Linda @malialei.bsky.social Forwarded views are not my own. I pay attention to world politics and remain skeptical of simplified stories.
Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social Artist, illustrator animator and writer for books games and TV. Most recently concept and story artist on the new Wombles CG show
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Traci Van Wagoner @tracivw.bsky.social Traci VW Creations: Dragon Tamer & award-winning children’s book illustrator with a Kirkus star. I also do game art. By hand. No AI ever.
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Laurel Aylesworth @laurelillo.bsky.social Children's book illustrator | Rhode Island | THE BLUE CANOE | MY HOUSE, MY FAMILY | CHALK THE WALK | rep'd by Essie White at Essie White Literary Agency | SCBWI member
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Kate Arnold @illustratebykate.bsky.social Illustrator | Cat Enthusiast | SCBWI Member
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Hajar Alami @hajarlines.bsky.social I draw and write for the joy of children (Animation & Kidlit)
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Andy Panda @andyxpanda.bsky.social Aspiring childrens book author / illustrator, activist, Pelicans and Storm fan and Dad.
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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
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Abi Cushman @abicushman.com Kidlit Author/Illustrator
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Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social 🌟 2025 #PBRisingStars Mentee
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Jim Hoover @jimhoover017.bsky.social I am a children’s book art director, and that’s it. That is my entire vibe.
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Right right right—I’m also drawn to politics like a mosquito to a bug zapper.
Brackenlowe Halt Storyworld @brackenloweproject.bsky.social A Hull-rooted community arts and heritage project bringing Victorian railway history to life through stories, illustration, film and an immersive fictional world.
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Maria is Writing @mariakidlit.bsky.social #Kidlit PB/MG writer and enthusiast
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Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
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Melissa Brooks @melissa-brooks.bsky.social A memoir writer, writing about my experiences and childhood as a form of personal therapy.
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.
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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
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Emma Miller 😁📚🍁 @emmadmiller.bsky.social Canadian Author & Creator of "The Doonies" children's book series! 📚🍁 https://thedoonies.ca
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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
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Milanka Reardon @milankareardon.bsky.social Illustrator and author of children’s books
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Sonya Afnan @sonyaafnan.bsky.social Writer | illustrator | Iraqi-Chaldean † | SCBWI
Rep: Jordan Hamessley at JABberwocky Lit Agency
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Katharine Gails @katharinegails.art Picture book Author/Illustrator from Minnesota! Take a look at my portfolio katharinegails.art tell me what you think!!
Steve James @stejdesigns.bsky.social Leeds based freelance illustrator
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Leah Schanke | Award-winning Author of FREEDOM AT DAWN @leahschanke.bsky.social Award-winning multicultural children’s book author | LeahSchanke.com | 2025 Debut #picturebook illustrated by @Obohdraws.bksy.social. Member of Authors Guild, PAL member of #SCBWI, and LongIslandAuthorsGroup.org. (She/her)
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Christa Heschke @christaheschke.bsky.social Literary Agent at McIntosh & Otis, Inc. Lover of books, travel and adorable animals. Cat mom and mom to Kira :) Western NY born and raised. Green Bay Packers fan.
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
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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
CinqueW News @cinquewnews.bsky.social Giornale di Giuseppe Rapuano con opinioni, cronaca, cultura, spettacolo, sport.
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social Affordable Housing, Health Care for All. Liberal Texas Yellow Dog Democrat. #BLM #NoKings Slava Ukraine 🌈💙🦋My History Channel https://youtube.com/@thehistorycatalog?si=I7LSHWZYWE_v-RNz
Dr. Barbara Christie @barbarachristiephd.bsky.social STEM educator, Kidlit author, community outreach advocate, nature-loving birder, pragmatic idealist #12X12PB #SCBWI
@nuancedpsyche.bsky.social @nuancedpsyche.bsky.social 
naho ogawa illustration @nahoogawa.bsky.social Naho Ogawa
www.naho.com
Tokyo based published illustrator
Work inquiries: hello<at>naho.com
IG: nahoogawa_illustration
Jessie Romigh @jessieromigh.bsky.social Children's book writer & illustrator seeking representation. Finding whimsy & humor with a dash of puns. Illustrations are hand-drawn, inked, & painted with watercolor. SCBWI-Austin Chapter. She/Her
www.jessieromigh.com
#kidlit #picturebook #kidlitart
Gael_Me ☆ Illustrator @gaelme.bsky.social Freelance Illustrator
Represented by Pyro Represents
linktr.ee/adaabigael
Michelle Denise Wood @mdwillustration.bsky.social 🖍️Illustrator, author, mom to girls
🌿Nature, retro, spooky, nostalgia
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⭐️#PBRisingStars 2024 Honorable Mention
📍Indiana
✨michelledwoodillustration.com
✏️michellewooddraws.com
📒 Seeking representation
Allison Strick @byallisonstrick.bsky.social Kid Lit Creator--PB, CB, GN, illustrations. Rep'd by Adria Goetz of KT Literary. She/her Instagram @ByAllisonStrick www.allisonstrick.com
Jack Foster @jackfoster14.bsky.social Jesus follower, Kid lit illustrator, father, grandfather, animal lover
BEAR @bearhoweart.bsky.social Artist and Illustrator
Repped by Adria Goetz at KT Literary
BecomingArt.Substack.com
Bearhowe.com
Youngillustratorsstudio.com
Tracy Gulovsen @tracygulovsen.bsky.social Writer of #kidlit PB 🦕📚🌼
tracygulovsen.com
Dinosaurs for Dylan available now!!
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Ana Paola Glz @anapaoglz.bsky.social Kidlit Illustrator · Children’s Books
Pastel vibes · Sweet characters · Gentle stories
🇲🇽 ES/EN — Freelance illustrator
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Amélie • Illustrator @ameliemadi.bsky.social Freelance illustrator who loves nature, fantasy, bookish art and all things magical ✨
⬇️ Portfolio | Shop | And More
ameliemadi.com
⬇️ Commissions OPEN
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Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social Writer. Vegan. Pluviophile. Perpetually on Wizard Time. She/her. Arizona. Mural from Don Vegan in Quebec City. Photos 📸 by me.
Veronica V. Jones @vvjonez.bsky.social Children's book illustrator and comic artist
Repped by @jenazantian
For more art visit VVJones.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
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
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
s.e.cottrill @secottrill.bsky.social Picture book Author/ Illustrator. Graphic Designer/Art Director by day. #SCBWI #12x12PB #mightykidlit #KidLit #authorillustrator www.secottrill.com
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/
Meagan Jackson @moogan.bsky.social She/her
Kidlit Illustrator- looking for representation
mom
I like video games, plants, birds, and fish
Portfolio:
www.artbymeagan.com
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
Krista Weltner @kristaweltner.bsky.social Author/Illustrator. Stop-motion puppet maker (Wendell and Wild, Wildwood) https://linktr.ee/kweltner
EVERYDAY ADVENTURES OF MOLLY WITH DYSLEXIA 2024 (Free Spirit Publishing)
Lexi Richey @lexirichey.bsky.social 💥Crafty Freak💥
Illustrator 🖍 & Author 📖- T @thtgrlfrmja.bsky.social @thtgrlfrmja.bsky.social https://supportjamaica.gov.jm/
Lara Willard @larathelark.bsky.social Comics editor and art teacher. Former designer, sometimes writer. ♾️
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🔗 larawillard.com/links
SK Wenger | KidLit author @skwenger.bsky.social Reader, Writer, Adventurer
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CHICKEN FRANK, DINOSAUR (2021)
Upcoming PBs (MIT Kids Press 2027, 2028)
Make Art That Sells @makeartthatsells.bsky.social Outstanding online art + illustration courses from top art agent + illustrator Lilla Rogers. 30k+ students in over 100 countries. #MakeArtThatSells
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The Overlord of Comics (and Toys) with Gamila Radi @comics.overlordshop.com We make the Unseen, seen. 100% Hate-free!
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Shannon Youso Illustrator @shannonyouso.bsky.social Kidlit illustrator, picture book artist, SCBWI member, lives in trees.
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Kendall Prevatt Ball @kendallnb.bsky.social mother, children’s librarian, stroke survivor, artist/crafter, aspiring author
erica m. chapman (she/her) @ericamchapman.bsky.social 📘ᴛᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ғᴏʀɢᴇᴛ (s&s) 🎶 ᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇxᴛ 📖.🏳️🌈🖤ɪᴛ’s ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴜɴs. rep: Christa Heschke. certified healer + guide. podcast producer + host of Hitchhiker's Guide to Humanity 💙✨🩷📸
Katie Gilstrap @bykatiegilstrap.bsky.social Author of SPACEMANATEE! (Magination Press), PENNY LU PORCUPINE, and FINNEGAN FOX (Nancy Paulsen Books). 📚
Bestie to @attaboyartie.bsky.social 🐕
Friend to all creatures ❤️🐾
ReadiLN – Discover & Share Books @readiln.com 📚 Where Readers & Authors Connect!
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Theo L @theol222.bsky.social Building in public! 🌠 UNI AI | 10X Your Life
The Growth and Creation Engine 😏 uniai.io
Green World Way 🌎 Protect Earth 🇺🇦 Protect Ukraine
Stef Wade @stefwade.bsky.social 📕Children’s Author | Picture Books
💫A PLACE FOR PLUTO
🍁THE VERY LAST LEAF
🚫Q & U CALL IT QUITS
✨MOVING TO MARS
🎉 EVERY DAY’S A HOLIDAY
🌲THE VERY EAGER EVERGREEN (8/26)
🍄 THE FUN GUY (11/26)
Rep’d by Christa Heschke - McIntosh & Otis
Oak Tree Comics @oaktreecomics.bsky.social An independent children’s book publisher 📚
Where imagination meets environmentalism🌍
Based out of Los Angeles ☀️
Founded by author Josh Oaktree 🌳
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Kade Dishmon @kadedishmon.bsky.social ✨ he/they • 🏳️⚧️🌈 • assistant editor acquiring @ Peachtree / Peachtree Teen • rep: Daniele Hunter • protect trans kids • 🚫 no AI in publishing • opinions mine ✨
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