Bryan Schuff @schufflemode.bsky.social Library & information scientist in a world at war against libraries, information, & science. Free people read freely. History is for everyone.
Matthew Burgess @matthewburgessj.bsky.social Poet, Professor, & Children's Book Author. Brooklyn College. Forthcoming: Words With Wings & Magic Things, illust. Doug Salati (Tundra / Penguin Canada, 2025) & Fireworks, illust. Cátia Chien (Harper Collins, 2025). www.matthewjohnburgess.com
Jashar Awan @jashar.bsky.social Geisel Honor-winning author-illustrator; EVERY MONDAY MABEL out now from Simon & Schuster; repped by Erica Rand Silverman at Stimola Literary Studio
Arriel Vinson @arriwrites.bsky.social She/her. UNDER THE NEON LIGHTS (PenguinTeen, 6/3). Reese’s Book Club LitUp Fellow. Tin house YA '21. Educator. Rep: Jodi Reamer. IG: arriwrites. Pronounced Ar-ee-el.
Website: arriwrites.com
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/arriwrites
Zach Daniek @zachdaniek.bsky.social Hi! My name is Zach and I am an illustrator with a focus on children’s publishing.
https://www.zachdaniek.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
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Diana Urban @dianaurban.bsky.social Bestselling, award-winning author (she/her)
📚 YOU'RE OVERTHINKING THIS (11.19.26)
📚 ALL YOUR TWISTED SECRETS
📚 UNDER THE SURFACE
📚 LYING IN THE DEEP
📚 ... and book marketing consultant!
Katherine Murray @katherinemurray.bsky.social Reading and writing and teaching
Senior Editor @ Literary Mama
Querying domestic suspense in 2026!
Lacey Librarian @laceylibrarian.bsky.social 📚 K-4 Librarian
💻 Tech + Book nerd
👶🏻 Wife + Momma🐾
📒 Resources for your library 💗
KidLit Collective @kidlitcollective.bsky.social We are KidLit Collective, a collection of creative kidlit authors and illustrators supporting each other since our 2020 debuts and beyond. Art by @nielanderamy
Lauren the Librarian (she/her) @theliterarylibra.bsky.social K-5 school librarian. Avid reader & book reviewer. Always leaning. Opinions are mine alone. 📚♎️ #ClearTheAir #LibCollab #TheBookChat
EduMatch @edumatch.bsky.social Empowering the expert within, we are an international community of educators who connect beyond borders or roles for the good of our students. Professional learning, networking, and publishing are just a few of the things we do. www.edumatch.org #Edumatch
Mackin Educational Resources @mackinlibrary.bsky.social Serving more than 60,000 PK-12 libraries & classrooms worldwide with print books, eBooks, and much more for over 40 years! linktr.ee/MackinLibrary
Bronwyn Desjardins @bloop.mu Digital Empowerment Architect | Innovation Catalyst | Online Safety Advocate | AI explorer
Based in Mauritius & South Africa
ADE, APLS, APL Lead 🇿🇦
🌐 www.bloop.mu
Substack: https://substack.com/@bronwyndesjardins
#EduSky #AppleEduSky #AI #OnlineSafety
Dani_B @danib.bsky.social Future of education. She/her. EdD student studying futures thinking in the youth educator workforce.
Yell at the machine, girl
Laura Combs @lauracombs.bsky.social Director of EdTech, Yr 29 in education, Phoenix, AZ, ISTE certified, Google Certified, Certified Educational Technology Leader, CETL. Previous teacher and principal, Football Fan, Cricut Crafter, Traveler #STEAM #EdTech #EduSky #GoogleEDU
Picture books, eh! @picturebookseh.bsky.social We write, illustrate and support Canadian, and we’re releasing our seventh year of picture books in 2026. Follow us for news about 🇨🇦 PBs, blogs by 🇨🇦 PB creators and more, eh!
Website: https://picturebookseh.weebly.com
Rémi Forte @rmfrt.com Poetic Program, Typographic System
https://www.rmfrt.com/
Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social Psychologist; SEEK Safely board president; marathoner. Realistic, sustainable trauma & addiction recovery.
One day at a time.
Sara Zarr @sarazarr.bsky.social Author of 12 books and a bunch of other stuff / ☕ sarazarr.com/learnmore
Margaret Stohl @margaretstohl.bsky.social Writer of novels (Beautiful Creatures series, Black Widow novels, Super-Visible) & comics (Spider-Man Noir, Captain Marvel) & Co-founder of Stone Kite studio & Yallfest + Yallwest book festivals.
LL McKinney @llmckinney.bsky.social Writer of words. Teller of tales. Chaotic neutral. Bestselling Author. God is good. NUBIA: TOO REAL out NOW! #PublishingPaidMe
https://linktr.ee/LLMcKinney
Erin Murphy @agentemurph.bsky.social Partner at Aevitas Creative Management and Aevitas Kids & Illustration. Member AALA. Knitter. Gamer. Cats and dogs. She/Her. Views expressed here are my own. Header photo is my backyard in Maine.- K Kimberly Brubaker Bradley @kimbbbradley.bsky.social Writer. Co-founder of Appalachian Literacy Initiative. Passionately believe that truthful books save lives.
Adrianna Cuevas @adriannacuevas.bsky.social Award-winning middle grade author. What Fell From the Sky and Rancho Espanto paperback out now! she/her 🇨🇺 Runs on pastelitos and BTS.
https://linktr.ee/adriannacuevas
Kristi Mahoney @kristimahoney.bsky.social picture book author:
OWLS MAKE TERRIBLE TEACHERS
ALPACAS MAKE TERRIBLE LIBRARIANS
OSTRICHES MAKE TERRIBLE PILOTS (2028)
rep'd by @elisahouot.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/kristimahoneybooks
12x12, SCBWI, PBSoar, 24CarrotWriting, Boston Author's Club
Anita Silvey @anitasilvey.bsky.social Teacher, writer, dog lover, political activist. Biographies of Jane Goodall and Diane Fossey. 🦋
Bookelicious @bookelicious.bsky.social ❤️ Bookmoji Book-Matching Technology
📚 Curated Online Children's Bookshop
🎒 Virtual Author Visits
🧑🏫 PD Webinars
🛍️ PopUp Shops Fundraisers
Kaz Windness she/her @kazwindness.bsky.social •📕Out now: WORM AND BUTTERFLY (S&S)
•📘Out soon!: TIME TRAVELING CHICKENS (S&S)
•📚Check out: “When You Love a Book” (PRH)
Award-Winning Children’s Book Author-Artist, Art Professor, Autistic-ADHD 🌈📚Books, Classes, Social Media: linktr.ee/KazWindness
Reggie Brown Art @reggiebrownart.bsky.social Artist, illustrator, and writer. 
Alyson Beecher @beecheralyson.bsky.social Book lover. Cat mom. Educator. Advocate for children. Crocheter with a yarn addiction.
Katherine Applegate @kaaauthor.bsky.social I write books, like the "ONE & ONLY" series, WISHTREE, ODDER, DOGTOWN, and POCKET BEAR.
My new novel, WOMBAT WAITING, is out now!
I post with some help from Two Cats Comm.
Deborah Underwood @underwoodwriter.bsky.social Writer of picture books and kisser of cats. DeborahUnderwoodBooks.com
Matt Tavares @tavaresbooks.bsky.social New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of Dasher, Red & Lulu, several other picture books, and the graphic novel Hoops.
Christopher Silas Neal @csneal.bsky.social Author and Illustrator of picture books.
https://direct.me/csneal
Lauren Eldridge @eldridgestudio.bsky.social Dimensional Illustrator.
Weird but it works.
Rep’d by Lori Kilkelly @lkliterary 💥
eldridgestudio.com
Elly Swartz @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social Author of books for kids and their adults: SAME PAGE, HIDDEN TRUTHS, DEAR STUDENT, FINDING PERFECT, GIVE AND TAKE, SMART COOKIE, ALMOST TRUE (2027). Rep'd by Andrea Cascardi at Transatlantic. https://linktr.ee/ellyswartz
Chris Van Dusen @chrisvandusenbooks.bsky.social According to my wife, I color for a living.
Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social ✂️ Author/Illustrator of books for young readers and artists
👀 Playful, visual storytelling
🏆 Emmy-winning compositor
📚 Once a librarian, always a librarian
https://www.carterhiggins.com/
Eric Carpenter @ericcarpenter.bsky.social 📚 Elementary school librarian in atlanta, constant reader, occasional wood worker, reluctant book reviewer.
📚 2026 ALSC Children's Literature Legacy Award Committee Chair.
📚 "All reading is reading. Let them read how ever and whatever they want!"
Cindy Minnich @cbethm.bsky.social she/her; HS Librarian and English teacher; wife; mom to 1 young adult, 3 cats, 2 dogs; #nerdybookclub tech queen; NWP, NCTE, ALAN, ALA, PSEA/NEA
Susan Van Metre @skeetervm.bsky.social Hopelessly devoted to books. Editorial Director Walker Books US/Candlewick Press
Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen @sudiptabq.bsky.social Children’s book writer, mom, wife, world traveler, not necessarily in that order. Not so much “glass half full” as “my glass is broken — why ME?”
Michelle Knudsen @michelleknudsen.bsky.social Nebula-winning & NYT bestselling author of 50+ books for kids & teens plus SFF short fiction for the olds. Library Lion, Into the Wild Magic, Evil Librarian & more. BSFA finalist. VCFA alum. SFWA. Codex. All the links: linktr.ee/michelleknudsen
Travis Jonker @100scopenotes.bsky.social School Librarian. Author of BLUE FLOATS AWAY, THE VERY LAST CASTLE, THE SHIP IN THE WINDOW, CABOOSE | Author/illustrator of JUST ONE FLAKE and JUST ONE WAVE (2025)
Jen Roberts, NBCT @jen.litandtech.com English Teacher, Author, Speaker,
Google for Education Innovator, Adobe Creative Educator Innovator, CUE Outstanding Educator ‘22, Edutopia author.
http://www.litandtech.com
#edtech #EDUsky #EduSkyAI #NBCT #iTeachEnglish #GooogleEdu #CUEmunity #AIinedu
MissNikkiIn5th @missnikkiin5th.bsky.social M.S.Ed. - Rdg Specialist; Gr 5 ELA; New Jersey Literacy Association Past President; ILA; Literacy Advocate; Writer. Views are my own.
Andy Schoenborn @aschoenborn.bsky.social Educator. Writer. Learner. MRA past president. 2x MCTE past president. NWP/CRWP TC. Posts are my own. Order Creating Confident Writers here: http://cutt.ly/Lw9qOcH
Colleen Heidrich @mrscheidrich.bsky.social Teacher librarian, educator and student still yearning to learn! Wife and mum to two boys too! Coffee Lover. Reading Enthusiast. she/her
Katy Manck, MLS SLMSC @booksyalove.bsky.social Reader, gardener, indep book reviewer- https://BooksYALove.com. All kids need school libraries & librarians! IASL Past-President.
The Sartorial Librarians Podcast @sartoriallibrary.bsky.social Join @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social and @paulvinelli.bsky.social for celebrations of picture books & librarian fashion.
Apple: https://apple.co/4e4mM3h
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3ANgYge
Instagram: https://bit.ly/4dCh09b
Katherine Marsh @katherinemarsh.bsky.social Award-winning, middle-grade author of novels for all kinds of readers from historical and contemporary fiction to fantasy. Journalist by training, reader/writer and introvert by temperament, pet-lover by nature.
Erin Becker @beckererine.bsky.social My debut novel CRUSHING IT (a Junior Library Guild Selection) is out now from Penguin. VCFA grad, marketer by day, kidlit author by night. 🌈 https://linktr.ee/beckererine
Miriam Landis @miriamlandis.bsky.social 📚I wrote Lauren in the Limelight, Girl in Motion, & Girl on Pointe
🩰 Ballet Teacher and former pro ballerina
Deborah Heiligman (she/her) @dheiligman.bsky.social On a social media break to be in my writing head. Please email me if you need to be in touch. Www.DeborahHeiligman.com
GenXKaren @genxkaren.bsky.social Middle age middle class white Karen. Doesn't want to see the manager. Equal rights for everyone. #democracy Healthcare for all. Nerd girl. In man vs. bear, we ARE the bear. She/hers/dude. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ally. 💙🤘
Kira Brennan @kirabrennan.bsky.social 📚Retired Lead Librarian for a K-12 St. Louis area school district. Now I love genealogy, historical research, and my most important job is being MawMaw. 🥰
Jen @jlipovsky.bsky.social Mom ❤️ 👦 👧 ❤️
Library media specialist 📚 💻 
Cory (she/her) 🏳️🌈 @nobleroguelib.bsky.social Mother, wife, daughter, ally, democrat, GenX, geeky nerd, reader, high school librarian, Apple Learning Coach...
https://nobleroguelibrarian.wixsite.com/home
@amma8.bsky.social @amma8.bsky.social It's all about the books- Mom/Gramma, Middle School Librarian and Reading Specialist 
Library Mom @kstur.bsky.social I’m a former science teacher who followed her mom’s footsteps into the world of the school librarian and I haven’t looked back since! I love inspiring middle schoolers to read! 📖❤️😀
Eric J. White @ericjwhite.bsky.social 20 years an archaeologist, 10 years an educator, now an aspiring and hopefully inspiring writer with an interest in social issues and environmental causes.
M. Bains @mbains.bsky.social Canadian Teacher-Librarian
Surrey, BC (K-7)
#sd36tl #sd36learn #TLSky
#SurreySchools #BCTLA
#CanadianSchoolLibraries
Reader-Learner-Teacher 🇨🇦📚
Contact www.mbains.org
Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social Writer, editor, mentor, general word nerd. Terra Electrica - debut MG novel - published July 2024 by Neem Tree Press. antoniamaxwell.com
David Hotler @dhotler.bookcreator.com Motivated by a Cause | Community Manager @ BookCreator.com
| Foodie | 🏳️🌈 LGBTQIA+ ally (he/him) | #a11y | Pervasive Distributor of Smiles | #EduSky
Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social Author: Pride Puppy; Pride Colors; Queer History A-Z; A Hug on the Wind and 30+ more.
Spring 2026: The Book of Jupiter
Spring 2027: Pride Puppy Countdown!
www.robinstevenson.com
https://linktr.ee/pridepuppy
🏳️🌈🍁📚
Karen Jensen, MLS @tltkaren.bsky.social Blog TeenLibrarianToolbox.com
Librarian: Teen/YA/Youth
Swiftie (of the senior variety)
Against Book Banning
Wife, Mom, No Domestic Skills or Ambitions
Did I mention Librarian?
Lish McBride @lishmcbride.bsky.social Writer, former indie bookseller and cursed object that may or may not be three raccoons in a trench coat. (She/her)
https://linktr.ee/lishmcbride
Sara Ryan @ryansara.bsky.social Queer author of books & comics for teens & others. They/them. Authors Against Book Bans member. VCFA WCYA faculty. Represented by Michael Bourret. Not here much. 
Marie Lamba @marielamba.bsky.social Author of A DAY SO GRAY (Clarion), GREEN GREEN (FSG), DRAWN, OVER MY HEAD, WHAT I MEANT... Senior Lit Agent at The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency. Opinions my own. 
John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social Author (The Fault in Our Stars, The Anthropocene Reviewed, etc.)
YouTuber (vlogbrothers, Crash Course, etc.)
Football Fan (co-owner of AFC Wimbledon, longtime Liverpool fan)
Opposed to Tuberculosis
Stephanie Kuehnert @stephaniekuehnert.bsky.social Writer, zinester, feminist, mom
Cynthia Leitich Smith (Native Books for Young Readers & More) @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social children's-YA author, Heartdrum imprint curator, little free library steward, dog mom
Barnes & Noble @barnesandnoble.com 📚Book lover & whatnot📚
BarnesandNoble.com
Elana K. Arnold @elanakarnold.bsky.social Writer, Human, Author, Friend.
Molly Beth Griffin @mbgriffinbooks.bsky.social Author, parent, dish washer, laundry folder, walk taker. I also wait for the mail.
📚: JUST US, TEN BEAUTIFUL THINGS, THE BIG LEAF LEAP, RHODA’S ROCK HUNT, plus early readers, YA, & poetry. Hamline MFAC, Loft Literary Center, Picture Book Salon.
Pete Hautman @petehaut.bsky.social Author of Many Novels. http://www.petehautman.com
Stephen Shaskan @sshaskan.bsky.social Creator of the best-selling graphic chapter book series PIZZA AND TACO.
Martha Brockenbrough @marthabee.bsky.social Out this year: FUTURE TENSE: How We Made Artificial Intelligence—and How It Will Change Everything and FRANK AND THE BIG MISTAKE. http://marthabrockenbrough.com
Debbie Reese/P'oesay P'oekwîn @debreese.bsky.social Tribally Enrolled: Nanbé Owingeh
Founder: American Indians in Children's Literature
Education for All @education4all.bsky.social Education for All is a collaborative working to provide resources to those in higher education wanting to resist anti-DEI, anti-democratic legislation.
Charlesbridge Publishing @charlesbridge.bsky.social We make high-quality children's books that inspire lifelong reading & learning. Discover new voices, visions, & directions in children's books with us
Laura Given @liblaura5.bsky.social K-8 Library Media Specialist, collector of hobbies and the number 5 — MYRA Star of the North Picture Book Award Selection Chair myrahome.org — she/her
Banner Art Credit: Amy Rice Art
Heidi Long @trtlpwr.bsky.social GenX school librarian, former elementary teacher. Embodying librarian cliches: glasses, cardigans, cats, coffee. Mostly indoorsy. Favorite animals: manatees, hedgehogs, axolotls. 
LiveOakMedia @liveoakmedia.bsky.social Multi-award winning producers of high quality audiobook editions of children's picture book readalongs, in English and Spanish editions, and middle grade literature https://www.liveoakmedia.com 
Read Your World @readyourworld.bsky.social Read Your World is a non-profit whose mission is to raise awareness about children’s books that celebrate diversity and to get more of these books into the hands of readers.
https://linktr.ee/ReadYourWorld
Deb Zapata @debbiezapata.bsky.social Children's book author. UP AND ADAM (2022, Kids Can Press), ABUELA'S LETTER (2024, Magination Press) & ISABEL'S BIRTHDAY SURPRISE (2025, Magination Press). Baker. Tea Lover. Knitter. #12x12 #SCBWI
Anne Link @salukianne.bsky.social K-5 Librarian and K-12 District Coordinator for WGSD, Missouri; Doing the work to fight for the Freedom to Read! 
Dana Alison Levy (she/her) @danaalisonlevy.bsky.social Writer of books, rouser of rabble.
50% books, 50% cats, 50% political rants, 0% math. I swear more than you might expect.
YA/MG author repped by Marietta Zacker @ Gallt & Zacker. www.danaalisonlevy.com
https://linktr.ee/danaalisonlevy
Amy Fitzgerald @amyarielfitz.bsky.social Sr. Editorial Director for Carolrhoda Books/Lab and Zest Books at Lerner Publishing Group. Scribbler, scone enthusiast, history nerd, owner of multiple unmatched mittens. Opinions my own. She/her.
Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social Fiercely independent bookstore in Cambridge and Boston, MA
https://linktr.ee/portersqbooks
Wild Rumpus Books @wildrumpusbooktore.bsky.social For young readers and the young at heart. We're the independent children's and young adult bookstore with a little purple door. Posts mostly by Rumpian Timothy.
Est. 1992
Minneapolis, MN, USA
https://linktr.ee/wildrumpus
The Curious Cat Bookshop @curiouscatbookshop.bsky.social 📚 Indie bookstore in Winsted, CT
🐈 Fostering through Sophia L'Orange Kitten Rescue
📖 Curation, expertise & a place to meet bookish friends
👩 Woman-owned
curiouscatbookshop.com
Ann Braden (she/her) @annbraden.bsky.social MG author of THE BENEFITS OF BEING AN OCTOPUS, FLIGHT OF THE PUFFIN, OPINIONS & OPOSSUMS.... just released: INTO THE RAPIDS
Former middle school teacher.
Southern Vermont.
Rep'd by Tricia Lawrence
https://linktr.ee/annbraden
Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social "Kyle Lukoff? Isn't he, like, the trans Maurice Sendak?"
"No, Maurice Sendak is the cis Kyle Lukoff."
Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social My new special Night Thoughts is out NOW on Hulu.
linktr.ee/kumailnanjiani