Crista Kathleen McGinley - Illustration @cristam.bsky.social ✏️ Children's Illustrator • WHEN THE SEA LEFT, Tielmour Press • SCBWI Member • Ringling College of Art + Design Alumni • Etsy Shop, CLOVE emporium
✨ cristakathleen.weebly.com
✨ https://www.scbwi.org/members/crista.kathleen.mcginley
Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info 📣 Speaking for the trees, and:
🌲 600 million forest acres
💚 193 million acres public land
🥾 164,000 miles of trails
🎣 400,000 miles of streams
🪵 Billions of board feet timber
🚰 Trillions of gallons clean water
🚫Not affiliated with USDA Forest Service
Sean Rubin @seancrubin.bsky.social Corned beef sandwiches & tonic water 🦖
MacKids Books @mackidsbooks.bsky.social A lifelong love of reading starts here! 📚🎈
Books and author events from the home of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group in NYC.
http://www.mackids.com
Michael Benner @michaelbennerbooks.com Kidlit author, nature enthusiast, dad, and baseball fan.
#scbwi, #12x12, #writersleaguetexas
Author of Mac & Cheese: The Origin Story (debuting Summer 2026)
Rep’d by Stacey Glick at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret
https://www.michaelbennerwritesbooks.com
Worlds of Words Center @wowlit.org Books, Stories, Reviews, & Currents for educators focusing on global literature for young people. Housed in the University of Arizona College of Education.
https://wowlit.org- J janetnolan.bsky.social @janetnolan.bsky.social Children's Book Author: Bats Beneath the Bridge, Get Ready for Halloween, Get Ready for School, Seven and a Half Tons of Steel, Picture Books Rep'd by
@EastWestLit
Marlo Garnsworthy @icebird.bsky.social 🇦🇺🇺🇸Author/illustrator/editor/science communication #OceanDevotion
Antarctica-obsessed, kayak-paddling bird nerd
Ocean Devotion on YouTube:
youtube.com/@HashtagOceanDevotion
LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/icebirdstudio
Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com Writer of horror and dark academia
Rep: Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass
https://julesnickerson.com/
ASYA SOKOLOVA @anastasiconostas.bsky.social Human. Illustrator. Creative Director. 🏳️
Clients: A24, Spotify, Esquire, Olympic village♾️
💌anastasiconostas.job@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/anastasiconostas
🖤🩶🤍💜
Inst: @anastasiconostas
Hyunjae Cha @hyunjaecha.bsky.social Picture book author & illustrator
Creating gentle, whimsical stories inspired by the quiet magic of everyday life.
🌿 hyunjaecha.com
Olga Komashko @sirenasdream.bsky.social Children’s Book Illustrator | represented by the Plum Agency | mom of two | SCBWI member
My portfolio:
www.olgakomashko.com
Carolina Coroa @carolinacoroa.bsky.social North brazilian 🇧🇷 kidlit illustrator and visdev artist for tv based in London, UK 🎡
Rep by Christie Megill at The Cat Agency
Karlin Gray @karlingray.bsky.social Author and Founder of True Story Bookshop — helping parents and educators 🍎 find #truestories to match kids’ interests.
True stories = true gifts.
https://truestorybookshop.com/
💙📚 #BookSky 💡📚 #Nonfiction #KidLit
HarperCollins @harpercollins.bsky.social Publishing great authors since 1817. 📚
@kjshrack.bsky.social @kjshrack.bsky.social 
Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social Author of crime for kids.
#KidnapatMidnight a Malory Towers Mystery out in September with Hachette
West Country UK
- she/her.
#kidlituk
@AgentKateShaw.bsky.social
You, Me, and the Writing Journey Podcast @ymwjpodcast.bsky.social A podcast that meets at the intersection of literary + mental health, providing insights, tools, & support around well-being for writers | Host @Drenderturmaud
https://danielleturmaud9.wixsite.com/danielle-render-turm/you-me-the-writing-journey-podcast
Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social ✦ writer | reviewer | book blogger | cheerleader of books, poetry and art | all genres RT’d | resident Tolkien fangirl | linktr.ee/rjcrunden ✦
Alt-NIHscience4ALL @alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info Science geek who believes science is for everyone! ALL should be included in the scientific process! All views shared are personal.
Tina Shepardson @tinashepardson.bsky.social Children’s author of picture and chapter books. Former award winning educator for 33 years. Creator and host of the Lil’ Leaders Poscast: Conversations with Kids. Represented by Sharon Belcastro at The Belcastro Agency. TinaShepardson.com #12x12 #SCBWI
@kerryolitzky.bsky.social @kerryolitzky.bsky.social 
Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social 🏴 Illustrator based in Scotland painting in gouache, ink & acrylic
📚 Represented by the Bright Agency
🏳️🌈 He/him
🌐 gordywright.com
🌐 linktr.ee/gordyjwright
Rachelle Burk @rachelleburk.bsky.social Author of children's books for ages 2 - 13. School author visit programs. www.rachelleburk.com 
Mona Kanin, she/her/hers @mskanin.bsky.social I embrace careful thinkers and shapers.
The opposite of destruction? The Arts!
Theartofpuro @theartofpuro.bsky.social I'm a children's book, comics illustrator and cover artist often in collaboration with my buddy Andrea.
PB (TOOFS)
#kidlitart
https://www.artstation.com/theartofpuro
IG: @ theartofpuro
Helvetiq @helvetiq.bsky.social HELVETIQ is an international publishing house. Creatives at heart, we craft new experiences for casual gamers, book lovers and design aficionados.
We publish boardgames, children's books, non-fiction books for adults and graphic novels in FR /EN / DE
Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com Owner of MSW Media, host of The Daily Beans, UnJustified, and Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcasts. #Leguminati. Veteran. She/Her Substack: muellershewrote.com
Signal: muellershewrote.23
Podcast: https://the-daily-beans.simplecast.com/
DK Ryland @dkryland.bsky.social Kidlit Author/Illustrator 
K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com Author of fantasy & horror 🖤
Socialist, humanist, naturalist, physiotherapist.
Confused Scandinavian. Depresso-bean. Punk-rock girl with flowers in her hair.
She/her 🏴☠️🏳️🌈
www.karenlykkebo.com
rubylith @rubylith-art.bsky.social usually birdposting but sometimes other things
she/they
https://linktr.ee/rubylith
DTL @dtl.bsky.social Birds and whatnot. All photos mine except reposts and the Gumby stuff he/him
https://dleuenberger.phd/
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett @bdemarcobarrett.bsky.social Writer, teacher, host of the award-winning podcast Writers on Writing, PALM SPRINGS NOIR, PEN ON FIRE, baker, knitter, fountain pen obsessed.
Pelo Blanco Photo @peloblancophoto.bsky.social Lover of art. Photographer living in the PNW. No DMs.
https://peloblanco-photo.pixels.com/
💥Seriously🚀Scientific💥 @seriouslysci.bsky.social Science teacher, remastering classic educators like Bill Nye, Richard Feynman and David Attenborough in 4K, with new science news, puzzles and live feeds updated often..
🚀 seriouslyscientific.com
Danny Daydreams Daily ☀️ @dannysdaydreams.bsky.social Daniel James, author of queer and trans fiction. Represented by Kara Grajkowski at 3 Seas Lit.
FLOWERS FOR A MARTIAN | '27
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. 👍📚
Booklist Publications @ala-booklist.bsky.social Official book review journal of the American Library Association.
New ALA Member Benefit! Read digital issues of BOOKLIST READER. Visit www.booklistonline.com/reader-issues to get started!
SCBWI San Diego @scbwisandiego.bsky.social We are the San Diego chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). Our chapter covers San Diego & Imperial counties in California.
Jennifer L. Blanck @jlblanck.bsky.social Writer, traveler, wine lover, chocoholic (dark please!), public speaker, challenge seeker, life long learner, and optimist. #SCBWI #12x12PB #Toastmasters
Gael_Me ☆ Illustrator @gaelme.bsky.social Freelance Illustrator
Represented by Pyro Represents
linktr.ee/adaabigael
Sojung Kim-McCarthy @creativesojung.bsky.social Author-illustrator 🇰🇷🇬🇧 She/her
Agent: @agenthawk.bsky.social
My PB debut: BINNA’S DALGONA (2025)
tinyurl.com/3m7bpcd3
instagram.com/creativesojung
sojungkimmccarthy.art
sojungkimmccarthy@gmail.com
byraquelromero @byraquelromero.bsky.social Picture Book Writer 📚
Rhymer 🎶
#PBRisingStars '26 Mentee 🌟
J. Anderson Coats (she/her) @jandersoncoats.bsky.social YA/MG author. Newest: The Unexpected Lives of Ordinary Girls (2025); The Loss of the Burying Ground (2024). She/Her. Located near the Salish Sea. Rep'd by ACM. https://www.jandersoncoats.com/
SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social Dedicated to developing experiences where SCBWI members can grow in their craft, expand their network, and build their writing and illustration goals.
Katie Ferriello @katieferrie1.bsky.social Literary Agent w/ Mansion Street Literary Management
🎿🚵♀️🧘♀️🏋🏻♀️⛺️🛩️✍️📚
George M Johnson Garçon @iamgmjohnson.bsky.social NYTIMES Bestselling Author of All Boys Aren’t Blue. Emmy nominated Writer & Executive Producer. TIME100 Next Moat Influential People in World. AφA 06. They/Them
Tanya Gold | Editor & Translator 💕📚 (they/iel) @tanyagold.bsky.social 📚 Book Editor, Fr→En Lit Translator, Educator
🍽📖 Working on/devouring speculative fiction, horror, memoir, IF, comics
⭐ Teaching and coaching editors and writers
📘 Faculty @ Emerson's MFA in Popular Fiction
🌈📚 RSM team
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️♿🪫🇨🇭🎨
🚫gen AI
www.TanyaGold.com
Books & Books @booksandbooks.bsky.social Celebrating 40+ years of locally owned, independent bookselling.
Based in Miami, Florida.
Little Free Library @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social Little Free Library is a nonprofit that builds community, inspires readers, and expands book access through a global network of volunteer-led little libraries.
Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com Dad. Husband. Former GOP congressman. Voted to impeach Trump. Now fighting for our democracy. Lt. Col. Air National Guard (ret). Founder of Country First
Adamkinzinger.komi.io
Adamkinzinger.com
Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com Healthcare data analysis, advocacy & snark.
I also raise money for Dems.
🏥 https://ACASignups.net
🔵 https://Blue26.org
Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social Historian at Cornell University and author, most recently, of FREE ENTERPRISE: AN AMERICAN HISTORY. Working on a history of backlash politics in the United States, from Reconstruction to the present. 
Andie Smith @andiesmithbooks.bsky.social 📚 Associate Agent at Creative Media Agency
✍🏼 Editor at Sun & Spines Editorial
🎙️ Co-Host of Flublishing Podcast
linktr.ee/andiesmithbooks
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
Get the paper delivered to your door: membership.theonion.com
Join The Onion Newsletter: https://theonion.com/newsletters/
Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social Hymowitz Family Professor of Global Health & Professor of Public Policy at Duke University. Director of the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health. DJ at WXDU (Thursdays, 4-6pm ET, wxdu.org). TIME columnist. He/him. Tallest Jew on Earth.
@julielfrost.bsky.social @julielfrost.bsky.social Nature lover with a camera. Ethical photography with minimal editing. All photos/art are my own and copyrighted, unless reposts. No DMs.
Thank you for likes, follows and reposts. I tend to follow accounts with some original content.
Sarah Stephens @sarahredfox.bsky.social Agent at Red Fox Literary ✏️ Kidlit Author 🖍️Indie Bookseller 📚 Dog Worshipper 🐾 Tree Hugger 🌳
Jacob Hansen @jacobhansenwrites.bsky.social Repped by Sorcha Fairbank
#SCBWI member
#chucklechallenge ‘24 winner
#kidlit Author
Indianapolis
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com
Buy my new book: https://sites.prh.com/reich
Visit my website: https://rbreich.com/
Denis Angelov @denisillustrates.bsky.social Children's book illustrator and artist, based in Sofia, Bulgaria
Art / Film Photography / Stuff I like
🌐 www.denisillustrates.com
Amy Everson @amyeversonart.bsky.social Children’s book author and illustrator.
After The Shelter (Albert Whitman, April 2025)
www.amyeversonart.com
Spinning Wheel Stories @spinwheelstories.bsky.social Indie Publisher of Children's Books.
https://spinningwheelstories.com
Cindy Williams Schrauben, Author @cindyschrauben.bsky.social Children's book author and speaker. Host of the video podcast Author Pep Talk on YouTube. https://youtube.com/@cindy-williams-schrauben
Becca Syracuse @bookdesignbee.bsky.social Associate Art Director • Children's Illustrator
Rebeccasyracuse.com
She/her
Rep'd by Natascha Morris/ The Tobias Agency
Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social Photography who is a big fan of birds
Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social Independent conservation journalist writing a book about fish. Author of CROSSINGS, on #roadecology, and EAGER, on beaver belief.
@littlefragola.bsky.social @littlefragola.bsky.social 
Zitronenkaffee @zitronenkaffee.eurosky.social Artist, Mother, constantly on the hunt for the next coffee
🇪🇺
Orga #kleinesKunstretreat
Interested in buying my art? Message me here or via:
https://www.art-by-ak.net/
Prints: https://www.redbubble.com/de/people/LemonCoffee/shop?asc=u
Annada Hypes @ahypes.bsky.social children's book writer, mom, therapist, painter, yogger, music fan, star gazer & other things.
www.annadahypes.com
Space.com @space.com Taking you out of this world, every day! 🪐
Live Science @livescience.com The latest science news, groundbreaking discoveries, and fascinating features from our expert journalists. Your journey of discovery begins at Live Science.
𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭 🩷 @jastuart68.bsky.social Jersey Girl, Breast Cancer Survivor, The funny twin, Philly sports fan, Pro Choice, Ally to all, Owned by 2 crazy cats, Research nerd, Genealogy, Moms Demand **PLEASE ASK BEFORE ADDING ME TO STARTER PACK**
Sometimes I write: https://femocracy.substack.com
Lola Schaefer @lolaschaefer.bsky.social Author of picture books, easy readers, and MORE! Reader. Gardener. Hiker. Curious about EVERYTHING!
Gareth Hinds @garethhinds.bsky.social Creator of acclaimed graphic novel adaptations of classics like The Odyssey, The Iliad, Beowulf, and more. www.garethhinds.com
Naz Ford @nazfordwrites.bsky.social Preorder ✨️My America Blooms 🌸
https://www.beamingbooks.com/store/product/9798889833437/My-America-Blooms
Kidlit author, SCBWI, 12X12, Inked Voices, ALA, rep'd @christiemegill.bsky.social @thecatagency.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/NazFordWrites
Joy Deva Baglio @joybaglio.bsky.social Speculative Writer: Fiction in One Story, Ploughshares, Tin House, Apex, etc. Yaddo Fellow. Founder of Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop. Rep'ed by Peter Steinberg. Novel in progress. Bagpiper.
https://linktr.ee/joy.deva.baglio
https://www.joybaglio.com/
Amber A. Novak @amberanovak.bsky.social THE HULA PAINTED FROG ('26 Green Bean Books) #PJLibrary Selection| #PB Author | Writers League of Texas 2025 Manuscript Contest Finalist |
#PBParty 2024/ 2026 Finalist | #SCBWI ATX | #12x12PB |
Caroline Kind @carolinekind.bsky.social MG author, educator, researcher, reader, learner | She/Her | Halifax, NS |
Free Spirit Publishing @freespiritbooks.bsky.social Books that support young people's social, emotional & educational needs. https://linktr.ee/freespiritpublishing
Lisa Johnston Hancock @lisajhancock.bsky.social 📚Illustrator + Author
💫 Pre-order SANTIAGO AND GREAT BEAR publishing June 30, 2026
👇Links
https://linktr.ee/lisajohnstonhancock
Bookshop.org @bookshop.org A better way to buy books online where every purchase supports local bookstores ☀️📚
https://bookshop.org/
Roxie Munro @roxiesstudio.bsky.social Author/illustrator of 55+ nonfiction & concept interactive children's books (science/nature, ecosystems, architecture, mazes/gamification). "New Yorker" cover artist. Paintings in numerous museum, university & private collections. www.roxiemunro.com
Stephen Fraser @fraserstephena.bsky.social I am an Executive Agent with The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency, representing children's book writers and illustrators. With a Master's degree in Children's Literature, I have been in publishing for 46 years.
Miriam Gershow @miriamgershow.bsky.social Writer w FOMO. CLOSER (Regal House). SURVIVAL TIPS: STORIES (Propeller). THE LOCAL NEWS (Spiegel & Grau). www.miriamgershow.com
📚💙
Spearheaded #100smallpress:
https://lithub.com/100-notable-small-press-books-of-2025/
Richard Mirabella 🐝 @rpmirabella.bsky.social Writer, reader, office potato. Author of Brother & Sister Enter the Forest. Lambda Award Finalist. NY Times Editors' Choice. Real human. No, really.
richardmirabellawriter.com
Insta: @rpmirabella
Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social Entertaining & educational conversations about science, tech, + more. Hosted by Ira Flatow and Flora Lichtman. From WNYCStudios.
Lulu Miller @lutimestwo.bsky.social Host of Radiolab and Terrestrials. Author of Why Fish Don’t Exist and Trucky Roads. Cofounder of NPR’s Invisibilia. Science nerd. Mom. Queer. Lover of trees. Maker of bad puns.
Eva Scalzo @evascalzo.bsky.social a boricua🇵🇷 who has never met a tangent she wouldn’t follow | on Insta/Threads: evascalzo_sla | agency director & senior lit agent @ Speilburg Lit | AALA & SCBWI | she/her/ella
Dr Amy-Jane Beer @amyjanebeer.bsky.social Biologist, naturalist, writer, campaigner at Right to Roam; Country Diarist at The Guardian; Wainwright Prize winning author of The Flow
WIP: Old Nows
Agent: Jane Turnbull jane.turnbull@btinternet.com
Julie Shattuck @juliewrites.bsky.social Writer of MG/YA | Rep’d by @michelle4laughs at Storm Literary Agency | Community College Professor | SCBWI | NCTE | Teacher, learner, writer | She/her/hers
Lauren H. Kerstein @laurenkerstein.bsky.social Author. Therapist. Ghost Writer. Developmental Editor.
#12x12PB #EastWestLit #SCBWI #kidlit #ReVISIONweek
www.LaurenKerstein.net
Deidra Purvis @fspacquisitions.bsky.social Acquiring editor for TCM imprints Free Spirit Publishing and Curiosity Unlocked Books. Seeking board books, picture books, SEL for kids and teens, and high interest fiction and nonfiction for ages birth through twelve. I do not respond to DMs. She/her
Michelle Houts @mhoutswrites.bsky.social Picture book and middle grade author, fiction and biographies. Connecting with curious kids and adults at school visits, libraries, and book festivals. Repped by Allison Remcheck at Rosemary Stimola Literary Studio.
Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚 @hkubiw.bsky.social Blogger and book reviewer of great Canadian books for young people at CanLit for LittleCanadians http://canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/
Jean Reidy @jeanreidy.bsky.social Bestselling and award-winning children's author of TRUMAN and more.
Rep'd by Erin Murphy. Learn more at https://jeanreidy.com/
Cindy Rivka Marshall @cindyrivka.bsky.social Storyteller, Children’s book writer
Estrela Lourenço @estrelalourenco.bsky.social #PB Children's Book Author/Illustrator | SCBWI 2021 Portfolio Honor Award | #12x12PB | Rep by @jmcgowanbks at @bookendslit | Freelance STB artist for TV
linktr.ee/estrelalourenco
AJ Smith @ajsmith.bsky.social author / illustrator repped by @casahasegawa.bsky.social. CATNIP MOUSE hits stores 10/7: https://bookshop.org/p/books/catnip-mouse-a-j-smith/22297249?ean=9781525313530&next=t
Megan Woodward @meganwoodward.bsky.social Author of THIS BOOK IS DEFINITELY NOT CURSED (Simon and Schuster, June 25, 2024), kid-lit writer, screenwriter, wearer of deodorant, teller of jokes even my kid finds stupid. She/her. #kidlit