Brittany Cicchese @cicchese-art.bsky.social Kidlit author + illustrator
Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social A free e-newsletter from Publishers Weekly that reports on children's and YA books. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/9Ubz9L
Rob Costello @cloudbusterrob.bsky.social (He/him) Stoker, Lambda, & Locus Award nominated author, anthologist, and teacher. 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
https://linktr.ee/cloudbusterpress
AN UGLY WORLD FOR BEAUTIFUL BOYS (Lethe Press)
WE MOSTLY COME OUT AT NIGHT (Running Press Teens)
THE DANCING BEARS (Lethe Press)
Alvina Ling @alvinaling.bsky.social Children's book editor living in Brooklyn. Books, cats, food, travel, running, stuff. Check out my podcast with Grace Lin, Book Friends Forever!
Shannon Gile @shannongilewrites.bsky.social Pre-published kidlit writer in Vermont.
School librarian by day.
SCBWI member.
Neurodivergent, Swiftie, musician, cat lover.
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--
Katherine Locke @katherinelocke.bsky.social Author, writer, reader, cat owner, horse owner. Mostly made of rage and salt. Red Sea pedestrian. They/them.
Jennifer Lowe @jenzlowe.bsky.social Picture book author - FOLDING TO THE MOON: A Remarkable Math Story - coming in 2027!
Mom of 2. Lover of science, outdoors, food, and all things kidlit.
#12x12PB / #SCBWI / 2024 #PitchMe Finalist
Rep'd by: Katrina Lemaire
School Library Journal @slj.com School Library Journal is the premiere publication for librarians and information specialists who work with children and teens. A source of quality, award-winning journalism and reviews for 70 years, SLJ publishes 5,000+ reviews annually.
Rebecca J. Gomez @rebeccajgomez.bsky.social Children's book author and illustrator, story time enthusiast, young-ish grandma of seven (so far).
Larissa D. Elliott @larissadelliott.bsky.social Picture book author repped by @charlottewenger.bsky.social. Sometimes writer of YA & MG. Wife. Mommy. Band director. 🇵🇭🇺🇸. She/her. #12x12pb. #Kidlitart on IG @ larissa.d.elliott. ADHD is my superpower.
Melissa Manlove @mmanlove.bsky.social Executive Editor, Sourcebooks. She/her
@kimsz11.bsky.social @kimsz11.bsky.social 2025 springlit HM no. 2 in sweetness
praised by paramount: Detective Teddy Pilot
PB party, 12x12, occasional Scribophile user
Abbie James @abbiewjames.bsky.social #Kidlit Writer: PB, MG, YA. #SCBWI. Poetry.
Youth Services at a Public Library. Licensed Behavior Specialist.
Wife & Mom. Gardener/Hiker/Birder. Environmentalist. No AI. She/her
abbiewernerjames.com
Melissa Taylor @imaginationsoup.bsky.social Writer, communications/marketing consultant, fmr teacher & teacher trainer, author. M.Ed. TOVA’S SWEET SOLUTION (4/2026), https://melissataylor.net https://imaginationsoup.net
Samara Cole Doyon @samara-cole-doyon.bsky.social Author of Magnificent Homespun Brown, Magic Like That, Next Level. International Literacy Award Winner. Lupin Award Winner. Poet. Mom. She / her / hers
The Silver Unicorn Bookstore @silverunicornbooks.bsky.social An independent bookstore for all ages in West Acton, MA. Open at 10 am every day. Shop any time at SilverUnicornBooks.com!
Dean Robbins @deanrobbins.bsky.social Author of nonfiction children's books for Scholastic, Penguin Random House, Candlewick and Macmillan. Margaret and the Moon, The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon, The Fastest Drummer, Two Friends, The Shape of Things, the You Are a Star series, and more. 
Ray Routhier @rayrouthier.bsky.social Reporter at the Portland Press Herald, Portland, ME
Focused on finding stories about the people and culture of Maine
Beats include pop culture, movies, music, TV, books, authors and quirky stuff
Hannah Holt @hannahholt.bsky.social Kidlit author, educator, speaker.
💎The Diamond and the Boy
🐧A Father's Love
🐔A History of Underwear with Professor Chicken
#SCBWI #12x12PB
Kristin L. Gray @kristinlgray.bsky.social Author, reader, sunshine seeker
BAHA user 🤟
Former RN 🩺
Fan of unsolved mysteries, science, space
Student pilot ✈️
Sometimes copy editor ✍🏻
MURDER AT PENGUIN RANCH (‘26) 🇦🇶
Rep: Caryn Wiseman ABLA
Melanie Ellsworth @melaniebellsworth.bsky.social Children's book writer, dog walker, dandelion fan. Author of CLARINET & TRUMPET, HIP, HIP...BERET!, BATTLE OF THE BOOKS. She/her. Rep’d: McIntosh & Otis www.melanieellsworth.com 
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social Celebrating books for children and teens since 2006.
https://linktr.ee/CybilsAwards
Clare Davitt @claritybear.bsky.social Always a librarian. Queer. Bipolar II. Mainer. Child free by choice. I suggest you read Bradbury. I'm only speaking for myself here. she/her
Lesléa Newman @leslea.bsky.social Creator of 87 books for readers of all ages including the children's books, "Joyful Song: A Naming Story," "Sparkle Boy," "The Babka Sisters," and "Heather Has Two Mommies" and the poetry collections for adults, "I Carry My Mother" and "I Wish My Father."
Michelle Steinberg, M.Ed @michellesteinberg.bsky.social 🙋🏼♀️kidlit author 👩🏼💻 proud Mama Bear 🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 “Though she be but little, she is fierce.” #PitchMe 23 winner #PBParty Honorable Mention 2024
Melissa Gardner @artgardner.bsky.social illustrator/storyteller, psychotherapist, mom and maker of magic! 🏳️🌈& ND
www.melissagardnerart.com
Rep’d by @sandraproudman.bsky.social
@galltzacker.bsky.social
#kidlit #kidlitart #illustrator
Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social executive editor of ya, mg and picture books at knopf bfyr, writer of songs and picture books (POWER TOOL ALPHABET & BUT I’M A PUMPKIN!), appreciator of odd curiosities
Erin Entrada Kelly @erinentrada.bsky.social Author + Illustrator | 2x Newbery Medalist | National Book Award Finalist | NYT Bestseller | Agent: Sara Crowe | Faculty: USF MFAY | https://linktr.ee/erinentrada
Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social Chicagoan exiled in Maine. Non-profit extraordinaire, Gen-X, raconteur, fiesty yogi, and student of life. Writer. Send Harold's!
Anika Aldamuy Denise @anikaadenise.bsky.social Award-winning author of Planting Stories (Pura Belpré Honor, 2020) Phenomenal AOC (Pura Belpré Honor for illustration, 2022), Gato Guapo, A Girl Named Rosita, La Bandera (2026), and more.
Pat Zietlow Miller (she/her) @patzmiller.bsky.social Picture book author. Reader. Bookstore and library lover. All about my kids and cats. Repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette. #Kidlit website: www.patzietlowmiller.com
Nicole Lesperance @niclesperance.bsky.social Author, editor, book monster 🌈
A Spell to Wake the Dead, The Depths, The Wide Starlight, The Nightmare Thief
She/her
nicolelesperance.com
Chloe Greenberg Art ✳️ @chloegreenbergart.bsky.social Queer #KidLit Illustrator based in Cincinnati
Lover of birds, movies, cozy games, and soup.
Links: http://linktr.ee/chloegreenbergart
chloegreenbergart@gmail.com
Crystal Sands @crystalsands.bsky.social PhD, writer, baker, and candlestick maker
--and a cello mom
www.farmerish.net
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)
Boni Ashburn @boniashburn.bsky.social Children’s Book Author.
Librarian (Middle/High School & Public).
Mom. Dog mom. Human.
The U.P. of Michigan. boniashburn.com
Donna Cangelosi @donnacangelosi.bsky.social KidLit Author. Psychologist. Adventurer. MISTER ROGERS' GIFT OF MUSIC 🎶. LIGHT, LETTERS & LOVE (Sleeping Bear Press, 3/16/27)🌻
#SCBWI #12x12 www.donnacangelosi.com
Alison Weiss @alioop7.bsky.social Editorial consultant at Alison Weiss Editorial. Causing all sorts of mayhem in the publishing world.
www.alisonweisseditorial.com
Jessica Vitalis @jessicavitalis.bsky.social Award-winning author, Greenwillow/HarperCollins. American by birth, Canadian by choice. 
Malinda Lo @malindalo.bsky.social NYT bestselling author, National Book Award winner. 🏳️🌈 My brand is lesbians. https://www.malindalo.com/
kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social Senior Editor at Book Riot. Editor/Author of BODY TALK, HERE WE ARE, + (DON'T) CALL ME CRAZY. Former librarian. Anti-censorship advocate. Yoga teacher. Your favorite infernal witch. She/her. Library Journal Mover & Shaker in 2024.
Jes Trudel 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @jestrudel.bsky.social Literary agent with The Rights Factory. Founder of WritingCommunity.ca.
Laura Piggott @laurapiggott.bsky.social www.laurapiggott.com
Author/Illustrator
Rep’d by Elisa Houot and Joyce Sweeney at the Seymour Agency.
Small Town. Big Dreams. Magical Illustrations. 🇨🇦
@tamekafryerbrown.bsky.social @tamekafryerbrown.bsky.social 
The Creative Company @thecreativecompany.bsky.social Since 1932, we have published children’s books of the highest quality. Across four generations of family participation, we remain committed to crafting internationally sought-after picture books & superb nonfiction for readers of all ages.
Hannah Byrd Little @librarianlittle.bsky.social Librarian Little - School Library Leader | Independent Boarding School Librarian | Leading efforts in Institutional Research, and striving for authenticity and integrity in messaging | Writer www.LibrarianLittle.com
SCBWI New England @newenglandscbwi.bsky.social New England chapter of Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
Laura Kendall @bookendedbyowls.bsky.social Bookstore owner of @2ndflightbooks & @mainbooksIN (Lafayette, IN). Sometimes writer. Tell me about your weird books & romcoms. Buy a book from my indie shop www.secondflightbooks.com
Pernille Schmidt Ripp @pernille.bsky.social Global educator living her best life, mom, writer, speaker, creator of the Global Read Aloud and always in search of a great book and a cup of tea. Now a primary teacher ❤️ in DK 🇩🇰 Used to be a teacher in Wisconsin, 🇺🇸
Independent Publishers of New England @ipne.org Publishing nonprofit where the cool indies hang and collaborate to "make better books and sell more of them." IPNE.org. Please add to relevant lists. 🙏🏻📖
Matt Tavares @tavaresbooks.bsky.social New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of Dasher, Red & Lulu, several other picture books, and the graphic novel Hoops.
Josephine Cameron @josephinewrites.bsky.social Writer & educator. I'm curious about wonder, real-life magic, quirky obsessions, the power of friendship, and the universal struggle to find one's place in the world. Repped by John Cusick at Folio Jr. https://josephinecameron.com
Tamra Wight @tamrawight.bsky.social MG Author ~ Middle School Ed Tech ~
I love to be outside observing/photographing nature- then writing about it. Cooper & Packrat @islandportbooks
~ rep'd by Katie Erickson @JDLitAgency
tamrawight.com
Amy MacDonald @amymacdonaldftw.bsky.social Award-winning children's author, editor, book reviewer | Freelance journalist | Kennedy Ctr Teaching Artist | Activist |
LITTLE BEAVER & THE ECHO, RACHEL FISTER'S BLISTER, NO MORE NICE...
I don't sing and I'm not Scottish.
AmyMacDonald.com
#kidlit
Diane Magras @dianemagras.bsky.social Award-winning author of the Mad Wolf's Daughter books and SECRET OF THE SHADOW BEASTS, all from Penguin Random House. She/her https://linktr.ee/dianemagras
fultonbeal @thefultonbeal.bsky.social I'm jus' a weirdo whot likes to do drawerins
Fran Hodgkins @fhodgkins207.bsky.social Children's book writer
Neesha Hudson @neeshahudson.bsky.social -Mom, Illustrator, Chinese Crested enthusiast- ✨THE BEST FLOWER EVER! (Dial 2023) ✨TURTLE IN A TREE (Dial 2021)
Rep’d by Writers House
www.neeshahudson.com
Rebekah Lowell @rebekahlowell.bsky.social THE ROAD TO AFTER (Nancy Paulsen) |
CATCHING FLIGHT (Doubleday) |
Author/Illustrator | RISD | Hollins | Rep: @pterlip at ABLA ✨
Scott Nash @scottmnash.bsky.social 
Mark Scott Ricketts @msricketts.bsky.social Illustrator. Writer. Creator of graphic novels: Nowheresville. Whiskey Dickel, Int'l Cowgirl. Lazarus Jack. Night Trippers.
https://www.mscottricketts.com
https://yucktravelmagazine.substack.com
https://markscottricketts.substack.com
Chris Van Dusen @chrisvandusenbooks.bsky.social According to my wife, I color for a living.
Maria Padian @mpadian.bsky.social Author, Mainer, Life-Long Learner, Old Fashioned Feminist, Avid Reader. www.mariapadian.com
Sarah @sarahn.bsky.social Educator - Activist - Photographer - Ed.D. I look to nature, picture books, and stories to make sense of our world and imagine our future. #GroundingWonder #ThePictureBookProject 
Heather Brockman Lee @heatherbrockmanlee.bsky.social Award winning Illustrator of Picture Books represented by East West Literary- books with Simon and Schuster, Flamingo PRH, and Harper Collins
Heatherbrockmanlee.com
Jess Hernandez (she/her) @jessjhernandez.bsky.social Writer of #kidlit. Former teacher and librarian. Current kid wrangler. Mutant diabetic and perpetually tired nd. Author of 1st Day of Unicorn School (Capstone) and I WANT TO DANCE IN PANTS (Sleeping Bear, 2025) www.jesshernandezwrites.com
Anne Appert (they/them) @anneappert.bsky.social they/them. Nonbinary 💛🤍💜🖤
Author/illustrator: BLOB. WHAT IF YOU WISH?. LOCH NESS MONSTER’S UNBELIEVABLE SCIENCE (2026)
Illustrator: ZOOMI & ZOE (Summer 2025)
Rep: @charlottewenger.com #KidLitArt
Art: anneappert.com
Other: https://linktr.ee/Anneappert
Lisa Yee . . . is confused about social media @lisayee.bsky.social New York Times Bestseller, Newbery Honoree, National Book Award Finalist, Procrastinator Extraordinaire, #KidLit Author
Debbi Michiko Florence⁷ @debbimichiko.bsky.social #kidlit author middle grade, chapter books, picture books | Sansei 🇺🇸🇯🇵 | Highlights Foundation | ☕️🧋| 🐶💜 | Inuyasha, Studio Ghibli | positivity
Available now - A Study in Secrets (Last Chance Academy book 1)
https://debbimichikoflorence.com
News Literacy Project @newslit.org We advance the development and teaching of news literacy in K-12 education. #NewsLiteracy https://newslit.org/
Helen Docherty @helendocherty.bsky.social Children's author (Superwolf, Someone Just Like You, The Snatchabook), language nerd & mum of teenagers. I love broccoli & dark chocolate (but not together). Gower / Wales / Cymru. SoA. I will probably post pictures of my dog as well. www.helendocherty.com
nancyillustrator 🐘GRIEF IS AN ELEPHANT🐘 @nancywhitesides.bsky.social 🇵🇭 🇺🇸 illustrator. GRIEF IS AN ELEPHANT Chronicle, 2023. SMALL THINGS MENDED Rocky Pond Books, 2024. environmentalist. rep: Rebecca Sherman
Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻♀️🧁 @karenyin.bsky.social Writer by day, in bed by night. Author of five books, including The Conscious Style Guide (Hachette). I open my own jars. KarenYin.com/links
VCCA/LLF/CAC Fellow | ACES Robinson Prize Winner | DJNF Alum
Agent: Laurie Abkemeier, DeFiore & Company
Adria Karlsson @adriakarlsson.bsky.social They/them
Author/illustrator repped by @litagentsaritza.bsky.social
#nescbwi, #12x12pb
MY SISTER, DAISY (Capstone, 2021)
www.adriakarlsson.com
JenSwanBooks STEM Author @jenswanbooks.bsky.social #STEM #Author of 45kids books: Spacecare,Astronaut-Aquanaut,Footprints Across the Planet. BRAIN GAMES w/NGKids Creator Solve It for Kids Science #podcast https://jenniferswansonbooks.com/
Dr. Joan McGettigan @drmcgettigan.bsky.social Learner. Dreamer. Doer.
Director of Ed Tech
#curriculum #libraries
#ISTECommunityLeader
#ISTECertified #MIEE
#AppleDistinguishedEducator
#BookCreatorAmbassador
#EDUsky #EdTech
AASL President Amanda Kordeliski @aaslpres.bsky.social AASL President 2025-2026
Our Vision: Every school librarian is a leader; every learner has a school librarian.
We follow the ALA Code of Conduct: https://www.ala.org/user-guidelines
Andrew Hacket @andrewchacket.bsky.social Picture book author & elementary educator
Up next:
IN THIS CLASSROOM (Spring 2026)
SQUIRREL & TURTLE: THIS BOOK HAS BIG WORDS (Fall 2027)
https://t.co/YSBfW8Jq3
Phaea Crede @phaeacrede.bsky.social Picture book author | Rat enthusiast 🐀 | Join my mailing list (not haunted) https://forms.gle/f7131vYcCiTd6GVx8
Katherine Applegate @kaaauthor.bsky.social I write books, like the "ONE & ONLY" series, WISHTREE, ODDER, DOGTOWN, and POCKET BEAR.
My new novel, WOMBAT WAITING, is out now!
I post with some help from Two Cats Comm.
Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social I write picture books for adults to read to children so that children fall in love with reading.
New in 2026: A Celebration of You (3.17); The Dino Door (5.5).
linkin.bio/joshfunkbooks
Tara Lazar @taralazar.bsky.social Funny picture book author of FLAT CAT, 7 ATE 9, BLOOP & more, mom, foodie, 80s fan, MS disabled. STORYSTORM founder. SCBWI Golden & Crystal Kite recipient. http://linktr.ee/taralazar
Lindsay H. Metcalf @lindsayhmetcalf.bsky.social Author of nonfiction and poetry for kids and teens. Former journalist. OUTDOOR FARM, INDOOR FARM out now; TOMATOES ON TRIAL coming summer 2025. lindsayhmetcalf.com
Ginger Johnson @gingerjohnson.bsky.social Author. Artist. Wanderer. VCFA.
SCBWI. Rep’d by Michelle Witte @ MansionStLit #kidlit #thegenesisretreat #TheOtherSideofLuck #TheSplinteredLight
@cindylrodriguez.bsky.social @cindylrodriguez.bsky.social Children’s author | Senior Editor at Curriculum Associates | Democrat | former teacher & journalist | Mom to an amazing teen and two spoiled dogs
Emma Reynolds @emmaillustrate.bsky.social Children's book author-illustrator #kidlit
MG Graphic Novel #DrawnToChangeTheWorld Picture book #AmaraAndTheBats 🦇📚🏳️🌈♾ AuDHD
Loves #Bats .She/Her. Rep'd by Thao Le
Website: emmareynoldsillustration.com
Links: linktree.com/emmaillustrate
Kathy Halsey @infowoman.bsky.social Kid lit Author | 📚🖌 Ask Infowoman: A Library Consult |PBChat Mentee |Corgis | NFNerd |Former Storyteller Academy Community Manager | Retired Librarian | https://www.kathyhalsey.com/
Twitter handle: @infowoman1
Nancy Tupper Ling @nancytupperling.bsky.social Children's Author, Poet, Librarian, Believer. #SCBWI. Repped by Anne Marie O’Farrell Inspired by my multicultural family & the world around me. Soli Deo gloria! https://www.nancytupperling.com/ & latest book https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/714096/
Sandra Nickel 📚 @senickel.bsky.social Award-Winning Picture Book Author | Next Up: THE TRUE UGLY DUCKLING: HOW HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN BECAME A SWAN 🐣| Agent: Victoria Wells Arms l #KidLit l #PictureBooks l #VCFA | #SCBWI l #AffirmingAutism l She/her
Lynnor Bontigao @lbontigao.bsky.social Author-Illustrator:SARI-SARI SUMMERS Illustrator: MILES AHEAD('26), LOOKING FOR GIFTS & TALENTS('27),AT THE END OF THE DAY,KAILANI'S GIFT,SEASHELL KEY Series, THE WORLD'S BEST CLASS PLANT,YOU ARE REVOLUTIONARY,JACK & AGYU https://linktr.ee/lynnorbontigao
Ena Jones @enajones.bsky.social Award winning middle-grade author, rep'd @gingerninja @CurtisBrownLtd Most recent book: SIX FEET BELOW ZERO: 2024 Mark Twain Readers Award, 2024 Golden Sower Award, Honeybee division, Sequoyah & VSBA 2023 Masterlists. Visit me at https://enajones.com
Jolene Gutiérrez | Kidlit Author & Teacher Librarian @writerjolene.bsky.social #Kidlit writer 📚 #SCBWI member 📚 Teacher librarian in a haunted library 👻 TOO MUCH! AN OVERWHELMING DAY '23 ✨ THE OFRENDA THAT WE BUILT '24 ✨ MAMIACHI AND ME '25 ✨ UNBREAKABLE: A JAPANESE AMERICAN FAMILY IN AN AMERICAN INCARCERATION CAMP '26 ✨ 
Paul Vinelli @paulvinelli.bsky.social Picture Book Writer | MLIS
Co-Host of The Sartorial Librarians Podcast
@sartoriallibrary.bsky.social
Spotify: spoti.fi/3ANgYge
Apple: apple.co/4e4mM3h
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
KarenGebbia @karengebbia.bsky.social
picture book writer & naturalist
Rep'd by Amy Thrall Flynn, Aevitas Creative Management
3 books coming out 2026-2028!
#SCBWIsfnortheastbay Sonoma County CoCoordinator
https://www.karengebbia.com
Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social Author of ENOUGH IS… Tilbury House '23, illus. Nicole Wong | I THINK I THINK A LOT Free Spirit Publishing '23, illus. Josée Bisaillon | website: authorjessicawhipple.com | also poetry | https://linktr.ee/JessicaWhippl17
Charlesbridge Publishing @charlesbridge.bsky.social We make high-quality children's books that inspire lifelong reading & learning. Discover new voices, visions, & directions in children's books with us
Susan Van Metre @skeetervm.bsky.social Hopelessly devoted to books. Editorial Director Walker Books US/Candlewick Press