Rebecca Weber 🙂🐈⬛📰 @rweberwrites.bsky.social #SCBWI Author - THE PAINTER'S BUTTERFLY and LOOPHOLE (Artemesia Publishing)/Beta reader/@litkidsmagazine.bsky.social founder/House flipper/Bostie & girl mom/#MGpies #YANation
"You are the one you've been waiting for all of your life!"
Leslie Nightingale @leslienightingale.bsky.social Writer of YA novels and educator in the DC area
Leslienightingale.com
Lemon Ride @lemonride.bandcamp.com Lemon Ride is the name on everyone’s lips — and no one knows who’s behind it. Blending shimmering melodies with earth-shaking basslines, Lemon Ride crafts a sound that defies definition, balancing emotion and innovation in every track.
J. L. Neak @jlneak.bsky.social Children's book Author, living in Vancouver, BC. 🇨🇦
Vanessa Global @vanessaglobal.bsky.social 209K LIBRARY: universities,libraries,politicians,scientists,academics, lawyers,economists,linguists,historians,writers,BLUE, ANTIFA!
Me: brown NA,Oregonian,veteran,globetrotter,critical thinker,linguist,teacher,reader,atheist,constructive,ANTI-TRUMPIST
@lufepollyx7.bsky.social @lufepollyx7.bsky.social 
Lamin @modoulaminjaiteh21.bsky.social With God Nothing Is Impossible With God Everything Is Possible
Sameer Kankali Ⓥ☮✌🏼🌱💚🍉🐸🐮🐷📚📖♟️✊🏼 @sameerkankali.bsky.social MUNDUS SINE CAESARIBUS 💙🦋
#Activist #HumanRights #AnimalRights #UBI #ClimateChange #Books #Tech #Poker #Chess
He/Him/His
❌👑- D deemichael.bsky.social @deemichael.bsky.social
Kidlit Firefly @kidlitfirefly.bsky.social An exciting kidlit community that focuses on helping writers and illustrators shine!
Learn more at www.kidlitfirefly.com
Jeanne Walker Harvey @jeannewharvey.bsky.social #kidlit author! I value the power of words, art, dancing & chocolate.
I love writing picture book bios about inspiring creative people!
Recent books: THE GLASS PYRAMID, ELSE B. IN THE SEA, ABLAZE WITH COLOR & DRESSING UP THE STARS. jeanneharvey.com
Caroline Kind @carolinekind.bsky.social MG author, educator, researcher, reader, learner | She/Her | Halifax, NS |
Jessica Braidan @jessicabraidan.bsky.social 📚 Color & Discover series — fact-and-coloring books for curious kids 4 and up. Surprising facts + bold pictures to color + try-it activities. Read, create, discover, screen-free. 🦕🚀🐴 jessicabraidan.com
https://www.facebook.com/jessica.braidan/
Edivaldo direita!!! @chapa85.bsky.social Fora Lula, ladrão!
Laurie Smollett Kutscera @lskutscera.bsky.social #MG #PB Author-illustrator MAYA’S TREASURE, Peter Pauper Press /
MISADVENTURES OF A MAGICIAN’S SON, Blue Whale
www.LaurieSmollettKutscera.com
#kidlit #SCBWI #12x12
Finalist #PBparty #50PreciousWords
Rep’d by The Purcell Agency
Rescue doggies rock!
Sue Sutherland, Author - TWELVE DAYS AT GLACIER @suemt.bsky.social Debut picture book author - TWELVE DAYS AT GLACIER, granola girl, weaver, quilter, traveler, photographer, 12x12, Montana SCBWI
Coming Soon - HOW HANNAH GOT HER LUMP OF COAL (2026), TWELVE DAYS AT YELLOWSTONE (2027), & NOTHING BUT NET TROUBLE
Cindy Sommer @cindysommpb.bsky.social Award-winning children's book author of PB SAVING KATE'S FLOWERS (Arbordale) Crystal Kite winner, #KidLit, #SCBWI, #12X12PB Gold Member, ISO Agent, Querying PBs. www.cindysommer.com
AnneWritesKidlit @anneruggirello.bsky.social Picture book writer 📚 Bluesky newbie
Watercolor dabbler 🎨 Lover of apple crisp
#KidLit #picturebooks #SCBWI #amwriting
Charles Reyna Art @charlesreynaart2.bsky.social Hello and Welcome! I'm an abstract artist living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I'm inspired by this beautiful state. My art can be seen at www.ebay.com/str/charlesreynaart.
عبدالمجید خرقانی🇮🇷 @abdulmajid33.bsky.social Proud Iranian. Built for resistance, born for victory. Enemy of injustice. Iranian warrior 🇮🇷
#Free_Palestine 🇵🇸
Brackenlowe Halt Storyworld @brackenloweproject.bsky.social A Hull-rooted community arts and heritage project bringing Victorian railway history to life through stories, illustration, film and an immersive fictional world.
( Brackenlowe Halt is a fictional storyworld rooted in real history)
brackenlowehalt.co.uk
Amanda Paniagua @amandapanwriter.bsky.social Children’s PB writer ✍️ | Fiction, non-fiction, rhyme | Awesome Mom | Cub Scout leader 🐾 | Part of a bilingual, bicultural American–Peruvian family 🌎
Daniele Arndt @danielearndt1.bsky.social PB author rep'd by Jen Newens, Debut PIG AND SKUNK with Disney Hyperion ‘27 (sequel’28). Friend of Jesus.
Deborah Halverson @deborahhalverson.bsky.social Award-winning author, editor, founder of DearEditor.com. Author of WRITING YOUNG ADULT FICTION FOR DUMMIES and WRITING NEW ADULT FICTION
Shari Green @sharigreen.bsky.social author, poet, beach-wanderer 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 | she/her | Vancouver Island, BC | www.sharigreen.com
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
Author Craig Read @craigread.bsky.social Dwayne And The Dinosaur Dilemma now available, either from myself paperback £10 each, or Hardback £15 each, or Amazon at £15 & £25
Sandra Kaye @sandrakaye.bsky.social Marketing strategy * Writing Kid Rangers chapter book series * Neurodivergent * Chronic Illness Warrior * Medical Parent * #BoilerUp #GoJays #MakeItSo
DearEditorDotCom @deareditordotcom.bsky.social Deborah Halverson—“The Editor”—posts writing tips, inspirations, news, & alerts when she answers new questions from writers on DearEditor.com
Alan D Thomas @alanthomasd.bsky.social A musician with a passion for real estate building dreams you can live in and songs you can feel.
Rochelle Strauss @rochellestrauss.bsky.social Award-winning nonfiction children's author, interested in nature, environment & STEM. Love promoting NF books as powerful tools to build ocean, climate and environmental literacy. Available for author visits & speaking engagements. www.rochellestrauss.com
@iamunz.bsky.social @iamunz.bsky.social 
Natalia Iacobelli 📚 @nataliaiacobelli.bsky.social Literary translator 🇮🇹 | Art writer | Rep’d by Rising Bear Literary | PAINTING THE LIGHT: THE STORY OF BERTHE MORISOT (Reycraft ‘26) 🎨 ✨ #SCBWI
nataliaiacobellibooks.com
Crystal Lorons @crystallorons.bsky.social This ATL 🍑 is here in 2026
Freelance Journalist
Ghostwriter for 📖 & 🎶
#RevPit '22 Winner
#SCBWI
Disabled #LupusWarrior
Model
Wife
#CatMom
#GamerGirl
#AmWriting & #AmQuerying #KidLit #ChickLit
She/Her
www.CrystalSmallsWright.com
https://x.com/CrystalLorons- J jenniferstoner.bsky.social @jenniferstoner.bsky.social
- A amour30.bsky.social @amour30.bsky.social
- C CEW @christyeilerward.bsky.social
@stephanniewrites.bsky.social @stephanniewrites.bsky.social 
Julie Hampton @juliehampton20.bsky.social #kidlit author/illustrator/architect Debut PB: Betty Builds It (West Margin Press). STEM/robots 🤖
Yes, thank you, I will have another cup of coffee. Thrift store junkie. Activist/Feminist. 💙💙💙 Just trying to hang on right now. #PostcardsToVoters #crochet
Fabienne Doucet, Ph.D. 🇭🇹 @bailabomba.bsky.social polysemic mother scholar writer lover sister daughter dancer dreamer seeker. professor @nyu. executive director @metronyu. #author LOVE IS STILL WINNING/EL AMOR SIEMPRE TRIUNFA. #scbwi #pbauthor
Laura Alary @lauraalary.bsky.social Writer. Storyteller. Wonderer.
#Kidlit #PictureBooks New in 2026: THE CURIOUS LIFE OF CECILIA PAYNE (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers), AROUND THE CIRCLE (Beaming Books)
www.lauraalary.ca
MB Sessler @mbsessler.bsky.social Retired educator, KidLit writer and life-long learner.
Proud Wife, Mom and Gigi!
https://www.marybethsessler.com/
Amy Martinez @amymartinez.bsky.social Picture Book/ Early Reader Writer | MLS | Teacher | PBParty Honorable Mention'25 and '26 | 50 Precious Words HM '23 | #SCBWI | #12X12 | #PB | #amquerying
Suzan Hendrickson @suz-hendrickson.bsky.social Picture Book lover and writer. Grandmother, mother, wife. #kidlit #PB #SCBWI #12x12 #CBI #amquerying
@exploraline.bsky.social @exploraline.bsky.social 
Jill Lambert @ljlambert.bsky.social #writer #SCBWI #PB #kidlit
Writer for children, former librarian & elementary teacher, wife, mother, grandmother, dogmom.
Andrew Katz @andrewkatzauthor.bsky.social #Kidlit author 🇨🇦. #picturebooks Editor and story coach. Forest of Reading nominee. Co-founder Picture Books, Eh! Upcoming: JACKIE'S DRAWING (2025) LITTLE HEARTS IN THE SNOW (2025). Recent: A STARLIT TRIP TO THE LIBRARY (2022). andrewkatzbooks.ca. He/him
Deena Viviani @deenamlv.bsky.social Kidlit writer & librarian
deena-writes.com
Picture books, eh! @picturebookseh.bsky.social We write, illustrate and support Canadian, and we’re releasing our seventh year of picture books in 2026. Follow us for news about 🇨🇦 PBs, blogs by 🇨🇦 PB creators and more, eh!
Website: https://picturebookseh.weebly.com
Mike Freveletti @frevma.bsky.social picture book writer | occasional poet | improviser | intermittent funny man
#picturebook #kidlit #12x12pb #PBParty #SCBWI
Serena Call @serenacallart.bsky.social Aspiring children's book author and illustrator.
Flipturns 🏊♀️ 📷 🦋 @flipturns.bsky.social 🏊♀️ swim teacher , 🐕 animal care tech, 🎸 musician/music therapist, 🧠 mental health tech, science &k elementary Ed. I care about people, animals, and the environment. Dealing with genetic diseases. I refuse to let them still me. 💙 JUST KEEP SWIMMING 🏊♂️
Jacob Hansen @jacobhansenwrites.bsky.social Repped by Sorcha Fairbank
#SCBWI member
#chucklechallenge ‘24 winner
#kidlit Author
Indianapolis
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
@alicia-minor.bsky.social @alicia-minor.bsky.social 
Michelle H. Losardo @michellelosardo.bsky.social Children's Book Writer, Poet, & Artist
SCBWI New England member
Early Childhood Educator
Lover of dogs, nature, sentimentality, and beautiful words
https://www.instagram.com/michellelosardo/
https://michellelosardowri.wixsite.com/michelle-losardo
Angela Hartman @angelarosehartman.bsky.social Retired Library Girl. Writing. Reading. #amquerying #kidlit #SCBWI #writingcommunity #pbparty
Erin Siska @erinsiska.bsky.social Reader, picture book author/illustrator, graphic novelist, lawyer, mama, dog person, mental health advocate, good listener. #kidlit #kidlitart
(she/her) Portfolio at www.erinsiska.com.
Ellen L. Ramsey @ellenlramseybooks.bsky.social #kidlit, SCBWI, 12x12, book lover, nature lover. A BOOK FOR BEAR (Flamingo Books/Penguin Random House, 2023) www.ellenlramsey.com
Laura Cooper @cooperl788.bsky.social You can find me at my favorite sunny spot, the kitchen island, where I’m simultaneously cooking up dinner and book ideas. I’m an avid reader, raising 2 kids and 1 rescued house hippo.
Amy Barry @amybarrybooks.bsky.social Teacher, kidlit, mother of twins.
joannamcintyre.bsky.social @joannamcintyre.bsky.social Author of Picture Books and Wrangler of Small, Feral Children.
OUT NOW: Tidy Ted Meets Jess the Mess (Clavis, distributed by Simon & Schuster) out April 21st!
SCBWI, 12x12 Challenge, often in the weeds
Annelies Judson @babybookdel.bsky.social Children’s writer and poet. TURKEY HURLY-BURLY due August 2025. Reviewer of children's books from a feminist perspective. Lover of science, words, and the em dash.
Freo Lancisco @freonardolancisco.bsky.social Teaching Artist, author/illustrator, dancer.
🌿Aspen Harding | Author✨ @aspenharding.bsky.social 🌿WEEDIE WISDOM🌿
🔆Modern Philosophy | Spiritual Insights📿
I had a break-up.
I had a breakdown.
I had a breakthrough.
Crawling my way back up from rock bottom.
Sharing insights learned along the way.
jessicabooks @authorjessbooks.bsky.social Good thing you found me, you can as well give a follow!
Lover of all kinds of books.
Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social Anti-Zionist Free Palestine Ukraine Solidarity Anti-Racist Anti-Carceral Abolitionist Anti-Genocide Anti-Colonial Anti-War Anti-Imperialist Intersectional Feminist Queer LGBTQI+ Green Eco-Socialist People Planet Peace Interfaith Seeker of Beloved Community
Andrew Allsop @handle.invalid Children’s book author, #PBParty Finalist ’25, #PBRisingStars Mentee ’23, WriteHive Mentee ’24, member of SCBWI, repped by @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social at Bradford Literary Agency.
Mari Louise @marilouisewrites.bsky.social KidLit writer ✍🏼
Children’s literature & storytelling ✨
MLIS student & library nerd 📚
Pam Adams @pamadamswrites.bsky.social 
Hannah Roy LaGrone @hannahlagrone.bsky.social Mom of 2 toddler boys, poet and picture book writer, former ESL/bilingual teacher #12x12PB #PBparty finalist #50preciouswords ‘26 winner
Ana Kelly @anakellyinla.bsky.social 🇳🇮 to FL to CA to FL to...
#PB Writer, Reading Interventionist, Dodger Fan
#SCBWI | #PBParty '25 Finalist | #PBParty '23 Honorable Mention (HM) | #50PreciousWords '25 and '23 HM | #KidLitChuckleChallenge Champ '25
Linda J Thomas @lindajeantm.bsky.social Creativespace Explorer—
Writer/Poet/Editor/Mixed Media Maker
#12x12PB #SCBWI #ChildrensBookInsider #50PreciousWords Honorable Mention 2025 & 2026 #ValentinyWritingContest Honorable Mention 2026 #The100DayProject 2026
Stephanie Jackson - seeking rep! @sjwritesforkids.bsky.social Kidlit writer, mostly PB & MG. '26 Honorable Mention, #PBRisingStars! Member SCBWI, The Authors Guild. Mom x4. 12x12 challenge. Words published w/ Cricket magazine, Dirigible Balloon, STEMTuesday.com. Seeking rep. StephanieWritesForKids.com
Debbie Moeller @debbiemoellerbooks.bsky.social Author. Eclectic kidlit writer. I write picture books (fiction & nonfiction), leveled readers and early readers. Retired teacher. Eccentric grandma. Beach junkie. SCBWI member. She/her
Samantha Farr @samanthafarr.bsky.social 12x12 Challenge 2025, 2026
SCBWI Member - Utah/Southern Idaho
Toad & Crow Designs - https://toadncrowdesigns.etsy.com
Alysa Loring | Bleeding Pen Editing & Coaching @alysableedingpen.bsky.social Observer. Listener. Creative. Editor. Writing Coach. Mother. Daughter. Spouse. Citizen. Reader of banned books. Human.
Sandra G James @sandragjames.bsky.social farmers’ markets - thrift stores - lover of words - cozy games - arts in all mediums - eclectic music - atmospheric gothic fiction - nonfiction and documentaries - teacher - picture books - aspiring author - #12x12PB member #SCBWI member 🇨🇦