Sally Hoch @sallyhochwriter.bsky.social 🙋🏼♀️Writer. #STEMGirl. Math nerd. ✍️ KidLit author. Freelancer. Teacher. #SCBWI. 📍Oklahoma
www.sallyhoch.com
Sean McCarthy @mccarthylit.com Founder/Literary Agent at mccarthylit.com, long-suffering Mets fan, hops (beer and rabbits) enthusiast. 
Steph Lau (she/her) @stephlaubooks.com Author, illustrator, former pastry chef.
🐍🪨 MEDUSA'S PET ROCK (HarperCollins): 9/22/26
❄️🩰THE ABOMINABLE SNOW DANCER (Penguin Workshop): out now!
Rep: @allielevick.bsky.social
Website: bit.ly/stephlaubooks
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
@ruthcousins.bsky.social @ruthcousins.bsky.social Picture book author 12x12; SCBWI; the Writing Barn, seeking rep
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
Michele Mallari @mmallari.bsky.social I live in Blue State Massachusetts, moved here in 2004 from a red state and never looked back. I love doggos, puppers, bunnies, foraging, nature, reading. Aspiring writer.
Thanks for the follow, but I don't answer DMs. 🚫DMs🚫
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.
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 Those who become jailers are themselves no longer free.
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 
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
Diana Blackstone @diblackstone.bsky.social Introverted people-lover. Former English teacher. Dragon boater. Empty nester. Author. 
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
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.
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. 📎
Patty Wurster @pattywurster.bsky.social Illustrator • Writer • Regional Advisor #SCBWI New York West/Central Upstate • MFA Indiana U
#kidlit #kidlitart
www.pattywursterstudio.com
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
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
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Chris Purdin @chrispurdin.bsky.social 2D Animator/Illustrator
https://chrispurdin.wixsite.com/site
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
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
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
Heidi Yates @heidikyates.bsky.social Author, illustrator & nature photographer.
#SCBWI | #12x12PB | #PBChat '21 mentee
Rep'd by Elisa Houot at The Seymour Agency
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.
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
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
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
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
Meghan Wilson Duff 🦑 @mwduff.bsky.social Picture book author, psych professor, 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 "illustrations" = blocked
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.
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
Patricia Wiles @patriciawiles.com SCBWI’s Director of Regional Team Management • Opinions are my own
Harold Underdown @hunderdown.bsky.social I'm a children's book editor, teacher and workshop presenter, owner of The Purple Crayon website -- www.underdown.org --and part of Kid's Book Revisions Plus: @kbrplus.bsky.social.
I post about #kidlit and other things.
Fonda Lee @fondalee.bsky.social NYT bestselling, World Fantasy Award-winning author of the Green Bone Saga & other books. The Last Contract of Isako out now! Next: Mark of the Warrior (Oct 2026) https://linktr.ee/fondalee
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
Abigail Marble (she/her) @abigailmarble.bsky.social Painter and picturebook maker, Portland, Oregon. #kidlit #kidlitillustrator http://www.abigailmarble.com (children's illustration)
http://www,abigailmarblestudio.com (fine art paintings)
http://www.lakeareaartists.com (annual fine art show, Lake Oswego, OR
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
Carrie Tillotson @carrietillotson.bsky.social Children's author of PEE REX (Fall 2027),
ALPACAS HERE, ALPACAS THERE,
B IS FOR BANANAS, &
COUNTING TO BANANAS,
with more to come!
Once-a- biostatistician, always runner/ice cream lover.
https://linktr.ee/carrietillotson
Sharon Skinner @sharonskinner.bsky.social Sharon Skinner-Author, Editor, Book Coach | https://sharonskinner.com I Weave your words into stories that shine! https://bookcoachingbysharon.com | #amwriting #writingcraft #writingcommunity #kidlit
SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators
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Jordan Kim @foundandrewound.bsky.social Mixed media collage artist | ecologist | naturalist | art teacher | illustrator | Oregon SCBWI Illustrator Coordinator
https://foundandrewound.com/
Laura Byrd @thewritebyrd.bsky.social Kidlit Author and Oregon SCBWI Regional Advisor
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