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
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
@Vera Lisa Smetzer @veralisa.bsky.social Picturebook maker. Author/illustrator.
12x12. SCBWi.
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"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. 
Niki Averton @niki-averton.bsky.social 
Maria is Writing @mariakidlit.bsky.social #Kidlit PB/MG writer and enthusiast
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Tanya Gold | Editor & Translator 💕📚 (they/iel) @tanyagold.bsky.social 📚 Book Editor, Fr→En Lit Translator, Educator
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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
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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….
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Publishing Professionals Against Book Bans @pubprosabb.bsky.social We are a coalition of industry professionals united against the unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We support the availability of diverse voices on shelves across the country.
Learn more at www.ppabb.org
Jade Farrington (she/her) @jadefarrington.bsky.social ♾️ Disabled, Neurodivergent counsellor & rewind trauma therapist
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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
Bookshop.org @bookshop.org A better way to buy books online where every purchase supports local bookstores ☀️📚
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Sarah Hamburg @sarahrhamburg.bsky.social 
Desiree @desireeonpaper.bsky.social Author of soft, strong stories for kids. Big feelings, Black joy, always heart-first. #KidLit
Fran Moldaschl @franmoldaschl.bsky.social https://buymeacoffee.com/franmoldaschl
Kelpies Prize for Writing Winner
Former #archaeology student
Children's book reviewer
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Christine Mix @chrismixart.bsky.social Children's Illustrator / Author, member CBIG-NYC, SCBWI, Vermont Arts Council, Teaching Artist for schools, libraries and creative aging.
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!
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s. bee @queserabee.bsky.social Writer/Laugher/Fighter/AuDHD/Human-Sized Muppet (She/They)
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Maryelizabeth Yturralde @meakamey.bsky.social books books tea doggo books
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Lima Leigh | Middle Grade Author @limaleigh.bsky.social Middle grade & YA fantasy author 🐉
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Jen H. Barnes @jenhb.bsky.social YA and PB writer. Hand-blown glass, Van Gogh, mountains, and ocean. 12x12, SCBWI
The Tobias Literary Agency @thetobiasagency.bsky.social A full-service literary agency representing authors of fiction and nonfiction.
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Ann Rose @annmrose.bsky.social agent: Marsal Lyon & #rosebudauthor wrangler | author | opinions are my own | she/her
rep: Eva Scalzo
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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/
Disability Daily Podcast @disabilitydaily.bsky.social
Discover a new figure or event in disability history each day!
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Katie Healey (she/her), PhD, CPACC ✨
AccessibleHigherEd.com
DisabilityDaily.podbean.com
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Mike L Tilford 📚 😺 @thatwriterguy.com NYT Worstselling Author
SFF📚, Satire, Comedy, Absurdist
Dummest Person in the Room
https://www.thatwriterguy.com
https://www.amazon.com/author/m.l.tilford
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
Nematode Pulse XL ✨🐖✨ @nematodepulse.bsky.social 🎞️Currently making cartoons, primarily in backgrounds, storyboards and writing assistance. Open for commissions in Animation. Let me make you a music video or animated trailer.
https://nematodepulse.neocities.org/
Alison Green Myers @alisongreenmyers.bsky.social 
Sarah Kapit @sarahkapit.bsky.social Author of GET A GRIP, VIVY COHEN! and other books for young readers. RACHEL FRIEDMAN chapter books currently available wherever you get books. Rep: Jennifer Laughran
www.sarahkapit.com
Kate Cosgrove @k8cosgrove.bsky.social KidLit #1 NYT BESTSELLING ILLUSTRATOR 🌈
Rep: Deborah Warren
@eastwestlit.bsky.social
she/her
https://linktr.ee/k8cosgrove?fbclid=PAAabMQUP9aLIDiOylx1JASn-n7ENDVrSKlbPdNyvIGdtGs6qfXIhmjM1BMTk_aem_AQY1
🚫A.I.
Tiffany "Tiffy" Hammond @fidgetsandfries.bsky.social NYT #1 Bestseller | Speaker | Autistic Storyteller & "Autism Mom" | Consultant | Disrupting norms with a dash of humor | Pie Slayer
Represented by Annette Bourland of Bourland Strategic Advisors
Kaylani Juanita @kaylanijuanita.bsky.social Illustrator
Black Filam
Samara Cole Doyon @samara-cole-doyon.bsky.social Author of Magnificent Homespun Brown, Magic Like That, Next Level. International Literacy Award Winner. Lupin Award Winner. Poet. Mom. She / her / hers
Sydney Dunlap @sydneydunlap.bsky.social SCBWI member, teacher, animal lover, anti-trafficking advocate. Award-winning author of IT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY and forthcoming RACING THE CLOUDS (2/18/25). Rep: Ann Rose/The Tobias Agency https://sydneydunlap.com/
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
Sarah McDavis @sarahmcdavis.com ✏️Creating #kidlit for curious kids!
📚1st #ChapterBook Mystery out now!
🐙OCTO, PI, AND THE MISSING EGG🔎
📓Contact me for #STEAM Author Visits!
🌉Based in Pittsburgh, PA
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
Sally J. Pla @sallyjplabooks.bsky.social ALA Schneider Award winning children's author, inclusivity advocate, autistic, anovelmind.com, sallyjpla.com.
Loving kindness.
We all shine with different lights. 
Rosario Martinez @rosariomwrites.bsky.social Author of picture books & romantasy 💁🏻♀️
IG: rosariomwrites | t1d
💌: https://substack.com/@rosariomartinez?r=1pade&utm_medium=ios
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
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
Meghan Wilson Duff 🦑 @mwduff.bsky.social Picture book author, psych professor, excels at typos, in a tide pool if possible, 🦑 IDIC 🖖 they/them www.meghanwilsonduff.com
They're concentration camps & it's genocide. No one should be okay w/ it.
AI "illustrations" = blocked
Meera Trehan @meeratrehan.bsky.social Author of Snow and The View from the Very Best House in Town. Dark chocolate nonpareils are my writing vitamins. Rep: Molly Ker Hawn 
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/
Lauren Spieller @laurenspieller.bsky.social LitAgent @FolioLiterary + @FolioJr
Full Adult + Kidlit wishlist on Pub Marketplace!
YA author w/ S&S
I love dogs like it's my job
She/Her
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
Kathy MacMillan @kathysquill.bsky.social Author, ASL interpreter, storyteller, trainer, librarian.
Keeper of spreadsheets & dreamer of dreams.
Rep by Shania Soler @metamorphlitag.bsky.social
she/her
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
Karol Ruth Silverstein (she/her/disabled) @krsilverstein.bsky.social Award winning children's book author, public speaker and disability activist. I champion misfits, underdogs and that weird kid nobody wanted to sit next to at lunch. (Spoiler alert: I qualify as all of the above.)
LGBTQIA+ally
No hate - just love 
Karen S. Chow @kchowrites.bsky.social Middle grade. Hiking enthusiast.
Miracle (Ottaviano/LBYR)
Title tbd (2026, Ottaviano/LBYR)
Rep: Andrea Cascardi
SCBWI AZ ARA
https://linktr.ee/kchowrites
Halli Gomez @halligomez-author.bsky.social MG and YA author. LIST OF TEN (2021 Union Sq & Co.) AAUW NC Young People’s Literature Award Winner.
Rep’d by East West Literary.
Website: Halligomez.com
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
Emily Deibert @emilydeibert.bsky.social Middle Grade Author of BEA MULLINS TAKES A SHOT (Random House Kids, out now!) 🏒🇨🇦🏳️🌈 More info here: https://bit.ly/3EOkGZ2
Represented by Kurestin Armada/Root Literary
emilydeibert.com | she/her
Charlene Thomas @cthomasbooks.bsky.social Author and stuff. Now: STREETLIGHT PEOPLE | next: IT’S YOU EVERY TIME | Rep: Ann Rose @ The Tobias Literary Agency (📚) ; Alec Frankel @ IAG (🎬)
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)
Jeanette Bradley @jbradley.bsky.social Author/Illustrator of books for kids. LOVE, MAMA, SOMETHING GREAT, NO VOICE TOO SMALL, NO WORLD TOO BIG & forthcoming NO BRAIN THE SAME 🏳️🌈
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
Lindsay H. Metcalf @lindsayhmetcalf.bsky.social Author of nonfiction and poetry for kids and teens. Former journalist. OUTDOOR FARM, INDOOR FARM out now; TOMATOES ON TRIAL coming summer 2025. lindsayhmetcalf.com
Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social We are Authors Against Book Bans. We stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We unequivocally support diverse voices on our library shelves, in our schools, and in our culture.
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
kidlitchat @kidlitchat.bsky.social #kidlitchat happens every Tuesday night at 9E/6P, co-hosted by @bonnieadamson.com and @gregpincus.bsky.social. The topic is posted here as each chat begins, as well as any important chat news.
Banner art by Brian Kirby: @boringstorybook.com
Ferry Godmother @ferrygodmother.com Spotlighting #TouretteSyndrome, #Neurodivergent, #AuDHD, #ADHD, #Autism, #MultipleSclerosis, #LGBT and #Veterans. Promoting our premiere #VR #Event Space rental, go to @FerryGodmother.org
Outsider Art @outsiderart.bsky.social Reduce Reuse Recycle ♻️ UPCYCLING! Temple. Shrine. Assemblage. Raw Creation! Outsider art. Art Brut. Folk Art. Visionary Art
Rebecca Weber 🙂🐈⬛📰 @rweberwrites.bsky.social #SCBWI Author - THE PAINTER'S BUTTERFLY and LOOPHOLE (Artemesia Publishing)/Beta reader/@litkidsmagazine.bsky.social founder/House flipper/Bostie & girl mom/#MGpies #YANation
"You are the one you've been waiting for all of your life!"
Caitlin Robinson @ctdrobinson.bsky.social Mom, Poet, Author, Educator | MFA | MA |#SCBWI | #KidLit | #amquerying | #amwriting | #neurodivergent | #50preciouswords '25 HM |#kidschoicekidlitwritingcontest '24 HM | #50preciouswords '24 HM | www.caitlintdrobinson.com
Saffron Press @saffronpress.bsky.social Small indie press on traditional territories of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation | Reimagining stories for little citizens of change since 2009 | #wherestoriesgrow | #kidlit | educational facilitator |
founder: Navjot Kaur
saffronpress.com
Stan Yan - Kidlit Graphic Novelist @zombicatures.bsky.social THE MANY MISFORTUNES OF EUGENIA WANG (‘25 JLG Selection)
@SCBWIRockyMtn member
#kidlitartinstructor at @cuddlefishacademy
#aapi #rosebudauthor
Rep: @annmrose at Marsal Lyon Literary
stanyan.me
AI, NFT, Crypto, MAGA gets you blocked
Dan Santat @dansantat.bsky.social NY Times bestselling children's book author of Beekle ('15 Caldecott) A First Time for Everything ('23 National Book Award) Creator Disney's The Replacements
Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social I'm the author of 80+ books and an established editor who has helped more than 400 authors achieve their publishing dreams. My books include writing guidebooks, a novel, children's books and more. Visit inventingrealityediting.com
Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization run by and for autistic people.
https://autisticadvocacy.org/
Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social Entrepreneur
Costplusdrugs.com
Kaz Windness she/her @kazwindness.bsky.social •📕Out now: WORM AND BUTTERFLY (S&S)
•📘Out soon!: TIME TRAVELING CHICKENS (S&S)
•📚Check out: “When You Love a Book” (PRH)
Award-Winning Children’s Book Author-Artist, Art Professor, Autistic-ADHD 🌈📚Books, Classes, Social Media: linktr.ee/KazWindness
Devyn Douvier 💖💜💙 @devyndouvier.bsky.social 30-something Queer, Neurodivergent, & Overstimulated Mom.
Woman in tech by day, Children's Book Author by night.
The Sartorial Librarians Podcast @sartoriallibrary.bsky.social Join @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social and @paulvinelli.bsky.social for celebrations of picture books & librarian fashion.
Apple: https://apple.co/4e4mM3h
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3ANgYge
Instagram: https://bit.ly/4dCh09b
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
Harold Underdown @hunderdown.bsky.social I'm a children's book editor, teacher and workshop presenter, owner of The Purple Crayon website -- www.underdown.org --and part of Kid's Book Revisions Plus: @kbrplus.bsky.social.
I post about #kidlit and other things.
Jen Gennari @jengennari.bsky.social Kidlit author! STIFLED (9/1/2026!), MUFFLED, MY MIXED-UP BERRY BLUE SUMMER. Teacher, editor, word lover. Earth fan. Tree hugger. Water baby. www.jengennari.com
Kidlit For Growing Minds @kl4gm.bsky.social We are a diverse group of creators who believe the power of story combined with real world science, social studies, & math can touch hearts & nurture growing minds. With our nonfiction & informational fiction picture books, we seek to support educators.
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*
Paul Vinelli @paulvinelli.bsky.social Picture Book Writer | MLIS
Co-Host of The Sartorial Librarians Podcast
@sartoriallibrary.bsky.social
Spotify: spoti.fi/3ANgYge
Apple: apple.co/4e4mM3h
Boyds Mills @boydsmills.bsky.social Boyds Mills positively impacts children by amplifying the voices of storytellers who inspire children to become their best selves.
https://linktr.ee/boydsmills
Eric Bell @ericbellwriter.bsky.social Middle grade writer of ALAN COLE IS NOT A COWARD and ALAN COLE DOESN'T DANCE. Kidlit teacher, workshop facilitator, freelance editor. Queer, neurodivergent. He/him. Rep: Christa Heschke, Daniele Hunter. https://iamericbell.com/
Katie Mazeika @kdmaz.bsky.social author/illustrator of
MAYBE JUST ASK ME! (Beach Lane 2025)
BEULAH HAS A HUNCH! (Beach Lane 2023)
ANNETTE FEELS FREE (Beach Lane 2022)
#ND #Disabled |
https://linktr.ee/KatieMazeika
www.katiemazeika.com
Lyn Miller-Lachmann @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social Author, translator & Lego builder. Winner 2023 LA Times Book Prize for YA Literature for TORCH. Author of MOONWALKING (co-authored with Zetta Elliott) & EYES OPEN, both historical novels in verse. 
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
Harlan DeChamps @harlandechamps.bsky.social Stay-at-home Time Traveler ⏳, Writes YA Sci-fi Fantasy 📚, artist 🎨, aspiring game-maker 👾, Boyd’s Mills Porcupine 🦔, Neurodiverse Kidlit Collective Founder 🧠, Disabled ♿️, AuDHD ♾️, Queer 🏳️🌈, She/Her/They/Them, safe space 🔒
Molli Jackson Ehlert @mollimakes.bsky.social Mom • Author • ADHD • EVERYBODY HAS A BODY out now • 🌈 • PPCM Survivor