Emily Co @emilycowrites.bsky.social I write things. ✍️ I sing karaoke with the best of them. 🎤 Sumikko Gurashi is my jam. 🍓
🌸 2026 #pbparty Finalist
🌸 #12x12challenge #SCBWI
🏠 is Singapore, SF Bay Area, Tokyo = San Fransokyopore
AnneWritesKidlit @anneruggirello.bsky.social Picture book writer 📚 Bluesky newbie
Watercolor dabbler 🎨 Lover of apple crisp
#KidLit #picturebooks #SCBWI #amwriting
Nicole Almendrada @nicolealmendrada.bsky.social 🖍️ Kidlit / digital & traditional illustrator
🎨 watercolour, gouache, pencils
💕 Animals, nature and crafts
🇨🇱 Latina
💚 SCBWI Spanish Comitee
✨ nicolealmendrada.art
Caroline Kind @carolinekind.bsky.social MG author, educator, researcher, reader, learner | She/Her | Halifax, NS |
Rightardia @rightardia.bsky.social Retired AF intelligence officer (Mustang)
Information Technology (IT) instructor and tech
MA in Mass Communications, UF
Disabled vet & senior
Democrat
Happily married with 4 children
FB émigré
Lives in Tampa Bay
Please-no adult, gaming or dating posts
Kelli Panique @kellipanique.bsky.social Picture Book Summit Producer and Event & Podcast Host
12 x 12 Community Manager
Knows a little bit about a whole lot of things.
Would rather be at the beach.
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
#KidlitZombieWeek @kidlitzombieweek.bsky.social Hosts of #KidlitZombieWeek 2026, @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @rebecca-ensign.bsky.social @monicafreewoman.bsky.social @janmilusich.bsky.social @drenderturmaud.bsky.social @kcstrocchia.bsky.social
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/kidlit-zombie-week/
Caroline @carolinewu.bsky.social ✨ MG and PB writer
🏔️ Always in the mountains
🐦 Avid hiker, amateur nature photographer, wannabe birder
Alicia Meyers @byaliciameyers.bsky.social Author ✏️ | Teacher 🍎 | #SCBWI
DO THE PASTA DANCE [2027]
TIC-ERRIFIC ME [2026] 📚
THE A-TO-Z TEACHING TOOLKIT [2025]
Lover of coffee, carbs, books & Bravo
@iamunz.bsky.social @iamunz.bsky.social 
Deborah W Trotter @deborahwtrotter.bsky.social Book lover, kidlit author, nature embracer. Find me outdoors with a book in beautiful surroundings or at my desk surrounded by papers, pens and stories.
Mariana Dominé @mariana-domine.bsky.social Writer | Poet | 2026 WNDB Mentee
FOR THE WIN: Poems Celebrating Phenomenal Athletes
Anne Weaver @annemweaver.bsky.social SCBWI, 12x12, Inked Voices | boy mom, PB writer, belly-laugh enthusiast
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Postscript (Book Formatter, Cover Designer and Socials Post Maker): https://book-shelfie.com/postscript
Janet Frenck Sheets @janetfrencksheets.bsky.social Alaskan who's learned to thrive --well, survive--at 40 degrees below zero. I play hockey in winter, garden in summer, and read picture books year-round.
Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
Shirl Girl @shirleyfadden.bsky.social ShirleyFadden.com
Writer & Illustrator of picture books. SCBWI Rutgers Mentee
Writer's Loft Anthology
PBParty 2025 Finalist
2026 NESCBWI Portfolio Showcase Winner-unagented
I make picture books for a tutu-wearing, lizard-loving, imaginary boss.- C CEW @christyeilerward.bsky.social
@stephanniewrites.bsky.social @stephanniewrites.bsky.social 
marty lapointe-malchik @mlapointemalchik.bsky.social Collage artist, author, PBParty '23 HM, 50PreciousWords Prize Winner '21 SCBWI, 12x12, Writers’ Loft, Good Ship Illustration Crew, Walden walker, recipe ranker, library lover. She/her
Becky Levine @beckylevine.bsky.social Kidlit writer, knitter, beginning drummer. Come for the writing and books, stay for the cat, yarn, and travel pix. Opinions are my own. Unless you love them, in which case I'm happy to share. She/Her
www.beckylevine.com
Kathryn Powell—Reading Aloud for Life @rynkatt.bsky.social 📕 Picture Book & Songwriter, Connecting with #PB writers, #kidlit & #literacy pros
📚 former #library outreach specialist
#HighlightsFoundation Scholarship recipient—2024
Chicka Chicka Zoom Zoom
📝📝📝📝📝
#PictureBookWriters, #SCBWI
Lindsay | KidLit Grove @lindsayamoretti.bsky.social Kidlit writer and creator of KidLit Grove, a bookish corner where kids step inside their favorite stories through nature play, STEAM discoveries, and sensory-based adventures.
📕🌳 Sign up here: https://kidlitgrove.substack.com
MB Sessler @mbsessler.bsky.social Retired educator, KidLit writer and life-long learner.
Proud Wife, Mom and Gigi!
https://www.marybethsessler.com/
emilykdunn.bsky.social @emilykdunn.bsky.social Hello, I'm Emily. I'm an author/illustrator and actor from Utah. I love my family. I love creating stuff...in all sorts of genres--stories, performances, songs, artwork and more. Even pancakes! Learn more at: emilykdunn.com
Suzan Hendrickson @suz-hendrickson.bsky.social Picture Book lover and writer. Grandmother, mother, wife. #kidlit #PB #SCBWI #12x12 #CBI #amquerying
Pamela Morgan @pamelamorganwrites.bsky.social Kidlit author, playwright, ambivert, coffee addict, neurospicy, queer ✨ SIMPLY SKYE available now ✨ Represented by Tali Shammas at Storm Literary✨
Website: www.pamelamorganwrites.com
@exploraline.bsky.social @exploraline.bsky.social 
Jill Lambert @ljlambert.bsky.social #writer #SCBWI #PB #kidlit
Writer for children, former librarian & elementary teacher, wife, mother, grandmother, dogmom.
Meg Walters Illustrator @megwaltersdesign.bsky.social SCBWI, Children's book illustrator & author
Kate Aston @kateaston.bsky.social #KidLit and library storytime SUPERFAN. Mom of now grown daughters who taught me to recognize books kids beg you to "read it again!" at bedtime. Here for the beauty. Writer of kidlit and poetry. Cheerful lurker. No access to chat.
Kaye Baillie, Children's Author @kayeb.bsky.social Picture Book author living on Wadawurrung Country. Visit my website https://kayebaillie.com/
Blythe Williams @blytheawilliams.bsky.social PBParty Finalist ('26)
Write Kidlit NOW! Scholarship Recipient ('25) ✍️
#PBRisingStar! ('24)
FallWritingFrenzy Honorable Mention ('23)
#12x12PB/#SCBWI/#KidlitAuthor/✡️Mama of 2/#pb #pbnf #sel
C. L. White @clwhite572.bsky.social Writer and Paleontology Nerd (MSc Evolutionary Anthropology focused in primate brain evolution)
Lover of all things science and stories!
Jennifer Sweeney @storiesbysweeney.bsky.social 📚 Children’s Book Writer & Book Lover
🌴 SCBWI Southern Breeze Member
⭐️ Retired Educator
🥔 Passionate about Potatoes
StoriesBySweeney.com
#PB #SCBWI #kidlit
Elizabeth Brookman @lizzyinlille.bsky.social Kidlit creator, occasional cartoonist, artist based in France
Audrey Beth Stein @audreybethstein.bsky.social Author. Human. Curious. I write adult lit and picture books. Self-pubbed my first book before it was cool. Currently seeking trad pub homes for my latest manuscripts, a literary agent partner, and fresh readers for my published books.
audreybethstein.com
Faith Gluskin @authorfaithgluskin.bsky.social #PICTURE BOOK Writer/#Teacher/#amquerying/Author of Gorillas’ Night Out (Indigo River Publishing/2019) and Matzah Means So Many Things (Yorkshire Publishing/2022). Member of #SCBWI
Serena Call @serenacallart.bsky.social Aspiring children's book author and illustrator.
Marta Serraggiotto | children's book author-illustrator @martaserraggiotto.bsky.social 🧸kidlit author-illustrator | SCBWI member
🎨seeking agency representation
🇮🇹based in Padova, Italy
✏️Kidlit diary on Substack
https://www.martaserraggiotto.com/portfolio-2/
@alicia-minor.bsky.social @alicia-minor.bsky.social 
Dawn Prochovnic @dawnprochovnic.bsky.social Dandelion Lover, Potty Humorist, and Award-Winning Author: Mama's Home (and Baby Too!), Lucy's Blooms, Where Does a Cowgirl/Pirate Go Potty? ASL, Literacy, & Library Enthusiast. 2023 Walt Morey Award recipient. www.dawnprochovnic.com 12x12 (She/Her)
Ellen L. Ramsey @ellenlramseybooks.bsky.social #kidlit, SCBWI, 12x12, book lover, nature lover. A BOOK FOR BEAR (Flamingo Books/Penguin Random House, 2023) www.ellenlramsey.com
Laura Cooper @cooperl788.bsky.social You can find me at my favorite sunny spot, the kitchen island, where I’m simultaneously cooking up dinner and book ideas. I’m an avid reader, raising 2 kids and 1 rescued house hippo.
Amy Barry @amybarrybooks.bsky.social Teacher, kidlit, mother of twins.
Freo Lancisco @freonardolancisco.bsky.social Teaching Artist, author/illustrator, dancer.- I irener67.bsky.social @irener67.bsky.social
Tamla T. Young @tamlatyoung.bsky.social I write for children. I teach children. I mother 2 children. My debut PB Ready, Set, Mango!🥭 available where books are sold! April 25’ 🥰
#PBRisingStars HM 24’
#12x12 25’
#PBParty HM 25’
Debbie Moeller @debbiemoellerbooks.bsky.social Author. Eclectic kidlit writer. I write picture books (fiction & nonfiction), leveled readers and early readers. Retired teacher. Eccentric grandma. Beach junkie. SCBWI member. She/her
Audrey Barbakoff is ✨kvelling✨ @barbakoffbooks.bsky.social Picture book author, librarian, educator.
🍼 MAZEL TOES (‘25)
🌔THE SCHLEMIEL KIDS SAVE THE MOON (‘24)
🎃 PUMPKIN SHABBAT (‘28)
Rep: Rebecca Angus @ Howland Literary
http://www.barbakoffbooks.com
Stacey B @staceybyer.bsky.social Kidlit writer & illustrator. Made in the Caribbean 🇬🇩 🇧🇧.
Creator: #sweetshoutout series
Rep'd: McIntosh & Otis
WILL & KRILL (Beaming Books 2025) https://staceybyer.com/books
Jackie 🇦🇺🇵🇭🇲🇾🌈 @jackieyap.bsky.social emerging mystery & kidlit writer
✨2025 #CYA Aspiring YA Winner
✨2025 #WeNeedDiverseBooks #KillYourDarlings
🌈 adhd, tck, solar-powered, dog mama, shaved iced enthusiast
📍Australia
linktr.ee/jackieyapwrites
Katie Moon 🌔 @katiemoon-author.bsky.social Author-illustrator braving the query trenches. Focused mainly on humor with a sprinkle of heart. Illustration HM #PBParty2024.
Lisa Monroe @lisalmonroe.bsky.social Retired teacher, Reading Specialist, Writer, Born and Raised in NOLA.
Molly Schaffer @mollyschaffer.bsky.social Kidlit Author, Therapist, Mom, Former Actor
mollyschafferbooks.com
#SCBWI #PB #12x12PB #PBParty
Lora Stead Author @lorastead.bsky.social Is it writing time yet?
Kidlit, '23 PBParty Finalist, SCBWI, 12x12, InkedVoices, UT League of Writers, former ESL/1-8 grade teacher. Rep'd by Joyce Sweeney at Seymour. ☀️
Forthcoming debut WHERE DADDY IS (Atheneum, 2029)
https://youtube.com/@lorastead
Fabienne Doucet, Ph.D. 🇭🇹 @bailabomba.bsky.social polysemic mother scholar writer lover sister daughter dancer dreamer seeker. professor @nyu. executive director @metronyu. #author LOVE IS STILL WINNING/EL AMOR SIEMPRE TRIUNFA. #scbwi #pbauthor
Susan @sburdorf.bsky.social Member of 12x12 PB Writing Challenge; The Writer’s Sanctuary; Ebony Lynn Mudd’s PB Retreat; published author; collector of socks; herder of cats. Welcome to my world.
Ana Kelly @anakellyinla.bsky.social 🇳🇮 to FL to CA to FL to...
#PB Writer, Reading Interventionist, Dodger Fan
#SCBWI | #PBParty '25 Finalist | #PBParty '23 Honorable Mention (HM) | #50PreciousWords '25 and '23 HM | #KidLitChuckleChallenge Champ '25
@jenny-murphy.bsky.social @jenny-murphy.bsky.social 
Caterina Salvatori @caterinawrites.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Picturebook writer. Dog mom.
Pam Adams @pamadamswrites.bsky.social 
Stephanie Owens @stephanieowens.bsky.social 🇨🇦Canadian kidlit author/Photographer/Healthcare professional
Represented by Sharon Belcastro
https://stephaniemcowens.wordpress.com/
Jennifer Phillips @jjpseattle.bsky.social Children's author, developmental disabilities and mental illness advocate, creativity/improvement geek. Latest book: Walking on Eggshells by Jolly Fish Press. Find me on http://jenniferphillipsauthor.com and jjpseattle.substack.com
Danielle Anderson @fortheloveofkidlit.bsky.social Freelance editor and aspiring pb author
@amandamcintyre.bsky.social @amandamcintyre.bsky.social 
Deborah Paquette @deborahpaquette.bsky.social Picture-book author/illustrator. #SCBWI Canada West Co-ARA.
deborahpaquette@shaw.ca
deborahpaquette.com
Deena Viviani @deenamlv.bsky.social Kidlit writer & librarian
deena-writes.com
Laura Polasek @polaseklj.bsky.social Writer. Mom. Lover of books and tea | 🇨🇦📚🫖 #amquerying
CANSCAIP PB Shortlist '23, Longlist '24, '26 | #kidlitvibes winner '23 | #KidsChoiceKidlitWritingContest MG winner '24 | Lyrical Language Lab Rhyming Contest Longlist '24 | Halloweensie HM '25
@girlscout70294.bsky.social @girlscout70294.bsky.social 
@rosihollinbeck.bsky.social @rosihollinbeck.bsky.social 
Jenny Reuel @jennyreuel.bsky.social Storytime lady = bringer of joy. Writer of #PB #MG. Highlighting the funny, frustrating, and forgotten.
JustPlainMaryAnn @justplainmaryann.bsky.social KidLit writer. Peace lover, crafter, mom to all who need one, including two sweet dogs,two cats, and 8 plucky chickens. Left the IT world happily behind to live on a small island off the coast of Maine. Seeking Literary Agent representation.
@tesidne.bsky.social @tesidne.bsky.social 
Susan Inez @susaninez.bsky.social Author, cat enthusiast, bird nerd, traveler. 
KidLit Deconstruction Zone Podcast @kdzpodcast.bsky.social We'll mine children's books for tools you can use in your own stories.
https://linktr.ee/kdzpodcast
#Kidlit Deconstruction Zone Podcast
#kdzpodcast hosted by @me-mwai.bsky.social, @morganlau.bsky.social, and Rona Shirdan.
Art by Mel Mwai
Suhasini Gupta @thesusankam.bsky.social Author/Engineer/Mom
Debut PB- KAI PO CHE: Mini's Perfect Kite (@GRP, March '25)
#12x12 #SCBWI #DVpit
Amazon: https://a.co/d/cSZyHfk
Rap song: https://bit.ly/3zyA35u
Nena Hy-Boyer @hyart.bsky.social Hi! I am a children's picture book author and illustrator sharing art and ideas. #SCBWI. #kidlitart.
Please do not repost.
www.hyart.org
Stephanie Jackson - seeking rep! @sjwritesforkids.bsky.social Kidlit writer, mostly PB & MG. '26 Honorable Mention, #PBRisingStars! Member SCBWI, The Authors Guild. Mom x4. 12x12 challenge. Words published w/ Cricket magazine, Dirigible Balloon, STEMTuesday.com. Seeking rep. StephanieWritesForKids.com- M mbetrus.bsky.social @mbetrus.bsky.social
Cindy Johnson @cindyjohnson.bsky.social I'm a children's author who wants to bring laughter, joy, love, and maybe a little learning to kids who read my books, like Texas 2X2 pick RUSSELL WRESTLES THE RELATIVES #Aladdin #Simon&Schuster
Mary Helen Berg @maryhelenberg.bsky.social Children’s book author | ENOUGH TO SHARE @TielmourPress l Soon: Bushel & Peck Books | #PBParty Finalist ‘25 & ‘23, HM ‘24, l Writementor ‘22 | #SCBWI | #12x12PB | #Kidlit #PB
Bodily autonomy, still a thing @boendercarol.bsky.social I really hate describing myself. But I'm glad to be here.
kristenindahl.bsky.social @kristenindahl.bsky.social Health writer/editor, PB writer, SCBWI, 12x12, 'Nova Wildcat, mom of teens, yoga fan and small town girl turned Jersey girl. She/her.
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
Jennifer Kennedy (she/her) @jenniferkwrites.bsky.social Reader, #kidlit writer, nonprofit communications pro. Passionate about education and equity. #SCBWI member
Catherine Ann Velasco @cat4.bsky.social Children's Book Author of BEHIND THE SCENES OF PRO BASEBALL ⚾️ and BEHIND THE SCENES OF PRO BASKETBALL 🏀.
Assistant Regional Advisor for #SCBWI- IL
Koi Latina Mama
National Parks Super Fan
Children's Library Volunteer Guru
@loveyouaton.bsky.social @loveyouaton.bsky.social 
Nancy Ferguson @nferg.bsky.social Reader,writer, gardener. 12X12, SCBWI, PB, PBParty, Retired teacher-4th grade, 31 years!
@heatherskinner.bsky.social @heatherskinner.bsky.social Querying author, reporter for The Mountain Eagle & Schoharie News, homeschooling mom, SCBWI member, & when I grow up I want to be one of those 70 year olds you find spending their Thursday nights at the roller skating rink rocking out to 90s music!
Marietta Apollonio @mariettaa.bsky.social Author-illustrator of:
Wombat And The Family Tree
Jack The Library Cat
Traditional and digital illustration
Rep'd by Andrea Colvin Creative Agency
🐴 Equestrian Instructor
🐶 Dog and kid mom
🍰 Dessert lover
📚
https://www.mariettaapollonio.com
@authorinbalalon.bsky.social @authorinbalalon.bsky.social 
Gabriella Aldeman @writebetween.bsky.social Spanish translator and PB author. PAULA'S PATCHES (FreeSpiritBooks), SQUAWK OF SPANISH (Charlesbridge), SOMETIMES A DREAM (Versify, 2027). Rep’d by Jennifer Unter
Cyndi Harvell @cyndiharvell.bsky.social Children’s book author/illustrator. Lover of birds, microwaveable neck pillows, and all varieties of squash. www.cyndiharvell.com