@beyondchaz.bsky.social @beyondchaz.bsky.social Blue-state girl, cares about social fairness, environmental protection, and the little joys in life.
#KidlitZombieWeek @kidlitzombieweek.bsky.social Hosts of #KidlitZombieWeek 2026, @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @rebecca-ensign.bsky.social @monicafreewoman.bsky.social @janmilusich.bsky.social @drenderturmaud.bsky.social @kcstrocchia.bsky.social
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/kidlit-zombie-week/
Angela @j-beanz.bsky.social Democratic supporter. Dog mom. Fed up with the impact of Trump's policies on our people. I love my blue state.
Janet Frenck Sheets @janetfrencksheets.bsky.social Alaskan who's learned to thrive --well, survive--at 40 degrees below zero. I play hockey in winter, garden in summer, and read picture books year-round.
Alan D Thomas @alanthomasd.bsky.social A musician with a passion for real estate building dreams you can live in and songs you can feel.
Janice Woods @north4woodsss.bsky.social Children's author, teacher, picture book fan, and lover of all things nautical. #kidlit #storystorm #SCBWI #12x12 #50PreciousWords HM 2023, 2024, and 2026.
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
Erin Siska @erinsiska.bsky.social Reader, picture book author/illustrator, graphic novelist, lawyer, mama, dog person, mental health advocate, good listener. #kidlit #kidlitart
(she/her) Portfolio at www.erinsiska.com.
Heather Stigall @heatherstigall7.bsky.social 📚KidLit Author
#SCBWI PA East Critique Group Coordinator
👻GILBERT & THE GHOST (Beaming Books 2025)
🐰PAISLEY'S BIG BIRTHDAY (Clavis Books, 2023)
🚌PAISLEY’S BIG FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL (Clavis Books, 2027)
picture book obsessed, creator of stuff
Laura Cooper @cooperl788.bsky.social You can find me at my favorite sunny spot, the kitchen island, where I’m simultaneously cooking up dinner and book ideas. I’m an avid reader, raising 2 kids and 1 rescued house hippo.
Kevalkumar @kevalkumar.bsky.social Motivational Quotes Writer
Nadiad, Gujarat, India 🇮🇳
Contact:+918866868474
Maria is Writing @mariakidlit.bsky.social #Kidlit PB/MG writer and enthusiast
Parent
Bunny person
#Scbwi
Nature
Foodie
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
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
YoungJu Kim @illuhaus.bsky.social Kidlit Author-Illustrator based in Vienna, VA. #SCBWI, #12x12PB, #PBRisingStars
https://kimyoungju.com/
https://www.instagram.com/youngjukim_illuhaus/
#kidlitart #kidlt #kidlitillustrator #illustration #artist #midatlant
Lora Stead Author @lorastead.bsky.social Is it writing time yet?
Kidlit, '23 PBParty Finalist, SCBWI, 12x12, InkedVoices, UT League of Writers, former ESL/1-8 grade teacher. Rep'd by Joyce Sweeney at Seymour. ☀️
Forthcoming debut WHERE DADDY IS (Atheneum, 2029)
https://youtube.com/@lorastead
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Pat Cummings @betnoire.bsky.social Olympic medalist, Grammy winner, ballerina emeritus, storyteller, bookie.
rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social https://rachelelliott.me/
🏳️🌈 author-illustrator 💜s comedians tacos comics
THE REAL RILEY MAYES https://bit.ly/rileymayes
Preorder ZEB AND BEL: NIGHT OF THE BODEGA CAT here: https://bit.ly/zebbelbodega
Preorder ISAAC AND PEARL here: https://bit.ly/isaacpearl
Milanka Reardon @milankareardon.bsky.social Illustrator and author of children’s books
MilankaReardon.com
Stephen E. Liszewski @stephenliszewski.bsky.social If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
@ansumanaz.bsky.social @ansumanaz.bsky.social 
writerharrison @harrisonwriter.bsky.social 🍁 #Canadian - #Author - #Poet 🍁
amazon.com/author/phillipharrison
I try to write in ways that feed both the mind and soul. ♊ & #GenX #stationaryaddict
💫 Creator of imagined worlds 💫
@jef67.bsky.social @jef67.bsky.social 
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
Sue (Susan Uhlig) she/her @susanuhlig.bsky.social Married. Children's Author. Writing PB, MG, some YA. Kidlit. SCBWI Regional Advisor Emerita. Former Institute of Children’s Literature Instructor.
I write helps & book recs on my site susanuhlig.com.
WA state. Owned by cat.
Suzanne Beaky Illustration @suzannebeaky.bsky.social Children’s Illustrator. Cat Lover. Avid Gardener.
You can find my portfolio at http://www.suzannebeaky.com
@dipriya.bsky.social @dipriya.bsky.social https://freemiumsoftt.blogspot.in
mrudzinski.bsky.social @mrudzinski.bsky.social Kidlit author in the query trenches again, looking for my writing community, PB fiction/nonfiction/ MG nonfiction- Be brave, and lose sight of the shore!
Laurie Halse Anderson @halseanderson.bsky.social Forest creature who writes books & champions libraries. American heart, Danish soul.
Author of YAs: Speak, Shout & many more
Historical adventure novels: Chains, Forge, Ashes & Fever 1793.
And…. Rebellion 1776 is a NY Times bestseller! Huzzah! 🎉❤️🇺🇸📚
Mary Helen Berg @handle.invalid Children’s book author | ENOUGH TO SHARE @TielmourPress l Soon: Bushel & Peck Books | #PBParty Finalist ‘25 & ‘23, HM ‘24, l Writementor ‘22 | #SCBWI | #12x12PB | #Kidlit #PB- K Kara Sibilia @karasibilia.bsky.social Writer, Lifestyle Editor; Rep: Maura Kye-Casella at Don Congdon Associates, Inc.
Brittany Pearson @britspixels.bsky.social Asian American author / illustrator, represented by Jordan Hamessley at JABberwocky Literary Agency. I draw cute, colorful, whimsy, and joy 🩷
#PBparty finalist ‘25
#SCBWI and #12x12 member.
www.britspixels.com
Diana Delosh - illustrator @dtdelosh.bsky.social Illustrator/storyteller represented by Lynnette Novak of The Seymour Agency
portfolio: https://dianadelosh.com
Gill Evans. Counselling Psychologist AFBPsS. @gillevansx.bsky.social Psychologist living in Philadelphia from the UK.
Gill Evans author of The Anxious Therapist, YouTuber and Wordler. Honourable Mention for my book by Hay House.
Go to my website Anxioustherapist.com for £1 or $1 kindle book. Download kindle app free.
Ramya G Spaulding @rgspaulding.bsky.social Author/illustrator looking for representation #12x12 #PB #MG #engineer #STEAM #scbwi #2021PBParty Finalist, #2025PBParty HM, #2025PBRisingStar HM. Will not engage in DMs from unknown people.
www.rgspaulding.com
Debbie Palen Illustration @debbiepalen.bsky.social Illustrator of picture books seeking representation. Feminist, animal lover, Penguin Random House, Scholastic, Free Spirit Publishing, NWF. ✉dpalen@fmgirl.com portfolio: https://www.debbiepalen.com linktr.ee/dpalen
#KidLitArt #childrensbooks #kidlit
Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social Not Giving Up.
Oscar Nominated Director:
RBG, JULIA, MY NAME IS PAULI MURRAY, GABBY GIFFORDS (w/Betsy West)
PATH FORWARD (w/Mo Husseini)
EVERY BODY, STURGEON QUEENS
I ❤️ @PaulTheDogMan & 🐕 🐕
Co leader w @lizzylady: MontclairSundays INDIVISIBLE.
leftcoastray @leftcoastray.bsky.social Chicago born, 30 years in Colorado, West Coast transplant. Dem since JFK. Ex county party Vice-Chair. Grandson of a Union organizer. Ex law enforcement, now a UU. Also, genealogist for 30+ years, volunteer at DNA/DOE Project. Rockies/Bears fan.
Jenifer Kay Hood @jeniferkayhood.bsky.social 20th Century Modernist Muse (https://jeniferkayhood.substack.com/), Kirkus likes my book Young Vincent, lifelong liberal, 🐸, jazz fan, married 24 yrs to Susan, no pic/posts=no follow, unapologetic Boomer. www.youngvincentorigins.com
DB (he/him/they) @bardwell.bsky.social
Me: Teddy Roosevelt a square deal Progressive and FDR new deal Democrat - my two favorite presidents. My 3rd favorite president, John Adams.
https://sunnyside-gardens.com/
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
Andrea Yomtob @yomtobillustrator.bsky.social Author/Illustrator of Picture Books
SCBWI, 12x12, ACCD Alumna, Garden Enthusiast, Mother of 2❤️in LA. #PBParty 23-26 Finalist
Rep'd by Rob Broder, MNLM
All art handpainted ©Andrea Yomtob
www.andreayomtob.com
YouTube: @ArtfulAttention
Lindsey Leigh @wiggle-n-write.bsky.social New Mama🩵#Kidlit Writer✍🏼Educator📖Doing Handstands🤸♀️in San Diego🏝️
Clamber Guy @clamber.bsky.social Emptiness, emptiness. I see nothing but emptiness.
Tracie Renee (she/her) @tracierenee.bsky.social Librarian in sort-of Chicago.
PW book reviewer.
#Amquerying #SCBWI writer/poet.
Winner: #50PreciousWords, Highlights scholarship, ElegantLit, IAmWritingMG.
HM: #PBParty.
WTMP mentee, RisingTalent finalist, BOTN.
https://linktr.ee/tracie.renee
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.
Marta Magellan @martamagellan.bsky.social Book, nature and young people lover, publishing nonfiction picture books and writing whatever else I want. Former Creative Writing, Composition, and Survey of Children's Lit prof at Miami Dade College, now writing full time.
Benjamin @benjaminpedrooo.bsky.social 
Phoebe Creates @phoebecreates.bsky.social Hi! I'm Phoebe Zeng, an artist & children's book Illustrator from Australia. I'm represented by Sally Kim @ Andrea Brown Lit
https://www.phoebecreates.com.au/
https://www.instagram.com/phoebe.creates/
Laura K Zimmermann @laurak-pbwriter.bsky.social Children’s Author | Professor | Rep’d by @KaitlynLeann17.bsky.social at @Bradfordagents.bsky.social | MUSHROOM RAIN | UNDER THE FOREST FLOOR coming Spring 2028 | #SCBWI | she/her
Marc Kuchner | Author @marckuchner.bsky.social Dad. Author of the Cosmic Collisions books. Astrophysicist and Participatory Science fanatic @nasa. www.marckuchner.com
@emmanuelokai6.bsky.social @emmanuelokai6.bsky.social 
Jessica Vitalis @jessicavitalis.bsky.social Award-winning author, Greenwillow/HarperCollins. American by birth, Canadian by choice. 
SusanHughes @susanhughes.bsky.social editor/story coach specializing in kidlit | author of kids' books | freelance writer | she/her | upcoming bk: MISS MATCH | recent bks: HOORAY FOR TRUCKS!; SAME HERE; WALKING FOR WATER; LIGHTS DAY AND NIGHT | www.susanhughes.ca
Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social Kjipuktuk|Halifax. Inventor #DSPBposts. @tricon-hfx.bsky.social exec. Small press, 🇺🇸 & 🇨🇦 poli. Salty. I turn tea into words: steampunk Pride and Prejudice reimagining AETHER AND EGO, Sept 2026, Inanna. https://linktr.ee/joannemerriam
Michael F. Stewart @openmike.bsky.social Writes books for kids and young adults. VCFAWYCA, Canscaip, SCBWI, #kidlit, #canlit
Seeking Draven, Red Deer Press, 2024
Turn to Burn, Renaissance Press, 2025
Niki Kiepek @nkiepek.bsky.social 
Caroline Kind @carolinekind.bsky.social MG author, educator, researcher, reader, learner | She/Her | Halifax, NS |
Illustrated By Jessica Cooper @illustratedbyjess.bsky.social Author Illustrator, Bookish, KidLit Community, Pattern Designer. Picture Books, MG, YA, Nature Science, Environmental, Folklore & Historical Fiction. Illustration Coordinator for SCBWI Los Angeles. My portfolio website is www.IllustratedbyJessica.com
Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social internationally bestselling MG author #bannedbyrussia. Kidnapped from #Ukraine trilogy: Under Attack, 2: Standoff, 3: Still Alive. Scholastic. Agent: Ron Eckel, CookeMcDermid www.calla.com
Jane Baird Warren @janebairdwarren.bsky.social Sporty mom, book lover & author of HOW TO BE A GOLDFISH (Scholastic Canada). Writing stories for the young and young at heart. Repped by Elizabeth Bennett at Transatlantic Literary Agency #🟦
Deborah Kerbel @deborahkerbel.com Award-Winning 🇨🇦 #kidlit author of more than 30 books
(picture books, graphic novels, middle grade, young adult, non-fiction)
https://linktr.ee/deborahkerbel
NEW in 2026:
GOTCHA DAY (Orca)
NO UNGAPATCHKA! (Owlkids)
Rebecca Upjohn @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social Kidlit author 📚, picture taker 📷, knitter 🧶, woods wanderer 🌳🚶♀️, tree hugger 🌲, dreamer 🌌
www.rebeccaupjohn.com
🇨🇦 + 🇺🇲 #CANSCAIP, #TWUC, #SCBWI, #12x12pb
Every Child Matters
@michaelbradley01.bsky.social @michaelbradley01.bsky.social Senior Marine Consultant | Expert in Vessel Propulsion & Maintenance Optimization.
Social Scott @social-scott.bsky.social Being a writer is a life sentence.
Author of The Love Police
https://www.amazon.com/Love-Police-Scott-Talbot-Evans-ebook/dp/B0B6QD48CW
Check out my substack: https://substack.com/@duplicateaccount