AmaraJLynn 🦹 drafting Fire & Feathers @amaralynn.bsky.social Weird, whimsical enby POTSie. Indie author. Freelance artist/designer. Michigan cover specialist. Loves moths/mothman. AI = crap.
www.amarajlynn.com
Host:
@queerwriters.bsky.social #QueerWriters #QueerWritersChat #LGBTQWriteAThon
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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com Knitter, writer, teacher, PhD. Ask me about serial killers, true crime, and Stephen King. https://rebeccafrostwrites.com/links/
Sandra, present perfect @sgwong.com multi genre author weirdo • nerd of many things • disabled • demi • proud mum of 🏳️⚧️ darlings • space dust coalesced into dreams • cis she/her • BigVirgoEnergy™️ • Treaty 6
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rep: Lauren Abramo
Lisa DuBois-Thompson @joaniejabronie.bsky.social Cartoonist, Writer
Rugrats (Boom!), Aggretsuko: Meet Her Friends (Oni Press), Indoor Kid (Oni Press), Journey to the Dragon’s Den (Me!)
Molly Ringle @writermollyringle.bsky.social She/her. Editor of lots of things; writer of often-queer stories about fae, witches, and love, such as Lava Red Feather Blue and the other Eidolonia books.
Martha Wells @marthawells.com SF/F Writer - The Books of the Raksura, The Murderbot Diaries, Witch King, Queen Demon, and more. Nebula and Hugo Award winner. NYT and Sunday Times Bestseller. (She/her) Agent: Jennifer Jackson
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
Taiko Endo @taikoendo.bsky.social • author of character-driven love stories
• literary agent assistant @andreabrownlit
• fangirl. friend.📍california
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Massachusetts Authors Against Book Bans @massaabb.bsky.social Massachusetts Authors Against Book Bans is a state affiliate of Authors Against Book Bans, book creators fighting for our freedom to read. #MassFreedomToRead https://www.massfreedomtoread.org/ www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
Jessica Ralli @jessicaralli.bsky.social Manager of #EarlyLiteracy Programs & Special Initiatives @ Brooklyn Public Library | #KidLit Writer @ RISE X Penguin Workshop | LJ Mover and Shaker 2020 |
Oliver Darkshire @deathbybadger.bsky.social dire homosexual 🏳️🌈 - ONCE UPON A TOME [2022] 📚 - ISABELLA NAGG AND THE POT OF BASIL [2025] 🪴- THE DEVIL AND MRS GOOCH [2026] 😈 - One Page RPGS 🎲 - 🏠 Manchester, UK
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Senator Jamie Eldridge @jamieeldridgema.bsky.social State Senator (D- Marlborough) representing the Middlesex & Worcester District.
Nina R @ninarossing.bsky.social Lektor (eng/no/hist) og forfatter (ungdomsbøker på Vigmostad & Bjørke: #Kampklar, #Naken og #Skyldig). Strikker, syr og sykler også. Leser det meste.
Teacher and author of YA. Cyclist, knitter, and can sew too!
Reader of most genres.
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Rowan Brighton Brown @rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social ⋆Queer Southern Novelist 🌿
⋆WHITE TRASH WITCHCRAFT (HH Fall, 2027)
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⋆✒️WTMP & 🩵 SmoochPit Mentor
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Cassidy M. Graham @cassidygraham.bsky.social Books stan account 💜
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
Amitha Jagannath Knight @amitha.bsky.social Award-winning author and poet, identical twin, parent, MD (not practicing). Also: guitar, piano, bharatanatyam student. Boston area, MA, USA.
Rep: @karisutherland.bsky.social
www.amithaknight.com
She/her
alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social NYT-bestselling fantasy author in charlottesville va
A.D. Glasswell @adglasswell.bsky.social Amanda
Writer of YA and MG Horror.
Lover of stories in the spirit of The Goonies, The Lost Boys, and Goosebumps.
She/Her. No AI.
Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
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www.heatherpaterson.co.uk
Jacqueline West @jacquelinewest.bsky.social Author (MG/YA: THE BOOKS OF ELSEWHERE, LAST THINGS, LONG LOST, etc.). Poet. Parent. Cemetery wanderer. Usually covered with ink and dog hair. HWA, SFPA. www.jacquelinewest.com
Diane McCarthy Lynch @dml05.bsky.social Cook, gardener, retired editor, Nonna
Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️⚧️ @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social #1 bestselling author, trans autistic monster boy • out now: YOU WEREN'T MEANT TO BE HUMAN • up next: YOU’RE NO BETTER • he/him • andrewjosephwhite.com • mostly crossposting
Books of Wonder @booksofwonder.bsky.social Open 11am-7pm, 7 days a week📚
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The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social King, Lovecraft, Koontz, Poe, Barker & others telling stories round the campfire. Header by David Mumford. Three (3) x Hugo Nominee. Posts by Bitter Karella. www.midnightpals.com
Caroline Kusin Pritchard @carolinekpritchard.bsky.social Reader, writer and kveller of books
Author of Gitty and Kvetch, Where is Poppy?, What Jewish Looks Like and more
Latest: The Keeper of Stories, out on 2/4/25!
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
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
Boni Ashburn @boniashburn.bsky.social Children’s Book Author.
Librarian (Middle/High School & Public).
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The U.P. of Michigan. boniashburn.com
Beyond Resistance Pod @beyondresistance.bsky.social Just 2 local organizers (Sarah Schulz & Jennifer Austin - Midland, MI) trying to stay sane through 4 more years of chaos and helping progressive groups in Red counties turn their voters Blue!
Belmont Books @belmontbooks.bsky.social The biggest independent bookstore in Belmont, MA! (Also, the only one.) Loves: Books, readers, teachers, schools, kids, parents, dogs, cats, mythical creatures and desserts of all kinds! Visit us at https://belmontbooks.com or on Instagram!
Tammi Sauer @tammisauer.bsky.social Children’s picture book author repped by Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown Literary Agency
tammisauer.com
Rebecca Schankula @rlschankula.bsky.social A lot.
Anna Terreros-Martin @annaterreros.bsky.social Author-Illustrator of #TheFriendlyMammoth & #CanYouSeeTheStarsTonight? OUT NOW 💫 ✏️Rep’d by @BathLitAgency 🏳️🌈 She/her
Website: https://annaterrerosmartin.co.uk
Shop: https://annaterrerosmartin.co.uk/shop
I. M. Eerie @imeerie.bsky.social 💀 Middle grade horror author 🦷 OPEN WIDE (SimonKids, Aug ‘25)🍦I SCREAM TRUCK (SimonKids, Aug ‘26) ✍🏻 Repped by Lynnette Novak
https://www.imeerie.com
https://www.simonandschuster.com/series/An-Eerie-Tale
Kidlit For Los Angeles @kidlitforla.bsky.social Auction by the #kidlit community to raise funds for Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts. Bidding: Jan 20th (9am PST) - Jan 28th (8pm PST).
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Cynthia Cliff @cynthiacliff.bsky.social Published Kid-Lit Author & Illustrator
Self taught artist * Silly heart * Tree hugger
www.CynthiaCliff.com
Represented by Andrea Brown Literary Agency
Author/Illustrator Books: Pie for Breakfast * The Wild Garden * A Weekend Trip * A Day at the Museum
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
Kim Savage @kimsavagelit.bsky.social After the Woods, Beautiful Broken Girls, In Her Skin | FSG/Macmillan | repped by @saracrowelit | hell is empty and all the devils aren’t here—yet
Lizzzibeth @lizzzibeth.bsky.social Semi-anonymous Psych Prof 🇺🇸🇨🇦📊👩🏻💻🎓🤍🤎🖤☮️🗽⚖️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌊🌻
#leguminati 🫘
Andrew Durkin @andrewdurkin.bsky.social He/him.
Composer. Author. Editor. Publisher. Illustrator. Progressive. Lapsed academic. Runner. Dad. Husband. NJ-born, LA-formed, PNW-based.
pjce.bandcamp.com/album/breath-of-fire / yellowbikepress.com / andrewdurkinauthor.com
Margot Radcliffe @margotradcliffe.bsky.social Romance author, Harlequin Books, repped by Rebecca Strauss. Not an asshole. Loves dogs.
Tracy Banghart @tracythewriter.bsky.social Author of feminist YA and sweet PB. Up next: PERFECT GIRL (Feiwel & Friends). She/her. Runs on rage and peppermint tea.
www.tracybanghart.com
Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social 🌈 Creative Development Director at Barefoot Books 👣
📍Arby's on McKnight Road
Paige Terlip @pterlip.bsky.social Dog lover, book hoarder, outdoor enthusiast 🌈 Founder + Lit Agent @ Starling Literary + Media
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www.starlingliterary.com
www.cowritecollective.com
A.S. King @as-king.bsky.social Author of books. Maker of art. Speaker of speeches. Part squid/part earthquake. Literacy fanatic. Lover of corn. Ardent supporter of teenagers. Founder of 🏳️🌈 Gracie's House: www.gracieshouse.com.
She/her https://linktr.ee/AS_King
Rebecca Caprara @rebeccacaprara.bsky.social Writer & Designer. Author of SPIN, THE RIPPLE EFFECT, WORST-CASE COLLIN, & more. www.rebeccacaprara.com
Tanvi Berwah @tanviberwah.bsky.social author of speculative fiction exploring power, identity, and moral cost of survival.
MONSTERS BORN AND MADE and SOMEWHERE IN THE DEEP out now.
Michael McGovern @mcgogo56.bsky.social Sports, betting, fantasy sports, gaming, travel. Views are my own
Merlina McGovern @lacalaveracat.bsky.social Copyeditor by day, hobbyist artist by night. Open to freelance editing and writing gigs.
lacalaveracat.wixsite.com/website
Jenny Bradshaw @jennywren129.bsky.social Librarian in love with language. Reader.
(she/her) 🌈📚🐈⬛🌲 queer, neurospicy, synesthesia
Cataloging/Metadata, critlib, controlled vocabs
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Pascale Lacelle @pascalelacelle.bsky.social NYT & Indie bestselling author of CURIOUS TIDES & STRANGER SKIES. she/her. rep: Victoria Marini at High Line Literary
www.pascalelacelle.com
Lola Sharp @lolasharp.bsky.social Writer/author. Art maker. Avid gardener. Music lover. Servant to furry overlords. Nachos connoisseur. Midnight margarita partaker. Masshole. She/her
Website: LolaSharp.com
Marci Lyn Curtis @marcilyncurtis.bsky.social YA author 📚 Clumsy bicyclist 🚴♂️ Football fangirl 🏈 50% sunshine, 50% hurricane ☀️
Books: THE ONE THING +
THE LEADING EDGE OF NOW
Marcilyncurtis.com
Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social Fiercely independent bookstore in Cambridge and Boston, MA
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social librarian, archivist, author, Ignyte award-winning & Hugo-nominated writer and critic, rat obsessive, hella queer, fuck genAI
words in reactormag.com, locusmag.com, npr, reader's digest, and elsewhere
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Rachel Nix @rachelnix.bsky.social Aunt. Alabamian. Queer. Poet. Dog person.
Author of I Don't Go Down That Road Anymore
Editor @screendoorreview.bsky.social
screendoorreview.com 🏳️🌈
Associate Editor @hobocampreview.bsky.social
https://hobocampreview.blogspot.com/
Jenknitstoomuch @jenknitstoomuch.bsky.social A knitter, among other things, who needs to put the damn phone down. Sports, music, knitting, OT7
Erin Siska @erinsiska.bsky.social Reader, picture book author/illustrator, graphic novelist, lawyer, mama, dog person, mental health advocate, good listener. #kidlit #kidlitart
(she/her) Portfolio at www.erinsiska.com.
Gabi Snyder @gabisnyder.bsky.social Author of TWO DOGS ON A TRIKE, LISTEN, COUNT ON US, TODAY, and LOOK | Rep: Natalie Lakosil, @lookingglasslit.bsky.social | she/her 
Sarah Van Goethem @sairdysue.bsky.social Author
THE WITCH OF THE DARK, 2026
THE GHOST OF FAIRBELL BAY, 2028
Forest Fairy. Library Lady. Probably trespassing somewhere abandoned.
Rep: Emelie Burl
Marisa Urgo @marisaurgo.bsky.social Author, writer, book nerd ✨ debut: The Gravity of Missing Things (Entangled Teen) 💜💙💖 rep: Moe Ferrara
L. Evans @runawaytale.bsky.social Reader. Writer. Recovering middle child. Learning to fly.
manwhohasitall @manwhohasitall.bsky.social Satirizing the patriarchy since 2015.
New book Flipping Patriarchy out now!
https://linktr.ee/manwhohasitall
Alison Goldberg @alisongoldberg.bsky.social Author of children's books: The Remembering Candle, Eighteen Flowers for Grandma, Bottle Tops, I Love You for Miles and Miles. Forthcoming novel: The Lost Sea Garden. Picture book critique services.
www.alisongoldberg.com
Diana Renn @dianarenn.bsky.social Author of six mysteries for kids, teens, and adults, including TOKYO HEIST and middle grade eco-mysteries THE OWL PROWL MYSTERY and TROUBLE AT TURTLE POND. Book coach, editor, creative conservationist, backyard detective. 
Cindy Schwind @cindyschwind1.bsky.social Reader! BookPosse Member! Indie Book Crawl! Friday Night Raffle! Retired Reading Specialist!
Erica Waters @ericawatersbooks.bsky.social Author of queer Southern horror, Bram Stoker winner, New England transplant. Latest: ALL THAT CONSUMES US. Rep: Lauren Spieller/Folio
ericawaters.com
Hesse Phillips @hessephillips.com 🏳️🌈 Historical fiction | Queer history | Theatre history | Early modernist | USian in Spain. 💯 Human-made art or it isn't art.
Debut novel LIGHTBORNE
(LA TRAICIÓN DE CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE)
Rep: Brianlangan.bsky.social.
More at hessephillips.com
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
Melissa Wiley @melissawiley.bsky.social Author of THE NERVIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD & other books for kids. Cohost of the Brave Writer Podcast with Julie Bogart. Obsessive handstitcher. She/her. PDX. melissawiley.com/blog
❌👑 Suz Brockmann @suzbrockmann.bsky.social romance writer, indie film & tv writer & producer, mother of a SAG strike captain & a nurse, liberal Dem, activist, she/her. Still masks.
Jenny Lane @authorjennylane.bsky.social Rep: @kissedbyink.bsky.social with @belcastroagency.bsky.social
My books are queer and full of heart 🌈 bi+genderfluid (she/they)
Check out my titles from Harlequin Romance!
https://authorjennylane.com/links
Skitterabout @skitterabout.bsky.social Just an outpost for now.
The Crocheting Witch @rjmontgomery.bsky.social Published author, writer, editor, artist, crafter, astrologer, tarot reader, gardener, cactus aficionado, hiker, home cook, and mother of cats
Astronym @astronym.bsky.social ⭐️||Cosmic Horror Piloting A Meat Gundam
✍🏾||Coco’s Journal . Monster Girl Corps
#Art 🌟 #Comics
And in my free time, I like to twirl 💃🏾✨
astronymical@gmail.com || https://astronym.art
NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social I have never felt more politically homeless. Parody. Merch: https://tinyurl.com/msjjmwpt
Jen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social Young adult and middle grade book blogger at Pop! Goes The Reader (popgoesthereader.com) since 2013. Get access to exclusive posts and rewards on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/c/popgoesthereader). She/Her. 🇨🇦
Penguin Teen @penguinteen.bsky.social 
Cathy Pegau 📚🌈🥊 - I should be writing! @cathypegau.bsky.social Author. Spouse. Parent. Critter wrangler. Coffee lover.
Not always in that order.
https://CathyPegau.com
100% Human Made
I do not use and never will use genAI.
Rep: Natalie Lakosil LookingGlassLit.com
She/her
Bi/Pan/Queer
Kathie MacIsaac @kathiemacisaac.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Co-author of SEE IT, DREAM IT, DO IT & IF YOU CAN DREAM IT, YOU CAN DO IT • passionate reader • #MGLit lover
Cillian @paracosim.bsky.social Sweet transvestite from invert Ohio. Gay man and modern-day Yentl. Writer. 30 • he/him
Fin Leary @finleary.bsky.social Trans + autistic author | Writer-in-Residence at Porter Square Books | Editor FUTURE STATES OF STARS (OwlCrate Press) | Program Manager at We Need Diverse Books | Writing Instructor at Emerson College + GrubStreet https://linktr.ee/finleary
Mindie Erb @one-der-lass.bsky.social Writer. Scottish Fairytale Retellings.
Pagan- turning of the wheel. Cats.
Jasmine Smith @jasminesmithwrites.bsky.social Author of DEATH CARD (Putnam/PRH Summer 2026) • Daydreamer • she/her
https://linktr.ee/jasminesmithwrites
clare edge ✨ @clarewonders.bsky.social cozy, jewel-toned corgi witch ✨
buy ACCIDENTAL DEMONS now 😈 👇🏻
MIXING MAGICS (11.11.2025) 💫
NATURAL SELECTION (2026) 🐻
lit rep: Jennifer Azantian 🐉
#t1d 🩸
https://linktr.ee/clarewonders
Saundra Mitchell @saundramitchell.com Author and Editor. Repped by Jim McCarthy @Dystel, Goderich & Bourret. Queer AF🌈 she/they. www.saundramitchell.com 
Amber Bennett @amber-bennett.bsky.social Copy editor/proofreader | ISU grad | wife | mother of 2 | avid reader | Oxford comma fan | mediocre gardener | decent sourdough baker | cat person | central Iowan
Anna 📚 @literaryanna.bsky.social 📚 Former bookseller & book blogger / current bookworm
2 cats 🐈⬛ 🐈⬛
🧚♀️ smut
The Office on repeat
Whovian 🛸
🌹 Deadhead
She/Her
📖: TBD
🎧: Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
📱: His Face is the Sun by Michelle Jabès Corpora
Heather Frances @heatherfrances.bsky.social Romance author | occasional storm chaser | cat servant | ADHD goblin | #RevPit First Reader '22/'23/'24/‘25 | she/her
CHASE ME IF YOU CAN - Berkley 2026
Rep: Christina Miller (NYLA)
📍new england
https://heatherfrances.com/links
Heather Caspi @heathercaspi.bsky.social Fiction writer, freelance writer, kid/cat/dog mom. SCBWI, MG Hub. https://heathercaspi.com
Hilary Elizabeth Margitich @hilarymargitich.bsky.social Author of books that inspire and empower today’s kids ✍🏻 📚 💭 🩷
Rep'd by Marisa Cleveland & Gaby Cabezut at The Seymour Agency
2 Charlesbridge picture books forthcoming in 2029!!
Emily Cadwalader @emilycadwalader.bsky.social MG & YA Fantasy Writer . she/her . same handle in various places
Hodder Fiction 📚 @hodderfiction.bsky.social All the best book news and general chit chat from the Hodder Fiction Editorial Team 🖍️
Kate Norman @katenorman17.bsky.social Assistant Editor at @hodderfiction 📚 Horror lover and a fan of anything dark and creepy crawly… 🐜
Casey W. Robinson @cwrobinson.bsky.social Kidlit Writer. Mom. Events Mgr at The Silver Unicorn Bookstore. Author of IVER & ELLSWORTH, SMALL THINGS MENDED (3/19/24). Repped by Rick Margolis at Rising Bear Literary 
Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs @puddlereader.bsky.social Children’s author | editor Islandport Press | former librarian | enthusiastic tea-drinker | probably baking or lost in the Maine woods
Jessica Walsh @jessicawalshedu.bsky.social Middle School ELA + World Geography Teacher 📖🌏 Formerly @storiestoldinsf