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Cassandra Federman @cassfederman.bsky.social Creator of graphic novels and picture books for kids! ND mom to a PDA kid💪
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📚GRAY SQUIRREL LOSES IT! (Random House, 2025)
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Anne Tibbets - Literary Agent @annetibbets.bsky.social Literary Agent/Writer/Grants Coordinator.
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Kate Prosswimmer @kateprosswimmer.bsky.social ✏️ Executive Editor at Simon & Schuster for:
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Carina Licon @carinalicon.bsky.social Associate Editor at Holt BYR (MCPG). She/her. Opinions are my own.
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SCBWI Southern Breeze Region @scbwi-sobreeze.bsky.social Co-Regional Advisor, Melissa Miles
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SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators
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Kat Gonso (she/her) @katwritesstuff.bsky.social Flash fiction and young adult books
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Toni Kirkpatrick @tonimargarita.bsky.social Senior Editor at Diversion Books, author, Chair of Latinx in Publishing
Katrina 🌙✨ @bookishmoons.bsky.social -Associate Literary Agent at Corvisiero Literary Agency
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Trinica Sampson-Vera @trinicasampsonvera.bsky.social Associate Agent at New Leaf Literary & Media | they/she 🇹🇹🏳️🌈
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Rebecca Nelson @editrebecca.bsky.social Editorial + Design at Crooked Lane Books and Alcove Press
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Emily Varga Books @emilyvargabooks.bsky.social ✨Bestselling author
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🌊 THE RIVER SHE BECAME - coming soon
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Katherine Locke @katherinelocke.bsky.social Author, writer, reader, cat owner, horse owner. Mostly made of rage and salt. Red Sea pedestrian. They/them.
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Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow @authorjamilah.bsky.social 🔸Children’s book author of very Black, very Muslim stories
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Esme Symes-Smith @esmesymessmith.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling Author of SIR CALLIE, Random House Kids
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Laurel Symonds @laurelsymonds.bsky.social Senior literary agent at kt literary (closed to queries). Updates only. Opinions my own. She/her
TJ Ohler @tjohler.bsky.social Editor | Emerson Alum | bookseller | #editor #horror #romance #thriller #YA #adult #mg #eviltwin #zando #slowburn
Elizabeth Law @elawreads.bsky.social #Kidlit and YA Lit are my vocation and I won't stop preaching. Currently Editor-at-Large at Holiday House Bks, and a freelance editor and speaker. 40 years in the biz, yowsah! https://www.elawreads.com/ I'm also a showqueen trapped in a woman's body.
Nivia Evans (Hozier's Version) @niviaevans.bsky.social Senior Editor at Saga Press. PW Star Watch Superstar 2020. Openly Black. I read things...all the time.
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David Thomas Moore @dtmooreeditor.bsky.social World Fantasy and Hugo Award-nominated Editorial Director at Solaris (Profile Books). Clarion West Instructor 2026. he/him
Patrick Nielsen Hayden @pnh.nielsenhayden.com Retired SF and fantasy editor, winner of three Hugos and a World Fantasy Award. Amateur musician, bibliophile, genealogist, layabout. American by birth, Canadian by recent ancestry.
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Roma Panganiban @romapancake.bsky.social Literary agent at Azantian Literary Agency; constantly mortified by the ordeal of being known. Don't buy books from Amazon. she/her
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Ariana Philips @arianaphilips.bsky.social Literary Agent/Partner at JVNLA
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Hannah Strouth @hannahstrouth.bsky.social associate agent @ Sanford J. Greenburger Associates | simply existing | she/her
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https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/hannah-strouth/
Mark Joyella 🚫👑 @standupkid.bsky.social Senior contributor, Forbes. IBMer. Adjunct professor, Iona University. 5-time Emmy-winning reporter. Emory. UGA #GoDawgs. Arsenal FC.
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JVNLA - Jennifer Weltz @jvnla.bsky.social Jennifer Weltz ( she/her) is a Literary Agent at the Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency, Inc. who speaks for the Agency as well as herself. Much author love here!
Lisa Abellera @lisaabellera.bsky.social Literary agent at Kimberley Cameron & Associates, AALA member, VONA alum, Filipina/Pinay, and lover of all things books; she/her📚🦄🐲👾🤖💃🏽🕵️♀️👮🏽♀️✍🏾📚
Laura Dail Literary Agency @ldlainc.bsky.social Literary agency representing a diverse list of bestselling/award-winning authors. We ❤️ immersive reads, stories that move you, and ideas that make you think.
Andie Smith @andiesmithbooks.bsky.social 📚 Associate Agent at Creative Media Agency
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Jennifer Azantian @jenazantian.bsky.social Founder and Literary Agent at Azantian Literary Agency. Mom to humans and pups. Occasional sharer of TMI. Queer. ND. First-gen Armenian (she/her)
Emily Forney @emilykaitlin.bsky.social Literary Agent @bookendslit • Undiscovered National Treasure • Neighborhood Book Bimbo
Serendipity Literary Agency @serendipitylit.bsky.social Celebrating over 25 years of Literary Management. Unearthing Gems One Book at a Time!
Bethany Fulk Hendrix @bethanyfulk.bsky.social Literary Agent at Spencerhill Associates • YA writer • Lover of all things Disney and chocolate
Uwe Stender @uwestenderphd.bsky.social Herthaner. Berliner Schnauze. Westend. Qualität kommt von Qual. 1982, 1991, 2013, 2017. Books, Films, Music. 💙 Berlin 🤍
William Clark @williamclark.bsky.social Literary agent to authors of narrative nonfiction and illustrated books. Sentient being. www.wmclark.com Active at https://mast.wmclark.com/@wm 
Jade Wong-Baxter @jwongbaxter.bsky.social literary agent at the Frances Goldin Literary Agency // she/her 
Claire Oleson @claireoleson.bsky.social Queer writer | Assistant Editor @kenyonreview.bsky.social | Fiction Fellow at The Center for Fiction | Lit Rep: Eloy Bleifuss Prados at Neon Literary
Vicky Bijur Literary Agency @vickybijur.bsky.social New Yorker, literary agent, proud wife of Ed Levine and proud mother of William Levine, active member of @aalitagents.bsky.social
Kelly Thomas @kellythomaslit.bsky.social Literary Agent at Serendipity Literary Agency. Screenwriter. Ghostwriter. Freelance Editor. Loves dogs, books, Christmas trees, true crime & all things Disney
Susan, A Cabbage Man, Graham @grahamophones.bsky.social lit agent at Dunow, Carlson, & Lerner Agency - they/them, let's fight about clowns, icon by @anuanew.bsky.social
Stephanie Ronco @stephanieronco.bsky.social Writer. Editor. Voracious Reader.
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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
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Laan 🌟 Illustrator-Author @laancham.bsky.social 🌻• NYT Bestselling Illustrator
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Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social Hello 👋… my name is Jacob Souva and I’m an illustrator and author of books for kids. I’m rep’d by Jen Rofé of Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
✨ www.twofishillustration.com/links
✏️ https://open.substack.com/pub/jacobsouva
analía cabello @analiacabello.bsky.social ✨📚🏳️🌈| backyard gardener🌻| associate literary agent @ ABLA |
Etta Easton @ettaeaston.bsky.social Contemporary Romance Author. Debut, THE KISS COUNTDOWN, out April 9, 2024.
ettaeaston.com 
Maggie Edkins Willis @maggiemadethis.bsky.social Bestselling author-illustrator of graphic novels and picture books including SMALLER SISTER and LITTLE GHOST MAKES A FRIEND
Publishers: Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, Penguin Random House
Rep: Jen Rofé at Andrea Brown Literary
Maggiemadethis.com 
Srinidhi Srinivasan | Kidlit Illustrator @srinidhidraws.bsky.social Rep’ed by Aliza Hoover at CAT agency!
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Honee Jang | Children's Book Illustrator & Designer @honeej.bsky.social 장한이 (Pronounced "Han-ee")
Korean American children's book illustrator/designer based in London
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Sarah Nicolas @sarahnfisk.bsky.social Literary Agent. YA Author as Sarah Nicolas. Queries Qualms & Quirks host. Disability in Publishing Board. 💛🤍💜🖤 linktr.ee/presidentsarah
Alison Weiss @alioop7.bsky.social Editorial consultant at Alison Weiss Editorial. Causing all sorts of mayhem in the publishing world.
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Bonnie Swanson @bbswannauthor.bsky.social Literary Agent at FinePrint Literary (CLOSED TO QUERIES)
Author
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Chronically Ill
Disabled
BLM
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Caroline Eisenmann @carolineeisenmann.bsky.social senior literary agent & VP at the Frances Goldin Literary Agency, ce@goldinlit.com