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richellemo.bsky.social @richellemo.bsky.social Writer, reader, wrangler of yarn
SCBWI SF North and East Bay Region @scbwisfneb.bsky.social Welcome to SCBWI SF North & East Bay!🤗 Follow us! Facebook and Pinterest: SCBWI CA/San Francisco North & East Bay Region Instagram: scbwinortheastbay
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
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
Pat Cummings @betnoire.bsky.social Olympic medalist, Grammy winner, ballerina emeritus, storyteller, bookie.
normacardenas.bsky.social @normacardenas.bsky.social assoc prof of practice | research food, identity, culture, and pedagogy #LasMusas #PBChat #WNDB #RUCCL Mentee #SCBWI #12x12 Ella/She
Emily Yurek-Naiman @emilynaiman.bsky.social KidLit author illustrator
Author Craig Read @craigread.bsky.social Dwayne And The Dinosaur Dilemma now available, either from myself paperback £10 each, or Hardback £15 each, or Amazon at £15 & £25
Henry Ezeokeke @henryeze.bsky.social I am a children's book illustrator based in Lagos, Nigeria
DearEditorDotCom @deareditordotcom.bsky.social Deborah Halverson—“The Editor”—posts writing tips, inspirations, news, & alerts when she answers new questions from writers on DearEditor.com
Jennifer Sweeney @storiesbysweeney.bsky.social 📚 Children’s Book Writer & Book Lover
🌴 SCBWI Southern Breeze Member
⭐️ Retired Educator
🥔 Passionate about Potatoes
StoriesBySweeney.com
#PB #SCBWI #kidlit
Kelli Welli @kelliwelli.bsky.social “The Pixar of Children’s songwriters.” - Planning Playtime | Award-winning smart, funny, genuine songs | ‘24 John Lennon Song Contest WIN | ‘23 ISC WIN | '24 DSA WIN | ‘23 NAPPA | Grammy voter | SCBWI | Lucky mom to twins! linktr.ee/kelliwelli
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Postscript (Book Formatter, Cover Designer and Socials Post Maker): https://book-shelfie.com/postscript
Emily Keyes @esckeyes.bsky.social Founder of the Keyes Agency, LLC. Bookish. Short. Invisible Disability. Brooklyn, NY. She/her
Dawn Simon @dawnsimon.bsky.social MG and PB writer. VCFA WCYA. Dog and chicken lover.
I'm represented by @jenniekendrick.bsky.social at Red Fox Literary.
https://www.dawnsimon.com/
Amanda Fletcher ✨ON SUBMISSION✨ @mandyfletcher.bsky.social Co-RA Southern Breeze @SCBWI
#MG #PB writer
#Valentiny '26
#50PreciousWords '25 & '26 HM
#FallWritingFrenzy '24 HM, '25 (Finalist)
#WTMP '24 mentee
Rep: Ritu Anand @ D4EO
At Home Author @athomeauthor.bsky.social We’re former teachers who now coach children’s book authors.
We focus on writing, publishing, and helping people find their footing.
Sally Hoch @sallyhochwriter.bsky.social 🙋🏼♀️Writer. #STEMGirl. Math nerd. ✍️ KidLit author. Freelancer. Teacher. #SCBWI. 📍Oklahoma
www.sallyhoch.com
Mini @minerva-xk.bsky.social It doesn't matter where you are. What matters is that you fight where you are. Don't be a rich celebrity and move somewhere else. Stand your ground. #WritingCommunity
NHGRANDMOTHER @concernedgigi.bsky.social I'm a concerned grandmother. I had to create a new account due to bluesky not responding to my hacked account. I am a resister.
Danielle Render Turmaud, PhD @drenderturmaud.bsky.social Kidlit Author (Rep: Amy Nielsen) + Trauma Therapist | THESE BOOTS WERE MADE FOR MARCHING (2029)| Psychology Today Expert Blog Author| SCBWI |Host of the You, Me, & the Writing Journey Podcast (@YMWJPodcast) and @YouDeservepIt Pitch Event
@ruthcousins.bsky.social @ruthcousins.bsky.social Picture book author 12x12; SCBWI; the Writing Barn, seeking rep
Kris Conover @krisconover.bsky.social Writes picture books and middle grade novels. Probably talking to dogs and making too many appetizers. She/Her.
KrisConover.com
Represented by Dan Cramer @pageturnerlit.bsky.social
#KidLit #SCBWI
A!Kat ai @a-katai.com We make custom AI Assistants/Companions/Instructors/etc with heart! 🩷
https://a-katai.com
https://ko-fi.com/akatai/shop
Woman-owned ♀️ LGBTQ+-owned 🏳️🌈
Steph Lau (she/her) @stephlaubooks.com Author, illustrator, former pastry chef.
🐍🪨 MEDUSA'S PET ROCK (HarperCollins): OUT NOW!
❄️🩰THE ABOMINABLE SNOW DANCER (Penguin Workshop, 2025)
Rep: @allielevick.bsky.social
Website: bit.ly/stephlaubooks
Sean McCarthy @mccarthylit.com Founder/Literary Agent at mccarthylit.com, long-suffering Mets fan, hops (beer and rabbits) enthusiast. 
Matt Dorrien @mattdorrien.bsky.social Mattdorrienillustration.com
https://www.instagram.com/mattdorrienillustration/
Elara Rosequartz @elararosequartz.bsky.social 🧚♀️ I write chapter books for young dreamers like me who love fairies and friendship.
💖 No villains - just sparkle, heart, and adventure.
📚💙 Ages 6–9
www.fairyacademybooks.com
Digital creator, parent managed account.
Jessica Ralli @jessicaralli.bsky.social Manager of #EarlyLiteracy Programs & Special Initiatives @ Brooklyn Public Library | #KidLit Writer @ RISE X Penguin Workshop | LJ Mover and Shaker 2020 |
River Kanning @riverk.bsky.social Writer, learner, teacher, raconteur
Stephen Briseño @stephenbriseno.bsky.social Husband. Dad. Middle School English Teacher. Kidlit author.
THE NOTEBOOK KEEPER ('22)
QUEEN OF LEAVES ('23)
TEXT STRUCTURES FROM PICTURE BOOKS ('23)
TAMALES FOR CHRISTMAS (‘24)
and more on the way!
Rep: Lilly Ghahremani
www.stephenbriseno.com
Jackie Thomson @jackie-thomson.bsky.social I'm a picture book illustrator, gardener, and mini book maker. If I'm not in the studio, I'm reading in the garden. http://www.jackie-thomson.com
@carriecg.bsky.social @carriecg.bsky.social 
Diana Blackstone @diblackstone.bsky.social Introverted people-lover. Former English teacher. Dragon boater. Empty nester. Author. 
Yashika Mody @yashikamwriting.bsky.social A recovering management consultant turned picture book writer from sunny Singapore #PB #SCBWI #12x12
✍️ Repped by Karly Dizon, Fuse Literary
📚 FUNCLES (Fall 2026, Lantana Publishing)
💻: yashikamodywriting.com
Let’s be friends! https://linktr.ee/yashikamody
SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social Dedicated to developing experiences where SCBWI members can grow in their craft, expand their network, and build their writing and illustration goals.
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
Patricia Bailey @pbailey.bsky.social Writer. Bookworm. Imaginary dog owner. Author of The Tragically True Adventures of Kit Donovan.
Linnea Heaney @writerlinnea.bsky.social SCBWI PAL writer, artist, photographer, wanderer, rockhound, tea time advocate, gardener/editor of lines, flowers, weeds, words. Will BLOCK if NOT connected to children's literature. 📎
Chris Purdin @chrispurdin.bsky.social 2D Animator/Illustrator
https://chrispurdin.wixsite.com/site
Grouchy Marx @grouchymarx57.bsky.social Refugee Solidarity
FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸
Neurodivergent
Books, Books, Books 📚
Class War- Catering & PR dept
Militant Librarian
BLM ✊🏾
Trans Rights are non-negotiable
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Lorraine Elkins @lorrainewrites.bsky.social Native Marylander, Cymruphile (a Welsh thing), reader of Shakespeare, lover of dogs and all things chocolate, MG fiction writer, @scbwiatx, @crohnscolitisfdn
Patty Wurster @pattywurster.bsky.social Illustrator • Writer • Regional Advisor #SCBWI New York West/Central Upstate • MFA Indiana U
#kidlit #kidlitart
www.pattywursterstudio.com
Lisa Cowan Pineo @lisacowanpineo.bsky.social Writer currently working on a MG novel. Mom to a ND son and a trans daughter. Ally. Lover of horror, LGBTQIA2+, MG, YA and romance books. She/her 🇨🇦🏳️⚧️♾️
Find me at:
Instagram: @pineolisa
Goodreads: Lisa Pineo (user 62350303)
StoryGraph: @lpineo
Sue (Susan Uhlig) she/her @susanuhlig.bsky.social Married. Children's Author. Writing PB, MG, some YA. Kidlit. SCBWI Regional Advisor Emerita. Former Institute of Children’s Literature Instructor.
I write helps & book recs on my site susanuhlig.com.
WA state. Owned by cat.
Meghan Wilson Duff 🦑 @mwduff.bsky.social Picture book author, psych prof (clinical), excels at typos, in a tide pool if possible, 🦑 IDIC 🖖 they/them www.meghanwilsonduff.com
They're concentration camps & it's genocide. No one should be okay w/ it.
AI slop = blocked
Dano Moreno @dano-moreno.bsky.social 👋 Hi! I’m Dano. I write for kids.
📘Pride is Love 🏳️🌈
📗Our Wish for You ✨
📕Hope for Ryan White 🌱
Rep’d by Charlotte Wenger
danomoreno.com
Laura Segal Stegman @laurastegman.bsky.social Middle Grade Author: Summer of L.U.C.K + Ready or Not + The Chambered Nautilus (Young Dragons)
| SCBWI | Publicist/Creator PR Tips for Authors
linktr.ee/LauraStegman
Jordan Kirtley @jordankirtley.bsky.social Illustrator from Wichita, SCBWI KS/MO member
Future children’s book author
Mom of 2. No AI ever. Abolish ICE.
jordankirtley.com
SCBWI-Ohio North @scbwi-ohionorth.bsky.social This is the official Bluesky account for the Ohio North chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators. #scbwi #SCBWIOhioNorth
Learn about us and our events and resources:
https://linktr.ee/ohionorthscbwi
Jody J. Little @jodyjlittle.bsky.social 5th Grade Teacher, author, middle grade and picture book enthusiast, MOSTLY THE HONEST TRUTH, WORSE THAN WEIRD. SCBWI Member.
Heidi Yates @heidikyates.bsky.social Author, illustrator & nature photographer.
#SCBWI | #12x12PB | #PBChat '21 mentee
Rep'd by Elisa Houot at The Seymour Agency
Katie Lee Reinert - KidLit/PB Author @katieleereinert.bsky.social Picture book writer and lover. Seeking representation.
READY TO SMILE AGAIN (Gnome Road Publishing, '25)
EMMA WASN'T READY (Lawley Publishing, '26)
SLOTHS AND THEIR MOTHS (Tielmour Press, '26)
www.KatieLeeReinert.com
#KidLit #author
Brad Alston @bradalston.bsky.social Freelance Illustrator in Portland, OR. Interested in making art for books and board games! No A/I ever.
Check out my portfolio and print shop bradalston.com
Hannah Holt @hannahholt.bsky.social Kidlit author, educator, speaker.
💎The Diamond and the Boy
🐧A Father's Love
🐔A History of Underwear with Professor Chicken
#SCBWI #12x12PB
Geoffry Smalley @sillypicturemaker.bsky.social “The Golden String” my author/illustrator debut published by Orange Hat Press is available for PREORDER NOW!
https://www.orangehatpublishing.com/product/the-golden-string/
Children’s illustrator based in
lovely Portland, OR
Elisa Gusdal @elisamg.bsky.social Artrepeneur, Painter, Keyboard & Improv Girl, Photo & Tiny Movement Enthusiast, car camper, climate & social justice warrior, resister, Blogger! Artwork By ElisaMG LLC. Portfolio at : www.TinyAdventuresOfElisaMG.blog/portfolio
Susan Park @susanfirghilpark.bsky.social writer, poet, nature lover and complete book geek living in the Pacific Northwest surrounded by forest, birds, squirrels, chipmunks and chickens. Member SCBWI.
A.A. Livingston @aalivingston.bsky.social NY Times bestselling children's book author
Mom
Curator of Whimsy
aalivingston.com
Jordan Kim @foundandrewound.bsky.social Mixed media collage artist | ecologist | naturalist | art teacher | illustrator | Oregon SCBWI Illustrator Coordinator
https://foundandrewound.com/
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.
@bxerk.bsky.social @bxerk.bsky.social 
Cat Winters @catwintersbooks.bsky.social Novelist, picture book author, poet, playwright, theater worker, freelance fact-checker, co-leader of the Oregon chapter of Authors Against Book Bans. she/her
https://linktr.ee/catwinters