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.
Sandra Kaye @sandrakaye.bsky.social Marketing strategy * Writing Kid Rangers chapter book series * Neurodivergent * Chronic Illness Warrior * Medical Parent * #BoilerUp #GoJays #MakeItSo
Elaine Hewlett @hewlettelaine.bsky.social Secondary school librarian
Sue H Cunningham #Neverlast⌛is out now! @suehcunningham.bsky.social Writing YA. Vaguely incompetent around social media.
#Neverlast #TotallyDeceased #CloudNine Scholastic UK
Rep: Rachel Petty
@tbpagency.bsky.social
Winner #WMCNA 2020 #UV2022 #Dudley Teen Book Award 2025
Claire Blumenfeld @cblumenfeld.bsky.social K-12 Reading Specialist, PBWriter, reader, mom, SCBWI #12x12PB #InkedVoices mentee www.ClaireBlumenfeld.com
CRANKY HANK and THE NOISY NEIGHBORS: A PURIM STORY (spring 2027, Kar-Ben)
Sporty Pet @melyssamercado.bsky.social For all my fellow Writers, Football Fans, and Pet Lovers!
Always be in the Game!
Grab yours here while supplies last!
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Rob Gotobed @robgotobed.bsky.social Stand-up philosopher, scribe, bongo drummer and professional time-traveller. (Once dated Anne Boleyn)
Amazon: bit.ly/4hA0B7W
Apple: http://bit.ly/3K6WdB9
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2992620/
Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
The Author Village @theauthorvillage.bsky.social The Author Village is a collective of forward-thinking and award-winning children’s book creators, educators, and librarians available for in-person and virtual school and library visits, conferences, workshops, and professional development experiences.
Gill Evans. Counselling Psychologist AFBPsS. @gillevansx.bsky.social Psychologist living in Philadelphia from the UK.
Gill Evans author of The Anxious Therapist, YouTuber and Wordler. Honourable Mention for my book by Hay House.
Go to my website Anxioustherapist.com for £1 or $1 kindle book. Download kindle app free.
Junior Library Guild @jrlibraryguild.bsky.social A collection development service providing libraries with the best new-release books for children and young adults.
Your Story Match @dreamverseland.com Helping stories meet the readers they’re meant for.
A calm discovery space for authors who value alignment over noise.
List your book → https://unread.cloud
Rusty Fischer | Children's Author @rustyfischer.bsky.social Rusty Fischer's poems for children have appeared in Reader’s Digest, Good Housekeeping and Woman’s Day. His latest poem, “Socks,” is currently featured in The Dirigible Balloon.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/byseries/36446
Daniel Miyares @danielmiyares.bsky.social Illustrator + Author
https://linktr.ee/Danielmiyares
WriteStats @writestats.bsky.social Data-Driven Insights for Writers and Publishers.
https://writestats.com/
Katie Day @librarianedge.bsky.social Teacher-librarian / international schools / children's & YA lit in translation
Marc Kuchner | Author @marckuchner.bsky.social Dad. Author of the Cosmic Collisions books. Astrophysicist and Participatory Science fanatic @nasa. www.marckuchner.com
EASTMAN @eastmanblue.bsky.social Social democrat. Vegetarian. Science. Baseball.
Humor. Books. Atheist. Dog rescuer. Advocate.
Fan of critical thinking. I write about politics and religion.
Layne Johnson | Children’s Author - Is Querying @laynejohnsonkidlit.bsky.social Layne Johnson is a picture book writer/aspiring illustrator. #SCBWI. Humor and Heart|STEAM and SEL|ADHD #amquerying
Website: https://laynejohnsonkidsbooks.com/
Booktasters Authors @booktastersauthors.bsky.social Boost your book’s exposure with honest, impactful reviews on Goodreads & Amazon! 📚✨ We help authors reach more readers. DM us for review inquiries!
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Simon Squibb @realsimonsquibb.bsky.social Investor. Business Guru. Staircase Owner. Founder of Dream Inc
21m followers helping people dream!
Biju Kewalram @bijuk.bsky.social I talk about Transformation (Leadership T, Sales T and Digital T). Passion for tech in logistics and home health. Investor in home health and board advisor / teacher for Logistics and Home Health industries. Part time lecturer CSULB / CITT
Bank Street Library @bankstreetlibrary.bsky.social Sharing about the Bank Street Library and Center for Children's Literature events, happenings, and the people who make them special.
https://linktr.ee/bankstreetlibrary
Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com Scruffy-looking word herder. PB + YA author. 🚀 ROCKET SHIP, SOLO TRIP (Viking, '24). ROCKET BEAMS, LUNAR DREAMS (Viking, '25). 🇮🇹 | 🏳️🌈🩷💚💙 | She/Her | Photo credit: Lauren Barkume
www.chiaracolombi.com
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.
YAbookscentral @yabookscentral.bsky.social Website devoted to YA, Middle-Grade, and Kids books.
We offer book reviews, blog content featuring author Q&A, guest posts, excerpts, cover reveals, and giveaways!
Authors- Check out how to advertise your book with YABC!
Melissa Roske @melissaroske.bsky.social Mah Jongg-playing, Twizzler-loving, NYC-dwelling #kidlit author
📗Kat Greene Comes Clean
✡️ Coming of Age: 13 B’Nai Mitzvah Stories
✏️ Blogger for the Mixed-Up Files of Middle-Grade Authors
https://www.melissaroske.com
Shannon Messenger (she/her/hers) @swmessenger.bsky.social Sleep deprived mama and NYT and USA Today bestselling author of the Keeper of the Lost Cities series.
Meg Fleming @megosphere.bsky.social Children’s Author. Fan of all dogs. Big-time laugher.
Author of I Live In A Tree Trunk✨I Was Born A Baby✨Wondering Around✨Rock That Vote✨ Coming to Bookstores 8.26.25 THE EVERYTHING TRAIL🌲
Represented by Emily van Beek @foliojr
Kidlit For Los Angeles @kidlitforla.bsky.social Auction by the #kidlit community to raise funds for Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts. Bidding: Jan 20th (9am PST) - Jan 28th (8pm PST).
Amazing items up for bid: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles
Bear logo by Sydney Hanson IG: @sydwiki
Loretta Garbutt www.booksbyloretta.com @lorettagarbutt.bsky.social Kid Author
2020 - Stopwatch From Grampa-KCP
2021 - JJ SLEPT - KCP
2023 - JEFFREY LOVES BLUE-Owl
2024 - Wake Up, Little Pin!-Owl
2025 - DIAPER KID-Owl
2027 - In Baba's Tiny Kitchen-Owl
2027 - Where I Belong -Tundra
Voice Animation
Sailor Moon, Max & Ruby
Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social Minneapolis-based publisher of short horror and Weird fiction. Anti-fascist, anti-capitalist, and pro-queer. Shirley Jackson Award-winning press.
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/cursedmorsels
Ruthelizabethreads @ndwithbooks.bsky.social I talk about diverse books and being disabled (cosy and non-fiction are my favourites). UK based, she/her 🏳️🌈
Also on TikTok as Ruthelizabethreads
The Wedale Bookshop @wedale-bookshop.bsky.social #ScottishBorders independent #bookshop near #Galashiels and #Lauder, #Scotland. Open in historic Stow, Thur 1330-1900 and Fri-Sun 10-12.30, 1-4.30.
Sister shop of @melrose-bookshop.bsky.social
www.wedalebooks.scot
https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/Weda
Jason Croot @jasoncroot.bsky.social Bradfordian, actor and author of the Bradford Back in the Day Memories Series: Bradford, Eh? & Bradford, Ye What? and the nostalgic football book Bradford or Leeds, Eh?
https://www.jasoncroot.com
Holly R. Valakresch @hollyvalakresch.bsky.social Author & Screenwriter | I 🩶 Arts & Sciences, Sculpting, Cartography, Cooking, Baking, Fashion, Fitness, Fairytales, & Historical Things.
https://linktr.ee/hollyvalakresch
Ian Eagleton @ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social He/him
Children’s author, dad, former teacher of 13 years 🏳️🌈
Contact: ian@thereadingrealm.co.uk
Agent: Neil Dunnicliffe at Spring Literary
KidLit TV @kidlittv.bsky.social 📚We're an Award-Winning website celebrating children's books & reading with Videos 🎥 Podcasts 🎧 KidLit Crafts & Activities 🎨 🏅An ALSC BEST DIGITAL TOOL 🐛CARLE HONOREE
Founder: Julie Gribble @juliegribble.bsky.social #kidlit
PJScribbansAuthor @pjscribbansauthor.bsky.social Author of atmospheric mysteries
Hidden motives, psychological intrigue & unexpected twists.
See linktr.ee/paul.j.scribbans for books, socials & more.
Stephanie Gibeault @stephaniegibeault.bsky.social Children's Author & Freelance Writer | nonfiction and fiction, picture books and middle grade | rep'd by Jacqui Lipton | #SCBWI, #12x12PB | She/Her | https://linktr.ee/stephaniegibeault
🐇💨🐕🐶🐩🐵🐝
Steve Griffiths @writersteve.bsky.social Writer, editor, lover, eejit.
Freelance Editor at EARLY MORNING EDITS.
Anime Ascension @timothydale-13.bsky.social Professional writer/author/anime fanatic
Timothy-Dale.com and AnimeAscension.com
PBbuds @pbbuds.bsky.social We are a happy bunch of #KidLit authors with #PictureBooks set to bloom! #SCBWI #12x12PB
Karyn Curtis @karyncurtiswrites.bsky.social Middle Grade, Picture Book writer, former editor, horse girl, #MGWaves
Academic Life 🌎📚 @academiclife.bsky.social The public scholarship project.
👩🏻💻 Academic editing: christinagessler.com
📰 Newsletter: https://christinagessler.substack.com
🎙️ Academic Life podcast: Apple, NBN, etc
Knowledge is a public good.
#AcademicSky #SkyWriting #BookSky #Skystorians #BookTok
JEFFREY ROBINSON @writingfactory.bsky.social Old fashioned storyteller, bestselling #author 30+books, keynote speaker, television, film, radio. #9/11 #MoneyLaundering #Fraud #Fiction #BookSky
WEBSITE: jeffreyrobinson.com
https://substack.com/@writingfactory
https://linktr.ee/jeffreyrobinson
Jenni Spangler @jennispangler.bsky.social Author on purpose. Illustrator by accident. 
Tomi Rues @tomirues.bsky.social Writer, Educator, Reading Advocate
www.tomirues.com
Jean Zepp Kanzinger @jzkteach.bsky.social English & Comm Teacher; Co-Director, National Writing Project at Kent State University; NWP-KSU TC Council
🇺🇦#BlackLivesMatter she/her
Anne @anneleblanc2.bsky.social Retired(ish) teacher, picture book writer, reader, library lover, geologist. I also love to sing, dance, code and learn about just about anything!
Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social Palestinian-American digital-internet pioneer. Non-profit, NGO founder. Scholar, analyst, consultant, lecturer. Humanist. MENA Peace and Reconciliation. Interdisciplinary Narrative Studies. Campari enthusiast. Dawg Mom. Yankees & Giants Fan.
Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social Writer: TV, books, gaming & audio
Words in/on: Netflix, BBC, Sesame Street, Cartoon Network, Disney, Ghee Happy (Emmy Nominee) | Oxford Children’s Books | Ubisoft
Rep: Lydia Silver at The Soho Agency, UK
svaniparekh.com
Mombian @mombian.bsky.social Parenting, politics, & diversions for lesbian moms & other LGBTQ parents, plus Database of LGBTQ Family Books. 2x GLAAD Media Award winner. #LGBTQFamiliesDay host, 6/1/26. She/her
English and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social Award-winning charity supporting English and Media teachers with publications, CPD, consultancy + conferences. Putting curiosity + pleasure at the heart of learning.
www.englishandmedia.co.uk
https://www.instagram.com/engmediacentre/
Lynnette Novak, Literary Agent @lynnettenovak.bsky.social Literary agent with The Seymour Agency (she/her)
Phil Shapiro @philshapiro.bsky.social Community builder, open source, PBL, math, keynote speaker, public libraries, ukuleles, #EduSky, maker, folk music, digital inclusion. Library Journal Mover & Shaker 2024. https://opensource.com/users/pshapiro
Tim Jones @themisterlibrary.bsky.social '25 SLJ Librarian of the Year 🎉 '24 LJ Mover & Shaker 🎉 '23 Nat’l Media Literacy Teacher 🎉 '22 KY Librarian of the Year 🎉 Second City Alum 🎉 Co-Owner of nimcoinc.com 🎉 Book in 2026
linktr.ee/misterlibrary
#Skybrarians #TLSky #EduSky #BookSky
Nicollette @literaryjones.bsky.social What’s my age again? 
Tyler Hahn @tylerjhahn.bsky.social Libraries 📚, Policy ⚖️, Iowa STEM 🌽
Alex Vancina @alexvancina.com Systems Librarian. Beekeeper. Open source enthusiast. 2024 Library Journal Mover & Shaker.
Matt Huculak @jmhuculak.bsky.social Librarian. Director, Kula Library Futures Academy. Dad. Erstwhile modernist and periodical / book history person. 2024 Library Journal Mover and Shaker
Shannon McClintock Miller @shannonmmiller.bsky.social Mom❤️Wife. #VanMeter Teacher Librarian. #FutureReadyLibs Leader. @BookCreatorApp Future Ready Advocate. @capstonepub Champion. LJ Mover & Shaker. ISTE Making IT Happen. DA Top 100 Influencer.
Jillian Rudes @jrlibrarian.bsky.social 📖 Manga in Libraries 📖 NYC School Librarian 📖 GNCRT President-Elect 📖
MangaInLibraries.com
Nate Gass @natesbroadcast.bsky.social Librarian. Enthusiastic about movies. Collect records. Play guitar. Co-host of Can We Still Be Friends? podcast.
Julie/a Stivers @bespokelib.bsky.social Librarian. Let’s build inclusive school spaces that center joy and resistance. ‘23 SLJ SLOTY. Author of The Restorative School Library, Include, co-author of Manga Goes to School. #LibFive #TrueBookFAIRs she/her 🌈
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.
Jan Holmquist @janholmquist.bsky.social Global librarian on a mission to actively support libraries & good leadership. Also: Consultant, International Speaker, #23mobilethings Developer, SDGs, Jazz 🎶 and more.
janholmquist.net
Linktr.ee/janholmquist
Courtney Young @librarycourtney.bsky.social University Librarian, 2014-15 ALA President, liberal arts grad x2, Army brat, letter writer, social butterfly, Pirates baseball, Gen X, the total package.
Allison Jennings-Roche @ajenningsroche.bsky.social Academic librarian, info studies PhD candidate, LJ Mover & Shaker 2024, knitter, yoga teacher, mom of 4.
Aaron Tay @aarontay.bsky.social Currently on organizing committee of FORCE2026, Singapore, 3-5 June 2026.
I'm librarian + blogger from Singapore Management University. Social media, bibliometrics, analytics, academic discovery tech.
Peter Bromberg @pbromberg.bsky.social Just a simple librarian trying to make it in this crazy world.
David Lee King @davidleeking.bsky.social Social media, emerging trends, and libraries! Find me at davidleeking.com
Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social PSCCUNY. #CUNYStrong. Queer. Collective power, public good. Organize your workplace. Zindabad. Makibaka. Solidarity
Stephen Abram @sabram.bsky.social Stephen Abram is a librarian and CEO of Lighthouse Consulting Inc. where he performs strategic planning, facilities planning, marketing and training projects. He blogs on library strategies for direction, marketing, technology, and user alignment. 
jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social Vermont librarian. Technology hobbyist. I love the post office. Fix your hearts. Live in hope if you can.
Trevor Owens @tjowens.bsky.social Chief Research Officer at the American Institute of Physics. Working on the history of science, libraries and archives, and social science research. Fan of bike rides, small dogs, and vegetarian cuisine. 
Rebecca Stavick @rebeccastavick.bsky.social 
Nicole Baratta @ncbaratta.bsky.social Data nerd, ATX Tableau User Group, Red Hatter, librarian, dog lover, and all around geek
@cindyfaughnan.bsky.social @cindyfaughnan.bsky.social Always reading and writing MG. Fan of books, bookstores, libraries, writers, teachers, poetry, gardening, birds, and baking.
Judith Valdés B. @judithvaldesb.bsky.social 🇲🇽🇺🇸 Author of AN OFRENDA FOR PERRO/ UNA OFRENDA PARA PERRO @littlebeebooks. Illustrator of LA AZOTEA DE MI ABUELA, @lillibros. Rep’d by @adriagoetz @ktliterary
Pamela Courtney | Children's Author @pamismylmnop.bsky.social Author of A Season For Fishin': A Fish Fry Tradition, illustrated by Toni D Chambers.
edna cabcabin moran ✨🌈 🌺 kid lit author/illustrator @kidlitedna.com I'm an author/artist/educator who dances up stories and paints with words. ✨ PB & MG GN :)✨💫
#ResistanceMatters ✨ #wethepeople
"Love the life you live. Live the life you love." ~Bob Marley
☺️ bio.site/kidlitedna
💜 #diversekidlit
🚫 no gen AI
Author Padma Venkatraman @padmatv.bsky.social THE BRIDGE HOME, BORN BEHIND BARS, SAFE HARBOR, A TIME TO DANCE. WNDB Walter Award winning writer, reader, poet, oceanographer, yoga teacher. K-12 Education. Science, nature, music, art. DEI. “Stories are ships on which we sail oceans of hope.”
Maritza Ruiz-Kim @marzkim.bsky.social #KidLit Artist Writer. ND Fam.
Turtle on a marathon
💚SCBWI Co-RA, SF North & East Bay
...drawing writing gardening sewing...
Always Making Something.
https://maritzaruizkim.com
My name sounds like🧜♀️mer-izza🍕
Chris Tebbetts @christebbetts.bsky.social writer, teacher, speaker, coach....fiction, kidlit, adult
Marlena Myles - artist 🇺🇦 @mylesdesigns.bsky.social Professional Native American (Dakota) artist. My artist documentary "Realms of Resilience" is streaming free on allarts.org / PBS // www.marlenamyl.es
We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social We Need Diverse Books is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit revolutionizing what we read to create a world where everyone can find themself in the pages of a book.
🔗 bio.site/WeNeedDiverseBooks
E Train Talks Books @etraintalks.bsky.social E Train Talks is a 501©(3) literacy nonprofit. Founded by Ethan, a 15-year-old award-winning literacy advocate, podcaster & Giving Tuesday Leader. E Train Talks Literacy Initiative is turning pages & changing lives, one story at a time! etraintalks.org
Kelly Dyksterhouse @kellydhouse.bsky.social Literary Agent, The Tobias Literary Agency | #kidlit | AALA | SCBWI | 🐱and 🐶 | writer-hiker-daydreamer | www.KellyDyksterhouse.com
Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social www.troystory.ca
Author of 10 trad pub picture books.
(And 10 million unpubbed ones.)
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
Kim-Hoa Ung 黃金花 @autumnleaflet.bsky.social Author-Illustrator, Amigurumi Artist, A GIFT FOR NAI NAI (12/5/23) 👧🏻🎁👵🏼, http://instagram.com/AutumnLeaflet, Rep’d by Miranda Paul, https://linktr.ee/AutumnLeaflet
Tammi Sauer @tammisauer.bsky.social Children’s picture book author repped by Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown Literary Agency
tammisauer.com
Audrey Perrott (she/her) @audreysbooks.bsky.social Award-winning author and copywriter. Write. Bake. Repeat. MOO HOO and BAA HAA (Scholastic, 2024 & 2025), A HAT FOR HOUSE (Putnam, 2024), ONCE UPON A TAIL (Abrams, 2026) & more! Rep: @jmcgowanbks.
Laura Roettiger @ljrwritenow.bsky.social KidLit Author, Photographer, Educator
2 trad pub #PB #STEM + #Kindness
Here to connect with #Teachers, #Librarians, #Kidlit #Edusky
https://lauraroettigerbooks.com/
@picturebookgold.bsky.social 🚫DM
#HaikuSaturday #WordlessWednesday
Monica Acker @monicaacker1.bsky.social THE LEGEND OF LEO coming Spring 2026 art by Mikel Valverde Marble Press | BRAVE LIKE MOM art by Paran Kim Beaming Books | Agent: Kaitlyn Sanchez @ Bradford
#SCBWI #12x12PB, mom of 3, ♥'s🥜🍫
she/her/hers https://linktr.ee/monicaacker
Debra Kempf Shumaker @debrakshumaker.bsky.social Children's Writer. Avid Reader. Repped by James McGowan & Sophie Sheumaker, BookEnds Literary. Member of @steamteambooks.bsky.social & @kl4gm.bsky.social.
Cynthia Harmony @cynthiaharmony.bsky.social #Kidlit Author
Latest: Apapacho Love, Forest en Familia
A Flicker of Hope /Un Aleteo de Esperanza 🦋
Upcoming: Row Sow Grow '27, Hasta Pronto is a Promise '27
linktr.ee/cynthiaharmony
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