Heather Dawn Torres @hdtorresauthor.bsky.social Children’s Author, Former Farm Girl, Boy Mom, THE TRACTOR SQUAD & THE TRACTOR SQUAD SAVES THE DAY (Marble Press ‘24 & ‘25)
Rep’d by Stephanie Hansen at Metamorphosis Literary Agency
Cheryl M. | PB Writer @oncealittledreamer.bsky.social 🇨🇦🇭🇰🇺🇸
PB Rising Stars runner up 🌟
Mediocre HK-style mahjong player.
Profile pic by @momisdrawing
Lydia Lukidis @lydialukidis.bsky.social Award winning #kidlit author & workshop presenter (K-6)
GROUCHO ('25 & '26)
UP, UP HIGH (Capstone '25)
DEEP, DEEP DOWN (Capstone '23)
Crystal Kite winner & Silver Birch Express Honor
Ram Gulrajani Author 📚 @rockape65.bsky.social From suspense to soul-stirring stories I writes them all Love the arts, writing, painting, strumming my guitar & generally being creative. From Gibraltar originally Website: https://t.co/8gSEmJ7TCu Team Site @iquitcigs.bsky.social
Big Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com I’ve got a beard
Books read: 89/100
📚 The Wax Child
📺 Lanterns
https://www.bigbeardedbookseller.com
https://www.ephemeral.co.uk
Cathleen 🇺🇸🇵🇷 ( wovenfromwords ) @wovenfromwords.bsky.social NJ | Books, Mets baseball, and Snoopy are my loves | Educator | She/her | #MetsSky 🧡💙 | #LGM 💙📚
Deane Norton @deanenorton.bsky.social 
Jacqueline Miller @jacqueline-miller.bsky.social Scientist. Mother.
Picture Book Author.
Dabbler in the Digital Arts.
Member of SCBWI and KidLit Firefly.
Seeking representation
@katereadsandwrites.bsky.social @katereadsandwrites.bsky.social 📚 Reader, writer, book club lover
✍️ Writing adult & kids fiction
⚡️ Love stories that spark conversation
💛 Lifelong book lover
🌿 Nature & walking lover
👦 👧 Reading with my kids
📖 12x12 | SCBWI
📍 Hertfordshire, UK
#picturebooks #upmarketfiction
Jacob Hansen @jacobhansenwrites.bsky.social Repped by Sorcha Fairbank
#SCBWI member
#chucklechallenge ‘24 winner
#kidlit Author
Indianapolis
Emily Hamilton-Sanders @hamiltonsanders.bsky.social Reading, writing, and sharing #KidLit. Aspiring author. Artist. Milspouse. Cat mom.
LGBTQ+ & disability ally. Celebrating kindness, curiosity, and inclusion 🌈
Kelsey E. Gross @kelseyegross.bsky.social #kidlit author. FALL: A SEASONS STORY (August 2026, Beach Lane), SPRING: A SEASONS STORY (spring 2028, Beach Lane), WINTER: A SOLSTICE STORY (2023) & SUMMER: A SOLSTICE STORY (2024) from Paula Wiseman/Simon & Schuster. #12x12PB #SCBWI kelseyegross.com
Paul Reeves 🏴 @paulartreeves.bsky.social Artist 🎨 Actor 🎙🎭 Writer 🖊 Video Game Developer 🕹 Film-maker 🎥
𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 🖖
https://linktr.ee/paulreeves
https://ko-fi.com/paulartreeves ☕️
Benson Shum @bshum79.bsky.social Award-winning Author-Illustrator & Disney Animator on #Zootopia2 #Encanto, WE ARE LION DANCERS, ANZU THE GREAT KAIJU. Rep: Teresa Kietlinski, Bookmark Literary
🎨 www.bensonshum.com
📑 www.bensonshum.com/activities/
🌟 https://linktr.ee/BensonShum
Sandy Roberts @kaleidoscopesci.bsky.social She/Her. Scientist. Educator. Maker. Learner. Author. Communicator. Nerd. Mom. Wife. Science Friday Education Program Manager🧪 sciencefriday.com Let's talk STEM! #EduSky More at http://scientist.org
@destinylovesbooks.bsky.social @destinylovesbooks.bsky.social 
Sarah Vaughn-Rohrbough @roarbahdesigns.bsky.social Kid Lit Author & Illustrator
Surface Pattern Designer
Www.RoarBahDesigns.com
Member of SCBWI
Open to representation
Diana Castillo | Author/Illustrator @dianaacastle.bsky.social Cuban Mermaid & Author/Illustrator, repped by Saritza at Andrea Brown Literary Agency!
📖 Snap! Crunch! Munch? (Holiday House, 2025)
📚 Detective Fuego series (Simon Spotlight, 2027 & 2028)
#Kidlitart & #Comic Portfolio: dianacastleart.com
@kaitlindesroches.bsky.social @kaitlindesroches.bsky.social 
Jennifer 📚🎧❣️ @jdawson001.bsky.social ♿️🏳️🌈American SFF author, poet, editor, & book reviewer living in England. She/her. The Poetry Society & The British Fantasy Society. Old OWW member.
Online at: WorldsOfMayhem.com
https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/dawson001
🏳️⚧️ rights = human rights.
Olivia Chin Mueller @oliviachinmueller.bsky.social Owner of @lumicheeshop | Kid Lit Illustrator | Mousemoth Maker | She/Her | www.oliviachinmueller.com
Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️Iranian Chicagoan author: THE BRUISING OF QILWA (adult queernorm Persian fantasy; Crawford, Locus, World Fantasy finalist) & THE GLADE (🏳️🌈🍄MG horror, Ignyte finalist). Worker-owner at Sword & Kettle Press. Newsletter, teaching, & more: lnk.bio/jamsternazzy
April Berry | KidLit @aprilberrybooks.bsky.social Introvert, travel writer, children's book author, host of Picture Books Postcard blog. Rep'd by Katie Monson of SBR Media. #kidlit #writingcommunity #12x12PB #KidlitChuckleChallenge
AprilBerryBooks.com
byraquelromero @byraquelromero.bsky.social Picture Book Writer 📚
Rhymer 🎶
#PBRisingStars '26 Mentee 🌟
🍉STaliNIST @socialobjection.bsky.social A spoiled little house cat who lives a sheltered easy existence I wouldn't last 10 minutes in Revolution
Jane Kohuth @janekohuth.bsky.social Children's book author, Jewish educator, Mom, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome haver. Rep'd by Bookmark Literary. https://www.janekohuth.com/
Kim A Larson @kimalarson.bsky.social Author of Doll Trouble (Clavis, 2026) and Goat's Boat Won't Float (Little Press, 2024) '23 & '22 #PBParty finalist '21 #SCBWI Ann Paul Award #Kidlit #12x12 Author of Unraveling Fairy Tales: Learning To Live Happily Ever After http://amzn.com/1734768819
Lisa Moraleda @moralisasmile.bsky.social Publicity at Simon & Schuster Children's
barley & birch @barleyandbirch.com Creative art and play explorations for kids and their families. Visit us at https://barleyandbirch.com
#KidsActivities | #KidsArt | #ArtEd | #EduSky | #KidsCrafts | #NatureSky | #OutdoorLearning | #CreativePlay | #KidLit | #DIYKids | #ECE | #EarlyYears
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
Kazoo magazine @kazoomagazine.com Quarterly Print Magazine for girls. National Magazine Award-winner. “Smart & beautiful” -NYT. "For little girls who want to grow up to be president” -Vogue. Made in Brooklyn. Ships worldwide. www.kazoomagazine.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
Gabriella Aldeman @writebetween.bsky.social Spanish translator and PB author. PAULA'S PATCHES (FreeSpiritBooks), SQUAWK OF SPANISH (Charlesbridge), SOMETIMES A DREAM (Versify, 2027). Rep’d by Jennifer Unter
Katie L. Carroll @katielcarroll.com Award-winning author of books for kids, teens, and those who are young at heart
She/they
https://katielcarroll.com/
Nadia Ali @nadiaawriter.bsky.social KidLit Author:
RAISAH AND THE BOAT TRIP (2023),
HUMPHREY THE EGG_SPLORER (2023)
THE ANIMAL SOCIETIES SERIES (2023)
12x12 Challenge
@mikecressy.bsky.social @mikecressy.bsky.social 
Mike Swaim @trillionpixels.bsky.social Artist and Cartoonist behind Dani & Lulu, cartographer, and science educator. He/Him
I always appreciate a follow for my comics, but if you are looking for the other Michael Swaim of Cracked fame you can find him here: @michaelswaim.bsky.social
Joan Schoettler @joanschoettler.bsky.social Writer and author of children's picture books and middle grade novels.
A DOCTOR AT HEART THE STORY OF GROUNDBREAKING SCIENTIST AND TEACHER VIVIEN THOMAS,
BOOKS TRAVEL THE WORLD, and
THE HONEY JAR: AN ARMENIAN'S ESCAPE TO FREEDOM
Elizabeth Shreeve @shreevebooks.bsky.social Author of kids’ books about Planet Earth. Science writer, reader, hiker, mom. Dog rules the house. 🐾💙🌏📚
New from Simon & Schuster: DINOSAURS TO DRAGONS: The Lore and Science of Mythical Creatures.
rep Ammi-Joan Paquette, Aevitas Creative Management
Kallie Stenman | Kidlit @kalliestenman.bsky.social Children’s book writer & illustrator, kidlit enthusiast, designer & artist.
Protecting and promoting creativity and human empathy through 100% human-made art and story text for children’s books!
@neschen.bsky.social @neschen.bsky.social PhD in theater, Lecturer in English and Queer Studies. Pop culture, fan studies, comics, Shakespeare and Elizabethan theater, Long 18th century drama, mid-century media, film noir, drag queens
Ilene Winokur @ilenew.bsky.social Author|#Journey2Belonging|RetiredEducatorVolunteerMentor|Nana|#KidLit|https://www.IleneWinokur.com
Maria is Writing @mariakidlit.bsky.social #Kidlit PB/MG writer and enthusiast
Parent
Bunny person
#Scbwi
Nature
Foodie
Jenna E Caputo @jennacapbooks.bsky.social Writer. Entrepreneur. Dancer. Lover of the arts. 🪶
www.jennaecaputo.com
Domingos @domingosmcc.bsky.social I know not what tomorrow will bring…(Pessoa)
💙💛 Україна українцям! 💙💛
🚫 Nazifascists&Maga🚫 Bitcoin 🚫 Get-rich schemes
I reject fanaticism and outdated orthodoxies!
Mountain & Myth Fantasy Cartography @mountainandmyth.bsky.social Bringing your fantasy world to life! We create hand drawn maps for your D&D/Pathfinder or other ttrpg games.
Commissions are OPEN: https://tally.so/r/obEbob
https://mountainandmyth.com
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
Amy Leskowski @amyleskowski.bsky.social Rep'd by Keely Boeving. PB writer, #scbwi, #12x12, copyeditor, dog mom, mom of 3, actor, instructional designer, baseball fan, soccer mom, baseball mom, Red Sox Nation, rhymer, pickleball player, cake decorator
Jochev @jochev.bsky.social Husband, Dad, night owl. Music dabbler and enthusiast.
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
Jen 🖤 @justjennifer90.bsky.social #OASIS 🖤 🏰 #AEW #ManCity 💙🦈 she/her
Free Palestine. Abolish 🧊.
C. M. Larkin Publishing, LLC. @cmlarkinbooks.bsky.social Publisher of works by J. Christin Fields
Nev @alphukit.bsky.social Outdoors and all things nature type of guy.
I love camping, hiking, foraging and travelling anywhere, anytime.
Eagle Harbor Book Co. @eagleharborbooks.bsky.social Established in 1970, Eagle Harbor Book Co. is a full service, locally-owned and proudly independent bookstore located on Bainbridge Island, WA. With an extensive selection of books and gifts, we're the perfect "destination bookshop"
Rachel Alberque @mrsalberque.bsky.social 6th grade ELA teacher, avid reader, 2x TCNJ grad, she/her, views my own
Maria Mola @mariamola.bsky.social Artist
Joelle Gebhardt @joellegebhardt.bsky.social 🇨🇦🇩🇪 #kidlit author and illustrator
Rep’d by Ammi-Joan Paquette
www.joellegebhardt.com
Dr. Fröhlich (prefers not to) @edgarallandoh.bsky.social Lover
Friend
Fighter
Father
Husband
Son
Brother
Partner
Writer
Scholar
Neighbor
Traveler
Worker
German
He/hiscishet
Man
Human
🤘&Blues
"The Only Thing I Do Know Is That We Have To Be Kind. Please, Be Kind. Especially When We Don't Know What's Going on."
Kent @kentsthings.bsky.social Writer and reader. Cat, American bully, pitbull, shore bird, marine animal, and cow enthusiast. Writer's Digest 89th, 90th, and 92nd Annual Writing Competition Honorable Mentionee!! #kidlit #picturebooks #YA #amwriting #amquerying #booksky
Nina Crittenden @ninacrittenden.bsky.social kid book maker. tea drinker. minnesotan. ice out. ninacrittenden.com
su moon @sailor-smoon.bsky.social author-doodler + character designer #kidlit #animation
📕 Vlad is Mad! (B+B/Macmillan, Aug ‘26)
📖 The Ugly Donkey (B+B/Macmillan, Aug ‘28)
J.A. Misek @insomniac2024.bsky.social Shun not the scrutiny of fact. Human female.
Slava Ukraini 💙💛✊🏻✌🏻🐸 @hhlouise.bsky.social Pro-democracy/Facts/Science
Anti-Fascist/Oligarchy/Authoritarian Regime
@jimbo1216.bsky.social @jimbo1216.bsky.social Blue wave 2026! Left X trying to find some sanity. St. Louis Cardinals fan
Never Trumper. Proud member of antifa! Love all my cats! Proud dad, grandpa and great grandpa!
@dabxdee.bsky.social @dabxdee.bsky.social "If you can't be with the one you love honey, love the one you're with"
CSN
@birdie-24.bsky.social @birdie-24.bsky.social 
Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
Mary Rees @bookcraic.bsky.social I’m a primary school teacher, Year 3. I am Reading Lead which is perfect for me as I’m a huge fan of children’s books. I am also a children’s book blogger at https://bookcraic.blog. 
Junior Library Guild @jrlibraryguild.bsky.social A collection development service providing libraries with the best new-release books for children and young adults.
Patricia Keeler - GN Illustrator for YA @patriciakeeler.bsky.social Graphic Novel illustrator/author. Winner Christopher Medal & New York Book Festival. 100,000 multicultural (LeeandLow) paperback books in print
SCOOP THE ICE CREAM TRUCK (Sky Pony) Feb 2024
https://patriciakeeler-author-illustrator.com
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
My Book Corner @mybookcorner.bsky.social Book reviews of picture books, chapter books, MG, YA and non-fiction. 📚📚📚
Delighted to take part in blog tours and spread the word about great books for children and young adults!
Find our reviews and more at www.mybookcorner.co.uk
@mplswaytogrow.bsky.social @mplswaytogrow.bsky.social 
Music-and-Books 📚🎶 @musicandbooks.bsky.social Library assistant who loves reading, playing dulcimers, arranging music, and writing. She/her. Liberal. Main account. 💙
Tanja at Good Night To Read @gntread24.bsky.social Past Carnegie Medals Judge for NI (2016,2017,2022,2023)& Kids’ Lit Quiz NI heat Co-ord (2006-2019) & Creative Book Blogger at https://goodnighttoread.wordpress.com/ Book Reviewer,Interviewer & Sch Librarian.YLG Nat Comm.Love writing book & nature haikus.
Jo Byatt @smartiejo.bsky.social I’m a published children’s Illustrator/ Author of Bea by the Sea and Raccoon’s Rambles. Published by Child’s Play International. Pug mum. Good to meet you!
InterestedInTooManyThingsAtOnce @sheebamammen.bsky.social Illustrator
🏳️🌈, ADHDer, lover of hugs, almost always up for a conversation
Art portfolio - https://www.behance.net/sheebamammen_HWAP
Suzy Levinson @suzylevinson.bsky.social Children's Author + Poet
ANIMALS IN PANTS (Abrams), DINOS THAT DRIVE (Tundra), A YEAR IN CLOWN TOWN (Tundra), SALVADOR SNAKE: LOOKING FOR LOVE (Balzer + Bray), PUMPKIN SPIES (Penguin Workshop), more TBA!
www.suzylevinson.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
Fay Ryu Kelling @drawnbyfay.bsky.social Children's Author-Illustrator
Based in Southern California
Rep'd by @essiewhiteliterary
SCBWI member • Mom of 2
drawnbyfay.com
ejoyd.bsky.social @ejoyd.bsky.social Writer. Editor. Lover of dark chocolate. 2024 #50preciouswords HM #SCBWI #PB #kidlit #travel
Luce Leonard @luceleonard.bsky.social I really love the teachings of the Dalai Lama and the great spiritual masters around him. They make me feel good.
Photo: The Dalai Lama
To my right is Yahne Le Toumelin, Matthieu Ricard’s mother.
Rusty Fischer's Monster Mayhem @rustyzombies.bsky.social Rusty Fischer is the author of Zombies Don’t Cry (Medallion Press). His series for Decadent Publishing, Reanimated Readz, continues to bring the undead back to life!
https://a.co/d/ak5tCvK
Sarah Neville @sarahnevillestudio.bsky.social Children’s book Illustrator and Painter from Winnipeg, Canada. Love creating silly, animal characters.
Find more of my work here:
sarahnevillestudios.com
Joyce Uglow, award-winning kidlit picture book poet @jpuglow.bsky.social #PB poet 🌳🌸🌞🌙💦 #RA #SCBWI #12x12 #CtC | Storied Ink on Substack https://substack.com/@jpuglow #NSTA #ALA #CrystalKite WI Fellowship of Poets
https://joyceuglowauthor.com repped by Liza Voges at Eden Street
American Veteran (Canadian grandparents) @rosierocket63.bsky.social We need to make a fix it list and all of the list matters equally.
1. Businesses want AI and Americans want UBI Universal Basic Income
2. Americans want UH Universal Healthcare
3. Overturn Citizens United Corporate greed.
John Cobb @jcobb.coppermont.com Principal Advisor at @coppermont.com. Strategic advisory, market intelligence, and performance-based growth for founders, boards, and investors across the Americas and Lusophone Africa.
JVNLA - Jennifer Weltz @jvnla.bsky.social Jennifer Weltz ( she/her) is a Literary Agent at the Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency, Inc. who speaks for the Agency as well as herself. Much author love here!
Lo & Co. @loslo.bsky.social Mom, Advocate, Co-Author ✍🏽
Debut children's picture book coming soon!
Manuscript ✅
Representation - Let's connect!
Young Page Turners @youngpageturners.bsky.social At Young Page Turners, we believe that every child loves to read (when they find the right book). On our website you will find reviews of children's & YA books.
Currently reading: The Songbird Army by Julia Blackburn
John Parra @johnparraart.bsky.social John Parra is an award-winning, best-selling artist, illustrator, author, and educator, renowned for his vibrant, culturally rich children’s picture books that celebrate Latino heritage and traditions.
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
Patricia Brown @patbrownbooks.bsky.social Retired Bilingual ESL teacher. Writer. Poems in @TheDirigible & Bards anthologies. #Kidlit #PictureBooks #SCBWI #12x12 #50PreciousWords 2024 & 2026 Winner. 📚
Blackwater Regional Library @blackwaterlib.bsky.social Our purpose is to provide online and print resources, access to innovative technologies and a skilled staff to patrons in our service area.
http://tinyurl.com/brlnewitems
Matthew King @matthewkingart.bsky.social Artist & Author of Don't get Blood in my House books2read.com/matthewking
Likes Character Design, Gamedev, 90’s, Cooking, Sharpies, Beetles, Raccoons, Wrestling, The FGC, Baki, Capcom, Boardgames, DDR
Kristi Mahoney @kristimahoney.bsky.social picture book author:
OWLS MAKE TERRIBLE TEACHERS
ALPACAS MAKE TERRIBLE LIBRARIANS
OSTRICHES MAKE TERRIBLE PILOTS (2028)
rep'd by @elisahouot.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/kristimahoneybooks
12x12, SCBWI, PBSoar, 24CarrotWriting, Boston Author's Club
Phyllis Harris @phyllisharris.bsky.social Children’s book author-illustrator. Rep’d by @KTerrette.bsky.social at Martin Literary.
Books:
THE GIFT SHOP BEAR 🧸🎄❤️
CLAUDE 🎨🐶 3 Starred Reviews
THE DAY KINDNESS CAME🌲🐻
Illustrated over 30 children’s books.
Website - https://www.phyllisharris.com
Maria Gianferrari (she/her) @gianferrari-m.bsky.social Creature & nature lover
Bird nerd 🐦
Wordsmith
#Kidlit Fiction & #STEM PBs:
Latest: Just One Oak 🐿 & Puffins!
Horn Book honoree for Fungi Grow 🍄
Obsessed with auroras
Website: https://mariagianferrari.com/
Kate Prosswimmer @kateprosswimmer.bsky.social ✏️ Executive Editor at Simon & Schuster for:
Margaret K. McElderry Books (kids)
Scarlett Press (new adult)
Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social Ex KS2 teacher, children’s book blogger and lover of undunked biscuits and Lego. Currently reading all the books. Autistic. She/her.
Blog: https://worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/