Hal Madsen @halmadsen.bsky.social Retired copy editor living on the Maine coast, loving my family and friends, and looking forward to the day Americans realize how badly they’ve been duped. And oh yes, an AFC Wimbledon supporter. Go Wombles! #ProudBlue
Julie Patchouly @juliepatchouly.bsky.social Psychologist, Clinical Therapist, Writer, Avid Reader and Lover of Humanity. I am salt and light.
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
YAbookscentral @yabookscentral.bsky.social Website devoted to YA, Middle-Grade, and Kids books.
We offer book reviews, blog content featuring author Q&A, guest posts, excerpts, cover reveals, and giveaways!
Authors- Check out how to advertise your book with YABC!
Mikki - KidLit Author @mikkidefever.bsky.social Picture Book Author
SNUG AS A MOSQUITO IN A BURRITO (Beaming Books '28)
HOT CHOCOLATE IN YOUR POCKET (Groundwood Books '28)
Rep'd by Katie Erickson at Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency. #kidlit
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social Mondays at 9pmET on MS NOW
MaddowBlog.com
Alli’s Nature Journal @anaturejournal.bsky.social Journaling our little patch of Earth in the Carolinas. Scientific names. A side of politics too. © Mostly iPhone, sometimes Canon, & occasional F-bombs. No DMs or blocked
Lynda Mullaly Hunt @lyndamh.bsky.social New York Times best-selling author of ONE FOR THE MURPHYS, FISH IN A TREE, WISH IN A TREE, SHOUTING AT THE RAIN (Nancy Paulsen books/Penguin) Founder of #AuthorsLoveTeachers she/her
Elyssa Gavin @elyssagavin.bsky.social JUNKO’S CLIMB (Union Square Kids)
SCOOP! (Fall 2027, Red Comet Press)
Rep’d by Page Turner Literary Agency.
https://linktr.ee/elyssagavin
Ashley E. Kauffman @futurewriter13.bsky.social Children’s book wordsmith
If You Should Meet an Elephant and If You Could Feed an Elephant are now available
Voracious reader
#SCBWI member
Cat mom to Oliver
#Bekind
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com Senior editor at DarlingAxe.com. Novelist at SeptimusBrown.com. Award-winning short-fiction writer. Chaotic good. He/they. 🏳️🌈
Cindy Samul @cindysamul.bsky.social Illustrator with a life-long love of books, cartoons, and gummy bears (but not necessarily in that order). https://linktr.ee/cindysamul #scbwi
Kailei Pew @kaileipewbooks.bsky.social Children’s Book Author
THE MONSTER ABOVE THE BED
KID-VENTORS
I SEE COLOR
Repped by Emily Forney of Bookends Lit
kaileipewbooks.com
Pierce Press @piercepress.com Publisher, podcaster, sculler, book shepherd, once & future farmer. VP at IPNE.org. Publisher, 🇺🇦 author OlegVeretskiy.com. Submissions ➡️ PiercePress.com/contact. Approved DMs only.
Benjamin Ludwig @benjaminludwig.com | NH K-8 School Librarian | Reviewer for School Library Journal | YA Novelist @HarperCollins.bsky.social | Choosing books is how we choose and build our culture. | benjaminludwig.com | Against AI |
Kelly Bennett -Author @kellybennettbooks.bsky.social Kelly Bennett is a children’s book-writing, weed-picking, two-wheeling benchwarmer based in Westhampton Beach, NY. For more about me and my work visit my website: kellybennett.com and find me on Instagram @kellybennettwrites and Pinterest @NotNorman
Doghouse Wildlife @doghousewildlife.bsky.social Native Plant Photography | Wildlife Photography | Landscape Photography
This account contains original content from skydog1150.bsky.social and jholderness.bsky.social.
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Niklas Norberg Wirtén – wildlife 📸 @niklasnw.bsky.social 🧪 science journalist gone science communicator
🦫 Here: Nature and #WildlifePhotography
📽 Just started a YouTube channel for wildlife & nature:
https://youtube.com/@niklasnwnature
📸Instagram:
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Amanda Duquette @amandaduquette.bsky.social Musicandmagic.com
Kindkidsmusic.com
Duquettealltimemusic.com
Brian Lies @brianlies.bsky.social NYT bestselling children’s book author and illustrator. Caldecott honoree. Visiting author. Gardener, woodworker, fan of “how to” videos and making stuff like pickles, cheese and kimchi. 
Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social West Coast Canada illustrator & writer🤖🦕🛼
Short, left-handed, adhd, lighthouse keeper’s daughter. Nature & neon
Rep'd by @jemiscoe.bsky.social -Starling Literary
@starlingliterary.bsky.social
PBs: MAYBE A WHALE | MOTHER ASPEN
www.heycrystalsmith.com
Michael K. Falciani @michaelkfalciani.bsky.social Epic fantasy author | Steampunk Dwarves | Fantasy Romance | 3x Imajinn award winner | High Aces Author of the Year 2024 | Avid reader | Educator | Hiker | Lover of irony and Cricket |
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09717GFMQ
Loree Griffin Burns @loreegriffinburns.bsky.social Scientist. Writer. Teacher. Reader.
Latest book: ONE LONG LINE (MITKids, 2024)
Coming Soon: EXTREME BIRDWATCHING (MITKids, 2026)
Website: loreeburns.com
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Scott Wolf -- Kidlit author @scottwolfwriter.bsky.social Writer of #picturebooks and #MG for kids. Seeking representation. Member of #SCBWI and Storyteller Academy. 2023 Kids' Choice Kidlit Writing Contest Finalist. Proud father/supporter of a nonbinary child and a child with cerebral palsy.
Max Lobur 📷 🇺🇦 @lobur.bsky.social Photography, Arts, Moto, Cycling
All the photos are my own, never published before.
Mostly Iceland, Ukraine, Croatia, Slovenia. No AI
Heidi Gagnon @hg74.bsky.social 
J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social Writer | Editor | Filmmaker
Author of: I Can Tell You The Version That Will Make You Take My Side (Driftwood Press, 2026)
Book Reviews Editor: The Rumpus
Poetry Editor: Trans Poetics Archive
Jbrookewrites.com
Melanie Ellsworth @melaniebellsworth.bsky.social Children's book writer, dog walker, dandelion fan. Author of CLARINET & TRUMPET, HIP, HIP...BERET!, BATTLE OF THE BOOKS. She/her. Rep’d: McIntosh & Otis www.melanieellsworth.com 
Farmer Ted @farmerted13.bsky.social Educator, married father of four. Music lover and LA sports enthusiast! Lover of history and politics! #donotobeyinadvance #resist- O @oneoff.bsky.social @oneoff.bsky.social I will not ever be posting to this site anymore, I am done.
Julie Swanson @jules9swan.bsky.social MG & YA author, SCBWI, Authors Guild, she/her; I love reading, long walks, beaches/water, kids, making things... interested in gender, dreams, psychology, spirituality. Find me at my website www.julieswanson.com or blog https://julieaswanson.wordpress.com
Natalee Stotz @nataleestotz.bsky.social Reader, Kayaker, Educator, Learner; Lover of God, nature, and people. I don’t always get it right.
Most likely to be found in the woods and on the waterways of Maine.
Kevin Ahern @kevinahern.bsky.social Kansas City Cartoonist/ Politically Liberal/ Socially Introvert/ Coffee Fueled/ No DMs, thanks.
Sharon A Putnam @saputnam.bsky.social I write fiction, non-fiction, & poetry for children. Crazy cat lady, organic gardener, nature photographer, lover of covered bridges, old barns, and 50s- 60s golden oldies
Member: #LVW (League of Vermont Writers), #SCBWI, #12x12, #Storystorm
Bee Burke (Barb) @beeburke.bsky.social Author
Blair N Williamson, Children's Author @theislandwriter.bsky.social Award-winning #kidlit author / Ocean Activist / Retired Scuba Instructor and Boat Captain bringing a unique voice from the ocean. Rep'd by Andie Smith and CMA Lit
Priscilla Alpaugh @priscillaalpaugh.bsky.social Illustrator and maker of things
PriscillaAlpaugh.com
KidLit TV @kidlittv.bsky.social 📚We're an Award-Winning website celebrating children's books & reading with Videos 🎥 Podcasts 🎧 KidLit Crafts & Activities 🎨 🏅An ALSC BEST DIGITAL TOOL 🐛CARLE HONOREE
Founder: Julie Gribble @juliegribble.bsky.social #kidlit
David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social Blue Peter Book of the Year winner. Writes for children and adults, 70+ books translated into more than 30 languages. Occasional ghost. Agent: Penny Holroyde at Holroyde-Cartey.
davidlong.info
@miriamsf.bsky.social @miriamsf.bsky.social Mom of 2 daughters. Middle Grade Author. Repped by Nicole Eisenbraun. Developmental Editor. MS ELA Teacher. Tree-hugger. Vegetarian. Figure Skater. Dreamer.
#MGpies
https://mspitzerfranklin.wixsite.com/mysite/critique-services
April Berry | KidLit @aprilberrybooks.bsky.social Introvert, travel writer, children's book author, host of Picture Books Postcard blog. Rep'd by Katie Monson of SBR Media. #kidlit #writingcommunity #12x12PB #KidlitChuckleChallenge
AprilBerryBooks.com
Laurie Warchol @lauriewarchol.bsky.social Fiction & Nonfiction kidlit writer, avid birder, addicted to golf & coffee.
PEN New England Discovery Award for Nonfiction; Islandport Press; Cricket Media (Ladybug Magazine)
Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social 🇨🇦 🇸🇬 Illustrator, author (The Pink Pajamas, S&S 2025) | Rep: Tracy Marchini | Co-host @kidlitart.bsky.social chat | 🚫AI/NFT
🎨 CharleneChua.com
🖼️ Links - charlenechua.com/links
✏️ Alt account @sygnin.com
Amanda Morrow @amandamorrowart.bsky.social Kidlit Artist 🎨
amandamorrowart.com
Rep’d by the Bright Agency
Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com A print lit mag for kids featuring writing and artwork by both adult and youth creatives. EIC: @clairemtaylor.com
littlethoughtspress.com
@cindyfaughnan.bsky.social @cindyfaughnan.bsky.social Always reading and writing MG. Fan of books, bookstores, libraries, writers, teachers, poetry, gardening, birds, and baking.
Joshua Walker @bigjosh84.bsky.social I take up space, even when the world says I shouldn’t.
Poet. Observer. Rebel of thought.
Every heartbeat a manifesto. Resisting always. 💙
2025 Pushcart & Best Microfiction Nominee
https://www.amazon.com/Least-Weird-Person-Awake/dp/B0GT1262KP
Hollie Wolverton @holliewolverton.bsky.social Picture book author of THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (7/18/27). Mother. Animal & nature lover. Former & future traveler. Minimalist wannabe. Rep'd by Joyce Sweeney. #FirstDraftFriday #SCBWI #12x12
School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #1 UK children's booklisting website according to Ubersuggest. We recommend children’s and YA books to teachers, parents, librarians and schools. Free resources, free reviews and no paywall. #GoAllIn
https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk
Mary Ann Cappiello @macappiello.bsky.social PORTRAITS OF ELEANOR (Holiday House, 2027), narrative YA bio of medieval queen Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Rep’d by Eve Adler, Red Fox Literary Agency
Reading with Purpose (Teachers College Press, 2024),Text Sets in Action (2021), and more.
The Author Village @theauthorvillage.bsky.social The Author Village is a collective of forward-thinking and award-winning children’s book creators, educators, and librarians available for in-person and virtual school and library visits, conferences, workshops, and professional development experiences.
Evelyn Bookless @evelynbookless.bsky.social Children’s Author - mostly picture books
JINX! Out now
🌏Award winning environmental series:
CAPTAIN GREEN AND THE TREE MACHINE (2021)
CAPTAIN GREEN AND THE PLASTIC SCENE (2019)
www.evelynbookless.com
Frank Gaimari @frankgaimari.bsky.social Best-selling author, film critic, and screenwriter. Award-winning scripts: Vincent and Paul: Unspoken Brotherhood, Mary Reid, and La Famiglia. I love movies and my two golden retrievers.
www.FrankGaimari.com
www.FranksFilmReview.com
Kimberly Bower @gladeslibrarian.bsky.social Instructional Specialist, Teacher/Librarian, #Foodie, Adventurer, Googly, #knitter, #crafter #writer #EduSky #TLSky #GoogleTrainer #GoogleEdu #BookCreatorAmbassador
Kerry P (Author & Editor) @kerrypwrites.bsky.social 💻 Editor. CIEP professional member.
💞 Author of contemporary romance and romcoms with heart, heat & HEA.
💜 WIP: Hearts Adrift.
🧠 Neurodivergent.
Elizabeth Gilbert, MLS @elizabeth-prosher.bsky.social Catholic Type 1 Diabetic
Will Perkins @willperkins.bsky.social Comic book artist and illustrator.
Artist on GOBLIN series at Dark Horse Books.
Kathy Fork @babyfork.bsky.social Former teacher and school librarian 📚
Currently writing for kids 📝
Repped by @juliebookagent.bsky.social
at East/West Literary 📖
Dolly Parton is my patron saint 🦋
Bill Murray is my spirit animal 👻
aka Babyfork 🧀🌈🦄 🌮🦉🌲
Independent Publishers of New England @ipne.org Publishing nonprofit where the cool indies hang and collaborate to "make better books and sell more of them." IPNE.org. Please add to relevant lists. 🙏🏻📖
Print: A Bookstore @printbookstore.bsky.social Indie bookstore on Portland's East End! Open Sun/Mon 11a-4p, Tues/Wed/Thurs 10a-5p, Fri/Sat 10a-7p. Dog-friendly and very gay. 🌈🌲
Shop by appointment: printbookstore.com/appointments
Rae Knightly - MG/YA Sci-Fi Author @raeknightly.bsky.social 📚 Amazon international bestselling #author of the BEN ARCHER series | KNOWLEDGE SEEKER | EXOSTAR | FREE novella 👉 raeknightly.com 🇨🇦 #mecfs #mglit #kidlit #yalit
Della Ross Ferreri @dellarossferreri.bsky.social Children's Author
Rep:Rachel Orr, Prospect Agency
MOUSE BUFFET (Sleeping Bear Press)
HUGGLE WUGGLE, BEDTIME SNUGGLE (Beaming Books)
JANE THE TRAIN & THE CHRISTMAS STORM (Flamingo/PRH, 2028)
Now booking K-3 school visits.
https://www.dellarossferreri.com
Matthew Fox @mattfoxwriter.bsky.social THE LOVELY DARK is nominated for the Kirkus Prize 2026 🇺🇸 | Kirkus ★ | Financial Times Best Children's Books '23 | Barnes & Noble Children's Book Award Shortlist '24 | No AI |🌱
linktr.ee/mattfoxwriter
GigiMcAllister.bsky.social @gigimcallister.bsky.social K-5 School Librarian, educator of 33 years, occasional blogger at thelatebloomersbookblog.blogspot.com, chairperson Nerdcamp NNE, contributer to Choice Literacy, NBCT, Autism Mom #schoollibrarian #TLSky #EduSky #Futurereadylib
Mark Scott Ricketts @msricketts.bsky.social Illustrator. Writer. Creator of graphic novels: Nowheresville. Whiskey Dickel, Int'l Cowgirl. Lazarus Jack. Night Trippers.
https://www.mscottricketts.com
https://yucktravelmagazine.substack.com
https://markscottricketts.substack.com
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Helga @helganr.bsky.social 💻 Psychological Thriller / Mystery / Horror Writer
✍🏼(WIP: 4M+ Words), Multi-Book Series
📝Status: Draft 5 (Full Series Rewrite)
e katherine kottaras @katherinekottaras.bsky.social Rep’d by Jennie Kendrick, Red Fox
www.katherinekottaras.com/
Kbport714 @kbport714.bsky.social Retired teacher, mom, voracious reader, and bring cupcakes.
Emma Kinsley @kinsleywrites.bsky.social Writer, editor, proofreader, and book nerd.
Specializing in romance, fantasy, speculative fiction, and more.
She/her. DMs currently closed. Watch this space!
Barbara Kimmel | #KidLit @barbarakimmel.bsky.social Children's Book Author
#KidLit #Writer #Author #WritingCommunity #SCBWI
www.barbarakimmelwrites.com
🕎 Hanukkah Hippity-Hop (Kar-Ben)
👑 Purim Possibilities (PJ Publishing)
🦊 Rep'd by Eve Adler, Red Fox Literary
LiteracyDocent @literacydocent.bsky.social Pre K-2 Instructional Coach. Passionate about all aspects of teaching & learning. Devoted to empowering educators to outgrow their instructional practices.
Sherry Roberts @sjrobertscreative.bsky.social Childrens author (PB, CB, MG), photographer, educator (now year 39). Www.sjrobertscreative.net
Rebekah Lowell @rebekahlowell.bsky.social THE ROAD TO AFTER (Nancy Paulsen) |
CATCHING FLIGHT (Doubleday) |
Author/Illustrator | RISD | Hollins | Rep: @pterlip at ABLA ✨
Neesha Hudson @neeshahudson.bsky.social -Mom, Illustrator, Chinese Crested enthusiast- ✨THE BEST FLOWER EVER! (Dial 2023) ✨TURTLE IN A TREE (Dial 2021)
Rep’d by Writers House
www.neeshahudson.com
Fran Hodgkins @fhodgkins207.bsky.social Children's book writer
fultonbeal @thefultonbeal.bsky.social I'm jus' a weirdo whot likes to do drawerins
Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs @puddlereader.bsky.social Children’s author | editor Islandport Press | former librarian | enthusiastic tea-drinker | probably baking or lost in the Maine woods
Josephine Cameron @josephinewrites.bsky.social Writer & educator. I'm curious about wonder, real-life magic, quirky obsessions, the power of friendship, and the universal struggle to find one's place in the world. Repped by John Cusick at Folio Jr. https://josephinecameron.com
Chris Van Dusen @chrisvandusenbooks.bsky.social According to my wife, I color for a living.
Laura Wheatman Hill @laurawheatmanhill.bsky.social Writer (?!)
2 dogs (!!)
Also 2 humans (...)
https://www.laurawheatmanhill.com/ 
Susan L. Leary @susanlleary.bsky.social Poet | SENTENCE (Nine Syllables Press, 2026) | MORE FLOWERS (Trio House Press, 2026) | DRESSING THE BEAR (Louise Bogan Award, Trio House Press, 2024) + 3 📚| Mayah 🐶 | Indianapolis, IN | www.susanlleary.com
@conjunctions.bsky.social @conjunctions.bsky.social 
Melodye Shore @melodyeshore.bsky.social Storyteller, in words & pictures. True loves: family & friends, photography, coastal living & travel. Oh! And I’m a hummingbird rehabber. How niche is that?
Melissa Ostrom @melostrom.bsky.social Author. Potter. Mom. THE BELOVED WILD (Feiwel & Friends, 2018) & UNLEAVING (Feiwel & Friends, 2019) Rep’d by Faye Bender. melissaostrom.com
Dean Gloster @deangloster.bsky.social Anti-authoritarian. Author of stories for young people, including the YA novel DESSERT FIRST. Former Supreme Court law clerk. Former standup comic. VCFA MFA. Write on. He/him.
Katherine Rothstein @krothsteinslp.bsky.social Children’s book author and Speech Language Pathologist specializing in voice, swallow and AAC.
Tabatha Jean D’Agata @magicscribes.bsky.social Children’s Author, Columnists at Parent Express Newspaper
Russ Cox @russcoxbooks.bsky.social Children’s graphic novel & picture book creator.
Music lover.
Vintage/retro fan.
Horror movie buff.
Rep'd by Jennie Kendrick at Red Fox Literary.
Portfolio: https://www.smilingotis.com/
Jessica Skwire Routhier @jsrouthier.bsky.social Diversity, equity, inclusion and access are good, actually.
Managing editor, #JournalPanorama, @ahaaamericanart.bsky.social. Contributing writer, Antiques and The Arts Weekly.
Views, while hardly controversial, are my own.
Jenna Brooks (Glatzer) @heyitsjenna.bsky.social Hi. Fiction and nonfiction writer, editor, reviewer. Cozy gamer (Stardew Valley, Pikmin Bloom). Single mom. Person with vocal disorder. Democrat. Your ally. She/her. Still loves Buffy. Still hates Nazis.
www.jennaglatzer.com