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Dave Blackwell @daveblackwell.bsky.social Medical Engineer and Indie Author from Kent, UK. I am profoundly deaf and write comedy based on my experiences.
The Hospital is now available - check it out.
Shelly Pollock @shellyleap.bsky.social Co-author of LION LIGHTS with Richard Turere — the true story of a 12-year-old Maasai inventor who made peace with lions. 🦁 Winner, Children’s Africana Book Award. Former teacher. 14 years writing from an RV.
Aisha "Ash P" Panjwaneey @ashpreads.bsky.social #Muslim #BIPOC #Editor of safe-for-work fiction and nonfiction.
CB and GN editor in the making.
#RevPit Editor
EFA Ambassador
Get in touch 👇🏻
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Sasha @typeofcrayon.bsky.social 📚 Book lover | Deep thinker | Forever curious
Finding wisdom in stories and life
Caroline Kind @carolinekind.bsky.social MG author, educator, researcher, reader, learner | She/Her | Halifax, NS |
Adriana Lebrón White @adrianalwhite.com Autistic. Librarian. Writer. Game Master. Gamer. 🎮 TEDx speaker. Former SpEd teacher. MLIS & MA Ed. 🇵🇷 Puerto Rican & Mexican. 🇲🇽 Married. ♥️ (she / her / hers)
adrianalwhite.com
📢 📢 Video games are art and graphic novels are real books! 📢 📢
Sue Sutherland, Author - TWELVE DAYS AT GLACIER @suemt.bsky.social Debut picture book author - TWELVE DAYS AT GLACIER, granola girl, weaver, quilter, traveler, photographer, 12x12, Montana SCBWI
Coming Soon - HOW HANNAH GOT HER LUMP OF COAL (2026), TWELVE DAYS AT YELLOWSTONE (2027), & NOTHING BUT NET TROUBLE
@jiaconoauthor.bsky.social @jiaconoauthor.bsky.social Canadian author/illustrator of "The Monsters No Grownup Sees"
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jiaconoauthor
Cindy Sommer @cindysommpb.bsky.social Award-winning children's book author of PB SAVING KATE'S FLOWERS (Arbordale) Crystal Kite winner, #KidLit, #SCBWI, #12X12PB Gold Member, ISO Agent, Querying PBs. www.cindysommer.com
The Storytellers Foundation | The Storyteller's Shelf Podcast @tstorypodcast.bsky.social https://thestorytellersshelfpodcast.com 📚 Kidlit experts. 📖 We demystify publishing! | 🥇 Top 100 & Spotify Award-Winning Podcast | Home of The Big Bang Notable Book List & The Storytellers Summit Series | summit.getstoryrise.com
Brackenlowe Halt Storyworld @brackenloweproject.bsky.social A quiet storyworld for children and grown-ups. Gentle woodland tales, old railway memories, familiar characters — and a little place called Brackenlowe Halt. Meet the signalman and his friends . . .
brackenlowehalt.co.uk
Sandra Kaye @sandrakaye.bsky.social Marketing strategy * Writing Kid Rangers chapter book series * Neurodivergent * Chronic Illness Warrior * Medical Parent * #BoilerUp #GoJays #MakeItSo
@csnbagglute.bsky.social @csnbagglute.bsky.social 
Sonya Afnan @sonyaafnan.bsky.social Writer | illustrator | Iraqi-Chaldean † | SCBWI
Rep: Jordan Hamessley at JABberwocky Lit Agency
www.sonyaafnan.com/portfolio
Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com #KidLit Author, Editor, Mentor.
Latest: ONE COSMIC ROCK. THE CLOUD THAT STUCK.
Upcoming: FOREVER FRIES.
Agency: @curtisbrownltd.bsky.social
VCFA Alum. Faculty at Whale Rock Workshops.
Settler heritage. She/her. Bi/pan. 🏳️🌈
https://karenkrossing.com
Marcia Parks @mzparks.bsky.social Author and poet. I write for readers. Stay curious and stay inspired. Be respectful of others. Kindness matters. Member #SCBWI, #12x12, and The Writer's Loft. PBParty 2023 Honorable Mention. Seeking representation.
Jen H. Barnes @jenhb.bsky.social YA and PB writer. Hand-blown glass, Van Gogh, mountains, and ocean. 12x12, SCBWI
Serena Call @serenacallart.bsky.social Aspiring children's book author and illustrator.
Picture books, eh! @picturebookseh.bsky.social We write, illustrate and support Canadian, and we’re releasing our seventh year of picture books in 2026. Follow us for news about 🇨🇦 PBs, blogs by 🇨🇦 PB creators and more, eh!
Website: https://picturebookseh.weebly.com
Andrew Katz @andrewkatzauthor.bsky.social #Kidlit author 🇨🇦. #picturebooks Editor and story coach. Forest of Reading nominee. Co-founder Picture Books, Eh! Upcoming: JACKIE'S DRAWING (2025) LITTLE HEARTS IN THE SNOW (2025). Recent: A STARLIT TRIP TO THE LIBRARY (2022). andrewkatzbooks.ca. He/him
joannamcintyre.bsky.social @joannamcintyre.bsky.social Author of Picture Books and Wrangler of Small, Feral Children.
OUT NOW: Tidy Ted Meets Jess the Mess (Clavis, distributed by Simon & Schuster) out April 21st!
SCBWI, 12x12 Challenge, often in the weeds
Pam Adams @pamadamswrites.bsky.social 
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
Debbie Moeller @debbiemoellerbooks.bsky.social Author. Eclectic kidlit writer. I write picture books (fiction & nonfiction), leveled readers and early readers. Retired teacher. Eccentric grandma. Beach junkie. SCBWI member. She/her
Melissa Brooks @melissa-brooks.bsky.social A memoir writer, writing about my experiences and childhood as a form of personal therapy.
@miriamknowak.bsky.social @miriamknowak.bsky.social Pre-pub PB writer. Querying. Goal: write publishable, fun books that help children feel valued and understood. Jesus follower, wife, mom, grandma. I like to clean, watch birds and horses, and play with kids. SCBWI, CBI, Inked Voices, Lyrical Language Lab.
Alysa Loring | Bleeding Pen Editing & Coaching @alysableedingpen.bsky.social Observer. Listener. Creative. Editor. Writing Coach. Mother. Daughter. Spouse. Citizen. Reader of banned books. Human.
KatharineEmlen @katharineemlen.bsky.social Writer - Photographer - Radio Host - Follower of Random Thoughts and Whimsical Ideas
Member of SCBWI, 12x12
www.katharineemlen.com
https://fireflystationery.etsy.com
Jessie May @jessiemayontheweb.bsky.social Writer, musician, school librarian. #booksky #scbwi #12x12PB
The Wheel of the Year: An Introduction to Pagan Holidays is out now! https://amzn.to/4tbmyyL
https://sites.google.com/view/jessicakarjanis/home
https://linktr.ee/jessiemayontheweb
Trionfi Games @trionfigames.bsky.social Talon: A Tarot Card Game, a modern tarot trick taking game, is back online!
https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/talon:-a-tarot-card-game
Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social Children's books for parents who get it 📚
"You're Only Two Once" — celebrating toddler magic
👇 Get the book
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Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Refe Tuma @refe.blue Writer, dinosaur photographer. Author of FRANCES AND THE WEREWOLVES OF THE BLACK FOREST, a Page Turner Award winner and Bram Stoker Award nominee, and the bestselling WHAT THE DINOSAURS DID pb series. Rep: Marie Lamba, Kristyn Benton.
Ogunleye @jamesreader00.bsky.social Reading books has become a spell that I have to overcome. Can't wait to read all book.
https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~01926c2acd4afdc1d3
easychore.bsky.social @easychore.bsky.social Want a simple, free to use Chore and Allowance App? Say no more!
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Natasha Khan Kazi @natashakhankazi.bsky.social Author & Illustrator of Moon’s Ramadan, Lulu In The Spotlight, Bela and Lily, Sun's Eid ✨ Repd by Tanusri Prasanna
she/her/hers
www.natashakhankazi.com
Highlights Muslim Storyteller Fellow
Based in LA
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 💫
Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social MG Author ~ Middle School Ed Tech ~
I love to be outside observing/photographing nature- then writing about it. Cooper & Packrat @islandportbooks
~ rep'd by Katie Erickson @JDLitAgency
tamrawight.com
Russell Wolff @russellwolffwrites.bsky.social Dadding, writing, cooking (eating), running, dreaming of traveling, karaoke-ing (at home, mercifully)
Brandy is in her ✨AUTHOR ✨ Era @inkedauthor31.bsky.social 💁🏻♀️ Tattooed Momma.
👩🏻🏫 1st Grade Teacher.
📝 Author.
🦥 Fanatic.
💖 Chris Pratt’s Soulmate.
👸🏻 Repped by: Morgan Hughes, Fine Print Literary
✨🐉 LIBRARY GUARDIANS 🐉✨ coming Spring 2026 with @SorraBooks
T Arnson @sirscribblesalot.bsky.social Writer-Producer ✍️
Here to check-out other creatives 🎭
Sharing my stories ✉️ Growing subscribers 📈
https://neuroticencounter.com/mailing-list/
Amanda Fletcher ✨ON SUBMISSION✨ @mandyfletcher.bsky.social Co-RA Southern Breeze @SCBWI
#MG #PB writer
#Valentiny '26
#50PreciousWords '25 & '26 HM
#FallWritingFrenzy '24 HM, '25 (Finalist)
#WTMP '24 mentee
Rep: Ritu Anand @ D4EO
LisaAg @lisaag.bsky.social Love to read, write, read...
Bakemo Marenah @bubacarr65.bsky.social 🌍 Pol Sci dropout | Brikama 🇬🇲
Business = my second chance at life |
Passionate about IDEAS, cultures & conversations that build 📚✨ |
Book lover 🤝 | Here for real talk, not fluff. ✌️
Becky Goodman @beckygoodman.bsky.social Children's Book Writer
#SCBWI #kidlit #PB
📷IG @beckygoodmanwrites
☔Rep'd by Sheila Fernley at Storm Literary @sheilafernley.bsky.social
Melissa Bergum @writingbubbly.bsky.social Kidlit author seeking rep, deaf in one ear, living with chronic migraines, Searchlight Awards 2024 Best Children's Novel Opening Longlistee, SCBWI member, cat wrangler, book dragon, geek
website: melissambergum.wixsite.com/melissabergum
Kelly Esparza Is Agented Again! @kellyesparza.bsky.social Mystery writer for adults & teens | poetry chapbook @bottlecappress | freelance editor | EIC: @flarelitmag.bsky.social 🔥| layout: Anahita Karthik | she/her | rep: @alexbrownwrites.bsky.social @madwomanliterary.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/kellyesparza
Carrie Cook @carriecookhere.bsky.social writer of #kidlit and #fiction. Member of #SCBWI and #12x12
Daily Short Story Deadlines @shortstorycontests.bsky.social Submit your short story to the relevant genre. All of these contests are guaranteed acceptances. Your story gets a video performance reading made!
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-short-story-contest-deadlines/
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
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Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Kallie Stenman | Kidlit @kalliestenman.bsky.social Children’s book writer & illustrator, kidlit enthusiast, designer & artist
100% Human-made art and stories written entirely from my mind
Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social Anti-Smoker My Website campralquitsmoking.net See How I Quit 20 Years Ago Fought Nicotine 35 Years Supporting others who Quit 🚭 STL MO ❤️To Promote Authors 📚 & Ozarks 🌄 Photographer 📷 Pez Add @piperformissouri.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social 💙
Kathleen @halifaxkat.bsky.social Reader, Writer, Sometimes runner, Big fan of my dog, Blueberry, and slightly addicted to baseball cards.
Gill Evans. Counselling Psychologist AFBPsS. @gillevansx.bsky.social Psychologist living in Philadelphia from the UK.
Gill Evans author of The Anxious Therapist, YouTuber and Wordler. Honourable Mention for my book by Hay House.
Go to my website Anxioustherapist.com for £1 or $1 kindle book. Download kindle app free.
Children's Book Insider, the Children's Writing Monthly @writeforkids.bsky.social Since 1990, we've helped thousands of writers learn the path to success as an author of books for children and teens. More info: https://writeforkids.online
SelfPubShelf | Your Book’s Escape from Algorithm Jail @selfpubshelf.com Tired of shouting into Amazon’s void? SelfPubShelf.com is the indie author’s rebellion against invisibility.
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We Do What Amazon Won’t:
Get found by readers Googling your genre.
Drive traffic that makes Amazon’s system beg to recommend you.
MaryLou Driedger @mld-author.bsky.social Author, Newspaper Columnist, Free Lance Journalist
@horhpodcast.bsky.social @horhpodcast.bsky.social Hollywood or History? Unpack fact vs. fiction in film. Great for teachers, trivia buffs, and history fans. New episodes every other week.
Available on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube
https://youtube.com/@hollywoodorhistorypodcast?si=gNOPQUnVXde2_NZz
Samantha Cora @samanthacora.bsky.social Picture Book Author of "Waverly Braves the Breeze: The Story of a Galapagos Albatross" (samanthacora.com)
Storyteller (samanthacora.substack.com)
@laurabower.bsky.social @laurabower.bsky.social picture book author and pre-school teacher.
THE IMPOSTER (Gnome Road Publishing, Spring 2024)
EMILY SNOOK, THE WORLD'S SMALLEST COOK (Gnome Road Publishing Fall 2024)
HAIL THE TAIL (Beach Lane Books/S&S Spring 2027)
Layne Johnson | Children’s Author - Is Querying @laynejohnsonkidlit.bsky.social Layne Johnson is a picture book writer/aspiring illustrator. #SCBWI. Humor and Heart|STEAM and SEL|ADHD #amquerying
Website: https://laynejohnsonkidsbooks.com/