Amy Chini @amychini.bsky.social #Kidlit writer and sometimes illustrator, making things since 1980. Send me all the vegan things.
#FallWritingFrenzy 2024 Winner #KidLitVibes 2023 Winner #SprinFlingKidLit 2023 (HM) 12th annual #Halloweensie (HM)
www.amychini.com
Kidlit411 @kidlit411.bsky.social Everything kid lit, in one place! A website and community founded by Elaine Kiely Kearns and @sylvialiu.bsky.social. Follow us for weekly links to kid lit resources and book giveaways.
website: kidlit411.com 
Agathe Chave-Lucas 🇫🇷🇪🇸 @agathechavelucas.bsky.social Author, poet, scientist based in Paris/Ouessant (France)
Rep'd by Michelle Witte (@michellewitte.bsky.social)
PhD in Mathematical Ecology | Environment trail at the Louvre museum
Passionate about the environment, microbes, museums & women in STEM
Kristen C. Strocchia @kcstrocchia.bsky.social Children’s poet & writer • Speaker • Mom of 7
Kidlit Honors: Ann Whitford Paul Awards 2024 & #PBParty 2025
Writes lyrical/quirky PB & speculative upper MG/YA
SCBWI East PA | M.Ed Curriculum & Instruction | kcstrocchia.com
1 of 6 hosts: #KidlitZombieWeek
@janmilusich.bsky.social @janmilusich.bsky.social 
Lori Knutsen: Kidlit Writer, Teacher and Photographer @lknutsenkidlit.bsky.social I write #PB #YA to uplift, inspire, and entertain kids.❤️ Boy mom. Teacher. Dreamer. #kidlitfirefly #ND 💫📝🌈
Seeking Rep https://loriknutsen.com
#50Preciouswords ‘26‘25 HM
#springflingkidlit ‘25 Winner
#Halloweensie ‘25 HM
#SCBWI
#12X12
#PBRS Col
A.W. Wise @aw-wise.bsky.social 
Koko @mikekoko.bsky.social Walking on my hands 🤸🏽♂️, diving into kidlit—whether reading or writing 📚, and solving puzzles 🧩.
#PBRisingStar #SCBWI #12x12 #GoldenEggAcademy
Andrew Allsop @allsopsfables.bsky.social Children’s book author, #PBParty Finalist ’25, #PBRisingStars Mentee ’23, WriteHive Mentee ’24, member of SCBWI, repped by @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social at Bradford Literary Agency.
Ashley Gayle @ashleygwritespb.bsky.social •Writing picture books for the kid in all of us
•✨PB Rising Stars Mentee 2024 ✨
Nancy Stark Lee 🇨🇦 @drnancydraws.bsky.social #kidlit author-illustrator seeking representation | #PBRisingstars 2023 alum | SCBWI San Diego Own Voices Illustrator Award Winner 2024
https://linktr.ee/drnancydraws
Cheri Thriver @cherithriver.bsky.social Always curious. Writer. #PBRisingStarsCollective #12x12PB #amquerying #kidlit Recipe developer. Product designer. Funma! (she/her) Blog: http://cooking2thrive.com
Susan @sburdorf.bsky.social Member of 12x12 PB Writing Challenge; The Writer’s Sanctuary; Ebony Lynn Mudd’s PB Retreat; published author; collector of socks; herder of cats. Welcome to my world.
Amy R. Murrell @amyrmurrellauthor.bsky.social Clinical Psychologist; Author, Member of the Authors' Guild, SCBWI, Mighty KidLit, 12x12, Storyteller Academy, Children’s Book Academy , and more :)
Jackie @jackieyacky.bsky.social 🌟 Jackie (they/he/she) 🌈💕
✏️ Storyboard artist, 2D animator, Illustrator
🔗 https://linktr.ee/jackie_yacky
🧶 Crafter and plant lover 🌱
😷 Chronically Ill
🖖 Trekkie
🪲Shop: @discobeetle.bsky.social
🐭 Personal project: @spriggeandsprout.bsky.social
@whatchudrawing.bsky.social @whatchudrawing.bsky.social 
Maliha Sheikh @malihasheikh.bsky.social Mom to Humans, Dogs, and Cats, Psychologist and KidLit Author
#12X12, #SCBWI NJ
Board Member of Women Who Write, Inc.
Vivian Kirkfield's *50 Words* Honorable Mention 2026
Clay Adamah @clayadamah.bsky.social (they/ze)
Author-Illustrator of #KidLitArt (long-press)
https://linktr.ee/clayadamah
just reading books, drawing stuff,
and tree-watching with birds. 🌳 👀 🐦
🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
Human made - No AI
Illustrator of Kismet, No! (PJP 2027)
Anya-Kaye @afrancis211.bsky.social Picture book creator. Woman of God. Former School Counselor. Disabled Vet. Wheelchair operator 🦽👩🏾🦽➡️♿️ Living by faith 🐝🐝🐝 DST 🔺🐘
kocona @kocona.bsky.social 🐚Picture books| Illustration
🚂Hop on!
Beehandi @beehandi.bsky.social She/her
Kidlit Illustrator/ writer.
Insta @bhandiillustration
http://www.bhandiboe.com
Catholic 😂, wife 😊, mom of 3 🤪 ADHD and ASD 💖🎨💪🎧 SCBWI IC MD/DE/WV
Sarah Wheeler @sarahsart.bsky.social Artist • Illustrator
Member of SCBWI
Anna Cechony @wovenexperience.bsky.social Disability doula, coach, aspiring children’s book author, sewist, knitter, coco bb 😷
Kinsey @poor-artist.bsky.social Illustrator, novice handler (dog show), clown enthusiast
kidlitchat @kidlitchat.bsky.social #kidlitchat happens every Tuesday night at 9E/6P, co-hosted by @bonnieadamson.com and @gregpincus.bsky.social. The topic is posted here as each chat begins, as well as any important chat news.
Banner art by Brian Kirby: @boringstorybook.com
DearEditorDotCom @deareditordotcom.bsky.social Deborah Halverson—“The Editor”—posts writing tips, inspirations, news, & alerts when she answers new questions from writers on DearEditor.com
Natalie Aguirre @natalieaguirre7.bsky.social Blog host at Literary Rambles where I help writers on their publishing journey, promote authors with book giveaways, and interview agents with query critique giveaways. http://literaryrambles.com
Maria is Writing @mariakidlit.bsky.social #Kidlit PB/MG writer and enthusiast
Parent
Bunny person
#Scbwi
Nature
Foodie
Emma Applegarth @emmaapple.bsky.social 🪻Scientist, writer, earth lover. 📝Aspiring #kidlit author. 🌟2025 #PBRisingStars mentee.
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
Lynne Marie - Holiday Book Author, RYS Director @literallylynne.bsky.social Lynne Marie is the multi-published author of picture books, an Agent Mentee @ www.theseymouragency.com, director of Rate Your Story (www.rateyourstory.org), a columnist @Children's Book Insider (www.writeforkids.org) and Co-Host at #SeasonsOfKidLit.com
Shannon Gile @shannongilewrites.bsky.social Pre-published kidlit writer in Vermont.
School librarian by day.
SCBWI member.
Neurodivergent, Swiftie, musician, cat lover.
Joyce Sweeney @joycekay.bsky.social Director of Kidlit at The Seymour Agency
Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
Callie Dean @calliebdean.bsky.social Writer, Musician, Researcher, Mom.
http://calliebdean.com
Rep: Karly Dizon @ Fuse Literary
Starling Literary + Media @starlingliterary.bsky.social Starling Literary + Media represents bestselling and award-winning creators, as well as debuts. Our goal is to help create enduring legacies through our strategic guidance, editorial savvy, and innovative business tactics.
The Tobias Literary Agency @thetobiasagency.bsky.social A full-service literary agency representing authors of fiction and nonfiction.
https://thetobiasagency.com/
Tara Lazar @taralazar.bsky.social Funny picture book author of FLAT CAT, 7 ATE 9, BLOOP & more, mom, foodie, 80s fan, MS disabled. STORYSTORM founder. SCBWI Golden & Crystal Kite recipient. http://linktr.ee/taralazar
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
@jilltataraworld.bsky.social @jilltataraworld.bsky.social interested in books art movies science and other cool kids' stuff. #kidlit #scbwi #amwriting
Lantana Publishing @lantanapub.bsky.social An award-winning children's book publisher and social enterprise with a mission to see all children reflected in the books they read.
Mermaid Writer @mermaidwriter.bsky.social SCBWI NY Eastern Up! Critique Coordinator
Kidlit writer, published poet, gemologist-in-training, wannabe polyglot, occasional mermaid, reluctant zebra 🍰💜🩶🤍💚 #kidlit #scbwi #amquerying #actuallyautistic
🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 Pronouns: you choose (anything but he)
Kaye Baillie, Children's Author @kayeb.bsky.social Picture Book author living on Wadawurrung Country. Visit my website https://kayebaillie.com/
Rebecca Ensign @rebecca-ensign.bsky.social OTIS HAS A BAD DAY (2023)
Mom, Picture Book Author, LCMHC, Coffee Enthusiast, #InkedVoices Member & #PBParty 2025 Finalist!
1/6 of #kidlitzombieweek hosts.
www.rebecca-ensign.com
Rep'd by Michelle Witte (@michellewitte.bsky.social)
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 |
#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/
Picture Book Summit @picturebooksummit.bsky.social The original online writing conference JUST for Picture Book Creators, established in 2015. Join us ONLINE on Oct. 3 2026 with Superstar Speakers Derrick Barnes, Deborah Underwood, and Brian Lies! picturebooksummit.com
Jessica Yoon @jessyoonwrites.bsky.social #1 NYT Bestselling Author
🖤💖 BLACKPINK: A Little Golden Book Bio
🫰🏼🩷JEONG IS JEONG
🎶 😈 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS JR NOVEL
🌙🐻 THE LEGEND OF BAN-DAL
🇰🇷🎵 MY LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK ABOUT K-POP
beacons.ai/jessicayoon
Rep: Brent Taylor
Lorrie Ness she/her @lness.bsky.social Writer, reader, avid hiker, animal lover & unrepentant cottage cheese enthusiast.
www.lorrieness.com
Represented by A.J. Van Belle, literary agent at The Booker Albert Literary Agency.
Foyinsi @foyinsipub.bsky.social (Foe-yin-SEE); 🇳🇬; She/Her; Editor (MCPG); opinions my own; PW Star Watch Honoree; if you aren’t actively fighting against oppression…why?
Sally Morgridge @smorgridge.bsky.social 
Julie Honan Johnston @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social Picture Book Author. Owner of Coyote Kids, a secondhand clothing and bookstore for kids in Albany, CA. It's all about the kids! 
Brenna Jeanneret @brennajeanneret.bsky.social #Kidlitauthor #PB #GN #NF
THE LAW OF BIRTHDAYS ('24)
A BIKE IS NOT JUST A BIKE (26)
DUDES OF DISPOSAL ('26)
Co-host of You May Contribute A Verse
@JoshMonkwords.bsky.social
https://brennajeanneret.com/index.html
Pallavi Jesrani @paljes.bsky.social Mommy, #kidlit writer, poet with poems in The Dirigible Balloon, The Little Thoughts Press, Tyger Tyger, The School Magazine, #12x12pb, engineer, STEM, SCBWI, amateur painter.
Charlotte Gunnufson @charlottegunnufson.bsky.social Children's Book Author
Hard Hat Hank and Eight, Nine, Tengineers #DisneyBooks
Dream Submarine @CandlewickPress.bsky.social
School Spirits 2026 @SimonKids.bsky.social
Halloween Hustle, rep'd by @SamBFarkas.bsky.social
Cheryl B. Klein @cherylklein.bsky.social I notice things for a living. Editorial director, Workman Kids; author of THE MAGIC WORDS: WRITING GREAT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS and five picture books, most recently IT’S HARD TO BE A BABY; 6yo mom; Virgo/goofball. Opinions my own.
Stacy Whitman @stacylwhitman.bsky.social Owner of @curiouscatbookshop.bsky.social, founder and editor-at-large of Tu Books, editor, cat person, K-dramas, and more. Opinions my own. curiouscatbookshop.com
Amy Fitzgerald @amyarielfitz.bsky.social Sr. Editorial Director for Carolrhoda Books/Lab and Zest Books at Lerner Publishing Group. Scribbler, scone enthusiast, history nerd, owner of multiple unmatched mittens. Opinions my own. She/her.
Alex Borbolla @alexborbolla.bsky.social Senior Editor at Bloomsbury | My dog’s biggest fan | 🇨🇺🇺🇸 | she/her
www.editoralexborbolla.com
Carol Hinz @carolhinz.bsky.social Children's book editor, knitter, baker, erstwhile ballerina. Wrangler of two no longer small children. (she/her)
Julia McCarthy @thejumbles.bsky.social Senior Editor at S&S Atheneum by day, purveyor of dad jokes by night, eternal sea hag. My tweets are my own. she/her 🇧🇷🇺🇸 Avatar by the wonderful Tanya J. Scott
http://bit.ly/juliambooks
Danielle Collins @daniellecollins.bsky.social Hi I’m Danielle and I get overly invested in fictional things for fun and for a living //Associate Editor @ S&S Children’s // (she/her) 🏳️🌈
Kristie Choi @kristiechoi.bsky.social Editor @ Atheneum (S&S) | 🌈 bi/pan genderfluid (she/they); pro-transgender; neurospicy; 최민지, Korean-Am; plant witch meets punky morbid grandma/cat daddy; opinions my own.
KristieChoi.com
Feather Flores ❄️☕️ @featherfully.bsky.social editor & maker of good trouble • california coastal creature • still workin’ on it 🌱🌈✨
https://featherflores.com/
she/her • kitty art by Carrie Liao 🐾
🩷💜💙
Rachel Stark @syntactics.bsky.social Editor at Disney-Hyperion▫️ House Stark; more of an Arya than a Tony ▫️ Opinions my own; pic @JarrettWilliams's ▫️ they/them
https://rachelstark7.wixsite.com/home/books-i-ve-edited
Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social executive editor of ya, mg and picture books at knopf bfyr, writer of songs and picture books (POWER TOOL ALPHABET & BUT I’M A PUMPKIN!), appreciator of odd curiosities
Alex Lu @waxenwings.bsky.social Editor at Random House Graphic, Writer-in-progress
Nancy Paulsen @nancyrosep.bsky.social Publishes kids books
Liz Garton Scanlon @lizgardensalad.bsky.social Poems, picture books, chapter books, and middle grade novels.
All the world is all of us. 🌏♥️ She/Her
www.LizGartonScanlon.com
Srividhya Venkat @srividhyavenkat.bsky.social Children's Author/Storyteller/PB lover
PRIYA'S NOT-SO-PERFECT BRAND-NEW OUTFIT - out in 2027!
SEEKER OF TRUTH (2024)
GIRLS ON WHEELS (2023)
DANCING IN THATHA'S FOOTSTEPS (2021)
#SCBWI, PB Rising Stars 2024 Mentor
Rep'd by Adria Goetz @ K.T. Literary Agency
Annada Hypes @ahypes.bsky.social children's book writer, mom, therapist, painter, yogger, music fan, star gazer & other things.
www.annadahypes.com
Louis Decrevel @loueee.bsky.social - Writer/illustrator/cartoonist
- PBParty Illustration Showcase
- PB Rising Stars Mentorship winner
- Australian Society of Authors Mentorship winner
- Faber Writing Academy Scholarship winner
visit http://www.Loueee.com for more ✌️😎- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
Nadia Salomon @nadiasalomon.bsky.social Author, Book Blogger, Speaker
Boyds Mills @boydsmills.bsky.social Boyds Mills positively impacts children by amplifying the voices of storytellers who inspire children to become their best selves.
https://linktr.ee/boydsmills
Melissa Manlove @mmanlove.bsky.social Executive Editor, Sourcebooks. She/her
Caitlin Tutterow @caitlintutterow.bsky.social Editor at Nancy Paulsen Books 🐧 Southern transplant 🍵 Matcha enthusiast
Gretchen Durning @gretchendurning.bsky.social Editor at Putnam / Penguin Young Readers
Jamie Schlansky Evans @jamieevans.bsky.social Former managing editor in children’s trade publishing. Writer of kidlit seeking new rep. MFA. Olympian multitasker. STL ➡️ ATL. She/her.
Sara Schonfeld @saraschon.bsky.social Editor at HarperCollins - Author with ABLA
Breanna Carzoo @breannacarzoo.bsky.social 🖍Author-illustrator 🚒 LOU🚦GREENLIGHT 🏰🌊THE SQUISH Rep:Jen Rofé-ABLA
www.breannacarzoo.com
Julie Hedlund @juliefhedlund.bsky.social Picture Book author & Founder, #12x12PB @12x12challenge.bsky.social & co-founder @pbsubmissions.bsky.social. SONG AFTER SONG: Julie Andrews Bio (2023, little bee), OVER, BEAR! UNDER, WHERE? (2021, Philomel) juliehedlund.com
SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators
Supporting quality children’s books & the artists who make them since 1971.
Simon Kids @simonkids.bsky.social Find us at https://www.simonandschuster.com/p/kids!
American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Empowering and advocating for libraries and library workers to ensure equitable access to information for all. 🌎’s largest library association.
Find us at https://ala.org.
We follow the ALA Code of Conduct: https://www.ala.org/user-guidelines
Bookshop.org @bookshop.org A better way to buy books online where every purchase supports local bookstores ☀️📚
https://bookshop.org/
That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com Educator-Librarian-Author-Activist-Speaker-Bibliophile-Louisianan-Defender of Wonder
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ThatLibrarian
Antwan Eady @antwaneady.bsky.social Author ✍🏽NIGEL AND THE MOON | POEMHOOD (YA Anthology) | THE LAST STAND | THE GATHERING TABLE ‘25 | MICAH’S RISE |🐅🤙🏽 | Agent: Steven Malk |he/him
Melquea @pkpaintings.bsky.social I creatively and strategically get your books to the right audience through my art.
✨Looking for Rep✨
🕑"Time Machine" '23
🎈"The Biggest Gift of All" '23
"Two Homes in Omar's Heart" '21
Kathryn Rammell @kathrynrammell.bsky.social Author Illustrator of humorous w/ 💖 PBs!
RORY THE REMARKABLE DRAGON out now!
BANDAGE BUDDIES Spring ‘24
Rep’d Christie Megill at The CAT Agency 🐈⬛
Books of Wonder @booksofwonder.bsky.social Open 11am-7pm, 7 days a week📚
NYC's largest independent children's bookstore 🌈
Erin Entrada Kelly @erinentrada.bsky.social Author + Illustrator | 2x Newbery Medalist | National Book Award Finalist | NYT Bestseller | Agent: Sara Crowe | Faculty: USF MFAY | https://linktr.ee/erinentrada
Carter Hasegawa @casahasegawa.bsky.social • Associate Agent with Tugeau2 Art and Literary Agency
• Former editor at Candlewick Press
• Freelance editor and kidlit writing coach
• Husband to a public librarian wife and dad to two preschool boys
@lkblackburne.bsky.social @lkblackburne.bsky.social 
Kailei Pew @kaileipewbooks.bsky.social Children’s Book Author
THE MONSTER ABOVE THE BED
KID-VENTORS
I SEE COLOR
Repped by Emily Forney of Bookends Lit
kaileipewbooks.com
MacKids Books @mackidsbooks.bsky.social A lifelong love of reading starts here! 📚🎈
Books and author events from the home of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group in NYC.
http://www.mackids.com
Caitlin Robinson @ctdrobinson.bsky.social Mom, Poet, Author, Educator | MFA | MA |#SCBWI | #KidLit | #amquerying | #amwriting | #neurodivergent | #50preciouswords '25 HM |#kidschoicekidlitwritingcontest '24 HM | #50preciouswords '24 HM | www.caitlintdrobinson.com
Jacqueline Lindsey @jlindseybooks.bsky.social Writer - ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE (Sourcebooks, 2026) | Rep'd by @litagentkatiem.bsky.social #SCBWI #12x12 @pb26debut.bsky.social
Rekha Valliappan @silicasun.bsky.social Author - Poet
Award-winning Pushcart & Best of Net nom. Writer & Poet- Nature Nomad, Science Scarab, Art Aesthete -Stories, Poems, CNF, Flash Fiction, Haiku, Published in Over 100+ Literary & Genre Journals & Anthologies
https://www.silicasun.wordpress.com