Carrie Cook @carriecookhere.bsky.social writer of #kidlit and #fiction. Member of #SCBWI and #12x12
Scott Rothman @scottrothmanwriter.bsky.social Writer of Underwear Dragon kid's books (Random House), the football movie DRAFT DAY and other stuff. My newest books are KITTYBUNKPORT (Viking) and WARM AND FUZZY (Tundra).
www.scottrothmanwriter.com
Javier Lazaro - scientific illustration @lazaroillustration.bsky.social Scientific illustrator for research & publications
Biologist (PhD) | former researcher
Helping scientists communicate their work visually
Illustrations for papers, books & posters
Get in touch: lazaroillustration@gmail.com
Web: www.lazaroillustration.com
Nadia Ali @nadiaawriter.bsky.social KidLit Author:
RAISAH AND THE BOAT TRIP (2023),
HUMPHREY THE EGG_SPLORER (2023)
THE ANIMAL SOCIETIES SERIES (2023)
12x12 Challenge
Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social she/her. National bestselling author in WI
🎪FORTS, Viking
🛰️CASSINI'S MISSION, MIT Kids Press
🛰️VOYAGER TWINS FOREVER! ('28)
https://linktr.ee/KatieVenit
Leslie Barnard Booth, Kidlit Author @lesliebarnardbooth.bsky.social Lyrical picture books about science and nature:
ONE DAY THIS TREE WILL FALL
A STONE IS A STORY
I AM WE: A STORY OF CROW SURVIVIAL ('25)
Stacie Ramey @stacieramey.bsky.social I write YA and cozy mysteries. Repped by Nicole Resciniti and @joycesweeney.bsky.social of the @seymouragency.bsky.social
MFA from @spaldingwriting.bsky.social Ambivert. Dog lover.
But first, coffee. 
Laura Piggott @laurapiggott.bsky.social www.laurapiggott.com
Author/Illustrator
Rep’d by Elisa Houot and Joyce Sweeney at the Seymour Agency.
Small Town. Big Dreams. Magical Illustrations. 🇨🇦
Layne Johnson | Children’s Author - Is Querying @laynejohnsonkidlit.bsky.social Layne Johnson is a picture book writer/aspiring illustrator. #SCBWI. Humor and Heart|STEAM and SEL|ADHD #amquerying
Website: https://laynejohnsonkidsbooks.com/
Dr. Stacey Patton @drstaceypatton.bsky.social Black, snarky, award-winning journalist, author, historian, child advocate, and college professor.
KidsWord & AllKidsBooks – Explore, Read & Share! @allkidsbooks.com 🌟 Join our vibrant community of children's book lovers!
🔗 KidsWrd.com | AllKidsBooks.com
👧 Parents & Teachers: Find the best books for young readers.
✍️ Authors & Illustrators: List & showcase your books to a global audience.
Annie Kelley @anniekelley.bsky.social Executive Editor at Random House Studio 📚
Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social A free e-newsletter from Publishers Weekly that reports on children's and YA books. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/9Ubz9L
Tiffanie Leung Abbott @tleungabbott.bsky.social It’s “Learn” with a “G.”
• Mixed-race Chinese American author
• Rep: Michelle Jackson
• 2026 #pbparty Finalist
• 2025 #pbparty HM
• 2025 #roundtablementor
• #scbwi #12x12challenge
Laird Fetzer Hamblin @lairdsstorysongs.bsky.social Teacher _ Writer/Songwriter/Poet/Artist _ Biologist
I write and illustrate songs and stories about nature in rhyme and alliteration.
lairdsstorysongs.us
lettersbylaird.bsky.social
#edusky
#nature #songs
#kidlitart #kidlit #kidsongs #childrens
Ziggy Zou @ziggy-zou.bsky.social Writer of children's picture books. Creator of zombies and mermaids and dreamer-upper of adventures.
Real name, Rachael. Mum of 2 nearly grown-up boys.
https://mybook.to/magicmermaidtail
ziggyzoubooks.co.uk
Daniela Ramirez @writerdaniela.bsky.social Kidlit Author | Wife & Mami | Chicana | WELCOME HOME, ESMERELDA (Charlesbridge, May 2025)| @SCBWI | Rep: Charlotte Wenger at Prospect Agency
writerdaniela.com
Anika Aldamuy Denise @anikaadenise.bsky.social Award-winning author of Planting Stories (Pura Belpré Honor, 2020) Phenomenal AOC (Pura Belpré Honor for illustration, 2022), Gato Guapo, A Girl Named Rosita, La Bandera (2026), and more.
Michelle S. Kennedy - Children's Picture Book Writer and Poet @michelleskennedy.bsky.social https://www.michelleskennedy.com/
https://x.com/MichelleSKenned
#PBWriter. Wife & mom. Loves Jesus. #SCBWI Southern Breeze Co-Asst. Regional Advisor, #12x12, #PBParty Finalist '24, '23, & '22 and #50PreciousWords HM '26, 25 and '23.
katiewalsh.bsky.social @katiewalsh.bsky.social National Board certified, Kindergarten teacher, PB writer, parent. Lover of the outdoors and taking care of our beautiful planet.🌎
Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social 👨🎓Professor, 📚author of 100 books on drwho💫starwars✨outlander #sfwa🚀 #scbwi #kidlit Cali https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004KMCLQK pitch me on #academic #Jewish #sff https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/jewish-science-fiction-and-fantasy/
@stephf03.bsky.social @stephf03.bsky.social Mother|SLP|PB writer|SCBWI|12X12
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 |
Kristy Roser Nuttall @kristy-nuttall.bsky.social #PBParty '22 & '25 finalist, #boymom, Forest Kindergarten #teacher, #kidlit, #PBChat, #WritingCommunity, #wafflechef
Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social 🌟 2025 #PBRisingStars Mentee
🎨 #kidlit author-illustrator
📚 Former children's bookseller and school librarian
😴 Current tired mom
🤓 Self-taught and still self-teaching
Represented by Marissa Brown at Pippin Properties
brookebaum.com
Shirl Girl @shirleyfadden.bsky.social ShirleyFadden.com
Writer & Illustrator of picture books. SCBWI Rutgers Mentee
Writer's Loft Anthology
PBParty 2025 Finalist
2026 NESCBWI Portfolio Showcase Winner-unagented
I make picture books for a tutu-wearing, lizard-loving, imaginary boss.
Rebecca Ensign @rebecca-ensign.bsky.social OTIS HAS A BAD DAY (2023)
Mom, Picture Book Author, LCMHC, Coffee Enthusiast, #InkedVoices Member & #PBParty 2025 Finalist!
1/6 of #kidlitzombieweek hosts.
www.rebecca-ensign.com
Rep'd by Michelle Witte (@michellewitte.bsky.social)
Andrew Allsop @allsopsfables.bsky.social 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.
Jan Campana @janycampana.bsky.social Picture Book Creator, PBParty Finalist '25, Kidlit Writer, Passionate Reader, Lover Of All Things Books & BBQ, #SCBWI, Artist-in-Training, Friend, GoldenDoodle Mom
janycampana.com
I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social Anti-Smoker My Website campralquitsmoking.net See How I Quit 20 Years Ago Fought Nicotine 35 Years Supporting others who Quit 🚭 STL MO ❤️To Promote Authors 📚 & Ozarks 🌄 Photographer 📷 Pez Add @piperformissouri.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social 💙
@emilydolbinart.bsky.social @emilydolbinart.bsky.social 
Alexia M. Andoni @alexiaandoni.bsky.social Children’s book author & illustrator. Child Development Specialist. Nature-lover & traveler.
LOVE MAKES OUR FAMILY (S&S Beach Lane, March ‘27) @pbcreativecrew #SCBWIMI #12x12PB #PBParty finalist ‘23 repped by @writeloudly.bsky.social
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
Elizabeth Everett | Educator & Kidlit Author 📚 @elizabetheverett.bsky.social ➡️ Boosting books for #Teachers, #Educators, #Librarians, #Parents, #Authors, #Writers, and #Readers
💙 Former #Teacher turned #Homeschool mama
✏️ #Kidlit #Writer and #SCBWI member
📚 #PB #Author rep'd by Michelle Witte
🖱️ elizabetheverettbooks.com
Rachel @rachelhaynes.bsky.social globular brain | ponderous heart
Nancy Paulsen @nancyrosep.bsky.social Publishes kids books
Katie Gilstrap @bykatiegilstrap.bsky.social Author of SPACEMANATEE! (Magination Press), PENNY LU PORCUPINE, and FINNEGAN FOX (Nancy Paulsen Books). 📚
Bestie to @attaboyartie.bsky.social 🐕
Friend to all creatures ❤️🐾
Cari Chamberlain @carichamberlain.bsky.social Writing for littles and their grown ups.
Sharing glimmers on the path to ✨published✨
SCBWI | 12x12 | 2024 PB Party Honorable Mention | #AmQuerying
naho ogawa illustration @nahoogawa.bsky.social Naho Ogawa
www.naho.com
Tokyo based published illustrator
Work inquiries: hello<at>naho.com
IG: nahoogawa_illustration
Charline Yutmeyer @charlineyutmeyer.bsky.social #PB and #MG Writer, Educator, #PBParty Finalist 2025, #50PreciousWords Finalist 2024/2025, #PBRisingStars Honorable Mention 2024/2025, #SpringFling Finalist 2025 #Halloweensie Finalist 2025 www.charlineyutmeyer.com #Kidlit #12X12PB #SCBWI #amquerying
Lisa Monroe @lisalmonroe.bsky.social Retired teacher, Reading Specialist, Writer, Born and Raised in NOLA.
Becky Levine @beckylevine.bsky.social Kidlit writer, knitter, beginning drummer. Come for the writing and books, stay for the cat, yarn, and travel pix. Opinions are my own. Unless you love them, in which case I'm happy to share. She/Her
www.beckylevine.com
Brittany Pomales @brittanypomales.bsky.social Children’s Book Author
Host of Kidlit Haha Week
SM & Publicity for The Little Press
Buy IT STARTED WITH A P 👇🏽
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738107/it-started-with-a-p-by-brittany-pomales-illustrated-by-andrew-joyner/
Tamara Winfrey-Harris @twinfreyharris.bsky.social Writer: NYT, Atlantic, more. Author: The Sisters Are Alright, Dear Black Girl, and a Black Woman's Guide to Getting Free. Yogi. Reiki master. Lover of humanity. Femme stan. TamaraWinfreyHarris.com
Dana Marie Miroballi @noshesthebear.bsky.social Children’s Book Author
IF MY HAIR HAD A VOICE (Beaming Books) • INVENTIONS TO COUNT ON (Abrams Appleseed) • Rep: Ammi-Joan Paquette
danamiroballi.com
Instagram: noshesthebear
#KIDLIT
#CHICAGO
The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social An online-only & very woke bookstore in Arizona. Over 20 years in the book biz. We cater to the liberal point of view. Post as DebtorsPrison on Daily Kos. Books, politics, world travel, history. Support is appreciated: https://theliteratelizard.com 
Jason Chin @authorjasonchin.bsky.social Children's book author and illustrator. 2022 Caldecott medal recipient. 
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Charlene Thomas @cthomasbooks.bsky.social Author and stuff. Now: STREETLIGHT PEOPLE | next: IT’S YOU EVERY TIME | Rep: Ann Rose @ The Tobias Literary Agency (📚) ; Alec Frankel @ IAG (🎬)
The Largess @thelargess.bsky.social extremely boring . 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ally . she/her
DEI Policy Tracker: bit.ly/corpdei
The Seymour Agency @seymouragency.bsky.social A full service literary agency representing adult and children’s authors and illustrators. Making your dreams a reality ✨
The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social Independent, opinionated, and stylish: essential multimedia publications for everyone who cares about children's and young adult literature. Visit us at hbook.com.
Chanté Timothy @heychante.bsky.social She/Her Award Winning Author Illustrator
Debut Comic Book SUPANOVA out NOW 👩🏾🔬🧪
Featured in: Hey You!, Happy Here, Daddy Do My Hair: Beth's Twists, Rep'd by Darley Anderson
Linktr.ee/heya.chante
Heychante.co.uk
Secret Society of Books @atravelingbookshop.bsky.social A traveling children’s bookshop.
Peddler of wonderfully curated children’s books, supporter of artists and a magic-bean-buyer.
First Second Books @01firstsecond.bsky.social 
We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social We Need Diverse Books is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit revolutionizing what we read to create a world where everyone can find themself in the pages of a book.
🔗 bio.site/WeNeedDiverseBooks
Little, Brown Young Readers @littlebrownyr.bsky.social 
Lee & Low Books @leeandlow.bsky.social Independent, POC-owned children's book publisher specializing in diversity since 1991. © 2026 Lee & Low Books.
Penguin Random House @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social 
Random House Children's Books @randomhousekids.bsky.social 
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social Celebrating books for children and teens since 2006.
https://linktr.ee/CybilsAwards
Sharee Miller @coilyandcute.bsky.social Award winning author / illustrator
A Girl On The Go @agirlonthego.bsky.social A Girl On The Go® is a creative media and publishing company that creates books and products to inspire, guide, and motivate girls of all ages!
Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social 🌈 Creative Development Director at Barefoot Books 👣
📍Arby's on McKnight Road
Ebony Lynn Mudd (she/her) @ebonylynnmudd.bsky.social PEOPLE Magazine ✨ featured author
🎤 Just Like Tina (PRH • Jan 27th)
🌊Swim Like Them (S&S)
🩰 Junior Takes a Leap (Scholastic)
Now booking school visits for Black History Month ‘26 + beyond.
🌸Website: www.ebonylynnmudd.com
📚PB Courses: www.thepbretreat.com
Kael Tudor @kaeltudor.bsky.social I write books for kids. Represented by Emily Talbot at United Agents. Pronounced ‘Kyle’ 🌱
https://linktr.ee/kaeltudor
Andrew Hacket @andrewchacket.bsky.social Picture book author & elementary educator
Up next:
IN THIS CLASSROOM (Spring 2026)
SQUIRREL & TURTLE: THIS BOOK HAS BIG WORDS (Fall 2027)
https://t.co/YSBfW8Jq3
Nathan Christopher @hellonathanc.bsky.social Bestspelling author.
World chess ranking: 8,263,401,754.
WHEN SANTA WROTE BACK! (2025)
WHEN THE WITCH WROTE BACK! (2026)
WHEN THE EASTER BUNNY WROTE BACK! (2026)
Links: https://hellonathan.ca/links.html
Terry J. Benton-Walker (he/daddy) @handle.invalid Bestselling & Award-Winning Author | BLOOD DEBTS, BLOOD JUSTICE, THE WHITE GUY DIES FIRST, & ALEX WISE | #Gaymer 🏳️🌈🎮 https://linktr.ee/tjbentonwalker
Liesa Abrams @batgirleditor.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of Labyrinth Road imprint at Random House Children’s Books. Publishing books that help kids escape where they are while feeling seen for who they are. Obsessed with Batman and gluten-free muffins.
Deborah Marcero @deborahmarcero.com Author & Illustrator. IN A JAR, OUT OF A JAR, HOPE IN A JAR (25), THE GREAT ESCAPE (26), THE LONE WOLF (27), & more. Rep’d by Laura Rennert, ABLA. 
Adam Sass @theadamsass.bsky.social Award-winning author | Next: HELLO, I LOVE YOU, GOODBYE (April 27, 2027) | Part Nora Ephron, part John Carpenter | Represented by Michael Bourret, DG&B
Winsome Bingham @armyvet5.bsky.social Author of books 4 children. Picture books, chapter books, and an occasional novel. I’ve penned SOUL FOOD SUNDAY (⭐️), WELCOME TO FORT GOODE, THE WALK ( ⭐️), MISSING MOMMA (⭐️), LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (⭐️), THE TABLE (⭐️). I treat others the way I want to be treated.
Desiree S. Evans @literarydesiree.bsky.social ✍🏾 📚 Author & Editor • Southern girl • Spinner of speculative tales for kids, teens + adults • BUY the Locus Award Winning + Ignyte Award Finalist + Indie-Bestselling THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE today! @Flatironbooks • linktr.ee/literarydesiree
Gabriella Aldeman @writebetween.bsky.social Spanish translator and PB author. PAULA'S PATCHES (FreeSpiritBooks), SQUAWK OF SPANISH (Charlesbridge), SOMETIMES A DREAM (Versify, 2027). Rep’d by Jennifer Unter
Maria Gianferrari (she/her) @gianferrari-m.bsky.social Creature & nature lover
Bird nerd 🐦
Wordsmith
#Kidlit Fiction & #STEM PBs:
Latest: Just One Oak 🐿 & Puffins!
Horn Book honoree for Fungi Grow 🍄
Obsessed with auroras
Website: https://mariagianferrari.com/
Matthew Cordell @cordellmatthew.bsky.social Dad. Husband. Illustrator and author of books. 2018 Caldecott Medalist.
Benson Shum @bshum79.bsky.social Award-winning Author-Illustrator & Disney Animator on #Zootopia2 #Encanto, WE ARE LION DANCERS, ANZU THE GREAT KAIJU. Rep: Teresa Kietlinski, Bookmark Literary
🎨 www.bensonshum.com
📑 www.bensonshum.com/activities/
🌟 https://linktr.ee/BensonShum
Alechia Dow @alechiadow.bsky.social Locus, BSFA, Ignyte Finalist. Award winner. Chef. Librarian. Author of 7+ books. Next: Until the Clock Strikes Midnight, 2/3/2026. Bostonian in Germany.
Cheryl B. Klein @cherylklein.bsky.social I notice things for a living. Editorial director, Workman Kids; author of THE MAGIC WORDS: WRITING GREAT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS and five picture books, most recently IT’S HARD TO BE A BABY; 6yo mom; Virgo/goofball. Opinions my own.
Ruth Chan @ohtruth.bsky.social Illustrator, author, comics maker
Matthew Burgess @matthewburgessj.bsky.social Poet, Professor, & Children's Book Author. Brooklyn College. Forthcoming: Words With Wings & Magic Things, illust. Doug Salati (Tundra / Penguin Canada, 2025) & Fireworks, illust. Cátia Chien (Harper Collins, 2025). www.matthewjohnburgess.com
Juana Martinez-Neal @juanamartinezn.bsky.social Author-illustrator and mami born in Lima, Peru and living in the woods of SE Connecticut. Se habla español.
linktr.ee/juanamartinezneal
Iris Quiroga @irisquiroga.bsky.social 🇨🇴🇺🇸 Children’s book author/illustrator based in San Diego, CA
irisquiroga.com
Britt Crow-Miller @grumpynaturalist.bsky.social Human-environment geographer, environmental educator, children's book author represented at ABLA 🪰🍄🪲🐌
Faith WS @fwsches.bsky.social ✌🏾💗📚teacher, mom, & kidlit writer w/sometimes cute, sometimes creepy stories:
COWBOY ROOTS w/@mackidsbooks '27 ✨🐎
Cynthia Harmony @cynthiaharmony.bsky.social #Kidlit Author
Latest: Apapacho Love, Forest en Familia
A Flicker of Hope /Un Aleteo de Esperanza 🦋
Upcoming: Row Sow Grow '27, Hasta Pronto is a Promise '27
linktr.ee/cynthiaharmony
Antwan Eady @antwaneady.bsky.social Author ✍🏽NIGEL AND THE MOON | POEMHOOD (YA Anthology) | THE LAST STAND | THE GATHERING TABLE ‘25 | MICAH’S RISE |🐅🤙🏽 | Agent: Steven Malk |he/him
Wendy Barton | KidLit Writer @wendy-barton.bsky.social A writer of Picture Books and Chapter Books. A Brit turned US citizen with a love of dogs. Words are easy, numbers are hard.
Joyce Sweeney @joycekay.bsky.social Director of Kidlit at The Seymour Agency
Susan Drew @susandrewwrites.com Kid Lit Writer. Author of Sadie Does Not Like Sorries.
Follow me here:
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Art shop: https://susandrewart.net/
Newsletter: www.substack.com/@susandrew
Intagram: www.instagram.com/_susandrew/
Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social “Having fun isn’t hard, when you’ve got a library card!” - Arthur Read
linktr.ee/mychalthreets
Valerie Bolling @valeriebolling.bsky.social Author of books for children and teachers | Longtime educator | DEIAB advocate | Born in NY | Raised and resides in CT
https://valeriebolling.com
Authors Guild; SCBWI; 12x12; Boyds Mills, #kidlit #PB #earlyreaders #booksforteachers
Read Your World @readyourworld.bsky.social Read Your World is a non-profit whose mission is to raise awareness about children’s books that celebrate diversity and to get more of these books into the hands of readers.
https://linktr.ee/ReadYourWorld
Pragmatic Mom @pragmaticmom.bsky.social Hi! I'm Mia Wenjen. I blog at PragmaticMom.com, run nonprofit ReadYourWorld.org, and write children's books (MiaWenjen.com).
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/MiaWenjen
Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social Writer, editor, mentor, general word nerd. Terra Electrica - debut MG novel - published July 2024 by Neem Tree Press. antoniamaxwell.com