaalobo.com
Twitter: ishaaLobo
Instagram: ishaaloboillustration
Kristin Sorra @kristinsorra.bsky.social Illustrator based in NY.
www.kristinsorra.com
Rep by Caryn Wiseman at ABLA
Yusuke Watanabe @artofyusuke.bsky.social *Available for work*
Children’s Book Author/Illustrator
TURTLE ON THE TARMAC(Abrams '27)
Rep’d by @jemiscoe.bsky.social
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/art_yusuke/
Portfolio: https://yusukewatanabe.com/
Christina Barragan Forshay @christinabforshay.bsky.social ✏️Mex-American artist from LA area.
📚 Rep’d by @kellysonnack
Raised on Monty Python, Reading Rainbow, Sesame Street, John Hughes, MTV and AMC.
Bio.site/christinabarraganforshay
Jessica Lynch-Jonely @jlynchjonelyillu.bsky.social Author and Illustrator, SCBWI member, located at the end of the Oregon Trail. Rep'd by Jen Rofé (@jenrofe.bsky.social) at ABLA
www.jlynchjonely.com
Mary Peterson @marypeterson.bsky.social Picture book author/illustrator. Letterpress, printmaking, reader. Rep'd by Jen Rofé, Andrea Brown Literary
marypeterson.com
Cynthia Cliff @cynthiacliff.bsky.social Published Kid-Lit Author & Illustrator
Self taught artist * Silly heart * Tree hugger
www.CynthiaCliff.com
Represented by Andrea Brown Literary Agency
Author/Illustrator Books: Pie for Breakfast * The Wild Garden * A Weekend Trip * A Day at the Museum
Salina Yoon @salinayoon.bsky.social Children’s book author and illustrator of nearly 200 books. Repped by Andrea Brown Literary Agency (for books) and The Booking Biz (for events/visits). Salinayoon.com
Brittany Cicchese @cicchese-art.bsky.social Kidlit author + illustrator
Catmouse James @catmouse.bsky.social Dog mom 🐶🐶🐶🐶
🇲🇬 illustrator rep’d by Caryn Wiseman at Andrea Brown Literary Agency
https://artofcatmouse.wordpress.com
Joe Hart @joehart1.bsky.social Edgar Award-winning & Wall Street Journal bestselling author. 
Cornelia Li @cornelia-illo.bsky.social Illustrator/story artist/bird lady.
Clients include Macmillan, Penguin Random House, Simon and Schuster, Microsoft, NBA and more.
See my work at linktr.ee/corneliali 
Maisha Oso @maishawrites.bsky.social Mom, Wife, Author | BUSTER THE BULLY (Welbeck ‘21) | BEFORE THE SHIPS (Scholastic ‘24) | MY HAIR IS A BOOK (Harper Collins ‘24) | she/her | rep'd by @Jemiscoe
Maishaoso.com
Alastair Heim @alastairheim.bsky.social #1 NYT Best Selling Author of Dr. Seuss's How The Grinch Lost Christmas + many more books. Repped by Kelly Sonnack of The Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
www.alastairheim.com
Porsche Thomas @porschethomas.bsky.social 📕 Author / Writer 💻
📸 @bellaagencyla
🎞️ @cgemtalent
🌱 Imperfectly Plant-based
🙋🏿♀️ Twin-mom ➰August & Berlin➰
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Emily Varga Books @emilyvargabooks.bsky.social ✨Bestselling author
🗡️FOR SHE IS WRATH out now
🌊 THE RIVER SHE BECAME - coming soon
James Serafino @jamesillustrated.bsky.social Children’s author/illustrator
Rep’d by Jem Chambers-Black @ Andrea Brown
A.Y. Chan @aychanwrites.bsky.social Author of The Legendary Mo Seto (Aladdin, Simon & Schuster)
Dev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social Children’s Author. Devout Californian.
Rep'd by @jenrofe of ABLA
www.devpetty.com
Raul the Third @raulthethird.bsky.social New York Times bestselling Illustrator and 4x Pura Belpre award winner. Creator of the World of Vamos books and the Snips. Published by Harper Alley and Little Brown Ink.
Laan 🌟 Illustrator-Author @laancham.bsky.social 🌻• NYT Bestselling Illustrator
✨• SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN ✨ MAO MAO’S PERFECTLY IMPERFECT DAY ✨ ZOMBIE AND BRAIN ARE FRIENDS (link below 💕)
🌷• Rep’d by @jemiscoe.bsky.social
🌼• queries & books: laancham.carrd.co
🥀• NO AI art ❎ NO NFTs ❎ NO stealing
Kris Easler @kriseasler.bsky.social Children’s book illustrator | Represented by Jen Rofé of Andrea Brown Lit Agency | she/her
www.kriseasler.com
kriseaslerart@gmail.com
Gillian Eilidh O’Mara @lightonthesea.bsky.social Author/illustrator with Walker, Candlewick, Faber, HarperCollins, Penguin, Puffin, Rocky Pond. USA Today Bestseller. Rep Jennifer Laughran @ Andrea Brown Lit. Scottish & Irish and living in England.
Erica Sirotich @ericasirotich.bsky.social Illustrator & author of books for kids. Repped by Jenn Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social of ABLA. Creator of the MAIL DUCK books published by Abrams Appleseed. www.ericasirotich.com
Sophie Escabasse @esofii.bsky.social ✨- Cartoonist/illustrator based in Montréal
📜- The Witches of Brooklyn series - Taxi Ghost ⭐- Rep by Kelly Sonnack
Elke @theremaybecats.bsky.social Illustrator & Storyteller.
Rep'd by: Caryn Wiseman @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
Portfolio: www.theremaybecats.com/links
Romina Garber @rominagarber.bsky.social Argentina 🇦🇷 ➡️ Miami ☀️🥵 Bestselling Author 📚 #Lobizona 🌟🌟 #Cazadora 🌟🌟 #ZodiacBooks ♍️⛎ #CastleoftheCursed 🇪🇸🩸#TheLastVampire 🦇 rominagarber.com
Forrest Burdett @hellomrforrest.bsky.social Kidlit Illustrator & Aspiring Author
Rep’d by Jen Rofe at ABLA
Forrestburdett.com
Sarah Kapit @sarahkapit.bsky.social Author of GET A GRIP, VIVY COHEN! and other books for young readers. RACHEL FRIEDMAN chapter books currently available wherever you get books. Rep: Jennifer Laughran
www.sarahkapit.com
Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social “Having fun isn’t hard, when you’ve got a library card!” - Arthur Read
linktr.ee/mychalthreets
Democratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social Democratic Socialists of America is the largest and fastest growing socialist organization in the USA. 🌹 Posts are not official statements.
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Summit County Libraries @summitlibraries.bsky.social #1 Most Followed Library in the USA!
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Located in beautiful Summit County, Colorado.
Kathy Ishizuka @kishizuka.bsky.social Third generation JA; Master Gardener
Priors: Editor in Chief, School Library Journal, Partnerships & Innovation Director, SLJ & LJ
Barnes & Noble @barnesandnoble.com 📚Book lover & whatnot📚
BarnesandNoble.com
Xandra Bilbao @bilbaoxandra.bsky.social ✒️ Escritora de profesión.
🔪Asesina por devoción.
Autora de:
🗝️ #ElPactoDeLosJentiles
🫀 #LaSentenciaDelCuervo | Finalista Premio Euskadi de Literatura 2025
🔥 #ElResurgirDeLasSorginak
🧚 #Txikiyendas
👻 #NoDormirás
👇Más info
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
School Library Journal @slj.com School Library Journal is the premiere publication for librarians and information specialists who work with children and teens. A source of quality, award-winning journalism and reviews for 70 years, SLJ publishes 5,000+ reviews annually.
Booklist Publications @ala-booklist.bsky.social Official book review journal of the American Library Association.
New ALA Member Benefit! Read digital issues of BOOKLIST READER. Visit www.booklistonline.com/reader-issues to get started!
The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social Independent, opinionated, and stylish: essential multimedia publications for everyone who cares about children's and young adult literature. Visit us at hbook.com.
Arvon @arvonfoundation.bsky.social The Home of Creative Writing. Writing courses and retreats online and at three UK countryside homes. https://linktr.ee/arvon_
Jem is OPEN to queries @jemiscoe.bsky.social Founder + Agent @Starling Literary + Media, representing authors & Illustrators. Wife, mom of 3, MFA grad, & former Asst. Director for film & TV. https://www.starlingliterary.com | http://querymanager.com/query/Jemiscoe
Amparo Ortiz @amparoortiz.bsky.social ✨young adult & middle grade author 🇵🇷 next: DREAM AWAY THE NIGHT (2027)
www.amparoortiz.com
Erik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social Founder and Agent, Headwater Literary Management
Co-host of Print Run Podcast
www.headwaterliterary.com
www.printrunpodcast.com
fiction and essays in Triangle House / Welcome To Hell World / Typebar Magazine / Mount Hope / elsewhere
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
Children's Books Ireland @childrensbooksireland.ie Children's Books Ireland is the national charity & arts organisation that champions every child's right to develop a love of reading.
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The 22nd Century Initiative @22ci.bsky.social Forging a people-powered democracy in this century and the next |
Creators of The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook newsletter and podcast
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Nathalie Alonso @nathaliealonso.bsky.social Author of OLD CLOTHES FOR DINNER?!, CALL ME ROBERTO! and TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME! • Views my own
Lisa Burdige @lisaburdige.bsky.social Writer. Comic creator. Creative Coach! Follow @backgroundnoise.bsky.social for comics. Member SFFW, BSFW and WinC International
➡️ LOVE LETTERS, EVERY DAY Kickstarter is live ❤️
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The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com An app for you to track your reading and choose your next book. Founded by @nodunayo.bsky.social. Built by her and @robfrelow.bsky.social. support@thestorygraph.com
Megan Lauterio Jensen @meganlaujensen.bsky.social Deputy Director @latinxkidlitbf | Founding organizer @lkbfstorytellers | kidlit creator (PB/MG/YA) | Operation Amigos podcast | Lover of family, faith, and fun 
Shana Youngdahl @shanayoungdahl.bsky.social Novelist and poet, latest book: A Catalog of Burnt Objects (Dial/Penguin Teen), teacher of writing.
Amy Bishop-Wycisk @abwycisk.bsky.social Pronounced why-zick. NYC. Literary agent at Trellis Literary Management. Opinions my own. Cat mom; fast talker; Garamond enthusiast; she/her. SUNY Geneseo alum.
MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com The fastest growing independent news network in the world. We cover breaking news, politics, law and more. We are unapologetically pro-democracy.
Colson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com Release the bats
Randi Pink @randipink.bsky.social I write Historical Fiction mostly. ANGEL OF GREENWOOD, WE ARE THE SCRIBES, GIRLS LIKE US. 
PRINT RUN @printrunpodcast.bsky.social The Book Bird Cometh
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Liz Parker @lizparkerwrites.bsky.social Author of IN THE SHADOW GARDEN (out now!). THE OTHER MARCH SISTERS (coming 2025). 🏳️🌈💖💜💙 (she/they)
Linda Epstein @lindaepstein.bsky.social Author, agent, smartass
Rhode Island Authors Against Book Bans @aabbri.bsky.social The Bluesky home of Authors Against Book Bans Rhode Island , a coalition of book creators united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. Learn more and join at https://www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/
Little Island Books @littleislandbooks.bsky.social Independent press publishing the best new Irish writing for young readers. Supported by Arts Council Ireland. Repped in UK by Bounce Sales & Marketing.
Books create waves.
Books of Wonder @booksofwonder.bsky.social Open 11am-7pm, 7 days a week📚
NYC's largest independent children's bookstore 🌈
Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social Troublemaker extraordinaire, CA AD 72 Candidate, www.kluweoc.com
Erica B @jenerica11.bsky.social Just a girl sharing thoughts
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
Unite Against Book Bans @uabookbans.bsky.social #UniteAgainstBookBans is a national @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social initiative to empower readers everywhere to stand together in the fight against censorship.
Join the campaign: https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/