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shome dasgupta @shomedasgupta.bsky.social Author of The Seagull And The Urn (HarperCollins India), and most recently, Cajun South Brown Folk (Belle Point Press). Represented by Teffanie Thompson of Falkin Literary. 2019-2025 Series Editor of The Wigleaf Top 50. Lafayette, LA. shomedome.com
Don Schofield @don-schofield.bsky.social Poet, Memoirist, Translator, Expat, Lover of Life
Vicki Madden @vlmadden.bsky.social Teacher, very slow writer, lover of libraries & trains.
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Chris Dodds @liquid-chicken.bsky.social I write things. And make things. All the things. chrisdodds.net
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Wendy C. Ortiz @wendyortiz.com Excavation: A Memoir
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Sadie Dingfelder @sadieding.bsky.social Aphantasia, faceblindness, stereoblindness & SDAM — I’m the writer who’s got it all. SadieD.com 
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Jamie Etheridge @lescribbler.bsky.social Winner @fracturedlit Anthology II
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Rachel Jitsawat @jitsie.bsky.social Writer of The Crush Chronicles serial memoir 💔
Anna Rollins @annajrollins.bsky.social 📖 Famished: a memoir (forthcoming @eerdmans)
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Hallie Pritts @halliepritts.bsky.social Writer. Finalist, Jeffrey E. Smith Editor’s Prize ‘24, Sewanee Writers ’22. CHTQA fellow. NZ writer-in-residence. Words in Mcsweeneys, MissouriReview, LitMag, Barrelhouse, TheBelladonna, OffAssignment, etc. Rode a bike across the US once. #nativeplants
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
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Ben Guest @bguest.bsky.social I post about writing, documentary filmmaking, and creativity. And maybe a little basketball…
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Sarah Chauncey 🇨🇦 @sarahchauncey.com Author of P.S. I LOVE YOU MORE THAN TUNA, writer of The Counterintuitive Guide to Life, freelance developmental editor & lover of nature. AuDHD. She/they/hers. Vancouver Island 🇨🇦
Kristin Demoro @the-real-kdemoro.bsky.social WA State writer/photog/visual artist. Writing a Memoir in 2026, thru grief/horror/rock n roll/loss/the Gothic & disability. 💀🎸🎶🐦⬛
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Tao Leigh Goffe | 道 | PhD @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social Full-time Mum • Writer • Associate Professor @ CUNY (Grad Ctr + Hunter) • PhDJ • out now ⬇️ my book 📒🏝️DARK LABORATORY (Doubleday). Manhattanite. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725301/dark-laboratory-by-tao-leigh-goffe/
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Dr. Camille U. Adams 🇹🇹 @camilleuadams.bsky.social HOW TO BE UNMOTHERED: a Trinidadian memoir @RestlessBooks | For abused, abandoned children of narcissist mothers | Buy in print, digital, & audio | 🔗for readings & events
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Indra Gardiner Bowers @msindra.bsky.social Doing my best to hold onto hope. Writing and baking to assist in that endeavor. Also, endlessly petting my dog because she understands.
Sara @sarapubs.bsky.social Publishing. Politics. Parenting. Pediatrics. Puppies. All opinions my own. She/Her
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J. Chris Pires @jchrispires.bsky.social Professor passionate about student success & team science #firstgen #Brassica enthusiast walking Dogs of the Plant World
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Hal Madsen @halmadsen.bsky.social Retired copy editor living on the Maine coast, loving my family and friends, and looking forward to the day Americans realize how badly they’ve been duped. And oh yes, an AFC Wimbledon supporter. Go Wombles! #ProudBlue
Terry Trueman @ttrueman.bsky.social Award-winning author, father & grandfather, Wikipedia, or Google. Trueman & Triola Newsletter, Just Weighing. Spokane WA. 78, loves his wife & life; not looking for love, etc. will Re to DMs. I'm FAR left & impractical. No bio/No posts, why would I fol?
Lora Arbradaor @arbrador.bsky.social I paint narratives that are daring and caring in the ancient medium of egg tempera. arbrador.com My memoir/art book, "Art & Love: My Life Illuminated in Egg Tempera will come out in June 2025. I also write on Substack at artblotterplus.substack.com.
Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social Writing about nature, science, history & sexual violence. Multiple books, multiple mischief.
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Eaton Hamilton @eatonhamilton.bsky.social Visual art, writing
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Margaret Anne Mary Moore, MFA @mooreofawriter.bsky.social Bestselling author of the disability memoir BOLD, BRAVE, AND BREATHLESS: REVELING IN CHILDHOOD'S SPLENDIFEROUS GLORIES WHILE FACING DISABILITY AND LOSS 
Autofocus Books @autofocusbooks.bsky.social A literary publisher of artful autobiographical writing. autofocusbooks.com
Bruce Dorsey @profbrucedorsey.bsky.social Historian, writer. Professor of History, Swarthmore College. Most recent: MURDER IN A MILL TOWN (Oxford UP). Rep'd by Mullane Literary Associates.
JR Walsh @itsjrwalsh.bsky.social JR Walsh is the Online Editor at The Citron Review. He teaches poetry and fiction at SUNY Oswego. Find his writing on itsjrwalsh.com.
The Citron Review @thecitronreview.bsky.social 🍋 A Journal of Brief Literature - est. 2009
We publish poetry, creative nonfiction, flash fiction, micros and Zest. 🍋
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Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social Lit Agent Talcott Notch, AALA Member, Editor, Teacher, Writer of Flash Fiction Editor at @fracturedlit.bsky.social Publications: Harpur Palate, Laurel Review, Monkey Bicycle, Ghost Parachute
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Samara Rafert @rafertess.bsky.social University press publicist (Mad Creek Books), pottery class enthusiast. Columbus, Ohio.
Bridgett M Davis @bridgettmdavis.bsky.social Author of the memoirs LOVE, RITA (March ‘25) & THE WORLD ACCORDING TO FANNIE DAVIS and writer/director of the newly rediscovered film NAKED ACTS. Proud native of Detroit. Substack: https://substack.com/@bridgettmdavis
Sara L Spurgeon @saralspurgeon1.bsky.social Literature, social justice, cocktails, saraspurgeon.com
Bookish Bliss @agirlincyber.bsky.social Kind is sexy.
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Hannah White Hannah @hannahwhitehannah.bsky.social Writer - nonfiction in Fourth Genre, Brevity, Barnstorm Journal, Assay, Sundog Lit, and elsewhere.
Rona Kobell @rkobell.bsky.social Cover Balt Co. for The Baltimore Banner. Priors: Balt Sun, Bay Journal, Md. Sea Grant, etc. Produced Eroding History, on PBS.org now. Wolverine, Terp, Yinzer. Hopkins SNF AGORA, Knight-Wallace fellow. Writing book on E. Shore for JHU Press. Bunny/girlmom.
Martha S. Jones @marthasjones.bsky.social Historian | Writer | Lapsed Lawyer | Professor JHU | Director Hard Histories | Author The Trouble of Color, Vanguard, Birthright Citizens | msjonz@jhu.edu
5E Editors @5eeditors.bsky.social An editors' group with experience at top publishers: Judy Sternlight, Patricia Mulcahy, Jane Rosenman, Leslie Wells, Sulay Hernandez, Anne Horowitz.
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Mary L Schmidt @maryrnbsn.bsky.social Artist, Writer, Animator, Member SCBWI, Member of STTI in nursing. Blog is https://www.whenangelfsfly.net Book Blogger 
Marina Benjamin @marinabenjamin.bsky.social Writer. Editor at Aeon. Midlife trilogy (Middlepause, Insomnia, A Little Give) &c. Essays in Granta, Aeon, Paris Review. New work cooking. Rep Rebecca Carter
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Beth Kanter @beekaekae.bsky.social Writer, teacher, workshop leader.
Hand holder
Words in: X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine, Emerge Literary Journal, Unbroken, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Cease, Cows and others.
Pushcart nominee.
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Books: No Access DC & Great Food Finds DC…
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Roxanne Darling 🌱 @roxannedarling.bsky.social Artist * Writer * ANFT Forest Bathing Guide * Biophilic Design
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Melanie Dusseau @melaniedusseau.bsky.social Creative writing & literature prof, romance author, lover of books, & poet of the ginger life. www.melaniedusseau.com
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Paul Lisicky @paullisicky.bsky.social My seventh book, SONG SO WILD AND BLUE: A LIFE WITH THE MUSIC OF JONI MITCHELL, is out now from HarperOne. 🏳️🌈🦌🐊🦀
Elizabeth Hilborn @elizabee.bsky.social Bee veterinarian, orchardist, environmental health scientist, writer, and award-winning author of "Restoring Eden" (CRP 2023). One health, agriculture with a future, pollinators and plants. Photos are my own unless otherwise credited. elizabethhilborn.com
Doreen Frances @doreenfrances.bsky.social Storyteller | Writer
🎭 A touch vintage with a shot of nostalgia, and a slice of self deprecating humor
📝 Memoir: Finding the Road Rebels release Mar'27
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Hayleigh | Espresso Podcast Production @hayleighhayhurst.bsky.social Podcast Tips • Marketing • Strategy
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Syrah “Sy” Linsley @syrahlinsley.bsky.social (sEYE-ruh) Writer /✍️ WIPs: memoir & essays / 👩🎓Bennington MFA/🥇YW&LAND awards/ Pubs in Hippocampus & 3 others /🌲Orion Workshops/
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Brian Benson @mrbrianbenson.bsky.social Writer, teacher, wanderer. He/him. Books: GOING SOMEWHERE, THIS IS NOT FOR YOU. Essays: Tahoma Review, Pithead Chapel, X-R-A-Y, Sweet, Hippocampus & elsewhere. brianbensonwrites.com
Myriam Steinberg @myriamsteinberg.bsky.social Author of award winning graphic novel, Catalogue Baby: A Memoir of (In)fertility. Currently writing its follow-up, Stick, Stay, Grow. Mom of twins, artist, eclectic human. 
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@drkeenerj.bsky.social @drkeenerj.bsky.social Professor of Literature, keeper of pugs, listener of film score music, viewer of foreign films, and a carbon-based life form who has been known to wear pants and should probably more regularly exercise.
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Letters from A Psychotherapist @jemoyer.bsky.social Was RLS, now “commie bastard” Indie author on Substack “Letters from A Psychotherapist” https://open.substack.com/pub/johnmoyermedlpcncc Be kind. We can agree to disagree. Question authority. Turn your upside-down right-side up! Follow me!
Kristen Van Nest - Thriller Author @kristenvannest.bsky.social Comedian who writes thrillers 📚
THE STORM REAPER — a Fire Island serial-killer thriller (Violet Crisp #1)
PERFECT MODERN WIFE — tradwife cult thriller, being adapted as a film
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Lynda Ballard Skeen @lyndaballardskeen.bsky.social Poet, nature lover
Donna Miscolta @misdonnacolta.bsky.social Author of LIVING COLOR (WA State Book Award Finalist), HOLA AND GOODBYE, and WHEN THE DE LA CRUZ FAMILY DANCED. New novel coming 2026. Estadounidense recently relocated to Spain, now with birthright Mexican citizenship, cuz, options. donnamiscolta.com
Lisa Cooper Ellison @lisacooperellison.bsky.social Writer, Trauma-Informed Writing Coach, and Host of the Writing Your Resilience Podcast. I help writers craft tough stories that sell. Join my free Substack and Get a Copy of Write More, Fret Less. 
vesna jaksic lowe @vesnajaksiclowe.bsky.social writer. bylines in 3 anthologies, NYT, Washington Post, NY Daily News, Catapult, Pigeon Pages. alumna of Hedgebrook,Tin House, Kenyon Review, Martha’s Vineyard. Immigrant Strong newsletter: immigrantstrong.substack.com
Mary Beth O'Connor @marybethoconnor.bsky.social From Junkie to Judge memoir. Teenage meth addict and multiple trauma survivor, to secular recovery, to federal judge. I speak and write about a variety of substance use, harm reduction, and recovery topics. junkietojudge.com
Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social #Queens Writer, College Essay Writing Instructor, and producer of the switched-up storytelling series No, YOU Tell It!
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Erica Stern @ericarstern.bsky.social Chicago-based writer. Work in The Iowa Review, Denver Quarterly, Mississippi Review, and elsewhere. Hybrid memoir forthcoming from Barrelhouse Books. 
Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com Senior editor at DarlingAxe.com. Novelist at SeptimusBrown.com. Award-winning short-fiction writer. Chaotic good. He/they. 🏳️🌈
Daydream Series by Cammie Basseri @quietworld.bsky.social *Previously on IG*
A daily memory freewrite series with photos, all by CNF writer @CammieBasseri.
Website: www.CammieBasseri.com
Jennifer Cloer @jennifercloer.bsky.social Writer, storyteller, entrepreneur. Founder Story Changes Culture, creator Chasing Grace Project docuseries, curator award-winning newsletter and Book Club for women. Forever love affair with the Pacific Northwest. 
Jarod K. Anderson @jarodkanderson.bsky.social Fiction. Poetry. Nonfiction.
Memoir: Something in the Woods Loves You - Timber Press Sept 2024
New Fantasy Novel: Strange Animals - Ballantine Books Feb 2026
Poetry: The Haunted Forest Trilogy
Podcast: The Cryptonaturalist
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Memoiring Book Club + Writing Community @memoiring.bsky.social 📖 April: The Autobiography of H Lan Thao Lam by Lana Lin 📖 Join the Substack + ZOOM w/authors! 👇
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Jane Renée Villagomez @janerv.bsky.social Writer, poet, editor, & researcher who thirsts for justice. ESL Instructor & QuickBooks Online Expert. MFA in Creative Writing (July 2025). Proud & blessed wife & mom/bonus mom/new puppy mom.
Jamie Beth Cohen @jamiebeth.bsky.social I write things.
And do things.
And read things.
Not in that order.
Or any order.
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Rebecca Evans @rebeccawrites33.bsky.social Poet | Essayist | Artist | Warrior
Author at Moon Tide Press
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Shannon Tsonis @shannontsonis.bsky.social Essays in Booth, Memoir Magazine, Little Patuxent Review, Lunch Ticket and others. MFA from Goucher, MBA from Towson.
Laura Di Giovine @lauradigiovine.bsky.social Literary Publicist | Writer | Editor | Associate Director of Publicity at Page One Media | page1m.com
Julene Tripp Weaver @trippweavpoet.bsky.social Poet—latest book: "Slow Now with Clear Skies." Writer. Herbalist—Green Witch. Therapist. Systemic or Family Constellation. Health Artist. #WOMPO https://www.julenetrippweaver.com