Sojung Kim-McCarthy @creativesojung.bsky.social Author-illustrator 🇰🇷🇬🇧 She/her
Agent: @agenthawk.bsky.social
My PB debut: BINNA’S DALGONA (2025)
tinyurl.com/3m7bpcd3
instagram.com/creativesojung
sojungkimmccarthy.art
sojungkimmccarthy@gmail.com
Rebecca Wong @rebeccawong.bsky.social 🍓 #kidlitartist #childrenbookillustrator. She / Her. 🇸🇬
🥝 Available for #picturebook #kidlit #childrenbook projects!
🍊 Looking for Rep!
🫐 rebeccawongsilin@gmail.com
🥦 NO AI USE
https://rebeccawongillustrations.carrd.co/
Tate Godwin @tatecartoons.bsky.social Kids author/illustrator and creator of the Operation graphic novel series.
Book two out now from Andrews McMeel!
Repped by Lori Steel at Steelworks Literary
Website: tatecartoons.com
Order book: linktr.ee/tatecartoons
Pat Cummings @betnoire.bsky.social Olympic medalist, Grammy winner, ballerina emeritus, storyteller, bookie.
Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social www.troystory.ca
Author of 10 trad pub picture books.
(And 10 million unpubbed ones.)
Anisi Baigude | illustrator @anisibaigude.bsky.social 🖍️ Mongolian American KidLit Illustrator
📖 BORN NAUGHTY, Anne Schwartz Books
📖 ODI’S LIBRARY DAY, SDPL
📮 Rep'd by Analía Cabello at ABLA
📍San Diego, CA
linktr.ee/anisibaigude
ellen seal ✨ kidlit @byellenseal.bsky.social Author/Illustrator creating books that spark curiosity in all the little dreamers & weirdos
✨ Find my work at ellenseal.com
✨ Represented by Karly Dizon of Fuse Literary 
Britt Bachmann @brittbachmannart.bsky.social Writer & Illustrator
SCBWI OK/AR
Teaching Artist to kiddos
Mom 💙
www.brittbachmannart.com
Raincouver Millennial @raincouver.bsky.social Mom, Vancouverite, Math — following illustrators & authors makes me happy :) 
Faith Gluskin @authorfaithgluskin.bsky.social #PICTURE BOOK Writer/#Teacher/#amquerying/Author of Gorillas’ Night Out (Indigo River Publishing/2019) and Matzah Means So Many Things (Yorkshire Publishing/2022). Member of #SCBWI
DearEditorDotCom @deareditordotcom.bsky.social Deborah Halverson—“The Editor”—posts writing tips, inspirations, news, & alerts when she answers new questions from writers on DearEditor.com
Henry Ezeokeke @henryeze.bsky.social I am a children's book illustrator based in Lagos, Nigeria
Brackenlowe Halt Storyworld @brackenloweproject.bsky.social A quiet storyworld for children and grown-ups. Gentle woodland tales, old railway memories, familiar characters — and a little place called Brackenlowe Halt. Meet the signalman and his friends . . .
brackenlowehalt.co.uk
AnneWritesKidlit @anneruggirello.bsky.social Picture book writer 📚 Bluesky newbie
Watercolor dabbler 🎨 Lover of apple crisp
#KidLit #picturebooks #SCBWI #amwriting
Elke @theremaybecats.bsky.social Illustrator & Storyteller.
Rep'd by: Caryn Wiseman @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
Portfolio: www.theremaybecats.com/links
Gowri Savoor @gowrisavoor.bsky.social Art. Trees. Lanterns.Tiny. #kidlit. And Penny-dog ✨🧡🌿
www.tinyherotales.com - Tiny's world
www.ariveroflight.org - lantern magic!
www.gowrisavoor.com - other fun stuff
Marcie Colleen @marciecolleen.bsky.social Children's Author of picture books, chapter books, and comics. Former Senior Writer at Epic! Originals. Represented by Paige Terlip at Starling Literary + Media
Jackie Thomson @jackie-thomson.bsky.social I'm a picture book illustrator, gardener, and mini book maker. If I'm not in the studio, I'm reading in the garden. http://www.jackie-thomson.com
Kandeel @olirhe.bsky.social She/her 📚 Writer & Illustrator | BA Creative Writing 🌛 | Currently reading: The Raven Scholar
Portfolio: Kandeelillustration.com
Mike Swaim @trillionpixels.bsky.social Artist and Cartoonist behind Dani & Lulu, cartographer, and science educator. He/Him
I always appreciate a follow for my comics, but if you are looking for the other Michael Swaim of Cracked fame you can find him here: @michaelswaim.bsky.social
Alec Longstreth @aleclongstreth.bsky.social (he/him) Award-winning, Eisner-nominated cartoonist, illustrator, and animator. Living and working in Santa Fe, NM, USA! https://www.alec-longstreth.com/
@wordymel.bsky.social @wordymel.bsky.social 
Lisa Tolin @lisatolin.bsky.social Editorial Director @ PEN America (formerly Today Show, NBC News, AP) and I write for kids. HOW TO BE A ROCK STAR (2022) CAN YOU IMAGINE? (Atheneum, 2025). #12x12
Author Suzy Davies Award-Winning Children's Books and YA LitFic @birdwriterwrites.bsky.social Cheese lover, animal/nature admirer, movie & anime lover, loves music. I love writing children's and ya books. Children's lyricist and composer. Children's Musicals.
NO CHAT UNLESS I KNOW YOU
BULLIES OUT
IF YOU COPY MY LINKS BOOK HASHTAGS please.
Katie McEnaney @katiemcenaney.bsky.social Teacher. Writer. Lover of words and history. One-time archaeologist. Nonfiction Ninja mentee. SCBWI. 12x12. #amquerying #5thgrade She/her. https://katiemcenaney.com/ and https://www.thelogonauts.com/ for book rec's
Sheyla Nogueira 🎨 @sheynog.bsky.social 🇧🇷 ♎ 33
✨Freelancer Artist
✏ Background, Characters, Children's book illustrator
🌐 https://sheylanogueira.com.br/
🔗 https://linktr.ee/Sheynog
📩 sheylanogueira.art@gmail.com
🚫AI/NFT
#kidlitart | #BRart
Juliet Yenglin @julietyenglin.bsky.social Illustrator/Author located in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. julietyenglin.com
Seeking representation for illustration projects.
julietyenglin.com
John Lucy Ash - Fantasy Author @johnlucyash.bsky.social Debut novel The Nexus Prince out now!
Where fantasy, humor, and self-discovery collide, 1 word at a time. All people welcome & cherished here.
https://johnlucyash.com/
#fantasy #scifi #author
Steve James @stejdesigns.bsky.social Leeds based freelance illustrator
https://stejdesigns.wixsite.com/mysite
https://www.advocate-art.com/steve-james
Grimm‘s Illustrations @grimm-illustrates.bsky.social Children’s Book Illustrator 🖌️
SCBWI Member
I create digital and traditional illustrations
www.grimms-illustrations.com
Kevin Gallant @kevin-gallant.bsky.social Canadian
Author of Beyond the Mark: Ashes of the Hero. 🗡🛡🔮✨️🧙♂️
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/beyond-the-mark
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DM96B5J9
Singer for Violet Outburst 🎸🎤
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Vf4w9Ze38rLniADBEGKSp?si=AcWduGX
Chelsey Bahe @chelseybahe.bsky.social Nanny. Auntie. Nature artist. PB writer. Outdoor play advocate. 12x12. SCBWI.
Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social Artist, college drawing instructor, union organizer, amateur Sasquatchologist. 🏳️🌈
www.brianrwilliams.com
Creator of the independent webcomic “Orick & Argyle."
www.orickandargyle.com
patreon.com/greygraphite
Emily Wahl @emilywahlwriting.bsky.social Emily Wahl lives in Oregon, where she gardens obsessively, manages a small media production company, writes MG fiction, and gets constantly harassed by a cat for more treats. #AmQuerying #MGFantasy #SCBWI
Folktale Week @folktaleweek.bsky.social The annual art challenge focusing on all things folktales, fairytales, local legends and mythology! We provide 7 prompts each November. 
Kidlit411 @kidlit411.bsky.social Everything kid lit, in one place! A website and community founded by Elaine Kiely Kearns and @sylvialiu.bsky.social. Follow us for weekly links to kid lit resources and book giveaways.
website: kidlit411.com 
cBell @cbellartstudio.bsky.social I'm an illustrator mixed media artist. Sketching and creating is my happy place. Can't resist a good book or a cute animal. 
Helen List 🌻🌿 @helenlist.bsky.social Academic in Manchester, at a School of English. Environmental issues, Arts and Humanities and Crafts. A quiet page.
Radiant G🌈 @ PC BROKEN HELP @radiantg.bsky.social ♂ Producer+VA @BlackfieldEnt.bsky.social🔴
Site Lead @pressspacetojump.bsky.social🟢
Marketing @ludiclemur.bsky.social🩸
Co-Lead @HimboHunter.bsky.social💘
Lead Dev @pitfalls.bsky.social🎲
RadiantG.com • he/him
twitch.tv/RadiantG
Carina Taylor 🌻 @shecallsmecdawg.bsky.social ✨ Designing comics professionally ✨
Art Director @ Inklore | Prev: Scholastic Graphix, Silver Sprocket, Skybound
not taking this too seriously ✨ she/her/they 🇵🇭
carinadraws.com
Steven ter Heide @steventerheide.bsky.social Creative Director at Wild Sheep Studio.
Previously: Game Director at Guerrilla
Killzone | Rigs | Horizon Zero Dawn | Maestro | Adorable Adventures
Joann Hill @joannhnyc.bsky.social Creative Director @disneyhyperiondesign , potter, Wife, Mom, Sister, Feminist, Friend, Ally, List maker, Headstrong Club.
Julia Lundman 🩵🧚🦄🧌 @paintkatt.bsky.social Artist, traditional. San Francisco 💕 julialundman.com/shop
Patreon.com/julialundman
🚫No AI. 🚫No Nazis.
💚LINKS to shop and more https://bio.site/julialundman
💚Website: julialundman.com
Layne Johnson | Children’s Author - Is Querying @laynejohnsonkidlit.bsky.social Layne Johnson is a picture book writer/aspiring illustrator. #SCBWI. Humor and Heart|STEAM and SEL|ADHD #amquerying
Website: https://laynejohnsonkidsbooks.com/
Diana Mayo @dianamayoillo.bsky.social Illustrator, represented by Andrea Morrison at Writers House.
Currently working on a picture book with Farrar Straus & Giroux
Lisa Carmody Doiron-Author @lisacarmodydoiron.bsky.social SCBWI | CANSCAIP | 12x12 | 2025 Chuckle Challenge Finalist | HM 2025 Halloweensie Contest | HM 2026 Valentiny Contest | AHOY, MATE, AHOY! MISS MOLLY MOLLOY, spring '26
Clare McIntyre🇨🇦 @cmstudio.bsky.social ✨magical✨ realist
https://www.claremcintyre.ca
Eliza Stein @elizastein.bsky.social Artist, illustrator, scrap collector 🗑️
she/they
Art portfolio and shops: elizastein.com
elizasteindesigns.Etsy.com
Currently painting lots of pottery…
Melissa Kenny Illustrator @melissakenny.bsky.social I am a #kidlit illustrator living in the capital region of NY.
I am in search of representation.
I am available for children’s books, book covers, commissions and pet portraits.
Let’s talk!
www.melissakennyillustrator.com
Jane Smith @superjane.bsky.social Super Jane • Author-Illustrator • Picture Books: CHLOE ZOE, MISS MEOW, NAKED BUTT, HELLO NEW HOUSE + more! • Join the Super Readers Club on Substack • https://linktr.ee/superjane
Rachel Rizzuto @rachelrcreates.bsky.social
Kidlit Author/Illustrator Represented by Jes Trudel at The Rights Factory
RachelRCreates.com
Making stories that create touchstones for anxious and inquisitive children.
Sandy Jonas @sandyjonas.bsky.social Author/illustrator, she/her kidlit and cozies 🇨🇦 SCBWI member
Rep’d by Maura Kye-Casella
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
Raikka 🩵 Team Tragedy @minicapuccino.bsky.social artista, ilustradora, piadas de tio do pavê, voyeur de barraco e fofoca, videogames, desenhos, adoradora de bichinhos e basicamente um desastre ambulante que chegou à vida adulta sem saber como.
... mas pensa num coração bom.
Melizza Chernov ✨Open to Commissions✨ @melizzachernov.bsky.social #Kidlit Artist/Writer, love of #naturewalks #dogs, #books and #boardgames!
https://www.melizzachernov.com/
https://www.melizzachernov.com/contact
email: melizza@melizzachernov.com
Maria Oglesby @mariaoglesbyart.bsky.social I write fantasy books, graphic novels, D&D campaigns, and long texts about how great my dog is. Illustrator. She/her. No AI.
Co-host of Publishing Pals podcast
https://linktr.ee/mariaoglesbyart
Heidi Aubrey @heidiaubrey.bsky.social Children's author and illustrator. “Ada and the Goat" (Neal Porter Books/Holiday House)
www.heidiaubrey.com
KidsWord & AllKidsBooks – Explore, Read & Share! @allkidsbooks.com 🌟 Join our vibrant community of children's book lovers!
🔗 KidsWrd.com | AllKidsBooks.com
👧 Parents & Teachers: Find the best books for young readers.
✍️ Authors & Illustrators: List & showcase your books to a global audience.
Marc Kuchner | Author @marckuchner.bsky.social Dad. Author of the Cosmic Collisions books. Astrophysicist and Participatory Science fanatic @nasa. www.marckuchner.com
Picture Book Summit @picturebooksummit.bsky.social The original online writing conference JUST for Picture Book Creators, established in 2015. Join us ONLINE on Oct. 3 2026 with Superstar Speakers Derrick Barnes, Deborah Underwood, and Brian Lies! picturebooksummit.com
Jerrold Connors @jerroldconnors.bsky.social 
Penguin School & Library @penguinschoollib.bsky.social The School & Library Marketing department of Penguin Young Readers! Book news, educator and library resources, good vibes, and more!
Check out FREE resources at https://www.penguinclassroom.com/
Privacy Policy | https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/privacy/
Sheryl @pbibooks.bsky.social Author/Illustrator Looking for representation.
Artist
Author
12x12
SCBWI Southern Breeze Region Mentee 2022
www.picturebookisland.com
Jeanne Bowman @jeannebowman.bsky.social Illustrator of picture books, hoarder of pencils, mumbler. She/her
jeannebowmanillustrates.com
Nicole Anne. @nicolewalker.bsky.social Illustrations, Writing, Comics
Used to be a lot of things
BC, 🇨🇦
“Talk less smile more - Never!” Actually I have Feeds; I can give you less or more
Shares neurodivergence, Aphantasia & Life so far (Ideas -WIP, OC) NO AI
nicole@westcoastfloraandfauna.ca
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/
Janine Le @janinele.bsky.social Founder & Agent at Janine Le Literary Agency. Found outdoors or in a book.
janinele.com
Jenna Johnson @jennajohnson115.bsky.social Author of the books 'The Wind Knows Where You Live' and 'Come Inside The Fire Is Warm'.
Katie Dwyer @katiedwyer.bsky.social Picture book illustrator/author
BEAR'S FRIEND Fall '27
Repped by Kaitlyn Sanchez at Bradford Literary
katiedwyerillustrations.com
Ninni @katfat2.bsky.social Sweetness n’Lightenment, anti-invisibility potions, and fog horns to find lost spoons.
Got mostly A's: Activist Anti-fascist Ace Agender Animist Arab-American AuDHD & Aged ACLUer; 2 C's: Caregiver & ChronicME; 1 D: Disabled. 
David Opie Illustration @daveopie.bsky.social I'm an author, illustrator, and teacher. Please see my portfolio site at spacemandave.com.
Rob Gotobed @robgotobed.bsky.social Stand-up philosopher, scribe, bongo drummer and professional time-traveller. (Once dated Anne Boleyn)
Amazon: bit.ly/4hA0B7W
Apple: http://bit.ly/3K6WdB9
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2992620/
@artbylouisereading.bsky.social @artbylouisereading.bsky.social 
Olga Smith @olgasmithart.bsky.social Author-Illustrator. Cincinnati OH. #SCBWI Cincy Illustration Critique Coordinator. Pb party finalist 2025 and 2026.
Portfolio: http://www.OlgaSmithIllustrator.com
#kidlitart #kidlitillustrator
CJ Penko 💡 @cjpenko.bsky.social ✏️ Awesome #kidlit person
📚 #SCBWI Ohio North Regional Advisor
❤️ Fluent in kid, animal, monster (& more recently Nazi heckling✊🏼)
🌅 Ohio North: @scbwi-ohionorth.bsky.social
Rebecca Field @rebeccafieldgraphy.bsky.social Illustrator of beautiful worlds where dogs train humans to be kinder and more joyful. HS art teacher, teenager whisperer, facilitator of creative thought and imaginative possibilities
https://www.rebeccafieldgraphy.me
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.
Kristine Ada Carter @kristineadacarter.bsky.social MG and YA writer and poet. Represented by literary agent, A.J. Van Belle at The Booker Albert Literary Agency. KristineAdaCarter.com
Aram Kim @aramkimart.bsky.social Picture Book Author/Illustrator
Yoomi, Friends and Family series
Tomorrow Is a New Year's Day
AramKim.com
Patricia Tanumihardja @ediblewords.bsky.social 🇮🇩🇸🇬🇺🇸 I write for kids! 📚RAMEN FOR EVERYONE🍜JIMMY’S SHOES👠 THE SUGAR PLUM BAKERS🧁 
Mir @wanderlingworld.bsky.social Artist who loves nature walks, videogames and animation. Creator of the Art Feed Collection.
About: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:odqmsar3ikz5ubokya4sempk/feed/aaab27qjtnwyy
Links: https://linktr.ee/wanderlingworld
#myart #myshop #artfeedupdates
Elizabeth Everett | Educator & Kidlit Author 📚 @elizabetheverett.bsky.social ➡️ Boosting books for #Teachers, #Educators, #Librarians, #Parents, #Authors, #Writers, and #Readers
💙 Former #Teacher turned #Homeschool mama
✏️ #Kidlit #Writer and #SCBWI member
📚 #PB #Author rep'd by Michelle Witte
🖱️ elizabetheverettbooks.com
Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson @sharonfj.bsky.social 🇯🇵🇺🇸 children’s book author-illustrator 🎨📚 THE MOCHI MAKERS (S&S/Beach Lane Books, 2024) SHELL SONG (2025) 💖
www.sharonfj.com
Christy Matthes | Kidlit Writer @christymatthes.bsky.social Children's book writer, nature and animal lover, cat wrangler, promotions coordinator for SCBWI-Michigan and a member of the editorial team for The Mitten, SCBWI-Michigan's blog. #12x12, #SCBWI, Rate Your Story
Kelli Panique @kellipanique.bsky.social Picture Book Summit Producer and Event & Podcast Host
12 x 12 Community Manager
Knows a little bit about a whole lot of things.
Would rather be at the beach.
PaulaLRobison.bsky.social @paulalrobison.bsky.social Author & Illustrator | Children's Books | PBParty 2024 Honorable Mention | SCBWI, 12X12 PBChallenge | Love my family, nature, and apples. www.paularobison.net | Instagram: @plhrobison
Eori | いおり @eoritokunaga.bsky.social 🇯🇵🇹🇼🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ | She/They
Rep’d by @joycekay.bsky.social
SCBWI-LA Kite Tales Assistant Editor. 2026-27 Boyds Mills Storyteller Fellow. 2025-27 APALA Lit Awards Committee. Hollins MFA grad student. linktr.ee/eoritokunaga
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
Melissa Morgenlander @mmorgenlander.bsky.social 📚 Picture Book Writer #amquerying #scbwi #12x12challenge
📺 Kids Media Curriculum Developer
🎓 Playful PhD
👶👶 Mom to twins
♾️ Autism Advocate
🎶 Musical theatre fan
📍 Brooklyn, NY
https://www.melissamorgenlander.com/
Caroline Bennett @cbennettwrites.bsky.social Passionate teacher, librarian and storyteller with 30+ years of international experience. Aiming to inspire a love of reading through her books. #CANSCAIP #SCBWI #12X12 #PB 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
Sonja McGiboney, Author @sonjamcg.bsky.social Sonja McGiboney is an author and photographer with a focus on children's literature. She created a series of concept PB called "Jazzy’s Books." She is focused on building her PB library with new stories.
Heidi Yates @heidikyates.bsky.social Author, illustrator & nature photographer.
#SCBWI | #12x12PB | #PBChat '21 mentee
Rep'd by Elisa Houot at The Seymour Agency
Jenn Moudahi @jennmoudahi.bsky.social *I don't check this account often! Follow me on IG @Jennmoudahibooks to stay up to date* :)
Kid’s book author. CHARLOTTE’S NEW MOCCASINS (2025), THE SLEEPOVER ROCK (Feb 2, 2027) #InkedVoices #12x12 #SCBWI
Samantha Farr @samanthafarr.bsky.social 12x12 Challenge 2025, 2026
SCBWI Member - Utah/Southern Idaho
Toad & Crow Designs - https://toadncrowdesigns.etsy.com
Jenn Gautam (she/her) @jenngautam.bsky.social ✏️Picture book writer
#SCBWI #12x12 #querying
🤓 Nature nerd
🐙 Former sci educator
🏳️🌈Queer
🌳Outdoor parenting inspo on IG @ PuddleParenting.
www.jenngautam.com
📍 Massachusetts
Tricia Torrible @ttorrible.bsky.social #PB writer and poet, TORRIBLE PUNS: A COLLECTION OF PUNNY POEMS (Gnome Road Publishing, Spring '25), PBChat Mentee, #SCBWI, #12x12pb, #picturebooks, #poetry, #kidlit @pbbuds.bsky.social
triciatorrible.com
torriblepuns.com
Yashika Mody @yashikamwriting.bsky.social A recovering management consultant turned picture book writer from sunny Singapore #PB #SCBWI #12x12
✍️ Repped by Karly Dizon, Fuse Literary
📚 FUNCLES (Fall 2026, Lantana Publishing)
💻: yashikamodywriting.com
Let’s be friends! https://linktr.ee/yashikamody
Megan Woodward @meganwoodward.bsky.social Author of THIS BOOK IS DEFINITELY NOT CURSED (Simon and Schuster, June 25, 2024), kid-lit writer, screenwriter, wearer of deodorant, teller of jokes even my kid finds stupid. She/her. #kidlit