Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social NYT-bestselling fantasy author in charlottesville va
Angel Sinclair @angelsinclair.bsky.social Working on the first draft
iyana goes to the library @iyanaskye.bsky.social she/her • 🗽 • talks too much about books • currently: assistant editor @publishersweekly // books contributor @swooon• bylines Popsugar, Shondaland, Essence + more • opinions my own
Alicia Wilder @aliciabwilder.bsky.social Colorado-based spicy contemporary romance author.
Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now.
https://sirenscallbook.com/
Lady Jane, Romance Book Data Analyst 🇨🇦 @romancingthedata.bsky.social 📚 Combining romance books and spreadsheets
📊 Charts, graphs, lists, rankings + more
🏆 Creator of https://www.bestofromancebooks.com/
💯 Derek Craven WOULD follow
Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social Making white readers mad here too. http://linktree.com/michaellaborn
DJ @lifeinfiction.bsky.social ✨A professional book nerd in pursuit of magic.
✨Romantasy and romance, Broadway, and Team Edward.
✨Opinions are my own.
Stephen Graham Jones @stephengrahamjones.com I’m on my way. https://www.stephengrahamjones.com
Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake.bsky.social Bestselling author | Out now: DELILAH, ASTRID, IRIS, BRIGHT | Up next, DREAM ON, RAMONA RILEY, 5.13.25 🩷💜💙
Isabel Barreiro @authorisabelbarr.bsky.social Miami 📍| 🇵🇹
Screaming through life
Rom coms with a sweet heat
📘Lavender Falls Series
Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social New York Times bestselling author.
Senior Writer, Race and Equity @theguardian.com.
Susan Lee @susanleewrites.bsky.social Romance author
☀️SEOULMATES
🏙️THE NAME DROP
📚THE ROMANCE RIVALRY (May ‘25)
Tia Williams @tiawilliams.bsky.social NYT bestselling author. NAACP Image Award nominee. Former beauty editor. Wife and mom. Sleepy but productive.
Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social They pay brisk money for this crap?
MAKE ME BETTER and NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH on sale now
Hellraiser, Eat the Rich, Echo Wife, Spread Me @ your local bookstore and comic shop
gabriela graciosa guedes @authorgabriela.bsky.social 🇧🇷 brazilian romance author
💕 love big or go home
📖 First Impressions of You
Netflix @netflix.com One Last Time
Tarah DeWitt (tair-uh duh-Witt) @tarahdewitt.bsky.social perfectly imperfect characters & their love stories ✨
LEFT OF FOREVER 05.20.25 ✉️
SAVOR IT🪿
THE CO-OP 🔨
rep: Carly Watters
Denny S. Bryce @dennysbryce.bsky.social Novelist, general fiction, historical, NPR book critic, adjunct professor, Drexel University, MFA program
Dhonielle Clayton @dhonielle.bsky.social NY Times bestselling author and cookie enthusiast. Coach at The Novelry.
Chip Pons @chippons.bsky.social tacos, Taylor Swift & book boyfriends
Gay Romance Author based in DC
🪦 DEARLY DEPARTED June 16, 2026
https://linktr.ee/Booksovrbros
Mazey Eddings @mazeyeddings.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling author
Neurodiverse 💗💜💙
Current obsession: taper candles
BK Borison @authorbkborison.bsky.social USA Today bestselling author and soft boy advocate.
🎄💐🍓🍁 THE LOVELIGHT SERIES
❣️ FIRST-TIME CALLER out FEB 11
👻 GOOD SPIRITS out FALL 2025
Mia [u don’t own the moon] @miarrow.bsky.social she/they ; spotify identified cottage core quiet vampire
Xio Axelrod @xioaxelrod.bsky.social (ZEE-ohh) she/her
USA Today Bestselling author 📚💙🌶️
Vocalist
Philly girl
Words+Music
GenX brain/Millennial🖤
I'm rarely in my DMs
Jasmine Guillory @thebestjasmine.bsky.social Writer, Oakland.
Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social Fiction writer (EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, OUR MISSING HEARTS). Science nerd, ex-Clevelander, embarrassingly sincere. Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you. she/her. www.celesteng.com
A. Monai Ellis @amonaiellis.bsky.social A. Monai (pronounced Monét) Ellis
author of dystopian romance/thriller/sff
I FEEL YOUR PAIN (out June 25, 2026)
PERFECT SCORE out now
Karmen Lee @authorkarmenlee.bsky.social Author. Queer. Coffee addict. MILF-ish. Smartass. I speak fluent gif.
THE RELATIONSHIP MECHANIC (January 2025)
THE SECRET CRUSH BOOK CLUB (August 2025)
Rep: Taj McCoy
linktr.ee/authorkarmenlee
Sharon C. Cooper @sharonccooper.bsky.social Award-winning and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance, romantic suspense, and romcom.
Nichole @tnwhiskeywoman.bsky.social Writer. Podcast host. Book Boyfriends (10/6/26). The Godmother. The Prince Mixtape. Thirst Aid Kit. This Is Good For You. Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be (memoir). Lilith, But Dark (poetry). soft. nicholeperkins.com
Brandon Thomas Writes @bwrites247.bsky.social Professional Comics Writer (Since 2003)
Notable Projects: EXCELLENCE. BLACK LIGHTNING. HARDWARE. AQUAMAN. EPIPHANY ENGINE. THE MANY ADVENTURES OF MIRANDA MERCURY. KILL WOLFHEAD.
Jem is OPEN to queries @jemiscoe.bsky.social Founder + Agent @Starling Literary + Media, representing authors & Illustrators. Wife, mom of 3, MFA grad, & former Asst. Director for film & TV. https://www.starlingliterary.com | http://querymanager.com/query/Jemiscoe
Scott Neumyer @scottneumyer.bsky.social Writer, Photographer, Anxious | 225K+ on FB
Bylines: NY Times, Washington Post, Rolling Stone, ESPN, SI, GQ, Esquire, The Atlantic & more.
Rep: Josh Getzler
https://linktr.ee/scottneumyer
Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social Romance author (Historical & Contemporary). Kansas Citian. Lawyer. Entrepreneur coach. Sports fan. Movie buff. Planner addict. | lisarayne.com
Lisa W Rosenberg @lwroseauthor.bsky.social Author of Embers on the Wind (8/22 Little A), Mirror Me (out 12/1 Little A) Psychotherapist, former Ballet Dancer, cancer mom, binder, She/Her
Nia Davenport @niadavenport.bsky.social Award-winning author of THE BLOOD TRIALS. Next up: LOVE SPELLS TROUBLE (YA; July 2025) and OUR VICIOUS OATHS (Adult; Oct 2025). She/Her.
Capital B @capitalb.bsky.social News we need. Join us at http://capitalbnews.org. Local newsrooms in Gary and Atlanta:
@capitalbgary.bsky.social & @capitalbatl.bsky.social
Frederick Smith, Ed.D. @fsmith827.bsky.social Love Is A Contact Sport - 6/16/26 on Bold Strokes Books ✍🏾📚💕🌈🐝
Romance author. Romance reader. Higher Ed Professional. Former TV news. Detroiter in Bay Area. All things Beyoncé. Email: FSmith827@gmail.com; Important Links: linktr.ee/FrederickLSmith
Brittany N. Williams @brittanyacts.bsky.social B-more's own. Actress & Author of The Forge & Fracture Saga. Head full of trivia, heart full of swordfights 
Dr. Kai Harris @authorkaiharris.bsky.social Author & Creative Writing Professor 🤓
✨ I write Black stories ✨
WHAT THE FIREFLIES KNEW (2022)
YOU’VE GOT A PLACE HERE, TOO (2025)
ANY OTHER PLACE (2026)
Rep’d x Ayesha Pande 🧡
www.authorkaiharris.com
Hannah V. Sawyerr @hannsawyerr.bsky.social A masterpiece after a wreckage. Author: TRUTH IS 🎙️ (out September 23!) + ALL THE FIGHTING PARTS 💙 (Morris Finalist + Walter Honor!)
Noelle Monét | BOUND BY FURY out now!! @noellemonet.bsky.social BOUND BY FURY out now | 2025 LAMBDA lit fellow | she/they | ND | BLM ✊🏾| bi 🏳️🌈 | ✡️ | 🇵🇸| Rep: Laura Crockett at Triada US
https://linktr.ee/noellemonet
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
A.H. Cunningham @ahcwrites.bsky.social Traveler. Observer. Always Daydreaming.
Writer of romance and erotica. (She/Ella) 🇵🇦
“MILD” erotica provider
Here for the Vibes
https://www.ahcunninghamauthor.com
Nicole Falls @nicolefalls.bsky.social black romance writer. ouid schmoka. champagne sippa. language lovah. hoops fan(atic). everybody’s cousin™️
Danielle Allen @danielleallen.bsky.social USA TODAY Bestselling Author.
Life Coach.
Educator.
I am blessed and a blessing 🙏🏾💙🙌🏾
Recent Release: Big Girl Blitz
Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheArtofBeingDanielle
Website: www.AuthorDanielleAllen.com
Emily Ohanjanians @emilyohanjanians.bsky.social 🩷 Author
📝 Editor
📚 The Book Tour: debut romcom coming March 3, 2026!
www.emilyohanjanians.com
Sarah Brenton @sarahbrenton.bsky.social Steamy Romance with messy characters being messy
India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social USA Today, Indie, and international bestselling author of the DANGEROUS DAMSELS and LOVE'S ACADEMIC series. More scared of heights than someone who wrote about flying houses ought to be. 
Jenna Levine @jennalevine.bsky.social USA TODAY-Bestselling cat guardian, author, and friendly felt frog.
https://linktr.ee/jennalevinewrites
Kim Johnson @kimjohnson.bsky.social USA Today Bestseller
THIS IS MY AMERICA, INVISIBLE SON, THE COLOR OF A LIE
LA Times Book Award Finalist | NPR Best Book
| 💗💚
Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com She/her. I write books about carriages, corsets, and smartwatches. Mother of (emoji) dinosaurs 🦖🦕. 羽生結弦 fan. Fan of tea. Born at 332 ppm.
This biography should not be taken as a complete description.
courtneymilan.com
Gabby AKA Bookish AfroLatina @bookish-afrolatina.bsky.social Just a bisexual & disabled, Black Latina who loves reading & talking about books.
Librarian, Historian, Influencer, Author
🇵🇷🇩🇴🇺🇸
Special interest: Black & Latine books.
http://beacons.ai/bookish_afrolatina/
Celestine Martin @celestinemartin.bsky.social *Pen Name* Writer of Romance. She/Her. Whimsigoth in Training *Tweeting W/O Glasses* Repped by @lauren_bieker
Former @jellybeanrae on x-tweeter
Order Link: http://bit.ly/3IbQxR0
ava wilder @avawilder.bsky.social just a squirrel
Deesha Philyaw @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social Author of THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF FIRST LADY FREEMAN (on sale 9.29.2026; pre-order: https://bit.ly/firstladyfreeman) and THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES.
Jackie Penn @jackiepenn18.bsky.social TV Writer, Amateur Pole Dance Competitor, Romance Reader and 🐶 Mom. Currently: Pitching & breaking a new pilot! Previous : 4400, Turner & Hooch.
Rep: Doorie Lee @42
Gia de Cadenet 📚✍️🏾 🇺🇲 in 🇫🇷 @giadecadenet.bsky.social Author, Teacher, Expat
GETTING HIS GAME BACK &
NOT THE PLAN out now!
GIVE ME A SHOT out May 2025 🎉
(audio books, too!)
http://linktr.ee/gia_decadenet
MoniqueFisherAuthor @mfisherauthor.bsky.social Los Angeles native. Award nominated indie Black romance author.
Visit my website: moniquefisherauthor.com
Sonido Reyes @sonidoreyes.bsky.social So-NEE-doh
he/they
Base form known as Sonora Reyes
bestselling and award-winning author
https://sonidoreyes.carrd.co/
Sera Taino - Their Summer Rescue (7/2026 🏖) @serataino.bsky.social Chaos 😈 rep'd by @howliterary @HarlequinBooks @TRW_Writers *Love is love, there are no rules*🏳️🌈 (She/her)
#latinxrom
#latinrom
#romance
#romancewriter
Alexis Daria @alexisdaria.bsky.social USA Today bestselling romance author. she/her. alexisdaria.com
@adrianaherrera.bsky.social @adrianaherrera.bsky.social 
Zoraida Córdova @zlikeinzorro.bsky.social Writer. Cryptid. 
Shanelle Genai🥂✨ @shanellegenai.bsky.social Entertainment Writer 📺🎥||🖊️: @theroot , @variety , @netflix|| Feat; @Essence, @msnbc, @fortunemagazine +||🍅Approved|| Tweets are MINE|| lProsecco Princess🥂
jamison shea 🌛 @wickedjamison.bsky.social award-winning author of I FEED HER TO THE BEAST duology ✨ bio.link/wickedjamison
they/them
Taleen Voskuni @taleenvoskuni.bsky.social Author of SORRY, BRO, and LAVASH AT FIRST SIGHT (Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House) | newsletter: https://bit.ly/TaleenNewsletter | rep: Katelyn Detweiler | flash fiction in X-R-A-Y Lit, Cleaver Mag, Maudlin House
Website: taleenvoskuni.com
Adib Khorram @adibkhorram.bsky.social Award-winning best selling author of books for all ages. Out now: ONE WORD, SIX LETTERS (YA). Up next: ISN'T HE ROMANTIC (adult)! bio.site/adibkhorram 🏳️🌈🇮🇷 he/him
Emma R. Alban @eraofemma.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling author of DON'T WANT YOU LIKE A BEST FRIEND · Screenwriter · Theater kid · Stress Baker · Rep: Stacy Testa · She/her
linktr.ee/ERAlban
page powars @pagepowars.bsky.social next: AND THEY WERE ROOMMATES (spring 2025). agent: LGLM. he/him.
anita kelly 🌈 @anitakellywrites.bsky.social Writer of queer romance.
Last: DONUT SUMMER, out now 🍩
Next: HEARTWAVES #2, out sometime 2026 (hopefully lol)
they/them
Maggie North @maggienorthauthor.bsky.social 🇨🇦 romance/WF author. RULES FOR SECOND CHANCES available now!! #ActuallyAutistic 💙💜💖 she/her Rep: Claire Friedman linktr.ee/maggienorth
Swati Hegde | Author & Writing Coach @swatihegde.bsky.social Author of Match Me If You Can & Can't Help Faking in Love (out now) + As Long as You Loathe Me (3/31/26) & Love Beyond Reasonable Doubt (5/12/26) | Fiction writing coach | she/her 🏳️🌈
linktr.ee/swatihegde
@kennedyryan.bsky.social @kennedyryan.bsky.social NYT Bestseller. TV Producer. Wife. Mom. Happily Ever Afters Apologist.
https://linktr.ee/kennedyryan1
Samantha Markum @sammarkum.bsky.social USA Today bestselling author of LOVE, OFF THE RECORD📰 + THIS MAY END BADLY💥 + YOU WOULDN’T DARE 🌊
Barb Curtis @barbcurtiswrites.bsky.social Author of happily ever afters, SAPPHIRE SPRINGS Series @readforeverpub | Rep’d by Stacey Graham | https://www.barbcurtiswrites.com/ | 🇨🇦
Arriel Vinson @arriwrites.bsky.social She/her. UNDER THE NEON LIGHTS (PenguinTeen, 6/3). Reese’s Book Club LitUp Fellow. Tin house YA '21. Educator. Rep: Jodi Reamer. IG: arriwrites. Pronounced Ar-ee-el.
Website: arriwrites.com
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/arriwrites
Annette Chavez Macias @authorannette.bsky.social Latina Women’s Fic author. Also writes romance as Sabrina Sol. 🇲🇽🇺🇸
Kate Goldbeck @kategoldbeck.bsky.social Author of YOU, AGAIN (2023) and DADDY ISSUES (Fall, 2025) from Dial Press/Random House 💕 Screenwriter 🎥
I write funny, emotional stories about the complexities of modern romance.
Atlanta.
https://linktr.ee/kategoldbeck
Rachel Runya Katz @rachelrunyakatz.bsky.social she/they. USA Today bestselling rom-traum-com author.
rachelrunyakatz.com
Erica | When Do They Kiss? @whendotheykiss.bsky.social Reading and talking about BIPOC #romancelandia books. I also watch a lot of TV.
Cat mom, eldest daughter y soy Latina.
📍Houston
https://linktr.ee/whendotheykiss
Allison Ashley @allisonauthor.bsky.social Romance author
Coffee addict
Stress baker
Probably has questions
Nicolette Conti @nicoletteconti.com “Nicolette Conti” is a wife-and-wife writing team. Author of spicy urban fantasy, fantasy, romantasy, sci-fi and romance.
kai says no to AI @adotkedits.blacksky.app hi, i'm kai. freelance copyeditor, comma queen, em-dash enthusiast, drive-by spellchecker. cheerleader of your words of romance and more, the hotter the better. she/her. Black. African. pan+demi.
linktr.ee/AdotKEdits
Julie Soto @juliesotowrites.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling Croissant
💐FORGET ME NOT
🎻NOT ANOTHER LOVE SONG
👻THE THRASHERS may ‘25
🥀ROSE IN CHAINS summer ‘25
agent: Gaia Banks
SACosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social Writer, whiskey drinker and cat dad
Lindsay Grossman @lindsayywithana.bsky.social Screenwriter and co-founder of THE LOVE LIST
rep: Krista Sipp @ heroes and villains
Jess - 📖 Literary Intersections 📖 @litintersections.bsky.social She/Her
Books. Racial Justice. DEI.
Get Obama to read romance #YesWeCanReadRomance
Ashley Jordan (she/her) @ashleyjordan.bsky.social Brooklyn born. Atlanta raised. I write occasionally. I talk shit a lot. My debut: ONCE UPON A TIME IN DOLLYWOOD (October 2025, Berkley). Rep: Sarah E. Younger, NYLA.
Website: https://ashleyjordanwrites.com
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ashleyjordanwrites
A.J. Locke @ajlocke.bsky.social Author & Artist.
Books:
Magic Dark, Magic Divine
Magic Corrupts, Magic Conquers
The Vanish Witch
The Vanish Tide
Elemental Inferno
A Seduction of Dreams and Nightmares
Rep: Rebecca Podos
www.ajlockewrites.com
https://linktr.ee/ajlocke
Vanessa King @vanessaleighking.bsky.social Author, A CERTAIN APPEAL (Putnam, 2021) and ELLIE HAYES AND THE HIMBOS (Forever, Nov 2025)
AZ-CA-CO-NY-AR-WA-CO-VA-TX
LeVar Burton @levarburton.bsky.social Kunta, Geordi, Reading Rainbow guy. Flies twice as high… #bydhttmwfi
Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social detroit native. deputy editor at huffpost. WABJ president. check out my free newsletter! --> https://www.whatimreading.net/
Tanvier Peart - Romance Author @tanvierwrites.bsky.social (tawn-vee-aye pier-t)
indie author of Black romance, spicy books + shenanigans 💋
30 & older FMCs + cinnamon rolls
(signed copies + sneak peeks)👇🏽
https://linktr.ee/tanvierwrites