Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social Writer. Vegan. Pluviophile. Perpetually on Wizard Time. She/her. Arizona. Mural from Don Vegan in Quebec City. Photos 📸 by me.
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 🌺🇬🇷
Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social West Coast Canada illustrator & writer🤖🦕🛼
Short, left-handed, adhd, lighthouse keeper’s daughter. Nature & neon
Rep'd by @jemiscoe.bsky.social -Starling Literary
@starlingliterary.bsky.social
PBs: MAYBE A WHALE | MOTHER ASPEN
www.heycrystalsmith.com
Reagan Lehman @reaganlehman.net ✨ Children’s book illustrator
🎨 Painting, reading, & gaming in Lanc, PA
🐈⬛ Rep’d by Christie Megill @ The CAT Agency
💌 reagan@reaganlehman.net
Portfolio 👉 reaganlehman.net
Jennifer Harris @mypbjam.bsky.social Picture Book Writer. English Prof. http://mypbjam.com (she/her)
#kidlit #SCBWI #CANSCAIP Rep'd by Jackie Kaiser, Westwood
Angel Gantnier @angelgan.bsky.social Picture Book Writer. Published Short Story Author. Reader. Crafter. Optimist. Nature. Animals. Institute of Children’s Literature. #Storystorm #PBParty #12x12PictureBookWritingChallenge
Kirsten is new here @kirstenj.bsky.social What do you get when you mix a mom, a trauma therapist and an author together? #kidlit #WritingCommunity
Jenn Gautam (she/her) @jenngautam.bsky.social ✏️Picture book writer
#SCBWI #12x12 #querying
🤓 Nature nerd
🐙 Former sci educator
🏳️🌈Queer
🌳Outdoor parenting inspo on IG @ PuddleParenting.
www.jenngautam.com
📍 Massachusetts
Amy Fettig - Inkhorn Books @inkhornbooks.bsky.social Librarian 📚 Author 🖋️ Believer in the magic of words ✨. Read, Write, Create 🌠 #kidlit #yalit
Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social 🇨🇦 🇸🇬 Illustrator, author (The Pink Pajamas, S&S 2025) | Rep: Tracy Marchini | Co-host @kidlitart.bsky.social chat | 🚫AI/NFT
🎨 CharleneChua.com
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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social Author, Art Director at Eerdmans, Illustrator, & Michigander
LOVE IS POWERFUL
ONWARD: 16 Climate Fiction Stories
MEET ME IN YOUR HEART, 2026
heatherdeanbrewer.com
instagram.com/hdeanbrewer/
bracketpublishing.com
Kellie DuBay Gillis (she/her) @kdubaygillis.bsky.social Enviro scientist. Kidlit author. linktr.ee/kelliedubaygillis Out now: IF YOU FIND A FAWN art by Wazza Pink from Disney’s Planet Possible & BIG BIKE, LITTLE BIKE art by Jacob Souva from HarperCollins. Great Lakes lover living near Cleveland. Go Blue!
Julie& @himissjulie.bsky.social Storyteller, librarian, raging against the dying of the light. Sisko is my favorite Captain and Dorothy is my favorite Golden Girl. I'll always say the thing no one else will say because I cannot help myself. I need a cookie.
Lorraine McCown @mcclowny.bsky.social Engineer➡️Stay @ home Mom➡️HS physics teacher➡️And now...
Writing picture books for ages 0 to 110!
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Laura Polasek @polaseklj.bsky.social Writer. Mom. Lover of books and tea | 🇨🇦📚🫖 #amquerying
CANSCAIP PB Shortlist '23, Longlist '24 | #kidlitvibes winner '23 | #KidsChoiceKidlitWritingContest MG winner '24 | Lyrical Language Lab Rhyming Contest Longlist '24 | Halloweensie HM '25
Patty Wurster @pattywurster.bsky.social Illustrator • Writer • Regional Advisor #SCBWI New York West/Central Upstate • MFA Indiana U
#kidlit #kidlitart
www.pattywursterstudio.com
Erin Bedell @erindaydreams.bsky.social Hello, I inspire readers! Daydreamer. Mindful Meditator. Nature Lover. Looking for birds and painting flowers. Proud librarian to 600 K-5 students. #TLSky #EduSky Member of #BookPosse. https://go.bsky.app/U4uscrm
Eric, the baker @ericthebaker.bsky.social Yes I am in fact a professional baker. Dad of two boys. Blue dot in the redness of southern Indiana. He/him
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Eori | いおり @eoritokunaga.bsky.social 🇯🇵🇹🇼🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ | She/They
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SCBWI-LA Kite Tales Assistant Editor. 2026-27 Boyds Mills Storyteller Fellow. 2025-27 APALA Lit Awards Committee. Hollins MFA grad student. linktr.ee/eoritokunaga
Deb Johnson @debjohnsonart.bsky.social Children's Book Illustrator & Author
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Available for all #kidlit and #kidlitart projects, especially sweet BB, PB, CB.
Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com Author/Artist * Asian Pacific American Librarians Association PB winner * Writes kid lit, diversity, & science * 🇭🇰🇨🇦🇺🇸 * she/her * SO: @indianaclimate * sign up for my newsletter at teresarobeson.com and get free art + story * 🚫 DMs or MAGA
Sue Lowell Gallion @suegallion.bsky.social Children's author, nf series OUR WORLD with Phaidon Press chosen for Oprah's Favorites 2024! OUR GALAXY 10/24, UNDERWATER WORLD 2023 (SLJ ⭐️), repped by Liza Voges Eden St. Lit 
Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social she/her. National bestselling author in WI
🎪FORTS, Viking
🛰️CASSINI'S MISSION, MIT Kids Press
🛰️VOYAGER TWINS FOREVER! ('28)
https://linktr.ee/KatieVenit
Sheryl McFarlane @sherylbooks.bsky.social 🇨🇦Kids’ book author, reader, grandma, gardener, west coaster, doggy mum. www.sherylmcfarlane.ca
Laura K Zimmermann @laurak-pbwriter.bsky.social Children’s Author | Professor | Rep’d by @KaitlynLeann17.bsky.social at @Bradfordagents.bsky.social | MUSHROOM RAIN | UNDER THE FOREST FLOOR coming Spring 2028 | #SCBWI | she/her
YC (Yara) @ycmose.bsky.social #kidlit writer and illustrator - previous children’s librarian 🇵🇷 mom of four 💕currently working on (maybe too much) #pb and two YA books 🎪 + witchy
Ycmose.com updating illustration portfolio
Carrie Karnes-Fannin @carriekarnesfannin.bsky.social Author UNIVERSE PIE, Gnome Road Pub, Fall 2027 | Contributor NW GA Magazine | #InkedVoices, #12x12, #SCBWI | www.carriekarnesfannin.com Designer @ Archadeck of NW Georgia
Julie Hauswirth @juliehauswirth.bsky.social I write PBs! | IF MY SISTER WERE A WORM (Holiday House ‘26) | Yeehoo Press Star Award '23 | SCBWI Most Promising Fiction MS 24' | Rep’d by CoCo Freeman
https://www.juliehauswirth.com
Katy Tanis @katytanis.bsky.social Illustrator, Children's Book Author, Explorer, Lemur Lover, Rollersport Enthusiast, Textile Designer, ADHD.
📘*🦉🦉 Love Under the Stars
📘*🐧🐧 Edward & Annie
📘*🦁🦁 Love in the Wild
Repped by @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
Portfolio: https://www.daughterearth.com
Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social M.Ed. Children's Book Writer. Picture Taker. Nature Lover. Anglophile.
Curious about flora and fauna of all kinds but particularly fond of elephants, wolves, birds, insects, and trees.
#SCBWI. #12x12 #kidlit #naturalist
elizabethvolkmannauthor.com
Rob McClurkan @rmcclurkan.bsky.social Author and Illustrator.
#kidlit #kidlitart
Represented by Nicole Tugeau at @T2
seerobdraw.com
Leah Schanke | Award-winning Author of FREEDOM AT DAWN @leahschanke.bsky.social Award-winning multicultural children’s book author | LeahSchanke.com | 2025 Debut #picturebook illustrated by @Obohdraws.bksy.social. Member of Authors Guild, PAL member of #SCBWI, and LongIslandAuthorsGroup.org. (She/her)
Traci Huahn 📚 @tracihuahn.bsky.social Kidlit Author rep’d by Lara Perkins @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
✨MAMIE TAPE FIGHTS TO GO TO SCHOOL (Crown/PRH ‘24)✨
#PB #NF #kidlit #12x12 | she/her
https://www.tracihuahn.com
Kirk Illustration @kirkillustration.bsky.social Hello! I’m Kirk, and I’m thrilled to share my passion for story, package, and product illustration with you.
Louis Decrevel @loueee.bsky.social - Writer/illustrator/cartoonist
- PBParty Illustration Showcase
- PB Rising Stars Mentorship winner
- Australian Society of Authors Mentorship winner
- Faber Writing Academy Scholarship winner
visit http://www.Loueee.com for more ✌️😎
Searra Simpson @searrastoryteller.bsky.social #PB #Kidlit Writer 🐣
#Horror Writer 👹
Shower Singer 🎤
Hard Worker 💪🏼
Hard Sleeper 😴
#AmQuerying
Brian Kirby @driveinmob.com Driveinmob.com #driveinmob 
Aimee Larke @arlarke.bsky.social Storyteller - #kidlit writer - science librarian - so many ideas - not enough time @ar_larke on Twitter
CassHT @cassht.bsky.social Well this is cute🌞
Year 5 teacher + English lead✏️
Avid reader, keen traveller, shower singer + obsessive crafter ✨
Devyn Douvier 💖💜💙 @devyndouvier.bsky.social 30-something Queer, Neurodivergent, & Overstimulated Mom.
Woman in tech by day, Children's Book Author by night.
Emily Ann Davison @emilyanndavison.bsky.social Children’s author.
Every Bunny is a Yoga Bunny
The Blue Umbrella
Is It a Seed?
Books with Nosy Crow, Andersen Press, Flying Eye and others
Rep’d by Creative Roots Studio
Never seen without a cup of tea
Biscuit nibbler
www.emilyanndavison.com
Bea Birdsong @beabirdsong.bsky.social Author of I Will Be Fierce!, Sam's First Word, How to Spot a Best Friend, Boop!, Goat Is the G.O.A.T. (2025), How to Grow a Family Tree (2025), That Is Not a Dog! (2026), You Did It! (2026), and more!
Rep: Melissa Edwards
Olivia Hope @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social Dum spiro spero
🇮🇪 Irish writer of children's books.
Represented by Mandy Suhr at Storywise Agency.
FiB @fionawritesbooks.bsky.social Picture book author, plogger, less plastic, more books, audiologist
Rep’d by Alice Williams Literary
The Complete Picture Book Submissions System @pbsubmissions.bsky.social The Complete Picture Book Submissions System is a soup-to-nuts, self-paced, online course for crafting winning submissions that soar out of the slush pile! Answers every question you've ever had about submitting picture books to agents and editors.
Julie Hedlund @juliefhedlund.bsky.social Picture Book author & Founder, #12x12PB @12x12challenge.bsky.social & co-founder @pbsubmissions.bsky.social. SONG AFTER SONG: Julie Andrews Bio (2023, little bee), OVER, BEAR! UNDER, WHERE? (2021, Philomel) juliehedlund.com
Yashika Mody @yashikamwriting.bsky.social A recovering management consultant turned picture book writer from sunny Singapore #PB #SCBWI #12x12
✍️ Repped by Karly Dizon, Fuse Literary
📚 FUNCLES (Fall 2026, Lantana Publishing)
💻: yashikamodywriting.com
Let’s be friends! https://linktr.ee/yashikamody
Katrina Swenson @katrinaswenson.bsky.social Children’s author and poet. Poems at The School Magazine, Little Thoughts Press, The Dirigible Balloon, and Highlights’ High Five. My debut picture book, LOVE, GRUMBLE (illustrated by Charles Santoso, published by Little, Brown) arrives in 2026!
Lisa Lowe Stauffer @llstauffer.bsky.social Author of TWO BY TWO, kid lit writer, world traveler, SCBWI Southern Breeze co-coordinator for published members
Chloe Ito Ward @chloeitoward.bsky.social 📚 Author. Educator. Mom.
☀️ MADE FOR MORE - HC 2/25/25
🥢 CHOPSTICKS ARE - Chronicle 26
✨️ chloeitoward.com
💜 Rep'd by @HeatherCashman
Preorder MADE FOR MORE below!
https://bookshop.org/p/books/made-for-more-chloe-ito-ward/21713485?ean=9780063334144
Libby Hartwell @libbyhartwell.bsky.social Children’s writer. 🏆Winner of Little Tiger IAmInPrint Picture Book Prize ‘23. 🏆Winner of SCBWI Slushpile Challenge ‘24. Runner-up Write Mentor Chapter Book Award ‘24. SL for Searchlight Awards ‘24. SL for Write Mentor PB Award ‘24 & ‘25 #MAWYP
Mike Petrik @mikepetrik.bsky.social Author and illustrator of books for kids!
One Cool Duck 4, Camp Out! Out now from Hippo Park and Astra Pub.
Currently seeking representation.
https://linktr.ee/mikepetrik
Cyrus Frioli @cyruscreates.bsky.social (They/them) Painter, illustrator, muralist.
Contact:
CyrusCreatesart@gmail.com
Kidlit Portfolio:
cyruscreatesart.com
Shop/patreon/other goodies:
https://linktr.ee/CyrusCreates
Katiuska Pino @katiuskapino.com ✨ open for picture books and early readers projects.
✨ currently seeking representation.
🌈 www.katiuskapino.com/
Shiho Pate ペイトしほ Illustration @shihopate.bsky.social Children's book Author Illustrator Rep'd by Deborah Warren at East West Literary agency. Japanese, based in USA.
アメリカで絵本のイラストレーターをしています。お仕事のご依頼ご相談は↓webからお願いします。
💛Portfolio: shihopate.com
Reggie Perez @reggieperez.bsky.social Children's book author/illustrator and Librarian
Steph Lau (she/her) @stephlaubooks.com Author, illustrator, former pastry chef.
🐍🪨 MEDUSA'S PET ROCK (HarperCollins): 9/22/26
❄️🩰THE ABOMINABLE SNOW DANCER (Penguin Workshop): out now!
Rep: @allielevick.bsky.social
Website: bit.ly/stephlaubooks
Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social She/her. Picture book writer/illustrator.
Rep: @swekstein.bsky.social
2024 Round Table Mentee, #PBParty Honorable Mention, #50PreciousWords HM.
Keep posting about your books; I want to read them!
sparklemarkers.com
Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social Encouraging others to get know science a little better. Kidlit author. Science educator. Rock collector. Stargazer. Nature photographer. Animal buddy. They/She. Repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette.
www.KatieSlivensky.com
Christiana Doucette @doucette515.bsky.social Author | Poet | SDWF Kids Write Judge | MGpies | SCBWI Mentee: Joy McCullough | Agent: Leslie Zampetti | #KidLitChat [Tuesdays 9pm ET] | MG Hub | Highlight’s Kay Yoder Scholarship for US History ‘24 | Intern for Kaitlyn Sanchez | https://bit.ly/3Zf7FiH
Erica Lee Schlaikjer 🍉 史光芬 @ericaleewrites.bsky.social ✍️ Picture book author, seeking rep
📚 Here for the #kidlit community!
💫 SKY LUCK (out now!)
🌱 WILD GREENS, BEAUTIFUL GIRL (August 2024)
🌎 台灣阿美族 aboriginal Taiwanese (Amis) & Euro-American
📍 Los Angeles
🔗 www.ericaleewrites.com
MrsPowellsBooks @mrspowellsbooks.bsky.social K-2nd grade librarian & Author of THE LIBRARY KITTY book duo and HEROES NEED HELP (a chemo themed picture book written with my college kid).
AcademicPlayBooks.com
Bev Twomey @bevtwomey.bsky.social Author of MG Fantasy. What the Sea Brings (OUT NOW!), The Necromancer's Apprentice, and Skullduggery. My cats love me
Links: https://linktr.ee/bevtwomey
Joshua Chennault @joshuachennault.com Illustrator & Author | #Kidlit | Humorous and Spooky Early Reader & Middle Grade Graphic Novels are my jam!
Currently seeking representation.
🎨 joshuachennault.com
✉️ info@joshuachennault.com
Veronica Bartles @vbartles.com Author: THE PRINCESS & THE FROGS and TWELVE STEPS, recycle-knitter, graphic designer (web/book design, etc.) #KidLitConfections cookie queen, book-grandma, #ActuallyAutistic. (she/her) https://vbartles.com
Juli Caveny @julicaveny.bsky.social 5th grade teacher, book lover & children's author. Rep for downstate SCBWI-IL Bookends, NaNoWriMo et al. she/her
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Katie Dwyer @katiedwyer.bsky.social Picture book illustrator/author
BEAR'S FRIEND Fall '27
Repped by Kaitlyn Sanchez at Bradford Literary
katiedwyerillustrations.com
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www.paulinasuarez.com
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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com 🇨🇦 Kidlit author & illustrator. Illus books by Judy Blume, Michael Ian Black, others. Author news, ATmosphere, book blog etc: https://debbieohi.com/links/
📚 I WANT TO READ *ALL* THE BOOKS
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DebbieOhi.com
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co-host of #kidlitchat, Tuesdays at 9E/6P;
art and books at bonnieadamson.com
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https://briankirbystudio.com
SCBWI Ohio: North | #pbparty Finalist ‘24 & ‘25 | #kidlit booster
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