molly magnell @mollymagnell.bsky.social Overgrown child with a pencil ✏️
Illustrator/ Designer
www.mollymagnell.com
www.etsy.com/shop/mollymagnell
Cait Levin @caitlevin.bsky.social Education Lead @ Glide. Prev Commsor, Fiveable. Writer of YA.
Imposter on sale now! https://caitlevin.com/imposter
Gemma koomen @gemmakoomen.bsky.social illustrator, author, peace lover
Frieda Wishinsky @friedawishinsky.bsky.social Kids book author of over 80 picture books, non fiction, chapter books and MG novels. Freelance editor. Love the kid book community!
The Rabbit hOle @rabbitholekc.bsky.social The Rabbit hOle is a new museum experience dedicated to children's literature. More information and tickets at rabbitholekc.org
Sina Grace @sinagrace.bsky.social USA Today bestselling, Ringo & GLAAD award-winning comic writer and artist, best known for Iceman, Superman: The Harvests of Youth, and West Hollywood Monster Squad!
Kate O'Shaughnessy @kloshaughnessy.bsky.social Newbery Honor winning author of books for kids. Most recently THE WRONG WAY HOME (Knopf, 2024).
Miranda Paul @mirandapaul.bsky.social Yeah, it’s me. 🤣
Veronica Mang @veronicamang.bsky.social Writing & illustrating & designing ✏️
Copland: A Story About America out now!
Book designer, adjunct, et cetera
veronicamang.com/links
Brigette Barrager @brigettebarrager.bsky.social Picture book illustrator, writer, character designer, garden girl, mom of twins 🌻🌻
Brigetteb.com 
E.K. Johnston @ekjohnston.bsky.social "the meryl streep of ya". 18 books and counting. i WILL answer your rhetorical questions.
buy me a ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/ekjbooks
check out my website: ekjohnston.ca
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Thi Bui @teabuoy.bsky.social Writer, artist, cartoonist, educator.
thibui.com
Darianne Schramm @darianne.bsky.social ⚡️YA and MG author, Tom Petty aficionado, and lover of homemade (by someone else) pasta. (she/her)⚡️
rep: Jen Azantian @ Azantian
@londonladd.bsky.social @londonladd.bsky.social 
@petralord.bsky.social @petralord.bsky.social 
Laekan Zea Kemp @laekanzeakemp.bsky.social Author of AN APPETITE FOR MIRACLES & OMEGA MORALES AND THE CURSE OF EL CUCUY. Pura Belpré Honoree. Chicana. Rep: Andrea Morrison at Writers House
@eugeneyelchin.bsky.social @eugeneyelchin.bsky.social 
Elle McNicoll 🏴♾️ @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social Autistic. Bestselling author and award winning screenwriter. Agent: Lauren Gardner.
Winner of Blue Peter Award & Overall Waterstones Children's Book Prize, 21. Emmy nominated #AKindOfSpark streaming on BBC iPlayer!
Rebecca Bendheim @rebeccabendheim.bsky.social she/her, VCFA grad, rep: Patrica Nelson at Looking Glass Lit 📚🌈
Upcoming: WHEN YOU'RE BRAVE ENOUGH (2026), HOW TO TAKE A RISK (2027) from Viking/Penguin Young Readers
Mika Song @mikasong.bsky.social Author/Illustrator of award-winning picture books and graphic novels for kids. Her new graphic novel, NIGHT CHEF, comes out Oct. 28!
MattPhelanDraws @mattphelandraws.bsky.social Author/Illustrator.
Jon-Erik Lappano @jelappano.bsky.social Governor General's Literary Award-winning children's author / sandwich enthusiast
#kidlit 📚
🐦⬛ THE LANGUAGE OF BIRDS(Pre-order links at jelappano.com/books)
🦦 MARTIN & THE RIVER
❄️ SONG FOR THE SNOW
✨ MAGGIE’S TREASURE
🌿TOKYO DIGS A GARDEN
Thien Pham @thiendog.bsky.social Cartoonist, Comicbook artist , teacher, bro.
Jason Peterson @themeltedcoins.bsky.social I write books, songs, and this bio! / Agent: Stephen Fraser at JDLit
linktr.ee/jason_peterson
@stonefruitbooks.bsky.social @stonefruitbooks.bsky.social - B Brandon James Scott @brandonjamesscott.bsky.social Artist
Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social Comics and things
Sophie Pluim @sophiepluim.bsky.social Children’s book illustrator✨
Punk and princess! Chaos and order! Time traveler and fashion enthusiast ✨
Maria McCauley @mariamccauley.bsky.social 
Rebecca Wei Hsieh @generalasian.bsky.social she/her. queer hakka taiwanese actor (+ VA)/writer/sensitivity reader/sometimes translator.
Michelle Morin @michellemorin.bsky.social https://michellemorin.bigcartel.com
Marcie Flinchum Atkins @marciefatkins.bsky.social Librarian | Hollins gal (MA/MFA) | Poet | PB & YA Author | Wait, Rest, Pause (2019) One Step Forward (2025) When Twilight Comes (2026) | Rep: Carter Hasegawa at Tugeau2
www.marcieatkins.com
https://linktr.ee/marciefatkins
North Star Editions @nseditions.bsky.social A publishing company dedicated to guiding readers toward a lifetime love of reading.
northstareditions.com
Nadine Takvorian - ARMAVENI (March 10, 2026) @nadinetakvorian.bsky.social ARMAVENI - A Graphic Novel of the Armenian Genocide has 4 starred reviews! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
📚 Books 🎨 Art 💬 Comics ✍️ Writing
֎ Western Armenian culture
Rep'd by Sara Crowe of Sara Crowe Literary
🎨 https://www.nadinetakvorian.com/links
Marieke Nijkamp @mariekeyn.bsky.social #1 NYT bestselling author of novels, comics, and graphic novels | nonbinary | 🌈📚 | 🏳️🌈 | ♿
Out now: SPLINTER & ASH | Up next: AFTER WE BURNED
📖: mariekenijkamp.com
Steph Littlebird @stephlittlebird.bsky.social 🪶 Indigenous artist, author, curator @artnerdforever on IG - StephLittlebird.com 😘
Top Shelf Productions @topshelfcomix.bsky.social Charming & sophisticated graphic novels with a personal touch.
Find our graphic novels everywhere you buy books.
Pre-order your next titles: https://linktr.ee/topshelfcomix
Visit us here: www.topshelfcomix.com
Nate Powell @natepowell.bsky.social DIANA is out Oct. 6th!
I make comics: Fall Through/ Come Again/ Save It For Later/ March/ Lies My Teacher Told Me/ Swallow Me Whole.
Books/prints/original art & commissions:
https://www.nate-powell.com
Stephen Savage @savageillustrator.bsky.social New York Times bestselling author/illustrator
Lian Cho @liantomato.bsky.social Author and illustrator of many goofy books.
I won an award and I won’t shut up about it.
I also run a newsletter about my silly life.
Phoebe Wahl @phoebewahl.bsky.social Author, illustrator, surface designer 📚🍄🌷
Jennifer K. Mann @jenniferkmann.bsky.social Author/Illustrator of Children’s Books. Most recent: THE CAMPING TRIP, MAPLE AND ROSEMARY, CLIMBING THE VOLCANO, THE RIDING LESSON. Coming soon:GOOD MORNING, MORNING!
Maya Myers @mayamyersbooks.bsky.social Word wrangler. Sunrise chaser. Author of books for kids: NOT LITTLE, NOT PERFECT, ROSIE WOODS series, and more.
Meg Fleming @megosphere.bsky.social Children’s Author. Fan of all dogs. Big-time laugher.
Author of I Live In A Tree Trunk✨I Was Born A Baby✨Wondering Around✨Rock That Vote✨ Coming to Bookstores 8.26.25 THE EVERYTHING TRAIL🌲
Represented by Emily van Beek @foliojr
Alex Nees @alexneesart.bsky.social Children’s book author and illustrator. Choctaw/German. Represented by Sarah Dillard at Painted Words.
Naja Lund Aparico @greenlandraised.bsky.social 🇬🇱 Inuk
📍 PNW
❤️ Family
🌸 Nature
🎸 Concerts
⚽️ Mom
📠 IAIA MFA CW grad student
📚 Kidlit/Picturebooks/MG
SEASONS BY THE LAKE (‘26)
REP: Charlotte Wenger @prospectagency
www.najalundaparico.com
Susan Campbell Bartoletti @susanbartoletti.bsky.social 
cg drews @paperfury.bsky.social Author of THE BOY WHO STEALS HOUSES (2019) & SKELETON BOYS (Fall, 2024)
Junior Library Guild @jrlibraryguild.bsky.social A collection development service providing libraries with the best new-release books for children and young adults.
Stan Yan - Kidlit Graphic Novelist @zombicatures.bsky.social THE MANY MISFORTUNES OF EUGENIA WANG (‘25 JLG Selection)
@SCBWIRockyMtn member
#kidlitartinstructor at @cuddlefishacademy
#aapi #rosebudauthor
Rep: @annmrose at Marsal Lyon Literary
stanyan.me
AI, NFT, Crypto, MAGA gets you blocked
Joslin Brorsen @joslinbrorsen.bsky.social MG Author
Rep: Lori Kilkelly
WILDERNESS HACKS (Knopf, 2026)
Kadir Nelson @kadirnelson.bsky.social Artist and Author
Van Hoang @iamvanhoang.bsky.social Author of books for grownups (MONSTROUS MISSES MAI, SILVER & SMOKE)
And tweens (AUNTIE Q's GOLDEN CLAWS NAIL SALON (2025), GIRL GIANT AND THE MONKEY KING series)
Rep: @marycmoore
Librarian✌️
Michael Rex @mikerexbooks.bsky.social Author/Illustrator
Scott Campbell @heyscottcampbell.bsky.social (Also Scott C) I am a painter and a creator of comics and children's picture books. Hug Machine and Zombie in Love. Also, video games at Double Fine Productions. linktr.ee/heyscottcampbell
Groundwood Books @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social At Groundwood we believe all children deserve access to good books. Distributed by Jaguar in Canada and PGW in the U.S.
Visit our website: https://groundwoodbooks.com/?utm_source=bsky&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bluesky_profile
Sara O'Leary @saraoleary.bsky.social Writer & reader
https://saraoleary.ca/
Robin Rosenthal @robinrosenthal.bsky.social children's book author + illustrator
SWEET BABE! A Jewish Grandma Kvells, Coming 2/18/25
TWO DOGS ON A TRIKE, BIG IDEAS FOR LITTLE PHILOSOPHERS, and BIG IDEAS FOR LITTLE ENVIRONMENTALISTS
robinrosenthal.com
https://linktr.ee/robinrosenthal
John Parra @johnparraart.bsky.social John Parra is an award-winning, best-selling artist, illustrator, author, and educator, renowned for his vibrant, culturally rich children’s picture books that celebrate Latino heritage and traditions.
Nathalie Alonso @nathaliealonso.bsky.social Author of OLD CLOTHES FOR DINNER?!, CALL ME ROBERTO! and TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME! • Views my own
Nancy Goulet @nancygoulet.bsky.social Picture Book Author & Illustrator, Designer, Pun-slinger, Diet Coke Connoisseur
Represented by Jes Trudel at The Rights Factory
www.wordsandpicturesbynancygoulet.com
Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social “Having fun isn’t hard, when you’ve got a library card!” - Arthur Read
linktr.ee/mychalthreets
Ari Tison @aritison.bsky.social Poet | Award-Winning Author of Saints of the Household (FSG) | Bribri 🌺 Forthcoming: Together We See (FSG) & When I Was A Little Girl (HarperCollins)
Alison Pearce Stevens @alisonpstevens.bsky.social Biologist turned award-winning kidlit science writer. Nature lover. SCBWI. 12x12. #SciComm. Repped by Alex Weiss, Azantian Literary Agency. she/her
https://apstevens.com/
https://onesimplething.substack.com/
Christy Mihaly @christymihaly.bsky.social Author, poet, writing for young people, hoping to make a difference. http://www.christymihaly.com/
Repped by Erzsi Deak, Hen&ink Literary, brilliantly.
Blogging at GROG, sporadically. https://groggorg.blogspot.com/.
Living in Vermont, bucolically.
Ed Vere @edvere.bsky.social Picture book maker
www.edvere.com
Bob Shea @bobshea.bsky.social I write and illustrate books for kids. This will be for drawings.
I have ADHD and it’s my whole personality now.
David A. Robertson @davidarobertson.bsky.social 2-time Governor General’s Literary Award winner, podcaster, public speaker, Editorial Director at Tundra Books.
kyo maclear @kyomaclear.bsky.social writer
Moniza Hossain @monizahossain.bsky.social Writes books for kids, repped by Triada US
RITU IN THE SUN (Random House Children’s, 2026)
STREET PUPPY, MASJID CAT (Little Bee Books, 2025)
THE FEAR FACTORY (Holiday House, 2026)
monizahossain.com
Faith Pray @faithpray7.bsky.social PNW author+illustrator | THE DAY WE GOT LOST |
Repp’d: @mollyoneillbooks
faithpraybooks.com
https://linktr.ee/faithpray7
Maris Wicks @mariswicks.bsky.social I’m actually just three penguins in a trench coat.
mariswicks.com
Robin Gow (it/fae/he & él y elle) @robin-gow-poet.bsky.social Poet, Educator, & YA/MG Author🍉
Autistic ♾ trans 🏳️⚧️Disabled 🔥
🌈Gooseberry is out now!🌈🐶
hadley hooper @hadleyhoo.bsky.social artist and illustrator in Denver Co
💙 art + music + design + animals
hoping this all works out 🌎🌍🌏
Alyssa Bermudez @bermudezbahama.bsky.social Illustrator, Author & Artistic Direction | NYC to Tasmania | 🇵🇷🇺🇸🇦🇺 Big Apple Diaries & Run Home are my graphic novel memoirs! Live events artist, craft lover, toddler mom.
www.alyssabermudezart.com/social
Marcella Pixley @marcellapixley.bsky.social Award Winning Author of #kidlit YA and MG Novels. NESHAMA (Candlewick 2025). Junior Library Guild Gold Standard. TROWBRIDGE ROAD (Candlewick 2020) Longlisted National Book Award, Finalist, Massachusetts Book Award, Junior Library Guild Gold Standard.
Victoria Chang @victoriachang.bsky.social Poet and writer. Bourne Chair of Poetry at Georgia Tech and Director of Poetry@Tech.
Jane Kurtz @writerjane.bsky.social I write essays and children’s books. I follow my curiosity and wonder. I volunteer to create bilingual books for and about Ethiopia. I’ve been a longtime faculty member at Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA in Children’s and YA literature
Susanna Chapman @susannachap.bsky.social Illustrations, design, murals
rep: Andrea Morrison at Writers House
Nicole Goux@SDCC 2203 @nicolegoux.bsky.social ✨Eisner winning and Harvey nominated cartoonist✨ she/her 💖💜💙
Punk’n Heads. This Place Kills Me. Fuck Off Squad. Shadow of the Batgirl. Everyone Is Tulip. Forest Hills Bootleg Society. Pet Peeves Www.nicolegoux.com
Linktr.ee/nicolegoux
Erik J. Brown @erikjbrown.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling and Internationally Banned Author of ALL THAT'S LEFT IN THE WORLD, THE ONLY LIGHT LEFT BURNING, LOSE YOU TO FIND ME, and more soon… (he/him)
Nick Brooks @officialnickbrooks.bsky.social Writer
Monica Clark-Robinson @monicaclarkrob.bsky.social Writer/Actor/UU Seminarian, Author of LET THE CHILDREN MARCH and STANDING ON HER SHOULDERS. 🏳️🌈🦉🧙🐈 Vegan, story nerd, cat lady
Lance Rubin @lancerubinparty.bsky.social YA/MG author of 16 Forever & Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend & Denton Little & Crying Laughing. Co-writer of Monster Club 2, Bleak Creek, & Broadway Bounty Hunter.
www.lancerubin.com
Rory Lucey @rorylucey.bsky.social Illustrator & Author in NJ
📚 WRONG FRIEND (Out in 2026!)
💥 SCRAM (OUT NOW!!!)
🤞BAD SISTER (@01firstsecond.bsky.social)
👽JONESY (@titanbooks.bsky.social)
Rep. @comicsispeople.bsky.social
Margaret Finnegan @finneganbegin.bsky.social USA TODAY bestselling #author of WE COULD BE HEROES and other #mgnovels from @SimonKids/Atheneum Books for Young Readers. My latest, SPELLING IT OUT, drops May 2025. Excellent baker of chocolate cake.
Chicago Public Library @chipublib.bsky.social Read, learn, discover.
Opened in 1873, Chicago Public Library has locations in every Chicago neighborhood.
ACLU of Massachusetts @aclum.bsky.social We work in the:
⚖️ Courts | 🏛 Legislature | 🗣 Communities to protect civil liberties for all in Massachusetts.
Julie Winterbottom @jwbottom.bsky.social Children's book author. Debut PB bio, MAGIC IN A DROP OF WATER, in March 2025 from Rocky Pond/Penguin. Author of PRANKLOPEDIA, FRIGHTLOPEDIA, WHAT A BLAST! #kidlit #12x12 Cajun accordion player, porch-sitter 
Massachusetts Authors Against Book Bans @massaabb.bsky.social Massachusetts Authors Against Book Bans is a state affiliate of Authors Against Book Bans, book creators fighting for our freedom to read. #MassFreedomToRead https://www.massfreedomtoread.org/ www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
The Brown Bookshelf @thebrownbookshelf.bsky.social The home to 28 Days Later, we are an award-winning website dedicated to highlighting both under the radar Black children's lit creatives and the vanguards whose shoulders we all stand on. Your go-to source on #BlackKidLit since '08. thebrownbookshelf.com
The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org Authors working together to ensure fair pay, protect copyright, and defend free speech.
Just Us Books @justusbooks.bsky.social Black-owned indie publisher of children’s books that center and celebrate Black stories, history and culture. Founded in 1988 by Wade and Cheryl Willis Hudson. https://justusbooks.com
Bindy James @bindyjames.bsky.social Kidlit Illustrator - animals, plants, kids in nature
📍Yugambeh Country/Logan, Aus
🔹 Represented by Astound US
🔸 SCBWI member
Welcome to Whalebone Mansion-Out Fall 2025
bindyjames.com
Chana Stiefel @chanastiefel.bsky.social Kidlit author
Nancy Carpenter (Illustrator) @nancycarpenterart.bsky.social Award-winning illustrator of over 60 children's titles, including "Virginia Wouldn't Slow Down!" "The Great Stink" "Apples to Oregon" and "17 Things I Am Not Allowed To Do Anymore."
Caroline Carlson @carolinecarlson.bsky.social I write books for kids (VERY NEARLY HONORABLE LEAGUE OF PIRATES, WICKED MARIGOLD, & more). Latest: THE TINKERERS. Rep: Allison Hellegers. https://carolinecarlsonbooks.com
Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social 🌏Journalist. Author. Earthling.
🍃 A Better World Is Possible: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis (March 2026)
🖋️ Bylines: New Yorker, Nature, VQR, Orion contributing ed.
📚 Creative Nonfiction prof at Sewanee School of Letters
🌿 www.meerasub.org
Jen Calonita @jencalonita.bsky.social NYT bestselling author, Jenna Rink fan, Disney Girl. Latest: The Enchanter’s Tale: FAIRY GODMOTHER Up next: ISLE OF EVER 3/25/25
Ashley Belote @ashleybelote.bsky.social Hi! I’m a kidlit author/illustrator!
WITCH & WOMBAT, SHEEPWRECKED (PRH)
LITTLE RED & BIG, BAD FRED (PRH 11/18/25)
Rep’d by Moe Ferrara, Triada US Literary Agency 📝🎨📚