S. C. Naux @scnaux.bsky.social Website: https://sylviecnaux.com/
Instagram: @sylviecnaux #SCBWI #PB #PBParty #12x12PB
ZiemkeMichele.bsky.social @ziemkemichele.bsky.social Writer and Illustrator of children’s books!
Illustrator of HILTON’S ISLAND and HILTON’S HOLIDAY
Host of #KidlitFirefly
Represented by Joyce Sweeney at The Seymour Agency
Jessica Braidan @jessicabraidan.bsky.social 📚 Color & Discover series — fact-and-coloring books for curious kids 4 and up. Surprising facts + bold pictures to color + try-it activities. Read, create, discover, screen-free. 🦕🚀🐴 jessicabraidan.com
https://www.facebook.com/jessica.braidan/
Author M. I. Verras (She/Her) @miverrasauthor1.bsky.social Gothic author, singer, composer, keyboardist, designer, university graduate, company associate, sports fan, existential seeker. Author of two metaphysical, symbolic fantasy-mystery novellas. Novella plots and covers are in English and NOT AI.
#KidlitZombieWeek @kidlitzombieweek.bsky.social Hosts of #KidlitZombieWeek 2026, @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @rebecca-ensign.bsky.social @monicafreewoman.bsky.social @janmilusich.bsky.social @drenderturmaud.bsky.social @kcstrocchia.bsky.social
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/kidlit-zombie-week/
AnneWritesKidlit @anneruggirello.bsky.social Picture book writer 📚 Bluesky newbie
Watercolor dabbler 🎨 Lover of apple crisp
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Sara Lynn Cramb @saralynncramb.bsky.social I draw things (mostly animals), drink tea, pet cats, and get lost in the woods 🐌
Toddler mom
https://www.saralynncramb.com/
Repp'd by AstoundUS Agency
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Amber @theprimrosecorner.bsky.social ✏️Illustrator, 🎨 Artist, 🖋Stationery Addict
⭐️ Planner Girl 🇺🇸 Army Wife 📚 Bookish 🤓
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Jenn Ferna Hall @jennfernawrites.bsky.social I get far too excited when I walk into an office supplies store. | #SCBWI | #12x12PB | #amwriting | #wip | #PB #kidlit #F | #motherhood #NF | she/her
Lorraine McCown @mcclowny.bsky.social Engineer➡️Stay @ home Mom➡️HS physics teacher➡️And now...
Writing picture books for ages 0 to 110!
#KidLit #PB #StoryStorm #PBParty #PBPitch #PictureBooks
ryan rae harbuck @ryanraeharbuck.bsky.social WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE A CHAIR memoir & PB (Barefoot Books) | Words in NYT, Huffpost, Newsweek, Insider | All things ♿️ rep | #SCBWI | Boy mom-Reluctant omnivore-Sitter of wheelchairs-Denverite-Underwater meditator
www.ryanraeharbuck.com
marty lapointe-malchik @mlapointemalchik.bsky.social Collage artist, author, PBParty '23 HM, 50PreciousWords Prize Winner '21 SCBWI, 12x12, Writers’ Loft, Good Ship Illustration Crew, Walden walker, recipe ranker, library lover. She/her
Caroline @carolinewu.bsky.social ✨ MG and PB writer
🏔️ Always in the mountains
🐦 Avid hiker, amateur nature photographer, wannabe birder
Sarah Claxton @sarahclaxton.bsky.social #kidlit writer, SCBW, Inked Voices, PB Party Finalist 2026
Marta Serraggiotto | children's book author-illustrator @martaserraggiotto.bsky.social 🧸kidlit author-illustrator | SCBWI member
🎨seeking agency representation
🇮🇹based in Padova, Italy
✏️Kidlit diary on Substack
https://www.martaserraggiotto.com/portfolio-2/
Tiffanie Leung Abbott @tleungabbott.bsky.social It’s “Learn” with a “G.”
• Mixed-race Chinese American author
• Rep: Michelle Jackson
• 2026 #pbparty Finalist
• 2025 #pbparty HM
• 2025 #roundtablementor
• #scbwi #12x12challenge
Susan Wroble @susanwroble.bsky.social THE DAWN CHORUS (Holiday House, 2/16/27) #Kidlit #STEM @SCBWIRockyMtn member, Therapy dog handler, Leader 2E support group, https://susanwroble.com, KidLit Bird Book Reviews https://www.10000birds.com/author/susan. Repped by Sara Megibow at MLA
Freo Lancisco @freonardolancisco.bsky.social Teaching Artist, author/illustrator, dancer.
Maria is Writing @mariakidlit.bsky.social #Kidlit PB/MG writer and enthusiast
Parent
Bunny person
#Scbwi
Nature
Foodie
Lisa Amstutz @ljamstutz.bsky.social Author, ecologist, agent @StormLiterary
. http://linktr.ee/LJAmstutz
Joyce Sweeney @joycekay.bsky.social Director of Kidlit at The Seymour Agency
Lisa Cortez @marieandleelee.bsky.social Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist/Children’s Book Author
The Adventures of Marie and LeeLee, Las Aventuras de Marie y LeeLee
YouTube “Learning with Marie and LeeLee” videos and tips for language development
#kidlit #SCBWI
San Diego, CA
Terry Minor Art @terryminorart.bsky.social Published children’s book illustrator
TerryMinorArt.com
Rusty Fischer | Children's Author @rustyfischer.bsky.social Rusty Fischer's poems for children have appeared in Reader’s Digest, Good Housekeeping and Woman’s Day. His latest poem, “Socks,” is currently featured in The Dirigible Balloon.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/byseries/36446
Sue Leopold Kid Lit @sueleopold.bsky.social Educator who reads, writes, & creates
SCBWI
2021 #PBChat Mentee
2022 Kids' ChoiceKidlit HM
2023 #50 PreciousWords HM
🌱Garden Girl sowing seeds on the prairie
🚲 Cyclist on a pink Marin Portofina
https://sleopoldblog.wordpress.com
writerharrison @harrisonwriter.bsky.social 🍁 #Canadian - #Author - #Poet 🍁
amazon.com/author/phillipharrison
I try to write in ways that feed both the mind and soul. ♊ & #GenX #stationaryaddict
💫 Creator of imagined worlds 💫
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
JoAnneh Nagler @joannehnagler.bsky.social Author, Singer, all things ART. Lover of my sweet husband. Yoga, travel, love being alive!
Kathleen @halifaxkat.bsky.social Reader, Writer, Sometimes runner, Big fan of my dog, Blueberry, and slightly addicted to baseball cards.
nala khan ✩ @nalakhan.bsky.social ✎ Author • Illustrator • Menace
☼ Rep: @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social
⟡ www.nalakhan.com
* Debut PB coming 2027+2028 via Scholastic! *
P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields) @pjpurtee.bsky.social SCBWI
PBs
Poet: The Toy, Little Thoughts Press
Mira Reisberg's Children's Book Academy (featured poems)
Honors: Madness! Poetry (Elite 8), #50PreciousWords, Valentiny, Halloweensie, Holiday, Spring Fling
School volunteer
Hx: pediatrics
http://pjpurtee.com
Gill Evans. Counselling Psychologist AFBPsS. @gillevansx.bsky.social Psychologist living in Philadelphia from the UK.
Gill Evans author of The Anxious Therapist, YouTuber and Wordler. Honourable Mention for my book by Hay House.
Go to my website Anxioustherapist.com for £1 or $1 kindle book. Download kindle app free.
Ana Paola Glz @anapaoglz.bsky.social Kidlit Illustrator · Children’s Books
Pastel vibes · Sweet characters · Gentle stories
🇲🇽 ES/EN — Freelance illustrator
⬇️ Portfolio + contact
https://anapaoglz.carrd.co/
Alina Manolache @alpacasbookshelf.bsky.social I'm Alina and I like alpacas🦙
romanian children's book illustrator
available for new projects
🚫 No AI
Portfolio: alpacasbookshelf.com
Brittany Pearson @britspixels.bsky.social Asian American author / illustrator, represented by Jordan Hamessley at JABberwocky Literary Agency. I draw cute, colorful, whimsy, and joy 🩷
#PBparty finalist ‘25
#SCBWI and #12x12 member.
www.britspixels.com
Katharine Gails @katharinegails.art Picture book Author/Illustrator from Minnesota! Take a look at my portfolio katharinegails.art tell me what you think!!
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
Antonieta Muñoz Estrada @mariadrawss.bsky.social Mexican Illustrator • KidLit Art • Published by: Charlesbridge, Beaming Books, Richmond, Edelvives. | ✉️ mariadrawss@outlook.com |
Insta: mariadrawssart
Sue Safianoff @suesaf.bsky.social Illustrator. Animator. Author.
Rep’d by Christa Heschke @ McIntosh and Otis
http://suetheartist.blogspot.com/
@bettebergeron.bsky.social @bettebergeron.bsky.social 
@horhpodcast.bsky.social @horhpodcast.bsky.social Hollywood or History? Unpack fact vs. fiction in film. Great for teachers, trivia buffs, and history fans. New episodes every other week.
Available on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube
https://youtube.com/@hollywoodorhistorypodcast?si=gNOPQUnVXde2_NZz
Topher B @testingnewapp.bsky.social Lecturer in Mental Health (MH) Nursing Interests: MH Nursing professional identity,, I Enjoy Haiku & Lego. All my own views.
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/
Candace Spizzirri 📚 @candacespizzirri.bsky.social Children’s author 📚young-minded grandma FINLEY: A MOOSE IN CHARTREUSE 🫎💚 FINLEY: A MOOSE ON THE CABOOSE 🫎🚂 FISHING WITH GRANDPA AND SKYE 🎣🐠 AMBER MAE AND HER STRAYS (2027) 🦥🐧🐊🦒 🦛 Rep: Ritu Anand D4EO ❤️ #SCBWI #12x12
Ellen L. Ramsey @ellenlramseybooks.bsky.social #kidlit, SCBWI, 12x12, book lover, nature lover. A BOOK FOR BEAR (Flamingo Books/Penguin Random House, 2023) www.ellenlramsey.com
Sarah Atherton @sarah-a-author.bsky.social Children's Author & Teacher/SENCo
Winner #ChuckleChallenge 2024
Winner #springflingkidlit 2023
Mentor #WriteMentor 2023 & 2025
TMilton @rumpledwriter.bsky.social Poet, querying novelist and one time songwriter who has spent the last 25 years honing his storytelling skills out on a rock in the water.
We are only each other, but no DMs all the same
Oh yeah, all words and photos by T Milton © 2026 unless I say other
Marcia Parks @mzparks.bsky.social Author and poet. I write for readers. Stay curious and stay inspired. Be respectful of others. Kindness matters. Member #SCBWI, #12x12, and The Writer's Loft. PBParty 2023 Honorable Mention. Seeking representation.
Debbie Palen Illustration @debbiepalen.bsky.social Illustrator of picture books seeking representation. Feminist, animal lover, Penguin Random House, Scholastic, Free Spirit Publishing, NWF. ✉dpalen@fmgirl.com portfolio: https://www.debbiepalen.com linktr.ee/dpalen
#KidLitArt #childrensbooks #kidlit
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 Walker @beckywalkerbooks.bsky.social ✍️#Kidlit author (rep’d by Stephen Fraser)
📚Debut 2027, Charlesbridge
FRASER & HENRY GROW A FRIEND, May 25,2027
💻business owner
🧳explorer of the world
👋🏼Love making friends!
https://linktr.ee/beckysuzannewalker?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
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Amanda Davis (she/her) @amandadavisart.bsky.social Author-Illustrator | Educator | Mom 🐶🐶👶🏽
🇺🇸 30,000 STITCHES (‘21)
🌙 MOONLIGHT MEMORIES (‘23)
💙 SOMETIMES STORMY (‘25)
Becky Gehrisch - kidlit picture books @gehrisch-arts.com - #kidlit picture book #Author-Illustrator 👩🏻🎨
-Former IC of Cen/South Ohio #SCBWI. 🖌️
www.gehrisch-arts.com
-Creative Director at Bookling Media 🎨
www.booklingmedia.com
Judy Bryan ~ Children’s Book Author @judybryanauthor.bsky.social 📚 Children's Book Author 📚
#SCBWI | #12x12 | Courage to Create | #kidlit | #PB | #MG | #YA | #Poetry
Website: JudyBryanAuthor.com
CJ Penko 💡 @cjpenko.bsky.social ✏️ Awesome #kidlit person
📚 #SCBWI Ohio North Regional Advisor
❤️ Fluent in kid, animal, monster (& more recently Nazi heckling✊🏼)
🌅 Ohio North: @scbwi-ohionorth.bsky.social
J Packer Samms • The Whisker Society @jpackersamms.bsky.social Fantasy writer. Creator of Denhaven.
Cat rescues by day. Secret animal cities by night.
Serial fiction + real foster stories.
👇 whiskersociety.substack.com
Sarah Beck (she/her) @sarahgbeck.bsky.social I make picture books that lovingly undermine the status quo.
TAROT DECK MESS & MY FIRST TAROT (‘23)
MAGIC CHILD ('25)
🧹📚🥄 www.sarahgbeck.com
http://www.Linktr.ee/9_of_wands
#12x12PB
Rep: Natascha Morris
Tracie Renee (she/her) @tracierenee.bsky.social Librarian in sort-of Chicago.
PW book reviewer.
#Amquerying #SCBWI writer/poet.
Winner: #50PreciousWords, Highlights scholarship, ElegantLit, IAmWritingMG.
HM: #PBParty.
WTMP mentee, RisingTalent finalist, BOTN.
https://linktr.ee/tracie.renee
Abbie James @abbiewjames.bsky.social #Kidlit Writer: PB, MG, YA. #SCBWI. Poetry.
Youth Services at a Public Library. Licensed Behavior Specialist.
Wife & Mom. Gardener/Hiker/Birder. Environmentalist. No AI. She/her
abbiewernerjames.com
Laura Smetana @laurasmetana.bsky.social Children's Book Author & Illustrator of MY LOVE FOR YOU IS LIKE A GARDEN, a Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2023, Author of ICE CREAM WITH GRANDPA (2022), #AuthorVisits #SCBWI #12x12PB
www.laurasmetana.com
Kirsten W. Larson @kirstenwlarson.bsky.social Author ✍️| Teacher | Writing Coach | Podcaster: Nonfiction Kidlit Craft Conversations🎙️| World Adventurer
#12x12PB #WritingBarn #kidlit #InkedVoices
www.kirstenwlarson.com
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Tiffany Painter @tiffanypainter.bsky.social MG author, SCBWI, Haiku writer, dog walker, cat lover, storyteller, Paints With Words, former teacher
tiffanypainter.com
Elaine Anderson @eandersonwriter.bsky.social Vermont Writer. Former Teacher. Ilsley Public Library. Yellow House.
SCBWI. MG HUB. #amwriting #amquerying #YA #MG
MG and YA have my heart. 
Oak Tree Comics @oaktreecomics.bsky.social An independent children’s book publisher 📚
Where imagination meets environmentalism🌍
Based out of Los Angeles ☀️
Founded by author Josh Oaktree 🌳
www.oaktreecomics.com/link-tree