Sarah A @sarahleeab.bsky.social Proudly Minneapolis born. Chapel Hill NC, Passionate advocate for the needs of twice-exceptional students. MA UNC-CH Folklore.
Vanessa Global @vanessaglobal.bsky.social 209K LIBRARY: universities,libraries,politicians,scientists,academics, lawyers,economists,linguists,historians,writers,BLUE, ANTIFA!
Me: brown NA,Oregonian,veteran,globetrotter,critical thinker,linguist,teacher,reader,atheist,constructive,ANTI-TRUMPIST
Christy Matthes | Kidlit Writer @christymatthes.bsky.social Children's book writer, nature and animal lover, cat wrangler, promotions coordinator for SCBWI-Michigan and a member of the editorial team for The Mitten, SCBWI-Michigan's blog. #12x12, #SCBWI, Rate Your Story
Andie Powers @andiepowers.bsky.social Writer of books for kids and former kids
⭐️ WILD MOON ‘25 🌔🌕🌔
⭐️ I AM QUIET @Goodreads Choice Award Winner ‘22
I AM BOLD ‘24 #Picturebooksareart!
Quincy Scott Jones @quincyscottjones.bsky.social poetry, comics,
author of two books,
probably not the Quincy Jones you're thinking of.
https://quincyscottjones.com/
birch sap | sú beithe @birchsap.bsky.social Nancy Forde | Writer/Photographer | she/her🇮🇪🇨🇦🏳️🌈 MFA in Creative Writing (2026) | MA in Documentary Photography & Photojournalism (2021) | Grab a cuppa & curl up: nancyforde.substack.com (This here's my 📚 bsky. Personal bsky: @nancyfjorde.bsky.social)
Shruti Prabhu @shrutiprabhu.bsky.social 🎨 Mixed Media Illustrator and Visual Artist
🪡 Sewist and Knitter
🌿 Home Gardener
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)
Jessica Rusinowski | PB Writer @jrusinowski.bsky.social PB writer & K–8 art teacher 🎨 Writing stories with humor, heart & creativity—often inspired by the wonderfully messy world of kids. Former Disney & Universal scenic artist. SCBWI. #KidLit #AmQuerying
@messypress.bsky.social @messypress.bsky.social 
Ram Gulrajani Author 📚 @rockape65.bsky.social From suspense to soul-stirring stories I writes them all Love the arts, writing, painting, strumming my guitar & generally being creative. From Gibraltar originally Website: https://t.co/8gSEmJ7TCu Team Site @iquitcigs.bsky.social
Terry Hans @terryhans.bsky.social 
Lucy Mohan @lucymohan.bsky.social Writer, editor, teacher, pumpkin carver 🎃 📚🏴
Sameer Kankali Ⓥ☮✌🏼🌱💚🍉🐸🐮🐷📚📖♟️✊🏼 @sameerkankali.bsky.social MUNDUS SINE CAESARIBUS 💙🦋
#Activist #HumanRights #AnimalRights #UBI #ClimateChange #Books #Tech #Poker #Chess
He/Him/His
❌👑
Big Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com I’ve got a beard, I sell books
Books read: 92/100
📚
https://www.bigbeardedbookseller.com
https://ko-fi.com/bigbeardedbookseller
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Sunny Sommerset @sunnysommerset.bsky.social Author & Illustrator: Picture Books, Middle Grade.
Winner Golden Gate Writer's Award: Picture Book - SCBWI SF South 2024. Honorable Mention SCBWI SF South Golden Gate Portfolio Showcase 2024.
Elizabeth Botsford @elizabethbotsford.bsky.social Middle grade novel writer. Longlisted, Yeovil Literary Prize 2026. Shortlisted, Jericho Writers Friday Night Live.
Yasemin Gyford @yasemingyford.bsky.social Artist, 👩🎨 Children's Book Illustrator, Urban Sketcher ✍️ Over Thinker📍Between London and Cambridge UK
BOGLUDDITE @brucemackay.bsky.social Painter, Printmaker, Illustrator, Creative Director & Sculptor.
Posting personal work, experiments & weak jokes. Bad ideas man. He/Him
www.badmanifesto.co.za
www.inprnt.com/profile/brucemackay
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 
Becky Walker @beckywalkerbooks.bsky.social ✍️#Kidlit author (rep’d by Stephen Fraser)
📚Debut 2027, Charlesbridge
FRASER & HENRY GROW A FRIEND, May 25,2027
💻business owner
🧳explorer of the world
👋🏼Love making friends!
https://linktr.ee/beckysuzannewalker?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Tyler Cook @tylercookbooks.bsky.social M.Ed., Ed.S. Moonshine Press publisher & author. Education professional. 🏳️🌈 Check out my website at www.tylermcook.com.
Jody Jensen Shaffer @jodywrites4kids.bsky.social Children's Author. Knopf BFYR, Nancy Paulsen Books, Doubleday, Penguin Workshop, Simon Spotlight, Beach Lane, Laura Godwin Books, Two Lions, Beaming Books, Magination Press
Proudly represented by @casahasegawa of @the_t2_agency!
Rob Costello @cloudbusterrob.bsky.social (He/him) Stoker, Lambda, & Locus Award nominated author, anthologist, and teacher. 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
https://linktr.ee/cloudbusterpress
AN UGLY WORLD FOR BEAUTIFUL BOYS (Lethe Press)
WE MOSTLY COME OUT AT NIGHT (Running Press Teens)
THE DANCING BEARS (Lethe Press)
Kathleen @halifaxkat.bsky.social Reader, Writer, Sometimes runner, Big fan of my dog, Blueberry, and slightly addicted to baseball cards.
Baby Richman @babyrichmanband.bsky.social REMEMBER TO HIT THE BELL (🔔+ ) 👆
SO YOU’RE NOTIFIED WHEN WE GO LIVE 📺
Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social Artist, Designer, Children's Picture Books #SCBWI: The Gentleman Bat, Too Many Tables
http://www.TheGentlemanBat.com
https://instagram.com/thegentlemanbat
http://www.facebook.com/TheGentlemanBat/
Miranda's BookScape @mirandasbookscape.bsky.social Bookblogger 📚 House plant enthusiast 🪴 Crafting fanatic 🪡 Have a love for Fantasy, Sci-fi, Thriller and Historical fiction 📚
https://linktr.ee/mirandasbookscape
Damian Harvey @damianharveyauthor.bsky.social Children's author of over 200 books living in North Wales with my wife, Vicky - and Marvin, our miniature dachshund. http://www.damianharvey.co.uk/ busy writing and visiting schools anywhere and everywhere...
Rosalinda Alcalá @rosalinda87.bsky.social Storyteller & dev editor. Coaches writers. Accountability partner. Loves YA, MG, PB and women's fiction. Nonfiction includes sports, education, and finance. WWS-Writing Group. I lived life on the run--as a competitive runner. https://www.wordbouquet.net/
Juliana D’Angelo Illustrator @judangeloillustra.bsky.social Children's book illustrations with heart, humor, and a little chaos.
Summit County Libraries @summitlibraries.bsky.social #1 Most Followed Library in the USA!
https://summitcountylibraries.org/
Located in beautiful Summit County, Colorado.
Amy Law @amylawscigeek.bsky.social Science geek, dog person, nature lover, non-fiction writer. Citizen scientist. Half of a pet therapy team.
Unless noted or reposted, all photographs are my own.
CC BY-NC 4.0 ATTRIBUTION-NONCOMMERCIAL 4.0 INTERNATIONAL
Sandra @sandykayz99.bsky.social Writer, photographer, traveler
Dena Davis @denadavisbooks.bsky.social 🌺🇬🇷 Pre-pub #KidLit author, disability rights advocate, SB library board ‘22-‘26, former teacher, optimistic realist #SCBWI #CBA #12X12 #50PreciousWords Winner ‘22 & ‘26, Santa Barbara Writers Conference Scholarship Winner ‘26, she/her 🌺🇬🇷
Anne Armstrong @childbookart.bsky.social wonder hunter | art agent #kidlitart | tree + neighborhood advocate
tinyurl.com/t4vzkrne
Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social PB/MG; Nature/Verse/Prose
Agent: Mona Kanin
'28 OTIS: THE KING OF KATMAI 🐻🌊👑
‘25 MUD TO THE RESCUE! 🐘🦩🦫 🐢
‘24 HAUNTED STATES OF AMERICA 👻
SCBWI; WFH | hiker 🥾 | veggie 🌽|
bird&bear lover 🐤🐻 | nature 📷 | 💙
www.tanyakonerman.com
INKLING ILLUSTRATION AGENCY @inklingagency.bsky.social A small but mighty illustration agency, representing an outstanding team of hand-picked creatives worldwide. If you'd like to collaborate with any of our illustrators, please email hello@inklingillustration.com to discuss your project needs.
Bailey @hideonshell.bsky.social 
Cindy Sommer @cindysommpb.bsky.social Award-winning children's book author of PB SAVING KATE'S FLOWERS (Arbordale) Crystal Kite winner, #KidLit, #SCBWI, #12X12PB Gold Member, ISO Agent, Querying PBs. www.cindysommer.com
naho ogawa illustration @nahoogawa.bsky.social Naho Ogawa
www.naho.com
Tokyo based published illustrator
Work inquiries: hello<at>naho.com
IG: nahoogawa_illustration
Joanna Sholem @bookjo.bsky.social 
Andrea Noca @andreanoca.bsky.social 
Creative Writing at NEIU @neiu-cw.bsky.social Home of Northeastern Illinois University’s Creative Writing Minor, The 82 Reading Series, and more!
https://www.neiu.edu/academics/colleges-departments/arts-and-sciences/departments/english/student-groups-and-honor-society/82-writers-reading
Renate Potter @renatepotter.bsky.social Illustrator of children’s books, enjoyer of nature and lover of fantasy…
Simone Nespolo @simonenespolo.bsky.social Friuli, Italy.
Award-Winning Writer with International Recognition
Astra inclinant non necessitant
Aurum nostrum non est Aurum vulgi
C.T. in D.C. @ctindc1907.bsky.social "In a world filled with misery and uncertainty, it is a great comfort to know that, in the end, there is light in the darkness."
- Joshua Graham/The Burned Man
Carl Ellis @carlc75.bsky.social Welsh Author and BFS member. Talk to me about embodied fiction at the grinding boundary of the Meso/Neolithic.
Joe Lillington @joelillington.bsky.social Picture book Illustrator based in the UK!
I make #joesbrushset brushes for @Procreate - https://ko-fi.com/joesbrushset/
Some #gamedev!
https://linktr.ee/joelillington
Anisi Baigude | illustrator @anisibaigude.bsky.social 🖍️ Mongolian American KidLit Illustrator
📖 BORN NAUGHTY, Anne Schwartz Books
📖 ODI’S LIBRARY DAY, SDPL
📮 Rep'd by Analía Cabello at ABLA
📍San Diego, CA
linktr.ee/anisibaigude
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
Amber Caraveo @ambercaraveo.bsky.social 😻 Literary agent at Skylark Literary - www.skylark-literary.com. Loves sunny days, folklore, children’s books, YA books, all books - and dancing! (She/her)
Patricia J. Murphy @pattyjmurphy.bsky.social Award-winning writer/author/creator for BIG/little humans, literacy advocate + marketing/publicity specialist. Visit me at: www.patriciajmurphy.com
Heather Stigall @heatherstigall7.bsky.social 📚KidLit Author
#SCBWI PA East Critique Group Coordinator
👻GILBERT & THE GHOST (Beaming Books 2025)
🐰PAISLEY'S BIG BIRTHDAY (Clavis Books, 2023)
🚌PAISLEY’S BIG FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL (Clavis Books, 2027)
picture book obsessed, creator of stuff
Trusting Readers @trustingreaders.bsky.social We are Jen & Hannah, lovers of books and reading. We are advocates for teachers, students, read alouds, time for independent reading, book choice, and writing workshop.
https://trustingreaders.com/
Welcome! #EduSky #ReadAloud
#ReadingMatters 
Jane Kohuth @janekohuth.bsky.social Children's book author, Jewish educator, Mom, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome haver. Rep'd by Bookmark Literary. https://www.janekohuth.com/
Kelli Welli @kelliwelli.bsky.social “The Pixar of Children’s songwriters.” - Planning Playtime | Award-winning smart, funny, genuine songs | ‘24 John Lennon Song Contest WIN | ‘23 ISC WIN | '24 DSA WIN | ‘23 NAPPA | Grammy voter | SCBWI | Lucky mom to twins! linktr.ee/kelliwelli
Mike Freveletti @frevma.bsky.social picture book writer | occasional poet | improviser | intermittent funny man
#picturebook #kidlit #12x12pb #PBParty #SCBWI
barley & birch @barleyandbirch.com Creative art and play explorations for kids and their families. Visit us at https://barleyandbirch.com
#KidsActivities | #KidsArt | #ArtEd | #EduSky | #KidsCrafts | #NatureSky | #OutdoorLearning | #CreativePlay | #KidLit | #DIYKids | #ECE | #EarlyYears
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
bookreviewsbydad.bsky.social @bookreviewsbydad.bsky.social These are book reviews by Dad, not book reviews by Son.
Bluesky by Mom (for now) once we have 200 followers Dad will be taking over! (He’s new at this social media stuff, so getting him started)
BookProf @bookprof.bsky.social University lecturer sparking future teachers' connections to children's literature. Kidlit picture book geek. Photography enthusiast. Nana. Dog-lover.
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
Bindy James @bindyjames.bsky.social Kidlit Illustrator - animals, plants, kids in nature
📍Yugambeh Country/Logan, Aus
🔹 Represented by Astound US
🔸 SCBWI member
Welcome to Whalebone Mansion-Out Fall 2025
bindyjames.com
Joel Glover (he/him) @joelgloverauthor.bsky.social British Fantasy Award nominee (Lesbians in Space Anthology)
@naturefutures.bsky.social, @aanpress.bsky.social, @epistemiclit.bsky.social, @bulletpoints.bsky.social, @foofarawpress.bsky.social, lots of other places
https://linktr.ee/joelgloverauthor
Jennifer W. Bull @violinwriter.bsky.social Author-Illustrator & Pro Violinist. 🎻 Creating hybrid MG worlds where misfits find their voice. Currently developing The Wild String trilogy.
@neschen.bsky.social @neschen.bsky.social PhD in theater, Lecturer in English and Queer Studies. Pop culture, fan studies, comics, Shakespeare and Elizabethan theater, Long 18th century drama, mid-century media, film noir, drag queens
S @blacks.bsky.social I know how to synchronise swim. 
Christopher Becker @barrel-rider.bsky.social books, libraries, art, bikes, Czech culture, fiber arts, paper games. Banner artwork by Friso Henstra. Find me in Ann Arbor. Ferda forever 🐜
Catherine Friess @ Story Snug @storysnug.com Bookblogger: https://storysnug.com
🇮🇪 #scbwi #writementor #writemagic
3rd place: Writing Mag PB Prize '25
Top 100: #CNPKids CB '25
Shortlisted: Searchlight PB Award & #WM Idea Idol '24 / #WMCNA PB '23
https://www.instagram.com/cjfriess_storysnug
The Voice of Reason @calvindragon.bsky.social Reich-wing talking points sound idiotic when you deconstruct them. Please do so at every opportunity.
Logician in Chief @tinydragonhoard.bsky.social Bridging the knowledge gaps.
Building cultural competency.
Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social Bringing your fantasy world to life! We create hand drawn maps for your D&D/Pathfinder or other ttrpg games.
Commissions are OPEN: https://tally.so/r/obEbob
https://mountainandmyth.com
Sara Lynn Cramb @saralynncramb.bsky.social I draw things (mostly animals), drink tea, pet cats, and get lost in the woods 🐌
Toddler mom
https://www.saralynncramb.com/
Repp'd by AstoundUS Agency
#scbwi #kidlitart #sciart
Rowan Brighton Brown @rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social ⋆Queer Southern Novelist 🌿
⋆WHITE TRASH WITCHCRAFT (HH Fall, 2027)
⋆Rep: @keiralekseii.bsky.social at Azantian
⋆✒️WTMP & 🩵 SmoochPit Mentor
https://linktr.ee/RowanBrightonBrown
Yana Popova @yanapopova.bsky.social Kidlit illustrator | Children’s books
🎨www.yanapopova.art
Michelle H. Losardo @michellelosardo.bsky.social Children's Book Writer, Poet, & Artist
SCBWI New England member
Early Childhood Educator
Lover of dogs, nature, sentimentality, and beautiful words
https://www.instagram.com/michellelosardo/
https://michellelosardowri.wixsite.com/michelle-losardo
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!
Nev @alphukit.bsky.social Outdoors and all things nature type of guy.
I love camping, hiking, foraging and travelling anywhere, anytime.
Tabassam Shah @tshahpoetry.bsky.social Published poet, author of Red & Crescent Moons, & aspiring children's book author. Find her at tabassamshah.com
Eagle Harbor Book Co. @eagleharborbooks.bsky.social Established in 1970, Eagle Harbor Book Co. is a full service, locally-owned and proudly independent bookstore located on Bainbridge Island, WA. With an extensive selection of books and gifts, we're the perfect "destination bookshop"
Zach Daniek @zachdaniek.bsky.social Hi! My name is Zach and I am an illustrator with a focus on children’s publishing.
https://www.zachdaniek.com
Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
FREEDOM & LITERACY 🏳️🌈 @freedomlit.bsky.social We're a book discussion board, aimed at “old internet” folks. We're not a book club. We don't have mandatory readalongs, there are no book reports due. We're just an old-fashioned forum where you can talk about books.
Account run by @birdjay.bsky.social.
sherilennon.bsky.social @sherilennon.bsky.social Freelance illustrator
www.sherilennon.co.uk
Open for commissions and looking for representation
Ahmet @agzl34.bsky.social Love the One Who Loves You
Sev Seni Seveni
@Agzl34 Tiktok
Kayleigh | Developmental Editor ✍🏻📚 @editsinthemargins.com I help writers to shape their stories and hone their skills via developmental editing, coaching, beta reading, workshopping, and more.
As a writer, I enjoy kid lit and exploring fantastical worlds. 🐉
https://editsinthemargins.com/social
Ronnie Szo 🌱 @ronnieszoart.bsky.social ✏️ I draw silly nature art & stationery!
🌳 Children’s Book Illustrator 🌱 Nature educator in ON, Canada 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 (they/she)
🛒 shop: www.ronnieszo.art
🖼 portfolio: https://ronnieszoart-portfolio.carrd.co/
🌻 insta: www.instagram.com/ronnieszo.art
#art #KidLitArt
Mr.Gold'sMom @akmacphee.bsky.social 🌲🌳Nature-loving greenie. Grateful.
Immigrant to Canada. USA expat horrified by current events in my homeland. Pro democracy and equality. We need a world where everyone is free from harm; where there is clean water, food and shelter for all of us.
Mae Grenade @maegrenade.bsky.social Comicker, illustrator, graphic designer, science communicator, overall nerd. Bi Visibility Anthology “Bi The Way I Am”
🖤🩶🤍💜
Currently:
🎮 finished Ghost of Yōtei 😭😭
📖 And Now, Back to You
🎵 La La La Love Song
Portfolio: maegrenade.myportfolio.com
ValleyCAST @valleycast.bsky.social An inclusive arts community in the Blackstone Valley. Arts & Culture wing of Open Sky https://openskycs.org
50 Douglas Rd Whitinsville Massachusetts
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
@mplswaytogrow.bsky.social @mplswaytogrow.bsky.social 
Shaun Jex @shaunjexauthor.bsky.social Writer. Father. Husband. Pickle connoisseur.
he/him
Nora Racz @noridraws.bsky.social Hi, I’m an illustrator living in the UK and I like drawing cute things! 😊
norasillustrations.co.uk