Rob Gotobed @robgotobed.bsky.social Stand-up philosopher, scribe, bongo drummer and professional time-traveller. (Once dated Anne Boleyn)
Amazon: bit.ly/4hA0B7W
Apple: http://bit.ly/3K6WdB9
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2992620/
@pieroesteriore76.bsky.social @pieroesteriore76.bsky.social Ich bin neu hier 😇 Musik, Reisen, Schreiben, Strandbesuche usw. ❤️ Ich bin auch an Freundschaften interessiert.
Hollie Wolverton @holliewolverton.bsky.social Picture book author of THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (7/18/27). Mother. Animal & nature lover. Former & future traveler. Minimalist wannabe. Rep'd by Joyce Sweeney. #FirstDraftFriday #SCBWI #12x12
Becky Goodman @beckygoodman.bsky.social Children's Book Writer
#SCBWI #kidlit #PB
📷IG @beckygoodmanwrites
☔Rep'd by Sheila Fernley at Storm Literary @sheilafernley.bsky.social
Patricia Brown @patbrownbooks.bsky.social Retired Bilingual ESL teacher. Writer. Poems in @TheDirigible & Bards anthologies. #Kidlit #PictureBooks #SCBWI #12x12 #50PreciousWords 2024 & 2026 Winner. 📚
Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social Author of time travel stories BLUE SKIES (in The Accidental Time Travelers Collective Volume 1) and FROM NOW ON (Vol. 3). Working on PBs, MG Sci-fi, and haiku as @haikuformykids.bsky.social (he/him)
Katrina Swenson @katrinaswenson.bsky.social Children’s author and poet. Poems at The School Magazine, Little Thoughts Press, The Dirigible Balloon, and Highlights’ High Five. My debut picture book, LOVE, GRUMBLE (illustrated by Charles Santoso, published by Little, Brown) arrives in 2026!
SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social Dedicated to developing experiences where SCBWI members can grow in their craft, expand their network, and build their writing and illustration goals.
Caroline Kind @carolinekind.bsky.social MG author, educator, researcher, reader, learner | She/Her | Halifax, NS |
Emily Machelle Bailey @emilymachelleb.bsky.social KidLit author repped by @AliceWilliamsLiterary
MG/YA Community&Program lead for #InkedVoices
Yogi, toy poodle mum, English tea drinker & chocolate eater.
Robin Brett Wechsler @robinbwechsler.bsky.social Children's author, freelance editor/writer. Avid reader, walker, voter, museum goer, bird feeder, ice cream eater, ‘80s music listener. Cat lady.
12x12 I Courage to Create I SCBWI member
Writers' Loft member and PBCG leader
2025 PB Rising Stars HM
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
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
AnneWritesKidlit @anneruggirello.bsky.social Picture book writer 📚 Bluesky newbie
Watercolor dabbler 🎨 Lover of apple crisp
#KidLit #picturebooks #SCBWI #amwriting
Amanda Shayne Aszman @amandashayneaszman.bsky.social PB writer. #KidsChoiceKidLitWritingContest ‘24 Winner. #50PreciousWords '25 Honorable Mention. #PBParty ‘21 Honorable Mention. SCBWI. Creativity enthusiast. Certified Life Coach. #MentalHealth www.amandashayne.com
@marikpapai4.bsky.social @marikpapai4.bsky.social 
The Storytellers Foundation | The Storyteller's Shelf Podcast @tstorypodcast.bsky.social https://thestorytellersshelfpodcast.com 📚 Kidlit experts. 📖 We demystify publishing! | 🥇 Top 100 & Spotify Award-Winning Podcast | Home of The Big Bang Notable Book List & The Storytellers Summit Series | summit.getstoryrise.com
Koko @mikekoko.bsky.social Walking on my hands 🤸🏽♂️, diving into kidlit—whether reading or writing 📚, and solving puzzles 🧩.
#PBRisingStar #SCBWI #12x12 #GoldenEggAcademy
New book alert! Teaching Storytelling in Classrooms & Communities
(shorturl.at/1obFR)
Sue Sutherland, Author - TWELVE DAYS AT GLACIER @suemt.bsky.social Debut picture book author - TWELVE DAYS AT GLACIER, granola girl, weaver, quilter, traveler, photographer, 12x12, Montana SCBWI
Coming Soon - HOW HANNAH GOT HER LUMP OF COAL (2026), TWELVE DAYS AT YELLOWSTONE (2027), & NOTHING BUT NET TROUBLE
Blythe Williams @blytheawilliams.bsky.social PBParty Finalist ('26)
Write Kidlit NOW! Scholarship Recipient ('25) ✍️
#PBRisingStar! ('24)
FallWritingFrenzy Honorable Mention ('23)
#12x12PB/#SCBWI/#KidlitAuthor/✡️Mama of 2/#pb #pbnf #sel
Brackenlowe Halt Storyworld @brackenloweproject.bsky.social A quiet storyworld for children and grown-ups. Gentle woodland tales, old railway memories, familiar characters — and a little place called Brackenlowe Halt. Meet the signalman and his friends . . .
brackenlowehalt.co.uk
Hailey Dorritie (Commissions OPEN!) @haileydorritie.bsky.social SVA Illustration 2024 // 26 // She/Her // Comms Open! // 📧 - haileydorritieart@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/haileydorritie
Amanda Paniagua @amandapanwriter.bsky.social Children’s PB writer ✍️ | Fiction, non-fiction, rhyme | Awesome Mom | Cub Scout leader 🐾 | Part of a bilingual, bicultural American–Peruvian family 🌎
Deborah Halverson @deborahhalverson.bsky.social Award-winning author, editor, founder of DearEditor.com. Author of WRITING YOUNG ADULT FICTION FOR DUMMIES and WRITING NEW ADULT FICTION
Loretta Garbutt www.booksbyloretta.com @lorettagarbutt.bsky.social Kid Author
2020 - Stopwatch From Grampa-KCP
2021 - JJ SLEPT - KCP
2023 - JEFFREY LOVES BLUE-Owl
2024 - Wake Up, Little Pin!-Owl
2025 - DIAPER KID-Owl
2027 - In Baba's Tiny Kitchen-Owl
2027 - Where I Belong -Tundra
Voice Animation
Sailor Moon, Max & Ruby
Hanna Kim @hannakimwrites.bsky.social THE MAGIC LUNCH BOX, THE MAGIC BLACK BELT (OUT NOW!) @capstonepub✨ MSU Alum💚 ELA teacher in Michigan👩🏻🏫 ✞
https://linktr.ee/hannakimwrites?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=475b51a6-0138-4828-afbe-74462eafa222
Faith Gluskin @authorfaithgluskin.bsky.social #PICTURE BOOK Writer/#Teacher/#amquerying/Author of Gorillas’ Night Out (Indigo River Publishing/2019) and Matzah Means So Many Things (Yorkshire Publishing/2022). Member of #SCBWI
Claire A. B. Freeland @cfreeland.bsky.social Writer for children, #kidlit #author #SCBWI member, #12x12, psychologist, 7 books by @MaginationPress
#amwriting #PB, @rateyourstory
Pam Vaughan @pamvau.bsky.social Children's book author. NE-SCBWI co-ARA. Director of Whispering Pines Writers’ Retreat. #kidlit #PB #MG #12x12 www.pamvaughanauthor.com
Genetta Adair @genettaadair.bsky.social #Kidlit writer. #PitchWars alum. Previous @SCBWIMidsouth RA. Dog mom. Private pilot. SCBWI, WNBA, HNS. Reviewer for the Historical Novel Review - https://historicalnovelsociety.org/magazines/. 
@csnbagglute.bsky.social @csnbagglute.bsky.social 
Louise M. Aamodt @louisemaamodt.bsky.social Picture book author, SCBWI, educator, ant-watcher, defender of the underdogs. Rep’d by Emily S. Keyes @esc_key. www.LouiseAamodt.com
Daniella Kaufman @bydannikaufman.bsky.social #Kidlit Writer (PB/MG/Poetry) ∙ #SCBWI ∙ #12x12PB ∙
Elizabeth Goss @lizabethgoss.bsky.social Illustrator, author & papercutter. Specialist in kidlit and nature themes. (Kidlit rep'd by Transatlantic Agency)
John Lucy Ash - Fantasy Author @johnlucyash.bsky.social Debut novel The Nexus Prince out now!
Where fantasy, humor, and self-discovery collide, 1 word at a time. All people welcome & cherished here.
https://johnlucyash.com/
#fantasy #scifi #author
Melissa Catena @melissacatena.bsky.social 📚 #Kidlit Author
✏️ Curriculum Developer
📝 Times/Chicken House 2024 Children's Fiction Competition Shortlistee 
@henry-martins62.bsky.social @henry-martins62.bsky.social 
Karyn Curtis @karyncurtiswrites.bsky.social Middle Grade, Picture Book writer, former editor, horse girl, #MGWaves
Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
Charline Yutmeyer @charlineyutmeyer.bsky.social #PB and #MG Writer, Educator, #PBParty Finalist 2025, #50PreciousWords Finalist 2024/2025, #PBRisingStars Honorable Mention 2024/2025, #SpringFling Finalist 2025 #Halloweensie Finalist 2025 www.charlineyutmeyer.com #Kidlit #12X12PB #SCBWI #amquerying
Liz Frank Godfrey @lizfrankgodfrey.bsky.social Children's Author and Illustrator. Creating picture books, chapter books, and middle grade books to entertain with humor, heart, SEL and STEAM. Former Health Care Data Analyst and Computer Programmer, #scbwi #kidlit #12x12pb #pbparty @svslearn
Meg Walters Illustrator @megwaltersdesign.bsky.social SCBWI, Children's book illustrator & author
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)
Jenn Ferna Hall @jennfernawrites.bsky.social I get far too excited when I walk into an office supplies store. | #SCBWI | #12x12PB | #amwriting | #wip | #PB #kidlit #F | #motherhood #NF | she/her
Melanie Sheppard @melaniejsheppard.bsky.social Kidlit author. Former school librarian. Lover of cozy hobbies and long walks outside. Rep’d by Sam Farkas.
Jamie Bills @jmebills.bsky.social KidLit writer/illustrator. AUTUMN SOUP releasing Fall 2027, #SCBWI & #12x12PB http://instagram.com/jmebills / https://jamiebills.com/
@clkeely.bsky.social @clkeely.bsky.social Picture book author. Animal lover. Dog sports. Tea. Reading. Writing. 12x12PB. Never stop learning. Never stop playing. 
Jennifer Raudenbush @jenraudenbush.bsky.social Author of IN THE PALM OF MY HAND, illustrated by Isabella Conti. Picture books, MG, & poetry. #SCBWI #Inked Voices #12X12
Shyamala Shanmugasundaram @shyamala.bsky.social
#author
#SCBWI
#inkedvoices
#Crystal Kite Awards winner(2026)
#50preciouswords 2nd prize(2025)
#Boyd Mills scholarship winner(2025 )
#Finalist,NTBC (India,2025)
#12x12 Julie Hedlund's Scholarship winner(2024)
#PBParty Honor(2024)
Marlene Rohr @matrohr.bsky.social #SCBWICanadaWest Co-ARA, Edmonton, AB, kidlit writer, reader, traveller. Family, Faith and Friends 🙏🇨🇦 rare disease advocate: LMS cancer, Batten Disease, 4P-
Angel Gantnier @angelgan.bsky.social Picture Book Writer. Published Short Story Author. Reader. Crafter. Optimist. Nature. Animals. Institute of Children’s Literature. #Storystorm #PBParty #12x12PictureBookWritingChallenge
Molly Schaffer @mollyschaffer.bsky.social Kidlit Author, Therapist, Mom, Former Actor
mollyschafferbooks.com
#SCBWI #PB #12x12PB #PBParty
Virginia McGregor @virginiamcgregor4u.bsky.social Children’s book author, poet, educator, child safety/improve school indoor air quality advocate, support school librarians, require teacher training in asthma ed. #children'sbookauthors #STEAM #earthscience https://diggerdynamo.com 
Ellen L. Ramsey @ellenlramseybooks.bsky.social #kidlit, SCBWI, 12x12, book lover, nature lover. A BOOK FOR BEAR (Flamingo Books/Penguin Random House, 2023) www.ellenlramsey.com
LauraLacamara @lauralacamara.bsky.social Cuban-American author/illustrator. DALIA’S WONDROUS HAIR | FLOATING ON MAMA’S SONG | MAMA THE ALIEN | THE RUNWAY PIGGY | Rep’d by: tracy@tracymarchini.com | #kidlit #SCBWI www.LauraLacamara.com
Cheryl M. Simon @cmsimon18.bsky.social Picture Book Writer // SCBWI // 12x12PB // Kids’ Choice Honorable Mention 2023 // Write Mentor Scholarship Recipient 2022 & 2023 // PB Rising Stars Mentee 2023 // PitchMe Finalist 2024
Lisa Amstutz @ljamstutz.bsky.social Author, ecologist, agent @StormLiterary
. http://linktr.ee/LJAmstutz
Angela Hartman @angelarosehartman.bsky.social Retired Library Girl. Writing. Reading. #amquerying #kidlit #SCBWI #writingcommunity #pbparty
Lindsey Hobson @lindseyhobson.bsky.social Member of SCBWI | PB Party 2025 Finalist 👻 THE GIRL IN THE WINDOW
⭐️ DARK SKIES ('25, LITTLE PRESS)
https://linktr.ee/lindseyhobsonauthor
Lauren Whitney (she/her) is querying! @laurenem6.bsky.social Mom of two, #kidlit writer, elementary school librarian, movie-lover, crazy LEGO lady
she/her
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
Lori Keating @lorikeating.bsky.social Author, Florida, #SCBWI, and Mom to my favorite gymnast! Rep’d by Sherri Wilson Johnson at Gardner Literary Agency.
Kathy P. Kelly @kathykellyauthor.bsky.social Picture Book Author
ONCE UPON A SLIME- Flamingo Books/PRH, January, 2027
DEAR SQUIRREL: NOTES FROM THE NUTS YOU LEFT BEHIND - Flamingo Books/PRH, September, 2027
Member of SCBWI, Inked Voices, 12x12 PB Challenge
Rep'd by Lynnette Novak
KathyPKelly.com
Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com #KidLit Author, Editor, Mentor.
Latest: ONE COSMIC ROCK. THE CLOUD THAT STUCK.
Upcoming: FOREVER FRIES.
Agency: @curtisbrownltd.bsky.social
VCFA Alum. Faculty at Whale Rock Workshops.
Settler heritage. She/her. Bi/pan. 🏳️🌈
https://karenkrossing.com
Julie Murphy, Children's Author @juliekidsbooks.bsky.social Aussie author of 20+ picture/info books, incl. DOG BEACH (NLA, 2024), CHEER UP, BLOBFISH! (Affirm, 2024) & ODD BODS (Lerner, 2021). Fmr. zoologist and zookeeper. She/her. #STEM #animals #nature. https://linktr.ee/juliemurphybooks
Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social Children’s Author | Idahoan | AABB | Hamline MFAC
The Good Little Mermaid’s Guide to Bedtime🧜♀️😡
Crocodile Hungry 🐊🦩😭
Cats, eels, books, etc.
www.eijasumner.com
Audrey Suau @audreysuau.bsky.social PB Author & illustrator 🇫🇷
REVE DE MEDAILLE, MARIE PANTALON, L’ABECEDAIRE EXTRAORDINAIRE…
| she-her | #PB Party 22 &24 illustration showcase HM | Kidlit411 illustration contest’ 22 finalist | #12X12 |
💌audreysuau@gmail.com
📚https://linktree.ee/audreysuau
Steena Hernandez @steenahernandez.bsky.social Kidlit Author | Lupita’s Brown Ballet Slippers OUT NOW Beaming Books | SCBWI | Las Musas | 12x12PB
https://linktr.ee/steenahernandez
Stefan Karlsson @stefankarlsson.bsky.social Poet & kidlit writer. Marbling & book artist.
Based in Portland, OR 🌲
https://stefankarlssonwrites.wixsite.com/author
https://linktr.ee/nautiluspaperco
Lauri Meyers @laurimeyers.bsky.social Kidlit Author. Word juggler. Awkwardly funny. Embraces weird. #50PreciousWords Winner #KidsChoice Winner #PBParty 2023 HM #PBChat Mentorship 2021 #Madness!Poetry #SCBWI #12x12
Michelle Steinberg, M.Ed @michellesteinberg.bsky.social 🙋🏼♀️kidlit author 👩🏼💻 proud Mama Bear 🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 “Though she be but little, she is fierce.” #PitchMe 23 winner #PBParty Honorable Mention 2024
Jill Richards Proctor @jillproctor.bsky.social Award-winning poet. Picture book writer, mostly in rhyme. Can't help it. #SCBWI
"At the moment of laughter, there's nothing wrong in the world." ~WB
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
Marcia Parks @mzparks.bsky.social Author and poet. I write for readers. Stay curious and stay inspired. Be respectful of others. Kindness matters. Member #SCBWI, #12x12, and The Writer's Loft. PBParty 2023 Honorable Mention. Seeking representation.
Maria Altizer @mariaaltizer1.bsky.social Writer of picture books and middle grade novels, 12x12PB, SCBWI, teacher and cattle dog mama
Eleanor A. Peterson @eleanorpeterson.bsky.social KidLit author/illustrator- PB, JF, MG, animal, nature lover, SCBWI, 12x12PB, CBI, ICWA BS Environmental Sciences and Territorial Management.
www.eleanorannpeterson.com Jurassic Rat '2019
MarilynW @marilynw.bsky.social BRING BACK THE BABKA! (#BarefootBooks) Writer of PBs & haiku. Lover of chocolate & #LGM Honorable Mention for Halloweensie Entry 2024: Who's There? Winnner 50 Precious Words 2026: Cold Feet
#SCBWI #12x12PBChallenge #kidlit #JewishJoy✡️
Candace Spizzirri 📚 @candacespizzirri.bsky.social Children’s author 📚young-minded grandma FINLEY: A MOOSE IN CHARTREUSE 🫎💚 FINLEY: A MOOSE ON THE CABOOSE 🫎🚂 FISHING WITH GRANDPA AND SKYE 🎣🐠 AMBER MAE AND HER STRAYS (2027) 🦥🐧🐊🦒 🦛 Rep: Ritu Anand D4EO ❤️ #SCBWI #12x12
IslandTwinArtists @islandtwinartists.bsky.social Hi! We're Dori and Kate! 💕 Identical twins, kidlit author-illustrators, educators, SCBWI members, bakers, nature lovers, moms of super kids and pets, neurodiverse 💞
✨ Joyfully seeking representation ✨
www.IslandTwinArtists.com
Victoria K. Chapman (she/her) @weyakindesigns.bsky.social Whimsical Art & Stories of Nature & Spirit. Illustrator. Author. Fine Artist. Musician. Dancer. Nature-lover. Mom to humans, dog, and plants. Rep’d by Joyce Sweeney & Rosa Frazier at The Seymour Agency! #12x12PB #KidLitArt www.weyakindesigns.com 💙💜🩷 🌈