Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social West Coast Canada illustrator & writer🤖🦕🛼
Short, left-handed, adhd, lighthouse keeper’s daughter. Nature & neon
Rep'd by @jemiscoe.bsky.social -Starling Literary
@starlingliterary.bsky.social
PBs: MAYBE A WHALE | MOTHER ASPEN
www.heycrystalsmith.com
Laird Fetzer Hamblin 🦋 @lettersbylaird.bsky.social Teacher _ Writer/Songwriter/Poet/Artist _ Biologist _ Latter-day Saint
lairdsstorysongs.bsky.social #kidlit
cuddlingcarolsbylaird.com
lairdslantern.bsky.social #church
lairdslantern.us
senatorlaird.bsky.social #politics
lairdsenate.us
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/
Ian Nathaniel Cohen @incspotlight.bsky.social Author of THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE BLACK FLAG | Current WIPs: THE SHERWOOD GAMBIT and CENTURY OF SWORDS| former (?) film/comic review blogger | unrepentant punster | he/his/him
iannathanielcohen.weebly.com
Alice the Author @alicetheauthor.bsky.social Art and beauty are everywhere.
✨Artist, Author, Gamer Girl✨
Art/Gamer profile: KHR Arts
Publishers: Cloud Orchid Publishing Ink Smith Publishing
Fall for the Book @fallforthebook.bsky.social Year round events with an October festival, based in Northern Virginia and at George Mason University. Find out more: https://linktr.ee/FallfortheBook
Joseph Fink, we're going to win @planetoffinks.bsky.social Welcome to Night Vale, Alice Isn't Dead, Unlicensed, also several books. #1 AI hater.
All you fascists bound to lose
The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social Author, very professional.
Buy my debut novel PRESTIGE DRAMA at https://geni.us/Prestige_Drama.
Get my extremely good memoir at www.mammybook.com
Jennifer Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social literary agent with a lot of opinions 👀 also a podcast 👀 also my puppy looks like baby chewbacca! www.jenniferlaughran.com / www.andreabrownlit.com
Ashton Tekno👤 @ashtontekno.com ♾️| Freezing That Moment FORVER!
📸| Street/Cityscape
👤| ashtontekno.com
Clare Ashton - author @clareashton.bsky.social 🌈 Sapphic romance and mystery author
Procrastinator (probably never going to start that newsletter)
Bi / Pan 💗💜💙
She / her
https://linktr.ee/clareashton- M Not a spam. @miverrasauth.bsky.social Worldwide-known author, singer, pianist, and music composer. Enneagram type 4 ♠️♣️🌑
"Who were these ten figures seated around the table, and how are they related to the Central Hearth or the other Hearths?"
THE HIDDEN FACE:
https://linktr.ee/miverras
Why does this look like a face? @lookslikeface.bsky.social Pictures of things that are recognizable as other objects .Just for an example a picture of clouds seems to look like a dragon or Lion etc.
Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein @deepcuts.blog Pulp scholar specializing in H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard. Author of SEX AND THE CTHULHU MYTHOS and WEIRD TALERS. Reader of dead people's letters. He/him. Blue checks happen to other people.
https://deepcuts.blog
Jem is OPEN to queries @jemiscoe.bsky.social Founder + Agent @Starling Literary + Media, representing authors & Illustrators. Wife, mom of 3, MFA grad, & former Asst. Director for film & TV. https://www.starlingliterary.com | http://querymanager.com/query/Jemiscoe
C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com Canadian SFF writer. Author of IN VERITAS and THE DROWNED MAN'S DAUGHTER. Short stories in On Spec, Fusion Fragment, Augur, PodCastle, and other fine publications. Rep: Arley Sorg. I like coffee and cats. www.cjlavigne.com
Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) is a labor union representing writers of motion pictures, television, radio, and internet programming.
linktr.ee/wgawest
National Association of Science Writers (NASW) @sciencewriters.org Fighting for the free flow of science news since 1934. A 501(c)(6) professional membership organization.
💚 https://www.nasw.org
🎟️ https://www.sciencewriters2025.org
Laura Rennert @ljrennert.bsky.social Executive literary agent at Andrea Brown Literary Agency. www.litagentlaurarennert.com
Joey / Lauren @joeyhazell.bsky.social Illustrator with a terrible sense of self promotion
29, she/they
commissions CLOSED
Repped by @ksonnack.bsky.social for literary illustration inquiries.
Pearl Low | 劉寶珠🧋 (they/them) @pearllow.bsky.social They/them/佢🌈 | Director, Creator, Story Artist | Founder: Orange Blossom Studios | Creator of Wheels & Roses | Clients: Sanrio, A24, Cartoon Network, DreamWorks, Netflix | 🇨🇳🇯🇲 Pearllow.com | Fourth Wall Management
James Burks @jamesburks.bsky.social Creator of Bird&Squirrel, Agent9, Boxtales (’25) and other children's books. Animation director, writer, illustrator, runner, and coffee lover. Rep’d by Kelly Sonnack | www.jamesburks.com
Noreen Nanja @noreennanja.bsky.social Writer repped by @jemiscoe
The Summers Between Us (PRHC, 2025)
https://linktr.ee/noreennanja
Elia Sheldon @eliasheldonauthor.bsky.social ✨ YA Fantasy & Romance
📖 KNOCK ON WOOD • Querying
💥 IMPOSTER SYNDROME • WIP
💫 SCBWI | Period drama & book lover
👇 Let's talk books!
Marietta Apollonio @mariettaa.bsky.social Author-illustrator of:
Wombat And The Family Tree
Jack The Library Cat
Traditional and digital illustration
Rep'd by Andrea Colvin Creative Agency
🐴 Equestrian Instructor
🐶 Dog and kid mom
🍰 Dessert lover
📚
https://www.mariettaapollonio.com
Cyndi Wojciechowski @cyndidraws.bsky.social 🇵🇭🇺🇸🍀 Children’s book illustrator and character designer. Rep’d by https://bsky.app/profile/jemiscoe.bsky.social Starling Literary + Media
website: www.cwojo.com
Shelly Swann @shellyswann.bsky.social author/illustrator based in Portland, Oregon.
portfolio: www.fairywulf.com
Rep’d by Jemiscoe Chambers-Black at the Andrea Brown Literary Agency. ✍🏽📚🎨
Celina Frenn @celinafrenn.bsky.social 📺 Show Developer / Writer
🦸Graphic Novel Adapter
✏️ YA/MG 📚(SPY GRANDMA 2026)
📖 Rep @Jemiscoe.bsky.social at @AndreaBrownLit.bsky.social
🎬 Rep @unitedtalent.bsky.social
Tee Moore @tanisiateemoore.bsky.social Author. Speaker. One dope mama.
Rep: Jemisoce Chambers Black at ABLA
I gotta a lot of books. Check them out at www.tanisiamoore.com
Taj McCoy (she/her) @tajmccoy.bsky.social Author, Literary Agent (open to queries), Higher Ed Consultant, Private Chef… tumbleweed.
Author website: https://tajmccoywrites.com
Agency website: https://ldlainc.com
Rep: https://bsky.app/profile/jemiscoe.bsky.social
Annie Silvestro @anniesilvestro.bsky.social Kidlit author- BRAVO, LITTLE BIRD & SIGNS OF FRIENDSHIP out now!
www.anniesilvestro.com
Thaís Mesquita @thaismesquita.bsky.social Artist, illustrator, and author
Represented by Alex Gehringer at The Bright Agency
www.thaismesquita.art
⚲ Germany
Yaroslava Apollonova @odnatamyara.bsky.social Kidlit illustrator and mixed-media artist, nature lover | ADHD
Represented by the Bright Agency | odnatamyara.com
Leah Giles @leahgiles.bsky.social Picture book illustrator and collage enthusiast
💧When Isaac Hears the Rain 💧OUT NOW
Represented by Jemiscoe Chambers-Black | Andrea Brown Literary Agency
https://leahgiles.com/
Nadia Fisher @ariadelsole.bsky.social Author-illustrator•Illustrator•DC•No AI
Preorder AT THE COOKOUT ‘26 (✍🏽🎨)
Latest: I AM THE SPIRIT OF JUSTICE (🎨) ‘25 • LPBD: SIMONE BILES ‘24 (🎨)
Rep’d by @Jemiscoe.bsky.social @starlingliterary.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/Ariadelsole
Michelle Jing Chan (she/her) 🌈 @michellejingchan.bsky.social ✏️ 🎨 Kidlit Author-Illustrator
💜 Rep: @jemiscoe.bsky.social
📚2025: PRIDE, 100 DAYS, WEIWEI'S WINTER SOLSTICE
💻 https://linktr.ee/michellejingchan
Rebekah Lowell @rebekahlowell.bsky.social THE ROAD TO AFTER (Nancy Paulsen) |
CATCHING FLIGHT (Doubleday) |
Author/Illustrator | RISD | Hollins | Rep: @pterlip at ABLA ✨
Bex Glendining 🍃 @lgions.bsky.social she/they | award winning uk illustrator and comic artist/colourist
https://www.lgions.com/
Debut graphic novel 'On Starlit Shores' out now ✨
contact - becky.glendining@gmail.com | Rep'd by Paige Terlip.
🚫 AI or NFT
Jennifer Mattson @jmattson.bsky.social ABLA agent, Chicagoan, observer of ducklings. Takes ballet lessons & loves tiny houses. Banner art (c)2020 by Taeeun Yoo from WHEN THE STORM COMES by Linda Ashman
ROBERT PAUL JR. | AUTHOR | ILLUSTRATOR @robertpauljr.bsky.social 🎨✍️📝Creating diverse characters and fresh stories.
✨USA Today Best Selling Illustrator
✍🏾🎨Illustrator of the NAACP Image Award winning book Cookies and Milk
Paige Terlip @pterlip.bsky.social Dog lover, book hoarder, outdoor enthusiast 🌈 Founder + Lit Agent @ Starling Literary + Media
www.paigeterlip.com
www.starlingliterary.com
www.cowritecollective.com
Nada Shawish Dutka @nadawrites.bsky.social #kidlit author rep’d by https://bsky.app/profile/pterlip.bsky.social, https://bsky.app/profile/andreabrownlit.bsky.social. COOKIES AND CRESCENTS (Abrams): https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/cookies-and-crescents_9781419773327/
Jesse White @jessewhiteillustration.com 🌙 Illustrator, author, & muralist in Durham, NC
🌿 Brave Like Fireweed (UNSQ)
🐚 Rep’d by Paige Terlip @ Starling Literary
bio.site/jessewhiteillustration
Andrea Brown Literary Agency @andreabrownlit.bsky.social We are a full service literary agency repping the best books in the world since 1981. (Not that we're biased.) We LOVE books and their creators! www.andreabrownlit.com
MINGYU ꗃ @minggu.bsky.social a tapestry of warmth and charisma woven into every smile, 1͟9͟9͟7͟.
Cashew 🔜 FUVE @mintcashew.bsky.social life hard but im harder
animal person that draws animal people
https://linktr.ee/mintcashew
Black Josei Press @blackjoseipress.bsky.social Publisher of award-winning comics by *and* for people of color from marginalized genders and sexualities.
Founded by @JamilaRowser (Header by @SamWade)
https://linktr.ee/BlackJoseiPress
Sarah Everett @goddammitsarah.bsky.social wayward harridan who speaks to plants and animals. everything stays right where you left it
📍Salt Lake City, UT
https://linktr.ee/sarahmarvelous
Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social Historian of evolutionary biology and scientific racism who has somehow turned into a historian of the physical sciences. Expect lots of cat pictures and general miscellany. Baltimore.
Neglected Books @neglectedbooks.com Brad Bigelow, Missoula, MT
bradbigelow.com
Author, Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts
Editor, Recovered Books series @ Boiler House Press:
www.boilerhouse.press/recovered-books
Editor, neglectedbooks.com. Champion of reading off the beaten/AI path.
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