Maine Freedom to Read @mainefreedomtoread.bsky.social @mwduff.bsky.social is setting this account up.
Dan Novack @dannovack.bsky.social "An enterprising 1st Amendment attorney" - VanityFair
Founder: SLANDERTOWN.com Blog & Podcast
Bylines: THR, TheAtlantic, & NYMag
#1 FOIA Champ 🏆
Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social They/them. Middle grade kidlit author of MELISSA, GREEN, and other books with LGBQTIAP+ characters and friendship themes. Living that pun lifestyle. ACAB. Free Palestine. Reparations. Housing, food, and medical care for all. Interdependence is life.
Holly LeCraw @hollylecraw.bsky.social Glad to be here
Novels: THE SWIMMING POOL and THE HALF BROTHER, more TK
www.hollylecraw.com
Wendy M. McDonald (she/her) @wmmcdonald.bsky.social Reader-writer-knitter. Loves the scent of dog paws. Geek. Night owl. Introvert. Atheist. Social media Luddite
https://linktr.ee/wmmcdonald
grab my free short story "Five to Go" here: https://wendymmcdonald.com/
Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com Author of novels fantastical & historical, avid gardener, co-founder of SFWA's pub industry watchdog Writer Beware. Casting a small light in a wilderness of writing scams (plus an occasional cat pic)
https://writerbeware.blog
https://victoriastrauss.com
Tucker Lieberman @tuckerlieberman.com 📚 ATTIS & ALEPH coming Dec 2026...
📖 https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/tucker-lieberman/attis-aleph
Nerve. Verse. Snacks.
🌐 tuckerlieberman.com
🆒 he/him
Tiffany Jewell @tiffanymjewell.bsky.social Author
Mama
Educator
Tara Tai (they/she) @taratai.com Author of SINGLE PLAYER (Alcove Press) and Product Manager @ Google. Not a Thai restaurant.
Rep'd by Abby Saul of the Lark Group.
Stephanie Rondeau, Author @stephrondeauwrites.bsky.social MG and PB author. Lives in a haunted house. Rep: Ann Rose @ Tobias Lit
Shawn P McCarthy @shawnmccarthy.bsky.social Purveyor of fine historical novels. My tenth, Local Honey, was just published. The audiobook version drops at the end of September. (I also enjoy monitoring and writing about disinformation trends - one of this era's biggest issues.)
Sarah S. Brannen @sarahsbrannen.bsky.social Author/illustrator of two dozen children's books including Lolly on the Ice, Monarch, Mourning Cloak: A Butterfly Journal, and Uncle Bobby's Wedding. Former figure skating journalist/photographer. www.sarahbrannen.com
Sarah Prager @sarahprager.bsky.social I write queer stuff.
www.sarahprager.com
Sarah Grace Tuttle @sarahgracetuttle.bsky.social Autistic, queer, polygender author and poet writing speculative fiction/poetry for adults & books/poetry for kids. No ICE. AI can't have my em dashes. Ask me about my garden. https://www.sarahgracetuttle.com/
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!
Renee Kurilla @reneekurilla.bsky.social Boston area mom, illustrator & author | Books for preK-elementary | #1 NYT Bestselling Illustrator of JUST BECAUSE ☀️
Rebecca Steinitz @rsteinitz.bsky.social I write. I read. I help people write and read. I’m more radical than most people but liberal compared to my family. www.rebeccasteinitz.com
https://notquitesureredux.substack.com/
Rebecca Mahoney @cafecliche.bsky.social Author of THE VALLEY AND THE FLOOD, THE MEMORY EATER, and the forthcoming THRALL (spring 2026), co-creator of The Bridge Podcast, and #1 cheese popcorn enjoyer. She/her
Rebecca Kim Wells @rebeccawriting.bsky.social Author of SHATTER THE SKY, STORM THE EARTH, and BRIAR GIRLS. Rep: Rebecca Podos. Former indie bookseller. Perpetually curious. Website: https://rebeccawellswrites.com/
Rebecca Caprara @rebeccacaprara.bsky.social Writer & Designer. Author of SPIN, THE RIPPLE EFFECT, WORST-CASE COLLIN, & more. www.rebeccacaprara.com
Raven Belasco 📚 @ravenbelas.co author of the 🩸📜 Blood & Ancient Scrolls vampire series 🤓 geek girl 🖤 old school goth 🌈 queer 🥄 fighting for spoons every day 🐺 in a pack with a scruffy terrier #booksky
FREE new story "Finding Bela Lugosi" Grab it: https://BookHip.com/TCAPFXV
Rajani LaRocca @rajanilarocca.bsky.social 2022 Newbery Honoree, Walter Award, Golden Kite winner. Doctor, author of MG & PB, fiction & nonfiction, prose & poetry. Pro-democracy, pro-reproductive freedom, anti-book bans.
Rep: Brent Taylor
www.RajaniLaRocca.com
Phaea Crede @phaeacrede.bsky.social Picture book author | Rat enthusiast 🐀 | Join my mailing list (not haunted) https://forms.gle/f7131vYcCiTd6GVx8
Patricia Flaherty Pagan @pfpwrites.bsky.social Book nerd. Writer of strange stories and poems. Crime, horror, and fantasy fan. Little Free Library steward. Mom to a great kid and too many rescue cats. #writesky #booksky 
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
Nixcomix | Nichol Goldstein @nixcomix.bsky.social Author, Illustrator, Idiot
ned wolfe is now in Germany @nedlazaruswolfe.bsky.social Who Discovered How to Breathe Underwater? Jacques Cousteau (PRH) & Victorian Parlour Games (Chronicle Books) out now ✨ history cartoonist ✨ he/him 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️✨ GLAAD, Gayming, & Ringo Award Winner (Young Men in Love)
nedwolfe.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
Molly B. Burnham @mollybburnham.bsky.social Children's book writer and educator. Rep’d by Molly O’Neill. Author of Teddy Mars Series. Infinite Questions of Dottie Bing. Sid Fleischman Award for Humor. Has a dog and cat and wish I had more...
Mike De Socio @mikedesocio.com 📍 Americano in Milano 🇮🇹 Writing about my deliciously queer life 🌈 ➡️ finocchio.mikedesocio.com
Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social Mad traveler, liberal as get all, runner, yogi, author: THE QUICKENING & BOTTOMLAND @NEAArts Fellow @GrubWriters Novel Incubator head honcho. Bred in IA. Living in Boston. Wish I was in Cyprus again. Podcast & Community wrangler: 7amnovelist.substack.com
Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social Fantasy author (THE TETHERED MAGE, THE OBSIDIAN TOWER, THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS, etc). Tea drinker, larper, mom. Swordfights in ballgowns. THE LAST STAR IN THE VOID coming 11/26!
Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social Creative Living ✨
Writing coach @thenovelry
Author • Designer • HOH
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Megan McDermott (she/her) @megmcdermott92.bsky.social Poet, priest, reality TV fan, prolific selfie taker. Author of JESUS MERCH (https://t.co/PRT1qJMt9w) & 2 chapbooks. MFA student in Richmond, VA after a decade+ in New England, where I went to div school & served in parish ministry. meganmcdermottpoet.com
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
Matt Roeser @mattroeser.bsky.social Book cover designer // Art Director // Author // Jurassic Park conversationalist // Angela Lansbury signed my banner
mattmakesbooks.com
Marian Kent @runawaysentence.bsky.social Purveyor of Pretty Words and Superheroic Verse
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/
makana yamamoto @makana-yama.bsky.social they/she/he | kānaka ʻōiwi + hapa haole | māhū + lesbian | SFFH writer | Locus Award Finalist, GR Choice Awards Nominee | rep = Keir Alekseii | https://linktr.ee/makanayama | HAMMAJANG LUCK & THE OBAKE CODE out now!
Luna McNamara @mcnamaraluna.bsky.social Author. I write about historical women and forgotten gods. PSYCHE & EROS ‘23 |THE WITCH AND THE HUNTRESS ‘26. Harvard MTS. Rep: Clara Foster
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
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
Lisa Rogers @lisaljrogers.bsky.social Author, dog mom, librarian, immigrant daughter
#SCBWI Golden Kite Honor: Beautiful Noise
Elvis Presley Little Golden Book
Joan Mitchell Paints a Symphony
Rep'd: Hen&ink Literary
https://lisarogerswrites.com/
Love connecting w/ #teachers #librarians
Lisa Hughey @lisahughey.bsky.social 
Lisa Genova @lisagenova.bsky.social Author
Neuroscientist
Speaker
Empathy warrior
Lesléa Newman @leslea.bsky.social Creator of 87 books for readers of all ages including the children's books, "Joyful Song: A Naming Story," "Sparkle Boy," "The Babka Sisters," and "Heather Has Two Mommies" and the poetry collections for adults, "I Carry My Mother" and "I Wish My Father."
Kristy Acevedo @kristyacevedo.bsky.social Author of THE WARNING series with Sourcebooks Fire. English teacher for 25+yrs. Gardener. Not a hologram. Rep: @herringali.bsky.social she/her
https://linktr.ee/kristyacevedo
Kip Wilson @kipwilsonwrites.bsky.social Author: WHITE ROSE, THE MOST DAZZLING GIRL IN BERLIN, ONE LAST SHOT, next up: BACKPACK, BOY, BERLIN (11/3/2026) | high school librarian | anti-fascist | www.kipwilsonwrites.com
Kimm Topping @kimmtopping.bsky.social author of Generation Queer and founder of Lavender Education 🏳️⚧️🩷 they/them
Kendall Kulper @kendallkulper.bsky.social Writer, artist, dog mom, human mom. I write feminist YA fiction and embroider cute animals. More of me at www.kendallkulper.com 🌼
Alone Crawford @kellylink.bsky.social unserious moonlight
owner of bookmoonbooks.com
www.kellylink.net
she/her
Happy to recommend books if you tell me 2 writers you love & what you’re in the mood for. Signed copies of my books available at www.bookmoonbooks.com. TERFS & fascists fuck off.
Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social Encouraging others to get know science a little better. Kidlit author. Science educator. Rock collector. Stargazer. Nature photographer. Animal buddy. They/She. Repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette.
www.KatieSlivensky.com
Katie Hallahan is at WorldCon @katiehal16.bsky.social THE TWICE -SOLD SOUL & THE TWICE-WANTED WITCH - out now!
Author of fantasy, gamer, adventure game designer, sometime podcaster, liberal snarker, mom, bi, all around geek! she/her 🏳️🌈
Rep: @benglishhh.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/katiehallahan
Kate Fussner @katefussner.bsky.social 📕 13 WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE (HarperCollins, March 18, 2025)
📕 THE SONG OF US (KTegenbooks/HarperCollins)
✍ DVMentor '22
✍ MFA Lesley ‘21
🏳🌈Queer she/her
rep: Eric Smith @P.S. Literary
Kate Cochrane (she/her) @katebcochrane.bsky.social Writer. Law Librarian. Wife. Mom.
Puck Struck Series: WAKE UP, NAT & DARCY, YOURS FOR THE SEASON
I’m mean because I grew up in New England
rep: Paige Terlip
Karen M. McManus @writerkmc.bsky.social #1 NYT and international bestselling author of the ONE OF US IS LYING series & other young adult mysteries. Latest: SUCH CHARMING LIARS. Will keep you up too late.
www.karenmcmanus.com/links
Karen Bao (Jialu) @karenjbao.bsky.social Author: PANGU'S SHADOW (2O24 Lerner), DOVE ARISING & sequels (Penguin). Contributor: (AB)SOLUTELY NORMAL. 🧠 H*rv*rd PhD & domestic violence survivor
Julie Carrick Dalton @juliecdalton.bsky.social Author of The Last Beekeeper and Waiting for the Night Song. Visiting Lecturer at Tufts and on faculty at Drexel's MFA program.
Josh Roberts, author of VICTORIA DARE & THE BLOOD OF KINGS (‘26) @joshwhowrites.bsky.social Author of VICTORIA DARE AND THE BLOOD OF KINGS (2026) and THE WITCHES OF WILLOW COVE series. Editorial Director at Vacationist Media. Bylines in USATODAY, Insider, Yahoo, more. Repped by Becky LeJeune at the Bond Agency.
Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social I write picture books for adults to read to children so that children fall in love with reading.
New in 2026: A Celebration of You (3.17); The Dino Door (5.5).
linkin.bio/joshfunkbooks
Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social Co-owner of @portersqbooks.bsky.social Author of The Art of Libromancy & An Exaggerated Murder. Opinions my own. BlueSky for @authorsabb.bsky.social & @massaabb.bsky.social He/him https://linktr.ee/joshthelibromancer
Jordan L. Hawk @jordanlhawk.com Writer of queer romance. He/him. Currently haunting Massachusetts.
http://www.jordanlhawk.com
Jonathan Lenore Kastin @someofourstars.bsky.social Poet, teller of tales, weaver of spells (He/they)
AB(SOLUTELY) NORMAL 2023. TRANSMOGRIFY! 2023. WE MOSTLY COME OUT AT NIGHT 2024.
https://linktr.ee/jonathanlenorekastin
Jimmy Matejek-Morris @jmatejekmorris.bsky.social Middle Grade/Young Adult/Picture Book author with the sweetest dog in town.
🏳️🌈 BLM.
"My Ex-Imaginary Friend" and
"Forsooth" out now!
Jenny L Howe @jennylhowe.bsky.social Author of books with plus size rep. THE MAKE-UP TEST and ON THE PLUS SIDE (out now!), HOW TO GET A LIFE IN TEN DATES (12/10/24), and LOVE AT FULL TILT (7/22/2025-my first YA!!)
Amateur dog enthusiast. Professional book hoarder.
Author Jennifer Safrey wants an agent! @jensafrey.bsky.social Booklist and Kirkus gave starred reviews to “After Happily Ever: An Epic Novel of Midlife Rebellion”! Author, freelance editor, lit and writing professor. She/her. Geek who loves puzzles. Feminist. Princess in Rebellion.
Jef Czekaj @jefczekaj.bsky.social Jef Czekaj makes picture books & comics in Arlington, MA. He/him. czekaj.com
Jeannine Atkins @jeannineatkins.bsky.social Author of Knocking on Windows: A Memoir, Green Promises: Girls Who Loved the Earth, Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science, all from Atheneum/S & S, Rep: @saracrowelit.bsky.social
Jarrett Melendez @jarrettmelendez.bsky.social Eisner and GLAAD award nominated comic writer. Cookbook author, food journalist, and co-creator of Chef’s Kiss. 
Jarrett J. Krosoczka @studiojjk.bsky.social 💬Graphic Novelist
📙 Lunch Lady • Hey, Kiddo
📕 Star Wars • Crayola • Marvel
▶️ Process & Creative Career Tips
🍎 Classroom Resources
James Riley @jamesrileyauthor.com New York Times Bestselling author of HALF UPON A TIME, STORY THIEVES, REVENGE OF MAGIC, ONCE UPON ANOTHER TIME, and THE DRAGON'S APPRENTICE
jamesrileyauthor.com
Jaclyn Friedman @jaclynf.bsky.social Writer. Speaker. Feminist Troublemaker. She/her. (IG: @jaclynfable) Come change U.S. sex education with me at @educateusaction.bsky.social
Isa Leshko @isaleshko.bsky.social Artist, writer & activist. Founder/Editor @nsprogressives.bsky.social
Author of Allowed to Grow Old: Portraits of Elderly Rescued Farm Animals.
Ⓥ🏳️🌈 She/her
https://linktr.ee/isaleshko
Banner: photo of a cat’s ears peeking out of a cardboard box.
Holly Thompson @hatbooks.bsky.social New: LISTENING TO TREES: GEORGE NAKASHIMA, WOODWORKER. Author of verse novels, picture books, poetry, prose. Teacher. Writing Consultant. KidLit translator (J>E). Japan longtimer.
Website: https://www.hatbooks.com/
Blog: https://hatbooks.blogspot.com/
Holly Black @hollyblack.bsky.social Author of books involving folklore and bad decisions.
Hilary Elizabeth Margitich @hilarymargitich.bsky.social Author of books that inspire and empower today’s kids ✍🏻 📚 💭 🩷
Rep'd by Marisa Cleveland & Gaby Cabezut at The Seymour Agency
2 Charlesbridge picture books forthcoming in 2029!!
Hesse Phillips @hessephillips.com 🏳️🌈 Historical fiction | Queer history | Theatre history | Early modernist | USian in Spain. 💯 Human-made art or it isn't art.
Debut novel LIGHTBORNE
(LA TRAICIÓN DE CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE)
Rep: Brianlangan.bsky.social.
More at hessephillips.com
Hannah Selinger @hannahselinger.bsky.social Inventor of #Scandoval. USA Today-bestselling author, James Beard Award-nominated journo. A mix of Joris-Karl Huysmans, M.F.K. Fisher, and Regina George.
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hannah-selinger/valley-of-the-moms/9780316596558/
Hannah Moushabeck @hannahmoushabeck.bsky.social Palestinian American 🇵🇸 Book worker @interlinkbooks 🏳️🌈Author of: Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine📍Western Mass
Hanna Cha @hannayoonicha.bsky.social 
Grace Lin @authorgracelin.bsky.social Newbery & Caldecott Honor & Legacy Award & NBA Finalist • contact Hachette Speakers Bureau for appearance requests • https://linktr.ee/authorgracelin
Gabe Cole Novoa @thegabecole.bsky.social Award-winning & New York Times Bestselling author of THE WICKED BARGAIN, MOST ARDENTLY, THE DIABLO’S CURSE & more. Trans masc. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (he/him)
🔗 lnk.bio/thegabecole
Fin Leary @finleary.bsky.social Trans + autistic author | Writer-in-Residence at Porter Square Books | Editor FUTURE STATES OF STARS (OwlCrate Press) | Program Manager at We Need Diverse Books | Writing Instructor at Emerson College + GrubStreet https://linktr.ee/finleary
Federico Erebia @federicoerebia.bsky.social PEDRO & DANIEL
Lammy Award - Winner
Intl. Latino BA - Winner x2
MA Book Award - Longlist
Ohio Book Award - Finalist
Crystal Kite Award - Honor Book
Américas Award - Commended Book
Linktree: linktr.ee/FedericoErebia
Website: FJEbooks.com
Erin Petti @erinpettiauthor.bsky.social #kidlit #middlegrade author!
rep: Jennifer Wills of the Seymour Agency
www.erinpettibooks.com
Erin Luken @esluken.bsky.social THIS DARK PARADISE (Bloomsbury, out now!) | YA and adult fantasy author rep’d by @sarahnfisk.bsky.social | 🏳🌈 she/her | writing for all who think evil women are hot | website: esluken.com
Erica Waters @ericawatersbooks.bsky.social Author of queer Southern horror, Bram Stoker winner, New England transplant. Latest: ALL THAT CONSUMES US. Rep: Lauren Spieller/Folio
ericawaters.com
Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award-winning horror bitch. Co-founder, Darker Times. Writer, critic, listmaker. HORROR FOR WEENIES on sale now. Reviews etc in the NYTBR, Reactor, Vulture, Slate, & more. She/her. 🍉
readjumpscares.com
darkertimes.com
Emet North @emnorth.bsky.social writer. scared of the internet. IN UNIVERSES, Harper Books, May 2024. they/them.
Emeph Alvarado, Black Ink Alchemist @emephwrites.bsky.social Black Author & Creator of Worlds. I write fantasy with Black, IPOC, ND & LGBTQIA+ rep. Shattered Realm [Book One of Tales of the Keshkin] is my debut novel. Go buy my book 😁😁
https://linktr.ee/Emephwritesfantasy
elm // em dickson @mlereads.bsky.social elm like the tree. nonbinarian school librarian.
magister of kidlit MAMFA via simmons.
sailor. seabird. selkie. scrivener. scholar.
ATHLETE IS AGENDER ‘25 – Christy Ottaviano Books/Little, Brown BYR
BEYOND THEY / THEM ‘25 – Andrews McMeel
seeking rep
Elly Swartz @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social Author of books for kids and their adults: SAME PAGE, HIDDEN TRUTHS, DEAR STUDENT, FINDING PERFECT, GIVE AND TAKE, SMART COOKIE, ALMOST TRUE (2027). Rep'd by Andrea Cascardi at Transatlantic. https://linktr.ee/ellyswartz
E.B. Hutchins @ebhutchins.bsky.social Contributing writer at Comicsbeat. Makes gay comics and anti-censorship advocate. (She/They)
Opinions are my own.
E. B. Goodale @ebgoodale.bsky.social Author/Illustrator of children’s books 🌝
Repped by LK Literary 🌞
Devon Ellington @devonellington.bsky.social FT writer, playwright, radio writer publishing under multiple names. Expanding into multi-disciplinary arts. Tarot reader owned by cats. No DMs.
lnk.bio/DevonEllington
Crystal Maldonado @crystalwrote.bsky.social author + stray piece of glitter writing YA romcoms for fat Latinas 🇵🇷
💚 FAT CHANCE, CHARLIE VEGA
📸 NO FILTER AND OTHER LIES
🍁 THE FALL OF WHIT RIVERA
🌙 CAMP SYLVANIA: MOON MADNESS
🗺️ GET REAL, CHLOE TORRES (spring 2025)
💌 Contact: crystalwrote.com
Corrie Locke-Hardy @feeding-revolution.bsky.social Author, indie bookseller, freelance consultant. Camp Director of Queer Kidlit Camp (Memorial Day Weekend 2025) 🏳️🌈
Colleen AF Venable @colleenaf.bsky.social AF = Ann Felicity. Author: Katie the Catsitter series, Junie B. Jones graphic novels, Kiss Number 8 (National Book Award nominee!), The Swayze Year. Comic booker, maker, loudest laugher in the room. Splits time between North Adams, MA and Brooklyn, NY.