Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social Author @ PRH & S&S, resident playwright at Seattle Public Theater, mom. She/her
Up next: TEAM AWKWARD (S&S, 2/11)
Ellen Hopkins @ellenhopkins.bsky.social NY Times bestselling, often banned author. MARRIED feminist. Mom. Grandma. German shepherd lover. Joy seeker midst the chaos. Staunch ally. Democracy defender. Fighting for our kids' future. Not here to be sold anything. #blueresister 
Cordelia Jensen @cordeliajensen.bsky.social MG/YA verse novelist, author of LILAC AND THE SWITCHBACK, EVERY SHINY THING, SKYSCRAPING, THE WAY THE LIGHT BENDS. Creative writing teacher, freelance editor and certified book coach.
Rajani LaRocca @rajanilarocca.bsky.social 2022 Newbery Honoree, Walter Award, Golden Kite winner. Doctor, author of MG & PB, fiction & nonfiction, prose & poetry. Pro-democracy, pro-reproductive freedom, anti-book bans.
Rep: Brent Taylor
www.RajaniLaRocca.com
Chris Baron @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social MG author of ALL OF ME & THE MAGICAL IMPERFECT-THE GRAY 23 & more in 24 @FeiwelFriends, English Prof, Poet, ig: christhebearbaron
Twitter @baronchrisbaron
Susan Hood @susanhood.bsky.social Award-winning children's book author of LIFEBOAT 12, ADA'S VIOLIN, ALIAS ANNA, HARBORING HOPE, THE LAST STRAW, SHAKING THINGS UP, and more. Rep: Brenda Bowen, The Book Group. susanhoodbooks.com New: LIFEBOAT 5!
Meg Eden Kuyatt @medenkuyatt.bsky.social Author of GOOD DIFFERENT & THE GIRL IN THE WALLS @Scholastic
Christ-follower #Actuallyautistic #2023Debuts #MGin23
rep'd by @laurenspieller.bsky.social
http://www.megedenbooks.com/
Megan E. Freeman @meganefreeman.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Author. Poet. Wildflower enthusiast. Novels ALONE and AWAY available from Simon & Schuster. Rep’d by East West Literary. I love connecting with readers and educators for school author visits. linktr.ee/meganefreeman
John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social Librarian. NYT Bestselling Author. | LOUDER THAN HUNGER, RUTHIE ROSE’S BIG IDEA, THE GIFT OF STORY, THIS IS A SCHOOL, THIS IS A STORY | Agent: Molly O'Neill
Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic @grubreport.bsky.social I write NYT-bestselling things. Things that children read.🖖🏻 Books in 2026: THE NEW CAT. More coming. MN-raised, CA-aged. She/her Rep: Jenn Laughran/ABLA Profile art: @cpark.bsky.social Go Blue!
https://www.stephanielucianovic.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!)
Traci Sorell @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social Cherokee Nation citizen and author of fiction and nonfiction for young people. tracisorell.com
Kate Fussner @katefussner.bsky.social 📕 13 WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE (HarperCollins, March 18, 2025)
📕 THE SONG OF US (KTegenbooks/HarperCollins)
✍ DVMentor '22
✍ MFA Lesley ‘21
🏳🌈Queer she/her
rep: Eric Smith @P.S. Literary
Karuna Riazi @karunariazi.bsky.social Kidlit author. Blasian Muslim magical girl. Always dreaming.
Latest: A BIT OF EARTH (Greenwillow 2023). Next: SABRENA SWEPT AWAY (Greenwillow 2025).
Hamline MFAC July '21 | Rep: Thao Le
No means to donate currently 💔
Cindy Baldwin @cindybaldwinbooks.bsky.social Kidlit author (latest: NO MATTER THE DISTANCE). Disabled activist with #cysticfibrosis and #ehlersdanlos. Homeschool mom, cosmetic formulator, human with too many passions. She/her
Kip Wilson @kipwilsonwrites.bsky.social Author: WHITE ROSE, THE MOST DAZZLING GIRL IN BERLIN, ONE LAST SHOT, next up: BACKPACK, BOY, BERLIN (11/3/2026) | high school librarian | anti-fascist | www.kipwilsonwrites.com
Heather Camlot @heathercamlot.bsky.social Children's author & editor. Latest: Becoming Bionic, The Prisoner and the Writer, Secret Schools, I Can't Do What? Montrealer in Toronto. 
Margarita Engle @margaritaengle.bsky.social Cuban American poet and children’s book author. Young People’s Poet Laureate Emeritus. Newbery Honor, Pura Belpré Awards, etc.
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social Writer, poet, lavender menace
David Elliott @profavenarius.bsky.social Trying to live a quiet life in the fog of the North Atlantic.
David Bowles @davidbowles.us Writer. Translator. Nahuatlahtoh. Chicano. He/él/yehhua. Pan [💖💛💙]. Representation: Full Circle Literary. Associate Professor at UTRGV. Ca notoca Tlahzotic Mazacnihuitl.
Kate Messner @katemessner.com NYT bestselling author of 80+ books for kids. Educator. Speaker. Adirondack 46er. Passionately curious. Coming soon: KEEP THE GHOST LIGHT ON
www.katemessner.com
kelsey sutton @kelseysutton.bsky.social editing and occasionally writing about TV at morning brew / marketing brew 
Sarah Crossan @sarahcrossan.bsky.social Writer based in Sussex.
Marilyn Copley Hilton @marilynhilton.bsky.social Award-winning author & poet; speaker, editor, teacher, student, mother in the order life requests. Represented by Adams Literary
Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social MG Author (she/her) 🎵THE SONG OF ORPHAN'S GARDEN🌺 January 21, 2025 Feiwel & Friends🌟Bookseller (Kids’ Specialist)🌟SCBWI-IL Co-rep 🌟Former homeschool co-op teacher🌟Rep: Deborah Warren East/West Literary
https://linktr.ee/nicolemhewitt
Tracie Renee (she/her) @tracierenee.bsky.social Librarian in sort-of Chicago.
PW book reviewer.
#Amquerying #SCBWI writer/poet.
Winner: #50PreciousWords, Highlights scholarship, ElegantLit, IAmWritingMG.
HM: #PBParty.
WTMP mentee, RisingTalent finalist, BOTN.
https://linktr.ee/tracie.renee
Mary Averling @maryaverling.bsky.social Author of Bram Stoker Award finalist THE CURSE OF EELGRASS BOG and THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY with Penguin Young Readers. Next: THE BURN BEAST (Putnam, Fall 2026)
Rep'd by Kelly Sonnack at ABLA
Marcie Flinchum Atkins @marciefatkins.bsky.social Librarian | Hollins gal (MA/MFA) | Poet | PB & YA Author | Wait, Rest, Pause (2019) One Step Forward (2025) When Twilight Comes (2026) | Rep: Carter Hasegawa at Tugeau2
www.marcieatkins.com
https://linktr.ee/marciefatkins
Laurie Halse Anderson @halseanderson.bsky.social Forest creature who writes books & champions libraries. American heart, Danish soul.
Author of YAs: Speak, Shout & many more
Historical adventure novels: Chains, Forge, Ashes & Fever 1793.
And…. Rebellion 1776 is a NY Times bestseller! Huzzah! 🎉❤️🇺🇸📚
Taylor Tracy 🌊✨🍝 @tayberryjelly.bsky.social New Jersey trash panda. Bunmom. Stonewall Honor-winning #kidlit author. Saltier than the sea. 🌊🍝🌈
MURRAY OUT OF WATER (out now, QuillTree Books)
PASTA GIRLS (Fall 2025, Quill Tree Books)
Rep: @mariavicente.com at P.S. Literary
www.taylorismyfirstname.com
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
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
Nikki Grimes @poetnikki.bsky.social Poet, novelist, general word-nerd, gardener, photographer, foodie, film lover. My favorite people on the planet are children, which is why I write for them. Oh! And I'm a freak for roses, watercolor, and collage. Author of Ordinary Hazards, a memoir.
Ray Anthony Shepard @ras37.bsky.social I write about race in American history for young readers. These are the kinds of biographies that didn't exist when I was a student or teacher and those I couldn't publish as a textbook editor.
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.
Heidi EY Stemple @heidieys.bsky.social #KidLit Author & Poet. JANIE WRITES A PLAY (Charlesbridge). Debut MG verse novel THE POETRY OF CAR MECHANICS 4/15 (Astra). Birder/Owler. HeidiEYStemple.com.
Lyn Miller-Lachmann @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social Author, translator & Lego builder. Winner 2023 LA Times Book Prize for YA Literature for TORCH. Author of MOONWALKING (co-authored with Zetta Elliott) & EYES OPEN, both historical novels in verse. 
Dana Kramaroff @danakramaroff.bsky.social Mom, 2nd grade teacher, and middle grade author of THE DO MORE CLUB (Penguin Random House - Rocky Pond Books) 💛💛💛
Lou Piccolo | Picture book & middle-grade editor & author @loupiccolo.bsky.social What do I do?
✨ Help kidlit authors write & revise their books
✨ Host Middle Grade Made Easy(er) podcast
✨ Run Rhyme Made Easy(er) membership
Start here⇣
https://linktr.ee/LouPiccolo
Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com #KidLit Author, Editor, Mentor.
Latest: ONE COSMIC ROCK. THE CLOUD THAT STUCK.
Upcoming: FOREVER FRIES.
Agency: @curtisbrownltd.bsky.social
VCFA Alum. Faculty at Whale Rock Workshops.
Settler heritage. She/her. Bi/pan. 🏳️🌈
https://karenkrossing.com
Linda Weste @lindaweste.bsky.social Academic, Writer & editor, PhD verse novel +poetry + narrative research, author of poetry, novels in verse, and edited nonfiction interviews with verse novelists, (she/her)
#VerseNovels #DiverseVerse #poetry
www.linda.weste.com
Jeannine Atkins @jeannineatkins.bsky.social Author of Knocking on Windows: A Memoir, Green Promises: Girls Who Loved the Earth, Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science, all from Atheneum/S & S, Rep: @saracrowelit.bsky.social
LizRiceWrites @lizricewrites.bsky.social Writer- current project is a contemporary middle grade novel in verse. I'm always working on picture books. The beach is my happy place.
Jean Letai @jeanletai.bsky.social Writer pub’d in WBUR Cog, Boston Globe, LA Times, Japan Times, Princeton Alumni Weekly, Friends and Anemones. Olympic Short Track Speedskating Mom. #SCBWI #12x12 #WritingBarn
Serena Molloy @serenamolloy.bsky.social Irish children's author.
'Wider Than The Sea' Winner of the Eilís Dillon Award KPMG CBI. Sunday Times (IRL) Children's Book of the Week. SL The Week Junior Awards '24.
'The Tree That Sang to Me' out now with Hodder.
https://serenamolloy.com/
Carol Lieske Williams @calwilliamswriter.bsky.social KitLit writer: middle grade novel-in-verse author, children's book creator, YA enthusiast. Dog lover who says yes to food from all over the world. #SCBWI
Jennifer Chambliss Bertman @jennbertman.bsky.social NYT bestselling author: Book Scavenger series, SISTERHOOD OF SLEUTHS, and A GOOD DEED CAN GROW, illustrated by Holly Hatam. More info: www.jenniferchamblissbertman.com
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https://jenniferchamblissbertman.substack.com
Aimee lucido @aimeelucido.bsky.social I’m an author and crossword puzzle maker! 
Cheryl Mizerny @cherylteaches.bsky.social 6th grade English teacher, loves Nerdy Book Club folks, active with NCTE, writes “It’s Not Easy Being Tween” blog for MiddleWeb, book nerd, Michigander
Mae Respicio 🇵🇭🇺🇸 @maerespicio.bsky.social ✨ Writer of Books / Eater of Snacks
✨ APALA Honor Award, NPR Best Books
✨ www.maerespicio.com
✨ Author brand: tender+joyful+Filipino dad jokes
✨ Agent: Jennifer Laughran
Connie Kingrey Anderson @kingreyanderson.bsky.social Author of MG spy mysteries, interactive chapter books, and drama kits. Creepers Mysteries: Haunted Cattle Drive, and Toadies. Audie and Saturn Award winner. Founder of Middle Grade Writers Group https://linktr.ee/MiddleGradeWritersGroup
@hilarytaber.bsky.social @hilarytaber.bsky.social Reader, book slinger, overthinker, chocolate and marshmallow fan
Kelly Holmes @kellyjholmes.com Writer, small business owner, book-loving troublemaker raising 4 book-loving troublemakers in ATX. My love language is baked goods. She/her. ✨ Libraries are magic. Use yours! ✨
Saving democracy one tiny step at a time: mollysarmy.com 💪
Ginger Johnson @gingerjohnson.bsky.social Author. Artist. Wanderer. VCFA.
SCBWI. Rep’d by Michelle Witte @ MansionStLit #kidlit #thegenesisretreat #TheOtherSideofLuck #TheSplinteredLight
Ashley Clawthorne @ashleyclawthorne.bsky.social Upcoming Middle Grade Author.
Currently working on my first MG Mystery Graphic Novel 👽
Gamma Burst Books @gammaburstbooks.bsky.social Husband and wife author/illustrator team
Callie C. Miller @thesupercallie.bsky.social Writer!
*Video Games (Star Wars: Jedi - Respawn Entertainment)
*Kids Novels (The Vanishing Orphans of Alvanor out Dec 1!)
*Animation (Monster High, LEGO Monkie Kid, etc.)
*Comics (DC, Riot Games)
*calliecmiller.com | *VCFA WCYA | #kidlit
Andy Ruffell @andyruffell.bsky.social Writer (rep’d J Mustelier @ Bent Agency), adopted Northerner & Hachette Children’s Novel Award Winner 2021 with Lily Grim and the City of Undone
Lynda Mullaly Hunt @lyndamh.bsky.social New York Times best-selling author of ONE FOR THE MURPHYS, FISH IN A TREE, WISH IN A TREE, SHOUTING AT THE RAIN (Nancy Paulsen books/Penguin) Founder of #AuthorsLoveTeachers she/her
Laurie6@bsky.social @laurie6.bsky.social I am a retired teacher from California (thank goodness!) and now traveling as often as I can. I’m an outspoken Democrat, and a bleeding-heart liberal. Joy comes from life, books, art, yummy food, and being the best grandma to 3 amazing humans. Hello!
Kate Wheeler @kagwheeler.bsky.social Cartoonist | Funny Gal
Team Trash: A Time Traveler's Guide to Sustainability, out now with Holiday House | Goat Magic: August 2025 with Oni Press
Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social All things child development. Author of “Raising Awe-Seekers: How the Science of Wonder Can Help Our Kids Thrive” and a bunch of picture books. Curriculum advisor for PBS KIDS’ “Carl the Collector.” I box, read, embroider, mom, and walk the dog.
Liz, Your friendly neighborhood librarian @cnyabrarian.bsky.social Librarian here to chat books, libraries, education, civic literacy, and lots of other, sillier stuff ✨
Sharon Korzelius @sharonkorzelius.bsky.social Writer of all things #kidlit. Poems in LTP, The Toy, Wild Ink's Prom Perfect Anthology, and the Dirigible Balloon. Photos in Paddler Press. #SCBWI
Ms. Yingling @msyingling.bsky.social Middle school #librarian who has read EVERY fiction book in my #SchoolLibrary. Posts a new #MGLit book review EVERY DAY at http://msyinglingreads.blogspot.com, where I've been since 2006. 👍📚
Lara Ivey @laraivey.bsky.social Wife of a firefighter, mom of 2! A teacher librarian who wants to learn more. (Providence Middle School)
Tina Moricz @mrsmoricz.bsky.social 4th Grade Jedi Teacher
Lover of Math, Books, and Dogs
Disney Dreamer & former Cast Member
Allergic to Everything
Megan Troup @megantroup.bsky.social MG & YA Writer; Mom of Teens; Hiker/Explorer; Highlights Scholarship Recipient; RMC SCBWI Golden Pen Award Finalist; WM Novel-In-Development Reader’s Favorite; https://megantroupbooks.com
SusanHughes @susanhughes.bsky.social editor/story coach specializing in kidlit | author of kids' books | freelance writer | she/her | upcoming bk: MISS MATCH | recent bks: HOORAY FOR TRUCKS!; SAME HERE; WALKING FOR WATER; LIGHTS DAY AND NIGHT | www.susanhughes.ca
Jenni L. Walsh @jennilwalsh.bsky.social USA Today bestseller author of books for adults and middle grade. Next up: #AceMarvelSpy and #TheBugBandits
Kitty Felde @kittyfelde.bsky.social Recovering journalist, podcaster, author of The Fina Mendoza Mysteries series of books and podcasts.
Cheryl A. Johnson @cherylajohnson.bsky.social Author/Nature Photographer
Rep'd by Mara Cobb @ Lighthouse Literary
SCBWI/12x12
SCBWI MS Winner
Detroit Writing Room MS Winner
#PBChat Mentorship HM
ArtPrize Artist 2025 & 2024
http://cherylajohnsonwrites.weebly.com
http://cherylajohnson.pictorem.com
Lisa Moore Ramee @lisamooreramee.bsky.social Author of some pretty good mg books. I write for all young people but my mc’s are always gonna be Black.
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
Laura Lavoie @llavoieauthor.bsky.social Author of picture books & middle grade novels. Newest PB: COUSINS! Spooky MG mystery: 13 DOORS OF BLACK HOUSE out now! Rep: James McGowan Website: linktr.ee/lauralavoie
Elizabeth Brookman @lizzyinlille.bsky.social Kidlit creator, occasional cartoonist, artist based in France
Barbara O'Connor @barbaraoconnor.bsky.social Children's writer, books including How to Steal a Dog and the NYT bestseller WISH
www.barbaraoconnor.com
Daphne Benedis-Grab @daphnebg.bsky.social I write middle grade books, am an elementary school librarian, live in Colorado and love cats.
www.daphnebg.com
Sondra Eklund @sonderbooks.com Librarian. Writer. Book Reviewer. Math geek. Knitter. Progressive Christian. She/her. No DMs from strangers.
More at https://sondraeklund.com
P.G. Bell @pgbellwriter.bsky.social Children's author and screenwriter. Waterstones Children's Book Award and Edgars shortlisted. New fairytale whodunnit, The Big Bad Wolf Murder, OUT NOW!
My stuff: https://linktr.ee/pgbell
Jo Knowles @joknowles.bsky.social Author: http://www.joknowles.com #kidlit #AABB #PB #MG #Tween #YA
Editorial Services: https://www.revise-and-shine.com/jo-knowles
Author visits: https://www.joknowles.com/school-visits
Teacher: Mountainview #MFA Center For Cartoon Studies (summers)
Chris Houck Nihart @chrishoucknihart.bsky.social writer | middle-grade fiction | history lover | book hoarder #amquerying #amwriting #kidlit #middlegrade
Leah Pileggi @leahp88.bsky.social Writer of kidlit, historical fiction, poetry. Amanuensis in a past life. Yes to the Oxford comma.
leahpileggi.com
Kurt Kirchmeier @kurtkirchmeier.bsky.social Canadian - fantasy/horror writer + nature photographer
Brian Gonsar @bgonsar.bsky.social Author • Producer • Donut Hunter
Dracula's Brunch Club (Middle Grade Graphic Novel) comes out Sept 16 with Oni Press.
Repped by Stacey Graham at 3 Seas Literary.
Pre Order here: https://linktr.ee/bgonsar
Sashi Kaufman @sashikaufman.bsky.social Middle school teacher, dumpster diver, mediocre gardener, author of books for kids and teens. I raise humans and chickens. 
Meghan Downs @booksbymeghandowns.bsky.social #SCBWI WINNER of the Nonfiction Most Promising Picture Book▪️SCBWI Cynthia Leitich Smith Writing Mentor Award Finalist ▪️ PB & MG writer▪️avid reader
mindfuleducation @mindfuleducation.bsky.social Wife, mom humans & cats, Gigi, strange & weird middle school ELA teacher, avid reader, thrifter, diy addict, Great Lakes Great Books, CRWP
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3G6W6G8VMG3LD?ref_=wl_share
Miriam Chernick @miriamchernick.bsky.social Author, teacher, and animal lover. Prader-Willi syndrome advocate.
Rep: jtf@cbltd.com
Shakirah Bourne @shakirahwrites.bsky.social 🇧🇧 Author. Up next: HERE LIES A GHOST (March 3rd 2026, Scholastic), BEWARE THE HEARTMAN, NIGHTMARE ISLAND, JOSEPHINE AGAINST THE SEA, ALLIES
www.shakirahbourne.com
R. C. Hill @rchillauthor.bsky.social Middle grade author of spooky and sporty stories.
Chris Negron @negronca.bsky.social Middle grade author. Collector of comics. Buffalo Bills and San Diego Padres fan. DAN UNMASKED, THE LAST SUPER CHEF, and UNDERDOG CITY out now from HarperCollins.
Katie B. @mrsb-reads.bsky.social Mother, librarian, teacher, reader
2024 John Newbery Committee
VAReads Middle School Chair
Melissa Thom @msthombookitis.bsky.social MS Teacher Librarian; ALA/AASL/NCTE; LJ Mover & Shaker; Nerdy Book Girl; #Bookposse; Joyful Learning Podcast Co-Creator @JoyfulLearnPod #JoyfulMaking = Etsy Shop full of #LiteracyInspiredCrafts- M Neha Thakkar @mrsthakkar.bsky.social School librarian for 19 years
Principal Consultant of Computer Science and Media Literacy for the Illinois State Board of Education
Jennifer Mary G @jennifermaryg.bsky.social Science Teacher. Author. Reiki Master. Mom of 2 nature-loving daughters. SCBWI 📚Nat Geo Certified 🌎
www.jennifermaryg.com 
Katie McEnaney @katiemcenaney.bsky.social Teacher. Writer. Lover of words and history. One-time archaeologist. Nonfiction Ninja mentee. SCBWI. 12x12. #amquerying #5thgrade She/her. https://katiemcenaney.com/ and https://www.thelogonauts.com/ for book rec's