Frances Hardinge @franceshardinge.bsky.social Writer of downright odd children's/YA books. Hobbies include travelling, dressing in period costume and scuba diving. Addicted to volcanoes and trying new things.
eileenwrobinson.bsky.social @eileenwrobinson.bsky.social Author. Editor. Publisher. Scholastic. Harcourt. Co-founder Reycraft Books. Founder of Move Books (now at Charlesbridge as Charlesbridge Moves). Partner in Kid’s Book Revisions PLUS. Author of 2 PB’s (2028). But even more importantly—lover of desserts!
Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social Anarchist. Host of Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff. Co-owner of Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness. Latest book is The Immortal Choir Holds Every Voice. she/they
Ezra Brooks @ezbrooks.bsky.social I love music, movies, mystery stories, and food from around the world.
Gavin, Small Beer (closed due to long covid), &c. @gavingrant.bsky.social Gavin J. Grant. He/him. Born: 323ppm. Peely-wally vegan Scottish immigrant. Equality? I like it. BLM. Antifascist. Trans rights=human rights. Long covid 12/21, meh. Tired. Wears masks, asks you to, too. smallbeerpress.com (closed) & LCRW. bookmoonbooks.com
Alone Crawford @kellylink.bsky.social unserious moonlight
owner of bookmoonbooks.com
www.kellylink.net
she/her
Happy to recommend books if you tell me 2 writers you love & what you’re in the mood for. Signed copies of my books available at www.bookmoonbooks.com. TERFS & fascists fuck off.
David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.
Merrill Markoe @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social Writer of things intended to be humor and animal lover. I post A LOT of pieces on my Substack page:"Still Looking for the Joke" https://substack.com/@merrillmarkoe?utm_source=user-menu
Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social Hello👍Bluesky
happy to be here!
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FYI👋I zombied IG👎
Mike Mills ✌️🇺🇦🐶🇨🇦 @millsish.bsky.social We’d like to know a little bit about you for our files.
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social Yelling the truth about Tennessee. 
Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now.
https://sirenscallbook.com/
Acyn @acyn.bsky.social Senior Digital Editor for MeidasTouch.com
Clips made with SnapStream
Internet Hooligan...
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org We’re organizing against this fascist regime the only way that actually works — with on-the-ground, volunteer-led, communities of people power: https://linktr.ee/indivisibleteam
50501 Activists @50501activists.bsky.social Hello All Fighting Fascism, Authoritarianism & Tyranny✨️🗽 50501 Activists is about SPREADING AWARENESS, SHOWING UP & CREATING TRUE POSITIVE CHANGE 💙 - 50501 is NON-PARTISAN , everyone is welcome & encouraged to fight this fight
🔍 us on Insta/FB/Tiktok🌐
50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social Official Bluesky account for the #50501Movement
❌👑#NoKings 3/28 Made History!!
Join the Movement > https://FiftyFifty.one
Alex Winter @alexwinter.com Trans Rights are Human Rights.
alexwinter.com
Nick Nicholson @nicknicholson.bsky.social Heritage Auctions, Museum Services, Russian Works of Art.
Sally Wilkins @berriesandbooks.bsky.social Catholic. Writer, teacher, Nana.
Coup Otter @therealjimsanto.bsky.social audio artist, noisemaker, writer, poet, web 1.0, neo-old New Yorker, ex-Catholic, science (quantum physics, cosmology, paleontology, archeology) & global history nerd. AI hater. big fan of comic art online! #OnePiece https://linktr.ee/jimsanto
Shari Becker @sharibecker.bsky.social #kidlit author: picture books, middle grade and young adult 🇨🇦🇺🇸 founder Whale Rock Workshops 🐶📚
Www.sharibecker.com
Www.whalerockworkshops.com
Sharon Grover @sbgrover2.bsky.social Retired youth services librarian. Dedicated audiobook listener and reviewer. Staunchly progressive Episcopalian from Jewish background (it’s complicated). WI Badger women’s volleyball and hockey fan.
Laura Atkins @laura-manzanita.bsky.social Author, editor, and co-organizer of The Social Justice Children’s Book Fair
Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social #Anonymous: Actions Not Nouns. All that exists is interaction. #BindingChaos #3E https://yacnews.com/
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
propublica.org
Brandon Schwartz @brandonjschwartz.bsky.social Producer: Maybe Happy Ending, Our Town
Montrealer at heart, New Yorker at present.
Cheryl Rainfield @cherylrainfield.bsky.social I write the books I needed & couldn't find. Award-winning YA author of SCARS, STAINED, HUNTED, VISIONS. Cult torture survivor, neurodivergent, mental health. Repped by Jennifer Wills. They/them 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇨🇦 https://beacons.ai/cherylrainfield
Jennifer Robin Barr @jrbarr.bsky.social Author. Middle Grade Historical fiction author. GOODBYE, MR. SPALDING; THUNDER AND MERCY with Astra Publishing. Rep'd by TracyMarchini
@bookmarkliterary.bsky.social @bookmarkliterary.bsky.social Www.bookmarkliterary.com
Bookstores & libraries are my happy place.
#kidkit
#kidlitart
Govsky US @us.govsky.org Tracking U.S. government accounts on Bluesky.
Not affiliated with the U.S. government.
Find an official government account: https://www.govsky.org/us
Govsky is open source! View the code: https://github.com/nas5w/govsky
Marlo Garnsworthy @icebird.bsky.social 🇦🇺🇺🇸Author/illustrator/editor/science communication #OceanDevotion
Antarctica-obsessed, kayak-paddling bird nerd
Ocean Devotion on YouTube:
youtube.com/@HashtagOceanDevotion
LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/icebirdstudio
Carol Matas @carolmatas.bsky.social 48 books, mostly novels for #MG or #YA. #Holocaust, #Historical #Fantasy #Paranormal #PB
#SCBWI #CANSCAIP #TWUC #PEN #KIDLIT
https://carolmatas.com
Arcane Bullshit @arcanebullshit.bsky.social Profane nonsense for a trivial lifestyle.
arcanebullshit.com for physical bullshit.
Roxie Munro @roxiesstudio.bsky.social Author/illustrator of 55+ nonfiction & concept interactive children's books (science/nature, ecosystems, architecture, mazes/gamification). "New Yorker" cover artist. Paintings in numerous museum, university & private collections. www.roxiemunro.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.
Christine Alemshah @christinealemshah.bsky.social #PB Author of BEA’S BALIKBAYAN BOX OF TREASURES '25 with @freespiritbooks.bsky.social | #12x12PB | #SCBWI | #Growyourwriting Challenge Host | 🇵🇭🇺🇸 #filtheshelves
Rep'd by @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social of CMA
Anastasia Suen @anastasiasuen.bsky.social Developmental editor | author (and ghostwriter) of 480 kid, teen, adult books | blogger @ https://asuen.com/ | art @ https://anastasiasuen.com/
Shannon Gile @shannongilewrites.bsky.social Pre-published kidlit writer in Vermont.
School librarian by day.
SCBWI member.
Neurodivergent, Swiftie, musician, cat lover.
@lorig-queenkitsch.bsky.social @lorig-queenkitsch.bsky.social 
The Latinx KidLit Book Festival (LKBF) @latinxkidlitbf.bsky.social The Latinx KidLit Book Festival is a virtual celebration of Latinx KidLit authors, illustrators, and books for readers & educators.
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov Organic farmer. Maine islander. Congresswoman for Maine’s 1st District 🦞🌲
The Brown Bookshelf @thebrownbookshelf.bsky.social The home to 28 Days Later, we are an award-winning website dedicated to highlighting both under the radar Black children's lit creatives and the vanguards whose shoulders we all stand on. Your go-to source on #BlackKidLit since '08. thebrownbookshelf.com
Analog Forever Magazine @analogforever.bsky.social Online Features/Interviews/Exhibitions and a Print Journal for the Film-Based/Alternative Process Photography Lover | https://bio.site/analog4ever
Courtney Pippin-Mathur | Kidlit artist & writer @pippinmathur.bsky.social author/illustrator, teacher, painter of journals, maker of creatures and things, she/her
www.pippinmathur.com
Shana Corey @shanacorey.bsky.social Editorial Director Random House Graphic, Writer, Reader, Swiftie, Book Recommender, Mom. Opinions mine. Taylor Swift reader available now https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777341/taylor-swift-superstar-by-shana-corey-illustrated-by-chloe-quinn/
Emily Cadwalader @emilycadwalader.bsky.social MG & YA Fantasy Writer . she/her . same handle in various places
Staticinmyhead @tamsonbooks.bsky.social Writer, editor, etceteror
Tami Traylor @traylorillo.bsky.social kidlit author/illustrator, library fangirl, mom of humans, servant of felines.
traylorillo.com
Katiewithapencil @katiewithapencil.bsky.social When you let children shine, the world becomes a little brighter.
Represented by Lori Steel with @steelworksliterary
Betsy Fraser @yabetsy.bsky.social A Canadian librarian and fan of books from all angles, whether imbibing or providing. A reader of everything, writer (books about YA nonfiction), and reviewer (kids and teen books, and audio).
Colleen Lindsay @colleenlindsay.bsky.social Professional nerd. Queer woman. Cat herder. Sartorial tragedy. Trump hater. I wrangle books & comics for Humble Bundle.
Julia @juliagertrud.bsky.social Librarian. Storytime is the best time.
youth services & rare books and special collections
#librarylife | #bells #changeringing | #neurodivergent #NEISvoid #chronicpain #bendybrain hEDS ADHD
JKO @jackieogburn.bsky.social Children's book writer, bibliophile, crazy cat lady, cranky Democrat, resident of Durham, NC
Rich in Color @richincolor.bsky.social Rich in Color is dedicated to reading, reviewing & promoting YA books starring or written by BIPOC. 📚
Site: www.richincolor.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richincolor_ya/
StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/richincolor
Ines Ayala (she/her) @byinesayala.bsky.social 🌟#kidlit writer (PB/YA) | agent: @the1whowill | by lines @parents | ‘21-‘25 Communications Manager @latinxkidlitbf @lkbfstorytellers
Mitchell Dean @mitchelldean.bsky.social I like Movies, the Cubs and the Lions. Don’t try to bother me, I’m probably sleeping. Shift work sucks. Friends with all squirrels.
CYA Conference @cyaconference.com Children, Young Adult, and Adult Writers’ and Illustrators’ Conference, is for writers and illustrators of all ages, all genres.
CYAConference.com
BluesterB @bluesterb.bsky.social He/him, bi,💙. I don't normally do social media, but this place seems less aggressive than most of the internet.
Naomi Danis @naomidanis.bsky.social Picture book author of BYE, CAR and MY BEST FRIEND, SOMETIMES. Also WHILE GRANDPA NAPS and I HATE EVERYONE. Contributing writer at Lilith magazine. #KidLit (BYE, CAR cover illustration by Daniel RIeley, headshot by Joan Roth.)
www.naomidanis.com
Karen Gray Ruelle @karenruelle.bsky.social -children's book author & illustrator: fiction (mostly dogs & cats) & nonfiction (mostly spies & WWII)
-artist/ESOL teacher/language lover
-dogs, cats, chocolate, gelato, chocolate gelato
-still working on that funny MG novel and a spy book for adults
MagentaMN @magentamn.bsky.social Science fiction fan. Witch. Old hippie. I tend not to follow people I don't know in some way. In person is best, even if it was just met once at a con or festival. Love cats but can't have one any more because they are a tripping hazard for me.
Boni Ashburn @boniashburn.bsky.social Children’s Book Author.
Librarian (Middle/High School & Public).
Mom. Dog mom. Human.
The U.P. of Michigan. boniashburn.com
Kate Schaefer @kateschaefer.bsky.social She/her. Everything is more complicated than that. I volunteer with Carl Brandon Society, Clarion West, Otherwise. I walked Hadrian's Wall a few years ago. I read a lot. I sew a lot. I garden a little. My grandchildren are old enough to vote. I digress.
THE Akilah Brown @theakilahbrown.bsky.social Things I do: Read, write, watch TV, watch movies, teach English at a community college, procrastinate.
If I'm on here, I should be grading or writing or both.
http://theakilahbrown.com | @THEakilahbrown across platforms
Karen Bass 🇨🇦 @karenbasswriter.bsky.social Author of 7 YA novels & 1 MG novel, some that won awards (see website). Rep'd by Stacey Kondla.
www.karenbass.ca
🇨🇦🐱📚✈️
Jacqueline Houtman, PhD @jjhoutman.bsky.social Science Writer, Children's Author.
Illuminating the truth.
https://linktr.ee/jjhoutman
Stephen Berg @stephenberg2.bsky.social Better than a sharp stick in the eye.
Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social author, journalist, documentary director - - Amelia Earhart's biographer
Jami Gigot @jamigigot.bsky.social Hello there! I am a children’s book author/illustrator and texture supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic living in the Pacific Northwest. www.jamigigot.com
https://www.amazon.com/Bigfoot-Field-Guide-Campers-Mysterious-ebook/dp/B0F4G895X7
Sergio Ruzzier @ruzzier.bsky.social Author and illustrator of picture books.
King Arthur Baking Company @kingarthurbaking.bsky.social Baking With Joy Since 1790
kingarthurbaking.com
Justin (JP) Chanda @jpchanda.bsky.social Children's Trade & Salaam Reads Publisher at Simon & Schuster. Brooklyn based Sky Farmer, Bread Baker and Hater of some renown. (*posts not sanctioned by S&S)
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
LJMU Special Collections & Archives @ljmu-sca.bsky.social Home to: LJMU's history; punk & pop culture; visual arts; music; women & girls' comics (Femorabilia); Stafford Beer; Liverpool theatre; 19th Century periodicals; & more! ✏📰
https://linktr.ee/ljmu_sca
Julie @julierobichaux.bsky.social Jesus wants me for a sunbeam. 
Mark Lerner @ragandboneshop.bsky.social Musician, graphic designer. Kingston, NY.
It’s pretty crowded in my craw.
Also: https://rosine.bandcamp.com/
Also: ragandboneshop.com
Jodyth @jodyth.bsky.social I find the world a curious place. Sometimes an amazing place. As a librarian, I like to look things up. 
Tim Day @timday101.bsky.social Terminal synth addict. One half of mnsfprdctn.bsky.social
PhD focussing on STEM and creativity in music technology education. He/him
@binawill.bsky.social @binawill.bsky.social 
Juliette Wade @juliettewade.com Novelist, linguist, anthropologist, Ph.D.
Fascinated by social systems.
Rep'd by K. O'Higgins
The Broken Trust series: 1. Mazes of Power (DAW 2020)
juliettewade.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/JulietteWade
CA in AUS, Naarm
she/her
NO AI
Jessica Reisman @jesswynne.bsky.social I write SF&F and I like rain, animals, & some people. They/them, but not attached. Queer. Always antifascist. Repped by Prentis Literary. http://www.storyrain.com/
Sara Logan @seven-ravens-sara.bsky.social queer. Episcopalian. Waldorf teacher. storyteller (sometimes). living in the rapidly thawing frozen north.
Sara Zarr @sarazarr.bsky.social Author of 12 books and a bunch of other stuff / ☕ sarazarr.com/learnmore
Al Hirschfeld Foundation @alhirschfeld.bsky.social Celebrating the life and legacy of The Line King, Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003). https://linktr.ee/alhirschfeldfoundation
KidLit Collective @kidlitcollective.bsky.social We are KidLit Collective, a collection of creative kidlit authors and illustrators supporting each other since our 2020 debuts and beyond. Art by @nielanderamy
bianca bob @biancabob.bsky.social 
@wordnik.com @wordnik.com 
Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social Author @ PRH & S&S, resident playwright at Seattle Public Theater, mom. She/her
Up next: TEAM AWKWARD (S&S, 2/11)
N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social Writer. She/her.
Corey Ann Haydu @coreyannhaydu.bsky.social YA and children’s author of EVENTOWN, ONE JAR OF MAGIC, LAWLESS SPACES, EVER CURSED &more—picture books, chapter books, MG and YA. Faculty @ VCFA. Lover of rompers, lattes, chatty podcasts, terrible reality TV, parenting discourse, friendship. she/her
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social I wrote some books, once upon a time.
Posting about stories, brain injuries, adorable animals, rhubarb recipes, nature facts, human rights, and how we can make this world safe and kind and good. You are precious to me, and I love you.
kellybarnhill.com
Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social Baltimore girl in Atlanta. I love humans, write books, and talk a lot.
http://laurelsnyder.com
Jennifer Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social literary agent with a lot of opinions 👀 also a podcast 👀 also my puppy looks like baby chewbacca! www.jenniferlaughran.com / www.andreabrownlit.com