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
Claire Blumenfeld @cblumenfeld.bsky.social K-12 Reading Specialist, PBWriter, reader, mom, SCBWI #12x12PB #InkedVoices mentee www.ClaireBlumenfeld.com
CRANKY HANK and THE NOISY NEIGHBORS: A PURIM STORY (spring 2027, Kar-Ben)
Laurie Smollett Kutscera @lskutscera.bsky.social #MG #PB Author-illustrator MAYA’S TREASURE, Peter Pauper Press /
MISADVENTURES OF A MAGICIAN’S SON, Blue Whale
www.LaurieSmollettKutscera.com
#kidlit #SCBWI #12x12
Finalist #PBparty #50PreciousWords
Rep’d by The Purcell Agency
Rescue doggies rock!
Only Picture Books @onlypicturebooks.bsky.social OPB is where picture books, authors, and illustrators go to thrive. Writers, readers, and PB fans of all ages--be part of the weekly rumpus! www.OnlyPictureBooks.com
Emma Latham Illustration @emmalatham.com Author illustrator of kid's books
Rep'd by Lorna Hemingway @ The Darley Anderson Agency
National Geographic, Highlights Magellan, Franklin Watts, Collins Big Cat, Brilliant Monsters Books @scbwi
http://www.emmalatham.com
Janee Trasler @janeetrasler.bsky.social Children’s book author/illustrator HarperCollins, Scholastic, S&S, FSG, Holiday House
2020 National Cartoonist Society Award Best in Book Illustration
Represented by Jamie Weiss Chilton
Andrea Brown Literary Agency
Jane Smith @superjane.bsky.social Super Jane • Author-Illustrator • Picture Books: CHLOE ZOE, MISS MEOW, NAKED BUTT, HELLO NEW HOUSE + more! • Join the Super Readers Club on Substack • https://linktr.ee/superjane
Kerry McQuaide @kerrymcquaide.bsky.social Author/Illustrator of THE BIGGEST, HIGHEST WAVE | #SCBWI RA Eastern New York | she/her
I’m @kerrymcquaide on Insta, Threads, Cara & @kerrymcquaide.bsky.social
https://www.kerrymcquaide.com/
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
Abigail Halpin @abigailhalpin.bsky.social Picture Book Illustrator + New Englander 🌲
🍁 ANNE DARES / Tundra
🎻 ITZHAK / Abrams
www.theodesign.com
Tracy Nishimura Bishop ✨Illustrator @tracybishopart.bsky.social Illustrator of picture books. Lover of iPads, fountain pens, and notebooks!
Portfolio: https://www.tracybishop.com
Represented by Jemiscoe Chambers-Black at 🐦⬛ Starling Literary + Media
Nancy Salus Illustration @nancy-salus.bsky.social Illustrator, writer, and picture book lover 💜 Love history, whales🐳 and art supplies🎨
She/her
#82733-Frosty-autumn-morning
Yuko Torii - Author-Illustrator of Children's Books @midnightatelier.bsky.social Webpage : www.MidnightAtelier.com
Instagram : @ midnight_atelier
Represented by Rachel Orr at Prospect Agency.
My debut Picture Book, "My Someone" is on sale now! (RISE x Penguin Workshop).
Andy Catling Illustration @andycatbug.bsky.social International children's book Illustrator. Author of Kiss a Frog?YUK! https://catling-art.com/kissfrog
Jennifer Prevatt @jprevatt.bsky.social Children's Book Illustrator currently seeking representation 📚🌈
Educator at HSANYC and Wyzant 🎨
Interdisciplinary Artist at Trestle Art Space, Brooklyn, NY 🖼️
www.jenniferprevatt.com
Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social 🌟 2025 #PBRisingStars Mentee
🎨 #kidlit author-illustrator
📚 Former children's bookseller and school librarian
😴 Current tired mom
🤓 Self-taught and still self-teaching
Represented by Marissa Brown at Pippin Properties
brookebaum.com
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
Gael_Me ☆ Illustrator @gaelme.bsky.social Freelance Illustrator
Represented by Pyro Represents
linktr.ee/adaabigael
Annie Hobbs @anniemcbeth.bsky.social 🖌️🎨 Ink & Paint Artist @ Disney Animation
📚 KidLit Illustrator: Rep’d by Gaby Cabezut @The Seymour Agency
Portfolio: Www.AnnieHobbsIllustration.com
Shelley Hanmo ✂️ Paper Cut Illustrator @junoniaarts.bsky.social #kidlit #illustrator 👩🏻🎨
✂️ https://bio.site/Junoniaarts
✨ Rep: @agentzacker.bsky.social
💼 Open: Kids Book | Editorial | Brand Collabs | Workshops
❌ no A.I., no NFTs, no CRYPTO ❌
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
SCBWI Long Island Chapter @scbwilongisland.bsky.social Join our awesome chapter and give us a follow!
Long Island, NY
Alison Weiss @alioop7.bsky.social Editorial consultant at Alison Weiss Editorial. Causing all sorts of mayhem in the publishing world.
www.alisonweisseditorial.com
Stephen Ingram @stepheningram.bsky.social Represented by Michelle Wittie.
My top five favorite things to draw are dinosaurs, space, children, dinosaurs in space with children—and, of course, space chickens.
Brooke Boynton-Hughes @bboyntonhughes.bsky.social Children's book illustrator/author
@lorinicholsbook.bsky.social @lorinicholsbook.bsky.social I’m a children’s book writer and illustrator. Agent Joanna Volpe, New Leaf Literary
tcandyart @tcandyart.bsky.social Children's Book Writer and Illustrator repped by Andrea Morrison of Writers House. SCBWI Carolinas. Please check out my work at triciacandemeres.com and https://www.writershouseart.com/tricia-candemeres/. #12x12pb
Heather Anne Soodak @artyheather.bsky.social Joyful Art from the Heart!
The “quirky in a good way” illustrator & art educator passionate about bringing people together through visual art & storytelling. 🌈📚 www.heathersoodak.com
https://www.scbwi.org/members/heather-soodak
💗 ✍️ ⚖️ 🌎 🌙✨ 🐯🪶🐚🌊🌲☀️😸 🖖
Abigail Gray Swartz @graydaystudio.bsky.social ✨ Artist & Illustrator✨ she/her
Gardening, knitting, sewing
Raising kids and dogs in Maine.
www.GrayDayStudio.com
Lynnor Bontigao @lbontigao.bsky.social Author-Illustrator:SARI-SARI SUMMERS Illustrator: MILES AHEAD('26), LOOKING FOR GIFTS & TALENTS('27),AT THE END OF THE DAY,KAILANI'S GIFT,SEASHELL KEY Series, THE WORLD'S BEST CLASS PLANT,YOU ARE REVOLUTIONARY,JACK & AGYU https://linktr.ee/lynnorbontigao
Rebecca Sinclair 🎨 @rsinclair-art.bsky.social Creating stories through pictures ✨
*SCBWI MI📍
*Rep’d by Lane Clarke
www.rebeccasinclairstudio.com
Laura Watson @laura-jane-watson.bsky.social Canadian #illustrator and surface designer, dog mom and person mom 🐕👧🏻Repped for commissions by Lisa Pomerantz at IllustrationOnline and art licensing by Pink Light Design 💖
Portfolio at http://www.w-illo.com
Looking for new picture book adventures🗺
Jen @buggywonderland.bsky.social Just a human who values kindness and making pretty things.
Nancy So Miller @nmillerillo.bsky.social #Korean American #Kidlit #Illustrator, #Edusky #Author, and #ArtEd (K-8). Author/Illustrator SUN, MOON, AND STAR Holiday House Spring 2026 💫
www.nmillerillustration.com
Annelouise Mahoney @annelouisemahoney.bsky.social #kidlit author/illus. Stories, community, snacks!
LITTLE PURPLE TRACTOR illustrated. sourcebooks ‘24 .
JULIUS AND MACY: A VERY BRAVE NIGHT Two Lions ‘21
www.AnnelouiseMahoney.com
SCBWI Los Angeles
Marta Pilosio Illustration @martapilosio.bsky.social Italian author-illustrator with a passion for books, folktales, fairytales, legends and history. SCBWI member. Represented by Erzsi Deàk at Hen&ink Literary.
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
12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge @12x12challenge.bsky.social 12 x 12 is a diverse community of picture book authors and illustrators at all levels. You get accountability & support in the goal to write 1 new PB draft each month + more! Registration open now! https://12x12challenge.com/membership. 
Kent Culotta @kentculotta.bsky.social Artist●Illustrator●Animator
Tatjana Mai-Wyss @tatjanamaiwyss.bsky.social illustration + surface design, based in South Carolina. Telling stories with pictures. Represented by the Bright Agency
https://www.tatjanamaiwyss.com/
Paulette Bogan @paulettebogan.bsky.social Kidlit Illustrator and Author. VIRGIL & OWEN Bloomsbury. Illustrated CHICKS & SALSA
BOSSY FLOSSY Holt
THE LOTS-OF -TIME MACHINE Two Lions. Rep’d by HG Literary. www.Paulettebogan.com
Diana Delosh - illustrator @dtdelosh.bsky.social Illustrator/storyteller represented by Lynnette Novak of The Seymour Agency
portfolio: https://dianadelosh.com
Roseanne Baxter Frank | Kidlit Everything @roseannefrank.bsky.social #PB Writer FINDING CHRISTMAS 2025 | O’WIN & the MOON (2025) | Social Media @SCBWILongIsland | #kidlit Workshops | Insta: @writingoutloud X: @writingoutloud2 | Just Be Kind! linktr.ee/rbfrank
Anne Appert (they/them) @anneappert.bsky.social they/them. Nonbinary 💛🤍💜🖤
Author/illustrator: BLOB. WHAT IF YOU WISH?. LOCH NESS MONSTER’S UNBELIEVABLE SCIENCE (2026)
Illustrator: ZOOMI & ZOE (Summer 2025)
Rep: @charlottewenger.com #KidLitArt
Art: anneappert.com
Other: https://linktr.ee/Anneappert
Larissa D. Elliott @larissadelliott.bsky.social Picture book author repped by @charlottewenger.bsky.social. Sometimes writer of YA & MG. Wife. Mommy. Band director. 🇵🇭🇺🇸. She/her. #12x12pb. #Kidlitart on IG @ larissa.d.elliott. ADHD is my superpower.
Mikki - KidLit Author @mikkidefever.bsky.social Picture Book Author
SNUG AS A MOSQUITO IN A BURRITO (Beaming Books '28)
HOT CHOCOLATE IN YOUR POCKET (Groundwood Books '28)
Rep'd by Katie Erickson at Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency. #kidlit
🍄 Melissa Escobar 🍄 @handle.invalid Illustrator & author. Creator of all things cute, whimsical and magical. Horse girl!
Rep: @joycesweeney.bsky.social of The Seymour Agency.
Portfolio: www.melissaescobarart.com/
Links: https://linktr.ee/melissaescobarart
Laura Zarrin @laurazarrin.bsky.social Children’s Book author/illustrator and Abstract Collage Artist.
www.LauraZarrin.com/hello
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
Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com Executive Art Director at Scholastic (Picture Books). Educator at Pratt (Typography) & CCNY (Critical Writing). Speaker (SCBWI et al.). Writer of Fiction (Agent: @liznealon.bsky.social). 523rd Bluesky account. NYC. He/Him. www.brianlarossa.com.
💙❤️
Harold Underdown @hunderdown.bsky.social I'm a children's book editor, teacher and workshop presenter, owner of The Purple Crayon website -- www.underdown.org --and part of Kid's Book Revisions Plus: @kbrplus.bsky.social.
I post about #kidlit and other things.
Sheri Bentley @sheribbooks.bsky.social Writer. Literacy Coach. Lover of people and words. #SCBWI #KidsChoiceWinner -'24 #KidLitVibesWinner-'23 #50PreciousWordsHM-'23, '24 Pub'd in @DirigibleBalloon-'25, '26
Loriwriting.bsky.social @loriwriting.bsky.social PB writer, 12x12 challenge, PBParty, Children’s Book Academy graduate, wife, mom, nana, retired elementary teacher and counselor. #lkidlit #PB
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
Kim-Hoa Ung 黃金花 @autumnleaflet.bsky.social Author-Illustrator, Amigurumi Artist, A GIFT FOR NAI NAI (12/5/23) 👧🏻🎁👵🏼, http://instagram.com/AutumnLeaflet, Rep’d by Miranda Paul, https://linktr.ee/AutumnLeaflet
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
Dow Phumiruk @dowphumiruk.bsky.social Mom, wife, clinically retired peds, now academic MD, author/illustrator, 🇹🇭Thai American, SCBWI Narr Art Award winner, E/W Lit Agency, posts #kidlitart & book marketing, on hiatus from new book projects. Ignores random DMs. She/her/hers, opinions my own.
Abi Cushman @abicushman.com Kidlit Author/Illustrator
☔️ Soaked!
🚗 Animals Go Vroom!
🐻 Wombats Are Pretty Weird | Flamingos Are Pretty Funky
🐹 The Quiet Forest | The Quiet Ocean
https://www.abicushman.com | Newsletter: https://www.abicushman.com/join-my-email-list
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
Stephanie Ruble @stephanieruble.bsky.social I draw and paint animals, mostly cats. I also sell art and stickers.
Shop & Site: http://sruble.com
Also: @srublenews.bsky.social
Pronouns: She / Her
Barbara DiLorenzo @barbaradilorenzo.bsky.social Author + Illustrator
Rep'd by Rachel Orr of the Prospect Agency
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
Shirley Ng-Benitez @shirleyngbenitez.bsky.social Author and Illustrator of children’s books, and absolutely anti-AI.
📚🎨 https://www.shirleyngbenitez.com/
—Everyone’s a story.
CBIG Illustrators @cbignyc.bsky.social CBIG, Children’s Book Illustrators Group, is a NYC based group of illustrators and author-illustrators who create work for children’s publishing.
Website: https://www.cbig-nyc.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbignyc/