Anne Thompson @librarylady.bsky.social UK based. Retired school librarian, children’s book lover, reviewer for Just Imagine. Regular sharer of children’s book news: Reading Matters
https://alibrarylady.blog/
Find me here: https://linktr.ee/Anne_Thompson?utm_source=li
School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #1 UK children's booklisting website according to Ubersuggest. We recommend children’s and YA books to teachers, parents, librarians and schools. Free resources, free reviews and no paywall. #GoAllIn
https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk
Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social A podcast about children’s and YA books for teachers and librarians. Interviews with authors and also anyone doing interesting reading for pleasure activities, plus lots of book talk. #kidlitUK
www.mostlybooktalk.com
Simon James Green @simonjamesgreen.bsky.social Author & screenwriter. Boy Like Me, Finn Jones Was Here, Gay Club!, Heartbreak Boys, and more!
www.simonjamesgreen.com
Elle McNicoll 🏴♾️ @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social Autistic. Bestselling author and award winning screenwriter. Agent: Lauren Gardner.
Winner of Blue Peter Award & Overall Waterstones Children's Book Prize, 21. Emmy nominated #AKindOfSpark streaming on BBC iPlayer!
Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social *THE* Naijamerican PhD-holding, World Fantasy, multi-Hugo, Nebula, Eisner Award-winning, New York Times bestselling rudimentary cyborg writer, nnedi.com
Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Paul Chambers. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social Writer/illustrator of the LOKI: A Bad God's Guide books, Writer of Otherland & The Dragon in the Library. https://louiestowell.com. No terfs. Many fluctuating fandoms incluing BtVS + Doctor Who. This feed isn't for kids.
Dapo Adeola @dapsdraws.bsky.social Illustrator/Author/ Vis Dev artist
Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social I make comics. Bunny Vs Monkey, Looshkin, Megalomaniacs, Flember, Fish Head Steve, Max And Chaffy, and Super Duper Bunny League coming to Nickleodeon in 2024!
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
Sarah McIntyre @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social Artist, illustrator and writer of children's books, based in Devon.
I’ve made lots of books with pictures, including the Adventuremice series with my co-author Philip Reeve: jabberworks.co.uk/books / Adventuremice.com / youtube.com/@jabberworks
Ian Eagleton @ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social He/him
Children’s author, dad, former teacher of 13 years 🏳️🌈
Contact: ian@thereadingrealm.co.uk
Agent: Neil Dunnicliffe at Spring Literary
Nadia Shireen @nadiashireen.bsky.social Writer and illustrator of silly things.
Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social 🏆 Winner of the @JHALAKPRIZE & @BRADFORDBOASE for Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths
🐯 Tiger Warrior author
🔎 Very Merry Murder Club author
Screenwriter @bbcwritersroom Scottish Voices.
Lit Rep: @chloeseager
https://linktr.ee/MaisieChanWrites
Brummie
Dara McAnulty @naturalistdara.bsky.social 20 ~ autistic ~ award winning author of ‘Diary of a Young Naturalist’ and the ‘Wild Child’ series ~ Nature Nerd and biology student ~ University of Cambridge. He/him
📍Co Down / Cambridge
https://daramcanulty.com/
SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social Author of the Varjak Paw books, Phoenix and TYGER! I also write about children's books & all things connected - libraries, literacy & reading for pleasure.
http://www.sfsaid.com/
Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social Author of crime for kids.
#KidnapatMidnight a Malory Towers Mystery out in September with Hachette
West Country UK
Expert Children's Bookseller - she/her.
#kidlituk
@AgentKateShaw.bsky.social
Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com Athos in the streets. Aramis in the sheets. Porthos in the skeets
Author. she/her https://linktr.ee/melsalisbury
Swapna Haddow @swapnahaddow.bsky.social Children’s author working with Scholastic, Farshore, Magic Cat, Faber&Faber, Macmillan. Writes for Oxford University Press as Swapna Reddy. Represented by Millie van Grutten at RCW Literary Agency. She/her. Ōtepoti, Aotearoa.
swapnahaddow.com
Gabrielle Kent @gabriellekent.bsky.social Writer - Knights and Bikes, Alfie Bloom. Co-creator of Rani Reports (as Gabrielle Shewhorak) and Tiffany Aching’s Guide to Being a Witch with @rhi.bsky.social. Former game developer/lecturer.
Agent- @Hannahlitagent.bsky.social
Jacob Sager Weinstein @jacobsw.bsky.social I write books, mostly #kidlit. My next picture book is I'M SORRY FOR THE BAGEL BURPS: A YOM KIPPUR APOLOGY. He/him.
https://www.jacobsagerweinstein.com
Tia Fisher @tiafisher.bsky.social Writer for children, eater of chocolate, library worker. CROSSING THE LINE (Hot Key Books, 2023) Shadower's Choice Carnegie Medal 2024. Upcoming NOT GOING TO PLAN (2025) and OPERATION DOODLEBUG (2026) #MAWFYP She/her tiafisher.com, repped by Eve White.
H S Norup @hsnorup.bsky.social Children’s author of
💚🧚 THE CHANGELING CHILD
💙🧚 INTO THE FAERIE HILL
🥢👻 THE HUNGRY GHOST
❄️⛷️ THE MISSING BARBEGAZI
@PushkinPress | #SCBWI | Reader | She/Her | first name: Helle | 🇩🇰 in🇨🇭via 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇸🇬🇦🇹
www.hsnorup.com
Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social Childish writer. 🇬🇧 + 🇦🇺. Carnegie-nominated.
Rep: @agentalicewilliams.bsky.social
My type on paper
YA: Splinters 🪞 Electric Life ⚡
MG: Last Hope Highway, Day of the Whale, Mort the Meek, Animal Rescue
School talks / workshops KS1-KS3
www.racheldelahaye.com
Hannah Gold @hannahgold.bsky.social Multi-award winning children’s author of The Last Bear, The Lost Whale, Finding Bear, Turtle Moon & The Lone Husky. World Book Day Author 2026.
Steven Lenton @stevenlenton.bsky.social -Author/illustrator of fun, magical books!
-Wicked obsessive 💚
-Podcast host 'Studiomate Steve'
-Collaborating with geniuses Rachel Morrisroe, Andy Day, Tracey Corderoy, Helen Docherty and laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce!
Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social Dyspraxic writer with OCD & MS. Loves: dogs, books, tea, crafts, horror films, being cosy 🐾🍁
📚WHEN I SEE BLUE, WHEN I FEEL RED, Hachette Children’s
https://linktr.ee/lilybailey?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=24905c65-9be7-445a-9044-e0ad31548915
Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social Author of the Carnegie nominated THE SOUP MOVEMENT and the LENNY LEMMON series. And other stuff. Remember to breathe.
https://linktr.ee/bendavisauthor
Thomas Taylor @thomastaylor.bsky.social Author of Malamander, and the Eerie-on-Sea Mysteries. Secret new book on the way…
A. M. Dassu (Az) @amdassu.bsky.social Award-winning, former World Book Day author | Carnegie Nom x3 | Books: BOY,EVERYWHERE | FIGHT BACK |BOOT IT | KICKED OUT and 12 others from pb - teen | PublishersWkly⭐️, ALA Notable Book, a Guardian & Kirkus & Booklist BOOK OF THE YEAR
Instagram: @a.m.dassu
Christopher Edge @christopheredge.bsky.social Award-winning author. 0.4% potassium. Books include ESCAPE ROOM, BLACK HOLE CINEMA CLUB, ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO and FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK. “A writer of genuine originality.” The Guardian https://rb.gy/l2ynyx
Jenny Moore, Author @jennywritemoore.bsky.social A writer of two halves.
Children's/YA books published by Maverick, New Frontier and ZunTold.
Psychological thrillers published by HQ, Harper Collins, writing as Jennifer Moore.
https://jennifermoore.wordpress.com
Mel Taylor-Bessent @meltaylorbessent.bsky.social ✨ Children’s Author: The Christmas Carrolls, Race To Imagination Island, Riley Wright
🖥️ Authorfy Director / Host of ‘Write for Fun’ on YouTube
💌 info@meltaylorbessent.com
Hilary McKay @hilarymckay.bsky.social Children's author since before the internet was invented.
If I've blocked you it's because Can't Argue With Stupid is a fact.
A.F. Steadman @afsteadman.bsky.social Sunday Times & NY Times bestselling author of the SKANDAR series 🦄 published by Simon and Schuster (she/her) Type 1 diabetic. Rep: Sam Copeland, RCW
Piu DasGupta 🐒🐍💫 @piudg.bsky.social UPDATES ONLY (Find me on Instagram) Writing words | SECRETS OF THE SNAKESTONE & THE GOLDEN MONKEY MYSTERY 🐒🐍💫 l
https://linktr.ee/piudasgupta
Paris 16eme 🇫🇷🇮🇳🇬🇧
Sophie Cameron @sophiecameron.bsky.social Author. Next: A FLASH OF NEON (Little Tiger, May 25). Rep: ASH Literary
Gill Lewis @gill-lewis.bsky.social Children’s author - wild scribbler - trying to protect seals and seabirds in local bay from disturbance
Alastair Chisholm @alastairc.com Author: 🚀OrionLost ☁️REEK 🐲OneHungryDragon 🐉DragonStorm
🐺#IAMWOLF out now! 🤖 #BLITZERS out now!
Rep: https://www.rupertcrew.co.uk. He/him. Likes biscuits.
More: https://alastairc.com/links
#KidLitUK
M. G. Leonard @mglnrd.bsky.social 🖋️Author - Time Keys🎶 - Portly 🦦- The Ice Children ❄️- The Twitchers 🦅- Adventures on Trains 🚂- Beetle Boy🪲
She/Her
🪲Posting about author-y book-y nature-y stuff.
🐞Agent: Kirsty McLachlan
❓Use my website for ALL enquiries: www.mgleonard.com
Jonathan Emmett @jonathanemmett.com 📚 Children’s author and paper engineer.
🕸️ Website & Blog: jonathanemmett.com
🌱 Green. Humanist. Tabletop gamer.
🇬🇧 Living in Nottingham, UK.
🌍 Dismayed by our generation’s indifference to climate breakdown.
Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social Author of Chaos Walking, Monster Calls, More Than this, Burn, Different For Boys. Won a couple Carnegies and an Olivier. Four wins away from an EGOT.
Tom Nicoll @tomnicoll.uk Award Winning Children's Author (Little Tiger and Macmillan) There's Nothing Faster than a Cheetah out now. Agent: Jodie Hodges (United Agents)
The Unbelievable James Harris @jamesharris.bsky.social Children’s author. Monster hunter. Mentor for Writers’ Block North East and BFI Academy Teesside. Extremely unreliable narrator.
theUnbelievableJamesHarris.com
Gareth P Jones @garethpjones.bsky.social Writer of books, composer of musicals, performer of performances. Listen, I'll pretty much do anything for the right price. I'll clean your car windows if you're paying & I have access to a damp cloth.
Lucy Farfort @lucyfarfort.bsky.social Kidlit Illustrator/Author based in Newcastle UK. SCBWI & SOA member. FAB Prize 2017 winner. Rep'd by Ash Literary.
Picture book - In Our Hands, Jhalak Prize shortlisted & Little Rebel Awards longlisted.
Sinéad O'Hart @sineadohart.bsky.social She/Her/Sí/Í; children's author, podcaster (shows.acast.com/storyshaped), dormant medievalist. linktr.ee/sinead.ohart. Rep: Clare Wallace. Art: Úna Woods. Free Palestine.
Patrice Lawrence @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social Writer, Feminist, Furious.
Eve Ainsworth @eveainsworth.bsky.social Award winning working class author. Writes children’s books and adult romance/suspense.
Safeguarding Lead. Part time Lady Stardust.
Somebody I Used To Love - 2024
Pieces of Us - 2025
Loves football, fudge and fascinating fascinations.
Clare Helen Welsh @clarehelenwelsh.bsky.social Former teacher, children's author, writing tutor and founder of #BooksThatHelp
Sarah J.Harris @sarahjharris.bsky.social Author of Meet Me On The Bridge, The Colour of Bee Larkham's Murder and One Ordinary Day At A Time. Writes YA as Sarah Wishart - Four Good Liars and The Murder Hypothesis
Book and charity shop lover, karate black belt!
Penny Joelson @pennyjoelson.bsky.social Award winning Author of YA thrillers, protagonists have disabilities/health issues. @EMTeenFiction @SourcebooksFire. Rep by @AnneClarkLit
Tutor @citylit
M.G. Harris @mgharris.bsky.social Author of kid's and teen adventure/thriller books; latest YA series - 'The Mind Game'.
Mama. Former mol biol. Mexican-British. Cis, she/her.
Sarah Crossan @sarahcrossan.bsky.social Writer based in Sussex.
Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social Writer of books, drinker of tears! Carnegie nominated, Locus and Nebula shortlisted. LONG LIVE EVIL, a portal fantasy in which the villains unionise, is my #1 Sunday Times & USA Today bestselling adult fantasy debut. She/her
Sally Nicholls @sallynicholls.bsky.social Author of books inc 'Ways to Live Forever', 'Things a Bright Girl Can Do', 'The Button Book', 'A Chase in Time'. 'Leaving the House' out now. Lives in Liverpool with husband and two kids, Quaker, bridge-player, woolly liberal. Profile pic by Ellie Snowden.
Frances Hardinge @franceshardinge.bsky.social Writer of downright odd children's/YA books. Hobbies include travelling, dressing in period costume and scuba diving. Addicted to volcanoes and trying new things.
Abie Longstaff @abielongstaff.bsky.social 📚 Children's author of picture books, chapter books and Middle Grade.
🌟 Chair of the Children's Writers and illustrators Group at Society of Authors. 💃Posts are my own.
Viv Schwarz @vivschwarz.bsky.social Author, artist, interactive designer.
Hopes you are mostly happy.
She/they
Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social Novelist (Old Baggage, Small Bomb at Dimperley, Wed Wabbit etc), ex TV producer (Room 101, Father Ted), voracious reader, owner of an adored and ancient dog.
Anna Carey @urchinette.bsky.social Writes things. My new book, Our Song, is out now. First book The Real Rebecca won an Irish Book Award. Latest book The Boldness of Betty, about teen strikers in 1913, was shortlisted in 2020. Co-hosts @svhpodcast She/her
Tom Easton @tomeaston.bsky.social Best-selling children's author. Complete idiot. Mostly Dad Jokes. Rep. Claire Wilson - RCW. Also Production Manager at Hachette Children’s.
Check out my books at https://tinyurl.com/39cc3xy5 he/him
Ghostwriter. School visits. Workshops. DM for more info
Philip Reeve @philipreeve.bsky.social Author of Utterly Dark, Railhead, Mortal Engines: co-author (with Sarah McIntyre) of Adventuremice, Pugs of the Frozen North etc. My short film Gwenevere is now on YouTube.
Judith Eagle @juditheagle.bsky.social Children’s author: The Secret Starling; The Pear Affair; The Accidental Stowaway; The Stolen Songbird. Published by Faber; rep’d by Lucy Irvine at PFD
Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social Author of How To Be Free, How To Be Brave & How To Be True. I also research school stories, juvenilia, and girlhood in children's literature.
didyoueverstoptothink.com
Nicola Kent @nicolakent.bsky.social Author/illustrator of books for young children.
Rep'd Jodie Hodges, United Agents
Latest: Croc's Cooking Day, Bear's Wash Day, Measuring Me
www.nicolakent.co.uk
Catherine Johnson @catwrote.bsky.social Boiler suit addict, writer, seasider
Elys Dolan @elysdolan.bsky.social Illustrator, author and all round good egg. Lecturer on the MA Children’s Book Illustration, Cambridge School of Art. 
Bali Rai @balirai.bsky.social Writer, author, founding member of King Flame Sound System, reggae fanatic, Liverpool FC fan, from Leicester, GB. Made in (Multicultural) England.
Clare Furniss @clarefurniss.bsky.social Author. Latest book is Carnegie shortlisted THE THINGS WE LEAVE BEHIND: ‘Compulsive, poignant YA dystopia’ Guardian. RLF Writing Fellow.
Agent: Catherine Clarke, FBA
www.clarefurniss.com
Photo: Tom Pilston
Polly Noakes @pollynoakes.bsky.social Illustrator- author of picture books.
Repped by The Catchpole Agency. Living on a hill in North Yorkshire.
www.pollynoakesillustration.com
Bec Treveil @bectreveil.bsky.social ✍️ 📚 ☀️ 📸 🏕️ ✈️ 🐱
Writer. Bath Spa Uni MAWYP alum. WriteMentor Hub member. Pastry motivated 🥐
SL 2025 WriteMentor Idea Idol; LL 2024 Searchlight Awards Novel Opening; SL 2023 Guppy MG Open Sub; SL 2022 Mslexia Childrens/YA
Elen Caldecott @elencaldecott.bsky.social I write children's fiction. I puppy-wrangle. Hoffi coffi. If there's dancing, I'm in. Senior Lecture, Creative Writing at Lancaster. Published Bloomsbury, OUP, Andersen Press. All jokes my own. She/her
Lucy Brandt @lucybrandt.bsky.social Children's author. Leonora Bolt series published by Puffin.
She/her.
https://linktr.ee/lucybrandt
Sally Doherty @sallywrites.bsky.social MG author: Toby and the Silver Blood Witches, Max and Monty with Collins Primary
Winner of the Book Bloggers' Novel of the Year Award 2022
Owned by three-legged rescue dog
ME/CFS
https://linktr.ee/SallyDoherty
KE Salisbury @kesalisbury.eurosky.social Author of twisty YA page-turner The Face That Pins You. Also school librarian, English teacher, IB EE Coordinator and former BBC broadcaster, choir leader and songwriter. She/her
https://www.kesalisbury.com/
Jo Clarke @jo-clarke.bsky.social Secondary school librarian. Author of The Travelling School Mysteries, LIBBY & THE EGYPTIAN ESCAPADE publishes Jan 25
Firefly Press
Header Becka Moor.
https://jo-clarke.co.uk/
She/Her
S.J. Wills @sjwills.bsky.social Writing for teens
PYTHON: The New Recruit out now
Award-winning BITE RISK series
LIFE HACK coming in October
www.sjwillsauthor.com
Rep. Kate Shaw/The Shaw Agency
Polly Faber @pollyfab.bsky.social Children's writer and KDrama geekery
Chris Mould @chrismould.bsky.social Illustrator Author Manic Scribbler etc 
Dan Smith @dansmithauthor.bsky.social Author. Scaring and exciting readers of all ages. Repped by
@elladkahn at @DKWLit
https://t.co/kzpcnxfxWz
Harry Woodgate @harrywoodgate.bsky.social Award winning author and illustrator of children’s books including Grandad’s Camper, TIMID, Little Glow and many more. They/them.
Agent: @ashliterary.bsky.social
Enquiries: info@ashliterary.com
Website: www.harrywoodgate.com
Susan Cahill @susancahill.bsky.social 🌧THE WORLD BETWEEN THE RAIN 🌧 middle-grade children’s fantasy, out now!
🌟Longlisted for Branford Boase Award 2025
🎙️STORYSHAPED: podcast about children’s books that shape us
https://linktr.ee/susancahillwrites
Sidra Ansari @sidraansari.bsky.social Award-winning author!!- AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR!The Week Junior Award ‘23| Alumni Jericho Writers Self-Edit Bursary 2024|@Ladybirdbooks|PenguinWriteNowLive|Writing #WF #R & #PB #MG| ChooseKindness
Emma Reynolds @emmaillustrate.bsky.social Children's book author-illustrator #kidlit
MG Graphic Novel #DrawnToChangeTheWorld Picture book #AmaraAndTheBats 🦇📚🏳️🌈♾ AuDHD
Loves #Bats .She/Her. Rep'd by Thao Le
Website: emmareynoldsillustration.com
Links: linktree.com/emmaillustrate
Matty Long @superhappymatty.bsky.social Black lines & bright colours 🔸️ Check out my new series CROAKY 🔸️ SUPER HAPPY MAGIC FOREST is on iPlayer and CBBC now! 🔸️
www.mattylong.com
Insta: @superhappymatty
Farah Shah @fawa.bsky.social ✏️ Illustrator & author & maker
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⭐️ Rep’d by Emily Talbot @unitedagents
www.fawashah.co.uk/links
Finn Longman is only here occasionally @finnlongman.com Author (THE BUTTERFLY ASSASSIN trilogy; THE WOLF AND HIS KING) and medievalist specialising in the Ulster Cycle. #1 fan of Láeg mac Ríangabra.
🏳️🌈 they/them | siad/iad
📍Cambridge, UK
♿
https://finnlongman.com
Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social Writer: TV, books, gaming & audio
Words in/on: Netflix, BBC, Sesame Street, Cartoon Network, Disney, Ghee Happy (Emmy Nominee) | Oxford Children’s Books | Ubisoft
Rep: Lydia Silver at The Soho Agency, UK
svaniparekh.com
Lis Jardine @lisjardine.bsky.social Children’s novelist. ‘The Detention Detectives 3: Talent for Trouble’ out Jan 25! MAWYP. Rep @lucyirvine93
Chronic. School librarian. Vegan. Tired.
Helenka Stachera @henkys.bsky.social Reader, children’s writer, library lover 📚she/her
Sarah Harrison @sarahharrison.bsky.social Children's author from Lancashire.
School of Doom out now! @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
Terry Pratchett fan. Owned by cats and dogs.
Agent: Louise Lamont at LBA Books.
https://linktr.ee/sarahharrisonauthor
P.G. Bell @pgbellwriter.bsky.social Children's author and screenwriter. Waterstones Children's Book Award and Edgars shortlisted. New fairytale whodunnit, The Big Bad Wolf Murder, OUT NOW!
My stuff: https://linktr.ee/pgbell
Claire Fayers @clairefayers.bsky.social Children's author. Fantasy and Welsh folklore. Hobbies include boardgames, piano, gardening and cooking. Owned by two cats. She/her. 📚🐱🐱
JJ Clapton @jjclapton.bsky.social Reader. Writer. Crafter 🏳️🌈🇮🇪🇮🇨
Chronically ill. Queer. Autistic
Agender, bi, ace, & aro-spec
ME/CFS, cats, crochet, f1, SFF books, Lego, diamond painting
✍️📚: A Stage Over Ruthless Stars, Fight for me, & Haunting of a Witch (Oct 26)
jjclapton.com
Bex Burgess @theorah.bsky.social Pro comic artist/illustrator 💖 I like cuddling my gf and cat 😸 Mostly writing/drawing comics about autism, asexuality and French Revolution atm~
https://linktr.ee/Theorah
Debbie Fong 🌲📬✨ @debbiefong.com Eisner & Ignatz nominated cartoonist ✨ I make fun stuff at www.pommopress.com and work on books! Rep’d by Janna Morishima ✌️🇹🇼🇺🇸
🚌 NEXT STOP
📮 THE FARAWAY FOREST: Wally’s Route
🌲 THE FARAWAY FOREST: Hester’s Big Dream
🔗 debbiefong.com
📍 brooklyn
she / her
Kael Tudor @kaeltudor.bsky.social I write books for kids. Represented by Emily Talbot at United Agents. Pronounced ‘Kyle’ 🌱
https://linktr.ee/kaeltudor
Lucy Hope @lucyhope.bsky.social Children’s author. FLEDGLING and WREN, both published by Nosy Crow. Dog lover without a dog. Cat lover without a cat. Writing the next book and eating cake to fill the whiskery void. Rep @joannamoult