Sojung Kim-McCarthy @creativesojung.bsky.social Author-illustrator 🇰🇷🇬🇧 She/her
Agent: @agenthawk.bsky.social
My PB debut: BINNA’S DALGONA (2025)
tinyurl.com/3m7bpcd3
instagram.com/creativesojung
sojungkimmccarthy.art
sojungkimmccarthy@gmail.com
Steve James @stejdesigns.bsky.social Leeds based freelance illustrator
https://stejdesigns.wixsite.com/mysite
https://www.advocate-art.com/steve-james
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
Jessie Romigh @jessieromigh.bsky.social Children's book writer & illustrator seeking representation. Finding whimsy & humor with a dash of puns. Illustrations are hand-drawn, inked, & painted with watercolor. SCBWI-Austin Chapter. She/Her
www.jessieromigh.com
#kidlit #picturebook #kidlitart
Storieswithhart.com @storieswithhart.bsky.social 
Beehandi @beehandi.bsky.social She/her
Kidlit Illustrator/ writer.
Insta @bhandiillustration
http://www.bhandiboe.com
Catholic 😂, wife 😊, mom of 3 🤪 ADHD and ASD 💖🎨💪🎧 SCBWI IC MD/DE/WV
@ebrawlsart.bsky.social @ebrawlsart.bsky.social 
Berrie Torgan-Randall (Berrietr) @berrietr.bsky.social Check out my portfolio: https://www.berrietr.com/ Contact me: berrietr@gmail.com
#kidlit published #author/illustrator, who would love to cooperate with you in creating beautiful and meaningful #picturebooks for kids.
Allison Strick @byallisonstrick.bsky.social Kid Lit Creator--PB, CB, GN, illustrations. Rep'd by Adria Goetz of KT Literary. She/her Instagram @ByAllisonStrick www.allisonstrick.com
Julian @minikinetic.bsky.social Illustrator, writer and art director. Children's books, graphic novels and other things. Looking for representation.
Website: https://artbyjulianguy.com/
Biting n Clawing @bitingnclawing.bsky.social Mira ~ writing and illustrating because I like the process of it. My pets are my muses most of the time 🐾 #HumanArt
https://ko-fi.com/bitingnclawing
Duda Oliva @bydudaoliva.bsky.social ⭐ dudaoliva.com
Hi! I’m Duda, a latin American illustrator very passionate about nature, folklore, magical realism and literature. I work with traditional techniques on picturebooks and editorial illustration. Nice to meet you!
Serineh Eliasian @seelillustrations.bsky.social ✨Kidlit illustrator and storyteller
✨Portfolio: www.serineheliasian.com
Laurie Brosius @lks2drw.bsky.social Illustrator/author in the KidLit world.
Seeking rep.
All art © Laurie Brosius
https://lauriebrosius.myportfolio.com/portfolio
Jaclyne Ooi @thisisjaclyne.bsky.social Illustration, comics, silly jokes. (she/her)
💼 jaclyneooi.com
📍 Toronto, Canada
👀 #KidLitArt #illustrator
Satchel Celeste Yalvac @satchelyalvac.bsky.social ⭐️Illustrator
🌺Picture Book Maker
🍓Chapel Hill, North Carolina
🦋Portfolio: www.satchelyalvac.com
🌷Instagram: @satchelyalvac
Raquel Russo @raquelrussoo.bsky.social Illustrator, Designer, Writer & Cookie Lover
Rep’d by Taylor Martindale-Kean @fullcirclelit
E-mail: hello@raquelrusso.com
Website: www.raquelrusso.com
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
Diana Delosh - illustrator @dtdelosh.bsky.social Illustrator/storyteller represented by Lynnette Novak of The Seymour Agency
portfolio: https://dianadelosh.com
Christopher Thornock @thornockstudios.bsky.social Illustrator, educator and artist living in the mountain west. Agent - Lori Steel Steelworks Literary - thornockstudios.com Insta - thornockstudios
Elisabeth Craster Illustration @ecraster.bsky.social Artist
KidLit Illustrator ✏️
Animals, History & Fantasy ⚔️
Art Teacher 🎨
Nerd 🦄
PORTFOLIO: www.elisabethcraster.com
IG: @ecraster
Beverly @picturedragon.bsky.social Illustrator, cat mom. 🩷💜💙
Accepting commissions!
Paula @paulajbecker.bsky.social Illustrator/cartoonist/writer. Clients include, Random House, Highlights, Owlkids, KidCanPress, Scholastic, etc.
www.paulajbecker.com
www.instagram.com/paulajbecker
Scott DuBar @scottdubar.bsky.social Freelance illustrator and graphic designer specializing in editorial, comic, and children's illustration. Based in Charlottesville, VA.
www.scottdubar.com
Kelly Light @kelight.bsky.social Author/Illustrator/Cartoonist/Teacher
Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social ✏️ Illustrator/author and general stuff-maker
📚 Rep'd by Sophie Sheumaker at @bookendsliterary.bsky.social
🎨 http://bryonycrane.com
💬 http://Instagram.com/bryonycrane/
jan dolby @jandolby.bsky.social Children’s Illustrator made in Newfoundland based in Toronto, Canada.
jandolby.com
https://linktr.ee/jandolby
Rep'd by @pageturnerlit.bsky.social
Val Parizeault @valparizeault.bsky.social 🌈 Illustrator/Author + Educator 🇨🇦
Clients: Québec-Amérique, Bayard Jeunesse, Honest History, Tc Media
www.valerieparizeault.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
Emily Asaro @emilyasarodoodles.bsky.social Illustrator • Mama • SCBWI Member • Kidlit nerd • Usually found in the wild drinking coffee💜
https://emilyasarodoodles.com/
Rep’d by @essiewhite.bsky.social at Essie White Literary
naho ogawa illustration @nahoogawa.bsky.social Naho Ogawa
www.naho.com
Tokyo based published illustrator
Work inquiries: hello<at>naho.com
IG: nahoogawa_illustration
yumikokitazono.bsky.social @yumikokitazono.bsky.social Japanese Children’s book author/illustrator in Fl, creating lively and endearing characters.
🎨SCBWI and The Illustration Department
📚2024,2025,2026 PBParty finalist.
Currently seeking representation.
Doodles by Tharini @tharinidel.bsky.social Freelance Digital Artist | Kidlit Illustrator
Sri Lankan 🇱🇰
✉️ doodlesbytharini@gmail.com
kézia trentini @keziatrentini.bsky.social picture book illustrator ✏️
WORK ENQUIRES: keziatrentini@gmail.com
portfolio & more at: https://linktr.ee/keziatrentini
Morgan @morgcity.bsky.social Illustrator. Designer. Rep’d by Illo.
New Orleans 📍
morganbissant.com
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)
Sharelle Krisel @sharek.bsky.social Children’s Book Illustrator 💚
💌sharek1201@gmail.com
📚Rep’d by Hollie Michaels at Martin-Newens Literary
skarellesart.com
Andie Borbely @andieborbely.bsky.social Illustrator, doodler, funky earring collector
Rudy Paras @texmexdoodles.bsky.social Drawing curious critters & cozy adventures
Fueled by forests, adventures & stories
Proudly represented by@casahasegawa.bsky.social of @the_t2_agency. bsky.social
Illustrationsbyrudy@gmail.com
Helen Nesburg @helennesburg.bsky.social Visual storyteller for the delightfully strange.
Writer, Illustrator, and Muralist
Pictures & Words for neurodivergent grownups on Substack @helennesburg
Currently querying for KidLit illustration representation.
Debbie Meyer @debmeyercreative.bsky.social Children's author/illustrator Portfolio at www.debmeyercreative.com Seeing Representation
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
Ilse A. Torres @ilseatorres.bsky.social Earthling, Texan, Graphic Artist, living in Shrewsbury, U.K.
ilseatorres.com
https://www.instagram.com/ilseatorres/
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/
Kerry Valenzuela Kidlit Illustrator and Writer @kerryvalenzuela.bsky.social #Illustrator #Kidlit #kidlitart Illustrator and Writer #SCBWI Member❤️
😊Looking for Representation 😎
https://valenzuelakerry.wixsite.com/kerrylynnvalenzuela
Janyne Azevedo @janyneilustra.bsky.social Children’s book author and illustrator
Based in Brazil
janyneazevedo.com
💌 janyneilustra@gmail.com
E.A. Pippenwell (Beth Kinzer) @pippenwell.bsky.social Author–illustrator of bright, story-driven children’s books. Creator of Dragonwing Valley. Working in Procreate with traditional textures. Usually painting dragons over tea and coffee—preferably both. SCBWI
Kevin Sylvester @kevinarts.bsky.social Illustrator, author and broadcaster
Apartment 713 out now!
Night of the Living Zed out now!
Puffin and Penguin out now!
Two more Hockey Super 6 books out now!!!
Check out my site kevinsylvesterbooks.com
Tamisha Anthony @tamishaanthony.bsky.social Children’s book illustrator and writer. Love vintage clothes, music and dance. A budding gardener. Rep’d by Bright Agency.
hallie m. bertling @halliembertling.bsky.social author-illustrator of colorful, art*centric kidlit stories.
faerie tale & shakespeare nerd, theatre 👻, eclectic reader, & ☕️☕️☕️fangal.
halthegal.art
Elizabeth Sparg @elizabethsparg.bsky.social Illustrator - Children's books, pattern and product. Animals and wildlife.
Repped in the US by WendyLynn & Co.
Elizabethsparg.com
JLMeyer @jenniferlmeyer.bsky.social She/Her• Looking for Joy in art • Winner of 3 SILA awards• ace•❤️ 📚, libraries, 🪴
All MY LINKS: https://linksjlmeyer.carrd.co
PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/cw/u88415558
HIRE ME: https://www.shannonassociates.com/artists/jennifer-l-meyer
Audrey Raine @audreyraine.bsky.social 📍Utah-based Illustrator 🌿
✨Welcome to my art space!✨
audreyraine.com
Clara Dee @yayaveebs.bsky.social Children’s book illustrator ✨🇮🇩
website : deeclarade.com
Suzzana Magalhães @suzzana.bsky.social Brazilian kidlit illustrator based in France.
hello@suzzana.fr
www.suzzana.fr
Jason Chapman @jasonchapman.bsky.social Author, illustrator, picture book maker
https://jasonchapman.co.uk/
Shop: https://jasonchapman.bigcartel.com/
Roisin Hahessy @roisinhahessy.bsky.social Telling Stories with Pictures, represented by Becca Langton at The Darley Anderson Agency
.
www.rosha.ie
Cory Godbey @corygodbey.bsky.social Illustrator of the fantastic. △
NO AI ❌ HUMAN HANDS FOREVER
https://www.corygodbey.com/illustration-portfolio
Yasmin Hassegawa @yashassegawa.bsky.social illustrator
Brasília, Brazil
📩 yhilustra@gmail.com
www.yashassegawa.com 
Anna Stenger @annastenger.bsky.social Illustrator | Designer | Storyteller
www.annastenger.com
Laura Zarrin @laurazarrin.bsky.social Children’s Book author/illustrator and Abstract Collage Artist.
www.LauraZarrin.com/hello
Lenny Wen @lennywendraws.bsky.social Children's books author-illustrator
🌶️Spicy Spicy Hot! (LBYR)
👻Wolfgang in the Meadow (Clarion)
🐭Pippo's Perfectly Peculiar Days (Clarion)
✏️Sister Scribbles (Viking)
Represented by Christy Ewers @thecatagency.bsky.social
www.lennywen.com/links
Jennifer Doehring @jenniferdoehring.bsky.social Children’s Book Author & Illustrator
LANDING IN A NEW POND
(Charlesbridge ’26)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA! (Albert Whitman ‘26)
Portfolio: www.jenniferdoehringbooks.com
Rep’d by Fairbank Literary
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
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.
Agathe Chave-Lucas 🇫🇷🇪🇸 @agathechavelucas.bsky.social Author, poet, scientist based in Paris/Ouessant (France)
Rep'd by Michelle Witte (@michellewitte.bsky.social)
PhD student in Mathematical Ecology | Environment trail at the Louvre museum
Passionate about the environment, microbes, museums & women in STEM
Veena B.Sankar @v-na-macadamia.bsky.social Spec/Sci Fic ✍🏽
Bc we are living sci Fi, could the genre then be called contemporary?
leah holler writes @leah-holler-writes.bsky.social Writer & poet drafting YA solarpunk 🌱🌻
Actor & puppeteer living the skoolie life 🚌🎭
Here queer & not goin down without a fight 🏳️🌈🌟
Joan Marr Books @joanmarrbooks.bsky.social Children's book author of IZMELDA THE FAIREST DRAGON OF THEM ALL! (Union Square Kids)
Melissa Murray @melissamurray.bsky.social Author + Illustrator + Artist
SCBWI | CBIG | 12x12
PBParty 2024 Illustration Showcase HM
https://melissamurray.net
#kidlitart #kidlit
Hey, Jim Hill! @heyjimhill.bsky.social Word nerd, pixel wrangler. Writes funny on purpose.
VCFA WCYA SCBWI
www.heyjimhill.com
Mary R. @amerrywrath.bsky.social I write quips, not tragedies. |she/her| VCFA's Writing for Children and Young Adults MFA '26 | books |TTRPGs | movies | nature/science shenanigans | new to Bluesky, not the internet
(pfp by Makowka/picrew)
Art commission carrd-> https://keirelo.carrd.co/
Maria Linn @marial1nn.bsky.social I write silly/scary MG books, make silly/scary collages, and, silly/scariest of all, analyze data for a living
Wendy Parris @wendyparrisauthor.bsky.social MG author: FIELD OF SCREAMS and STAGE FRIGHT both Delacorte Press rep: Sara Megibow
https://www.wendyparris.com/home
Jesus Perez @jesuswrites.bsky.social Indie author and publisher of #KidLit 📚
I write GameLit and Horror for kids 👻🎮
Ree Augustine-MG Author @reeaugustine.bsky.social HANGABOUT: FAR FROM HOME, Aug. 2023
Orange Blossom Publishing
No boxes.
Eastern PA www.reeaugustine.com
Samantha M Clark @samanthamclark.com Author of books for kids and young at heart. Repped by Rachel Orr, Prospect Literary. Samanthamclark.com | Samanthamclark.substack.com | Bsky.app/profile/samanthamclark.com
@robrenzetti.bsky.social @robrenzetti.bsky.social Creator of Mina & the Count, My Life as a Teenage Robot, and the Horrible Bag Series. Lover of cartoons, books, movies, and rabbits. Visit me at robrenzetti.com
Ally Ally Oxenfree @allymalinenko.bsky.social She/her 🏳️🌈 @Horrorwriters #SpookyMG Rep'd by @renarossner. GHOST GIRL, the Bram Stoker nominated THIS APPEARING HOUSE, THE OTHER MARCH SISTERS and Stephen King endorsed BROKEN DOLLS
Julie Shattuck @juliewrites.bsky.social Writer of MG/YA | Rep’d by @michelle4laughs at Storm Literary Agency | Community College Professor | SCBWI | NCTE | Teacher, learner, writer | She/her/hers
@wordpamela.bsky.social @wordpamela.bsky.social Alumni of @HarperCollins Children's Author Academy March 4, 2021
Member of @SCBWI British Isles
Middle Grade Writer
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
AnneWritesKidlit @anneruggirello.bsky.social Picture book writer 📚 Bluesky newbie
Watercolor dabbler 🎨 Lover of apple crisp
#KidLit #picturebooks #SCBWI #amwriting
Hollie Wolverton @holliewolverton.bsky.social Picture book author of THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (7/18/27). Mother. Animal & nature lover. Former & future traveler. Minimalist wannabe. Rep'd by Joyce Sweeney. #FirstDraftFriday #SCBWI #12x12
Cecilia La Rosa @cecilialarosa.bsky.social ✨Picture Book Illustrator✨
Coffee Drinker // Dog lover // Daydreamer
💌Contact: clrilustracion@gmail.com
#KidLit #PictureBook #DigitalArt #Illustration
https://t.co/hs1kUSYxEK
https://cecilialarosa.com.ar/
Shuyi Chiou @shuyichiou.bsky.social Author & illustrator for picture books.
my website: shuyichiou.com
Jodie Sadowsky @jodiereadswrites.bsky.social 
Amber A. Novak @amberanovak.bsky.social THE HULA PAINTED FROG ('26 Green Bean Books) #PJLibrary Selection| #PB Author | Writers League of Texas 2025 Manuscript Contest Finalist |
#PBParty 2024/ 2026 Finalist | #SCBWI ATX | #12x12PB |
Jungmin Kwon @jungminkwon.bsky.social 
Janet Frenck Sheets @janetfrencksheets.bsky.social Alaskan who's learned to thrive --well, survive--at 40 degrees below zero. I play hockey in winter, garden in summer, and read picture books year-round.
Pragmatic Mom @pragmaticmom.bsky.social Hi! I'm Mia Wenjen. I blog at PragmaticMom.com, run nonprofit ReadYourWorld.org, and write children's books (MiaWenjen.com).
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/MiaWenjen
Cindy Grace Lamug @likhanicindy.bsky.social 🇵🇭🇺🇸 Author/ Illustrator #SCBWI #storytelleracademy #KIDLIT #ownvoices
♡ 👨👩👦 🎨 📚 🧋 🌄
Seeking Representation
Lorraine McCown @mcclowny.bsky.social Engineer➡️Stay @ home Mom➡️HS physics teacher➡️And now...
Writing picture books for ages 0 to 110!
#KidLit #PB #StoryStorm #PBParty #PBPitch #PictureBooks
Blythe Williams @blytheawilliams.bsky.social PBParty Finalist ('26)
Write Kidlit NOW! Scholarship Recipient ('25) ✍️
#PBRisingStar! ('24)
FallWritingFrenzy Honorable Mention ('23)
#12x12PB/#SCBWI/#KidlitAuthor/✡️Mama of 2/#pb #pbnf #sel
Sĥirley Waisman @shirleywaisman.bsky.social 🌈 Author-Illustrator of children's books
🎨 SCBWI Regional Advisor
🥰 My happy place? Picture books!
⭐️ Looking for Representation
⭐️ www.shirleywaisman.com
Amanda Paniagua @amandapanwriter.bsky.social Children’s PB writer ✍️ | Fiction, non-fiction, rhyme | Awesome Mom | Cub Scout leader 🐾 | Part of a bilingual, bicultural American–Peruvian family 🌎
Lauren Kimberly 🇨🇦 @authorlaurenk.bsky.social #PBParty Finalist ‘26 | #PBParty HM ‘25 | Writing PB through MG with heart, imagination, and information | autistic mom of two | #SCBWI #12x12PB | #amquerying #neurodiversity
www.laurenkimberlyauthor.com
Daniella Kaufman @bydannikaufman.bsky.social #Kidlit Writer (PB/MG/Poetry) ∙ #SCBWI ∙ #12x12PB ∙
Sarah Claxton @sarahclaxton.bsky.social #kidlit writer, SCBW, Inked Voices, PB Party Finalist 2026
marty lapointe-malchik @mlapointemalchik.bsky.social Collage artist, author, PBParty '23 HM, 50PreciousWords Prize Winner '21 SCBWI, 12x12, Writers’ Loft, Good Ship Illustration Crew, Walden walker, recipe ranker, library lover. She/her