Michelle Knudsen @michelleknudsen.bsky.social Nebula-winning & NYT bestselling author of 50+ books for kids & teens plus SFF short fiction for the olds. Library Lion, Into the Wild Magic, Evil Librarian & more. BSFA finalist. VCFA alum. SFWA. Codex. All the links: linktr.ee/michelleknudsen
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 📚
Jenn Gaulding @jenngauldingbooks.bsky.social #PB Writer 📖✏️
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Halloweensie, SunWriteFun, SpringFlingKidlit '25 Winner
Valentiny, WKLN '25 HM
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Chris Low @chrislowauthor.bsky.social I'm a #kidlit writer, special education coach, and blogger for @themixed-upfiles.bsky.social
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aNi ilustra @aniilustra.bsky.social 🖌 Children's book author-illustrator #kidlit #kidlitart
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Laura Parnum @lauraparnum.bsky.social Author, copyeditor, occasional magician. PERIL AT PRICE MANOR (HarperCollins 2023) and THE HAUNTING OF BELLINGTON COTTAGE (HarperCollins, July 2025). www.LauraParnum.com
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Lauren Kimberly 🇨🇦 @authorlaurenk.bsky.social THE HOLIDAY TRAIN (fall 2028) #PBParty Finalist ‘26 | #PBParty HM ‘25 | Writing PB through MG | autistic mom of two | #SCBWI #12x12PB | #amquerying #neurodiversity
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Angela Dahle @angelapenadahle.bsky.social Signed Ink founder 🤟signedink.org , 🇺🇸HOH 🦻🧏♀️AUTHOR of MG fantasy/historical fantasy & PB, 2023 SCBWI Rising Kite (2nd place MG), 2020 Walter Grant recipient, 2020 Las Musas Hermana. Lover of wit, waves🌊, fruit tarts, & all shades blue 🦋 #MGForce
Kerry Madden- Lunsford @kerrymadden.bsky.social I write books for kids and teach creative writing at UAB. My new novel is called WEREWOLF HAMLET with Charlesbridge Moves in 2025. Happily married to Kiffen with three beautiful grown kids and a grandchild, Bonnie Alfred. https://www.kerrymadden.com/
Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social Correspondent on the Daily Show. Standup Comic & Emmy-nominated writer. Listen to the Josh Johnson Show podcast on Spotify + Apple
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Sarah Doan ˙ ᵕ ˙ @lilacdoodz.bsky.social Children's book author illustrator ✐ Rep'd 𝑏ყ James McGowan ᴀᴛ BookEnds Literary #kidlit
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Susan Metallo @metallowrites.bsky.social YA Author, librarian, neurodivergent nerd girl.
HEARTS ON THE TABLE - Coming Sept 22, 2026 from Candlewick
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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social Author (The Fault in Our Stars, The Anthropocene Reviewed, etc.)
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Kaitlin Felix - Author of RAN'S DAUGHTERS - OUT NOW!! @kaitlinfelix.bsky.social Author, ringbearer, nerd in the Swiss Alps. ADHD/Chronic Illness. She/her 🏳️🌈
RÁN’S DAUGHTERS out MARCH 4, 2025 from Outland Entertainment
I like Vikings, crochet, and cats.
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Sara F. Shacter @sarashacter.bsky.social Children's Book Author/Teacher
Most Recent Book: Georgia Watson and the 99 Percent Campaign
Writing for the world's best audience!
Juli 💖💜💙 @juli-writes.bsky.social Kid Lit writer with ADHD who likes to rock climb (She/her)
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Lauren Whitney (she/her) is querying! @laurenem6.bsky.social Mom of two, #kidlit writer, elementary school librarian, movie-lover, crazy LEGO lady
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School Library Journal @slj.com School Library Journal is the premiere publication for librarians and information specialists who work with children and teens. A source of quality, award-winning journalism and reviews for 70 years, SLJ publishes 5,000+ reviews annually.
Amanda MacGregor @amandamacgregor.bsky.social Writing, reading, reviewing, libraries, dogs, children’s lit, mental health, and Teen Librarian Toolbox. All opinions solely my own. She/her.
Melissa Taylor @imaginationsoup.bsky.social Writer, communications/marketing consultant, fmr teacher & teacher trainer, author. M.Ed. TOVA’S SWEET SOLUTION (4/2026), https://melissataylor.net https://imaginationsoup.net
Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social Author/editor of dreampunk and weird SFFH fiction: DRECK (2023), MIRRORMAZE (2020), SOMNISCOPE (2024), THE LASTING LANDS (2027). Watty winner, Imadjinn finalist, linguist, artist, coder, neurodivergent, INFP-T, 4w5, Scorpio, he/him. CliffJonesJr.com
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Marcella Pixley @marcellapixley.bsky.social Award Winning Author of #kidlit YA and MG Novels. NESHAMA (Candlewick 2025). Junior Library Guild Gold Standard. TROWBRIDGE ROAD (Candlewick 2020) Longlisted National Book Award, Finalist, Massachusetts Book Award, Junior Library Guild Gold Standard.
Mx. Librarian @mxlibrarian.bsky.social I'm a queer, trans, disabled librarian with a passion for crafting and MG and YA fiction. Working on a new website to get away from Substack, but until that's done I'm at https://mxlibrarian.substack.com/
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Dow Phumiruk @dowphumiruk.bsky.social Mom, wife, clinically retired peds, now academic MD, author/illustrator, 🇹🇭Thai American, SCBWI Narr Art Award winner, E/W Lit Agency, posts #kidlitart & book marketing, on hiatus from new book projects. Ignores random DMs. She/her/hers, opinions my own.
RootingForUPod @rootingforupod.bsky.social A podcast for all writers (especially BIPOC writers) on their publishing journeys. We aim to take a closer look at publishing without rose-colored lenses. Hosts: Peace Zodanou & Elle Taylor
Jenni Howell @jennihowell.bsky.social Boys with Sharp Teeth (April 8 2025 @fiercereads) | Book 2 (Fall 2026) | dark books, chaotic joy author | Rep Claire Friedman
Amitha Jagannath Knight @amitha.bsky.social Award-winning author and poet, identical twin, parent, MD (not practicing). Also: guitar, piano, bharatanatyam student. Boston area, MA, USA.
Rep: @karisutherland.bsky.social
www.amithaknight.com
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Hallie Christensen | Author @halliechriswrites.bsky.social Author (Fantasy/Cozy, Humor, RomCom, Paranormal, #MG #A)
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social Senior Agent at Neighborhood Literary. Lambda Award-winning author, sometimes. HOMEGROWN MAGIC out now, WHAT IF…KITTY PRYDE out next
Carey Blankenship-Kramer @careybk.bsky.social Author of GHOST SCOUTS HONOR, Scholastic April 2025. Associate Agent at Azantian. AALA Member. IG, Threads, & TikTok: careyblankenshipkramer. Twitter: careyblankensh. Rep: Sheyla Knigge. (she/her)
I. M. Eerie @imeerie.bsky.social 💀 Middle grade horror author 🦷 OPEN WIDE (SimonKids, Aug ‘25)🍦I SCREAM TRUCK (SimonKids, Aug ‘26) ✍🏻 Repped by Lynnette Novak
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https://www.simonandschuster.com/series/An-Eerie-Tale
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S i l v e r M i l a g r o @silvermilagro17.bsky.social Children's author obsessed w/lifeforce of a good seed, literally and metaphorically. Repped by Curtis Brown, Ltd.
Michael M. Jones @oneminutemonkey.bsky.social writer. book reviewer. anthologist. owned by cats. very sleepy. often stressed. mostly harmless. cryptically queer. he/him. SFWA. Codex. MFA in Childrens' Literature from Hollins University. I support diversity, inclusion, representation. 
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Middle Grade Escapades @mgescapades.bsky.social A community of authors debuting with middle grade books in 2025.
middlegradeescapades.com
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Linda Ludke @lindamludke.bsky.social Librarian, book lover, vintage enthusiast and children's book reviewer for Quill & Quire and Booklist 
T.M. Clark @tmclark.com.au I am a Zimbabwean-born author who writes stories that blend diverse cultures and wildlife. I am passionate about nurturing writers, building libraries in Papua New Guinea, and inspiring readers through my love for storytelling.
Don Martin @bydonmartin.bsky.social 🐈⬛ NYT/USA Today Bestselling Author of YA Fantasy, Non-Fiction, & Poetry
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Rebecca Danzenbaker - Young Adult Author @rebeccadanzenbaker.bsky.social Reading and writing swoonworthy stories with HEAs. 💖
Author of SOULMATCH (S&S 7/2025)💞
Read the first chapter now! 👇
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Main St. Books Monroe @mainstbooksmonroe.bsky.social A used and new bookstore in Monroe, Washington since 1995. Woman- and LGBTQIA-owned and operated. Store cat. 110 E. Main St. Monroe WA 98272 📚🌈😺 MainStBooksMonroe.com
Channelle Desamours @elledesamours.bsky.social Author of NEEDY LITTLE THINGS and THEY CALL HER REGRET | Rep: Molly Ker Hawn
madge @madgemaril.bsky.social weird girl romance. 📖🥂🧚♀️✨ Slipstream & The Paddock Club out now from Simon & Schuster. https://madgemaril.com
Angela Montoya @angelamontoya.bsky.social I write books. Sinner’s Isle and A Cruel Thirst are out now.
I cohost a writerly podcast: Of the Publishing Persuasion.
My current obsession are period C-Dramas. Have any recs for me?
Andrea Stewart @andreagstewart.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling author of The Drowning Empire trilogy and The Hollow Covenant trilogy, thriller Someone Else’s Daughter (out Feb 2027), cat herder, silly hat enthusiast, coach at The Novelry
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@danielleaubinlcsw.bsky.social @danielleaubinlcsw.bsky.social 
C. K. Jensen || querying author @ckjensenauthor.bsky.social sff writer + book coach
i write 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ fairytales, mostly
Jill Tew @jtewwrites.bsky.social THE DIVIDING SKY (YA dystopian romance from PRH) out October 8th, 2024! www.thedividingsky.com
Trish Lundy @trishlundy.bsky.social Author of The One That Got Away with Murder, The Worst Is Yet to Come (10/6/26), and Scarier Than the Movies (2027). She/her. Rep: Stephen Barbara at Inkwell Management
October K Santerelli @okwrites.bsky.social He/Him/They/Them
Author! Fantasy and Comic Writer.
LGBTQ+, disabled, neurospicy, and proud.
Vive le resistance.
Emma R. Alban @eraofemma.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling author of DON'T WANT YOU LIKE A BEST FRIEND · Screenwriter · Theater kid · Stress Baker · Rep: Stacy Testa · She/her
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Lily Williams @lwbean.bsky.social • Author • Artist • IF ANIMALS DISAPPEARED (series) • GO WITH THE FLOW Eisner nominated/LA Times Book Prize finalist • She/Her •
https://linktr.ee/lwbean 
Lizzy Ives @lizzytacular.bsky.social Author of FAT WITCH SUMMER 🌙 currently writing: the sequel 📚
Grace Lin @authorgracelin.bsky.social Newbery & Caldecott Honor & Legacy Award & NBA Finalist • contact Hachette Speakers Bureau for appearance requests • https://linktr.ee/authorgracelin
Britney S Lewis @britneyslewis.bsky.social Award-Winning. Angsty Black Girls. Fantasy Romance.
🖤BLOOD MOON (preorder today!)
🖤The Dark Place
🖤The Undead Truth of Us
🖤WCS Dancer
Alex nonymous @alexnonymous.bsky.social I write & read queer & disabled lit!
Geo Rutherford @geodesaurus.bsky.social Um yes, hello!
Spooky Lakes Month
Lake Baikal Stan Account
Dani Studies Monsters @dani-monster.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/dani_studies_monsters
PhD Candidate
English Literature
Gothic, Horror, Monsters,
Cultural Critique
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Judy Lin @judyilinauthor.bsky.social Author of YA fantasy & horror, occasional poet, bubble tea aficionado 
Samantha Chong @samjamtimtam.bsky.social ✍️ Malaysian fiction writer
💻 freelance social media strategist/newsletter person
🧠 lover of puns
🍴avid food maker/eater
🐅 YA fantasy PRODIGAL TIGER (Putnam Children's) > March 17, 2026.
rep: Larissa Melo Pienkowski
https://linktr.ee/samjamtimtam
Tasha Suri @tashasuri.bsky.social Writes stuff. Out now: THE ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA. Next: THE LADY OF THORNS. (She/Her)
Katie Wu @katiewuwrites.bsky.social author of magical gut-punchers
MADDER LAKE 🎨🖤(Harper Voyager ‘27)
rep: jim mccarthy | 34k on tiktok | nyc
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Lynn D. Jung @lynndjungbooks.bsky.social spec fic writer & authortuber 🌱
MOTHSBLOOD - Bloomsbury US - fall '26 🍂
Rep: Laura Crockett @ Triada US
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Lizzy Gass @lizzygass.bsky.social Painting real and fantastical worlds
www.lizzygass.com
The Snarky Librarian @thesnarkylibrarian.bsky.social Wife. Mom. Teacher. Librarian. Learner. Reader. Explorer. Dreamer.
Renee Beauregard Lute @reneeblute.bsky.social Author | DINNER AT THE BRAKE FAST | THE EXCEPTIONAL MAGGIE CHOWDER | WINICKER WALLACE | Mom to 3 | She/Her | PNW
Rep: @swekstein.bsky.social
https://www.reneebeauregardlute.com
Diana Rodriguez Wallach, YA Horror Author @dianawallachauthor.bsky.social YA Horror Author of SMALL TOWN MONSTERS & HATCHET GIRLS (out now!), and THE SILENCED (Delacorte Sept. ‘25)
Sarah LuAnn Perkins @sarahluann.bsky.social I make stories full of wonder and whimsy. Illustrator, author, art teacher, reader.
She/They
SarahLuAnn.com
Agent: Adria Goetz KT Literary
Marshall J. Moore @marshalljmoore.bsky.social ⚡️THE HENCHPERSON’S GUIDE TO UNIONIZING
@bantambooks September 22, 2026
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Yeny @yenywrites.bsky.social agented writer. reader. educator. mother.
slayerette. 🇨🇺🇺🇸 Las Musas Hermana
Rios de la Luz @riosdelaluz.bsky.social 📚 Indie author. 🧿❤️🔥Bruja. 🦋🫀Mama to Gus. 🇲🇽🇬🇹🏳️🌈 I am here to ramble about writing, TV, movies, & books.
Lisa S @lisamsauthor.bsky.social MG/YA author
Hopefully querying MG Fantasy in 2026!
Clare Osongco @clareosongco.bsky.social author of WHEN THE SKY IS DEEPEST BLUE (Disney-Hyperion, Fall 2024) 🚙💙🥭✨ | fil-am | she/her | rep: Amy Bishop-Wycisk at DG&B
Autumn Harvey (she/her) @booksbyautumn.bsky.social Writer🖋️, AuDHD🧠, Midwest🌳, Librarian📚, Spoonie🦓, LBGTQ🩷💛💙, Gluten Free🥐, Crafter🧶, Gardener🌱
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Jenn Naughton @literarylearning.bsky.social Just a bookish Chicagoan
Jeremy Eagan ⊬ 📘 @jeagan.bsky.social Author, have ASD, love baseball, Trek, and TØP. The Sleep Directive out now.
jeremyeagan.com
Anika Fajardo @anikawriter.bsky.social Debut novel THE MANY MOTHERS OF DOLORES MOORE coming 9/16/25
Other books: Meet Me Halfway | What if a Fish | Magical Realism for Non-Believers
Moti Black 🏴 @motiblackart.bsky.social Autistic: Late/Self Realised
Writer/artist living in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland
Community library volunteer
Trans Rights Matter
Black Lives Matter
No AI
Author of The Casa Martyrs https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CG2PQCP9
Astrid ON HIATUS | INARORA'S EXCURSION Out Now! @seraphrdm.bsky.social AroAce, Agender, Disabled, artist/author of Inarora's Excursion @ https://fateofenaros.carrd.co. Consider following me on social media & signing up for my newsletter @ astridabellauthor.com
Fuck GenAI
💙 Laika & Luna
#ChroniclesOfTsukiya #FateOfEnaros
S.S. Genesee @geneseedraws.bsky.social Indie Author & Artist🌷 ALL TOMORROW’S PHOTOS (out now!) 🌸 SYMPATHY FOR THE BLUES (out now!) 🌸 Rolling Stones enthusiast 🌸
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ravi/raven “offline" teixeira @raviteixeira.bsky.social he/she/they glaad award winning cartoonist 🏳️⚧️🇨🇻 BECOMING WHO WE ARE, QUICK AND EASY GUIDE TO COMING OUT, HEAVEN WEST VIRGINIA 🔜 11/11 free palestine!
Yesica or Nosica (La Migdalia) 🇨🇺🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @lamigdalia.bsky.social #ActuallyAutistic advocate, author, burned out therapist, angry crip, & multimedia artist
I wrote a book about neurodiversity for therapists & make neuroqueer art @ https://lamigdalia.etsy.com
Eva 30-50 Feral Ideas Seyler @theevaseyler.bsky.social Not a second-rate queen getting kicks with a crown. Totallus bizarrus. #ActuallyAutistic. her/she. Seventh-day Adventist Christian. www.evaseyler.com / 🚫AI
Fannie Spanker, author (she/her) @fanniespanker.com 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳️🌈✡️ but dismantle 🇮🇱
My ACAB kinky erotic poly detective romance is downloadable FREE on fanniespanker.com & fannie-spanker.itch.io/hardboiled-whore !
Author of camp smut.
Bipolar, ADHD, anxious, ger tzadik, anti-Zionist, aegosexual.
Please, minors, DNI.
Viv Dawes Autistic Advocate @vivdawes.bsky.social AuDHD PDA (she/her/they) non binary, lived experience trainer, author, consultant, anti fascist, anti racist. I specialise in autistic burnout. Founder of ABN- The Autistic Burnout Network.
www.autisticadvocate.co.uk
Rory Michaelson (submitted and readable) @rorymichaelson.com #1 Best smelling author of the LESSER KNOWN MONSTERS series. Queer, AuDHD chaos goblin. Fuck GenAI. They/them(bo). 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ rep: @inthesestones.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/rorymichaelson
Chloe | Writer, Journalist ✨✒️ @wordsbychloe.bsky.social freelance books, culture & ♿ journo/editor/copy | author 🖋️ romantasy w/ messy, disabled girls | rep: Maria Whelan @ Inkwell | words: Independent, R29, Grammys, Fast Company, Bookseller etc | AuDHD | https://linktr.ee/WordsbyChloe | chloe@wordsbychloe.com