Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social Leila Sales suffers for her art. Well, it's not really art. But it's something. And she suffers.
Author, editor, eater of chocolate. My newest book, THE MUSEUM OF LOST AND FOUND, is out now!
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Jaymar Thee Author @jaymarjackson.bsky.social Lv 34! WE DESERVE MORE!!!
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Author of The Celestial Elementals Series. Available NOW!
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kyo maclear @kyomaclear.bsky.social writer
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Maureen Tai @maureentai.com Writer & Visual Storyteller/Inspired by Asian Culture & Universal Truths/Rep’d by @KarlyDizon.bsky.social/ My work at www.maureentai.com
Sarah Kurpiel @sarahkurpiel.bsky.social Picture book author/illustrator. MORE THAN A TREE (2026), A LITTLE LIKE MAGIC, SNAKE'S BIG MISTAKE. ♿ She/her.
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Kristine Ada Carter @kristineadacarter.bsky.social MG and YA writer and poet. Represented by literary agent, A.J. Van Belle at The Booker Albert Literary Agency. KristineAdaCarter.com
lit agent tasneem motala @seraphecda.bsky.social chronically tired but determined
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Franck Bourgeron @franckbourgeron.bsky.social Dessinateur, fondateur de La Revue Dessinée
junebug (they/them) @bulkbugbargainbin.bsky.social just a little bug 🍄linocut/illustration/crochet🍄 shop/commissions/donations: https://ko-fi.com/bulkbugbargainbin
Olivia When @oliviawhen.com Children's book illustrator, 2D animator, dog observer ✏️🐕
she/her
✧ Read The Day Leap Soared!
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Phoebe Creates @phoebecreates.bsky.social Hi! I'm Phoebe Zeng, an artist & children's book Illustrator from Australia. I'm represented by Sally Kim @ Andrea Brown Lit
https://www.phoebecreates.com.au/
https://www.instagram.com/phoebe.creates/
Elsa Martins 🖍️ illustrator @somebodyelsa.bsky.social Storyteller | Maker of happy things
Represented by Tracy Marchini
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Olga Komashko @sirenasdream.bsky.social Children’s Book Illustrator | represented by the Plum Agency | mom of two | SCBWI member
My portfolio:
www.olgakomashko.com
Kirk Reedstrom @kirkreedstrom.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling author/illustrator of funny kids books with heartfelt characters and a little bit of mayhem. Creator of the Duck & Moose graphic novel series (Disney-Hyperion).
He/Him
kirkreedstrom.com
Barry Wittenstein @bwittbooks.bsky.social Picture book author, winner of 2020 Orbis Pictus Award for A PLACE TO LAND about MLK w/Jerry Pinkney. #kidlit #picturebooks #authors
Carolyn Le @carolynle.bsky.social Kidlit illustrator/author, teacher, and chocolate lover. Portfolio: https://carolynle.com
Carren Jao @carrenjao.bsky.social #Kidlit author Rep'd by @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @bradfordagents.bsky.social @LeeandLow New Voices award winner, #PBRisingStars '23 Alum #FilTheShelves.
Patriotic Millionaires Canada @patmillscanada.bsky.social Wealthy Canadians who believe in taxing the rich to fight extreme wealth inequality.
Kathy Jo Watson @kathywatson.bsky.social Kid Lit Writer. Music and theater fanatic. Space Nerd.
Author of MY CITY IS A FORT and featured in BOY MOMS.
#SCBWI
#365PictureBooks
Sara Holly Ackerman @sarahollyackerman.bsky.social children's book author of THE GABI THAT GIRMA WORE (Little, Brown 2024), NOT JUST THE DRIVER (Beach Lane Books, April 9, 2024), CHALLAH FOR SHABBAT TONIGHT (Fall 2024), school librarian
Steve May @stevemaythe1st.bsky.social Award-winning children’s book #illustrator & #animation director - agent https://www.arenaillustration.com/artists/steve-may/
https://linktr.ee/stevemaythe1st
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Elayne Crain @elaynecrain.bsky.social Writer of childish things. Fan of sidequests. THERE'S SOMETHING ODD ABOUT THE BABYSITTER (w/ John Ledda, Feiwel & Friends). #scbwi #12x12pb #kidlit #☕ #📚 elaynecrain.com/books + elaynecrain.substack.com
Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social Literary Agent at Fuse Literary ❤ Publishing Coach + 🇵🇷 Children's Book Author repped by Amy Giuffrida @kissbyink.bsky.social
👉 https://vickyweberbooks.substack.com/p/start-here
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!
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
Gecko Press @geckopress.bsky.social An independent publisher of internationally award-winning curiously good children's books from around the world.
Shruthi Rao @shrurao.bsky.social Author, US and India #12x12PB #STEAM #NF
WHEN SCIENCE STOOD STILL (McElderry/S&S, 2025)
THE FIRST GIRL ON STAGE (Yali, 2025)
INDIA IN TRIANGLES (PRH India, 2025)
KADOOBOO! (Page Street, 2024)
https://shruthi-rao.com
Rep: @kristinostby Salky Literary
Yukiko Stranger-Galey @ystrangergaley.bsky.social 📚 Kidlit writer 🐋 Museum curator
🌟 @iaminprint.bsky.social PB winner 24
🌟 @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social PB mentee 25 🌟 @wordisdiversity.bsky.social finalist 22+24 📝 Rep @joycekay.bsky.social
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NikaIsPresent @nikaispresent.bsky.social unserious musings
accidental poet
actual librettist
filmmaker/storyteller
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Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
Matt Forrest Esenwine @mattforrestvw.bsky.social #Neurodivergent kidlit author, poetry writer, voice actor, Moxie drinker, dad, son, hubby, human. http://mattforrest.com https://www.instagram.com/mattforrestvw/
Inked Voices @inkedvoices.bsky.social Inked Voices helps writers find community, motivation and feedback to fuel their writing process. Human-centered, all online. www.inkedvoices.com
Josée Bisaillon @joseebisaillon.bsky.social Bonjour ! Je suis illustratrice et autrice ///
Hello ! I'm an illustrator/author • Montréal (elle/she)
www.joseebisaillon.com
Rep by Morgan Gaynin www.morgangaynin.com
Kelly Crull 🦊 @kellycrull.bsky.social Author, illustrator, and photographer of picture books for children. THE BLACK MAMBAS (Lerner 2025), WASHED ASHORE (Lerner 2022). Rep’d by Deborah Warren. #kidlit 🇪🇸🇺🇸
Anjulie Rao @anjulierao.bsky.social I write about the built environment. Bylines in a lot of places.
Anjulierao.info
NSF NCAR & UCAR @ncar-ucar.bsky.social We're committed to advancing our understanding of Earth system science, from the ocean to the exosphere, for the betterment of our planet. 🌎 Operated by UCAR and #NSFfunded.
UCAR CPAESS @ucar-cpaess.bsky.social CPAESS is a part of UCAR | NCAR and serves the Earth system science community in three distinct areas of service: scientific staffing, educational programs, & as a neutral science convener. https://cpaess.ucar.edu/
Dr. Ryan French @ryanjfrench.bsky.social British Solar Astrophysicist at the Laboratory of Atmospheric & Space Physics ☀️ Author of ‘Space Hazards’ and 'Little Book of Eclipses' - (views my own)
André Carrilho @andrecarrilho.bsky.social Visual artist, picture book author and animator
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https://instagram.com/andre_carrilho
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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!
Hachette Children's Group @hachettechildrens.bsky.social Official feed for Hachette Children's Group, publishing for every child 📚
@unionsquarekids.bsky.social @unionsquarekids.bsky.social 
The Canadian Children's Book Centre @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social We support the reading, writing, illustrating and publishing of Canadian books for young readers. 🇨🇦🧒🏽📚 bookcentre.ca
@redcometpressbooks.bsky.social @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social 
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
Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social We are Authors Against Book Bans. We stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We unequivocally support diverse voices on our library shelves, in our schools, and in our culture.
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
The Sackett Street Writers’ Workshop @sackettwriters.bsky.social 15,000 creative writers since 2002. NYC and Online classes. Write with us.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Francy Judge @francyart.bsky.social Author/illustrator #SCBWI / 2022, 24 & 25#PBParty Illustration Showcase/ 2025 3rd pl #50PreciousWords 2023&24 HM/ #WritersDigest 1st pl poetry / Christian. Selling prints at http://Francyartshop.com
francesjudge.com
Taunya English @taunyaenglish.bsky.social Nature Interpreter 🍂= Land + Culture • Writing Green Stories for Kids 🐸 • Volunteer Naturalist • Leading Audio
@KFFHealthNews📻
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.
Jennifer Ann Richter @jenniferannrichter.bsky.social Writer of stories. Watcher of birds and stars. BIRD NERD (Fall 2024, Holiday House) THE STAR OF MOON VILLAGE (Jan 2026, Holiday House) Agent: Amy Thrall Flynn at Aevitas Creative Management.
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Erin Dealey--> Kidlit Author*Playwright @erindealey.bsky.social #Kidlit author repped by Deborah Warren @eastwestlit -- Blogger of author & illus. #BookBirthdays -- Playwright at Uproar Theatrics erindealey.com -- Happily MARRIED btw--
dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social Author of THE VIRAL UNDERCLASS & THE OVERSEER CLASS. Once won the Cambridge Union Debate Society. Twice sold out The Strand & programmed film series at BAM. Pulitzer Center Global Reporting Fellow. LitHub essayist, Intercept reporter.
Open Library @openlibrary.org Open Library is a non-profit, open source catalog of every book published, run by the Internet Archive. We help patrons across the globe access millions of digital library books for free.
Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org Project Gutenberg, founded in 1971, is the oldest producer and distributor of free ebooks.
For more information, visit our website at:
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Viv Schwarz @vivschwarz.bsky.social Author, artist, interactive designer.
Hopes you are mostly happy.
She/they
https://www.vivianeschwarz.co.uk/
https://ko-fi.com/vivschwarz
https://linktr.ee/vivschwarz
Joyce Sweeney @joycekay.bsky.social Director of Kidlit at The Seymour Agency
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers @ebyrbooks.bsky.social Creating conversation & opening children's minds to a larger world since 1995 🌎📖💡
📘 Picture books
📕 Fiction, nonfiction, & YA
📗 Award winners
linktr.ee/eerdmansyoungreaders
Laura Alary @lauraalary.bsky.social Writer. Storyteller. Wonderer.
#Kidlit #PictureBooks New in 2026: THE CURIOUS LIFE OF CECILIA PAYNE (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers), AROUND THE CIRCLE (Beaming Books)
www.lauraalary.ca
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app Words at ballsandstrikes.org, and even more words in The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back
Out now at tinyurl.com/originalismtrap !
Lynn Becker @lynnbbooks.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Author of MONSTERS IN THE BRINY, JUNE MOON, and GHOST TOWN IN THE MOUNTAINS (2026). Children’s book reviewer for Shelf Awareness. http://lynnbeckerbooks.com
Skype a Scientist @skypeascientist.bsky.social We connect people with science!
Get matched with a scientist at SkypeAScientist.com
Use any video chat platform you'd like!
Check out our science street art!
Home of the squid facts hotline.
DM @SarahMackAttack.bsky.social for all urgent questions!
Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social Squid biologist
Science communicator
Artist
Philadelphian
I run @SkypeAScientist.bsky.social
Creator of the SquidMobile
https://linktr.ee/Sarahmackattack
Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social Scholar, author, policy advisor
Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab
https://www.ias.edu/stsv-lab
Books: The Future of Science is Civic, Auditing AI, The Social Life of DNA, Genetics & the Unsettled Past, Body & Soul, Technicolor
Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social Your garbage mom; writer; she/her; I ♥️ unions; essayist on film, books, fairy tales, and horror; author of HAPPY PEOPLE DON’T LIVE HERE; rep’d by Kent Wolf; I just want you to be happy, honey
linktr.ee/ambernoellesparks
Mira Jacob @mirajacob.bsky.social Author/ Illustrator/ Partner In Crimes
Alli Hellegers @allidh.bsky.social Literary Agent & Foreign Rights Director
Stimola Literary Studio
Susan Van Metre @skeetervm.bsky.social Hopelessly devoted to books. Editorial Director Walker Books US/Candlewick Press
Abhi Alwar @abhialwar.bsky.social 👩🏽🎨 Children's book illustrator
⭐️ Represented by Allie Levick at Writer's House
🎨 abhialwar.com
M. T. Anderson @mt-anderson.bsky.social Author for kids and adults. Always pacing counterclockwise into the past. 
sharyn november @sn0vember.bsky.social Alien anthropologist, smoker, disorganizer, enthusiast, poet, baker, children's/YA book editor. A tough room.
Jessica Echeverria @jecheverria.bsky.social Editorial Director, Lee & Low Books 📚
Liz Bicknell @lizbick25.bsky.social Gardener, editor, Vermonter, married to the love of my life 🏳️🌈
Susan Rich @susanrichreads.bsky.social Children's Book Editor-at-Large with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Claudia Mills @claudiamills123.bsky.social Author of over 60 books for young readers, loves the community of writers and readers, always searching for creative joy wherever it can be found.
Bloomsbury Books US @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social Professional book pushers 📚
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/
pintachan @pintachan.bsky.social Hello, my name is Pintachan and I am a full-time illustrator living in the north of Spain. Website: pintachan.com
Emma Jayne @emmajaynedesigns.bsky.social Illustrator and pattern designer. Love to create designs for kid's books, stationery, gifts and apparel. For work enquiries please email me at emma@emmajayne-designs.co.uk
Instagram: @emmajayne_designs
Portfolio: portfolio.emmajayne-designs.co.uk
Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social 🌟 2025 #PBRisingStars Mentee
🎨 #kidlit author-illustrator
📚 Former children's bookseller and school librarian
😴 Current tired mom
🤓 Self-taught and still self-teaching
Represented by Marissa Brown at Pippin Properties
brookebaum.com
MrsYeppez @mrsyeppez.bsky.social Mom, public ed librarian, lover of the natural world, reader, writer, tinkerer and not-so-great gardener (but I love it still). Here's to never losing sight of the wonders of everyday life!
Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social Combat veteran (Marines + Army). Friend of the working Mainer, foe of the oligarchy. Husband. Candidate for U.S. Senate.
www.grahamforsenate.com
Hannah Floyd @word3floyd.bsky.social Writes poetry, flash, speculative fiction. Works in a special school. Bakes stuff.
50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social Official Bluesky account for the #50501Movement
❌👑#NoKings 3/28 Made History!!
Join the Movement > https://FiftyFifty.one
Author Freeman Ng @authorfreeman.bsky.social Author of BRIDGE ACROSS THE SKY, a YA verse novel about the Chinese immigration experience through Angel Island, as well as @trumpbert.bsky.social and @haikudiem.bsky.social.
www.AngelIslandNovel.com
www.PandemicPB.com
www.AuthorFreeman.com
Myra Faye Turner @myrafayeturner.blacksky.app Children’s book author | Lover of coffee and naps | #kidlit |Highlights 2025 SCBWI Impact Fund Scholarship Recipient| Member #SCBWI
BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social Physician Scientist MDPhD
Infectious Diseases
Academic Medicine
Global Health
Science Communicator
Posts are my opinions, not my employer's and not medical advice
I bet on myself and double down
https://substack.com/@bktitanji
Debbie Ridpath Ohi (Work-Only) @work.debbieohi.com This is my work-only broadcast acct with updates about what I'm working on. Not all kidlit. Also see https://debbieohi.com/newsletter/ 🇨🇦
For my main feed w/ ALL my nerdy interests, replies: @DebbieOhi.com
https://debbieohi.com/links/
Leaf Journal: On Writing for Young People @leafjournal.bsky.social Leaf Journal: On Writing for Young People. Publishing scholarly articles by children's writers in the academy. View our past issues: https://ojs.library.lancs.ac.uk/lj/issue/archive
Find us online: https://linktr.ee/leafjournal
Pat Cummings @betnoire.bsky.social Olympic medalist, Grammy winner, ballerina emeritus, storyteller.
Georgia Cook @georgiacooked.bsky.social Illustrator, Voice Actor, Award-winning Writer of audio and horror fiction.
Co-creator of The Holmwood Foundation podcast.
She/Her. 🏳️🌈
Email: georgiacooked@gmail.com
Website: www.georgiacookwriter.com
LinkTree: https://t.co/XX5pBGqxvT
Kathryn LeRoy @kathrynleroy.bsky.social Writer. Photographer. Learner.
Believer in hope,
the strength of the human spirit,
and always, possibility.
Be kind. Be brave. Be you.
#SCBWI #12x12PB
Jesus Trejo @jesustrejo.bsky.social Stand Up Comedian• Writer • Award Winning Children's Book Author • Actor • Executive Producer & Host of the Docu-Series "ROOTS OF COMEDY" on PBS. 
Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social Free classroom lessons, workshops, seminars, campaigns, teacher study groups, & more to teach outside the textbook.
Coord. by @rethinkingschools.bsky.social & @teachingchange.bsky.social
Donate & more: https://linktr.ee/zinneducationproject
danamarie hosler/ mightypigeon @mightypigeon.bsky.social ❤️artist 💛color enthusiast💚 mighty pigeon doing her best 💙 clients inc: Disney+, The Muppets Studio, MFM, Children’s National Hospital & *you* 💜 Autistic 🩷 rep’d by Jen Rofé at ABLA
🤍 https://campsite.bio/mightypigeon
michelle wemegah @michellewemegah.bsky.social rep’d by Kelly Sonnack from @ABLA
https://michellewemegah.carrd.co/
Zahra Marwan @zahra-marwan.bsky.social Painter, Writer, Illustrator
Bloomsbury, Random House, Macmillan, and Astra Books 📚
https://zahramarwan.com/
Kuwait + New Mexico
Rep: Writers House NYC
Hecho a Mano Santa Fe
Mark Wilson @mwilsonillo.bsky.social Freelance illustrator from Upstate New York with a focus on Children's Picture Books.
Represented by Andrea Colvin Creative Agency
www.markwilsonillustration.com
Jonathan Maberry @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social NY Times bestseller, 5-time Bram Stoker Award-winner, editor & comic book writer for IDW, Dark Horse,Marvel. Creator of V-Wars (Netflix). Editor of Weird Tales.