The Storytellers Foundation | The Storyteller's Shelf Podcast @tstorypodcast.bsky.social https://thestorytellersshelfpodcast.com 📚 Kidlit experts. 📖 We demystify publishing! | 🥇 Top 100 & Spotify Award-Winning Podcast | Home of The Big Bang Notable Book List & The Storytellers Summit Series | summit.getstoryrise.com
Alex @bigorangealex.bsky.social 26 | he/him
Art, comics and OCs!
I also work at the library! :D
https://linktr.ee/bigorangealex
Jake Ēkiss @jakeekiss.bsky.social He/Him
I make comics and other things.
Check my #art
Portfolio: https://cara.app/jakeekiss/portfolio
Dave Hill @imcalleddave.bsky.social Illustrator.
Seek-and-Find/Wimmelbild boy. Drawer of Tiny Things. 
East Grand Forks Campbell Library @egfcampbelllibrary.bsky.social An independent public library serving East Grand Forks and the surrounding area in northwest Minnesota. The current building was built after the devastating flooding of the Red River of the North in 1997.
https://www.eastgrandforks.us/185/Library
Mazie @sillyartcollector.bsky.social Illustrator, cartoonist, might be a wizard, might be three raccoons in a trench coat, might be all of the above #kidlitart #cartoonist
✏️ https://MazieLovie.carrd.co
✉️ sillyartcollector@gmail.com
🎨 pencilbooth.com/Sillyartcollector
Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com Minneapolis. Author and illustrator of award-winning comics and funnybooks. Keeps hens. Tells fortunes. Is queer. I cannot tell if you're joking. Literal* cartoon. He/him, They/them
Support my work: patreon.com/trungles
Links: https://bio.site/trungles
Kim Herbst @kiwifruitbird.bsky.social Illustrator | Senior Concept Artist | Art Director | She/her 💖💙❤️ posts/opinions are my own
www.kimherbst.com
https://www.kimherbst.com/shop
Tags: #pixelcat
Tony Canepa @thetonycanepa.bsky.social Freelance Illustration | Design | Branding | Objects
Portfolio: tonycanepa.com
linktr.ee/thetonycanepa for social media, interviews and other links
Katherine Locke @katherinelocke.bsky.social Author, writer, reader, cat owner, horse owner. Mostly made of rage and salt. Red Sea pedestrian. They/them.
Mary Jane Lange @maryjanelange.bsky.social Wine lover, tree hugger, children's book author-illustrator, middle/high school art teacher in Paris.
California (native) 🐻
France (adoptee) 🐓
https://serendipiti.myportfolio.com/
https://www.instagram.com/maryjanelange4?igsh=ZngzZTBpdW5qbW1m
Nicholas Kole @nicholaskole.bsky.social Character Designer & Illustrator, Jesus-follower, married to Erkshnrt
🎨: Spyro Reignited, Crash Bandicoot 4, Disney Lorcana, My Little Pony G6, Cuphead 2!
www.nicholaskole.art
Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social Poet, New York Times bestselling author of Paleolithic Era novels, nonfiction writer, award-winning screenwriter.
https://marymackey.com/
Pat Zietlow Miller (she/her) @patzmiller.bsky.social Picture book author. Reader. Bookstore and library lover. All about my kids and cats. Repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette. #Kidlit website: www.patzietlowmiller.com
IslandTwinArtists @islandtwinartists.bsky.social Hi! We're Dori and Kate! 💕 Identical twins, kidlit author-illustrators, educators, SCBWI members, bakers, nature lovers, moms of super kids and pets, neurodiverse 💞
✨ Joyfully seeking representation ✨
www.IslandTwinArtists.com
Greg Pincus @gregpincus.bsky.social Writer. Likes to rhyme, though not when writing movies or novels. But you should see my shopping lists! Has never bought an orange. #kidlitchat cohost for 14+ years on ex-Twitter (and now here on Tuesday nights at 9 PM EST!). Still bats and throws righty.
Deborah Paquette @deborahpaquette.bsky.social Picture-book author/illustrator. #SCBWI Canada West Co-ARA.
deborahpaquette@shaw.ca
deborahpaquette.com
Diana Delosh - illustrator @dtdelosh.bsky.social Illustrator/storyteller represented by Lynnette Novak of The Seymour Agency
portfolio: https://dianadelosh.com
Rebecca Weber 🙂🐈⬛📰 @rweberwrites.bsky.social #SCBWI Author - THE PAINTER'S BUTTERFLY and LOOPHOLE (Artemesia Publishing)/Beta reader/@litkidsmagazine.bsky.social founder/House flipper/Bostie & girl mom/#MGpies #YANation
"You are the one you've been waiting for all of your life!"
Jessica Vitalis @jessicavitalis.bsky.social Award-winning author, Greenwillow/HarperCollins. American by birth, Canadian by choice. 
Joshua Chennault @joshuachennault.com Illustrator & Author | #Kidlit | Humorous and Spooky Early Reader & Middle Grade Graphic Novels are my jam!
Currently seeking representation.
🎨 joshuachennault.com
✉️ info@joshuachennault.com
Kaushani Mufti @padfootblack25.bsky.social 🌟Kidlit and Middle-grade Illustrator from🇮🇳
🌟Open to Representation
🌟 SCBWI India - Illustrator Co-ordinator
🌟 https://kaushanimufti.com/
✉️ kaushani.mufti@gmail.com
Amanda Morrow @amandamorrowart.bsky.social Kidlit Artist 🎨
amandamorrowart.com
Rep’d by the Bright Agency
David Opie Illustration @daveopie.bsky.social I'm an author, illustrator, and teacher. Please see my portfolio site at spacemandave.com.
Chris Fenoglio @chrisfenoglio.bsky.social Hugo award winning and New York Times bestselling artist (which has definitely gone to my head).
Mostly terrible jokes. Sometimes I post art…
Portfolio at: www.ChrisFenoglio.com
For rates and info contact me: Chris(at)ChrisFenoglio.com
He/him/dude
Diana Castillo | Author/Illustrator @dianaacastle.bsky.social Cuban Mermaid & Author/Illustrator, repped by Saritza at Andrea Brown Literary Agency!
📖 Snap! Crunch! Munch? (Holiday House, 2025)
📚 Detective Fuego series (Simon Spotlight, 2027 & 2028)
#Kidlitart & #Comic Portfolio: dianacastleart.com
James Gurney Art @jamesgurneyart.bsky.social Creator of Dinotopia and artist/author of Color and Light and Imaginative Realism.
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
Becky (Rebecca) Allen @tigerlilygraphics.bsky.social Freelance Graphic Designer & Illustrator from London ON Canada 🇨🇦 My assistant is Archie the ginger cat 🐱 When I'm not creating art you can often find me playing video games or curled up with a good book.
www.tigerlilygraphics.com
Brian Kirby @boringstorybook.com Author/illustrator of humorous stories for kids.
https://briankirbystudio.com
SCBWI Ohio: North | #pbparty Finalist ‘24 & ‘25 | #kidlit booster
Represented by @KaitlynLeann17.bsky.social at
@Bradfordagents.bsky.social
Aerin Alexandria @aerinalexandria.bsky.social artist | writer | dog mom | full time dreamer ♡
Check out my art on Etsy! ✨
https://www.etsy.com/shop/AerinAlexandria
Zoe Persico @zoepersico.bsky.social HOW TO TALK TO YOUR SUCCULENT 2025. Author & Illustrator. She/Her. Work inquires to persico.zoe at gmail and/or to Natascha Morris at Tobias Literary https://zoepersico.com/
Andrea Beaty @andreabeatyauthor.bsky.social NYT author of The Questioneers. Ada Twist, Scientist/ Rosie Revere, Engineer. New title: Billie Jean Peet, Athlete!
#kidlit #stem #sel #reading #literacy #whimsy
http://www.andreabeaty.com
https://questioneers.com
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/
Chan @ LBX 411 @aluhnim.bsky.social #1 NYT Bestselling Cartoonist somehow. Product Designer. Illustrator. Posts random works in progress pieces. Also posts a lot at random intervals. They/He.
Repped by Molly O’Neill at Root Lit.
chanchauart.com
#supernote
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
propublica.org
Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social Advice blogger, soon-to-be-author. You may remember me as CAwkward on that other site, but I have reclaimed my full title and powers! Here to make new internets to push the bad internets down. 
liv mae morris @dogtective.bsky.social author: THE LAST DRAGON HOUSE
rep: @sarahnfisk.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/livmm
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. 🇨🇦
Michael Dashow @mdashow.bsky.social Illustrator, character designer, kidLit artist & gameDev art director.
Rep'd by @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social @ CMA
Also made the indie puzzle game Puzzle Spy International (out now!) at @agentepsilon.bsky.social
https://mdashow-links.carrd.co/
he / him
Victoria K. Chapman (she/her) @weyakindesigns.bsky.social Whimsical Art & Stories of Nature & Spirit. Illustrator. Author. Fine Artist. Musician. Dancer. Nature-lover. Mom to humans, dog, and plants. Rep’d by Joyce Sweeney & Rosa Frazier at The Seymour Agency! #12x12PB #KidLitArt www.weyakindesigns.com 💙💜🩷 🌈
José A Nieto @jas094.bsky.social Kidlit Illustrator · Seeking Representation
www.joseanieto.com
Del Hahn @delartstuffs.bsky.social Cartoonist, storyboard artist and french fry enthusiast || Comic Artist of FAST BREAK @ FSG/Macmillan || Storyboard Artist @ Mukpuddy || Repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette
🇺🇸✈️🇳🇿
delartstuffs.com
delartstuffs.substack.com
Megan Matelonek @mmatelonek.bsky.social Freelance Motion Graphic Artist & Designer. Animator & GIF EXPERT. Fan of comics, graphic novels, filmmaking and creative art!
deck.blue @deck.blue 3rd-party TweetDeck for the Atmosphere! Featuring columns, multi-account, scheduling and inline translations!
Developed by @gildaswise.com without AI
App: https://deck.blue
Contact: hello@deck.blue
Subscribe: https://patreon.com/deckblue
Josie Macey @josiemacey.bsky.social I am a children’s book illustrator living in the UK who also loves to write children’s stories. Inspiring children to be imaginative and creative people is what I love to do. Josiemacey.com
John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social TV, comics and film writer. LEVERAGE, JACKIE CHAN ADVENTURES, BLUE BEETLE, MARRY ME, a couple other things. Free newsletter of reviews, recommendations, and general oddities at https://buttondown.email/kungfumonkey
Elin Winkler @doronjosama.bsky.social She/Her 🏳️🌈
Comic editor, publisher, writer, and comic dealer. Still somehow maintaining Radio Comix. Former manga re-writer, back when manga was massively uncool. Small, shy & sarcastic. Nerd girl for life.
https://www.ebay.com/usr/radioindy
Jorge @corebreaker.bsky.social Styled 3D Character artist
Streaming 3D modeling from time to time.
Some suggestive artwork
interacts with 🔞 artist
(Commissions: Closed)
https://linktr.ee/CoreBreaker
Denis Angelov @denisillustrates.bsky.social Children's book illustrator and artist, based in Sofia, Bulgaria
Art / Film Photography / Stuff I like
🌐 www.denisillustrates.com
Chris Lewis Lee - available for work @chrislewislee.com Illustrator, 2D game artist, dad.
Worcester, England
I appreciate human-made art.
https://www.chrislewislee.com/
Other socials: http://chrislewislee.carrd.co
He/Him
BrianMcLachlan @brianmcl.com Website: http://brianmcl.com
Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/53s84hmf
Comic Tutorial Videos: http://bit.ly/3EvX8CX
shop: http://brianmcl.threadless.com
Author of Spruce Street Squad in Owl Magazine
he/him demi/ace
#KidLitArt #TTRPG
Victoria D @kotorimochi.bsky.social Freelance artist and cat lover/ I'm anti NFTs & AI generator❌/ you can repost my work just credit please ❤️
🚨18+ account!!
✨Links to my other social medias as well as my Ko-fi and patreon -> https://kotori-victoria-art.carrd.co
Rine @rine-nell.bsky.social Créatrice de fleurs en papier 🌷
Lesbienne 🌈
Reco lecture, manga/anime et yuri 🌟
Vicki Gausden @vickigausden.co.uk Illustrator, friend to dogs & fan of the 6B pencil. Love a dress with pockets. Books with Little Tiger, Farshore & HarperCollins.
www.vickigausden.co.uk
Sygnin @sygnin.com Comic: https://nowherecomic.com/
All links: https://sygnin.carrd.co/
Vgen (comms): https://vgen.co/sygnin
🇨🇦 🇸🇬 Main account @charlenedraws.bsky.social
🚫 AI /NFT
Fio ☾ ⋆*･ﾟ @fioart.bsky.social Artist
✦ comics / illustration / concept art/
✦ Co-creator of Stories under Seal
✦ She/Her ✦ 💛💙 ✦ Professional paladin aasimar every Saturday
No AI/NFT
Eng/Ua
Amalas @amalasrosa.bsky.social WHEREVER I’M WITH YOU (‘28 Putnam Books)
Amalas // Freelance artist
📧amalasdraws@gmail.com
Rep. by Jennifer Azantian
azantianlitagency.com/our-artists/amalas-rosa
Print shop: inprnt.com/gallery/amalasrosa/
Patreon: patreon.com/Amalas
ko-fi.com/amalas
Davis Bickford @davis.social Artist • Game Dev
Pug Dad • Husband • ND • he/him
Half of @twigbit.games
🔗 Links!: davis.social
Art-only feed: https://bsky.app/profile/davis.social/feed/aaabpqcklbun6
🦋
kidlitchat @kidlitchat.bsky.social #kidlitchat happens every Tuesday night at 9E/6P, co-hosted by @bonnieadamson.com and @gregpincus.bsky.social. The topic is posted here as each chat begins, as well as any important chat news.
Banner art by Brian Kirby: @boringstorybook.com
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹
links.weratedogs.com
McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net The official Bluesky feed of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, & McSweeney's Books.
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Eric Orchard @inkybat.bsky.social Illustrator
Kjipuktuk
Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/ericorchard?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator
Lee Knox Ostertag @leeknoxostertag.bsky.social He/him
Books:
THE WITCH BOY series 🔮🕯️
THE GIRL FROM THE SEA 🦭🌊
THE DEEP DARK 🐉🏜️
The DUNGEON CLUB series 🎲⚔️
STRONG FEMALE PROTAGONIST 🦸💪
WATSON’S SKETCHBOOK 🕵🏼♂️📚
TV:
THE OWL HOUSE & more
www.ostertag.substack.com
www.leeknoxostertag.com
🚫AI
Alea Perez (she|her) @shhhyeah.bsky.social List-maker, office supply lover, late-1900s nostalgia chaser, book consumer, children's & YA GN enthusiast. Overly sentimental. Opinions my own.
Jessie Juwono @jessiejuwono.com Host of WBA’s Cartoon Coffee Chat
Animation Girlie | Swiftie | Dog Mom
www.jessiejuwono.com
Annie Wu @anniewu.bsky.social Drawing. Previously for Two Graves, Black Canary, Hawkeye, The Venture Bros. and other things.
anniewuart.com
anniewuart@gmail.com
Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social UK freelance illustrator and concept artist based in Wales
Alison Mutton @aleneart.bsky.social Perth 🇦🇺
Kidlit illustrator, designer, needle felter, swing dancer. Seeking kidlitart representation
www.alene-art.com
Mother Jones @motherjones.com Investigative journalism 🕵️, politics 🗳️, chart-tastic 📊, and sometimes sarcastic 🙄😌🤪
Join our people-powered nonprofit newsroom: motherjones.com/subscribe
Raina Telgemeier @goraina.bsky.social Cartoonist & tea enthusiast 
Jarrett J. Krosoczka @studiojjk.bsky.social 💬Graphic Novelist
📙 Lunch Lady • Hey, Kiddo
📕 Star Wars • Crayola • Marvel
▶️ Process & Creative Career Tips
🍎 Classroom Resources
Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com Eisner, Ringo, and Harvey-nominated author/artist/adventurer behind Banned Book Club, Student Ambassador, No Rules Tonight, Good Old-Fashioned Korean Spirit. Worked on Garfield, Star Trek, Popeye. Repped by Janine Kamouh at WME. Find me at ryanestrada.com
David Farmer @dfarmer.bsky.social 
Eightyaday @eightyaday.bsky.social Montréal based artist and illustrator
Liker and disliker of different stuff
Dave Bardin @davebardin.bsky.social Cartoonist // Los Angeles // Mashed potato connoisseur // For all job inquiries please contact info@shannonassociates.com
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social I like apples. I post photos. I dig birds. I write books. (One of those is THE CALAMITIES, out now.) Yes, I'm cringe. What do you want from me, I'm a 50-year-old dad and my brain is a mouse-eaten shoebox.
Tanja Wooten @tanjawooten.bsky.social Graphic novel author/illustrator. MG/YA. Mysterious adventures, SF/F. Sometimes with a kiss of romance, or a splash of horror. Or both. No AI.
More info: http://tanjawooten.com
Graham Annable @grickle.bsky.social A Canadian cartoonist/filmmaker, Mr. Annable is the creator of the Grickle Channel, and co-director of Laika’s The Boxtrolls. Represented by Hansen Literary.
A. D. Puchalski @adpuchalski.bsky.social Art. Cats. Skulls. Movies. 
nico @nicodelort.bsky.social illustration - xfiles
https://shop.nicolasdelort.com/
@t-hodge-artist.bsky.social @t-hodge-artist.bsky.social 
Julia Lundman 🩵🧚🦄🧌 @paintkatt.bsky.social Artist, traditional. San Francisco 💕 julialundman.com/shop
Patreon.com/julialundman
🚫No AI. 🚫No Nazis.
💚LINKS to shop and more https://bio.site/julialundman
💚Website: julialundman.com
Kent Culotta @kentculotta.bsky.social Artist●Illustrator●Animator
Lucy Kagan @cottonbook.bsky.social Illustrator, Zine-Maker, & Textile Designer
repped by Adria Goetz at KT Literary
(she/they)
cottonbookgoods.com
@timhdallas.bsky.social @timhdallas.bsky.social 🔵 🌈 Science over superstition, truth over comfort 🌎 Voter
Brian Harold Taylor @brianharoldtaylor.bsky.social Kid Lit Illustrator, Comic Artist and 2D Animator. Creator of WILDERNORTH.
www.brianharoldtaylor.com
Dan Carvalho @danurk.bsky.social Comic Book Colorist and Flatter 🎨
✈ 4 8 15 16 23 42 ✈
Portfolio: dancarvalho.blog/
#BRart #artpost
Bride of the Book God @brideofthebookgod.bsky.social Sixty-something, London-based Scottish retired person. Bookish stuff and general ramblings. Murderino.
Justin Buckley 🎨🐸💥 @justinbuckley.bsky.social 🎨Illustrator, Graphic Designer,
💥Cartoonist - What The Eft 🐸
Justinbuckleyart.com
Navy Veteran
David Jace @davidjace.com Reality Escape Artist.
www.davidjace.com
JLMeyer @jenniferlmeyer.bsky.social Artist • She/Her•Ace •Looking for Joy in art • Winner of 3 SILA awards•❤️ 📚, libraries, 🪴
All MY LINKS: https://linksjlmeyer.carrd.co
PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/cw/u88415558
HIRE ME: https://www.shannonassociates.com/artists/jennifer-l-meyer
Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com Senior VisDev artist at studio MDHR Harvey award winning Author and Illustrator of Graphic novels. HUNGRY GHOST, Artist for DC and Marvel. Film Credits: Tangled, Frozen, Wreck it Ralph, Big Hero 6, Moana. Views are my own
Linkin.bio/victoriaying
Emily Riesbeck, Professional Monster @emilyriesbeck.bsky.social ⚧️ she/her. A mixture of delicious and freak; fearfully, wonderfully made. Author: It's Your Funeral, Mountain, The Pirate and the Porcelain Girl. Repped by Au Literary Management.
Website: https://emilyriesbeck.com/
Charlotte E. Greenbaum @sgtgreenbomb.bsky.social Executive Editor (of Graphic Novels) at ABRAMS.
Chronically offline.
She/Her 🌈
Meggie's at ALA - table 2052 @meggietheramm.bsky.social Michigan cartoonist
IRL swamp muppet
Comic design, comic education, comic etc.
Creator of Batcat
KidLitArt @kidlitart.bsky.social #KidLitArt chat for children's illustrators & fans of kidlit art.
Next chat - Thurs, Sep 24, 9pm EST/6pm PST
Sep topic - Back To School
Mods - @charlenedraws.bsky.social and @weyakindesigns.bsky.social
Stephanie Buosi @stephaniebuosi.com Canadian #freelance illustrator. Earth advocate, tree-hugger, turtle protector, mother of cat, mother of little human.
Website/Portfolio: www.stephaniebuosi.com