Druscilla Santiago @adventurefunclub.bsky.social An Illustrator! In Honolulu! Probably drinking coffee.
Rep'd by @ksonnack.bsky.social
www.adventurefun.club
📗: Anything? Anything! (Summer 2027)
Yusuke Watanabe @artofyusuke.bsky.social *Available for work*
Children’s Book Author/Illustrator
TURTLE ON THE TARMAC(Abrams '27)
Rep’d by @jemiscoe.bsky.social
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/art_yusuke/
Portfolio: https://yusukewatanabe.com/
Stella ✨ Illustrator @stellaillo.bsky.social 🎨 #kidlit author/Illustrator from Sydney Australia
http://linktr.ee/stellaillo
Denise Holmes @niseemade.bsky.social Children's Book Illustrator & Champion Hula-Hooper | Chicago, IL | Rep'd by The Bright Agency | Baby Board Books Forever
niseemade.com
deniseholmes.substack.com
Rossa Motte @rossamotte.bsky.social 🌜 Freelance illustrator 🇦🇷 Drawing through my chronic hand pain!
🌿 Aspiring author-illustrator for whimsical, nature-themed, and spooky stories!
🫀 Seeking representation!
🌛 español, english, aprendendo português, toki pona
https://rossamotte.art/
Amanda Lenz @lenzillustration.bsky.social Illustration + Design for children’s, portraiture, nature and beyond.
❉ lenzillustration.com ❉
let’s chat: amanda@lenzillustration.com
Kelly Sonnack (like "Sonic") @ksonnack.bsky.social Children's Agent. Reader. Mama.
Header art by Marissa Valdez.
MayumiSasage @mayumisasage.bsky.social Illustrator and Author. From Japan, Based in San Francisco. Rep’d by @essiewhite.bsky.social
🌐 https://mayumi-sasage.com
#kidlit
Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social www.troystory.ca
Author of 10 trad pub picture books.
(And 10 million unpubbed ones.)
DeAndra Hodge | Illustrator and Designer @deandrahodge.bsky.social NAACP Image Award Winning Illustrator
Rep. By Christy T. Ewers @the_cat_agency
📍Washington D.C.
💌 hodgedeandra@gmail.com
www.deandrahodge.com
Juliana Salcedo @jusabar.bsky.social Children's book illustrator based in Madrid. Repped by Susan Hawk
Portfolio: https://www.jusabar.net
Substack: https://jusabar.substack.com/
Shiho Pate ペイトしほ Illustration @shihopate.bsky.social Children's book Author Illustrator Rep'd by Deborah Warren at East West Literary agency. Japanese, based in USA.
アメリカで絵本のイラストレーターをしています。お仕事のご依頼ご相談は↓webからお願いします。
💛Portfolio: shihopate.com
kiera.illustrations @kieraillustrations.bsky.social Illustrator of all things magical & whimsical. She/her. UK. 🌿🍄🐸🍁🐛
Christina Barragan Forshay @christinabforshay.bsky.social ✏️Mex-American artist from LA area.
📚 Rep’d by @kellysonnack
Raised on Monty Python, Reading Rainbow, Sesame Street, John Hughes, MTV and AMC.
Bio.site/christinabarraganforshay
Toshi(ki) Nakamura | 中村俊貴 @artoftoshi.bsky.social *Available for work*
Character Designer/Kidlit llustrator🏃
Clients: WAG, Netflix, DWTV, HarperCollins, 小学館 etc | TIS会員
Rep’d by Hannah Mann at Writers House
📎 artoftoshi.com/illustration
🎥 https://youtube.com/@toshiatelier
bio.site/artoftoshi
しまざきジョゼ @joseeshimazaki.bsky.social イラストレーター。 連絡先 : jozephine.1123@gmail.com
For inquiries from outside Japan, please see the contact section on my website.→ https://joze1123.tumblr.com/
Kat Tsai @chuwenjie.bsky.social Artist of color, light, & atmosphere /🇹🇼 🇺🇸/ Visdev on Spiderman: Beyond the Spiderverse 🕷 / bio.site/kat.tsai
Tristan Y. @trisketched.bsky.social 🇵🇭 | (he/they) Char/Prop Design + Illustration + Comics | ENG/FIL/日本語(勉強中)
ア・メリカ / Amelicart @amelicart.bsky.social イラストレーター / Illustrator https://amelicart.com
🌱Pikmin Bloom (Loading Art)
⚡️Pokémon Card Game
🎨Concept Art
🐤 https://twitter.com/amelicart
Gina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social Picture Book Author Illustrator, THE KING OF BOOKS Feiwel & Friends, SNOW DAY WITH DADDY '28 Christy Ottaviano Books / Creator of #KidLitArtPostcard / Rep’d by Sean McCarthy www.ginaperry.com
Aishwarya Tandon @toondoon1010.bsky.social 🎨 Illustrator & Cartoonist (she/her)
📚 Clients include Scholastic, PRH, HarperCollins US, Beaming Books US & more.
📝 Rep'd by Claire Draper (Au Literary Management)
🌐 www.aishwaryatandon.com
Jennica Lounsbury @jennicadraws.bsky.social Picture book maker
www.jennicalounsbury.com
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
🦋
Naomi Krueger @naomijkrueger.bsky.social Writer and editor based in the Twin Cities, MN.
Interests: children's books, local journalism, gardening, democracy, and the extraordinary ordinary.
www.naomikrueger.com
Katie Booms Assarian @commonpoem.com Poet, artist, quirky spiritual picture book creator. Parenting twin 1st graders 👯 with a loud librarian. Farmers' daughter turned former writing prof, nerd for native plants + community arts, Episcopal church lady by day. Total Grand Rapids townie. Say hey
CK (They/Them preferred but any) @ckwritesbooks.bsky.social Born Intersex (Bigender easier for peeps to understand ) Autie///Chkee/Chsaw/white///HI///Repped by Page Turner///POPI'S ALL SOULS SONG///A COSTUME FOR CHARLY (Crystal Kite Finalist)///#kidlit #12x12 Insta: https://www.instagram.com/ckmalonewrites/
Hatem Aly @metahatem.bsky.social 🇨🇦🇪🇬 NYT Bestselling Illustrator. Made in Egypt, based in NB, Canada, and found in books. 🤗 (SOMEONE LIKE ME, Two Lions, JUN 2026) | Rep by: James Burns
https://linktr.ee/metahatem
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
Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc Sr. Concept Artist - Open for Work
Past: Squid Games, Inc., Spin Master
VisDev/Concept Art & Illustration | Kidlit Illustrator
Taiwanese/Cantonese Asian American
Mom to a little 🦖
💼 https://ericalee.cc
☀️Open for Freelance
✋Seeking #kidlit representation
Kyle Ferrin 🧙♂️✍️ @d20plusmodifier.bsky.social Illustrator, Game player, and friendly guy in general. he/him.
Eustace from OVER/UNDER
🌞✨Not currently taking commissions, sorry!✨🌝 KyleFerrin.bigcartel.com
Christopher Thornock @thornockstudios.bsky.social Illustrator, educator and artist living in the mountain west. Agent - Lori Steel Steelworks Literary - thornockstudios.com Insta - thornockstudios
DK Mok @dkmok.bsky.social Aurealis Award-winning fantasy and science fiction author. The Heart of the Labyrinth, Squid's Grief, and Hunt for Valamon. Loves libraries, starships, and cephalopods. Fantastical stories with heart.
www.dkmok.com
Gadigal Country, Sydney, Australia
さこももみ @momomi-sako.bsky.social I’m an illustrator and children's picture book author.My picture book has already published more than 60 in Japan.
日本野鳥の会なんちゃって会員。絵本の著書もあり〼。 ネットショップ https://momostore.base.ec/
3x3mag portfolio http://urx2.nu/CgFw
ホームページ https://msako.myportfolio.com
Cale Atkinson @caleatkinson.bsky.social Word Writer - Picture Maker
Represented by LK Literary
📚 Simon and Chester Series • Where Oliver Fits • To the Sea • Explorers of the Wild • Sir Simon Super Scarer • Off & Away • Unicorns 101 • Maxwell the Monkey Barber
🔅 www.cale.ca
Marrillu @marrillu.bsky.social 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗'𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛
https://linktr.ee/marrillu
🌐 www.marrillu.com
𝙻𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎r www.focusedartists.com
Jesse White @jessewhiteillustration.com 🌙 Illustrator, author, & muralist in Durham, NC
🌿 Brave Like Fireweed (UNSQ)
🐚 Rep’d by Paige Terlip @ Starling Literary
bio.site/jessewhiteillustration
Jayden An @jaydenduchuyan.bsky.social ✨Jayden An✨
🌈 Featured illustrator on SCBWI
⭐️ Proudly represented by Aliza R. Hoover at The CAT Agency 🐈🐈⬛
📚|TALKING TO WORMS 02/2027|
🍀Portfolio and Social media handles:
https://bit.ly/m/jayden_an_illust
Genevieve Kote @genevievekote.bsky.social KidLit illustrator from 🇨🇦
Represented by the Bright Agency
https://www.genevievekote.com/
Shannon Stocker @shannonstocker.bsky.social Kidlit author of Schneider Family Award winner LISTEN, YA novel STRONGER AT THE SEAMS, & more! 💛 Cancer mama/disabilities advocate.🎗️
Repped by Allison Remcheck (Stimola)
She/her
Kris Easler @kriseasler.bsky.social Children’s book illustrator | Represented by Jen Rofé of Andrea Brown Lit Agency | she/her
www.kriseasler.com
kriseaslerart@gmail.com
Megan Propp @proppriety.bsky.social I'm an illustrator who enjoys crayons!
meganpropp.com
Leah Trumble @squigglysquoot.bsky.social illustraton | ceramics | panics
Kidlit illustrator and character designer
www.leahtart.com
She/her
So uh how's it going folks
Ami Baio ♥️ @pinktigergames.com I make games https://pinktigergames.com
Mimi Simon || Commissions Open @mimisimon.com ☀️Illustrator and Background Artist
☀️Worked for Scholastic and King Features
☀️Richmond Virginia
🌐 https://linktr.ee/mimisimonart 🎨 https://vgen.co/mimisimon
Kim Smith @kimillustration.bsky.social ⭐ Kim is a 🇨🇦 New York Times best-selling children's book illustrator. She is also the author of the picture book Boxitects! You can find more of her work at kimillustration.com .
Hendric @hendricsueitt.bsky.social Indie game developer / comic book artist.
Jessica Elena @byjessicaelena.bsky.social I really like drawing silly animals and flowers!
Digital artist from Sweden.
Check out my art!! both #art and #sketchbook stuff! :)
Shop and other links: https://shop.byjessicaelena.com/pages/links
Kristina Marina @kristinamarina.bsky.social I like drawing and baking and reading and other gerunds! ✨ I work in books ✨ she/her ✨ MSP
https://linktr.ee/kristina.marina
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
Jessica Lynch-Jonely @jlynchjonelyillu.bsky.social Author and Illustrator, SCBWI member, located at the end of the Oregon Trail. Rep'd by Jen Rofé (@jenrofe.bsky.social) at ABLA
www.jlynchjonely.com
Nicole Almendrada @nicolealmendrada.bsky.social 🖍️ Kidlit / digital & traditional illustrator
🎨 watercolour, gouache, pencils
💕 Animals, nature and crafts
🇨🇱 Latina
💚 SCBWI Spanish Comitee
✨ nicolealmendrada.art
Marusha Belle @marushabelle.com ☆ Kidlit illustrator & author ☆ Pattern Creator ☆ Athlete☆ Ukulele player☆ life & ocean lover ☆
Rep’d by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social
https://hype.co/@marushabelle
JustineF illustration @justinefillu.bsky.social Traditional illustrator 🎨🖌️
I create little worlds of fluffiness for anyone who kept their inner child.
https://linktr.ee/justinefillu
Paul Vinelli @paulvinelli.bsky.social Picture Book Writer | MLIS
Co-Host of The Sartorial Librarians Podcast
@sartoriallibrary.bsky.social
Spotify: spoti.fi/3ANgYge
Apple: apple.co/4e4mM3h
karammitchell @karammitchell.com Illustrator
Telling stories with pictures.
Represented Lori Steel, Steelworks Literary
SCBWI Illustrator Coordinator OK/AR
https://karammitchell.com/
Juliana Vieira @julianavii.bsky.social Illustrator and Designer in Vancouver 🍁
julianaillustration.com
Sasha Stowe @sashastowe.bsky.social Kid Lit Illustrator 🌱 (looking for representation), Glass Artist, Gamer and Cat Mum. She/her. Instagram: @ sashastowe
🌷 https://sashastowelinks.carrd.co
Rob McClurkan @rmcclurkan.bsky.social Author and Illustrator.
#kidlit #kidlitart
Represented by Nicole Tugeau at @T2
seerobdraw.com
Denis Angelov @denisillustrates.bsky.social Children's book illustrator and artist, based in Sofia, Bulgaria
Art / Film Photography / Stuff I like
🌐 www.denisillustrates.com
Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social Hello 👋… my name is Jacob Souva and I’m an illustrator and author of books for kids. I’m rep’d by Jen Rofé of Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
✨ www.twofishillustration.com/links
✏️ https://open.substack.com/pub/jacobsouva
Jackie Verbitski @jackievee.me 🌞 Illustrator, Mom, and Other Attributes As Well
🍅 New Jersey
📚 Portfolio: jackievee.me
Essie White @essiewhite.bsky.social
Educator, writer, literary agent, artist and documentary enthusiast. Powered by children, and what matters most to them
Founder and owner- essiewhiteliterary.com
Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social ✦ I'm Cat ✦ she/her ✦ 44 ✦ neurodivergent
✦ Portuguese-Canadian Kid Lit Illustrator
✦ Rep'd by The T2 Agency
✦ 📍 in Portugal
✦ Book a Portfolio Review ⤵️
catarinaoliveirastudio.com
✦ instagram.com/catarinaoliveirastudio/
#KidLitArt #illustration #kidlit
Marlee Fuller-Morris 🏳️🌈 @mfmwrites.bsky.social Birder, #kidlit author, former park ranger turned full-time mom. Military spouse. Good thing Im happy living anywhere with cool critters and creative kids. she/her.
#50PreciousWords ‘24 Winner | #SCBWI | #12x12 | #PB | #amquerying
www.mfmwrites.com
Anna Lindsten @annalindsten.bsky.social Childrens book illustrator 📚
#kidlit #kidlitart
📍Stockholm, Sweden
💳 SCBWI, Svenska Tecknare
💌 info@annalindsten.se
🎨 https://www.annalindsten.se
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annalindsten
Betsy Miller @betsymiller.bsky.social Writer and publisher
I mostly write books on children's health topics, but sometimes I write fiction.
Co-founder of Thinking Ink Press
https://betsymillerbooks.weebly.com
www.ThinkingInkPress.com
David Fox💙🫘🇺🇦 @davidbfox.com Lead game programmer: ThimbleweedPark2 ReturnToMonkeyIsland
Designer/Project Lead at LucasfilmGames/LucasArts: Fractalus Labyrinth ZakMcKracken Indy3
ManiacMansion
VR XR EV GameDev
Handpan newbie
❤️ @anniefox.com
@RubeWorks.com
https://linktr.ee/davidbfox
James @aferalbox.bsky.social Game Dev, 3D Artist and a passionate creative.
Tori Kate @torikateillo.bsky.social canadian kidlit illustrator ✏️ & full time mama
i love joyful, silly and heartwarming characters ✨
rep’d by Analía Cabello @ ABLA @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
portfolio: www.torikateillustration.com
email: torikcole@gmail.com
Susana Viñolo @susanavinolo.bsky.social Illustration Artist✏️✨ | I illustrate for children and create as a way of living ♡ 🇬🇧 🇪🇦
More art⬇️
susanavinolo.com
Michelle Denise Wood @mdwillustration.bsky.social 🖍️Illustrator, author, mom to girls
🌿Nature, retro, spooky, nostalgia
👋🏻Let’s make cool stuff together! #scbwi #kidlitart #12x12PB
⭐️#PBRisingStars 2024 Honorable Mention
📍Indiana
✨michelledwoodillustration.com
✏️michellewooddraws.com
📒 Seeking representation
Elia Sheldon @eliasheldonauthor.bsky.social ✨ YA Fantasy & Romance
📖 KNOCK ON WOOD • Querying
💥 IMPOSTER SYNDROME • WIP
💫 SCBWI | Period drama & book lover
👇 Let's talk books!
Trenise @booksbytrenise.bsky.social 🇯🇲 🇺🇸 | #KidLit author | ⭐️ Co-Director of PB Rising Stars ⭐️ | BOOKed and Busy 📚| Repped by Jem at ABLA| Movie buff | Fueled by College Football ❤️💛✌️, Taylor Swift, Showtunes, 2010s hip hop and SPITE | Storyteller. Creator. Wonderer
Nathan Alexander @nathgalexander.bsky.social Historian (race, atheism), Univ. of Ottawa 🇨🇦
Indie fantasy novel, Ashes of the Revolution, now available (think Game of Thrones meets the French Revolution) 🐉
Co-host, Beyond Atheism Podcast
https://www.nathangalexander.com
Jen H @jenhirsch.bsky.social Parent & PhD student; MSW, disabled, trans/nonbinary, & autistic
interested in adjustment to illness & healthcare trauma
any pronoun
Reshu Lakra @dibbarangeen.bsky.social Kidlit Illustrator
•Crocodile Christmas, out with PRH
•Longlisted by Picturebook Makers for 'The Unpublished Picture Book Showcase 7'
•Seeking representation
•Email: dibba.rangeen@gmail.com
•Portfolio: www.dibbarangeenstudio.com
Srinidhi Srinivasan | Kidlit Illustrator @srinidhidraws.bsky.social Rep’ed by Aliza Hoover at CAT agency!
Children’s book Illustrator, Sketchbook Scribbler ✏️& Maker of many things 🪡|
🕸️ www.srinidhidraws.com
📧 srinidhis01@gmail.com
Emmy Brown @ AMKE 817 @emmbrr.bsky.social drawing, drawing (she/her)
Represented by Alex Gehringer with The Bright Agency
emmybrownillustration.com | linktr.ee/emmbrr
🎨 art tag: #kidlitart
Mibs @mibyle.bsky.social ✹ junior programmer, indie gamedev working on Blanksword, The Phantom of the Black Rose Revue & [TBA]
✹ website: mibyle.neocities.org
Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com Executive Art Director at Scholastic (Picture Books). Educator at CCNY (Critical Writing) & Pratt (Typography). Speaker (SCBWI et al.). Writer of Fiction (Agent: @liznealon.bsky.social). 523rd Bluesky account. NYC. He/Him. www.brianlarossa.com.
💙❤️
Reagan Lehman @reaganlehman.net ✨ Children’s book illustrator
🎨 Painting, reading, & gaming in Lanc, PA
🐈⬛ Rep’d by Christie Megill @ The CAT Agency
💌 reagan@reaganlehman.net
Portfolio 👉 reaganlehman.net
Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com Viet-Canadian writer, multidisciplinary artist, general goblin on Treaty 1 territory. Queer, neurodivergent, she/they. SCBWI. https://tiffbartel.com
Rep: Katie Blagden @ The Ampersand Agency
Erica Lee Schlaikjer 🍉 史光芬 @ericaleewrites.bsky.social ✍️ Picture book author, seeking rep
📚 Here for the #kidlit community!
💫 SKY LUCK (out now!)
🌱 WILD GREENS, BEAUTIFUL GIRL (August 2024)
🌎 台灣阿美族 aboriginal Taiwanese (Amis) & Euro-American
📍 Los Angeles
🔗 www.ericaleewrites.com
MrsPowellsBooks @mrspowellsbooks.bsky.social K-2nd grade librarian & Author of THE LIBRARY KITTY book duo and HEROES NEED HELP (a chemo themed picture book written with my college kid).
AcademicPlayBooks.com
Melissa Murray @melissamurray.bsky.social Author + Illustrator + Artist
SCBWI | CBIG | 12x12
PBParty 2024 Illustration Showcase HM
https://melissamurray.net
#kidlitart #kidlit
Amanda Neipris @apncreates.bsky.social Retro-inspired illustrator based in Portland, OR.
Sophie Benmouyal @sophiebenmouyal.bsky.social Illustration and Graphic Design
Based in Montreal, Canada
https://linktr.ee/sophiebenmouyal
Laan 🌟 Illustrator-Author @laancham.bsky.social 🌻• NYT Bestselling Illustrator
✨• SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN ✨ MAO MAO’S PERFECTLY IMPERFECT DAY ✨ ZOMBIE AND BRAIN ARE FRIENDS (link below 💕)
🌷• Rep’d by @jemiscoe.bsky.social
🌼• queries & books: laancham.carrd.co
🥀• NO AI art ❎ NO NFTs ❎ NO stealing
Gillian Eilidh O’Mara @lightonthesea.bsky.social Author/illustrator with Walker, Candlewick, Faber, HarperCollins, Penguin, Puffin, Rocky Pond. USA Today Bestseller. Rep Jennifer Laughran @ Andrea Brown Lit. Scottish & Irish and living in England.
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
María Carranza @mariacarranza.bsky.social Childre's book illustrator
Argentina
mariacarranza.ilus@gmail.com
https://mariacarranza.myportfolio.com/
Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social 🇨🇦 🇸🇬 Illustrator, author (The Pink Pajamas, S&S 2025) | Rep: Tracy Marchini | Co-host @kidlitart.bsky.social chat | 🚫AI/NFT
🎨 CharleneChua.com
🖼️ Links - charlenechua.com/links
✏️ Alt account @sygnin.com
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
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/
Thaís Mesquita @thaismesquita.bsky.social Artist, illustrator, and author
Represented by Alex Gehringer at The Bright Agency
www.thaismesquita.art
⚲ Germany
Ophelia Leigh @uhoh.bsky.social https://ophelialeigh.com
Annie Silvestro @anniesilvestro.bsky.social Kidlit author- BRAVO, LITTLE BIRD & SIGNS OF FRIENDSHIP out now!
www.anniesilvestro.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