#SFPit @scifipit.bsky.social #SciFiPit for the #writingCommunity
Organized by:
@jaymemedinapeck.bsky.social & @drewwmcdowell.bsky.socialโฌ
For more info: http://sfpit.jaymemedinapeck.com
Jared Johnson is closed to queries @litjared.bsky.social He/him | Medievalist-turned-agent | Associate Agent with Olswanger Literary | Love of books, dogs, vidja games, D&D | I occasionally have a clever thought.
http://jaredhjohnson.com
Oliver Dougherty @oliver-oed.bsky.social Assistant EdiTOR, ttrpg player, mediocre tree identifier. Opinions my own.
@watership_up on Twitter, @oliver_oed on insta. (Banner art by Ashley Mackenzie)
www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/oliver-dougherty/
Victoria Marini @litagentmarini.bsky.social Literary Agent at high line literary
Www.highlineliterary.com
Running the fiction dept
Not tall, just loud.
#MSWL big plots, bold characters
Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social Editor @Mira Books (views are my own). Staff Writer @Night Tide. Notes & Queries Editor @JPRS. Rep'd by Danai Christopolou and Lane Heymont. Writing about romance in horror movies: Love Never Dies (Beacon Press): September 29, 2026. editrixemma.com
DAW Books @dawbooks.bsky.social SFF imprint of Astra Publishing. DAW has been publishing science fiction and fantasy since 1971.
https://linktr.ee/dawbooks
Holly West (she/her) @hollywest.bsky.social Writer | Editor | Tarot | Dogs
Patrick Nielsen Hayden @pnh.nielsenhayden.com Retired SF and fantasy editor, winner of three Hugos and a World Fantasy Award. Amateur musician, bibliophile, genealogist, layabout.
He, his. Anti-trans dingbats, get lost.
Signal: pnh.09
T.S. Ferguson @teeess.bsky.social Literary Agent w/ Azantian Literary Agency & freelance editor. Mostly jokes + booktalk on here. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Witch-lover, gaymer, geek, guncle, unapologetic leftist. He/him
https://beacons.ai/tsferguson
angeline rodriguez @angeline.bsky.social lit agent @ WME books 
Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social Literary Agent at Morhaim Literary ๐ Newsletter: Agents & Books at agentsandbooks.com. ๐ WRITE THROUGH IT out June โ25 ๐๐ picture book called PAY ATTENTION TO ME out in โ26!
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Write-Through-It/Kate-McKean/9781668055540
Jennifer Jackson @arcaedia.bsky.social Literary agent. EVP at Donald Maass Literary Agency. Saving the world, one book sale at a time. (she/her) http://maassagency.com/jennifer-jackson/
Lauren Spieller @laurenspieller.bsky.social LitAgent @FolioLiterary + @FolioJr
Full Adult + Kidlit wishlist on Pub Marketplace!
YA author w/ S&S
I love dogs like it's my job
She/Her
Chelsea Hensley @chelseabigbang.bsky.social Probably watching Golden Girls
Pam Pho @pampho.bsky.social Literary Agent at Steven Literary. Avid reader, gamer (PC), and baker. 
Michelle Hauck @michelle4laughs.bsky.social Literary Agent with Storm Literary Agency | Represents MG, YA, and Adult Fiction | Currently CLOSED to select queries | she/her
https://linktr.ee/michellehauck
Kelly Dyksterhouse @kellydhouse.bsky.social Literary Agent, The Tobias Literary Agency | #kidlit | AALA | SCBWI | ๐ฑand ๐ถ | writer-hiker-daydreamer | www.KellyDyksterhouse.com
Elana Roth Parker @elanaroth.bsky.social Lit agent. Often quilting. Always rewatching a Star Trek series (not Enterprise). Very Jewish. Still not Elena. She/her.
elana.me / lowercasequilts.com
Laura Zats @lzats.bsky.social Founder & Agent, Headwater Literary Management. Host of the award-winning Print Run Podcast. AALA Member. Treasurer for Literary Agents of Change. Publishers Weekly industry MVP. She/her & Ms/Mx. Open to queries!
Jennifer Azantian @jenazantian.bsky.social Founder and Literary Agent at Azantian Literary Agency. Mom to humans and pups. Occasional sharer of TMI. Queer. ND. First-gen Armenian (she/her)
Sarah Nicolas @sarahnfisk.bsky.social Literary Agent. YA Author as Sarah Nicolas. Queries Qualms & Quirks host. Disability in Publishing Board. ๐๐ค๐๐ค linktr.ee/presidentsarah
Anna Olswanger: Literary Agent/Author @annaolswanger.bsky.social Literary agent, Olswanger Literary LLC; posts about her clients, her books, and the music of Berl Olswanger; anna@olswangerliterary.com
Ali Herring, literary agent @herringali.bsky.social Senior Literary Agent, Spencerhill Associates. Twin mom+1 ๐ Eclectic in life & books. I ๐ Jane Austen & SFF in equal doses. #TeamSpencerhill Ali-ens ๐ฝ rock! My site/MSWL: https://aliherringwrites.wordpress.com & how to query: www.spencerhillassociates.com
Ernie Chiara @erniechiara.com Senior Agent at Fuse Literary โก erniechiara.com โก links.erniechiara.com โก Co-editor & contributor for @starsandsabers.bsky.social Oz anthology
claire harris | literary agent @clairemharris.bsky.social literary agent at helm literary
website: clairemharris.com
more links: linktr.ee/claire_m_harris
Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong, Lit Agent @charmstrong.bsky.social Literary Agent at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
#WritingCommunity
โญ๏ธ Above all else, be kind and have empathy for others. โญ๏ธ
๐ Links: https://linktr.ee/cathiemlla
Weaver Literary Agency @weaverliterary.bsky.social Working to create space for voices of diverse backgrounds & perspectives in adult & childrenโs literature. ๐ฏ
Nivia Evans (Hozier's Version) @niviaevans.bsky.social Senior Editor at Saga Press. PW Star Watch Superstar 2020. Openly Black. I read things...all the time.
https://niviaevans.com/
Lynnette Novak, Literary Agent & Writing Coach @lynnettenovak.bsky.social Literary agent with The Seymour Agency and Writing Coach with Novel Advice (she/her)
Saundra Mitchell @saundramitchell.com Author and Editor. Repped by Jim McCarthy @Dystel, Goderich & Bourret. Queer AF๐ she/they. www.saundramitchell.com 
Hannah Andrade @hhandrade.bsky.social ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐บ๐ธโข Literary Agent with @bradfordagents.bsky.social โข book reader โข tea drinker
www.bradfordlit.com
www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/hannah-andrade
Cate Hart @catehart.bsky.social Literary Agent for Harvey Klinger Inc. Concert addict. Need more cowbell.
Kelly Thomas @kellythomaslit.bsky.social Literary Agent at Serendipity Literary Agency. Screenwriter. Ghostwriter. Freelance Editor. Loves dogs, books, Christmas trees, true crime & all things Disney
Lauren MacLeod @laurenmacleod.bsky.social Senior literary agent at Aevitas Creative Management by day, but only the dachshundโs second favorite dog parent by night.
Uwe Stender @uwestenderphd.bsky.social Herthaner. Berliner Schnauze. Westend. Qualitรคt kommt von Qual. 1982, 1991, 2013, 2017. Books, Films, Music. ๐ Berlin ๐ค
Bonnie Swanson @bbswannauthor.bsky.social Literary Agent at FinePrint Literary (CLOSED TO QUERIES)
Author
Ally
Chronically Ill
Disabled
BLM
F*** Ice
Stacy Whitman @stacylwhitman.bsky.social Owner of @curiouscatbookshop.bsky.social, founder and editor-at-large of Tu Books, editor, cat person, K-dramas, and more. Opinions my own. curiouscatbookshop.com
Sera Rivers @writeloudly.bsky.social Writer. Literary Agent at Speilburg Literary. Status updates and MSWL at SeraRivers.com Repโd by Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency
Penny Moore @pennymoore.bsky.social Senior Agent at Aevitas Creative Management. Korean American ๐ฐ๐ท๐บ๐ธ Cat Mom ๐ป Opinions are my own.
Kiara Valdez @dezinpub.bsky.social Inklore Editor | PW Star Watch Finalist | Writer | โ๏ธSTEPPING UP and MAMIโs MAGIC WORDS | She/Her | Opinions are mine | Ace & Bi Afro๐ฉ๐ด | #LatinxInPub | Repโd: Britt Siess | kiaravaldez.com
Marisa Corvisiero @nylitagent.bsky.social Literary Agent, Attorney, Entrepreneur, Coach, mom to twins and the cutest dog in the world. Sharing with love and honesty. Teaching on the #writemindset to foster success in publishing. #bekind 
vanessa aguirre @vnssaguirre.bsky.social Editor @ St. Martin's Press. I like things that are scary and I like things that are cozy. ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐จ๐ด
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-young-writers-the-zoe-sarah-kaplan-memorial-award
Daniel Carpenter @dancarpenter.bsky.social Commissioning editor at Titan Books. Debut collection HUNTING BY THE RIVER out now from Black Shuck Books.
https://linktr.ee/dancarpenter85
Kristin Temple ๐ @kristintemple.bsky.social Associate EdiTOR at Tor Nightfire. Chaotic neutral, horror fan, cat mom, and "little bisexual gremlin". Opinions my own. she/her. ๐๐๐
Natasha Brown @natashabrown54.bsky.social Managing Editor | she/her | opinions very much my own . . .
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
Tiff Liao @tiffliao.bsky.social Executive Editor @ Random House Books for Young Readers. 408 in the land of 212. It's pronounced meow with an L. Opinions are my own. She/her. Banner art by Diobelle Cerna. 
Amy Fitzgerald @amyarielfitz.bsky.social Sr. Editorial Director for Carolrhoda Books/Lab and Zest Books at Lerner Publishing Group. Scribbler, scone enthusiast, history nerd, owner of multiple unmatched mittens. Opinions my own. She/her.
John M. Cusick @johnmcusick.bsky.social SVP and Literary Agent with Folio Literary Management. Author of YA and MG. Mostly harmless. 
Robert Davis @rdavis.bsky.social Editor at Tor Publishing Group. All opinions are my own. (he, him) https://tinyurl.com/editedbooks https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/robert-davis/
Michael Bourret @michaelbourret.bsky.social Here we go again. Agent Dystel, Goderich & Bourret
Maggie Lehrman @maggielehrman.com Editor of books & watcher of tv
Navah Wolfe @navahw.bsky.social Hugo Award-winning Executive Editor @DAWBooks. Philomath, nerd, tea snob. Loves gorgeous storytelling, Eurovision, & dad jokes. AKA Calamitea. Opinions mine.
Wendy Wong @wendyplacething.bsky.social She/her. Editor at Ballantine (@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social). Food + books + insomnia = my life in a nutshell.
Laura Apperson @lauraappersonpink.bsky.social Editor, @alcovepress.bsky.social & @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social.
MSWL: https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/laura-apperson/
RYT 200 Yoga Teacher.
Flautist, Brooklyn Wind Symphony.
She/her.
Patrice Caldwell @pncaldwell.bsky.social Literary Agent. Author of WHERE SHADOWS MEET, a vampire romantasy out 4.1.25 in the US & UK. I really love books ๐ฅฐ
๐ฉ๐พโ๐ป patricecaldwell.com
๐ https://linktr.ee/pncaldwell
Samia Garcia-Fakih @samiagarciafakih.bsky.social Editor at First Second, painter and writer the rest of the time.
https://www.samiafakih.com/
Caryn Wiseman @carynwiseman.bsky.social Executive Agent @ Andrea Brown Literary Agency
Bella Pagan @bellapagan.bsky.social Publisher @UKTor. Love fiction with a speculative spin, science fiction & fantasy. Wordsmith. Professional geek. โCat personโ. Info: https://shorturl.at/rRID9
Kari Sutherland @karisutherland.bsky.social Literary Agent at KT Literary.
(she/her) Fond of books, naps, traveling, escape rooms, jigsaw puzzles, and check lists.
Jamie Ryu | Editor @jamieisreading.bsky.social Editor at Contrarian Publishing | I read a lot. I write books no one will ever read. But mostly I edit books people will read.
Harper Voyager US @harpervoyagerus.bsky.social all things sci-fi and fantasy ๐ linktr.ee/harpervoyagerus
Emily Byron @emilycbyron.bsky.social Senior Commissioning Editor at Orbit UK
Amara Hoshijo @amhoshij.bsky.social senior editor @ saga press/simon & schuster๐พ๐
now based in LA
Claire Eddy @ceddy31.bsky.social Editorial Director at Tor Publishing Group. Opinions here are my own. Nerd of many flavors๐
Laura Crockett @lecrockett.bsky.social Senior Literary Agent & Foreign Rights Manager at Triada US Literary Agency | Musician | Traveler | Cook-In-Progress | Cat Mom | she/her
scribblesandwanderlust.com
Heather Cashman @heathercashman.bsky.social Literary Agent at Storm Literary Agency | Podcast Cohost: Way-Word Writers | Writer
https://linktr.ee/heathercashman
Jolly Fish Press @jollyfishpress.bsky.social We believe in connecting authors and readers through the magic and discovery of simply good books. An imprint of North Star Editions.
jollyfishpress.com
Sara Schonfeld @saraschon.bsky.social Editor at HarperCollins - Author with ABLA
Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social Senior Editor at UNSQ :: speculative fiction :: Freelance writer sometimes :: Professional Nerd :: neurospicy :: opinions my own :: she/her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Erin Clyburn @erinclyburn.bsky.social Literary Agent @ Howland Literary // Editor @ Reedsy // Bookseller @ Thank You Books
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
Michael Beale @michaelbeale.bsky.social Delighted and bewildered to be an Editor at Tor UK. Big fan of geeky acronyms, including D&D, G&S, SFF.
Jamie Vankirk @jamievankirk.bsky.social Lit agent. Owner of Rainbow Nerds Literary. Trying to make media more inclusive one book at a time. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ she/her
https://www.rnliterary.com/
angelica @angelicachong.bsky.social editor @ orbit books | she/her
Megan E. O'Keefe @meganeokeefe.bsky.social SFF author and occasional game dev. The Blighted Stars out now from Orbit books! ๐๐๐ (she/her) lit rep: Kate McKean, film rep: Gersh. https://www.meganokeefe.com/books
Jen Gunnels @jengunnels.bsky.social Editor Tor Books, midwife to sf/f that makes you cry/laugh/cheer/shudder/feel things. Opinions stated are my own and are correct.
Stephanie Stein @stephlystein.bsky.social Senior Editor at Tor, or maybe just a stack of books in a trench coat. Opinions my own, and I do have a lot of them. https://linktr.ee/ssteinbooks
Carl Engle-Laird @englelaird.bsky.social Hugo-nominated Senior Editor at the Tor Publishing Group, buying good weird speculative books. All opinions are my own. I post maybe once a year.
Tor Books @torbooks.bsky.social Publisher of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller and Suspense, and Other Speculative Fiction
Anton Hur @antonhur.com Translator, bilingual author, Korean citizen. TOWARD ETERNITY (HarperVia), <ํ์ง ๋ง๋ผ๊ณ ๋ ์ ํ์์์?> (์ดํฌ๋ก์ค). Repped by Safae El-Ouahabi at RCW. He/him.
๐: antonhur.com
Chloe Ford @chloefwrites.bsky.social WORK TRIP ๐ out April 25 with Head of Zeus, Aria.
Repped by Safae El Ouahabi, RCW
chloefordbooks.co.uk
Amy | Fantasy Author @aekwordcrafter.bsky.social Fantasy Writer, Reader, Environmentalist
Rep'd by Safae El-Ouahabi at RCW Literary
Drafting: Sporebound | Mushroom fantasy murder mystery
https://www.aekwordcrafter.org/
Lauren Liebow @laurenliebow.bsky.social literary agent at Aevitas Creative Management
https://www.aevitascreative.com/agent/lauren-liebow
Dr Kat Day (she/her) ๐ @chronicleflask.katday.com Science & Fiction editor/writer. Krawalloger. Chemistry PhD โ๏ธ Co-Editor at PseudoPod ๐ฆ Writer: The Crash Course Organic Chemistry & various DK science books ๐งช Short fiction โ๏ธ thefictionphial.wordpress.com
Sam Sacks @ssacks.bsky.social Fiction critic at the Wall Street Journal (https://www.wsj.com/news/author/sam-sacks); editor at Open Letters Review, formerly Open Letters Monthly (https://openlettersreview.com/) sam_sacks [at] hotmail
Laurie Muchnick @lauriemuchnick.bsky.social Fiction editor at Kirkus Reviews. Welsh by marriage. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟโก๏ธ๐
Adrienne Westenfeld @awestenfeld.bsky.social writer, freelance book editor, ghostwriter, and book coach | formerly Books and Fiction Editor at Esquire
adriennewestenfeld.com
Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social Writer, editor, publisher. Science fiction and fantasy, also queer history. Welsh. May rant about rugby.
Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com Senior editor at DarlingAxe.com. Novelist at SeptimusBrown.com. Award-winning short-fiction writer. Chaotic good. He/they. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Michael J. C. Rowley @michaelrowley.bsky.social Fiction Editor and Creative at Tomorrowland. Formerly worked at Del Rey UK, Rebellion Publishing and Waterstones. MFA in Creative Writing Student at MMU. Likes cats, movies, fountain pens and moreโฆ
Joe Monti @joemts.bsky.social Bookish, optimistic, dad, husband, rescued dog lover, and VP, associate publisher and editorial director of Saga Press.
Lezli Robyn @lezlirobyn.bsky.social Author, editor, twinling, ๐ owner, and blind advocate.
Fiza Saeed McLynn @fizalovesbooks.bsky.social Debut THE MIDNIGHT CAROUSEL publishes April 2025; repโd by Hellie Ogden at WME
Kristin Scearce @scearceka.bsky.social Acquisitions Editor at Hot Tree Publishing (hottreepublishing.com).
Freelance Editor (https://kscearce.com/).
Mother of Nibbler, the craziest cat ever.
Pan Macmillan @panmacmillan.bsky.social We publish a broad and vibrant range of books for audiences of all ages.
Hongwei Bao (he/him) @queercomrades.bsky.social Queer Chinese writer and academic based in the UK; author of The Passion of the Rabbit God (Valley Press), Self-Portrait as a Banaba (Poetic Edge) and Queering the Asian Diaspora (Sage).
Jess Wade @jess-wade.bsky.social Executive editor at Ace and Berkley (PRH) but views are my own.
Katherine @katherinecrosby.bsky.social โThere is only one heart in my body, have mercy on me." โFranz Wright
American fiction writer, although Briony Tallisโs opening pages are my love language. Riding ebikes across foreign cities is pretty cool too, and gender equality.
EvaA @evacharya.bsky.social Nepali-Australian writer of romcoms, fantasy, and occasionally sci-fi. Currently drowning in edits and black coffee.