Debbie Roxburgh @debbierox.bsky.social Writer of MG, YA
Former SEN LSA
Winner of Wells Festival of Literature Children’s Book Local Writer’s Award 2024
#Flyboy my debut teen/YA publishing 10th September with #Zuntold
Isla @isla74155345.bsky.social Coffee, travel, photography, beach walks, and good food are my hobbies
Jesse O Benitez - Writing @jesseobenitez.bsky.social Lifelong reader & writer
I'm here to make friends (especially people who write/read books) please reach out 📚📝✍️
I hope to make a better world for everybody
Never let them get you down!
https://linktr.ee/JesseOBenitez
Becky Walker @beckywalkerbooks.bsky.social ✍️#Kidlit author (rep’d by Stephen Fraser)
📚Debut 2027, Charlesbridge
FRASER & HENRY GROW A FRIEND, May 25,2027
💻business owner
🧳explorer of the world
👋🏼Love making friends!
https://linktr.ee/beckysuzannewalker?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Franco Amati @francoamati.bsky.social writer, poet, SFWA & Codex, ViableParadise 2024,
new collection WORK IS WORK out now: https://www.amazon.com/Work-Franco-Amati/dp/B0HCCQF9YP/
and for all published fiction visit francoamatiwrites.com
Kairat Zinashov @kairatwriter1.bsky.social Writer, author of books for children and young adults.
💡 Interests: ✍️ Writing & Storytelling 📖 Children’s Literature 🎒 Young Adult Literature 💖 Romantasy 🐉 Fantasy Literature 🦊 Furry Fiction 📚 Light Novels & Manga
AnneWritesKidlit @anneruggirello.bsky.social Picture book writer 📚 Bluesky newbie
Watercolor dabbler 🎨 Lover of apple crisp
#KidLit #picturebooks #SCBWI #amwriting
Jen B @jenbusch.bsky.social Wine lover, cake maker, translator, editor
Scott Wolf -- Kidlit author @scottwolfwriter.bsky.social Writer of #picturebooks and #MG for kids. Seeking representation. Member of #SCBWI and Storyteller Academy. 2023 Kids' Choice Kidlit Writing Contest Finalist. Proud father/supporter of a nonbinary child and a child with cerebral palsy.
ashleylaffin @ashleylaffin.bsky.social Debut PB The Balloonimals available now!🎈Wife & mom💗 MFA Grad. Writer. Marketer. SCBWI member & guest blogger April ‘24. Kids’ Choice KidLit Writing Contest HM ‘24📚
Scott Westcott @westcottwriter.bsky.social Poet & Ponderer
Caroline Kind @carolinekind.bsky.social MG author, educator, researcher, reader, learner | She/Her | Halifax, NS |
Estel Cooper @estel62.bsky.social My Son calls me the "Last Boy Scout",
Science based Critical Thinker, Amateur Historian, Love Books,
ACE of Heart (Altruism, Communication, Entertainment) is my philosophy, Managing Information Systems has been my Life,
I served in the USASA #estel
T.A. McLaughlin @tamclaughlin.bsky.social Author of The Love of the Tayamni, scifi series. 🏳️⚧️ living in Salem, OR with the hubby, daughter, daughter's girlfriend, and 6 kitty kats.
She/her
#BLM #LGBTQ ✡️ #Feminism #scifi #fantasy #Spirituality #AncientAliens #TransWriters #postminimalistmusic
Damon Romaro @damonromaro.bsky.social Author of dark romance, sci-fi, and horror, exploring obsession, fear, and the darker corners of human imagination.
Lynne Danley @danleylynne.bsky.social I'm a writer, suspense thriller novelist and blogger of Write Right! and Oregon Author. I love reading, cooking, gardening, sports. Proud Democrat. No DMs, porn, fundraising, empty profiles.
#writers
#readers
#writingcommunity
#books
#thrillers
#Democrats
Garrett D. Schneider @garrettdschneider.bsky.social Lives in the woods and writes sad books about goblins. Father of two human children, four chickens, two ducks and a turtle.
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
Hey, Jim Hill! @heyjimhill.bsky.social Word nerd, pixel wrangler. Writes funny on purpose.
VCFA WCYA SCBWI
www.heyjimhill.com
Michelle Nott @michnott.bsky.social Bilingual 🇺🇸🇫🇷 Educator & Children’s Book Author, Enchanted Lion Books.
https://linktr.ee/MichelleNott?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Celia Cataldo @ccat7.bsky.social ✍️Writer with a focus on middle grade. It's always Halloween in my 🖤. Lover of animal sanctuaries 🐾, meteor showers ✨, & oddities. LGBTQIA 🌈, vegetarian, & frequent 🩸 donor. Always open to a good book recommendation 📚
Harrison Mooney @harrisonmooney.bsky.social Author of INVISIBLE BOY, winner of the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, BITTERSWEET (spring 2027) and I JUST HAVE TO RACE ALL THESE GHOSTS (summer 2027). Host of @TheTyee podcast. East Vancouver.
Melissa Bergum @writingbubbly.bsky.social Kidlit author seeking rep, deaf in one ear, living with chronic migraines, Searchlight Awards 2024 Best Children's Novel Opening Longlistee, SCBWI member, cat wrangler, book dragon, geek
website: melissambergum.wixsite.com/melissabergum
Aimee L. Gross @aimeegross.bsky.social MG and YA author with two books out in the world : “If Crows Know Best” and “No Mercy From Crows” with more to come! SCBWI , Kansas Authors Club.
Wendy Anderson @andwrit.bsky.social Screenwriter, fairytale fanatic, feminist loudmouth, lover of kitties, defender/advocate, hater of bullies, theatre geek, LA girl.
Miya T. Beck @miyatbeck.bsky.social Author of The Pearl Hunter and Through a Clouded Mirror | Oxford comma convert | recovering journalist | obsessed with cats and kitsune
https://www.miyabeck.com 
Toddling The Stacks @toddlingthestacks.com You should be reading #kidlit, and we'll help you see why.
A children's literature podcast by award-winning educator and Princeton-educated literature PhD @seangill.net
New episodes drop on Mondays!
http://www.ToddlingTheStacks.com
Joe Hessert @joehessert.bsky.social Seeking Representation for my Middle Grade Fantasy Debut | MFA, Iowa Writers’ Workshop
joehessert.com
Jade Dove @jadeamberdove7.bsky.social poet in their 30s. artist. author. trans. genderfluid. any pronouns . mdni. 🔞 anarchist .
patreon.com/jadedove7
instagram.com/jade.dove7
Melinda Layten - Writes about Hazel an Immortal Cat @mlayten.bsky.social What the Fire Didn't Take - Debut Middle Grade Novel about 2 autistic girls 2000 years apart and the cat who knew them both. Modern day Minnesota meets Library of Alexandria and what it means to learn and be heard. #Autism #Querying
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.
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/
Sonja McGiboney, Author @sonjamcg.bsky.social Sonja McGiboney is an author and photographer with a focus on children's literature. She created a series of concept PB called "Jazzy’s Books." She is focused on building her PB library with new stories.
Matt Lanark @mattlanark.bsky.social ✍️ probably not writing the Great American Novel
📚 Great-ish Books on @substack
🏀 Undrafted NBA free agent since 2012
📌 Washington, DC
mattlanark.substack.com/welcome
Erik Talkin @eriktalkin.bsky.social Author. YA novel Private School Punk (full-cast audiobook, 2026 IPPY Outstanding Book of the Year). Lulu & the Hunger Monster (ILA Social Justice Award). MFA from VCFA. Punk, audiobooks, illustrated fiction, book-connected soundtracks.
Maya P. Lim @mayaplim.bsky.social Designer, author, illustrator. THE STORY OF LEO LIONNI (Viking ’27). GHOST GIGGLES (Scholastic ‘27). BEAR HUGS (Scholastic ‘26). Rep: Andrea Morrison @ Writers House.
Mary R. @amerrywrath.bsky.social I write quips, not tragedies. |she/her| VCFA's Writing for Children and Young Adults MFA '26 | books |TTRPGs | movies | nature/science shenanigans | new to Bluesky, not the internet
(pfp by Makowka/picrew)
Art commission carrd-> https://keirelo.carrd.co/
Jenn Gaulding @jenngauldingbooks.bsky.social #PB Writer 📖✏️
Math & Science Educator 🧮🌳💙
Member of 12x12 and SCBWI Southern Breeze
Halloweensie, SunWriteFun, SpringFlingKidlit '25 Winner
Valentiny, WKLN '25 HM
Patricia Donnellan, MPH 🇺🇦📎 @stpaulsbay.bsky.social Patricia Donnellan, MPH | Found the unifying cause of chronic disease: rs5522-driven inflammation. Cured my own 29-yr CFS. Proving it’s fluid, not fat—from Long COVID to Maternal Mortality. 🧬
www.beyondbloodtests.org
Andee Harry @andeeharry1.bsky.social No Dating, no crypto, no trading, no bots, no sugarmummies, no hookups
Friend/Ally
Wordsmith Inkslinger
Foodie
Creator of Terrellium
Group/Blog https://t.co/puZNIrKw0e
Shapeshifters, aliens, monsters,
Cross Blend Genre
Book Dragon
Bad Joke Central
Moose The Bard @moosethebard.bsky.social A Moose. A Writer. A Bard. A progressive. An all around piece of shit trying to do better today than yesterday.
DAR @darbooks.com Author/Writer/Dreamer - DA RASMUSSEN
Pandore Series
Kathleen Rowan 🌱 @rowanauthor.bsky.social 🔸️writing fantasy & sci-fantasy🔸️living real life adventures🔸️marveling at the mundane & the majestic🔸️breathing courage into your embers
🔸️GentlyRowan on AO3 & Tumblr (HZD)
🔸️photography by me & my husband
🔸️🥔
📷 close up of my hands, green valley beyond
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.
Abby Wooldridge @anwbooks.bsky.social Pediatric speech-language pathologist. #KidLit writer. #12x12PB. #SCBWI. #PBParty 2025 Finalist. Equal parts Monica Geller, Sue Heck, Leslie Knope.
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.--Romans 12:21
abbywooldridge.com
Kim A Larson @kimalarson.bsky.social Author of Doll Trouble (Clavis, 2026) and Goat's Boat Won't Float (Little Press, 2024) '23 & '22 #PBParty finalist '21 #SCBWI Ann Paul Award #Kidlit #12x12 Author of Unraveling Fairy Tales: Learning To Live Happily Ever After http://amzn.com/1734768819
Kathryn Powell—Reading Aloud for Life @rynkatt.bsky.social 📕 Picture Book & Songwriter, Connecting with #PB writers, #kidlit & #literacy pros
📚 former #library outreach specialist
#HighlightsFoundation Scholarship recipient—2024
Chicka Chicka Zoom Zoom
📝📝📝📝📝
#PictureBookWriters, #SCBWI
Michelle Markel @michellemarkel.bsky.social Author and aficionado of mostly narrative nonfiction picture books. Teacher, speaker. Art, activism, politics, cats. Find out more at www.michellemarkel.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
Jena Benton @jenanbenton.bsky.social AK writer, illustrator, poet, teacher, SCBWI & 12x12 member, & PB enthusiast. AK SCBWI IC. (Opinions my own); PB debut, KAUAI'S CALL (Island Heritage, May 2024)
Kenn Nesbitt - Poetry4kids @kennnesbitt.bsky.social Husband, father, children's poet/author, traveler, language learner. Former US Children's Poet Laureate. https://itsbio.link/kennnesbitt
Kathy Jo Watson @kathywatson.bsky.social Kid Lit Writer. Music and theater fanatic. Space Nerd.
Author of MY CITY IS A FORT and featured in BOY MOMS.
#SCBWI
#365PictureBooks
Kevin Ahern @ahernk.bsky.social I'm a goofball, retired Professor, wannabe humorist, wannabe poet. Wannabe me? Sorry. i'm taken.
DC Canada Education Publishing @dceducation.bsky.social Proudly Canadian publisher with a passion for educational kids' books, games, and music ideal for diverse learning styles. 📚 No AI! https://linktr.ee/DC_Canada
Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social Children's books for parents who get it 📚
"You're Only Two Once" — celebrating toddler magic
👇 Get the book
amazon.com/dp/1736839500
Paula W @toomuchbrudders.bsky.social Voracious reader 📚💙, family-tree researcher/storyteller ☘️, under-appreciated punster. TooMuchBrudders.com family blogger. Married to 5th generation farmer. My grandson calls me Goose. 🇺🇸 🇮🇪 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🇫🇷 🇬🇧
LeeleeWatts @enniaa.bsky.social Avid reader and lover of books. Fan of STEM, with a particular interest in several scientific disciplines. Fascinated by our oceans and marine life. Long to explore the vast openness of space. Learning to be more Mindful and Hopeful.
Andie Holman - author @authorandie.bsky.social Contemporary fantasy series with sassy female leads, but the main character is always Nature. Romance subplot.
🍁
https://andieholman.com
https://andieholman.substack.com
C.M. Black @foucaultu.bsky.social Writer of things great and small.
B.A., Philosophy; M.A., Technical & Professional Writing
Blog writer for The Philosopher's Shirt
Always goth.
https://linktr.ee/cmblackwriter
Samantha Ward-Smith Writer @samwardsmithwriter.bsky.social Bestselling Author. Historian. Raven lover.
PhD in early modern letters.
Debut novel 'Tower of Vengeance' out now on Amazon. 13th Century historical fiction set in The Tower of London. 'Ravenscourt' Victorian Gothic out now
Www.samanthawardsmithwriter.com
Ashton Macaulay (Author) @macashton.bsky.social Writer of nearly critically acclaimed novels, novellas, and short stories.
Purchase my nearly-critically acclaimed comedy sci-fi novel, One Night at Kedasi: https://linktr.ee/MacAshton
Malachy Moran @malformed-poetry.bsky.social Poet. 🇺🇸 immigrant in 🇳🇴 Writing something every day, even if it’s bad. My work is available in Rattle: Poetry, The Brussels Review, Anti-Heroin Chic, and others. My poetry has also been featured on Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield
Maxim Savchenko @max92ru.bsky.social I work in night clubs, I can rock any dance floor. I post my compositions on: https://album-mp3.ru & https://krolik-mp3.ru #альбомы #mp3
MikeNoon @mnoon37.bsky.social Dad, Luddite, dinosaur, writer, artist, agnostic atheist (or vice versa?), human, word nerd, golden ratio enthusiast, history geek, aspiring pacifist, he/him, wicked dm-paranoid so probably best not to bother
@jamiewriteshorror.bsky.social @jamiewriteshorror.bsky.social #amwriting #amquering I love books and movies. I love horror: novels/movies/series. I write horror comedy, horror, & creative nonfiction. #thelastdrivein #mutantfam.
KRLock @krlock22.bsky.social Pediatrician, mom, fan-illini, Bears, Bhawks, Bulls, USM/WNT,F1- love birds, hiking, books, PokemonGo
April Kendra @ank2025.bsky.social Host of Literative, the podcast that brings literature out of the classroom and into the real world. Join us at https://www.patreon.com/literative
Passionate advocate for libraries, educators, intellectual freedom and the First Amendment.
KarenJameson15.bsky.social @karenjameson15.bsky.social Children’s author of lyrical/STEM picture books - WOODLAND DREAMS & more. WHO NESTS HERE? & THE SECRETS of the JELLIES. Repped by K. Rushall of ABLA.
Shay @shaelynne.bsky.social AMAB, ENBY, Progressive, Gamer, Sci Fi lover, Grandparent. I am 56 and widowed after 24 years. I admire beauty in all forms, art, music, film, women/fem-folk. https://allmylinks.com/jdf088
Debbie Northway 🇦🇺🦘🐨 @debbienorthway.bsky.social Retired bookseller, librarian, teacher. Writes sometimes. Owner of an Australian Shepherd. Living proof we don’t become more conservative as we age. Rural living, Queensland, Australia. Yuggera-Ugarapul country
On the Breast Cancer Journey
Sour Scooter @writesomethink.bsky.social Midwesterner transplanted to California.
Casual desert romper. Actively writer-curious. Pro pet. Anti igmo.
Henry Daniel Archunde @kbjking.bsky.social Author | Indie Press
📖 Six Minutes Late
👉 https://linktr.ee/Truenorthwritings
Daniel Saramanho @danielsaramanho.bsky.social Writer (Sci-fi and Medieval Fantasy), Engineer, Software Developer, Miniature Hobbyist.
I am not good at social media, so please reshare my work if you like it!
Author Stephenson & Kitbrick Stop-mo. @authorstephenson.bsky.social Reader, writer, reviewer, coarse angler, blogger, at StephensonHolt.com. Author of 33 mixed genre novels, teaching grandson about fishing. His site on Youtube is @KitBR1CK
Rusty @rusty-baxter.bsky.social 81 yo retired teacher. Ham radio operator. Computer tech. Poetry, history, music, photography. Atheist, liberal, straight, widowed, living alone, neither a veteran nor a draft dodger. Remembers when America was great, and we ain’t headed back there.
Michele Zuniga @mz10012.bsky.social YouTube:This Boomer Life; blog Boomer Life in Colorado, Stargazer-Michele.blogspot.com
If you can’t be brave, be kind 🚵🏽♀️☕️ 📸 🐕🐾🥋⚔️☯️👩🏼🎨🖋️✏️ @takemusu.bsky.social Actually artistic; 🖋️, colored pencil & 📸🤳🏽. Organic Intelligence, 🚫 AI. Studied Aikido ‘76 - ‘15. Now learning Yang Family Style Tai Chi. Those who say it can’t be done are frequently interrupted by those doing it.
Dark Talk @dark-talk.uk The official BlueSky account for the Dark Talk podcast.
• https://dark-talk.uk
• https://patreon.com/DarkTalkPod
Annie Voss | aspiring author @annievoss.bsky.social ❤︎ Lesbian ❤︎ WIP: a sapphic, YA, dark romantasy trilogy set in a gilded temple of ordained factions where students are required to marry by age 19.
Elowen Silverscale @elowensilverscale.bsky.social ✨ Weaver of magic! ✨
She/Her | Artist | Kidlit Writer
Lila Sjöberg 👶 @mumblog.org My beautiful (or not!) journey of being a Woman, Mom, and Wife. Daily tips, inspiration, and stories to help you balance it all with grace and joy.
🌐 https://mumblog.org
S. S. Greene @ssgreene-author.bsky.social Author of The Circus of Chaos Universe. Office/School Secretary by morning, reader and writer by night. Owner of a small petting zoo of three horses, three goats, three guinea pigs, a dog, and an outdoor cat
Naomi Simone Borwein @nsborwein.bsky.social Horror scholar, PhD, HWA, CSFFA | Global Indigenous Horror (UPM, 2025) | Poetry Editor Orion’s Belt | Words in Future Fire, UtopiaSF, Space&Time, Lovecraftiana | EIC @katabaticcircus.bsky.social co-EIC @angrygablepress.bsky.social
Taffeta Chime @taffetachime.bsky.social Pushcart-nominated writer and editor, mother, linguist, drummer, gamer, and big ole nerd.
Author of Stoodie (2007) and The Last (2011)
she/her
English/汉语/español
Adrienne Caldwell @adriennecaldwell.bsky.social Writer. Personal Narrative and Investigative Journalism.
Anna Keir @annakeir.bsky.social I write dark fantasy/horror/romance in varying degrees. Currently working on Burntwick Theatre, a novel about building yourself back up with your own two filthy hands.
She/they | No AI | 💘🪻🦋
Antony Botting @antonybotting.bsky.social Sci-fi author
London - UK
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 🏊♂️
Jeri Westerson @jeriwesterson.bsky.social Author of medieval, Tudor, Sherlockian and LGBTQ mysteries, always with humor and heart. 46 books in print so far. ANTI-AI. Trekkie forever. Democratic socialist. She/Her JeriWesterson.com
Claire Blumenfeld @cblumenfeld.bsky.social K-12 Reading Specialist, PBWriter, reader, mom, SCBWI #12x12PB #InkedVoices mentee www.ClaireBlumenfeld.com
CRANKY HANK and THE NOISY NEIGHBORS: A PURIM STORY (spring 2027, Kar-Ben)
Faith Gluskin @authorfaithgluskin.bsky.social #PICTURE BOOK Writer/#Teacher/#amquerying/Author of Gorillas’ Night Out (Indigo River Publishing/2019) and Matzah Means So Many Things (Yorkshire Publishing/2022). Member of #SCBWI
The Gemini Fox @thegeminifox.bsky.social Author of Texas Heat 🔥
Gay romance & erotic fiction
New chapters weekly
Writing: 100% human | Visuals: AI assisted.
Some moments you should walk away from. I write what happens when you don't.
18+ only | TheGeminiFox.substack.com
Amith Hegde @amithhegde.bsky.social Seeker, Learner, Creator, #Poet, #Writer|
#Entrepreneur #Strategist, #Leadership, #Consulting, Innovation, #Branding | Into Social & Environmental Causes
Dave Weasel @daveweasel.bsky.social Comedian, podcaster, etc. 5x billboard comedy chart topper
Melisa Quigley @mquigley1963.bsky.social No Direct Messages. Happily married. My award-winning debut novel, The Complexities of Love, poetry novel, Bereft, and Let's Write a Six-Word Story or a Poem are out now. linktr.ee/MQuigley1963