alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social NYT-bestselling fantasy author in charlottesville va
Julie Leong @julieleong.bsky.social USA Today, Sunday Times, and Indie Bestselling Author of THE TELLER OF SMALL FORTUNES, out now // chinese-malaysian american // repped by Paul Lucas // she/her
https://linktr.ee/julieleongbooks
Rachel Aaron @rachel-aaron.bsky.social Author of a lot of books! www.rachelaaron.net
Naomi Novik @naominovik.bsky.social author, coder, fangirl, geek. 🌕🌖🌗🌑 Author of Spinning Silver, Uprooted, Temeraire, & The Scholomance. Latest Release: THE SUMMER WAR
https://lnk.bio/naominovik
Garth Nix @garthnix.bsky.social Author. Many books, including SABRIEL, the five other Old Kingdom novels; THE LEFT-HANDED BOOKSELLERS OF LONDON and sequels; THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM series, lots more. And stories. Adult SF/horror MASSIF out Sept 2026. www.garthnix.com
Kelli Panique @kellipanique.bsky.social Picture Book Summit Producer and Event & Podcast Host
12 x 12 Community Manager
Knows a little bit about a whole lot of things.
Would rather be at the beach.
Robynn Hyde @robynnhyde.bsky.social #Kidlit author #pb #cb
Member of #12x12PB #SCBWI #MightyKidLit
#50PreciousWords Winner '26
#PBandKidJudges HM '25
Lover of horror & humour
#KidlitCraze Blog
robynnhyde.com/kidlit-craze
Betsy Bird @fuse8.bsky.social Blog about kids books? You bet (A Fuse #8 Production). Library degree? You know it. Books for kids? Seven. Books for adults about kidlit? Two. Podcasts about kids books? One (Fuse 8 n’ Kate). Having fun! https://afuse8production.slj.com
Elizabeth Brookman @lizzyinlille.bsky.social Kidlit creator, occasional cartoonist, artist based in France
Rebecca J. Allen @rebeccajallen.bsky.social Rebecca writes middle grade stories that blend mystery & adventure and young adult stories with kick-butt heroines. MY CAT CAN'T TELL TIME (BUT I CAN) & 3 OTHER MATH ALL AROUND series books are out now! Loves yoga, enjoying nature, & growing yummy food.
Leah Rose Kessler @leahrosekessler.bsky.social Picture book author, voting rights advocate, biologist, former teacher & science educator, loather of AI, repped by Natascha Morris. She/her
www.leahrosekessler.com
(Banner from RAT FAIR - illlus by Cleonique Hilsaca)
Naomi Kenner (she/her) @nmkstories.bsky.social Making stories for newish humans and their newish caregivers. Neurodiverse family. Parent and usability researcher. SCBWI and 12x12 and PBRS Collective
Traci Van Wagoner @tracivw.bsky.social Traci VW Creations: Dragon Tamer & award-winning children’s book illustrator with a Kirkus star. I also do game art. By hand. No AI ever.
Let’s create beautiful things together! ↓
www.tracivanwagoner.com
#PaintPlay #KidLitArtist #NatureintheCity #SCBWI
Melissa Rafson Friedman @mrafson.bsky.social 📚 reader ✏️ writer 👩👧mom 👩🏫 teacher #12x12challenge #scbwi #kidlit
Children's Book Insider, the Children's Writing Monthly @writeforkids.bsky.social Since 1990, we've helped thousands of writers learn the path to success as an author of books for children and teens. More info: https://writeforkids.online
Jennifer Tarr @jennifertarr.bsky.social #picturebook writer, #12x12PB Gold Scholarship winner '26, often despairing Mets fan
Bianca Schulze: The Children's Book Review @tcbrbookreview.bsky.social Founder of The Children's Book Review. Reader-writer-reviewer!
Bestselling author of 101 Books to Read Before You Grow Up, Don't Wake the Dragon, and more. Sharing reviews, book lists, interviews with authors and illustrators, and tips for raising readers.
Jason Chin @authorjasonchin.bsky.social Children's book author and illustrator. 2022 Caldecott medal recipient. 
Matt Forrest Esenwine @mattforrestvw.bsky.social #Neurodivergent kidlit author, poetry writer, voice actor, Moxie drinker, dad, son, hubby, human. http://mattforrest.com https://www.instagram.com/mattforrestvw/
Nicola Davies @nicoladavies.bsky.social Publisher, Environmental journals.
#climate #food #health #water #ecology #infrastructure #energy. Views my own. 
Kelly Esparza Is Agented Again! @kellyesparza.bsky.social Mystery writer for adults & teens | poetry chapbook @bottlecappress | freelance editor | EIC: @flarelitmag.bsky.social 🔥| layout: Anahita Karthik | she/her | rep: @alexbrownwrites.bsky.social @madwomanliterary.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/kellyesparza
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff @rachellsarnoff.bsky.social I'm a writer and climate communicator who hosts "Ask an Author" on Instagram, the Good Newsletter on Substack, and Santa Monica Silent Book Club IRL. So many platforms, so little time - here's where I am, these days: https://linktr.ee/rachellincolnsarnoff
Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social www.troystory.ca
Author of 10 trad pub picture books.
(And 10 million unpubbed ones.)
Penguin Random House @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social 
Julie Winterbottom @jwbottom.bsky.social Children's book author. Debut PB bio, MAGIC IN A DROP OF WATER, in March 2025 from Rocky Pond/Penguin. Author of PRANKLOPEDIA, FRIGHTLOPEDIA, WHAT A BLAST! #kidlit #12x12 Cajun accordion player, porch-sitter 
Bad Viking Games (Rob & John). Strange Antiquities OUT NOW! @badvikinggames.bsky.social Two colourblind brothers running an Indie game studio in the UK. We are making:
Strange Antiquities - Out now.
Strange Horticulture - Out now.
linktr.ee/badviking
Rob: @robdonkin.bsky.social
John: @johnnydonkin.bsky.social
Trail Tracing — Trace H @trailtracing.bsky.social I am a nature lover, an OM System/Olympus camera and lens user, a weekly hike photo poster, and an inspirational quote quoter. All images posted are mine and (c).
old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue i'm a bot tweeting random images from the pomological watercolor collection in the usda's national agricultural library. unofficial. built by @xor.blue
Haiku Poems @haikupoems.bsky.social Welcome to the haiku poems collection 📖✒️
Ness 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social aka Vanessa Ricci-Thode. Nebula Award-winning trashbag & queer SFF writer. Chiefest and greatest of calamities. Dogs, gardening and Canadian rage. she/they 💙💜🩷
I'm only here for the food
thodestool.ca/links
Kelly Dyksterhouse @kellydhouse.bsky.social Literary Agent, The Tobias Literary Agency | #kidlit | AALA | SCBWI | 🐱and 🐶 | writer-hiker-daydreamer | www.KellyDyksterhouse.com
The Tobias Literary Agency @thetobiasagency.bsky.social A full-service literary agency representing authors of fiction and nonfiction.
https://thetobiasagency.com/
American Association of School Librarians (AASL) @aaslala.bsky.social AASL empowers leaders to transform teaching & learning.
AASL follows ALA’s Code of Conduct: https://bit.ly/3rNCISH
Hannah Byrd Little @librarianlittle.bsky.social Librarian Little - School Library Leader | Independent Boarding School Librarian | Leading efforts in Institutional Research, and striving for authenticity and integrity in messaging | Writer www.LibrarianLittle.com
Canadian School Library @cdnschoollibrary.bsky.social We are a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to professional research and education in the field of the school library learning commons in Canada. 
Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social Entertaining & educational conversations about science, tech, + more. Hosted by Ira Flatow and Flora Lichtman. From WNYCStudios.
@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social Teacher-Librarian, K-5
Hands-on STEAM; kidlit fanboy; love graphic novels; inclusive col’n; he/him.
Co-host of The Sartorial Librarians Podcast.
@sartoriallibrary.bsky.social
Spotify: spoti.fi/3ANgYge
Apple: apple.co/4e4mM3h
Instagram: bit.ly/4dCh09b
KaitlynLeann7 @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social Kidlit Literary Agent at Bradford Lit, Middle School Math Teacher, PB author Repped by Jackie Kruzie, Living that “eat a cookie while you can” kinda life
Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social Canada's online magazine of book news and reviews. https://quillandquire.com/
Aimee Reid @aimeereidbooks.bsky.social Author. Educator. Mom. Dark chocolate nibbler. www.AimeeReidBooks.com 
Ann Marie Meyers @ameyers333.bsky.social Author of Middle Grade and Young Adult novels
Represented by Joyce Sweeney at the Seymour Agency
Ellie Arscott @elliearscott.bsky.social Illustrator, scenic artist, kid book collector, creator and stationery lover✨
📚Books in the world🌎•Night Walk•Nonna and the Girls Next Door•Auntie’s Rez Surprise•A is for Anne•The Warmest Blanket in the World•Levi’s Gift November 2025!
www.elliearscott.com
Jean Mills @jeanmillswriter.bsky.social 🇨🇦 YA MG Author. Skating Over Thin Ice ~ Larkin on the Shore ~ The Legend ~ Bliss Adair and the First Rule of Knitting ~ Wingman ~ After the Wallpaper Music ~ 🥌 🎵 🫖 #LeafsForever 
Jessica Scott Kerrin @jessicascottkerrin.com I'm a Canadian 🇨🇦 children's author who shares pro tips and curated links to middle-grade resources that I've found helpful for middle-grade authors, plus middle-grade books (mostly funny ones) I've enjoyed. 
Jessica Vitalis @jessicavitalis.bsky.social Award-winning author, Greenwillow/HarperCollins. American by birth, Canadian by choice. 
Jen Lynn Bailey @jlbaileybooks.bsky.social Children's author. VCFA, SCBWI, CANSCAIP, MASC
THIS IS THE BOAT THAT BEN BUILT (Pajama Press 2022, illus. Maggie Zeng)
Forthcoming PBs with Groundwood (2027) and Owlkids (2028)
https://linktr.ee/jenlynnbailey
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
Kelly Zhang @kellyzhang.bsky.social Kidlit author & translator 中/英; TAKE ME TO LAOLAO (Jan '24 QuillTree/HarperCollins). Rep Hilary Harwell.
Transl: GRANDMA’S ROOF GARDEN (Jan '24 Levine Querido), TILTED SKY (May '24 LQ)
SCBWI CE Translator Coordinator
http://kellyzhangyl.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
Lydia Lukidis @lydialukidis.bsky.social Award winning #kidlit author & workshop presenter (K-6)
GROUCHO ('25 & '26)
UP, UP HIGH (Capstone '25)
DEEP, DEEP DOWN (Capstone '23)
Crystal Kite winner & Silver Birch Express Honor
Marcus Cutler @marcuscutler.bsky.social I'm an author & illustrator of children's literature.
I DO NOT EAT CHILDREN is available now! IDoNotEatChildren.com, THE CRAYON STUB is available for preorder! TheCrayonStub.com. Rep’d by Steven Chudney.
Find more about me at marcuscutler.com
MarlaLesage.bsky.social @marlalesage.bsky.social Author & Illustrator of picture books and graphic novels for children. Atlantic Canadian. https://marlalesage.com/
Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social internationally bestselling MG author #bannedbyrussia. Kidnapped from #Ukraine trilogy: Under Attack, 2: Standoff, 3: Still Alive. Scholastic. Agent: Ron Eckel, CookeMcDermid www.calla.com
Mary Beth Leatherdale @mbleatherdale.bsky.social Writer and editor of books for children and teens.
Michael F. Stewart @openmike.bsky.social Writes books for kids and young adults. VCFAWYCA, Canscaip, SCBWI, #kidlit, #canlit
Seeking Draven, Red Deer Press, 2024
Turn to Burn, Renaissance Press, 2025
SusanHughes @susanhughes.bsky.social editor/story coach specializing in kidlit | author of kids' books | freelance writer | she/her | upcoming bk: MISS MATCH | recent bks: HOORAY FOR TRUCKS!; SAME HERE; WALKING FOR WATER; LIGHTS DAY AND NIGHT | www.susanhughes.ca
Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com Viet-Canadian writer, multidisciplinary artist, general goblin on Treaty 1 territory. Queer, neurodivergent, she/they. SCBWI. https://tiffbartel.com
Rep: Katie Blagden @ The Ampersand Agency
Urve Tamberg @utamberg.bsky.social Author. Inspired by little known stories about bravery & ingenuity during WWII & Cold War #MG #YA #Estonian 🇪🇪
SCBWI. CANSCAIP. 12X12. TWUC.
utamberg.com
Valéry Goulet - Illustration & Design @valerydesignwrks.bsky.social French Canadian Designer, Illustrator & Design Instructor located in Edmonton, AB, Canada.
https://www.valerydesignwrks.ca/links
Sue Todd Illustration @suetodd.bsky.social Illustrator of children's and adult books, magazines, posters, packaging, public art. Two styles: hand-carved linocut and digital ink.
Portfolio: https://www.suetodd.com
Farida Zaman @faridazaman.bsky.social Author. Illustrator - telling a story through words and illustrations.
Kari-Lynn Winters @karilynnwinters.bsky.social Canadian Children's Author and Full Professor
Jane Baird Warren @janebairdwarren.bsky.social Sporty mom, book lover & author of HOW TO BE A GOLDFISH (Scholastic Canada). Writing stories for the young and young at heart. Repped by Elizabeth Bennett at Transatlantic Literary Agency #🟦
jan dolby @jandolby.bsky.social Children’s Illustrator made in Newfoundland based in Toronto, Canada.
jandolby.com
https://linktr.ee/jandolby
Rep'd by @pageturnerlit.bsky.social
Farida Mirza @faridamirza.bsky.social SCBWI, Children’s Published Author, Editor, Technical Writer
Joanne Levy @joannelevy.bsky.social I write books for kids and make things with wool, wood, and a bit of magic.
Some of my books: LET IT GLOW (with Marissa Meyer), BIRD BRAIN, SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS , THE SUN WILL COME OUT, FISH OUT OF WATER, SMALL MEDIUM AT LARGE.
www.joannelevy.com
Julie Prescesky @julieprescesky.bsky.social Illustration, writing, community arts, fibre arts, textile print Illustration. #kidlitart What else? All the fun stuff. And some of the not-as-fun stuff. But half-full, nonetheless. www.julieprescesky.com
Anita Miettunen (she/her) @anitamiettunen.bsky.social Author of Big Blue Forever | Writer Illustrator| kids books | SCBWI 🇨🇦
Andrea L. Mack @andreamack.bsky.social PB & MG writer. Kidlit book blogger (www.andrea-mack.blogspot.com). Grade 1 teacher. #12x12PB member. Mixed media collage artist. My writing projects often combine my love of baking, birds and board games with my passion for caring for our Earth. She/her.
Nadia L. Hohn @nadialhohn.bsky.social Author and educator
🇯🇲🇨🇦 Crafting fresh stories inspired by history, culture, & now. Order #MCQ @Groundwoodbooks & #TheAntiracistKitchen @orcabook. Rep’d by @hilary_mcmahon.
linktr.ee/nadialhohn
Jill Bogart @jillbogart.bsky.social Illustration, anemoia, ennui, and general casting about
jillbogart.ca
Rina Singh @storiesbysingh.bsky.social Children’s Author Spoken Word Coach
Judith Henderson @judithhenderson.bsky.social ✍️ author/illustrator, Composer🎹TV Producer. Wrote theme song for PBS show, Arthur.🏆
Heather Camlot @heathercamlot.bsky.social Children's author & editor. Latest: Becoming Bionic, The Prisoner and the Writer, Secret Schools, I Can't Do What? Montrealer in Toronto. 
Helen Mason @helenmason.bsky.social kidlit author, working on YA novels on mental illness, photographer, member of Lions International, environmentalist, #SCBWI, #CANSCAIP
MiliFayArt.bsky.social @milifayart.bsky.social Story Artist, Illustrator, Author, Globe Trotter 🏆 Roger Allers Story Artist – Notable Contribution 2026! 🌎 On art and writing. ✍🏻 Staying positive most of the time. 💕 ☀️ 😊 https://milifay.art
N. R. M. Roshak (Natalka) @nroshak.bsky.social Canadian, author & reader, nerd, parent. She/they. SFWA, SCBWI, Codexian. Invisibly bi/pan 🏳️🌈 Proud member of 🇺🇦 diaspora in 🇨🇦. https://nrmroshak.com and https://rdbms-insight.com 
Dianna Wilson Sirkovsky @diannaws.bsky.social Dianna Wilson Sirkovsky writes for kids 🎃📚🐈⬛🇨🇦
Cat lover; baker; picture book maker. Author of James’ Reading Rescue + Just One Pebble-2024 Goddard-CBC award winner. www.Diannawilsonsirkovsky.com
#SCBWI #Amquerying
Lana Button Books @lanabutton.bsky.social Books for kids dealing with life at school.
School presentations Kindergarten | Elementary |
Preschool| Toddler
Children's author with an ECE focus
Caroline Fernandez @parentclub.bsky.social 🍁 Canadian children's book author
📚 #kidlit genres: PB, non-fiction, chapter book, MG
🎉 New Books: #HomeChild #AshaAndBaz #PlagueThieves
☕ me in 3 words: books, baking, tea
carolinefernandez.ca
Melika Saeeda @melikasaeeda.bsky.social Iranian-Canadian illustrator, muralist and Art Administrator based in Toronto Canada 🇨🇦
Represented by RedFox Literary Agency.
Stacey Moffat @staceymoffat.bsky.social staceymoffat.com
I write heartfelt, humorous picture books & novels for kids.
#SCBWI #CANSCAIP
Amberlea Williams @amberleawilliams.bsky.social • Children's book illustrator-author / Graphic Designer / Yoga Instructor
• author/illustrator of 'The Bee Without Wings'
• Rep'd by Tracy Marchini, BookEnds Literary
linktr.ee/amberleawilliams
Shirley V T 🇨🇳🇨🇦🇵🇭🇹🇼 #veryasian #GN kidlit illustrator @svtworks.bsky.social Designer Architect 建築師 creative http://linktr.ee/svt.works #GN #NF #PB | #illustrator| #api 3x @canadacouncil always revising Pb+Prep Gn pitch sets #amquerying illustration.shirleyvting.com 📚 ✏️ |CLIPSTUDIO- AFFINITY-CAD & No 🧌, no TMI.
Juliana Neufeld ⎮ Kidlit Art 🌞 🍄 🐛 @juliananeufeld.bsky.social Toronto based Illustrator • She/They • Picture books, middle grade and editorial 🧡 Esp excited about projects which center marginalized voices 🧡
http://www.juliana-neufeld.com 
Jen MacGregor @jenmacgregor.bsky.social 🇨🇦 she/her; #kidlit author, repped by Saba Sulaiman
MAGS MACDONALD HAD A JETPACK (Owlkids, 2026)
https://www.jenmacgregor.ca/links.html
Shiva Delsooz @shivadelsoozart.bsky.social 🎨Children’s book author/illustrator
🇨🇦
Represented by Kayla Cichello at Upstart Crow Literary
🌐 https://www.shivadelsooz.com
Laura Bontje | Preorder Marian's Big Dig! @laurabontje.bsky.social Fiction Editor | Author: WAS IT A CAT I SAW? (Amicus), WHEN THE AIR SANG (Annick), MARIAN'S BIG DIG (Groundwood), and more | she/her | Seeking rep | No AI
https://bio.site/laurabontje
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. 🇨🇦
Kelsey Marshalsey @kelseymarshalsey.bsky.social She/Her
Canadian Illustrator/Author 🇨🇦
Portfolio: www.kelseymarshalsey.com
Sarah Whang @anderkaya.bsky.social 🐔 Korean-Canadian Illustrator #KidLit
🐤 WHEN THE AIR SANG out 2025!
🐣 Open for work in publishing
🥚 Repped by @socalledyalife.bsky.social at TLA
Portfolio: https://sunhawhang.com/
WHEN THE AIR SANG: https://www.annickpress.com/Books/W/When-the-Air-Sang
Craig Macnaughton @craigmacnaughton.com 📚 🇨🇦 Maker Of Picture Books, Creative Objects and Dinner
👫 Stay-At-Home Dad
👔 A New Tie Wearing
📝 #Kidlit | #12x12 | #SCBWI
https://www.craigmacnaughton.com
Jean-Philippe Morasse @jpmorasse.bsky.social New freelance illustrator and author !
Camellia Koo @camelliakoo.bsky.social Storyteller, picture book author, illustrator.
Set & costume designer for theatre, opera.
Rock collector. Woolgatherer. Daydreamer.
YAYA AND THE DAN-TATS, illustrated by Phoebe Xiao. (Annick Press, out in the world now :) )
Andy Tolson (Author) @andytolson.bsky.social Children's book author 🇨🇦
• How to Kidnap a Mermaid
• How to Rescue a Unicorn
• How to Wrestle a Kraken
• SCBWI • CANSCAIP
www.andytolson.com
Yolanda T. Marshall @authorytm.bsky.social I am a #kidlit #inclusive traditionally published author.
I write books that were historically excluded from libraries and schools, but some are still.
Rep. by Carly Watters
PS Literary Agency
17 years = 20 books
www.ytmarshall.com
Danny Neville @dnevillebooks.bsky.social Children’s author, educator, husband, dad, he/him 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 LITTLE BEE: THE STORYTIME EXTRAVAGANZA Aug ‘26
Kim Campbell @pblove.bsky.social Former Children's Librarian💗 | Big Dreamer | Lover of picture books, the KidLit world, libraries, community, & fart books | Haiku Writer
Website: www.booksbutterfliesandbeing.com
KidLit Acrostics flipbook: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/fe5beff236.htm
Erin Alladin @erinalladin.bsky.social Author, editor, gardener, presenter. Co-host of @plantsalwayswin.com . Books where literacy meets outdoor education. Books on gentle gardening for disabled bodies. https://erin-alladin.com