Jesse O Benitez - Writing @jesseobenitez.bsky.social Lifelong reader & writer
I'm here to make friends (especially people who write/read books) please reach out 📚📝✍️
I hope to make a better world for everybody
Never let them get you down!
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Serendipity Literary Agency @serendipitylit.bsky.social Celebrating over 25 years of Literary Management. Unearthing Gems One Book at a Time!
pamelakramer.com @pamelakramer.com Avid reader & book reviewer, animal rescue, native gardener. Retired lawyer & teacher. Reviews books at Pamelakramer.com & Bookreporter. Loves to share great books, find a perfect home for homeless dogs/ cats. I believe in democracy. 
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
TX FReadom Fighters @freadomfighters.bsky.social We believe in the right to read. We support #FReadom. Website link: https://www.txfreadomfighters.us/
Angela Quezada Padron @angelapadron.bsky.social #Kidlit author-illustrator, artist, singer & freelance curriculum dev, editor & writer; Rep’d by Sera Rivers @SpeilburgLit. #scbwi www.angelapadron.com 🇺🇸🇩🇴
Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
Eagle Harbor Book Co. @eagleharborbooks.bsky.social Established in 1970, Eagle Harbor Book Co. is a full service, locally-owned and proudly independent bookstore located on Bainbridge Island, WA. With an extensive selection of books and gifts, we're the perfect "destination bookshop"
Amy Leskowski @amyleskowski.bsky.social Rep'd by Keely Boeving. PB writer, #scbwi, #12x12, copyeditor, dog mom, mom of 3, actor, instructional designer, baseball fan, soccer mom, baseball mom, Red Sox Nation, rhymer, pickleball player, cake decorator
Jennifer Guyor Jowett @jenguyorjowett.bsky.social Author | Teacher | Living as a character in my own story; plot still to be discovered #DogEaredBookAward creator #bookposse
Books:
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#WordsThatMend
BookPage @readbookpage.bsky.social Our monthly magazine recommends the best new books across genres, as chosen by our editors. Discover your next great book at bookpage.com.
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Maria Marshall @mmarshallauthor.bsky.social Children's writer, book blogger (The Picture Book Buzz), poet, editor, bird watcher, photographer, nature lover ... #SCBWI #12x12 #Cybils Judge
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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social We Need Diverse Books is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit revolutionizing what we read to create a world where everyone can find themself in the pages of a book.
🔗 bio.site/WeNeedDiverseBooks
East Bay Booksellers @ebbooksellers.bsky.social We are a bookstore -- a good one, we think! -- selling new books -- good ones, we hope! -- in Oakland, California.
Rachel Rizzuto @rachelrcreates.bsky.social
Kidlit Author/Illustrator Represented by Jes Trudel at The Rights Factory
RachelRCreates.com
Making stories that create touchstones for anxious and inquisitive children.
Parnassus Books @parnassusbooks.bsky.social An independent bookstore for independent people in Nashville, TN (shop + airport + blog + bunch of shop dogs) Owned by author Ann Patchett📚
Blue Willow Bookshop @bluewillowbooks.bsky.social West Houston's favorite bookshop. Can we say that? Opinionated service and fantastic author events since 1996.
Gina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social Picture Book Author Illustrator, THE KING OF BOOKS Feiwel & Friends, SNOW DAY WITH DADDY '28 Christy Ottaviano Books / Creator of #KidLitArtPostcard / Rep’d by Sean McCarthy www.ginaperry.com
Billie Blue @billieblueart.bsky.social (She/her) 🐷🇨🇦 #kidlit illustrator, pig lady enthusiast, tea drinker and book reader. Currently working on my 5th childrens book! 🧚♀️
🎨Portfolio:
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IG: @billieblueart
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KidLitArt @kidlitart.bsky.social #KidLitArt chat for children's illustrators & fans of kidlit art.
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Morgan Gaynin @morgangaynin.bsky.social Boutique illustration agency with a focus on storytelling
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Megan Hirsch is writing @meganhirsch.bsky.social Upper Middle Grade 🥸
I write with the foundational belief that middle grade readers are as smart as, or smarter than, I am.
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Andrea Brown Literary Agency @andreabrownlit.bsky.social We are a full service literary agency repping the best books in the world since 1981. (Not that we're biased.) We LOVE books and their creators! www.andreabrownlit.com
Rep. George Latimer @repglatimer.bsky.social Proudly serving New York's 16th Congressional District.
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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
Jennifer Hottinger @hottsnewreads.bsky.social Book lover, teacher, MTSS Middle School Coordinator and #bookposse member
Stacy Alfano @teachlovesbooks.bsky.social Reader!!, ELA and Soc St. Teacher #BookPosse member 📚
Kristin Nilsen @kristinnilsen.bsky.social bookseller/librarian/author of mg novels WORLDWIDE CRUSH and THE SCOTT FENWICK DIARIES (7.22.25).
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Amber Ren @amberren.bsky.social ✦NYT best-selling illustrator rep by Jen Rofé.
✦Children’s Book Illustrator|Animation Artist|Cat Butler
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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.
Picture Book Creative Crew @pbcreativecrew.bsky.social Welcome! We are a bountiful bunch of KidLit creatives with picture books sailing your way. Hop aboard! #PBCreativeCrew #picturebookauthor #scbwi
Jody Jensen Shaffer @jodywrites4kids.bsky.social Children's Author. Knopf BFYR, Nancy Paulsen Books, Doubleday, Penguin Workshop, Simon Spotlight, Beach Lane, Laura Godwin Books, Two Lions, Beaming Books, Magination Press
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov 40th Governor of California.
Building a California for All.
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
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ReformedCog @reformedcog.bsky.social Anachronistic American, Atheist, Lifetime F47 Hater, Retired Cold War Veteran, & Fed Civ Svc. Snarky opinionated resistor fighting against F47, MAGA & Christian Nationalism. November 26 matters!!! Raging against the Dying of the Light. INTJ. I Follow Vets.
Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social Political Scientist. Professor. Author of “Political Choice in a Polarized America” @OUP. Dad. Sauna enthusiast. Crossword solver. Powerlifter. Cyclist. ✡️ ∞
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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.
Jen Sorenson @jen-sorenson.bsky.social Writer, reader, parent, watcher of birds, insects & other small things. Sometime environmental lawyer, formerly at NRDC.
Katharine Gails @katharinegails.art Picture book Author/Illustrator from Minnesota! Take a look at my portfolio katharinegails.art tell me what you think!!
Jami Sinclair | Kidlit Writer & Illustrator ^._.^ @jamiohmg.bsky.social NEW—Seeking old (& new) book-ish friends
Weaning off of X, FB, Insta!
Grateful for Teachers & Librarians!
🐈⬛ Writing & drawing (while cat judges)
WIP: SpyKids & Cat vs. AntiDiversity villain
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Angela Tsang @angelatsangwrites.bsky.social ✍️Children's book author, ❤️ school counselor, 👨👩👧👦mom of 2 spunky souls & wife to an old soul, and lover of all things 🎵and 📚. Represented by Kaitlyn Sanchez @ Bradford Literary Agency
Elizabeth Everett | Educator & Kidlit Author 📚 @elizabetheverett.bsky.social ➡️ Boosting books for #Teachers, #Educators, #Librarians, #Parents, #Authors, #Writers, and #Readers
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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social 
Nicole Tersigni @nicsigni.bsky.social Writer of Men to Avoid in Art and Life, and other books in the Art and Life series. Not a genius. nicoletersigni.com
Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com Senior reporter at @CybersecurityDive.bsky.social covering all things digital security. I also co-host @hothtakes.bsky.social. | Send me tips: https://ericjgeller.com/contact.html
Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social Lawyer, Filmmaker, Big Issue top 100 Changemaker 2024, CEO CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE https://www.cfsj.co.uk/
Shannan Rivera @sriverawrites.bsky.social Writer | Reader | Educator
In the query trenches with a dark Cinderella reimagining that has deadly trials and dragons 
Sam Creighton @samcreighton.bsky.social Teacher, reader, talker, writer. Literacy lead. Faith, family, fiction, films. Catholic ✝️ Joshua 1:9, Isaiah 43:1. Need me? I’ll be in a book 📚
Amber H @amberitis76.bsky.social School librarian, mom of 3 boys, crocheter
Alex Borbolla @alexborbolla.bsky.social Senior Editor at Bloomsbury | My dog’s biggest fan | 🇨🇺🇺🇸 | she/her
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Stacy Wells @stacyvwells.bsky.social Librarian. Author. Suburban Choctaw. Doer of Many Things. Discover my books & more at stacywellswrites.com
Erika Meza @erikadraws.bsky.social Award winning, Carnegie shortlisted Author Illustrator - Mexican, Tijuanense in London.
Repped by Claire Cartey - get in touch at holroydecartey.com
Kat Cole @katcolereads.bsky.social School Librarian. Lifelong educator. Mom. Stories matter. (she/her)
Lisa Amstutz @ljamstutz.bsky.social Author, ecologist, agent @StormLiterary
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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
Rachel G. Payne (she/they) @rpayne.bsky.social Early literacy librarian, SLJ columnist, Horn Book board book reviewer, play advocate, and debut author of Let's Rumble from Rise x Penguin Workshop (July 2025). Rep: Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown Lit.
She/they
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Katherine Rothstein @krothsteinslp.bsky.social Children’s book author and Speech Language Pathologist specializing in voice, swallow and AAC.
Penny Moore @pennymoore.bsky.social Senior Agent at Aevitas Creative Management. Korean American 🇰🇷🇺🇸 Cat Mom 😻 Opinions are my own.
Carrie Bard @mrsbardreads.bsky.social Middle School Reading Specialist and avid Middle Grade book reader.
Jodie Apeseche @jodieapeseche.bsky.social Artist, author/illustrator, SCBWI, Courage to Create, Writers' Loft Hudson, MA, avid gardener, hiker, and fundraiser. Former teacher, librarian, and environmental specialist. Current dog mom! https://jodieapeseche.weebly.com
Emily Golightly @emilygolightly.bsky.social 2024-25 NCSLMA School Librarian of the Year, Podcaster, Quizizz Gamechanger, Past President of the NC Reading Association
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Lauren Eldridge @eldridgestudio.bsky.social Dimensional Illustrator.
Weird but it works.
Rep’d by Lori Kilkelly @lkliterary 💥
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Amanda Ho @amandahoart.bsky.social 🌟Illustrator amandahoart.com
🍎Professor at Ringling College of Art and Design
🧡Loves: Reading (fiction, fantasy/sf, horror, graphic novels), earl grey tea, dogs, embroidery, sweater weather, skating, scary movies, and questionable baking endeavors.
Melissa Chupp @melissachupp.bsky.social second grade teacher, pre-published pb writer, bookaholic, mom, #SCBWI, #12x12pb
Mrs.PReads @mrs-p-reads.bsky.social 💜special educator
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🩷equity chair of my local teachers union
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🩷NO book bans! fREADom for all
🩵neurodivergent family
Jess Hernandez (she/her) @jessjhernandez.bsky.social Writer of #kidlit. Former teacher and librarian. Current kid wrangler. Mutant diabetic and perpetually tired nd. Author of 1st Day of Unicorn School (Capstone) and I WANT TO DANCE IN PANTS (Sleeping Bear, 2025) www.jesshernandezwrites.com
Association of Jewish Libraries @jewishlibraries.bsky.social The leading authority on Judaic librarianship.
www.jewishlibraries.org
Ruth Behar @ruthbehar.bsky.social Newbery Honor Award-winning and Pura Belpré Award–winning author of THE VULNERABLE OBSERVER, LUCKY BROKEN GIRL, LETTERS FROM CUBA, TÍA FORTUNA'S NEW HOME, ACROSS SO MANY SEAS. Co-author with Gabriel Frye-Behar of PEPITA MEETS BEBITA.
Katherine Sokolowski @katsokreads.bsky.social Seventh grade teacher by day, romance author Kat Ryan by night. Working to be a positive influence in my little corner of the world.
Education blog:
http://readwriteandreflect.blogspot.com
Romance author website
https://katryanwrites.com
Veera Hiranandani @veerawrites.bsky.social Award-winning author of The Night Diary, Amil and The After, How To Find What You’re Not Looking For, and more! Rep: Sara Crowe Literary. Faculty—VCFA, Writing For Children and Young Adults MFA program.
www.veerahiranandani.com
Dylan Teut @dylan-teut.bsky.social K-5 Music Educator. Children's Literature Fanatic and Enthusiast. PhD in Education: Reading Assessment & Intervention. Husband. Uncle. Rotarian. Kiwanian. Organist. Local Dolly Parton Imagination Library Director. Adjunct Children's Literature Prof.
Patrick Andrus @patrickandrus.bsky.social 4th Grade Teacher
The Writing Barn @thewritingbarn.bsky.social ✍️ We go beyond craft classes to transform pre-published writers into career authors with varying tools and community offerings to suit YOU.
Craft + Community + Connections = a Thriving Literary Life!
Laura Crockett @lecrockett.bsky.social VP & Executive Literary Agent, Foreign Rights Manager at Triada US Literary Agency | Musician | Traveler | Cook-In-Progress | Cat Mom | she/her
scribblesandwanderlust.com
Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social A high school teacher for 23 years to ELL & English-proficient students, community organizer for previous 19 years, author or editor of 13 books on education, Ed Week teacher advice columnist, committed - though mediocre - basketball and Pickleball player.
Cheryl Mizerny @cherylteaches.bsky.social 6th grade English teacher, loves Nerdy Book Club folks, active with NCTE, writes “It’s Not Easy Being Tween” blog for MiddleWeb, book nerd, Michigander
Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul @sonjacherrypaul.bsky.social Educator * 2x NYT Bestselling Author * Founder of Red Clay Educators * Institute for Racial Equity in Literacy * she/her/hers * linktr.ee/sonjacherrypaul
Susan Kuklin @susankuklin.bsky.social Nonfiction kids & young adult author/photographer. Books include Searching for Safety: Voices of Refugees, Beyond Magenta, How My Family Lives in America. Lover of dance, theater, visual surprises, a foodie, curious about stuff.
Ginger Knowlton @gingerninja.bsky.social I’m a literary agent specializing in children’s books at Curtis Brown, Ltd. in New York, and celebrating my 38th year there already. Time flies. 🦋
she/her
Andie Smith @andiesmithbooks.bsky.social 📚 Associate Agent at Creative Media Agency
✍🏼 Editor at Sun & Spines Editorial
🎙️ Co-Host of Flublishing Podcast
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Jennifer Green @msgreenreads.bsky.social Work in progress. Reader. Certified Reading Specialist serving students in grades 6-8.
Daniele Hunter @danieledhunter.bsky.social She/her. Junior Agent, McIntosh & Otis, KidLit!! Pro em dash; anti AI. Queer, disabled. Wife, cat lady, knitter. Ambidextrous optimist. Opinions mine.
http://dhunteragent.com/mswl/
#WeNeedDiverseBooks #BrainTumorSurvivor #CerebellarAtaxia #Endometriosis
Erin McGuire @erinmcguire.bsky.social Illustrator • Author • Teacher • Art Director
The Spy in the Museum -> Available for preorder!
http://erinmcguire.com
Clients- Disney, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Scholastic, Chronicle Books, Penguin Random House
Agent- Lindsay Auld, Writers House
Nidhi Chanani @nidhiart.bsky.social Bestselling author (!!)
📚PASHMINA, SUPER BOBA CAFÉ, JUKEBOX, STRONG, SHARK PRINCESS, I WILL BE FIERCE and more
Rep Jodi Reamer at Writers House
@varshab.bsky.social @varshab.bsky.social New York Times bestselling author of Thirst (2022), Count Me In, and A Garland of Henna (2024). Nancy Paulsen Books (Penguin Group). Repped by Caryn Wiseman (ABLA). Lover of chai, croissants and words.
Kelsey Buzzell @kelseybuzzell.bsky.social Kidlit Illustrator & Interior Designer, mom of 2 bugs 🐛🐞, magic maker 🔮, ♥️ the forest🌲and the sea 🌊, vintage hunter, 🥑 eater | 🏡OR | Rep: Nicole Tugeau
Next 📖: Families of a Feather, Little Big Foot/Sasquatch out March 2025
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Wendy Stephens @wstephens.bsky.social Librarian, teacher & reader in north Alabama. Information science Ph.D. NBCT LMS. Doing my own thing.
Not the best mobile typist, so forgive my many misspellings
🩷@usbby.bsky.social
🩷@nctecla.bsky.social
https://wendyontheweb.blogspot.com/
LK Literary Agency @lkliterary.bsky.social Lori Kilkelly (she/her) posting for my boutique literary agency. Reps seasoned & rising talent in children's & YA lit (est 2018).
Caitlin Tutterow @caitlintutterow.bsky.social Editor at Nancy Paulsen Books 🐧 Southern transplant 🍵 Matcha enthusiast
Paul W. Hankins @paulwhankins.bsky.social For-Always Student. Buscaglia before Bloom. Public School Classroom Teacher (21 Years). Dual Credit Instructor: AP ENG LANG/LIT AND COMP and INTRO TO PUBLIC SPEAKING.
Habits of Mind and Heartsongs Enthusiast. Wonderer-Creator-Poet-Collage Artist (he/him).
Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen @sudiptabq.bsky.social Children’s book writer, mom, wife, world traveler, not necessarily in that order. Not so much “glass half full” as “my glass is broken — why ME?”
Hodder Fiction 📚 @hodderfiction.bsky.social All the best book news and general chit chat from the Hodder Fiction Editorial Team 🖍️
Author Padma Venkatraman @padmatv.bsky.social THE BRIDGE HOME, BORN BEHIND BARS, SAFE HARBOR, A TIME TO DANCE. WNDB Walter Award winning writer, reader, poet, oceanographer, yoga teacher. K-12 Education. Science, nature, music, art. DEI. “Stories are ships on which we sail oceans of hope.”
Kate Norman @katenorman17.bsky.social Assistant Editor at @hodderfiction 📚 Horror lover and a fan of anything dark and creepy crawly… 🐜
SCBWI Southern Breeze Region @scbwi-sobreeze.bsky.social Co-Regional Advisor, Melissa Miles
Co-Regional Advisor, Amanda Fletcher
Co-ARA, Michelle Kennedy
Co-ARA, Janet Kelly
IC, Jime Alena Wimmer
https://www.scbwi.org/regions/southern-breeze
The regional team is volunteer-led.
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Elaine Kaufmann @ek-2nn.bsky.social Elementary school librarian