Tiny Tree Books 📕 @tinytreebooks.bsky.social Tiny Northern children's book publisher 📚
www.tinytreebooks.com
Denise Gallagher @denisegallagher.bsky.social Author. Illustrator. SCBWI Illustrator Coordinator LA/MS Region. Loves to draw. Loves really weird animals. Denisegallagher.com
SCBWI SF North and East Bay Region @scbwisfneb.bsky.social Welcome to SCBWI SF North & East Bay!🤗 Follow us! Facebook and Pinterest: SCBWI CA/San Francisco North & East Bay Region Instagram: scbwinortheastbay
LibrarianOnTheLoose @serenawaldron.bsky.social Peppy elem school librarian, connoisseur of picture book end papers, ardent life long learner & daily crusher of librarian stereotypes (except the cardigan one- I ❤️ a good cardigan).
Dog lover, PT yogi, coffee fan girl
Ibarra V. Gomez @ibarravgomez.bsky.social Author of kids’ horror fiction and a voracious reader, watcher, and player of stories! Contact: ivg@eml.cc
AnneWritesKidlit @anneruggirello.bsky.social Picture book writer 📚 Bluesky newbie
Watercolor dabbler 🎨 Lover of apple crisp
#KidLit #picturebooks #SCBWI #amwriting
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
ELTON CHIJIRI @eltonchijiri.bsky.social I am the Zimbabwean artist Sculptor do the African Stone sculptures, Wood sculptures, Metal sculptures, Crafts and Batiks. All my sculptures are the African original sculptures. All Sculptures i posted is AVAILABLE for SALE.
Email: chijirielton2@gmail.com
Scott Soeder | Kidlit Illustrator @scottsoeder.bsky.social Illustrator-Author
Favs: Comics, funny characters and sharks!
SCBWI Illustrator Coordinator Midsouth Region
Rep’d by Allison Remcheck | Stimola Literary Studio
scottsoeder.com
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
Andrea Caulfield @andreacaulfield.bsky.social World languages curriculum specialist, ADI coach, change management enthusiast.
ashleylaffin @ashleylaffin.bsky.social Debut PB The Balloonimals available now!🎈Wife & mom💗 MFA Grad. Writer. Marketer. SCBWI member & guest blogger April ‘24. Kids’ Choice KidLit Writing Contest HM ‘24📚
Illustration Jobs @illustration-jobs.com https://illustration-jobs.com is a free job board for illustrators.
Operated by two lovely humans 🇱🇧 🇵🇭 not bots or AI.
DearEditorDotCom @deareditordotcom.bsky.social Deborah Halverson—“The Editor”—posts writing tips, inspirations, news, & alerts when she answers new questions from writers on DearEditor.com
Pat Cummings @betnoire.bsky.social Olympic medalist, Grammy winner, ballerina emeritus, storyteller, bookie.
P@trik @layouta.bsky.social graphic designer
music is my life | I like everything beautiful, contemporary art, photography, cats and of course life :-)
I follow the motto:
be a voice not a echo
Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
Rachel @rachelbachman.bsky.social Artist. Librarian. Enthusiast.
Manifesting my dream of becoming a
✨children’s book author✨
#kidlit #kidlitart #librarian
Jessica Hische @jessicahische.bsky.social Lettering Artist, Professional Logo Zhuzher, & NYT Best-selling Author. Co-founder of Studioworks—shaping the future of creative business!
studioworks.app
linktr.ee/jessicahische
Setheus @feathered.dragonsare.gay He/Him | Bird and feather lover | HPC,bioinformatics | Cars, Oboe, Cameras, Art | 🏳️🌈 | Dallas/Plano, TX | 18+ Only
banner - @whiteraven90.bsky.social
pfp - Hax/FA
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
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
Adam P Knave @adampknave.com Eisner & Harvey award winning editor and writer of comics, prose, and other stuff. Bi chaos gremlin. Lives in Portland, OR with a cat named Pants. Irrationally stans Winnipeg. He/Him https://www.adampknave.com/
Samantha Wekstein @swekstein.bsky.social Senior Literary Agent @TLA, She/Her, Terp🐢, ENFJ, ♑, dog lover
Illustrators: http://wekstein-illustrators.weebly.com.
Pitch to: http://QueryManager.com/SamanthaWekstein
Editing: https://samanthaweksteineditorial.square.site/
https://linktr.ee/swekstein
Jessica Fujimori @jessicafujimori.bsky.social 
HarperKids @harperkids.bsky.social We're here to help parents, teachers, and librarians discover great reads for kids, from picture books to middle grade!
Ginger Knowlton @gingerninja.bsky.social I’m a literary agent specializing in children’s books at Curtis Brown, Ltd. in New York, and celebrating my 38th year there already. Time flies. 🦋
she/her
Eric Deschamps @ericdeschamps.bsky.social Children’s book and MtG Illustrator.
www.ericdeschamps.com
Fuse Literary @fuseliterary.bsky.social We are a full-service literary agency based in the Silicon Valley, with agents in San Francisco, New York, Boston, Dallas, Seattle, and Halifax.
Karly Dizon @karlydizon.bsky.social Building Lit universes with stories that matter || Agent Fuse Literary
Mona Kanin, she/her/hers @mskanin.bsky.social I embrace careful thinkers and shapers.
The opposite of destruction? The Arts!
Linda Ludke @lindamludke.bsky.social Librarian, book lover, vintage enthusiast and children's book reviewer for Quill & Quire and Booklist 
Victoria Maderna @victoriamaderna.com Argentinian illustrator based in France.
Represented by @jenazantian.bsky.social
💻 https://victoriamaderna.com
✉️ hi@victoriamaderna.com
Prints: https://inprnt.com/gallery/vmaderna
Folio Art @folioart.bsky.social Folio is an illustration agency representing a diverse range of world-class illustrators.
Also bringing your favourite styles to life with Folio Lab!
linktr.ee/folioart
Lindsey Aduskevich @laduskevich.bsky.social Literary Manager with Martin Literary Management | Reader | Writer | Dreamer | #SCBWI #InkedVoices| rep'd by @joycekay.bsky.social with the Seymour Agency
Julia Lundman 🩵🧚🦄🧌 @paintkatt.bsky.social Artist, traditional. San Francisco 💕 julialundman.com/shop
Patreon.com/julialundman
🚫No AI. 🚫No Nazis.
💚LINKS to shop and more https://bio.site/julialundman
💚Website: julialundman.com
Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social Poet, New York Times bestselling author of Paleolithic Era novels, nonfiction writer, award-winning screenwriter.
https://marymackey.com/
Andrea Wickert @librarymusthaves.bsky.social 🌳 Parent | ♡ Book Lover |📍Upstate NY
🖼️ Author + Illustrator
✨ Finding you the best children’s books
💻 Portfolio: andreawickert.com
📖 IG: instagram.com/librarymusthaves
🍄 Shop: shop.hedgerowgeneral.com
Lynnette Novak, Literary Agent @lynnettenovak.bsky.social Literary agent with The Seymour Agency (she/her)
sophie @sophiesheumaker.bsky.social she/her • bear of Very Little Brain • @bookendslit • instagram @sophiesheumaker
Society of Illustrators @soi128.bsky.social Founded in 1901, the Society of Illustrators is the oldest nonprofit organization dedicated to the art of illustration in The USA.
Learn more! ⤵️
https://linktr.ee/societyofillustrators
Valerie Bean @valdraws.com Children’s illustrator represented by
@sophiesheumaker.bsky.social at
@bookendsliterary.bsky.social
Marcela Chermont ✏ Illustrator @marcelachermont.bsky.social 🖍️ Illustrator of books #kidlitartist
🐩 fearlessly drawing animals from the wilderness
inside my head 🦩🪴🦉🦒🐛
📚 Rep’d by Monica Rodriguez at Context Literary Agency
📍 www.marcelachermont.com
📧 hello@marcelachermont.com
inprnt.com/gallery/marcelachermont/
vera @vv-veravery.bsky.social Artist learning comics, eventually (･θ･) | They/Them
🚫No AI training pls
BookEnds Literary Agency @bookendsliterary.bsky.social We believe that books can change the world, and it all starts with our authors and illustrators.
www.bookendsliterary.com
Amberlea Williams @amberleawilliams.bsky.social • Children's book illustrator-author / Graphic Designer / Yoga Instructor
• author/illustrator of 'The Bee Without Wings'
• Rep'd by Tracy Marchini, BookEnds Literary
linktr.ee/amberleawilliams
Terri Clemmons @terriclemmons.bsky.social #kidlit author of MARA HEARS IN STYLE (Beaming Books; Illust. Lucy Rogers), PB & MG Writer, Educator, HOH, Baker of Cookies & Cakes
Repped by Tracy Marchini at Tracy Marchini Literary
Julia Vasileva @dreamist.bsky.social Picture book maker • Drawing stories, beach walking, reading books •📍Vancouver 🇨🇦 • https://dreamist-art.com/
Tim Kleyn @timkleyn.bsky.social He/him
Author-illustrator repped by Tracy Marchini
"Grilled Cheese? Yes, Please!"🥪🧀
"Set Sail for Pancakes!" 🥞⛵
Amy Giuffrida @kissedbyink.bsky.social Literary Agent @belcastr & wrangler of #TheATeam Lover of books, reality TV, Buffy, coffee, rescue dogs, and tattoos. 💀 She/her. CLOSED TO QUERIES UNTIL 2/1/2024
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
Tita Berredo @titaberredo.bsky.social Children's books Writer and Illustrator
MA Children’s Lit&Illo at Goldsmiths UOL
SCBWI International Illustrator Coordinator
Art Director of Words&Pictures
SOA volunteer
Love dinosaurs, live with husband and two Maine Coon cats!
Sophie Poulin @sophie-poulin.bsky.social Tiefling from the CZ 😈 Game Analyst 🎮 Looking for D&D and TTRPG inspired friends 🥹
MiliFayArt.bsky.social @milifayart.bsky.social Story Artist, Illustrator, Author, Globe Trotter 🏆 Roger Allers Story Artist – Notable Contribution 2026! 🌎 On art and writing. ✍🏻 Staying positive most of the time. 💕 ☀️ 😊 https://milifay.art
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
Olga Nenazhivina Art 👩🎨 @nenazhivina.com 👩🎨 Artist📍Based in Florida 🐊
Freehand dip pen сontemporary ink on paper 🖋️
Mostly drawings ✍️
Vegan 🌱🫶
nenazhivina.com/hi
No DMs. Any enquirers: olga@nenazhivina.com
Katharine Gails @katharinegails.art Picture book Author/Illustrator from Minnesota! Take a look at my portfolio katharinegails.art tell me what you think!!
Travis Jonker @100scopenotes.bsky.social School Librarian. Author of BLUE FLOATS AWAY, THE VERY LAST CASTLE, THE SHIP IN THE WINDOW, CABOOSE | Author/illustrator of JUST ONE FLAKE and JUST ONE WAVE (2025)
Gio Clairval @gioclair.bsky.social Writer from Paris and Lake Como
http://gioclairval.blogspot.com/p/stories.html?m=1
Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social ✂️ Author/Illustrator of books for young readers and artists
👀 Playful, visual storytelling
🏆 Emmy-winning compositor
📚 Once a librarian, always a librarian
https://www.carterhiggins.com/
Lynn Wartski Sculpture @lwartskisculpture.bsky.social Sculptor, needle felted + mixed media anthropomorphic figure sculpture, mono-prints #sculpture #art #needlefelt
Posts about current work, available pieces at: http://wartskisculpture.com
Videos of work: www.youtube.com/@lynnwartski1368
P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields) @pjpurtee.bsky.social SCBWI
PBs
Poet: The Toy, Little Thoughts Press
Mira Reisberg's Children's Book Academy (featured poems)
Honors: Madness! Poetry (Elite 8), #50PreciousWords, Valentiny, Halloweensie, Holiday, Spring Fling
School volunteer
Hx: pediatrics
http://pjpurtee.com
Louise McLaughlin author she / her @louisemclaughlin.bsky.social 📚💙 Scottish fantasy author of D-Notice series- Cassie discovers saving the world with Glaswegian retired gods is a tough gig.
FREE BOOK links
Deviation: Wandering gods https://BookHip.com/HBMLCLS
Darkness https://BookHip.com/XNZJLNF
Meghan Wilson Duff 🦑 @mwduff.bsky.social Picture book author, psych professor, excels at typos, in a tide pool if possible, 🦑 IDIC 🖖 they/them www.meghanwilsonduff.com
They're concentration camps & it's genocide. No one should be okay w/ it.
AI "illustrations" = blocked
Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com Author of the Eric Carter Necromancer urban fantasy novels. Narrative Designer / TTRPGs / Los Angeles
Repped by @lisarodgers.bsky.social
https://www.stephenblackmoore.com
https://www.patreon.com/c/sblackmoore
https://ko-fi.com/sblackmoore
e.c. myers @ecmyers.com Author, Gamer, Reader, Dad • He/Him • Assembled in the U.S. from Korean & German parts • NYT Bestseller • linktr.ee/ecmyers • #NoGenAI
Just published: THE STREAM TEAM: PLAY 2 WIN
Recently released: GAMERS: LEVELING UP
Coming soon: QUANTUM CREEP (CYOA)
Jim C. Hines @jimchines.com Author of SLAYERS OF OLD, KITEMASTER, TERMINAL ALLIANCE, LIBRIOMANCER, GOBLIN QUEST, and other fun stuff. Knows where his towel is. He/him.
victoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27) @dirtbagqueer.rocks writer in residence @ texas roadhouse //
NYT bestselling author + stonewall award winner //
first book: ONE OF THE BOYS, out now! //
next book: RISEBALL, out summer ‘27! //
MGS podcast: @shadowmosesbook.club //
buffalo gal // she/her🏳️⚧️ // victoria.monster
Dan Moren @dmoren.com Author, podcaster, inexplicably a two-time Jeopardy! champion. I have the death sentence in 12 systems. He/him.
https://dmoren.com
Maurice Broaddus @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social Writer, librarian, practice adult, forever mentor...
Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com SFF Author | Nebula, Locus, Sturgeon, Compton Crook winner | Hugo, World Fantasy finalist | Repped by Lisa Rodgers | RABBIT TEST AND OTHER STORIES out now! (she/her) www.samtasticbooks.com
Newsletter at https://subscribepage.io/samtasticnews
Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social THE EYE OF LEVIATHAN July 14th! Author of the Memoirs of Lady Trent. Also one half of M.A. Carrick. She/her.
Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com Author of THE SLEEPLESS (2022), ESCAPE VELOCITY (2024), DEAD NOTE (2025), and THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED (2025) • NYC via MNL • he/him 🏳️🌈
linktr.ee/victormanibo
Lin Codega @lincodega.com author, journalist, game writer—PASHA THE STORM out now | co-founder @rascal.news, editor @fansplaining.bsky.social | WRA TVL S3—🏳️⚧️ they/them—a bit of a killjoy—there's a hugo here somewhere
Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social Writer. THE BEWITCHING (2025), SEVENTH VEIL OF SALOME, MEXICAN GOTHIC, and others books. https://silviamoreno-garcia.com/
Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com Engineer. SFF Writer. Triple Nebula Award winner. Việt (Kinh)/French. Asian auntie. Weird. She/They. Queer. 🏳️🌈 Loves tea. Profile:
@yendraws
@readatmidnight
Peter V Brett @pvbrett.bsky.social Internationally bestselling author of the Demon Cycle series. Over 4 million books sold in 28 languages worldwide. I live in Brooklyn.
Bethany Jacobs @dr-bethany-jacobs.bsky.social Award winning author of THESE BURNING STARS and ON VICIOUS WORLDS. THIS BRUTAL MOON out November. Repped by Bridget Smith. Bethany-jacobs.com. She/her
Suzanne Palmer @zanzjan.bsky.social Hugo Award-winning SF/F author, occasional artist, professional linux geek (she/her/they; ace) Repped by @awfulagent.bsky.social
Buy me a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/zanzjan
Joy Lanzendorfer @joylanzendorfer.bsky.social Author of RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM. Work in The New Yorker, New York Times, The Atlantic, Washington Post, and others. www.ohjoy.org
A. J. Sass @sassinsf.com Award-winning author, figure skater, & typewriter tinkerer
⛸️ Ana on the Edge
✈️ Ellen Outside the Lines
⛺️ Camp QUILTBAG
📚 Just Shy of Ordinary
✡️ Shabbat Is ...
rep: @thejordache.bsky.social | https://linktr.ee/matokah | 📍SF + VT
Auston Habershaw @aahabershaw.bsky.social Science Fiction/Fantasy author and English professor; shorts in Analog, F&SF, BCS, and elsewhere. Author of The Saga of the Redeemed and If Wishes Were Retail and also Faceless Galaxy; website aahabershaw.com
Repped by @awfulagent.bsky.social
He/Him
Rebecca Fraimow @rebeccafraimow.bsky.social author of Lady Eve's Last Con, The Iron Children, & various shorts. one half of @eightdaysofdiana.bsky.social. writes fiction, archives things, etc.
https://rebeccafraimow.com
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M V Melcer @mvmelcer.com pronounced *meltzer*
SFF writer and perpetual student. Author of REFRACTIONS and INVERSIONS. Repped by Lisa Rodgers at JABberwocky. SFWA, BSFA, Codex.
Polish-born/UK-based
she/her
https://mvmelcer.com/
https://linktr.ee/mvmelcer
K. C. Alexander Gambolputty de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter- @kacealexander.bsky.social crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser-kurstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein-
J.T. Greathouse @jeremyteg.bsky.social BFA nominated author of The Tower of the Tyrant and the Pact and Pattern series from Gollancz. Other books cookin'
website: www.jtgreathouse.wordpress.com
T. Frohock (she/her) @tfrohock.com CI-borg and Wellman award finalist--author of the Los Nefilim series from Harper Voyager US. I've long been accused of telling stories, which is a southern colloquialism for lying.
Repped by Lisa Rodgers, JABberwocky Literary Agency
www.tfrohock.com
Joe Zieja @joezieja.bsky.social Actor. Educator. Author. Musician. Storyteller.
learnvoiceacting.com
joezieja.com
Randee Dawn @randeedawn.com Author, “Tune in Tomorrow,” “We Interrupt This Program,” “The Only Song Worth Singing,” “Leave No Trace"
Journalist: Variety, LA Times, Today
AI-free forever
https://linktr.ee/RandeeDawn
Alex Shvartsman @alexshvartsman.bsky.social Bookwright & raconteur. Editor of the Unidentified Funny Objects annual anthology series. 2014 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction winner. Cheesy humorist.
www.alexshvartsman.com
Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social Award-winning author. Bronx born, L.A. living. Latest: TINY THREADS (Del Rey Books), available where books are sold.
https://www.lilliamrivera.com
Tanya Huff @tanyahuff.bsky.social I make a living writing science fiction and fantasy. Mostly fantasy. It's been said I've never met a trope I didn't skewer. I'm good with that. Also, there's cats. And knitting. she/her
Erin M. Evans @erinmevans.bsky.social Author of EMPIRE OF EXILES and RELICS OF RUIN (Orbit, out 4/24)| Brimstone Angels Saga | Dungeon Scrawlers DM and Concentration Check host | STXBP1 mom | co-host of Writing About Dragons and Shit | she/her
Nadia Bulkin @nadiabulkin.bsky.social Horror writer (SHE SAID DESTROY, RED SKIES IN THE MORNING, ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY). Co-editor of WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST LEAVE.
📍 DC, raised in Jakarta/Nebraska, she/her ♠️💜
https://linktr.ee/nadiabulkin
Megan Macmanus @meganmacmanus.bsky.social Follow @aukletpress for Writing and Publishing. College Counselor. Former Yoga teacher and Actress. Aspiring Gaeilgeoir. Owned by an Irish Wolfhound and a garden that hates me.
Marilyn La Jeunesse @mtlajeunesse.bsky.social Freelance Writer, Editor, and Author. | Rep. Eddie Schneider | she/her 🇲🇽 🇫🇷
Allison Epstein @rapscallison.bsky.social cottagecore baba yaga. author of A TIP FOR THE HANGMAN and LET THE DEAD BURY THE DEAD. mostly on substack and insta but who knows anymore. she/they linktr.ee/allisonepstein
@elaineviets.bsky.social @elaineviets.bsky.social 
K. Eason @svartjagr.bsky.social Writer. Teacher. Gamer. Knitter. Frequent cook and constant storyteller. Represented by Lisa Rodgers (@lisarodgers.bsky.social) at @awfulagent.bsky.social. Author of The Thorne Chronicles, The Weep duology, and On the Bones of Gods trilogy. [she/her]
Emmeline Duncan @emmelineduncan.bsky.social Author of the Ground Rules Mystery Series and Chaos at the Lazy Bones Bookshop. Fan of coffee, hiking, dogs.