Barbara Henderson (new WIP 6831) @scattyscribbler.bsky.social Author. Scottish historical fiction and eco- adventures for kids. 2x Young Quills Winner. 🎭 Teacher, ✝️, 🏴 🇩🇪, Highlands.
www.barbarahenderson.co.uk
Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social Launched in 1980, we review hundreds of new children’s books each year and publish articles on every aspect of writing for children. Explore new issues and our 40 year archive for free on our website www.booksforkeeps.co.uk
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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #1 UK children's booklisting website according to Ubersuggest. We recommend children’s and YA books to teachers, parents, librarians and schools. Free resources, free reviews and no paywall. #GoAllIn
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Lisa J Allen @lisajallen.bsky.social Children's author. UNDERCOVER ANGEL books 1 and 2 out NOW for ages 9-12!! https://amzn.to/3QmPi6q & https://amzn.to/3NreKcM with Tiny Tree!!! www.lisajallen.com
Clare Helen Welsh @clarehelenwelsh.bsky.social Former teacher, children's author, writing tutor and founder of #BooksThatHelp
Elizabeth Wein @ewein2412.bsky.social author of Code Name Verity and major procrastinator
Nikki Sheehan @nikkisheehan.bsky.social Author and creative writing mentor. RLF fellow. Screenwriter. Agent: Julia Churchill. Dark and stormy.
Joshua Seigal - 'YAPPING AWAY' out now! @joshuaseigal.bsky.social Poet/Performer/Author. Winner - People’s Book Prize & Laugh Out Loud Award (twice). Books by Bloomsbury, HarperCollins etc. MA Writing & Education. Loves lemurs. Website: www.joshuaseigal.co.uk
Holly Ryan Children’s Author @hollyryanauthor.bsky.social Friendly 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️children’s author of picture books. Mama of boys and lover of cheese and pickled eggs. Come say hi 😊❤️
littletigerpress rocketbirdbooks harpercollins busterbooks hachette puffin
www.hollyryanchildrensauthor.co.uk
Michelle Robinson @micherobinson.bsky.social Picture book author. Books include
How To Wash a Woolly Mammoth 🦣
Ten Fat Sausages 🌭
Goodnight Tractor 🚜
Brit in Canada. She/her. www.michellerobinson.co.uk
Emma Read she/her @emmaread.bsky.social Children’s author-The Housetrap & the Milton Series (Chicken House) | editor at EmDashED | WriteMentor | socially awkward weirdo science nerd
Sam Pope @sampopewriter.bsky.social Writer of gothic, ghostly tales. Polar history buff and devotee of Eleanor Anne Porden. Find out more at www.sampopewriter.com and www.eleanorporden.com
Emma Perry @emmaperry.bsky.social ▪️ Children's author writing stories & poems filled with giggles & warmth.
▪️Teacher
▪️Shortlisted for Sheffield Children's Book Award 2023
▪️www.emmaperryauthor.com she/her
H S Norup @hsnorup.bsky.social Children’s author of
💚🧚 THE CHANGELING CHILD
💙🧚 INTO THE FAERIE HILL
🥢👻 THE HUNGRY GHOST
❄️⛷️ THE MISSING BARBEGAZI
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www.hsnorup.com
Eva Wong Nava @evawongnava.bsky.social Author| Editor| Sensitivity Reader| Art Historian 
Brian Moses @brianmosespoet.bsky.social Writer, children's poet, anthologist, percussionist.
website www. brianmoses.co.uk
Blog for teachers/children brian-moses.blogspot.com
Karen McCombie @karenmccombie.bsky.social Children's Author.
Somewhat Scottish, London based, owned by a Westie, crisp fan, she/her.
Oh, and "one of children’s fiction’s most accomplished authors"
according to @Waterstones.
Agent: jhare@theagency.co.uk / Events: @AuthorsAloudUK
Michael Mann @mikemannwrites.bsky.social Award winning author, teacher, 🌈 dad, half-Indian, he/him. East Sussex & Salford Children's Book Award 🏆 Rep:@StephT2000 Order: http://linktr.ee/mikebmann
Nat Luurtsema @natluurtsema.bsky.social Writer and director of horror and comedy. Author - THE OVERTHINKERS' CLUB out in 2025. Cold water swimmer and doesn't she bloody go on about it...
https://theagency.co.uk/the-clients/nat-luurtsema/
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2277408/?ref_=tt_ov_wr_1
Susannah Lloyd @susannahlloyd.bsky.social Children's author of mid-grade fiction & picture books. Badgers Are Go, Who Ate Steve, Here Be Giants, Oh Monty, Here Be Dragons, This Book Can Read Your Mind & The Terribly Friendly Fox. Represented by the Catchpole Agency. www.susannahlloyd.com
Penny Joelson @pennyjoelson.bsky.social Award winning Author of YA thrillers, protagonists have disabilities/health issues. @EMTeenFiction @SourcebooksFire. Rep by @AnneClarkLit
Tutor @citylit
Catherine Jacob @catherinejacob.bsky.social Hi! I write children’s books like Doctor Fairytale, Betsy Buglove Saves the Bees and the Puppy Club series. Books, education, nature, kids and happy stuff for me! 
Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social Author of crime for kids.
#KidnapatMidnight a Malory Towers Mystery out in September with Hachette
West Country UK
- she/her.
#kidlituk
@AgentKateShaw.bsky.social
Claire Hatcher-Smith @clairehatchersmith.bsky.social MG Author/Speech Therapist
The Mizzy Mysteries
(Feb 2025 @farshorebooks Aug 2025 @tundrabooks)
Rep'd by Chloe Seager @ Madeleine Milburn
#neurodivergent #downsyndromeally
A.F. Harrold @afharrold.com Poet, performer, children's author.
The Imaginary, The Worlds We Leave Behind, Fizzlebert Stump, Greta Zargo and others.
www.afharroldkids.com
Alice Harman @aliceharman.bsky.social Author of 50 children's non-fiction books and counting! 📕💕 Rep’d by Lydia Silver at The Soho Agency. Website: aliceharman.com Not really active here – find me on Substack: aliceharman.substack.com 👋 She/her
Rachel Hamilton @rachelhamilton.bsky.social Lecturer at Bath Spa Uni and sometimes Uni of Lincoln (I like train travel), freelance editor and copywriter, author of books about fame-hungry unicorns and exploding toilets, and now PhD researcher into the intersection of AI, comedy and literature. Busy
Sarah Hagger-Holt @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social Award-winning children's author and freelance writer/editor. School visits. Empathy Lab trained. She/her. www.sarahhaggerholt.com
Charlotte Guillain @cguillain.bsky.social Children's author (picture books and non-fiction)
www.adamandcharlotteguillain.co.uk
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Adam Guillain @adamguillain.bsky.social Children's writer and musician @ Guillain & Guillain LTD and Creative Director at Dewie, an Edtech solution supporting parents, carers and all professionals working with pre-school children. Represented by Penny Holroyde
Sara Grant @authorsaragrant.bsky.social In June 2025, Bloomsbury will publish The Ultimate Guide to Editing Your Novel: A revolutionary approach to transform your writing. An editorial process I developed over my many years as an editor, author, university lecturer and mentor.
Louise Gooding @louisegooding.bsky.social Neurodivergent Kidlit writer fuelled by coffee and sugar, and F/T youth worker at Break Charity 🙌.
Also, the very recently made captain of Dragon’s Fury, the women’s buhurt team in Norwich😅
She/her. Rep’d by Creative Roots
Lindsay Galvin @lindsaygalvin.bsky.social Author 🐙🐉🚢 MG historical adventures: @chickenhsebooks chapter books: @bigcatreading
and more!
Rep: @litagentclare
She/her
Jo Franklin @jofranklinbooks.bsky.social MG and series children’s author looking for rep and/or ghost work. Writing tutor and mentor. 🐕🦺🐈🐈⬛She/her
Claire Fayers @clairefayers.bsky.social Children's author. Fantasy and Welsh folklore. Hobbies include boardgames, piano, gardening and cooking. Owned by two cats. She/her. 📚🐱🐱
Alex English @alexenglishauthor.bsky.social Author, screenwriter
Catherine Emmett Author @catherineemmett.bsky.social Geordie in Essex. Children’s Author.'The Pet' Oscar’s shortlisted - Winner Coventry Book Award. 'King of the Swamp' Winner BASH'22. @MandySuhrAgent @WriteMentor Rhyming PB Course Lead.
Justyn Edwards @justynedwards.bsky.social Author of the GREAT FOX series. Capable of typing and making things up simultaneously.
Agent: morgangreencreatives.com
Me: justynedwards.com
Ian Eagleton @ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social He/him
Children’s author, dad, former teacher of 13 years 🏳️🌈
Contact: ian@thereadingrealm.co.uk
Agent: Neil Dunnicliffe at Spring Literary
Elys Dolan @elysdolan.bsky.social Illustrator, author and all round good egg. Lecturer on the MA Children’s Book Illustration, Cambridge School of Art. 
Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social Childish writer. 🇬🇧 + 🇦🇺. Carnegie-nominated.
Rep: @agentalicewilliams.bsky.social
My type on paper
YA: Splinters 🪞 Electric Life ⚡
MG: Last Hope Highway, Day of the Whale, Mort the Meek, Animal Rescue
School talks / workshops KS1-KS3
www.racheldelahaye.com
Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social Author of the Carnegie nominated THE SOUP MOVEMENT and the LENNY LEMMON series. And other stuff. Remember to breathe.
https://linktr.ee/bendavisauthor
Alex Cotter @alexcotter.bsky.social Writer, editor, procastinator
ICE DANCER out 2025 with Nosy Crow⛸
Associate Lecturer in Creative Writing for Young People
Editor at Golden Egg Academy
Agent: Kate Shaw
Jen Carney @jencarney.bsky.social Author-illustrator based in UK.
Marie Basting Author @mariebasting.bsky.social 🚴BMX and Ancient Rome📜
Children's author #PrincessBMX #MyFamilyandOtherRomans #AuntieMedusaAndMe @chickenhsebooks
Fab school visits
Rep The Shaw Agency
she/her
www.mariebasting.com
Samantha Baines @samanthabaines.bsky.social Funny Actress | Bestselling Author | Broadcaster 📚buy my book: Living with Hearing Loss & deafness 📚 🦻ambassador RNID ambassador 🧏♀️ posts: Sam & team
Tina Athaide @tinaathaide.bsky.social
📚Writer of diverse books for children and teens
📢Tips for teachers, homeschooling parents, librarians
https://t.co/vGiCwM6m4E
Catherine Barr @catherinebarrbooks.bsky.social Writing to inspire curiosity, conversation and care for the natural world. 35+ nonfiction picture books including latest The Story of Dinosaurs and award-winning Fourteen Wolves: a rewilding story. 
Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social Children's author rep'd by Caroline Wakeman. Mostly on Instagram as @loutreleaven.
Sarah Merrett 🫧A Place of a Thousand Wishes @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social Writer. A Place of a Thousand Wishes and The Others published by Everything With Words.
Instagram: sarahmerrett1
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https://linktr.ee/sarahmerrett
Camilla Chester @camcauthor.bsky.social Dog walking Children’s Writer and author of Call Me Lion. #KidLitUK she/her
Lindsay Littleson @lindsaylittleson.bsky.social Kelpies Prize winner, Carnegie nominated children's author @DiscoverKelpies @CranachanBooks
#SCBWI she/her
Neal Zetter @nealzetterpoet.bsky.social Award-winning performance poet, author, educator, entertainer and superhero. I work with all ages visiting schools, libraries etc, in-person and virtually. Latest poetry books: 'Chicken in the Kitchen' and 'Small Poems for Big Imaginations'.
Emma Reynolds @emmaillustrate.bsky.social Children's book author-illustrator #kidlit
MG Graphic Novel #DrawnToChangeTheWorld Picture book #AmaraAndTheBats 🦇📚🏳️🌈♾ AuDHD
Loves #Bats .She/Her. Rep'd by Thao Le
Website: emmareynoldsillustration.com
Links: linktree.com/emmaillustrate
Jonathan Emmett @jonathanemmett.com 📚 Children’s author and paper engineer.
🕸️ Website & Blog: jonathanemmett.com
🌱 Green. Humanist. Tabletop gamer.
🇬🇧 Living in Nottingham, UK.
🌍 Dismayed by our generation’s indifference to climate breakdown.
David Barker @dbarker22000.bsky.social Author of cli-fi thrillers, children's adventure books and pantomime scripts. Published by Bloodhound Books, Tiny Tree & Lazy Bee respectively. Tennis, golf, am-dram and surfing when not writing.
https://davidbarkerauthor.co.uk
Saviour Pirotta @saviour.bsky.social Author & playwright based in the UK. Writes historical fiction for kids, myths and legends. Loves cats, Mediterranean cooking, baking, vintage.
Josh Lacey @joshlacey.com Author of children's books: A Dog Called Grk, The Dragonsitter, The Pet Potato, Hope Jones, etc http://joshlacey.com 
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