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Fi Colón @tiffanyjadeco.bsky.social Editor @ Scholastic. I read books by day and panic by night. Opinions are my own.
Camryn Garrett @dancingofpens.bsky.social Writer and filmmaker. Author of five books, most recently IN BETWEEN DAYS. She/her.
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Skyler Swisher @skylerswisher.bsky.social Covering all things Florida Man for the Orlando Sentinel / “A free press, like a free life, is always in danger” / Story tips: sswisher@orlandosentinel.com 
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kate clayborn @kateclayborn.bsky.social romance author & reader
Jennifer Prokop @jenreadsromance.bsky.social Romance critic & freelance editor. Half of Fated Mates. Chicagoan. She/her.
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Lis @thewritegame.bsky.social Creative Lead: Disney, 20th Century Games.
Working on cool stuff like Alien, Predator, Simpsons, etc. Fmr Senior Game Writer, Narrative Designer
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Trick Weekes @trickweekes.bsky.social Narrative Designer by day (Mass Effect, Dragon Age), Novelist by night (The Palace Job, Feeder). (they/them, views strictly mine, OC do not steal)
David Gaider @davidgaider.bsky.social Co-founder and Creative Director at summerfallstudios.com. Canadian game dev who escaped the winter and is now living in Melbourne, Australia! He/Him
Christian Vega @christianvega.bsky.social mobile suit gundam pilot / books, video games, writing, etc. 🇵🇷 • opinions are my own
Samantha Markum @sammarkum.bsky.social USA Today bestselling author of LOVE, OFF THE RECORD📰 + THIS MAY END BADLY💥 + YOU WOULDN’T DARE 🌊
Ashley Jean @missashleyjean.bsky.social 🇲🇽 🇺🇸 | Storyteller | Pura Belpré Honoree | CRUZITA AND THE MARIACHEROS (2024) & CHOIR GRRRL (2026) | Music by Miss Ashley Jean streaming now!
Diana Rodriguez Wallach, YA Horror Author @dianawallachauthor.bsky.social YA Horror Author of SMALL TOWN MONSTERS & HATCHET GIRLS (out now!), and THE SILENCED (Delacorte Sept. ‘25)
R.M. Romero @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social 🌊 THE TEAR COLLECTOR (LYBR)
🧜🏻♀️ THE MERMAID OF WARSAW (Summer 2027, Peachtree Teen)
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Crystal Maldonado @crystalwrote.bsky.social author + stray piece of glitter writing YA romcoms for fat Latinas 🇵🇷
💚 FAT CHANCE, CHARLIE VEGA
📸 NO FILTER AND OTHER LIES
🍁 THE FALL OF WHIT RIVERA
🌙 CAMP SYLVANIA: MOON MADNESS
🗺️ GET REAL, CHLOE TORRES (spring 2025)
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Laekan Zea Kemp @laekanzeakemp.bsky.social Author of AN APPETITE FOR MIRACLES & OMEGA MORALES AND THE CURSE OF EL CUCUY. Pura Belpré Honoree. Chicana. Rep: Andrea Morrison at Writers House
Mirelle Ortega @msmirelle.bsky.social 🇲🇽 award-winning artist and writer for kidlit and animation. Author/illustrator of MAGIC and RIVER OF MARIPOSAS.
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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social Award-winning author. Bronx born, L.A. living. Latest: TINY THREADS (Del Rey Books), available where books are sold.
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David Bowles @davidbowles.us Writer. Translator. Nahuatlahtoh. Chicano. He/él/yehhua. Pan [💖💛💙]. Representation: Full Circle Literary. Associate Professor at UTRGV. Ca notoca Tlahzotic Mazacnihuitl.
Angel Luis Colón @angelluiscolon.com he/him | Award Winning 🇵🇷 Writer of🪳INFESTED🪳, MINECRAFT: HOUSE OF HORRORS, and the upcoming POP! | Rep'd by JM Darga at Aevitas Creative | https://angelluiscolon.com/
Anna Meriano @annameriano.bsky.social She/her. Author of LOVE SUGAR MAGIC series, THIS IS HOW WE FLY, and IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS 
Aiden Thomas 🇵🇸 @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social author of NYT bestsellers “Cemetery Boys”, “Lost in the Never Woods”, “The Sunbearer Trials” and “Celestial Monsters”.
currently writing: “Cemetery Boys 2: Espíritu”
just Some Guy.
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wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social Author of bestselling memoir,
SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER.
I deserve it all.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social co-founder of various organizations: Interrupting Criminalization; Survived & Punished; Sojourners for Justice Press; For the People Leftist Library Project, NYC PLAN, etc...
JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social Writer. Illustrator. Joto.
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
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Dhonielle Clayton @dhonielle.bsky.social NY Times bestselling author and cookie enthusiast. Coach at The Novelry.
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Rep. Anna V. Eskamani, PhD @annaforflorida.bsky.social Orlandoan, daughter of working class immigrants and UCF grad elected to serve in the FL House & running for Orlando Mayor in 2027. Working for you, fighting for us. she/her #OnwardWithAnna
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social Writer, poet (8-time Rhysling nominee), editor, coffee vampire. Supergirl+Buffy+Gilmore Girls.
Offerings for Ordinary Gods, @CLASHBooks out NOW
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Rep: @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social
header @lizlee.bsky.social
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Alia Maria @aliamaria9.bsky.social I sell books to bookstores. Bit of a twerp, certainly a bruja. Cuban Miamian living in NYC. Her/ella
Sandra Proudman @sandraproudman.bsky.social YA Author
www.writesandrawrite.com
Salvación (Out 5/20/25)
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Relit (Out Now!)
The House Where Death Lives (Out Now!)
Literary Associate at Gallt & Zacker
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Jackie Morera (she/her) @jmorerabooks.bsky.social Latina author of IN CASE OF LAS MOSCAS (9/8/26), TOGETHER WE REMEMBER, ABUELO’S FLOWER SHOP, and more!
Gabi 📚 @gabibookworm.bsky.social Queer and BIPOC books. She/her. gabibookworm.wordpress.com
Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social She/Her
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Nivia Evans (Hozier's Version) @niviaevans.bsky.social Senior Editor at Saga Press. PW Star Watch Superstar 2020. Openly Black. I read things...all the time.
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NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social 🏠 Founder & Agent at Neighborhood Literary.
📚 Award-winning Author.
👴🏽 Perpetually Tired Dad.
Latest book: With or Without You.
Next: The Adopted Kids’ Guide to Surviving Seventh Grade (Crown, Spring 2027)
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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
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Rebekah Weatherspoon @rdotspoon.bsky.social Bestselling Award-Winning Adult and YA Romance Author.
YA: SUMMER OFFICIAL now! 🛹🩵🍦| Adult: THE TWELVE LOVES OF CHRISTMAS 9.29.26 ♥️🎅🏾
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Yeny @yenywrites.bsky.social agented writer. reader. educator. mother.
slayerette. 🇨🇺🇺🇸 Las Musas Hermana
LeVar Burton @levarburton.bsky.social Kunta, Geordi, Reading Rainbow guy. Flies twice as high… #bydhttmwfi
jonny garza villa @jgv.bsky.social they/them sagittarius sun and award winning writer
Karen Strong @karenmusings.bsky.social Speculative fiction author. Avid reader. Public library aficionado. Southern Book Prize and Ignyte award finalist. She/Her.
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Vanessa Montalban @vvmontalban.bsky.social Award-winning author of A TALL DARK TROUBLE, THESE VENGEFUL WISHES, MIDNIGHT'S VICIOUS TOLL (PRH 2027) Contributor in NIGHT OF THE LIVING QUEERS (Wednesday Books) Rep: Madwoman Literary
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social I co-host #VibeCheckPod. Also, I teach creative writing at Harvard Medical School.
BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World.
My next book HOME OUT THERE comes out in May.
I live in Cambridge, MA. 🦃
Smart Bitches @smartbitches.bsky.social I'm Sarah from Smart Bitches, and I like Trashy Books | Daily SBTB email: http://bit.ly/SBTB-feed | Reviews, Cover Snark, & Recs: http://sb-tb.com |
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
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Kristen Arnett @kristenarnett.bsky.social “Orlando's Reigning Big Time Celebrity Author” - The Orlando Weekly
huuuuge lesbian. librarian. dad. floridian. beer drinker. NYT Bestselling author.
Mostly Dead Things & WITH TEETH & STOP ME IF YOU’VE HEARD THIS ONE
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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com Author of bestselling sexy book as Kit Rocha. Rep'd by Sarah Younger at NYLA. Hiding in the Alabama woods. #TeamADHD Book Stuff: https://linktr.ee/kitrocha Enable Chaos: https://amzn.to/4gCqcOD
Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social Award-winning middle grade author. What Fell From the Sky and Rancho Espanto paperback out now! she/her 🇨🇺 Runs on pastelitos and BTS.
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Rachel @recitrachel.bsky.social yallwest | yallfest (book festival producer)
reader's digest | paste | teen librarian toolbox/slj (freelance book media coverage)
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Alex Borbolla @alexborbolla.bsky.social Senior Editor at Bloomsbury | My dog’s biggest fan | 🇨🇺🇺🇸 | she/her
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Mara isn’t here but somewhere with the chupacabras @littlemswriter.bsky.social 🇵🇷 That witch from the Caribbean. Writer and word wrangler. Somewhere with the chupacabras. Opinions mine. (she/her)
Karuna Riazi @karunariazi.bsky.social Kidlit author. Blasian Muslim magical girl. Always dreaming.
Latest: A BIT OF EARTH (Greenwillow 2023). Next: SABRENA SWEPT AWAY (Greenwillow 2025).
Hamline MFAC July '21 | Rep: Thao Le
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Uwe Stender @uwestenderphd.bsky.social Herthaner. Berliner Schnauze. Westend. Qualität kommt von Qual. 1982, 1991, 2013, 2017. Books, Films, Music. 💙 Berlin 🤍
Kayla Whaley @punkinonwheels.bsky.social She/her. Essayist, short story writer, and author of the A to Z Animal Mysteries series. BATS IN THE CASTLE out now! Disabled, queer, multistan. www.kaylawhaley.com 
a.a. de levine @aadelevine.bsky.social ♦️ work in taco bell quarterly, new gothic review, psycho holosuite, elsewhere
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Tehlor Mejia @tehlormejia.bsky.social mostly I write books and look at the stars
(he/they)
Mad Auntie Kristy @auntiekristy.bsky.social wistful writer. reluctant poet. tired native. angry advocate. full of fire and bad metaphors. published under Kristine Wyllys.
“the banshee of affirmations” -@morriswayts
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she/her/eldritch abomination.
Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com She/her. I write books about carriages, corsets, and smartwatches. Mother of (emoji) dinosaurs 🦖🦕. 羽生結弦 fan. Fan of tea. Born at 332 ppm.
This biography should not be taken as a complete description.
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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social Former Dem staffer. UCI, King's College London, Johns Hopkins. | INFINITE SKY (Bloomsbury 2026) + more | Many bylines. | AAJA/SCBWI | Rep: Eric Smith/Becca Podos, Neighborhood Literary
Zoraida Córdova @zlikeinzorro.bsky.social Writer. Cryptid. 
Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social Writer of books and comics. Story architect for STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC ✨ he/him patreon.com/djolder
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social A LIVING REMEDY, a New York Times Notable Book • ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW, National Book Critics Circle finalist • words in NYT Mag, Time, Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar, The Washington Post, Condé Nast Traveler &c. • linktr.ee/nicolesjchung
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app I wrote #TheDarkFantastic. Aspiring YA fantasy author; newbie YouTuber. Professor and grad program chair; Auntie PhD. 🔺1913, OES⭐️, Rattler🧡🐍, Wolverine💛💙. Detroit vs Everybody. Linktree: Ebonyteach.
Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social linktr.ee/heywhitney
✨Graphic Novels: FREE PIANO (NOT HAUNTED), THE RACC PACK, LONG DISTANCE & FAKE BLOOD✨YA Novels: YOU'RE WELCOME, UNIVERSE & CHAOTIC GOOD✨
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Mike Lasagna @thelasagna.bsky.social Excitable bookseller. YA/ Romance writer. Milo’s dad. tastemaker. family air hockey champion. noodles never die. all opinions are my own.
Natasha Díaz @tashidiaz.bsky.social Author, screenwriter, born and raised Aries from New York.
Books: Forthcoming: What Lies Beneath the Flowers and many more!
Rep: 3Arts entertainment
L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🧜🏾♀️ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app SFF writer/editor/publisher. ATL/SEA.
Literary nonprofit person. Ignytes mother. Awards doer. Hugo/Locus Winner. Conrunner. LEGO builder. Joy enthusiast. 77% Cake. Bi. Grumpy. She/her/chef. 🏳️🌈 YEAR OF THE MER (Saga/Titan, OUT NOW). Ldlewiswrites.com
Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social I make movies. I watch movies. I love movies.
Shelly Romero @shellyromero.bsky.social Associate Agent | Azantian Literary Agency • PW Star Watch Honoree• Bi Final Girl • she/her 🇭🇳
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