Sarah James @essjay-reads.bsky.social Librarian, West Kootenay, BC
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Annora Winters @annorawinterspoet.bsky.social Poetess in Potentia
dave atwater @daveatwater.bsky.social poetry
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Donovan Blake @donovanwrites.bsky.social Empowering Emerging Authors | Manuscripts Coach & Storytelling Advocate | Helping Experts Turn Ideas into Books
Christopher @c007goat.bsky.social Vancouverite. 2001. Pescatarian. Screenwriter. Songwriter. Playwright.
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Laura Minor, poets<poems π she/her π€πͺ #writer #poetry @lauralminor.bsky.social 2024 Silver Medal Florida Book Awards, Poetry π₯
Book 2: Bright Life, Animal Heart, winner of the 2023 Minds on Fire Open Book Prize, out now!, conduit.org
Book 1: Flowers as Mind Control, winner of The 2020 John Ciardi Prize,
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Arizona Eagletarian @eagletarian.bsky.social Avid reader, feminist, history, politics, HarrisWalz2024, USAF veteran (Vietnam era)/VoteVets, I DO NOT respond to DMs/chats w/people I don't know IRL, π«porn or cryptoπ¦Resist TYRANNY. BIGOTRY, and #FASCISM Slava Ukraini
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Lissa Warren @lissawarren.bsky.social Book publicist. Adjunct Professor at Emerson College. Author of The Savvy Author's Guide to Book Publicity and The Good Luck Cat. Tea-swilling workaholic. Founder and President of lissawarrenpr.com.
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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com Sapphic Scottish specfic duo E&M. Fungi fanatics, lurcher lovers, gin guzzlers.
The Needfire NOW OUT out with Solaris Books!
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John Baker, Literary Agent @jjbker.bsky.social The Small God of Hype, Literary Agent: Likes SFF&H, Welsh Rugby, Indie bands I heard about way later than you. He/Him. Opinions mine.
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Lorraine Wilson @rainewilson.bsky.social Author, biologist, cat herder | BFA & SoA winner, Clarke Award, BSFA, Kavya & Saltire Awards finalist | THE SALT ORACLE out now https://geni.us/saltorac | rep Julie Gourinchas | she/her π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
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Benedict Anning @benedictanning.bsky.social Horror/SF writer, occasional artist, general creative chump. Creature of the abyss and cat dad.π
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Mahmud El Sayed @mahmudelsayed.bsky.social Writer | Arabfuturist | SFF | Cat dad πββ¬οΈ |
THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY out now with Gollancz & Saga Press.
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Sam K Horton @samkhorton.bsky.social Author based on Eythin Island, GORSE out now from @Solarisbooks
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Dr Stew Hotston (he/him) @stewarthotston.com Author, LARP, physics, economics. Subjective Chaos, BSFA, BFA finalist. Board @SoA, Treasurer @BFS, Chair @BSFA.
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Last: The next enemy
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Mallison Ick @allisonmick.bsky.social fart noise maker (mouth and butt)
HUMBOLDT CUT π²πͺ out now
DIVE π©Έπ€ out Nov 2026
DARK WAVES π€π out Jan 2027
horror/comedy/animation writer. she/they making sicko shit.
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Bori Cser @sorrynotbori.bsky.social a YA author who is definitely not three opossums in a trenchcoat. MIRRORWOVEN (2026, Harper Fire/Feiwel & Friends). she/her.
Mikayla Bridge @mikaylabridge.bsky.social Mik π | OF FLAME AND FURY (Macmillan, July 2025)
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Todd S. Jordan @toddsjordan.bsky.social A horror writer and a sorry sack of guts.
THE FLESH I WANT coming 2027, Titan Books.
Agent: Julie Gourinchas, Bell Lomax Moreton.
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Matthew C. Brown @mattbrownwrites.bsky.social Science Fiction/Fantasy Author.
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Jesse Aragon @jvawrites.bsky.social space fantasy author | THE DEMON STAR (2026) | EMT-I/Trauma RN/BSN | Cat/Owl person, UFO enthusiast, recovering vampire.
Human artist, robots DNI.
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C.N. Vair @cnvair.bsky.social Author, dog person, candy fiend, she/her. Repped by Julie Gourinchas.
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Elaine Murphy (she/her) @murphyelaine.bsky.social Freelance journalist & nonfiction editor on gender, human rights, travel, textbooks. Bylines & editing @ BBC, LA Times, Outside, Teen Vogue, Norton etc. AKA: Girl Scout, hiker, rock trombonist
Yashica Dutt @yashicadutt.bsky.social Dalit Journalist, author Coming Out as Dalit, words in NYT, Atlantic, Foreign Policy Mag.
Revised version of Coming Out as Dalit by Beacon Press out Spring 2024, NYC.
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Sarah Raughley @sraughley.bsky.social Academic Scholar, Geek and Writer. Author of The Effigies Series, The Bones of Ruin trilogy and the upcoming thriller, The Queenβs Spade.
Aimee Seiff Christian @thewriteaimee.bsky.social Memoirist, essayist, adoptee, bird person, word nerd, queer Gen X grouch. Unapologetically type A. Writing instructor and editor. Disability advocate. Skating fan.βΈοΈ
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Sarah Sax @sarahlsax.bsky.social Current researcher @climaterights.bsky.social investigating human rights and climate change. Award-winning journalist and video producer. Past @vice @highcountrynews. Follow me for climate/environment news (and rants). Opinions + typos all mine
AJ Dellinger @ajdellinger.com Blog boy. Tech Reporter.
Formerly: IBM, Morning Consult, Mic, Gizmodo, Daily Dot, Newsweek.
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Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social BLM. Teaching Prof., Northeastern. Reviewer @nytbooks @washpost @BostonGlobe, elsewhere. he/him
Newsletter at https://sebastianstockman.substack.com/
Jane Friedman @janefriedman.com I report on the publishing industry through my paid newsletter, The Bottom Line, and educate writers on the business of authorship in THE BUSINESS OF BEING A WRITER (University of Chicago Press).
Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social founder & publisher, Belt Publishing. author, former academic, recent Pittsburgh transplant. https://notesfromasmallpress.substack.com
Belt Publishing: beltpublishing.com
Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social Archaeologist turned author with a science fiction take on life. Author of Plague Birds, member of SFWA and SPJ. He/His. Represented by Lucienne Diver. www.jasonsanford.com
Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com Author of novels fantastical & historical, avid gardener, co-founder of SFWA's pub industry watchdog Writer Beware. Casting a small light in a wilderness of writing scams (plus an occasional cat pic)
https://writerbeware.blog
https://victoriastrauss.com
Kathleen Schmidt @kathmschmidt.bsky.social President, KMSPR. Book publishing, marketing, consulting, strategy. I write Publishing Confidential on Substack.
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Jeanne Veillette Bowerman @jeannevb.bsky.social Sr Exec Pipeline Media Group @bookpipeline.bsky.social, EiC @pipelineartists.bsky.social, partner Fringe Press, CoHost @recklesscr8tive.bsky.social #podcast. Prev @scriptmagazine.bsky.social + Writer's Digest. CoFndr #scriptchat on X. #HistFic #18thC
Simon Owens @simonowens.bsky.social Media industry journalist who runs a newsletter and podcast. You can reach me at simonowens@gmail.com
DoctorSyntax @doctorsyntax.bsky.social Alter ego of Peter Ginna. Editor, writer, & occasional blogger on books & publishing. Former editor & publisher at several houses. Author of WHAT EDITORS DO: The Art, Craft, and Business of Book Editing. Website: peterginna.com 
Kate Pullinger @katepullinger.bsky.social Writer of fiction - books and digital. Inanimate Alice, Breathe, Forest Green. Academic - Bath Spa University. Books. Food. Sleep. Canadian living in UK. www.katepullinger.com and https://buttondown.email/katepullinger
Guy (aka glecharles) @loudpoet.com Sometimes loud, formerly poet, always opinionated. As in guillotine...
Here via BlackSky, but more active on my blog and Mastodon:
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Paul Bogaards @paulbogaards.bsky.social PR guy. Former Publisher. Representing authors and companies. Knows the business. Find me @ http://instagram.com/paulbogaards; and here http://paulbogaards.substack.com; and here bogaardspr.com.
Katy Hershberger @katyhersh.bsky.social Work at Publishers Lunch. Writing at NYTBR, Washington Post, LitHub, Slate, Longreads, etc.
KatyHershberger.com
Cassie Mannes Murray @cassmannes.bsky.social Writer. Founder & director at Pine State Publicity. Mom to P & E. π
http://pinestatepublicity.com
Pinestatepublicity.substack.com
Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com Freelance editor of YA & Adult fiction (sarah@nextchapteredits.com). Writer, optimist, all-around bookish.
Editing: https://www.nextchapteredits.com/
Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/SarahLaPolla
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Margot Atwell @margotatwell.bsky.social Writer, editor,publisher, creative funding expert in Brooklyn. Editor of ABSOLUTE PLEASURE. Previously @feministpress & @kickstarter. She/they ππ
https://margotatwell.com/
Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social He wrote Our Endless & Proper Work (Belt Publishing, 2021), based on his "Destroy Your Safe and Happy Lives" newsletter.
Brian DeFiore @briandef.bsky.social Literary Agent, Dad, Geek
E. J. Wenstrom @ejwenstrom.bsky.social π€s complicated heroes, horrifying monsters & standing to the right on escalators so the left side can walk. #SFF author. Cohost
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Pirate Jenny @ljndawson.bsky.social "What's she got to stare at now?"
https://newvirago.com/
Darcy Pattison @darcypattison.bsky.social Author of over 70 childrenβs books, including A LITTLE BIT OF DINOSAUR series, the Moments in Science series, and the Another Extraordinary Animal series. See more at MimsHouseBooks.com #STEM #NextGen #Kidlit #TLsky #EduSky 
Sophie Vershbow @svershbow.bsky.social Writer: NY Mag, Esquire, The Atlantic, Vogue, etc. Head of Social Media @ tech job. Mostly posting about dogs & books. Opinions all mine. vershbowiswriting@gmail.com
https://www.sophievershbow.com/writing
Anna Sproul-Latimer @annasplat.bsky.social Founding Partner, Neon Literary. Get in, loser, we're making it art. www.neonliterary.com
Ron Charles @roncharles.bsky.social I write about books at https://roncharles.substack.com/
Meg Reid 𦦠@megireid.bsky.social Executive Director / Hub City Writers Project
Publisher / @hubcitypress.bsky.social
Habs fan / Canadian in the South π
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David Ulin @davidulin.bsky.social Crafty southpaw.
Lucienne Diver @luciennediver.bsky.social Literary agent, #author, travel-junkie, puppy enthusiast, full-time fed up with the rolling back of our rights.
www.knightagency.net
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Carolyn Kellogg @paperhaus.bsky.social Books books books. Editor, writer, reader, clumsy DIYer. Latest: I review Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/08/arts/emily-st-john-mandel-exit-party/
The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org Authors working together to ensure fair pay, protect copyright, and defend free speech.
The Gernert Company @thegernertco.bsky.social The Gernert Company is a literary agency with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Our client list is as broad as the market. π
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Publishers Lunch @publisherslunch.bsky.social Trade publishing's daily rundown, and sibling of the source of Deal Reports.
Independent Publishers Guild @independentpublishersguild.com The IPG is the UK's largest association of independent publishers, supporting 600+ members with events, resources, training and much more.
https://linktr.ee/IndependentPublishersGuild
Authors Alliance @authorsalliance.bsky.social Promoting authorship for the public good by supporting authors who write to be read. authorsalliance.org and authorsalliance.substack.com for updates. 
JMR @jamesfortexas.bsky.social freelance writer covering art, the built environment, culture, people and politics, mostly in dfw and texas. quorum reportβs newsclipper.
Rudri Bhatt Patel @rudribhattpatel.bsky.social Attorney turned Writer, Editor and Educator
Co-Founder and Editor of The Sunlight Press
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Carla Zanoni @carlazanoni.bsky.social Poet/journalist/immigrant β Knowing/Saber author, working on literary memoir. Lead MA in engagement journalism at Newmark Grad School|| B4 that βCarla @TED @WSJ @DNAβ π¦π· π¦
Alec Opperman @alecopperman.bsky.social Producer | More Perfect Union, Cited Podcast, Wisecrack
Email: alec@perfectunion.us
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Who Pays Writers? @whopayswriters.bsky.social Anonymous database of freelance digital media rates. Now under the stewardship of the Freelance Solidarity Project (digital media division of the National Writers Union). Solidarity is forever.
whopayswriters.com
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Alexis Gunderson @alexiskg.bsky.social Freelance TV critic and organizer with the National Writers Union / Freelance Solidarity Project | Public library comms π | she/her
jloβs orange drink @ericadamsandler.bsky.social ranting and raving about some bullshit about tv or pop culture or possibly the knicks π§ββοΈ
Murjani Rawls @murjanirawls.bsky.social Award-nominated journalist/reporter: NJ.com and Substream Magazine
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Five-time author/photojournalist
Previous: DK Network, The Root
WGA East, Critics Choice
Khadjiah J @iamkdjiah.bsky.social I create tv, poetry, and food media to fund my love for oxtail.
(She/Her)
βοΈπΏ: The Food Network, Black Nerd Problems, Vulture, Best American Food Writing & more.
Prev: Last Week Tonight.
EIC: Scotch Bonnet Mag
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Sarah Chavera Edwards @chaveraedwards.bsky.social Slightly off-kilter Mexican American writer based in Phoenix.π΅π²π½πΉ
βπΌWords in: WaPo, Teen Vogue, Slate, Newsweek, Readerβs Digest UK, and more.
πBest of the Net nominee 2025 for Nonfiction.
Bhavik Sarkhedi @bhaviks.bsky.social Writer. Occasionally a philosopher, but mostly someone striving to be one of those empathetic souls who truly listens. www.bhaviksarkhedi.com
Jeff Wilser @jeffwilser.bsky.social Book author. Speaker. Journalist. (Words in The NY Times, Wired, GQ, etc). Web3 @CoinDesk. The Explorers Club book. Host of the podcast "AI-Curious."
rea mcnamara @reeraw.bsky.social tkaronto/toronto writer, curator, baddie muva | art, culture, fandom
Olivia Crandall @oliviacrandall.bsky.social writer, etc.
oliviacrandall.com 
Michelle Levy, Editor & Essayist @editormichellelevy.bsky.social πBook editor and writer in New York.π½I edit nonfiction, fiction, and biz/sci/psy/healthβ¦ π Essayist, solo mother, and psychonaut. π€© Bylines in Discover, Insider, Hippocampus, and more. π
Virgo North Node @virgonorthnode.bsky.social Iβm quietly off that loud β’ digi girl + writer/author + activist/humanitarian β’ Founder and CEO of Virgo Consultations β’ Indie NJ Author Project Inductee β’ Interviewed w/ Powerstation
amelia merrill @ameliamerrill.bsky.social life, a shadow AND a dream? in this economy?
writer, yid, theatre journalist and playwright, gymnastics fan
MD β‘οΈ NY
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Jonathan Vankin @jonvankin.bsky.social Writer of books, comics, screenplays, journalism and even a musical.
Newest book, available now, is HOW CALIFORNIA WORKS: BUILDING DEMOCRACY IN THE GOLDEN STATE. (http://amazon.comdp/B0D4TD7RY8)
Ana Yglesias @anasunbun.bsky.social Brooklyn-based freelance music & culture journalist. Let's collab! βοΈ Lover of house music, disco & almost anything with synths. πͺ© Also, I live to eat, travel / explore and admire art & beautiful things. π₯
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Manuel Betancourt @bmanuel.bsky.social Assistant Editor, Documentary magazine
Writer/critic for hire πLA
π Hello Stranger (OUT NOW!)
π The Male Gazed (2023)
π Judy at Carnegie Hall (2020)
π° Writer on The Cardboard Kingdom series (2018, 2021, 2023)
www.mbetancourt.com
Anson Tong @ansonjtong.com she/her β’ βa glutton for introspectionβ β’ photographer, writer, behavioral scientist
Woo Woo Wellness Writer @kristaatkinson.bsky.social Current writer. Former comic. Future self-love influencer. Wannabe wellness guru. Chronic illness advocate. A bit bougie & a lot woo. Bougie woo! Join me on my life adventures. Writing, astrology, wellness, travel, witchy stuff, & body positivity.
Christa (she/her) @wordrascal.bsky.social Graduate student: #traumainformed #emergencymanagement @umainegradschool. https://disaster-minded.ghost.io/ Survivor of corporate life, self employment, & CPTSD, not necessarily in that order; n00b #civilservant. Introverted ADHD'er. I stan #raccoons.
Miles Howard @milesperhoward.bsky.social Outdoor author and urban trail builder. Creator of Mind The Moss, a newsletter about walking. Bylines in National Geographic, Mountain Gazette, The Boston Globe, Outside, WBUR, The New Republic, and AFAR. I founded the Walking City Trail of Boston. He/Him.
Jeremy Fassler @jfassler.bsky.social Investigative Journalist at Longwell Partners. Substack: The Big Board. Words in: The New York Times, The Atlantic, Mother Jones. Former: Daily Banter, Capitol Forum.
amelia langas @lapsed-catholic.bsky.social writer | words in The Architectβs Newspaper, Hyperallergic, IMPULSE, Screen Slate, others | i also write a Substack called Lapsed Catholic
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Nikki Summer @nikkisummer.bsky.social Writer, consultant, tech world alum, single mom, feminist, dog-lover, dessert-baker, Jill of all trades, mother of reinvention. I write a Substack called We're A Lot: https://nikkisummer.substack.com/
aina @ainamarzia.bsky.social Anthropology at @princeton | fellow @thenation | was @inthesetimesmag words: @ajenglish @vice @slate @businessinsider @thedailybeast @newrepublic @grist @npr
Cat Darling Fitz @catherinethegoat.bsky.social Writer/Editor. Yoga & meditation teacher.
Corporate burnout. MBA. Crochet fiend.
Profligate like a blonde, Religious like a French