Jack d’Bourg | Children’s Author @jackdbourg.com Magical picture books about curiosity, kindness and diverse families. 📚 Lina stories for ages 4–8 in English and French, with German coming soon.
#KidLit #PictureBooks #InclusiveKidLit #IndieBooks #IndieAuthor
📚 https://jackdbourg.com
IdaMae West @idamaewest.bsky.social Elementary Teacher-Librarian, teacher-author and creator a.k.a. That Fun Reading Teacher at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/that-fun-reading-teacher
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 👇🏻
https://www.ashpreads.com
eileenwrobinson.bsky.social @eileenwrobinson.bsky.social Author. Editor. Publisher. Scholastic. Harcourt. Co-founder Reycraft Books. Founder of Move Books (now at Charlesbridge as Charlesbridge Moves). Partner in Kid’s Book Revisions PLUS. Author of 2 PB’s (2028). But even more importantly—lover of desserts!
Robin Brett Wechsler @robinbwechsler.bsky.social Children's author, freelance editor/writer. Avid reader, walker, voter, museum goer, bird feeder, ice cream eater, ‘80s music listener. Cat lady.
12x12 I Courage to Create I SCBWI member
Writers' Loft member and PBCG leader
2025 PB Rising Stars HM
Kristen C. Strocchia @kcstrocchia.bsky.social Children’s poet & writer • Speaker • Mom of 7
Kidlit Honors: Ann Whitford Paul Awards 2024 & #PBParty 2025
Writes lyrical/quirky PB & speculative upper MG/YA
SCBWI East PA | M.Ed Curriculum & Instruction | kcstrocchia.com
1 of 6 hosts: #KidlitZombieWeek
Sheri Bentley @sheribbooks.bsky.social Writer. Literacy Coach. Lover of people and words. #SCBWI #KidsChoice-Winner #KidLitVibes-Winner #50PreciousWords-HM #KidlitChuckleChallenge-HM Pub'd in @DirigibleBalloon
Lynne Kelly 🐘🐳🐣🐙 @lynnekelly.bsky.social USA Today bestselling children’s author & sign language interpreter, mom of 2 dogs and 1 human
THREE BLUE HEARTS
SONG FOR A WHALE
THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF BIRDS
lynnekellybooks.com
#SCBWI Houston
@Vera Lisa Smetzer @veralisa.bsky.social Picturebook maker. Author/illustrator.
12x12. SCBWi.
Maine photographer.
"Journey to Forgiveness," second chance romance on a Maine flower farm. Harl. Aug. 2026. 🌷
Jessica Vitalis @jessicavitalis.bsky.social Award-winning author, Greenwillow/HarperCollins. American by birth, Canadian by choice. 
Tanya Gold | Editor & Translator 💕📚 (they/iel) @tanyagold.bsky.social 📚 Book Editor, Fr→En Lit Translator, Educator
🍽📖 Working on/devouring speculative fiction, horror, memoir, IF, comics
⭐ Teaching and coaching editors and writers
📘 Faculty @ Emerson's MFA in Popular Fiction
🌈📚 RSM team
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️♿🪫🇨🇭🎨
🚫gen AI
www.TanyaGold.com
Maria is Writing @mariakidlit.bsky.social #Kidlit PB/MG writer and enthusiast
Parent
Bunny person
#Scbwi
Nature
Foodie
Mermaid Writer @mermaidwriter.bsky.social SCBWI NY Eastern Up! Critique Coordinator
Kidlit writer, published poet, gemologist-in-training, wannabe polyglot, occasional mermaid, reluctant zebra 🍰💜🩶🤍💚 #kidlit #scbwi #amquerying #actuallyautistic
🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 Pronouns: you choose (anything but he)
drydenbks (Emma D Dryden) @drydenbks.bsky.social Renowned children's book editor & former publisher offering services and support as a children's book consultant. #SCBWI Advisory Council member. Lover of travel, animals, the environment, and justice. drydenbks.com #kidlit
Becky Levine @beckylevine.bsky.social Kidlit writer, knitter, beginning drummer. Come for the writing and books, stay for the cat, yarn, and travel pix. Opinions are my own. Unless you love them, in which case I'm happy to share. She/Her
www.beckylevine.com
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
Steev @stephenjohnston101.bsky.social Mental health nurse. ND. Interested in connecting with others with special interests in ND support and inclusion, compassion, photography, Art, Star Wars….
Nik Averton @niki-averton.bsky.social Fantasy writer, book reader, toddler wrangler 🏳️🌈
Storyteller Fellow - Boyds Mills
Rep: Becca Langton (US) and Lucy Irvine (UK)
Emma Miller 😁📚🍁 @emmadmiller.bsky.social Canadian Author & Creator of "The Doonies" children's book series! 📚🍁 https://thedoonies.ca
- Follow on: Bluesky, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Threads, Spotify
- Find our podcast on YouTube and Buzzsprout 📱✨️📚😁❤️🍁
The Writers Circle @thewriterscircle.bsky.social creative writing community based in NJ | workshops for adults, teens, and kids | in person and online | special events and more
https://writerscircleworkshops.com/
☘️ Seán Casey 🏳️🌈 @pencilcasey.bsky.social 📚 Author & Illustrator🎨
👠The Sleigh Queens Save Christmas👠
🧠 #ADHD #dyscalculia
🔎 Seeking representation
www.pencilcasey.com
@elowen-bloodsucker.bsky.social @elowen-bloodsucker.bsky.social Neurodivergent migrant woman, responsible for two neurodivergent pieces of DNA.
Susan Park @susanfirghilpark.bsky.social writer, poet, nature lover and complete book geek living in the Pacific Northwest surrounded by forest, birds, squirrels, chipmunks and chickens. Member SCBWI.
@spiritbreathwork.bsky.social @spiritbreathwork.bsky.social 
Jade Farrington (she/her) @jadefarrington.bsky.social ♾️ Disabled, Neurodivergent counsellor & rewind trauma therapist
♾️ Ad hoc supervision/consultation for neurodiversity topics
♾️ UK-based online counselling
♾️ Home ed, LGBTQIA+ & ND affirming
♾️ www.linktr.ee/jadefarringtonlaunceston
@blissfulblues.bsky.social @blissfulblues.bsky.social 
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/
The Autism Books by Autistic Authors Project @autisticbooks.bsky.social Books about autism, written by Autistic people. Community resource website cataloguing as many of these as possible (2300+ so far).
Autistic curator (@lillyjade.bsky.social she/her).
https://linktr.ee/autisticbooks
*Taking a social media break*
Carolyn B. Fraiser @carolynbfraiser.bsky.social NF #PB Author, MOON TREE 🌙🌲(2022, Reycraft Books) & M IS FOR MASON JAR (2025, Familius). #STEM. #SCBWI. Crystal Kite Award. Rep: Michelle Z. Jackson, Jackson Literary. She/Her.
#KidLitEvents calendar is available at CarolynBFraiser.com/KidLit
Brandon Diehl @iambrandondiehl.bsky.social Poet with autism and a cat.
Author of ADULTHOOD (Anxiety Press, 2026).
Here to connect with fellow writers and/or fellow neurodivergent people and/or fellow anti-fascists.
he/him • NJ • www.brandondiehl.net
Blueskryb @handle.invalid A place for books on Bluesky.
Pretty bookshop.org links to post: https://www.blueskryb.cloud/link
Sarah Hamburg @sarahrhamburg.bsky.social 
Fran Moldaschl @franmoldaschl.bsky.social https://buymeacoffee.com/franmoldaschl
Kelpies Prize for Writing Winner
Former #archaeology student
Children's book reviewer
Neurodivergent
inquisitivenewt.com
(Any pronouns)🏳️🌈
Desiree @desireeonpaper.bsky.social Author of soft, strong stories for kids. Big feelings, Black joy, always heart-first. #KidLit
Dani @danimorocco.bsky.social Wife, Mother, Abuela 💖
Avid Book Reader, Decency, Intuitive,
Former Healthcare, 💗Humanity,
Animals 🐢 Nature 🌴Astrology 💫
Science 🔬 Arts 🎨
Astronomy Stars ✨ 🪐 ✨
Our Creator.
🇨🇦 Indigenous Latina. 🪶
🌏 ✈️ World Explorer ☀️ Freedom
Anne Armstrong @childbookart.bsky.social wonder hunter | art agent #kidlitart | tree + neighborhood advocate
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Author Lilybeth/L.E. Schultz @lilybeth-writes.bsky.social Speculative | Romance | Horror
Feral 🏳️🌈 Auntie
Disabled Combat Veteran
SAFE Anthology - 9/2/2026
The Night Devours Us All - 10/15/2026
SECRET Anthology - 12/2027
www.authorlilybethschultz.com
#roonbyok - #ecoworksphere @refiner-of-thought.bsky.social I bury power lines.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VAagI1SPFaHh3j-zEPJV-NQdabJZPIowmSrnkSYofo8/edit?usp=drivesdk
https://adventureforge.games/
Phyllis Hemann @phyllishemann.bsky.social Author of poetry, THE INVISIBLE HEROINE 📚 Poet 📖 PB & MG/YA writer 📚 Spoonie #StillsDisease #SJIA ♿️ 💖 Dog Mom ❤kidlit, art, crafts❤ #12X12 PB scholarship '23 ✍️ 🌪️Tornado survivor🙏🫶
Danielle Render Turmaud, PhD @drenderturmaud.bsky.social Kidlit Author (Rep: Amy Nielsen) + Trauma Therapist | THESE BOOTS WERE MADE FOR MARCHING (2029)| Psychology Today Expert Blog Author| SCBWI |Host of the You, Me, & the Writing Journey Podcast (@YMWJPodcast) and @YouDeservepIt Pitch Event
@justthnkn.bsky.social @justthnkn.bsky.social 
Aaron Apollo Camp @campaaronapollo.bsky.social Author. Writer. Podcast host. Progressive Democrat. Sports fan. Nerd. On the autism spectrum. Downstate Illinoisan. Polysexual. Demiromantic. Authoritatively unserious. He/Him/His.
https://linktr.ee/campaaronapollo
@polihistorygeek.bsky.social @polihistorygeek.bsky.social 
Little Go Getters @littlegogetters.bsky.social Little Go Getters focuses on helping youth learn about enterprising behaviors. Being enterprising is the willingness and ability to get personal, family, community, social and for-profit projects done.
www.littlegogetters.com
Christine Mix @chrismixart.bsky.social Children's Illustrator / Author, member CBIG-NYC, SCBWI, Vermont Arts Council, Teaching Artist for schools, libraries and creative aging.
J.R. Bale @jrbale.bsky.social Author, Father, Professor, MBA, Photographer, Concerned Human in NJ.
I support fellow writers.
www.JRBale.com
I do not respond to DMs.
Write Query Hook @writequeryhook.bsky.social Find the right agents. Fast. Purpose driven tools to help writers out of the query trenches and onto agent client lists. Your agent is calling - try it free: www.writequeryhook.com/
Olireiv ♾️ @olirev-2.bsky.social Environmental analyst at night丨One Health advocate
Neurodissident ♾️丨AuDHD丨Gen. X 🧑🏻🎤
Abya Yala丨Argentina
Becky Lance @beckylancekidlit.bsky.social Aspiring Author-Illustrator | Former Montessori Educator | Math Nerd
#SCBWI
www.beckylancekidlit.com
Holly B. | Science & Self @scienceandself.bsky.social 🔬Exploring the intersection of science, mental health, and neurodiversity.
✍️Writer, advocate, and curious thinker.- B bethnik.bsky.social @bethnik.bsky.social
Lauren Whitney (she/her) is querying! @laurenem6.bsky.social Mom of two, #kidlit writer, elementary school librarian, movie-lover, crazy LEGO lady
she/her
Sadee Schilling @sadeeschilling.bsky.social teacher & artist 🎨 comics, #kidlit illustration, cut paper collage 🦋🐝AuDHD 📚grounded by books, my ginger kitty, fairy lights & tea 🏕 Colorado ☀️ https://www.sadeeschilling.com
@jessaims.bsky.social @jessaims.bsky.social 
Jenny Litster @sethornelgtales.bsky.social Scottish children's fantasy writer and purveyor of eight-year-old humor. 
Lizzy 👻 👽 🦄 🧚♂️ 🦖 @lizzylyn.bsky.social #YA #MG spec fic #author & #attorney | expert in giant 🐩 telepathic communication | fan of ☕️ and the absurd |🚫 liminal spaces | #MGlit #YAlit #MGnesium #amquerying #scifi #fantasy #authors #writersky #writingcommunity #kidlit #specfic #coffee
Heidi Grange @geolibrarian.bsky.social I am a elementary school librarian. I've been at the same school for 19 years. I love to read and review books on my blog: https://geolibrarian.blogspot.com. I love watching nature documentaries. I love cats and horses!
Luna Melt Reminds You That Republicans Rape Children @luna-melt.bsky.social They rape children.
Toni Kirkpatrick @tonimargarita.bsky.social Senior Editor at Diversion Books, author, Chair of Latinx in Publishing
Sam Thoyre @samthoyre.bsky.social 🌐 Tech Enthusiast | AI & Dev Tools 🛠️
🎥 Sharing insights on Next.js, Payload, Supabase, Tailwind, AI, and serverless architecture.
📺 Watch my tutorials & build with me: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClxm1AYVvel_7Lhft3FPdhg
Lima Leigh | Middle Grade Author @limaleigh.bsky.social Middle grade & YA fantasy author 🐉
🌈 Queer, neurospicy spoonie 🥄
⚡️ Slam poet & singer / songwriter 🎹
🏔️ PNW
Maryelizabeth Yturralde @meakamey.bsky.social books books tea doggo books
📖 💜💗💙
she/ her /hers
Avatar by Tasha Black
Banner by @beckbeean.bsky.social
Ree Augustine-MG Author @reeaugustine.bsky.social HANGABOUT: FAR FROM HOME, Aug. 2023
Orange Blossom Publishing
No boxes.
Eastern PA www.reeaugustine.com
Brooke Boynton-Hughes @bboyntonhughes.bsky.social Children's book illustrator/author
normacardenas.bsky.social @normacardenas.bsky.social assoc prof of practice | research food, identity, culture, and pedagogy #LasMusas #PBChat #WNDB #RUCCL Mentee #SCBWI #12x12 Ella/She
Rosario Martinez @rosariomwrites.bsky.social Author of picture books & romantasy 💁🏻♀️
IG: rosariomwrites | t1d
💌: https://substack.com/@rosariomartinez?r=1pade&utm_medium=ios
Greta Hummingbird @gretahummingbird.com ✦ Children's book illustrator & Designer for animation 🎨
✦ she/her
✦ Open for new projects:
gretahummingbird.com
Eleni T. Wehner, Author 💖 ROSCOE & IVY @elenitwehner.bsky.social AuDHD Mom of 3 autistic kids turned author (she/her). Raising neurodivergent kids to be empowered & confident is everything. ROSCOE & IVY: ALWAYS PASTA & THE WAITING ROOM available for pre-order now!
www. EleniTWehner.com for more info
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)
Susan Johnston Taylor (she/her) @sjohnstontaylor.bsky.social Actor/singer/author who tells stories onstage & on the page. ND. Works/teaches at @thewritingbarn.bsky.social
#Kidlit author: ANIMALS IN SURPRISING SHADES, 2023. Rep: Mara Cobb at Martin Lit.
staylorwrites.com https://linktr.ee/sjohnstontaylor
Cait Darfler..... is on SUBMISSION! @caitdarfler.com picture book writer. mom. geologist. environmentalist. gardener. jigsaw puzzler. #SCBWI #kidlit 🏳️🌈
PBParty2025 Finalist!
www.caitdarfler.com
Rep'd by Joyce Sweeney @joycekay.bsky.social
Jen H. Barnes @jenhb.bsky.social YA and PB writer. Hand-blown glass, Van Gogh, mountains, and ocean. 12x12, SCBWI
Jessica Tóth @jesscato.bsky.social Freelance illustrator and storyboard artist working in the animation industry | jesscato.com | 📍 Berlin
art tag is #artpost
Nimblewitlit Mag @nimblewitlit.bsky.social Epistemic Literary's new adventure for a young audience!
Our all ages eMag will extend the conversation to a younger audience by exploring similar themes.
Issue 1: https://epistemiclit.com/nimblewitlit/taking-a-stand/
www.EpistemicLit.com/nimblewitlit
Sarah Kurpiel @sarahkurpiel.bsky.social Picture book author/illustrator. MORE THAN A TREE (2026), A LITTLE LIKE MAGIC, SNAKE'S BIG MISTAKE. ♿ She/her.
linktr.ee/sarahkurpiel
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
Remedy-Serenity Jane #ChronicallyOnlineJam @remedyjane.bsky.social 25 yr old disabled queer creativething from the midwest. thinks & writes about aliens a lot. it/zhe/xe.
Leigh Anne Carter @lacarterbooks.bsky.social Author-Illustrator
📘 YETI IS NOT READY FOR SCHOOL
📘 YETI IS NOT READY FOR GAME OVER
💼 Rep’d by Lane Clarke, Ultra Literary
#kidlit #kidlitart
https://lacarter.com/links- T @thecindykessler.bsky.social @thecindykessler.bsky.social
Clay Adamah @clayadamah.bsky.social (they/ze)
Author-Illustrator of #KidLitArt (long-press)
https://linktr.ee/clayadamah
just reading books, drawing stuff,
and tree-watching with birds. 🌳 👀 🐦
🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
Human made - No AI
Illustrator of Kismet, No! (PJP 2027)
Jennifer Slagus, MLIS @sugals.bsky.social Neurodivergent librarian & PhD Candidate researching neurodivergent representation in middle grade literature 🌿📚
Juli 💖💜💙 @juli-writes.bsky.social Kid Lit writer with ADHD who likes to rock climb (She/her)
Rep: Sharon Belcastro at @belcastroagency.bsky.social
IG: @juli_writes #12x12PB #SCBWI
Disability Daily Podcast @disabilitydaily.bsky.social
Discover a new figure or event in disability history each day!
Subscribe and tell your friends!
Katie Healey (she/her), PhD, CPACC ✨
AccessibleHigherEd.com
DisabilityDaily.podbean.com
https://ko-fi.com/disabilitydaily
Gennie ✨Jenny with a G✨ Gorback @gennie.bsky.social 📖📚 Picture books
👧🧒 Parenthood
🧠🎉 Learning Through Play
Represented by Sara Crowe Literary
https://www.genniegorback.com/
Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social She/her. Picture book writer/illustrator.
Rep: @swekstein.bsky.social
I do not use AI for anything.
Keep posting about your books; I want to read them!
sparklemarkers.com
Rachel Gozhansky Illustration @rachelgozhansky.bsky.social #KidLit Illustrator and Writer: SCBWI, 12x12.
Womens' Lax Official.
Graphic Designer (data and presentation design).
Dog mom. Enthusiast of technology, fantasy fiction, movies, boardgames, the outdoors
RachelGozhansky.com
Keila V. Dawson @keilavdawson.bsky.social Author & educator📚Keila charges $5 to answer "Where are you from?" 📚NO BRAIN THE SAME⚜️ YUMBO GUMBO & El gumbo más delicioso 🌏 NO WORLD TOO BIG 🚘 OPENING THE ROAD 📢 NO VOICE TOO SMALL 👑KING CAKE BABY 📚 🔗 https://linktr.ee/keiladawson
Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social MG Author (she/her) 🎵THE SONG OF ORPHAN'S GARDEN🌺 January 21, 2025 Feiwel & Friends🌟Bookseller (Kids’ Specialist)🌟SCBWI-IL Co-rep 🌟Former homeschool co-op teacher🌟Rep: Deborah Warren East/West Literary
https://linktr.ee/nicolemhewitt
Laura Parnum @lauraparnum.bsky.social Author, copyeditor, occasional magician. PERIL AT PRICE MANOR (HarperCollins 2023) and THE HAUNTING OF BELLINGTON COTTAGE (HarperCollins, July 2025). www.LauraParnum.com
linktr.ee/lauraparnum
Matt Forrest Esenwine @mattforrestvw.bsky.social #Neurodivergent kidlit author, poetry writer, voice actor, Moxie drinker, dad, son, hubby, human. http://mattforrest.com https://www.instagram.com/mattforrestvw/
Melissa Gardner @artgardner.bsky.social illustrator/storyteller, psychotherapist, mom and maker of magic! 🏳️🌈& ND
www.melissagardnerart.com
Rep’d by @sandraproudman.bsky.social
@galltzacker.bsky.social
#kidlit #kidlitart #illustrator