Kate @mysterymachine01.bsky.social Vegan for the animals. Fan of dogs, Shakespeare, Milton, post punk, democracy, & pee-your-pants laughter.
Whimsyverse (Christopher Graeme / Chris Winchester) @whimsyverse.bsky.social 🌻i write wurdz&muzic
AND i'M IN A MOVIE, GUYZ!
🎬🎈POP🎈🎬
& i burble into micz & indoctrinate kidz
He/Him/Cap'n/Etc.
DID i MENTION i'M IN A MOVIE?
🎬🎈POP🎈🎬
The Last Moonicorn, a poetical tale
of Martians, dark whimsy, and pies!
Launching eventually...
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.
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.
Megan E. Freeman @meganefreeman.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Author. Poet. Wildflower enthusiast. Novels ALONE and AWAY available from Simon & Schuster. Rep’d by East West Literary. I love connecting with readers and educators for school author visits. linktr.ee/meganefreeman
SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social Dedicated to developing experiences where SCBWI members can grow in their craft, expand their network, and build their writing and illustration goals.
philgoodbooks @philgoodbooks.bsky.social Author of speculative fiction and adventure novels for Middle Grade and Young Adult audiences. My books and stories are all about taking an idea and then pushing it far beyond the bounds of our own reality.
Lisa Metzgar @lisametzgarauthor.bsky.social Author of literary fiction who always flinches (and tears up) while taking hard, unflinching looks at all of our grief and beauty and hope. Also a blogger at https://substack.com/@lisametzgarauthor. Trying to stay out of all the echo chambers. 
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.
Rob O'Bonobo @robobonoboco.bsky.social Creator - Communicator - Committed - Cultured - Credible
NOCO Local - Available for parties.
"Ethos, oh yeah! I have a ton of it. A ton."
https://theplayset.substack.com/
Charline Yutmeyer @charlineyutmeyer.bsky.social #PB and #MG Writer, Educator, #PBParty Finalist 2025, #50PreciousWords Finalist 2024/2025, #PBRisingStars Honorable Mention 2024/2025, #SpringFling Finalist 2025 #Halloweensie Finalist 2025 www.charlineyutmeyer.com #Kidlit #12X12PB #SCBWI #amquerying
Matt Page @dagmatt.bsky.social Punk rock. Books. Comics. Movies. Gardening. Maker shit. Gratitude and napalm. SoCal to NoCo. I like tacos.
Kathy Wilson @kmwilsonpendragon.bsky.social Animal portrait artist and children’s book illustrator. Animal advocate. Dog mom.
Colorado Springs, CO
Lauren H. Kerstein @laurenkerstein.bsky.social Author. Therapist. Ghost Writer. Developmental Editor.
#12x12PB #EastWestLit #SCBWI #kidlit #ReVISIONweek
www.LaurenKerstein.net
Michelle Schaub @schaubwrites.bsky.social Author, poet, teacher. A PLACE FOR RAIN (Norton Young Readers), LEAFY LANDMARKS (Sleeping Bear Press); poetry ideas for educators: http://poetryboost.com; repped by @ljamstutz.bsky.social @stormliterary.bsky.social www.michelleschaub.com
Deborah Paquette @deborahpaquette.bsky.social Picture-book author/illustrator. #SCBWI Canada West Co-ARA.
deborahpaquette@shaw.ca
deborahpaquette.com
Connie Bergstein Dow @movingislearning.com Dancer, Teacher, Author:
Free Spirit Publishing, Redleaf Press, Young Dragons Press, #Highlights #Cricket Babybug, Journal of Dance Education, Young Children, Early Childhood News
#SCBWI #AuthorsGuild, #NDEO, #NAEYC, Colorado Authors League
Roxanne Troup @roxannetroup.bsky.social Children's Author | Ghostwriter of #picturebooks and #nonfiction #kidlit https://roxannetroup.com
My Books:
MY GRANDPA, MY TREE, AND ME (2023)
REACHING FOR THE STARS (2024)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA! (2026)
LIKE WE USED TO (2027)
Laura Perdew @lmperdew.bsky.social Author, educator, presenter, author coach. Writing books for kids to fuel imagination, wonder, understanding, and action.
@scbwirockymtn #kidlit #SCBWI
www.lauraperdew.com
Oak Tree Comics @oaktreecomics.bsky.social An independent children’s book publisher 📚
Where imagination meets environmentalism🌍
Based out of Los Angeles ☀️
Founded by author Josh Oaktree 🌳
www.oaktreecomics.com/link-tree- M Maureen Murphy Houser @momrfho.bsky.social Author Illustrator
Saki Tanaka @sakitales.bsky.social Author and illustrator excavating magic ✨
BETWEEN WORDS, @scholasticinc Summer ‘24
Represented by Wernick & Pratt
www.sakitales.com
Danny Schnitzlein @dschnitz.bsky.social Award-winning Children's Author of:
The Monster Who Ate My Peas
The Monster Who Did My Math
Trick or Treat on Monster Street
Gnu and Shrew (an NSTA Best STEM Book)
Fan of art, science, jazz, dogs, movies, books, kindness and democracy. Resist fascism!
Author KarenLee B @karenlee-wyo.bsky.social Children's Author
#kidlit, picture books, 12x12 member, SCBWI member, Wyoming
Christian
Paul K. Smith @paulksmith.bsky.social #Financier of US Startups; & JVs in Asia #Physicist #Author: Strategy. #Playwright: 26 Recent NY Shows (Sarah's Rapture, Pablo's Kisses, Women of Paris, Badass Women, City Suite, Day of Promise, Ritual Cleansing, Rebooting Life, Break-Up, Twilight of Joy..
Catherine Hapka @catherinehapka.bsky.social Still out here writing for kids and YA
rep: Katherine Latshaw at Folio Literary Management
Horse enthusiast, cat magnet, music fan, night owl, swing state voter, lazy gardener
She/her
catherinehapka.com 
Carissa Mina @carissaminawriter.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Artist. Word Witch. #SCBWI Member. Once upon a time owner of The Wandering Jellyfish Bookshop. Books are breath. Stories are life. Words are magic. Love wins 💕 #kidlit #kidlitart #easternup
Salem Katz Quinn @salemkq.bsky.social Tired, tattooed, and trying my best
@traicartwright.bsky.social @traicartwright.bsky.social 
Ambeur @catnapgrrl.bsky.social 
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
Lisa Jahn-Clough @jahnclough.bsky.social Author, Artist, Academic, Atheist. Loves dogs. Lives by the sea. Part of the #Resistance.
Latest chapterbook: “Kids Of Cattywampus Street”
#Resist #ProDemocracy #ProScience #ProChoice #ProEducation #LGBTQ+ #Art #Kidlit #Booksky #RighttoRead
Kidlit For Los Angeles @kidlitforla.bsky.social Auction by the #kidlit community to raise funds for Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts. Bidding: Jan 20th (9am PST) - Jan 28th (8pm PST).
Amazing items up for bid: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles
Bear logo by Sydney Hanson IG: @sydwiki
tamrakat @tamrakat.bsky.social No DMs =🚫
Agnostic
Poet
#Science is real
#Vaccines save lives
#Truth matters
#Expertise matters
#LGBTQ #ally 🌈
#BLM
#Democracy
#BlueCrew
#Resist
#goodtrouble
Gaga not M___
Woke AF
💙💙💙
And just like that, the caterpillars turned into butterflies! 🦋 🦋 🦋
Cathy Morrison Illustrates @cathyillustrates.bsky.social Kidlit illustrator passionate about nature, science and the environment. Check out my blog for recent work and more information - https://cathymorrison.blogspot.com
https://linktr.ee/CathyMorrisonIllustrates
Amara Gardner Art @blackberryjamara.bsky.social Illustrator, painter, thru hiker. in SC
www.amaragardnerart.com
IG: @amara.gardner.art
Alice Feagan @alicefeagan.bsky.social Children's book author & illustrator
🪺 THE COLLECTORS (Kids Can May '21)
🏄🏽♀️ THE LOST BOARD (Viking Summer '26)
Rep'd by The Literary Longs @ Tugeau 2
SCBWI Member
Edwards, Colorado
Leni Checkas @lcheckas.bsky.social I am not a bot, not matter how monotone I sound.
Ingrid Law @ingridlaw.bsky.social New York Times Bestselling Author. Newbery Honoree. Artist. Illustrator. Poet. Bookseller at Barbed Wire Books. Represented by Daniel Lazar at Writers House. www.ingridlaw.com
@jjrobbins.bsky.social @jjrobbins.bsky.social 
Emily Calimlim @limlimillus.bsky.social Picture Book illustrator. Loves birds, birding, and nature. Self appointed naturalist. 🦜 Can tell you random facts on birds. Want to go hiking?
Website: limlimillustration.com
Lillie W. @lilliewart.bsky.social Illustrator from Colorado
Indefinite hiatus
Psychology student
Lover of all things cute and whimsical
Website: www.lilliewart.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lilliew.art?igsh=eWFncjd4cXR3dW5m&utm_source=qr
Leigh Gaddy, Author @leighgaddy.bsky.social Pre-published author of middle grade fantasy, Co-ARA of RMC SCBWI, bookworm, art lover, foodie 📚 leighgaddy.com
Bianca Schulze: The Children's Book Review @tcbrbookreview.bsky.social Founder of The Children's Book Review. Reader-writer-reviewer!
Bestselling author of 101 Books to Read Before You Grow Up, Don't Wake the Dragon, and more. Sharing reviews, book lists, interviews with authors and illustrators, and tips for raising readers.
Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social Truth-Teller | Independent Journalist and Legal Analyst | Trial Lawyer | @katiephang on Substack, Instagram, Threads, & TikTok
https://linktr.ee/katiephang?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
“Though She Be But Little, She Is Fierce”
M. T. Anderson @mt-anderson.bsky.social Author for kids and adults. Always pacing counterclockwise into the past. 
Amy Law @amylawscigeek.bsky.social Science geek, dog person, nature lover, non-fiction writer. Citizen scientist. Half of a pet therapy team.
Unless noted or reposted, all photographs are my own.
CC BY-NC 4.0 ATTRIBUTION-NONCOMMERCIAL 4.0 INTERNATIONAL
Cynthia Wyszynski @wyszguy70.bsky.social she/her #kidlit #author #writingcommunity
Ali DeMoro @alidemoro.bsky.social Children's Author
THE JEALOUS LITTLE MUNCHKIN
2026 Purple Dragonfly Book Award honoree🏅
alidemoro.com
Grab my FREE 2026 Picture Book Guide 👇
https://preview.mailerlite.io/forms/2610207/198342432656459512/share
Ko-mic @ko-mic.com Hello everyone! I’m building a web app for comic publishing. What would you like it to have? Publish and sell your comics or episodes however you want. More updates coming soon.
https://ko-mic.com
🚫 IA
Carrie Classon @carrieclasson.bsky.social Carrie Classon is a nationally syndicated columnist, writer, and performer who champions the idea that it is never too late to reinvent oneself in unexpected and fulfilling ways. Her debut novel, Loon Point, will be released by Lake Union in February 2026.
Anne O'Brien Carelli - kidlit author @aobriencarelli.bsky.social Children's book author www.anneobriencarelli.com
Rachelle Jervis @rachellejervis.bsky.social my WantMyBabyBack grief blog at https://www.wantmybabyback.com https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtlV5z8_vt9VzMJHZ9lohtdCIdXClX0i3 | DMs not read. | "Nonconformity is the highest evolutionary attainment of social animals." - Professor Aldo Leopold
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
Sarah Reichert (S.E. Reichert) @sereichertauthor.bsky.social Writer, poet, mom. Director of Writing Heights Writing Association. Writing coach, author of The Sweet Valley Series, The Southtown Harbor Series, and several more in process. Hiker, humanitarian, feminist.
Beth Anderson @bandersonwriter.bsky.social Former educator writing for children 😃
bethandersonwriter.com #SCBWI #RedFoxLiterary
1/28/25: HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: KATE WARNE AND THE RACE TO SAVE ABRAHAM LINCOLN 🚂
@ejgwrites.bsky.social @ejgwrites.bsky.social #Kitlit, #JaneAusten, Adult Fiction, writer, ejgwrites.blogspot.com, #SCBWI, JASNA member, The Historical Novel Society member
Aaron Theis @aarontheis.bsky.social Archaeologist/Historian/DJ/Producer/Scrivner
Tomi Rues @tomirues.bsky.social Writer, Educator, Reading Advocate
www.tomirues.com
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
Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social 👨🎓Professor, 📚author of 100 books on drwho💫starwars✨outlander #sfwa🚀 #scbwi #kidlit Cali https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004KMCLQK pitch me on #academic #Jewish #sff https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/jewish-science-fiction-and-fantasy/
Ramya G Spaulding @rgspaulding.bsky.social Author/illustrator looking for representation #12x12 #PB #MG #engineer #STEAM #scbwi #2021PBParty Finalist, #2025PBParty HM, #2025PBRisingStar HM. Will not engage in DMs from unknown people.
www.rgspaulding.com
Laura Resau @lauraresau.bsky.social Author of The Alchemy of Flowers (July 29 2025 with Harper Muse, adult book club fiction) and 11 books for kids/teens. Colorado. Loves nature, travel, tiny homes, tea, vintage trailers. Rep'd by Kim Lionetti and Erin Murphy. https://linktr.ee/Lauraresau 
Amy Ellerman @amyellerman.bsky.social Writer, teacher, instructional coach. Co-RA for the Rocky Mountain Chapter of SCBWI. MFA from VCFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults. 
Pedro Iniguez @pedroiniguez.bsky.social Bram Stoker, Elgin, and Dwarf Stars Award-winning Horror/SF writer. Rhysling finalist, Pushcart nominee.
THE BUILD-A-MONSTER WORKSHOP (Out Now!)
ECHOES AND EMBERS (Out Now!)
THE FIB (Out Now!)
Repped by Peter Steinberg, UTA
www.pedroiniguez.com
Matt Mitchell @mattmitchellart.bsky.social Artist, working in stone
gustavineo @gupir.es Comunista;
Neurodivergente;
Nintendista não praticante.
Para mais informações acesse gupir.es
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
Rowan Brighton Brown @rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social ⋆Queer Southern Novelist 🌿
⋆WHITE TRASH WITCHCRAFT (HH Fall, 2027)
⋆Rep: @keiralekseii.bsky.social at Azantian
⋆✒️WTMP & 🩵 SmoochPit Mentor
https://linktr.ee/RowanBrightonBrown
Dorothy Pensky @dorothypensky.bsky.social I’m a YA writer and retired librarian. #VCFA WCYA grad and #librarian. I enjoy nature and playing classical guitar. I’m #AuHD and #bipolar.
Colorado Teen Literature Conference @coteenlitcon.bsky.social We're an annual lit conference geared towards teens and teen adjacent grown ups! Our mission is to build a community of teens, readers, writers, authors, and literacy advocates. Thank you for making our 38th con such a success, and we'll see you next year!
Kate&Nate @kateandnate.bsky.social Kate: runner/reader/RA sufferer/too talkative/dyslexic
Nate: author of Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds
Both: kidlit team repped by Sarah Fisk
(CONFESSIONS OF A MANGO, 4/14/26 Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
https://kateandnatebooks.com
Tiffany Painter @tiffanypainter.bsky.social MG author, SCBWI, Haiku writer, dog walker, cat lover, storyteller, Paints With Words, former teacher
tiffanypainter.com
Jo Renfro - Peg’s Egg coming in February 2026 @jorenfro.bsky.social Author and Illustrator of PEG’S EGG, PEG GETS CRACKIN’ and PEG GETS PLUCKY. Available now! Mom, grandma, animal and outdoor lover.
Rep’d by @swekstein.sky.social
Website www.jorenfro.com
Arpita Choudhury @fernspikeart.bsky.social She/ Her
Lapsed marine biologist turned illustrator.
Looking for representation.
SCBWI Member Western PA.
Interested in PB, CB, ER, MG, BC, NF, puzzles, and kids games.
https://www.fernspikeart.com/moreinfo
Melissa Taylor @imaginationsoup.bsky.social Writer, communications/marketing consultant, fmr teacher & teacher trainer, author. M.Ed. TOVA’S SWEET SOLUTION (4/2026), https://melissataylor.net https://imaginationsoup.net
Anya @greenrainart.bsky.social Author-illustrator of children’s books
She/her
#kidlitart
Anyakopotilova.com
Rep’d by Eve Adler at Red Fox Literary
Cara: https://cara.app/greenrainart
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
https://brennajeanneret.com/index.html
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
Kerrie Faye, Author of Dead Girl @kerriefayebooks.bsky.social Author, Wife, Mom ✝️🐶🏈🏔️✈️🏝️🍷
🚨DEAD GIRL, YA Speculative Thriller AVAILABLE NOW! 🚨
https://linktr.ee/kerriefayebooks
2025 Colorado Authors’ League Finalist
2025 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Finalist
2024 RMC SCBWI Golden Pen Finalist
Laura Roettiger @ljrwritenow.bsky.social KidLit Author, Photographer, Educator
2 trad pub #PB #STEM + #Kindness
Here to connect with #Teachers, #Librarians, #Kidlit #Edusky
https://lauraroettigerbooks.com/
@picturebookgold.bsky.social 🚫DM
#HaikuSaturday #WordlessWednesday
Megan Troup @megantroup.bsky.social MG & YA Writer; Mom of Teens; Hiker/Explorer; Highlights Scholarship Recipient; RMC SCBWI Golden Pen Award Finalist; WM Novel-In-Development Reader’s Favorite; https://megantroupbooks.com
Fleur Bradley Visscher @fleurbradley.bsky.social Probably off on a Colorado hike somewhere. Author of Get a Clue & MG mysteries Midnight at the Barclay Hotel & Daybreak on Raven Island (Viking), Double Vision trilogy (Harper). MWA, SinC, SCBWI member.
Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social #1 NYT Bestseller of many things. Writes novels. Funny ha ha or funny strange. Likes things that go. https://maggiestiefvater.com/links-links-links/
franz @franzanth.bsky.social i draw bugs and stuff. please ask before using my images.
he/him 🏳️🌈🇮🇩
contact: franzanth at gmail
portfolio: franzanth.com
Hashtags: #Art #SciArt #Gardening
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
Violet Outburst @violetoutburst.bsky.social Singer for fun!
Violet Outburst on Spotify 🎵
Beyond the Mark Free on Kindle Unlimited✍️
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Vf4w9Ze38rLniADBEGKSp
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
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
Laura SB @lsblack.bsky.social Poet and former technical writer, currently writing YA historical novel.
Julie Hoffman, EdD @hoffiecup.bsky.social She/her Educator. Reader. Writer. Poet. Researcher. Vegan. Abolitionist. Radical listener. NCTE. NAACP. Illinois Reading Council. Shattering barriers. Building bridges.
Actually, it’s Dr. Hoffman.
Christine Letizia @letiziawrites.bsky.social MG & YA writer; Mom of 4; Acupuncturist
Rep: @mohughes22.bsky.social
Wickedness & Wonder anthology (Wild Ink Pub '25)
Winner Kidlit Chuckle Challenge '24
HM Kids Choice Kidlit Writing Contest '24
Website: www.christineletizia.com
R. Ch. Garcia [he/us/All] @rudychg.bsky.social Chicano fantasy author of kids and YA stories. forcibly retired bilingual elem. teacher, gardener, woodworker, husband, abuelo, dog-cat-birds sitter, bourbon-craftbeer fan