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
Pragmatic Mom @pragmaticmom.bsky.social Hi! I'm Mia Wenjen. I blog at PragmaticMom.com, run nonprofit ReadYourWorld.org, and write children's books (MiaWenjen.com).
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/MiaWenjen
Tessa Barbosa @hitessabarbosa.bsky.social Writer
ISLE OF TEETH (S&S Fall 26)
SFWA | Writer Unboxed | Viable Paradise 16 | 🇵🇭 🇨🇦 | She/Her
https://linktr.ee/hitessabarbosa
Pamela Courtney | Children's Author @pamismylmnop.bsky.social Author of A Season For Fishin': A Fish Fry Tradition, illustrated by Toni D Chambers.
Namrata Poddar 🧿🌀 @namratapoddar.bsky.social Author of BORDER LESS | Faculty at UCLA | Essays/nonfiction at Poets & Writers, Literary Hub, Longreads, LA Times, etc.
Interests include Decolonial —> storytelling, parenting, yoga, healing. Desi everything.
Writing 2nd book. Intermittently here.
Carrie Finison @carriefinison.bsky.social Writer, reader, rhymer, dreamer. Author of Don't Hug Doug, Dozens of Doughnuts & other picture books that don’t start with the letter D.
Find me online: carriefinison.com
Chris @chrisp16.bsky.social Educator for 40 yrs|reading specialist|Reader|lifelong learner|tennis player|someone who is dedicated to education and the sciences of reading
Meena @methelibrarian.bsky.social Wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, librarian, reader, planner , traveler, history buff, foodie.
Sambasivan & Parikh @sambasivanparikh.bsky.social Stories that feel like home • Women-owned, community-centered small press publisher
Imprints: Yali Books, Modern Marigold Books, First Person Press
SambasivanAndParikh.com
Rachel G. Payne (she/they) @rpayne.bsky.social Early literacy librarian, SLJ columnist, Horn Book board book reviewer, play advocate, and debut author of Let's Rumble from Rise x Penguin Workshop (July 2025). Rep: Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown Lit.
She/they
RachelGPayne.com
Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com 🇨🇦 Author/illustrator. Illus books by Judy Blume, Michael Ian Black, others. Author news, more: https://debbieohi.com/links/ Atmosphere updates: https://debbieohi.com/standard-reader
📚 I WANT TO READ *ALL* THE BOOKS
🎨 I'M BUSY
DebbieOhi.com
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
Betsy Bird @fuse8.bsky.social Blog about kids books? You bet (A Fuse #8 Production). Library degree? You know it. Books for kids? Seven. Books for adults about kidlit? Two. Podcasts about kids books? One (Fuse 8 n’ Kate). Having fun! https://afuse8production.slj.com
Cindy Schwind @cindyschwind1.bsky.social Reader! BookPosse Member! Indie Book Crawl! Friday Night Raffle! Retired Reading Specialist!
Kimberly Bower @gladeslibrarian.bsky.social Instructional Specialist, Teacher/Librarian, #Foodie, Adventurer, Googly, #knitter, #crafter #writer #EduSky #TLSky #GoogleTrainer #GoogleEdu #BookCreatorAmbassador
Main St. Books Monroe @mainstbooksmonroe.bsky.social A used and new bookstore in Monroe, Washington since 1995. Woman- and LGBTQIA-owned and operated. Store cat. 110 E. Main St. Monroe WA 98272 📚🌈😺 MainStBooksMonroe.com
Darshana Khiani @darshanakhiani.bsky.social 
nanaekuawriter @nanaekuawriter.bsky.social 
Bookelicious @bookelicious.bsky.social ❤️ Bookmoji Book-Matching Technology
📚 Curated Online Children's Bookshop
🎒 Virtual Author Visits
🧑🏫 PD Webinars
🛍️ PopUp Shops Fundraisers
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
Suma Subramaniam @suma-subramaniam.bsky.social Children’s and Young Adult Author
https://linktr.ee/sumasubramaniam?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=c524d73d-f45a-43cd-ae83-6ace7219ca47
Natasha B Padhiar @natashabpadhiar.bsky.social Author | Illustrator | Educator
natashabpadhiar.com
Shruthi Rao @shrurao.bsky.social Author, US and India #12x12PB #STEAM #NF
WHEN SCIENCE STOOD STILL (McElderry/S&S, 2025)
THE FIRST GIRL ON STAGE (Yali, 2025)
INDIA IN TRIANGLES (PRH India, 2025)
KADOOBOO! (Page Street, 2024)
https://shruthi-rao.com
Rep: @kristinostby Salky Literary
Sayantani DasGupta @sayantani.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of children’s and YA books, Health Humanities Academic https://linktr.ee/sayantanidasgupta?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=e40bc45d-a2e4-4923-9b4a-2674c3c19b21
Avani Dwivedi @avanidwivedi.bsky.social 🎨 picture book artist
📍Mumbai / NYC
🌷Repped by Painted Words
Nidhi Chanani @nidhiart.bsky.social Bestselling author (!!)
📚PASHMINA, SUPER BOBA CAFÉ, JUKEBOX, STRONG, SHARK PRINCESS, I WILL BE FIERCE and more
Rep Jodi Reamer at Writers House
Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social Author. Opinions=own. She/Her.
Writing your fav characters. Rep: Michael Bourret.
Co-host on the Official Marvel Podcast.
Payal Mehta's Romance Revenge Plot is out now!
www.preetichhibber.com
Profile illustration by James Lancett
Sona Charaipotra @sonesone2.bsky.social Author Symptoms of a Heartbreak, How Maya Got Fierce, Tiny Pretty Things, The Rumor Game | Screenwriter | Journalist | Senior Editor, Scholastic | traveler @ishqinabackpack | #adhd creative | #Chaitime | mama 
Rajani LaRocca @rajanilarocca.bsky.social 2022 Newbery Honoree, Walter Award, Golden Kite winner. Doctor, author of MG & PB, fiction & nonfiction, prose & poetry. Pro-democracy, pro-reproductive freedom, anti-book bans.
Rep: Brent Taylor
www.RajaniLaRocca.com
Nadia Salomon @nadiasalomon.bsky.social Author, Book Blogger, Speaker
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
Rekha Salin @rekhasalin.bsky.social Children Author+Illustrator
Seeking Representation
Clients- Puffin Books UK, OUP, GRP
RA #scbwi INTL centre region
Www.rekhasalin.com
Newsletter- https://rekhasalin.substack.com/
Monisha Bajaj @monishabajaj.bsky.social Professor & scholar of peace, human rights, migration & education
University of San Francisco
(views posted here are my own)
Debut picture book A YEAR OF KITES out in 2026 with Bloomsbury
www.monishabajaj.net
Pronouns: she/her/वह
Amitha Jagannath Knight @amitha.bsky.social Award-winning author and poet, identical twin, parent, MD (not practicing). Also: guitar, piano, bharatanatyam student. Boston area, MA, USA.
Rep: @karisutherland.bsky.social
www.amithaknight.com
She/her
Jyoti Rajan Gopal @jyotigopal.bsky.social American Desi, writer/teacher/mom/podcaster. Passionate about books, play, SWI. #12x12 #SCBWI @PBcrew22 @PBSpree @upliftkidlit @WendiLuluGu @HGLiterary linktr.ee/jyotirajangopal
Author Padma Venkatraman @padmatv.bsky.social THE BRIDGE HOME, BORN BEHIND BARS, SAFE HARBOR, A TIME TO DANCE. WNDB Walter Award winning writer, reader, poet, oceanographer, yoga teacher. K-12 Education. Science, nature, music, art. DEI. “Stories are ships on which we sail oceans of hope.”
Jerry Blumengarten @cybraryman1.bsky.social Connected Educator- Speaker- Author - Constant Learner - Artist 
Norene Paulson @nrpaulson.bsky.social I love words! Picture book author. Animal lover. NILA'S PERFECT COAT (Beaming Books, '23)📚WHAT'S SILLY HAIR DAY WITH NO HAIR? (Albert Whitman, '21) 📚 BENNY'S TRUE COLORS, (Imprint/Macmillan, '20) Rep: Naomi Davis, BookEnds. She/her
www.norenepaulson.com
Marzieh Abbas | Kidlit Author @marziehabbas.bsky.social 🏆📚
🇵🇰📝
Constantly curious, chai-drinking award-winning children's book author, poet, and aspiring illustrator.
📕Excited for Eid (LBB, 2024)
📙Friday Fun (LLB, 2024)
📘Aarzu All Around (S&S, 2025)
📗The Camel Library (F&F, 2025)
📕Radiant Ramadan (LBB, 2025)
Jess Townes @jesstownes.bsky.social Picture Book Author
Bookseller (Main Street Books, St. Charles, Missouri)
www.jesstownes.com
Tiffany Larson, PhD @tiffanyrlarson.bsky.social Rebel with a cause. Literacy. The cause is literacy. Texan abroad. She/her
Laura Segal Stegman @laurastegman.bsky.social Middle Grade Author: Summer of L.U.C.K + Ready or Not + The Chambered Nautilus (Young Dragons)
| SCBWI | Publicist/Creator PR Tips for Authors
linktr.ee/LauraStegman
Jessica Vitalis @jessicavitalis.bsky.social Award-winning author, Greenwillow/HarperCollins. American by birth, Canadian by choice. 
Leah Thomas📝 @leahthomaswrites.bsky.social MSEd • Co-Author at Two Writing Teachers Blog • Gateway Writing Project • Kindergarten Teacher in St. Louis, MO • Kirkwood School District • Passionate about young readers and writers
Mattrkay @mattrkay.bsky.social Girl Dad, Educator, and Author
Bridget McBride @sptdogcrt.bsky.social graphic designer + art director + surface pattern designer + aspiring childrens' author/illustrator + ☕️
Threads: @spotaholic
Kindel Turner Nash @ktnash.bsky.social Humans, Culture, Teaching, Early Literacy
Believer that Children Come Full
Spangler Distinguished Professor at App State University
Kelly Jahng @librarypenguin.bsky.social Elementary School librarian, career educator, doctoral candidate, dog mom
Miguel Guhlin @mguhlin.bsky.social #BanICE #Educator #SupportPeople #Humanist #Skeptic More at mguhlin.org 📎🇵🇦🗽🇺🇸🌎
Clarice Moran @claricemoran.bsky.social English education professor, digital literacies explorer, author, runner, traveler, nature lover, chocolate eater, beer drinker.
Florida 👉North Carolina
Kevin Moberg, Ph.D. @kevinmoberg.bsky.social Higher ed administrator (English, communication, philosophy, religion, art); academic in English, education, and leadership
Mary Kijanowski @mklepps.bsky.social Teacher and mom. Chicagoland Truly dislike the color orange. 
Appalachian Learning Initiative @appli.org The Appalachian Learning Initiative (APPLI, like “apply”) is a Morgantown, WV-based 501(c)(3) non-profit that conducts research on, reports data about, and advocates for issues impacting adults living in the Appalachian Region.
https://linktr.ee/APPLIOrg
Nicki Lee @northnic.bsky.social Teacher, writer, reader
(she/her)
Amy Brennan @amybrennan.bsky.social Principal of Cutchogue East Elementary School
Reader, writer, and thinker who loves to learn, teach and lead. 
Kate Messner @katemessner.com NYT bestselling author of 80+ books for kids. Educator. Speaker. Adirondack 46er. Passionately curious. Coming soon: KEEP THE GHOST LIGHT ON
www.katemessner.com
Aliza Werner @alizawerner.bsky.social Educator. Literacy Consultant. Reader. Writer. NCTE. Traveler. Knitter. Wife. Dog Mom x2. Jewish. she/her
John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social Librarian. NYT Bestselling Author. | LOUDER THAN HUNGER, RUTHIE ROSE’S BIG IDEA, THE GIFT OF STORY, THIS IS A SCHOOL, THIS IS A STORY | Agent: Molly O'Neill
Meghan Wilson Duff 🦑 @mwduff.bsky.social Psych prof, in a tide pool if possible, picture book author, excels at typos. 🦑 IDIC 🖖 they/them www.meghanwilsonduff.com
They're concentration camps & it's genocide. No one should be okay w/ it.
AI is destructive. AI "illustrations" = blocked
Mandy @mldavisreads.bsky.social Multilingual children's librarian. Focus on collection development. Hobbies include gardening, backyard chickens and ducks, Orioles baseball, and genealogy. Reviews at https://www.goodreads.com/mldavisreads and storygraph. 
Maureen Egan @maureeneganva.bsky.social Researching & writing about Ruth Henshaw Bascom with my sister Mary Eileen Fouratt. Author of Insiders’ Guide 2 RVA + Richmond’s Culinary History, Webinar Coordinator: SCBWI Mid-Atlantic. Paint on my hands, dirt on my shirt, crumbs on my lap. she/her
Della Ross Ferreri @dellarossferreri.bsky.social Children's Author
Rep:Rachel Orr, Prospect Agency
MOUSE BUFFET (Sleeping Bear Press)
HUGGLE WUGGLE, BEDTIME SNUGGLE (Beaming Books)
JANE THE TRAIN & THE CHRISTMAS STORM (Flamingo/PRH, 2028)
Now booking K-3 school visits.
https://www.dellarossferreri.com
Lindsay H. Metcalf @lindsayhmetcalf.bsky.social Author of nonfiction and poetry for kids and teens. Former journalist. OUTDOOR FARM, INDOOR FARM out now; TOMATOES ON TRIAL coming summer 2025. lindsayhmetcalf.com
Abigail Marble (she/her) @abigailmarble.bsky.social Painter and picturebook maker, Portland, Oregon. #kidlit #kidlitillustrator http://www.abigailmarble.com (children's illustration)
http://www,abigailmarblestudio.com (fine art paintings)
http://www.lakeareaartists.com (annual fine art show, Lake Oswego, OR
Shannon McClintock Miller @shannonmmiller.bsky.social Mom❤️Wife. #VanMeter Teacher Librarian. #FutureReadyLibs Leader. @BookCreatorApp Future Ready Advocate. @capstonepub Champion. LJ Mover & Shaker. ISTE Making IT Happen. DA Top 100 Influencer.
Paul Meisel Kid Lit @pdmeisel.bsky.social children's book illustrator/author. #kidlit
Patricia Tanumihardja @ediblewords.bsky.social 🇮🇩🇸🇬🇺🇸 I write for kids! 📚RAMEN FOR EVERYONE🍜JIMMY’S SHOES👠 THE SUGAR PLUM BAKERS🧁 
Kirsten Pendreigh @kirstenpendreigh.bsky.social Picture Book Author & Poet. https://www.kirstenpendreigh.com/
WHEN A TREE FALLS, PW ⭐️; WHAT FISH ARE SAYING, SLJ ⭐️; MAYBE A WHALE, Horn Book⭐️ Fanfare Book; JLG, CCBC⭐️; LUNA'S GREEN PET (Quill & Quire Book of the Year. Next: CAMPING IS A TERRIBLE IDEA.
Sylvia Chen 余愛莉 @sylviaichen.bsky.social TRICKY CHOPSTICKS {‘24 @SimonKIDS} 🌟 SPARKLES FOR SUNNY: A Lunar New Year Story {‘25 @PenguinKids} 🌟 #SCBWI #12x12PB #PBParty #PBRisingStars #PBStudyBuddy Rep: @AgentHenkin 💜 food +☕+ writing STEAM PBs
David Hillman Illustrator @illustrator333.bsky.social Freelance illustrator/Author
Specializing in picture book illustration.
https://davidhillmanill.com/picture-books/
Jenn Bishop @buffalojenn.bsky.social Children's book author. Bearcats 🏀 & Reds ⚾ fan
Coming in 2028: LARK GROWS A CAT 🐈 (Chronicle Books)
& OUT OF BOUNDS 🏐 (Chronicle Books)
She/her. Rep: Katie Grimm @ Curtis Brown.
www.jennbishop.com
Tamara Kidd @tamarakidd.bsky.social CoDA carer. Emerging Author/Illustrator. Former Education Consultant, Sessional Academic, Teacher, Tutor, home ed parent, CIE, Rights of the Child and Montessori focussed.
Nancy Penchev @penchevable.bsky.social 24-25 Albert Einstein Fellow on Capitol Hill
Teacher
Learner
Fulbright Vietnam 2022-2023
Girls Building STEAM
https://www.nancypenchev.com/
Views are my own
Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social All things child development. Author of “Raising Awe-Seekers: How the Science of Wonder Can Help Our Kids Thrive” and a bunch of picture books. Curriculum advisor for PBS KIDS’ “Carl the Collector.” I box, read, embroider, mom, and walk the dog.
David Bowles @davidbowles.us Writer. Translator. Nahuatlahtoh. Chicano. He/él/yehhua. Pan [💖💛💙]. Representation: Full Circle Literary. Associate Professor at UTRGV. Ca notoca Tlahzotic Mazacnihuitl.
Jolene Gutiérrez | Kidlit Author & Teacher Librarian @writerjolene.bsky.social #Kidlit writer 📚 #SCBWI member 📚 Teacher librarian in a haunted library 👻 TOO MUCH! AN OVERWHELMING DAY '23 ✨ THE OFRENDA THAT WE BUILT '24 ✨ MAMIACHI AND ME '25 ✨ UNBREAKABLE: A JAPANESE AMERICAN FAMILY IN AN AMERICAN INCARCERATION CAMP '26 ✨ 
Katie Mazeika @kdmaz.bsky.social author/illustrator of
MAYBE JUST ASK ME! (Coming in 2025 from Beach Lane)
BEULAH HAS A HUNCH! (Beach Lane 2023)
ANNETTE FEELS FREE (Beach Lane 2022)
#ND #Disabled | She/Her, Rep’d by @fairbanklit |NE
https://linktr.ee/KatieMazeika
www.katiemazeika.com
Dr. Tiffany Rehbein, Ed.D. @trehbein.bsky.social Middle school principal | reader | blogger | lover of poetry & Colorado Rockies
Carrie Karnes-Fannin @carriekarnesfannin.bsky.social Author UNIVERSE PIE, Gnome Road Pub, Fall 2027 | Contributor NW GA Magazine | #InkedVoices, #12x12, #SCBWI | www.carriekarnesfannin.com Designer @ Archadeck of NW Georgia
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
Jocelyn Rish @jocelynrish.com Writer & filmmaker who puts birthday hats on my dogs.
📚 BATTLE OF THE BUTTS (Running Press Kids)
📽️ GRAVE INTENTIONS (Terror Films)
📚 BATTLE OF THE BRAINS (Running Press Kids)
Lori Tecler @loritecler.bsky.social Elementary school library media specialist; 💙 literacy & freedom to read advocate 💙; 📚reader;📚; goldendoodle mom🐾; DC sports fan 🏒🏈🏀; University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate & Badger sports fan 🦡
https://www.donorschoose.org/ms-tecler
Shailendra @shailsingh.bsky.social Architect, Urban Designer, illustrator n' newly into Comic books; working on my first ever Graphic Novel.
Kidlit For Growing Minds @kl4gm.bsky.social We are a diverse group of creators who believe the power of story combined with real world science, social studies, & math can touch hearts & nurture growing minds. With our nonfiction & informational fiction picture books, we seek to support educators.
Kathy Halsey @infowoman.bsky.social Kid lit Author | 📚🖌 Ask Infowoman: A Library Consult |PBChat Mentee |Corgis | NFNerd |Former Storyteller Academy Community Manager | Retired Librarian | https://www.kathyhalsey.com/
Twitter handle: @infowoman1
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