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Boyds Mills @boydsmills.bsky.social Boyds Mills positively impacts children by amplifying the voices of storytellers who inspire children to become their best selves.
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Angela Ricks @angelaricks.bsky.social Children's Writer ~ Mama of 3 ~ Colorado ~ #SCBWI #InkedVoices #12x12
Samantha Wekstein @swekstein.bsky.social Senior Literary Agent @TLA, She/Her, Terp🐢, ENFJ, ♑, dog lover
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Sheri Bentley @sheribbooks.bsky.social Writer. Literacy Coach. Lover of people and words. #SCBWI #KidsChoice-Winner #KidLitVibes-Winner #50PreciousWords-HM #KidlitChuckleChallenge-HM Pub'd in @DirigibleBalloon
Claudia Mills @claudiamills123.bsky.social Author of over 60 books for young readers, loves the community of writers and readers, always searching for creative joy wherever it can be found.
Jessica Ralli @jessicaralli.bsky.social Manager of #EarlyLiteracy Programs & Special Initiatives @ Brooklyn Public Library | #KidLit Writer @ RISE X Penguin Workshop | LJ Mover and Shaker 2020 |
Tina Mowrey @tmmowrey.bsky.social Writer: Children’s books, Poetry
Reader: All the things
Musician: Piano, guitar, trumpet 
Susan Park @susanfirghilpark.bsky.social writer, poet, nature lover and complete book geek living in the Pacific Northwest surrounded by forest, birds, squirrels, chipmunks and chickens. Member SCBWI.
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@mandy3milo.bsky.social @mandy3milo.bsky.social MG fantasy writer and editor
Kelley J. P. Lindberg @kelleylindberg1.bsky.social Writer, traveler, speaker. Wielder of pen, corkscrew, and good intents. Mostly. Blog and newsletter at www.KelleyLindberg.com. She/her.
Pen Avey @penavey.bsky.social #author and #illustrator of #middlegrade and #chapter books. Educator of SEND teens. Kindness is my currency. penavey.wordpress.com
Nikki Harwood @ohhhhdoodles.bsky.social Aspiring author/illustrator and ASL/English interpreter by day - also obsessed with the magic of theater.
https://nharwood124.wixsite.com/ohhhh-doodles
Polly Holyoke @pollyholyoke.bsky.social Award-winning Colorado kidlit author, ex-M.S. teacher, writing instructor, sea and mountain lover. My MG fantasy books SKYRIDERS and THE SKY KING are available from Viking Children's Books, and my sci-fi Neptune Trilogy is available from Little Brown.
Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social Ex KS2 teacher, children’s book blogger and lover of undunked biscuits and Lego. Currently reading all the books. Autistic. She/her.
Blog: https://worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/
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Kaitlin Pinson @kapinson.bsky.social Agented YA Fantasy writer
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aDoodlingOctopus @adoodlingoctopus.bsky.social Picture book author/illustrator, seeking representation. My goal is to bring a smile to someone's face through my silly characters and worlds.
Starla Rajavuori @srajavuori.bsky.social Writer of middle grade adventures that blend folklore 🌲, history 📖, and magic ✨. Always wondering what the past is trying to tell us.
Lauren H. Kerstein @laurenkerstein.bsky.social Author. Therapist. Ghost Writer. Developmental Editor.
#12x12PB #EastWestLit #SCBWI #kidlit #ReVISIONweek
www.LaurenKerstein.net
SK Wenger | KidLit author @skwenger.bsky.social Reader, Writer, Adventurer
#kidlit #12x12PB #scbwi #thewritingbarn #educator #sciencegeek #author
CHICKEN FRANK, DINOSAUR (2021)
Upcoming PBs (MIT Kids Press 2027, 2028)
Nancy Banks @bankswrites.bsky.social I've washed buses, worked as a graphic designer and art director, and co-owned a bookstore. I lived in France for several years and still regret that I never finished my Epic Pastry Quest. The Uninvited is my debut novel.
Ann Page @annpage10.bsky.social PB & MG writer| NAPPA award| HM #PBParty2023/24| #MNSCBWI| Math Education Consultant| Lake Lover| Happily married stepmom| She/her | No DMs
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Ste Gen Mo Dem 💙📚 🐕🌳 @stegenmodem.bsky.social Supporting Dems Everywhere SG 60 miles South of St Louis @piperformissouri.bsky.social @reichard4rep.bsky.social @fpwellman.bsky.social @wellmanformo.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social @labarnitz.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social 📚🚭💙
Steena Hernandez @steenahernandez.bsky.social Kidlit Author | Lupita’s Brown Ballet Slippers OUT NOW Beaming Books | SCBWI | Las Musas | 12x12PB
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s.e.cottrill @secottrill.bsky.social Picture book Author/ Illustrator. Graphic Designer/Art Director by day. #SCBWI #12x12PB #mightykidlit #KidLit #authorillustrator www.secottrill.com
Sue (Susan Uhlig) she/her @susanuhlig.bsky.social Married. Children's Author. Writing PB, MG, some YA. Kidlit. SCBWI Regional Advisor Emerita. Former Institute of Children’s Literature Instructor.
I write helps & book recs on my site susanuhlig.com.
WA state. Owned by cat.
@ejgwrites.bsky.social @ejgwrites.bsky.social #Kitlit, #JaneAusten, Adult Fiction, writer, ejgwrites.blogspot.com, #SCBWI, JASNA member, The Historical Novel Society member
Brenna Jeanneret @brennajeanneret.bsky.social #Kidlitauthor #PB #GN #NF
THE LAW OF BIRTHDAYS ('24)
A BIKE IS NOT JUST A BIKE (26)
DUDES OF DISPOSAL ('26)
Co-host of You May Contribute A Verse
@JoshMonkwords.bsky.social
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Tomi Rues @tomirues.bsky.social Writer, Educator, Reading Advocate
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Anna Harber Freeman @annaharberfreeman.bsky.social K-12 art teacher | #kidlit author | enrolled member of the Osage Nation | rep’d by @literarylesliez
#SCBWI #kidlit #arted
www.annaharberfreeman.com
Todd Mitchell @toddmitchellbooks.bsky.social In high school I was voted "Most likely to go insane." Instead, I write novels with Scholastic, Random House, Candlewick, & Owl Hollow Press. My most recent non-fiction book (for fellow creators) is Breakthrough. CreativePersonalDevelopment.com
Cindy Schwind @cindyschwind1.bsky.social Reader! BookPosse Member! Indie Book Crawl! Friday Night Raffle! Retired Reading Specialist!
Rowan Brighton Brown @rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social ⋆Queer Southern Novelist 🌿
⋆WHITE TRASH WITCHCRAFT (HH Fall, 2027)
⋆Rep: @keiralekseii.bsky.social at Azantian
⋆✒️WTMP & 🩵 SmoochPit Mentor
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Larissa D. Elliott @larissadelliott.bsky.social Picture book author repped by @charlottewenger.bsky.social. Sometimes writer of YA & MG. Wife. Mommy. Band director. 🇵🇭🇺🇸. She/her. #12x12pb. #Kidlitart on IG @ larissa.d.elliott. ADHD is my superpower.
KarenJameson15.bsky.social @karenjameson15.bsky.social Children’s author of lyrical/STEM picture books - WOODLAND DREAMS & more. WHO NESTS HERE? & THE SECRETS of the JELLIES. Repped by K. Rushall of ABLA.
Kelly Mangan (She/Her) 🏳️🌈💖💜💙 @kellyamangan.bsky.social MAEVE MULVANEY HAS HAD ENOUGH (Holiday House).
LIKE THAT ELEANOR (Cardinal Rule Press).
#KIDLIT author/illustrator. Comics geek. Trekkie. Squirrel Girl enthusiast. “Endearingly sarcastic.”
Rep: @tajmccoy.bsky.social
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Rachel Funez @rachelfunez.bsky.social #Kidlit #Author | #12x12 | #SCBWI | repp’d by Vicki Selvaggio @Storm Lit | @vickiselvaggio.bsky.social
Debut #PB: SONIA AND THE SUPER DUPER DISASTER | Illustrated by Kelly Kennedy | Free Spirit Publishing
@shawnpeterswrites.bsky.social @shawnpeterswrites.bsky.social 
Julie Doepken @juliereads.bsky.social K-6 Librarian, reader, wife, mom, seeker of joy. 
Nedda Lewers @neddalewersbooks.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling Egyptian American Children’s Author | DAUGHTERS OF THE LAMP series | THE LUXOR HOUSE HEIST (Spring’27) | Educator | Mom
Kim Zachman @kimzachman.bsky.social Children's author who loves books, dogs, art, history, dad jokes, and trees.
SCBWI member- Southern Breeze region
Rep'd by John Rudolph with Dystel, Goderich & Bourret.
Jes Trudel 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @jestrudel.bsky.social Literary agent with The Rights Factory. Founder of WritingCommunity.ca. CLOSED TO QUERIES.
jrickerwhalen.bsky.social @jrickerwhalen.bsky.social Kidlit author, YS librarian, Purdue grad, #SCBWI, #12x12, 2022 #PBParty Honorable Mention, 2020 #PBCritiqueFest winner, Cheesehead, and Intense Sports Fanatic.
Sophie Beer @sophiebeerdraws.bsky.social Kids author and illustrator✨☀✨
Into books and equality. She/her
Debut MG 'Thunderhead' out now with A&U
Melissa Ruth Rotert -Order THE RIDDERS SERIES! @melruthwrites.bsky.social Kidlit Author (she/her),
THE RIDDERS SERIES order now!
EIC @EpistemicLit & @Nimblewitlit
Repped by T.S. Ferguson
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Oxford Comma #Dis #ND #Pan- R Robin Hoffman @robinhoffman.bsky.social Children’s book enthusiast. 30 years with Scholastic now with Bookelicious, helping young readers discover their reading identities.
NJ Corsini @njcorsini.bsky.social Verse novels/terse novels | #MG #YA | #KidLit |English teacher | NCTE | SCBWI
Hilary Elizabeth Margitich @hilarymargitich.bsky.social Author of books that inspire and empower today’s kids ✍🏻 📚 💭 🩷
Rep'd by Marisa Cleveland & Gaby Cabezut at The Seymour Agency
2 Charlesbridge picture books forthcoming in 2029!!
Kristen Y @krisyoungwrites.bsky.social Australian. Author of YA fiction and non-fiction, Schnauzer 'owner', practical theologian and pastoral carer.
https://krisyoungwrites.com/
Phil Bildner @philbildner.bsky.social I write books for young people, picture books and middle grade novels. I’m the founder and President of The Author Village. Mets and Nets fan. LGBTQ🌈
STEAM Library Lady @alissaroades.bsky.social Middle school librarian at a STEAM school in MO. Current member of the MASL Truman committee. Wife and mom of two college kids. Fan of Star Wars, LOTR, HP, and the STL Cardinals.
Laura Polasek @polaseklj.bsky.social Writer. Mom. Lover of books and tea | 🇨🇦📚🫖 #amquerying
CANSCAIP PB Shortlist '23, Longlist '24, '26 | #kidlitvibes winner '23 | #KidsChoiceKidlitWritingContest MG winner '24 | Lyrical Language Lab Rhyming Contest Longlist '24 | Halloweensie HM '25
Cynthia Ragona @cynragona.bsky.social Book lover, school library volunteer, organizer of things. Photographer at https://www.seagreen-photography.com/. Rhode Island.
Nicole Valentine @nicolevalentine.bsky.social Author of A TIME TRAVELER’S THEORY OF RELATIVITY | Cailleach of the Catskills | Baba Yaga of Philly | Writes Fantasy & Scifi for Children | Knitter, Needleworker, Raptor lover
pamelakramer.com @pamelakramer.com Avid reader & book reviewer, animal rescue, native gardener. Retired lawyer & teacher. Reviews books at Pamelakramer.com & Bookreporter. Loves to share great books, find a perfect home for homeless dogs/ cats. I believe in democracy. 
Daniela Ramirez @writerdaniela.bsky.social Kidlit Author | Wife & Mami | Chicana | WELCOME HOME, ESMERELDA (Charlesbridge, May 2025)| @SCBWI | Rep: Charlotte Wenger at Prospect Agency
writerdaniela.com
J Packer Samms • The Whisker Society @jpackersamms.bsky.social Fantasy writer. Creator of Denhaven.
Cat rescues by day. Secret animal cities by night.
Serial fiction + real foster stories.
👇 whiskersociety.substack.com
Colleen Muske @colleenmuske.bsky.social Children’s Book Writer and Illustrator represented by Kelly Dyksterhouse https://bsky.app/profile/kellydhouse.bsky.social
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Rebecca Weber 🙂🐈⬛📰 @rweberwrites.bsky.social #SCBWI Author - THE PAINTER'S BUTTERFLY and LOOPHOLE (Artemesia Publishing)/Beta reader/@litkidsmagazine.bsky.social founder/House flipper/Bostie & girl mom/#MGpies #YANation
"You are the one you've been waiting for all of your life!"
Wendy Parris @wendyparrisauthor.bsky.social MG author: FIELD OF SCREAMS and STAGE FRIGHT both Delacorte Press rep: Sara Megibow
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Tasslyn - AKA Dr. Sasslyn @tasslyn.bsky.social Poet. Superfan - AUTHORS. KIDLIT. BOOKS. 
Sam Creighton @samcreighton.bsky.social Teacher, reader, talker, writer. Literacy lead. Faith, family, fiction, films. Catholic ✝️ Joshua 1:9, Isaiah 43:1. Need me? I’ll be in a book 📚
Mel Cordan (she/her) @melcordan.bsky.social Animating by day-Illustrator & Author by night.
Rep’d by @annmrose.bsky.social
Mama Bear to neurodivergent & 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ kids.
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Kim Long @kimlongmg.bsky.social Writer, Lawyer, Jedi Master. Pitch Wars mentor 2015-2021. Next up: CATCHING CRYPTIDS (May 2025). She/her.
Anna Scaife @whatelseanna.bsky.social Author of ‘Hush’ from Ugly Hill Press out now.
Creative Writing PhD Candidate at @modernletters.bsky.social
Short fiction in Landfall, ReadingRoom, Flash Frontier, At The Bay | Te Kokuru, Turbine | Kapohau
Demi 🌼 @demiwrites.bsky.social Mum • NHS • Middle Grade Writer
THE SUNBEAM SIBLINGS 🌈
A MG series with MH, ND and lots of fantastical adventure ✨
Cancer ☀️ Capricorn 🌙 (send help)
She/Her ♀️
INFP 🧠
Brit 🇬🇧
Communicates with emojis/GIFs
#kidlit #middlegradewriter #writingcommunity
Margo Jantzi @margojantzi.bsky.social Elementary School Librarian
Teacher Librarian who integrates technology with elementary students in Gds. PreK-5 National Board Certified
Read Widely, Think Deeply, Act Kindly
Trunky 😁🌳📕 @trunkythetree.bsky.social I love to write PBs, CBs and MG, and silly songs 📖 📕 🎶💜 www.trunkythetree.com @trunkythetree on all social media platforms😁🌳 #kidlit #writingcommunity
Leena Walters @leenawalters.bsky.social Leena Walters started her career as a historian, writing about change inside countries. Now she writes brainy romances about change inside people's hearts. She lives in Edmonton, Canada. leenawalters.com
Rep: Kristin Ostby of Salky Literary Management
Laura Parnum @lauraparnum.bsky.social Author, copyeditor, occasional magician. PERIL AT PRICE MANOR (HarperCollins 2023) and THE HAUNTING OF BELLINGTON COTTAGE (HarperCollins, July 2025). www.LauraParnum.com
linktr.ee/lauraparnum
Maria Kim @mkimwrites.bsky.social ✨Biracial Mexican-American Kidlit Writer
✨HS ELA Teacher/Librarian
✨PBParty '25 & '26 finalist🩷
✨Rep'd by Sandra Proudman at Galt and Zacker
Emily Starr @emilystarr.bsky.social #Kidlit author | StarrMatica CEO | Science curriculum and PD writer | IA State Science Leadership Team Member | Nonfiction fanatic | Elementary #STEM advocate
SCBWI | 12x12
Emily Matthys Bennett @zembenni.bsky.social Librarian, advocate, ally, mother, reader 
Jodie Chapdelaine @bookladyof3.bsky.social #BookPosse member
Laurie Morrison @lauriemorrison.bsky.social Reader, middle school ELA teacher, & upper middle grade author of WHERE ELLA WENT ⚽️, KEEPING PACE 🏃♀️, UP FOR AIR🏊♀️, COMING UP SHORT 🥎, and more. She/her
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Tara @notsosureanymore.bsky.social mother, wife, teacher, dog mom, never wrote a book, don’t have a podcast, I lean all the way to the left, I don’t eat animals
dsallenauthor @dsallenauthor.bsky.social Damara Allen (she/her) Wife, mother, and writer of #middlegrade #horror | #MGnarwhals | #PitchWars '21 alum | rep'd by @esc_key | The Skeleton Flute (Aladdin Books 2024) | The Undead War (Aladdin Books 2026) | www.dsallenauthor.com
Quinette Cook @quinettecook.bsky.social Storyteller | Weimaraner Mom | Gardener | MFA in Writing for Children & YA Hamline University | SCBWI RAE | HWA | seeking representation www.quinettecook.com
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social Celebrating books for children and teens since 2006.
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Kim Cassetto @kimcassetto.bsky.social WA HS teacher librarian, book challenge survivor, former Eng teacher & community college admin; transracial adoptee. UW alumna. Views are my own.
Rachel G. Payne (she/they) @rpayne.bsky.social Early literacy librarian, SLJ columnist, Horn Book board book reviewer, play advocate, and debut author of Let's Rumble from Rise x Penguin Workshop (July 2025). Rep: Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown Lit.
She/they
RachelGPayne.com
Jennifer Hottinger @hottsnewreads.bsky.social Book lover, teacher, MTSS Middle School Coordinator and #bookposse member
MESchenck @meschenck.bsky.social Mom, aspiring author, determined, and trying to be confident 
Jackie Yeager @jackieyeager.bsky.social Middle Grade Author Rep’d by: Rebecca Angus, Howland Literary | Writer of whimsical STEM & Sci-Fi | Find my books & creative team-building activities at swirlandspark.com.
Kim Usey @mzyousee.bsky.social Former journalist-editor-designer-nonprofit maven turned middle school support. Middle school mom. Dog mom. Book mom. Moth mom. Nom mom.
Rebecca Gardyn Levington @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social Rhyming PB Author & Poet. WHATEVER COMES TOMORROW; BRAINSTORM!; AFIKOMAN WHERE'D YOU GO?; LITTLE DREIDEL LEARNS TO SPIN, WRITE HERE WRITE NOW, I WILL ALWAYS BE…,FINDING FORGIVENESS (8/5/25), SOME DAYS I’M THE WIND (9/9/25) + more!
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Shari Sawyers @sharisawyers.bsky.social K-6 Librarian in Texas, member of #BookAllies, Texas Library Association, and Little Mavericks Graphic Novel Reading List Committee
Andie Burke @andieburke.bsky.social USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR
Pediatric RN 📍Marylander 🦀 🏳️🌈 Exvangelical, ADHD
WITH STARS IN HER EYES out now!
https://www.andieburke.com/links
jaime berry @jaimeberry.bsky.social She/her. Author of HOPE SPRINGS and HEART FINDS
jaimeberryauthor.com