Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social I write books (Wicked Lovely, Bunny Roo, Remedial Magic, The Strange Case of Harleen & Harley, etc) for adults, teens, & kids + photography (Book: Wild Horses).
Wife to Amber. Mother to Chaos. Pronouns: she/her
Maria Z. Medina @mzmauthor.bsky.social You won't live forever, but your words might! MAKER OF GODS - Out December 8th! Repped by Dorian Moffei. She/Her
mariazmedina.com
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61220759-mistress-of-bones
Natalia Zaitseva @nataliadraws.bsky.social She/Her / Freelance Illustrator from Karlsruhe, Germany / Introverted History Enthusiast & Toddler Mom / I draw architecture & cute characters 🌞 / 💬🇩🇪🇬🇧 / nataliazaitseva.carrd.co
Betsy Bird @fuse8.bsky.social Blog about kids books? You bet (A Fuse #8 Production). Library degree? You know it. Books for kids? Seven. Books for adults about kidlit? Two. Podcasts about kids books? One (Fuse 8 n’ Kate). Having fun! https://afuse8production.slj.com
rae ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ @superaenbow.bsky.social artist, actor, cat petter. my cats are Tulip (Siamese mix) and Clover (creamsicle)
✏️ shop: superaenbow.shop
🍎 mail club: https://ko-fi.com/superaenbow/tiers
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Sarah Kurpiel @sarahkurpiel.bsky.social Picture book author/illustrator. MORE THAN A TREE (2026), A LITTLE LIKE MAGIC, SNAKE'S BIG MISTAKE. ♿ She/her.
linktr.ee/sarahkurpiel
Li Chen @exocomics.com I like cats.
My third graphic novel Detective Beans and the Map of Mystery is now available worldwide! https://detectivebeans.com
Helena Greer @blumagaincurios.bsky.social Writer, librarian, sex educator, chaos bisexual
Carrigan's Christmasland series
Tucson forever
Reparations + land back + abolish ICE +
Free Palestine
TERFS fuck off
She/her
AngelKat @angelkat.bsky.social Cat lover, avid reader, amateur gardener and perpetually curious.
Jenn Naughton @literarylearning.bsky.social Just a bookish Chicagoan
Mrs. N @btwnthesepages.bsky.social Reader, mother, former teacher, terrier lover, very amateurish baker. #genealogy
Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com Writer of queer romance and sff. Half agony, half hope, bisexual. She/her. Romance fiction columnist for the NYTBR: #RomanceColumn OliviaWaite.com
Robin Bradford @tuphlos.bsky.social Reader. Librarian. Lawyer. My mouth is unruly. I've been told I'm zesty! Lover of things and (some) people. Watcher of sports and cooking shows. And dramas. Midwestern core, PNW present.
https://ko-fi.com/robinbradford
Kids Can Press @kidscanpress.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of picture books for children 3-7 & non-fiction, fiction & graphic novels for children 8-12.
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 |
Kimberley | Noriboo reads @noribooreads.bsky.social 💙📚 I yap about books
🏳️🌈 🩷💜💙
https://linktr.ee/noriboossocials
Ronnica Fatt @ronnicareads.bsky.social Ravenous reader. Opinionated woman. Diverse book recs. 💙📚 🏳️🌈
https://linktr.ee/ronnica
Cordelia Jensen @cordeliajensen.bsky.social MG/YA verse novelist, author of LILAC AND THE SWITCHBACK, EVERY SHINY THING, SKYSCRAPING, THE WAY THE LIGHT BENDS. Creative writing teacher, freelance editor and certified book coach.
cc 🌷 @ccsartcafe.bsky.social (she/her) illustrator in NYC 🌈 proudly queer + asian american 🌼 shop open / on patreon! ☁️ somehow always tired ✨️ commissions closed!
ccsartcafe.carrd.co
Emma Berquist @emmaberquist.bsky.social an outlaw by the name of Texas Red
writer/book shelver/final girl
books: DEVILS UNTO DUST, MISSING PRESUMED DEAD
Amparo Ortiz @amparoortiz.bsky.social ✨young adult & middle grade author 🇵🇷 next: DREAM AWAY THE NIGHT (2027)
www.amparoortiz.com
Shellymäk @shellymak.bsky.social I post mostly blooms to balance out the dooms.
Artist, paper crafter, 🌈Ally, girl mom, Happy wife, 🌎amateur gardener, anthophile 🌹, #BloomScroller, #gardening, 🦓 spoonie, animal lover, 🦋consumer of news...
anita kelly 🌈 @anitakellywrites.bsky.social Writer of queer romance.
Last: DONUT SUMMER, out now 🍩
Next: HEARTWAVES #2, out sometime 2026 (hopefully lol)
they/them
Taskmaster @taskmaster.tv Official account for #Taskmaster.
Watch full episodes on YouTube and Channel4.com.
Lucy Worsley @lucyworsley.bsky.social Hello! I'm Lucy, I'm a historian, I write books like biographies of Agatha Christie and present a VERY GOOD @BBCSounds podcast called #LadyKillers. For ages I was Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces, now an Ambassador for the charity.
Sophie Gonzales @sgonzalesauthor.bsky.social International bestselling author of If This Gets Out |
Only Mostly Devastated | Perfect on Paper | Never Ever Getting Back Together|
We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social We Need Diverse Books is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit revolutionizing what we read to create a world where everyone can find themself in the pages of a book.
🔗 bio.site/WeNeedDiverseBooks
HarperCollins @harpercollins.bsky.social Publishing great authors since 1817. 📚
Megan E. Freeman @meganefreeman.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Author. Poet. Wildflower enthusiast. Novels ALONE and AWAY available from Simon & Schuster. Rep’d by East West Literary. I love connecting with readers and educators for school author visits. linktr.ee/meganefreeman
Tia Williams @tiawilliams.bsky.social NYT bestselling author. NAACP Image Award nominee. Former beauty editor. Wife and mom. Sleepy but productive.
Isla Lassiter @islalassiter.bsky.social MG/YA writer • Love trees, ghosts & all things haunted • octopus & jellyfish enthusiast • soccer (NWSL/USWNT) 🏳️🌈
Wendy Parris @wendyparrisauthor.bsky.social MG author: FIELD OF SCREAMS and STAGE FRIGHT both Delacorte Press rep: Sara Megibow
https://www.wendyparris.com/home
Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social Romance reader/writer. She/her. jackielaubooks.com
Naomi Milliner @naomimilliner.bsky.social Grateful for family, friends, readers, and books, including my own: SUPER JAKE & THE KING OF CHAOS, ON ALL OTHER NIGHTS, and THE TROUBLE WITH SECRETS (coming in April 2025!). I enjoy mentoring children and adults, and connecting with other writers.
Fierce Reads @fiercereads.bsky.social ✨ Uncover your next bookish obsession ✨
fiercereads.com 
Darcy Marks @darcymarks.bsky.social Author of GROUNDED FOR ALL ETERNITY & THE AFTERLIFE OF THE PARTY. Fangirl of so many things.
www.DarcyMarks.com
Order Grounded: https://bit.ly/45wwWG3
Order Afterlife: https://bit.ly/44t4MKB
IG: https://www.instagram.com/darcy.marks/
Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social THE GREAT WHEREVER (forthcoming from Holt, summer ‘26); COMPANY, 2024 winner of the L.A.Times Book Prizes Award for First Fiction: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/company. Mom, twin mom, lawyer, Silver Springer. She/her
Matthew Hubbard @matthewhubbard.bsky.social I write books and have moved on to a better social media platform, linked below.
www.matthewhubbardwrites.com
Cynthia Leitich Smith (Native Books for Young Readers & More) @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social children's-YA author, Heartdrum imprint curator, little free library steward, dog mom
Charlene Thomas @cthomasbooks.bsky.social Author and stuff. Now: STREETLIGHT PEOPLE | next: IT’S YOU EVERY TIME | Rep: Ann Rose @ The Tobias Literary Agency (📚) ; Alec Frankel @ IAG (🎬)
Zakiya N. Jamal @zakiyanjamal.bsky.social Author of TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME and SPARKS FLY. I'm not really here ✌🏾
Melissa ❌👑 @melissapiece.bsky.social Teacher, wife, mom to two great kids (one high-risk). Avid reader. Crochet addict. Lifelong learner. Tired most of the time. #actuallyautistic (she/her)
Jessica Jenkins @gorjessdesign.bsky.social Senior Designer at Penguin Young Readers.
Here to connect with designers and artists💜
Gorjessdesign.co
Amelinda Bérubé @metuiteme.bsky.social Writer, editor, terrifying bog witch, werewolf of productivity 💀🍁 Ottawa, she/her
Three spooky YA books on shelves now!
Latest: THE ONES WHO COME BACK HUNGRY
Writing romantasy as Elise Saint-Séverin 💃
Rep: Jacqui Lipton
Malinda Lo @malindalo.bsky.social NYT bestselling author, National Book Award winner. 🏳️🌈 My brand is lesbians. https://www.malindalo.com/
Kathleen Glasgow @kathleenglasgow.bsky.social #1 NYT bestselling author of super sad books. Girl in Pieces, The Glass Girl, You'd Be Home Now. Co-author of The Agathas series. Serial napper, dog earer of books, desert dweller.
https://linktr.ee/kathleenglasgow?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=
tiffunnireads 📚 @tiffunnireads.bsky.social I love to read | Fantasy/Scifi, Thrillers, Romance, SpecFic | Constant Giggler | ♊️ | Blackorean | She/Her | ADHD | Mood reader 😌
🔗 https://beacons.ai/tiff.unni.reads
📖: Our Vicious Oaths
🎧: The Eye of the World
Jessica Elena @byjessicaelena.bsky.social I really like drawing silly animals and flowers!
Digital artist from Sweden.
Check out my art!! both #art and #sketchbook stuff! :)
Shop and other links: https://shop.byjessicaelena.com/pages/links
Epic Reads @epicreads.bsky.social your favorite book lover's favorite book lover / https://epicreads.com/
Shveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com Desi mythopoetess. Author of Nebula Award finalist STAR DAUGHTER, THE DREAM RUNNERS, and DIVINING THE LEAVES. Also INTO THE MOON GARDEN (Audible).
https://shvetathakrar.com/
Penguin Books @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social We publish fiction and nonfiction adorned with the famous dignified but flippant logo.
Books of Wonder @booksofwonder.bsky.social Open 11am-7pm, 7 days a week📚
NYC's largest independent children's bookstore 🌈
Tae Keller @taekeller.bsky.social 
Khadijah VanBrakle @khadijahvanbrakle.bsky.social 
Sabina Khan @sabinawriter.bsky.social Author of books about desi girls.
YA: The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali, Zara Hossain Is Here, Meet Me in Mumbai, What A Desi Girl Wants
MG: The Bloodstone Thief (Sept 16/Scholastic)
Karaoke enthusiast & puppy wrangler
Jenna Levine @jennalevine.bsky.social USA TODAY-Bestselling cat guardian, author, and friendly felt frog.
https://linktr.ee/jennalevinewrites
Mazey Eddings @mazeyeddings.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling author
Neurodiverse 💗💜💙
Current obsession: taper candles
mason @masondeaver.bsky.social movie enjoyer, muppet enthusiast, best-selling author of queer romances like THE BUILD-A-BOYFRIEND PROJECT, out 08.05.25 from AVON 🧡
Laura E. Weymouth @lauraeweymouth.bsky.social I raise children, creatures, and stories.
Coming soon:
Steel & Spellfire (7/22)
The Castle & the Cloister (Summer 2026)
The Starlight & the Flame (Summer 2027)
Misa Sugiura @misa-sugiura.bsky.social Award-winning author of YA contemporary novels and a MG fantasy trilogy about Japanese gods and monsters.
Preorder MOMO ARASHIMA DUELS THE QUEEN OF DEATH today!
misasugiura.com
Tori Kate @torikateillo.bsky.social canadian kidlit illustrator ✏️ & full time mama
i love joyful, silly and heartwarming characters ✨
rep’d by Analía Cabello @ ABLA @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
portfolio: www.torikateillustration.com
email: torikcole@gmail.com
Jess @craftinggeek.bsky.social Trying to learn how to cross-stitch and play video games at the same time. | Powered by Dr Pepper 
@flossyfoxshop.bsky.social @flossyfoxshop.bsky.social 🪡 🦊 Cozy, cute, and magical cross stitch designs. You can find me on Etsy, Patreon, and Ko-Fi:
https://linktr.ee/flossyfoxshop
Amanda DeLong | BAD Stitch @badstitch.bsky.social Cross stitch pattern designer, zinemaker, craftivist.
https://linktr.ee/badstitch
Julie Murphy @andimjulie.bsky.social •#1 NYT Bestselling Author
• Founder of Bittersweet Books
• Student Union 5/5
• Vera Stein is Fine 7/21
• DUMPLIN’👠 is on Netflix
• Let Them Stare with JVN out now 🦖
• Books from cradle to grave!🍼➡️🪦
Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social Author: Pride Puppy; Pride Colors; Queer History A-Z; A Hug on the Wind and 30+ more.
Spring 2026: The Book of Jupiter
Spring 2027: Pride Puppy Countdown!
www.robinstevenson.com
https://linktr.ee/pridepuppy
🏳️🌈🍁📚
Sprout 🌱 @stitchsprout.bsky.social 🪡🧵 Cross Stitch Designer
🌈💚 Illustrator & Print Maker
💐🇬🇧 Lexington, KY
🧡🔽 Store/Patreon 🔽🧡
🩷 www.bio.link/stitchsprout
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
jonny garza villa @jgv.bsky.social they/them sagittarius sun and award winning writer
Middle Grade Escapades @mgescapades.bsky.social A community of authors debuting with middle grade books in 2025.
middlegradeescapades.com
https://mainpointbooks.com/book/9781250331342
Caroline Carlson @carolinecarlson.bsky.social I write books for kids (VERY NEARLY HONORABLE LEAGUE OF PIRATES, WICKED MARIGOLD, & more). Latest: THE TINKERERS. Rep: Allison Hellegers. https://carolinecarlsonbooks.com
KidLit Collective @kidlitcollective.bsky.social We are KidLit Collective, a collection of creative kidlit authors and illustrators supporting each other since our 2020 debuts and beyond. Art by @nielanderamy
Sarah Creech @sarah-creech.bsky.social Art Director and designer of books for kids/teens. I love reading, drawing, lettering, music, and puppy-babies Roux and Jamba.
MK England @mkengland.bsky.social Author of books, player of games, grower of things. Queer country recluse. Ex-librarian. They/any. Repped by Eric Smith. Publishing updates only.
Next 📘: FIELD GUIDE FOR THE FORMERLY VILLAINOUS (6/2/26)
www.mkengland.com/links
Elana K. Arnold @elanakarnold.bsky.social Writer, Human, Author, Friend.
Celia Krampien @celiakrampien.bsky.social Canadian kidlit author and illustrator | Rep: Andrea Morrison @ Writers House | THE BELLWOODS GAME (2023) | REMEMBER ME, DAPHNE (Coming Summer 2026!)
www.celiakrampien.com | https://celiakrampien.substack.com/
Sojung Kim-McCarthy @creativesojung.bsky.social Author-illustrator 🇰🇷🇬🇧 She/her
Agent: @agenthawk.bsky.social
My PB debut: BINNA’S DALGONA (2025)
tinyurl.com/3m7bpcd3
instagram.com/creativesojung
sojungkimmccarthy.art
sojungkimmccarthy@gmail.com
Mónica Mancillas Author @monicamancillas.bsky.social Mexican-American kidlit author living in the UK. 🇲🇽🇺🇸🇬🇧
Books 📚:
Mariana and Her Familia
The Worry Balloon
How to Speak in Spanglish
Sing it Like Celia
Taco Tuesdays
Leyendas/Legends
My Barrio Sings in Spanglish ('27)
Rep: Melissa Edwards, Stonesong
Sarah Dass @sarahdasswrites.bsky.social 🇹🇹 author of WHERE THE RHYTHM TAKES YOU and IT WAITS IN THE FOREST | Agent: Wendi Gu | https://linktr.ee/sarahdassauthor
Amanda ✨ Haunted Frames ✨ @hauntedframes.bsky.social She/her
Cross stitch pattern designer and stitcher 🪡
Collector of thrifted frames 🪞
https://hauntedframes.etsy.com
https://linktr.ee/haunted.frames/
NeedleLot Designs @needlelotdesigns.bsky.social Cross Stitch Pattern Designer
💜 cross stitch patterns for quirky hearts🪡
🤖 digital downloads
🌙 monthly #FlossyFellows patterns on Ko-fi
https://linktr.ee/needlelotdesigns
Random House Children's Books @randomhousekids.bsky.social 
marines @mynameismarines.bsky.social "What say you, Mari? For you are a young lady of deep reflection, I know, and read great books and make extracts." -Jane Austen-ish.
https://linktr.ee/mynameismarines
Lisa Springer @lisaspringer.bsky.social YA and MG author
📚 There's No Way I'd Die First (out now)
📚Who's All Going (to Die) Fall 2025
Rep: Danielle Burby - MWLA
Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social USA TODAY bestselling #author of WE COULD BE HEROES and other #mgnovels from @SimonKids/Atheneum Books for Young Readers. My latest, SPELLING IT OUT, drops May 2025. Excellent baker of chocolate cake.
geneva 🖍️ nycc soon @gdbee.bsky.social Artist! Won a Hugo once! Got nominated for another! Black! I like everyday fantasy! Made a graphic novel! Drew some kids books! Estoy aprendiendo español!
Rep'd by @grahamophones.bsky.social
https://gdbee.carrd.co / https://gdbee.store
Walden Pond Press @waldenpondpress.bsky.social A collaboration between HarperCollins and Walden Media to create the next generation of middle grade classics.
walden.com/books
Mo Netz @moosenetz.bsky.social MG and YA author. They took the boy out of the trailer park and now there's a trailer park rolling through NYC. Frightens children.
Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social ✂️ Author/Illustrator of books for young readers and artists
👀 Playful, visual storytelling
🏆 Emmy-winning compositor
📚 Once a librarian, always a librarian
https://www.carterhiggins.com/
Victoria Dahl/Victoria Helen Stone @victoriadahl.bsky.social WSJ bestselling author. Goofs and balls combined with rage.
BALD-FACED LIAR is out now and I’M HERE TO HELP drops on Oct 27!
www.VictoriaHelenStone.com
Caitlin O'Connell @caitlinrenata.bsky.social Edits books and comics for kids at Penguin Workshop. Probably here to be a weird gremlin anymore. She/her 🏳️🌈
Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social Writer of Southern Gothic for kids & adults. ROOT MAGIC | CONJURE ISLAND | THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE | HOLLOW TONGUE | PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE
she/her
edenroyce.com
Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Writer, zoologist, artist.
Author of 20+ books. SHARK LADY, BUNBUN & BONBON, OCEAN SPEAKS.
Unruly spokesperson for literacy, science, creativity, wildness & wonder.
https://www.jesskeating.com/
Rep: Kathleen Rushall, Andrea Brown Lit
Graci Kim @gracikim.bsky.social New York Times bestselling author of MG books | The Last Fallen Star + Moon + Realm | DREAMSLINGER coming April 2025 | www.gracikim.com
Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social Author: 🐦🔥💞✨banter✨丨ADHD
THIS VICIOUS GRACE 🍋
THIS CURSED LIGHT ⚔️
Macmillan 🇺🇸 , Hodder 🇬🇧
Translations: 🇷🇺🇪🇸🇷🇴🇩🇪🇨🇿🇮🇹🇧🇷🇵🇱🇹🇷🇫🇷🇺🇦
Rep: chelseberly
Linktr.ee/EmilyThiede