We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social We Need Diverse Books is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit revolutionizing what we read to create a world where everyone can find themself in the pages of a book.
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HarperKids @harperkids.bsky.social We're here to help parents, teachers, and librarians discover great reads for kids, from picture books to middle grade!
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
Koko @mikekoko.bsky.social Walking on my hands 🤸🏽♂️, diving into kidlit—whether reading or writing 📚, and solving puzzles 🧩.
#PBRisingStar #SCBWI #12x12 #GoldenEggAcademy
New book alert! Teaching Storytelling in Classrooms & Communities
(shorturl.at/1obFR)
Jewel Davis @jeweld.bsky.social Librarian. Professor. KidLit Advocate. 2026 Caldecott Committee Chair. ALAN Past President.
Carrie Kruck @carriekruck.bsky.social Children’s Author 🇨🇦 in 🇺🇸 via 🇦🇺
🔥IGGY WHO BREATHES FIRE (Disney Hyperion)
🌸ALFRED BLOOMS (Random House Studio)
Rep: Ammi-Joan Paquette
My website: carriekruck.com
Joey Spiotto @joebot.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Illustrator/Author/Dad/Nerd - Creator of "Max, a Little Axolotl", "Grumpy Unicorn", "Alien Next Door", "Klingon Next Door" AND MORE!
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Ebony Lynn Mudd (she/her) @ebonylynnmudd.bsky.social PEOPLE Magazine ✨ featured author
🎤 Just Like Tina (PRH • Jan 27th)
🌊Swim Like Them (S&S)
🩰 Junior Takes a Leap (Scholastic)
Now booking school visits for Black History Month ‘26 + beyond.
🌸Website: www.ebonylynnmudd.com
📚PB Courses: www.thepbretreat.com
Karyn Curtis @karyncurtiswrites.bsky.social Middle Grade, Picture Book writer, former editor, horse girl, #MGWaves
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
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12x12, SCBWI, PBSoar, 24CarrotWriting, Boston Author's Club
PB Rising Stars @pbrisingstars.bsky.social We give experienced picture book creators the platform to pull up-and-coming, historically excluded creators up the turbulent publishing ladder.
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Charlotte Wenger @charlottewenger.com she/her | 📚 literary agent with Prospect Agency repping kidlit authors and illustrators | toddler mom | Greater Boston Area | opinions mine
🌻
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www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/charlotte-wenger
Kristin Ostby @kristinostby.bsky.social Literary agent at Salky Literary Management. kristinostby.com
C.L. Geisler @clgslr.bsky.social literary agent, published poet, fiction author, co-host of Flublishing
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Curtis Russell @curtisrussell.bsky.social Founder, President, and Principal Agent at @psliterary.bsky.social. Representing a diverse list of internationally published, award-winning, bestselling & debut creators for over 20 years. 📚
(He/Him)
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@alisonfargis.bsky.social @alisonfargis.bsky.social 
@agentnalini.bsky.social @agentnalini.bsky.social 
Kevan Lyon @kevanlyon.bsky.social Literary agent at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency, book lover, rescue pup mom.
Melanie Figueroa @melaniefigueroa.bsky.social Literary Agent at Root Literary. Association of American Literary Agents member. 📝 MS in Creative Writing & Book Publishing. 📚 Scorpio. ♏️
MSWL: https://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/melaniefigueroa/
Amy Bishop-Wycisk @abwycisk.bsky.social Pronounced why-zick. NYC. Literary agent at Trellis Literary Management. Opinions my own. Cat mom; fast talker; Garamond enthusiast; she/her. SUNY Geneseo alum.
Bethany Jett | open to queries @betjett.bsky.social Literary Agent at MacGregor & Luedeke • AALA • #Milspo • Planner addict • Missing my dad. #cancersucks • Pom-obsessed 🐾
Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social Literary Agent. She/her.
https://bookshop.org/wishlists/d21f08914825aedf5fd1678efb75266d2a412690
Nour Sallam, Literary Agent @nourhasbooks.bsky.social literary agent at Helm Literary, professional cheerleader of books and authors & huge virgina woolf fangirl, amongst other things…
website + publishing blog: noursallam.com
all other links: https://bio.site/noursallam
Tyler Monson @tylerlazer.bsky.social He/Him / Literary agent at Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc. / PhD in American Literature / dog (Violet) and cat (Poppy) dad / Open to queries! 📚
https://www.sll.com/our-team
Melissa Edwards @melissaedwards.bsky.social Literary agent. Lawyer. Slow runner. Fast audiobook listener.
Erica Bauman @ericabauman.bsky.social Agent at ACM, stress baker, cat lady, musical theater superfan, TV watcher, donut obsessed, she/her. All views are my own.
https://linktr.ee/ericabauman
Weaver Literary Agency @weaverliterary.bsky.social Working to create space for voices of diverse backgrounds & perspectives in adult & children’s literature. 🕯
Michelle Hazen / Nika Grace @michellehazen.bsky.social Author | Editor & Writing Coach | SERIAL KILLER WANTED by Nika Grace (Oct 27, 2026) | Kiss & Tell: How to Write Unforgettable Sex Scenes (out now!)
Loves fanfic, trashy teen TV, rock climbing & New Orleans.
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Lynnette Novak, Literary Agent @lynnettenovak.bsky.social Literary agent with The Seymour Agency (she/her)
Maeve MacLysaght loves a little gall on gall @mmmlysaght.bsky.social Literary agent at Aevitas Creative Management ★ MG-Adult graphic novels, Sci-fi, Fantasy, That👏Gay👏Shit👏 ★ She/her ★ OPEN TO QUERIES | IG @mmmlysaght
claire harris | literary agent @clairemharris.bsky.social literary agent at helm literary
website: clairemharris.com
more links: linktr.ee/claire_m_harris
Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong, Lit Agent @charmstrong.bsky.social Literary Agent at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
#WritingCommunity
⭐️ Above all else, be kind and have empathy for others. ⭐️
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julie gourinchas @literaryfey.bsky.social literary agent, speculative & literary adult fiction @ Bell Lomax Moreton. mainly on 📷. cheap wine enthusiast, TTRPG nerd, & Tolkien girlie. nd. views mine. 🚫 query DMs; 🚫 AI.
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Alex Slater @abuckslater.bsky.social Ingram Content Group
Literary Agent
The Weis Agency @theweisagency.bsky.social A premier literary agency and book developer that identifies the literary stars of tomorrow
https://linkin.bio/theweisagency
Renee Fountain @reneefountain.bsky.social President of Gandolfo Helin & Fountain Lit Mgmt. Developmental Editor and Writing Coach.
Larissa Melo Pienkowski is ✨open to queries✨ @lmpnk.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🇧🇷🇵🇱
queer latine literary agent @ Azantian Literary Agency, writer, artist.
mostly inactive here
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Sam B. Farkas @sambfarkas.bsky.social Literary agent + foreign rights at Jill Grinberg Literary Management. Serial hobbyist. Probably drinking tea or wine.
Anjanette Barr @bookbarrista.bsky.social Literary Agent with Dunham Literary, Inc.
Temporarily closed to queries.
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🌎Alaska 💕Books! Tea! Whisky!
Jessica Sinsheimer @jsinsheim.bsky.social Ravenous reader, lazy gourmet, literary agent + cheese-obsessed human. Co-creator of #MSWL, Manuscript Wish List® + http://www.ManuscriptAcademy.com. ☕📚She/her.
Ernie Chiara @erniechiara.com Senior Agent at Fuse Literary ⟡ erniechiara.com ⟡ links.erniechiara.com ⟡ Co-editor & contributor for @starsandsabers.bsky.social Oz anthology ⟡ anti-AI
Ali Herring, literary agent @herringali.bsky.social Senior Literary Agent, Spencerhill Associates. Twin mom+1 📚 Eclectic in life & books. I 💙 Jane Austen & SFF in equal doses. #TeamSpencerhill Ali-ens 👽 rock! My site/MSWL: https://aliherringwrites.wordpress.com & how to query: www.spencerhillassociates.com
Jennifer Chevais // Literary Agent @jchevais.bsky.social Literary Agent at The Rights Factory. She/Her, the Reader of Things. Opinions are mine. Painting is one of my jams: http://jenniferchevais.com. Query me here: http://querymanager.com/query/jchevais
Gabrielle Harbowy, Literary Agent 🌈 @gabrielle-h.bsky.social Writer. Editor. Typo ninja. Ttrpg writer. Award-nominated author/editor. Active member, SFWA & AALA. Joyfully queer & polyam. Disabled. Literary Agent at Corvisiero Literary Agency. She/her. Opinions my own.
John Baker, Literary Agent @jjbker.bsky.social The Small God of Hype, Literary Agent: Likes SFF&H, Welsh Rugby, Indie bands I heard about way later than you. He/Him. Opinions mine.
Anna Olswanger: Literary Agent/Author @annaolswanger.bsky.social Literary agent, Olswanger Literary LLC; posts about her clients, her books, and the music of Berl Olswanger; anna@olswangerliterary.com
Rachel Neely Literary Agent @rachelneely.bsky.social Literary Agent at Mushens Entertainment
Bookseller 2024 Rising Star
Actively growing my list
Main platform: Instagram @rachelneelyagent
Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social 🏠 Founder & Agent at Neighborhood Literary.
📚 Award-winning Author.
👴🏽 Perpetually Tired Dad.
Latest book: With or Without You.
Next: The Adopted Kids’ Guide to Surviving Seventh Grade (Crown, Spring 2027)
🚪 https://www.neighborhoodliterary.com
Roma Panganiban @romapancake.bsky.social Literary agent at Azantian Literary Agency; constantly mortified by the ordeal of being known. Don't buy books from Amazon. she/her
www.romapanganiban.com
Caitlin McDonald @literallycait.bsky.social literary agent at Maass Literary Agency for SFF, YA, & GN • she/her • queer • ADHD • chronic pain • intensely editorial 📚 #BLM #TransRightsAreHumanRights
Hattie Grunewald @hatteatime.bsky.social Literary Agent at The Blair Partnership
Arianna Siddiqui is OPEN to queries @ariannasidd.bsky.social Associate Agent at FinePrint
rep: Penelope Burns at Gelfman Schneider
Andie Smith @andiesmithbooks.bsky.social 📚 Associate Agent at Creative Media Agency
✍🏼 Editor at Sun & Spines Editorial
🎙️ Co-Host of Flublishing Podcast
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Thais Afonso @thaisafonso.bsky.social Associate Literary Agent at Azantian.
https://thaisafonsoliterary.crd.co/
nicole cunningham @nicolecunningham.bsky.social literary agent at trellis literary management 📚
Rebecca Angus (UPDATES ONLY) @bookfairyangus.bsky.social Literary Agent with Howland Literary
Author as Mackenzie Carson rep’d by Weaver Literary
ELA Teacher
Has too many chickens 🐔
🏳️🌈 she/her/they/NB
Kendall Berdinsky @kenberd.bsky.social literary agent, knitter, survivor enthusiast 
Cole Lanahan @colelanahan.bsky.social Literary agent @TheSeymourAgency repping bold voices & unforgettable stories. Publishing pro, nonprofit exec, advocate, speaker. Coffee & dogs fuel my day.
📬 Queries open via QueryManager 1st–7th each month only.
@jsinsheimer.bsky.social @jsinsheimer.bsky.social 
Saribel Pages @saribelp.bsky.social She/Her
Literary Associate at Gallt and Zacker Literary
Proud nerd and Kidlit advocate
Loudest GRD Jeerleader
All thoughts are my own
Taj McCoy (she/her) @tajmccoy.bsky.social Author, Literary Agent (open to queries), Higher Ed Consultant, Private Chef… tumbleweed.
Author website: https://tajmccoywrites.com
Agency website: https://ldlainc.com
Rep: https://bsky.app/profile/jemiscoe.bsky.social
Keir Alekseii @keiralekseii.bsky.social Literary Agent at Azantian Lit | Cat wrangler 🐈 | Trini demigyal | Intersectional feminist✊ | #ADHD | she/fae bi/pan 🌈 | Opinions mine.
Sarah Nicolas @sarahnfisk.bsky.social Literary Agent. YA Author as Sarah Nicolas. Queries Qualms & Quirks host. Disability in Publishing Board. 💛🤍💜🖤 linktr.ee/presidentsarah
Alexandra Levick @allielevick.bsky.social Senior literary agent at Writers House, LLC. I believe in books. Always learning. Opinions are my own. She/Her.
Open to queries the 1st-7th each month.
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Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social Senior Agent at Neighborhood Literary. Lambda Award-winning author, sometimes. HOMEGROWN MAGIC out now, WHAT IF…KITTY PRYDE out next
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.
Elana Roth Parker @elanaroth.bsky.social Lit agent. Often quilting. Always rewatching a Star Trek series (not Enterprise). Very Jewish. Still not Elena. She/her.
elana.me / lowercasequilts.com
angeline rodriguez @angeline.bsky.social lit agent @ WME books 
ellis @desir.ee the typos aren't deliberate but not correcting them is
views and opinions are yours
normal about min yoongi
agent at looking glass literary & media
i sometimes use this account for work, but this is not a work account
Jem is OPEN to queries @jemiscoe.bsky.social Founder + Agent @Starling Literary + Media, representing authors & Illustrators. Wife, mom of 3, MFA grad, & former Asst. Director for film & TV. https://www.starlingliterary.com | http://querymanager.com/query/Jemiscoe
Saritza Hernández @litagentsaritza.bsky.social ✨Lit Agent @andreabrownlit.bsky.social✨
@aalitagents.bsky.social Member✨ #tabletopnerd ✨Coffee junkie✨Romance Enthusiast✨💖💙💜Boricua✨#LGBTQIA & Autism Advocate✨#DementiaCaregiver ✨
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Laura Zats @lzats.bsky.social Founder & Agent, Headwater Literary Management. Host of the award-winning Print Run Podcast. AALA Member. Treasurer for Literary Agents of Change. Publishers Weekly industry MVP. She/her & Ms/Mx. Open to queries!
Caroline Eisenmann @carolineeisenmann.bsky.social senior literary agent & VP at the Frances Goldin Literary Agency, ce@goldinlit.com
Seth Fishman @sethasfishman.bsky.social Vice President & LA based literary agent @ The Gernert Company & author of picture books like A HUNDRED BILLION TRILLION STARS & BAD DRAWER.
Jennifer Azantian @jenazantian.bsky.social Founder and Literary Agent at Azantian Literary Agency. Mom to humans and pups. Occasional sharer of TMI. Queer. ND. First-gen Armenian (she/her)
Peter Steinberg @peter23.bsky.social Dad, husband, maker of food, rider of bike, Brooklynite, movie watcher, reader, music listener, person who looks at his iPhone too much, literary agent at UTA
Erik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social Founder and Agent, Headwater Literary Management
Co-host of Print Run Podcast
www.headwaterliterary.com
www.printrunpodcast.com
fiction and essays in Triangle House / Welcome To Hell World / Typebar Magazine / Mount Hope / elsewhere
DongWon Song @dongwon.bsky.social literary agent. newsletter: http://publishingishard.com
they/she
Jennifer Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social literary agent with a lot of opinions 👀 also a podcast 👀 also my puppy looks like baby chewbacca! www.jenniferlaughran.com / www.andreabrownlit.com
Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social Literary Agent at Morhaim Literary 📚 Newsletter: Agents & Books at agentsandbooks.com. 📚 WRITE THROUGH IT out June ‘25 📚📚 picture book called PAY ATTENTION TO ME out in ‘26!
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Write-Through-It/Kate-McKean/9781668055540
Mignon Fogarty @grammargirl.bsky.social Grammar Girl. Podcaster. Author of seven books about language. Quick and Dirty Tips founder. Bad skier. she/her http://linktr.ee/grammargirl
#AmWriting The 9/8 GG podcast
#AmReading When We Were Real (Gregory)
Kelly Dyksterhouse @kellydhouse.bsky.social Literary Agent, The Tobias Literary Agency | #kidlit | AALA | SCBWI | 🐱and 🐶 | writer-hiker-daydreamer | www.KellyDyksterhouse.com
Victoria Marini @litagentmarini.bsky.social Literary Agent at high line literary
Www.highlineliterary.com
Running the fiction dept
Not tall, just loud.
#MSWL big plots, bold characters
Dana Murphy @manadurphy.bsky.social part-time garbage person, full-time literary agent at @ Trellis Literary Management
Kelly Van Sant @agentkellyvansant.bsky.social Senior literary agent and Contracts Director with KT literary. I open to queries the first 7 days of every month.
https://www.agentkellyvansant.com/
Jes Trudel 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @jestrudel.bsky.social Literary agent with The Rights Factory. Founder of WritingCommunity.ca. CLOSED TO QUERIES.
Kara Rota @karalearota.bsky.social Senior literary agent at TLA (nonfiction) / book editor / writing sometimes / reading always
♏️☀️♒️🌑♍️⬆️
https://www.thompsonliterary.com
https://querymanager.com/query/KaraRota
https://kararota.substack.com/
https://reedsy.com/kara-rota
Emily Forney @emilykaitlin.bsky.social Literary Agent @bookendslit • Undiscovered National Treasure • Neighborhood Book Bimbo
Jennifer Jackson @arcaedia.bsky.social Literary agent. EVP at Donald Maass Literary Agency. Saving the world, one book sale at a time. (she/her) http://maassagency.com/jennifer-jackson/
Jennifer March Soloway @marchsoloway.bsky.social Founder + Agent @StarlingLiterary | she/her | @MillsMFALit alum | horror fan (bring on the blood) | In love with all things story | ✨Revision is magical!✨
Laurel Symonds @laurelsymonds.bsky.social Senior literary agent at kt literary (closed to queries). Updates only. Opinions my own. She/her
Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com Agent at kt literary. Legal Counsel for ANSI. Freelance Attorney with Matter Services LLC. Always a nerd. She/her.
www.rebeccamatte.com, www.kt-literary.com
Instagram: @rlmatte_litagent
Britt Siess @agentbrittsiess.bsky.social Founder of Britt Siess Creative Management/ Literary Agent/ Graphic Novels/ Cosplay/ Cake/ 🇲🇽🇩🇪/ Banner Art by @lazyfishy
Leslie Zampetti @literarylesliez.bsky.social Founder & Literary Agent at Open Book Literary. Lapsed librarian. Rapacious reader. Wishful writer. She/her. Member of @scbwi & @aalitagents. http://www.openbooklit.com/
Chelsea Hensley @chelseabigbang.bsky.social Probably watching Golden Girls
Maria Vicente @mariavicente.com senior literary agent & senior advisor | P.S. Literary
board member | Association of American Literary Agents
🜂 🜄 🜁 🜃
resources & workshops ⤵️
https://www.mariavicente.com
agency ⤵️
http://www.psliterary.com
Michelle Hauck @michelle4laughs.bsky.social Senior Literary Agent with Storm Literary Agency | Represents MG, YA, and Adult Fiction | Currently CLOSED to select queries | she/her
https://linktr.ee/michellehauck
Sandra Proudman @sandraproudman.bsky.social YA Author
www.writesandrawrite.com
Salvación (Out 5/20/25)
Preorder:
https://read.macmillan.com/lp/salvacion-9781250895080/
Relit (Out Now!)
The House Where Death Lives (Out Now!)
Literary Associate at Gallt & Zacker
www.readsandraread.com
Samantha Wekstein @swekstein.bsky.social Senior Literary Agent @TLA, She/Her, Terp🐢, ENFJ, ♑, dog lover
Illustrators: http://wekstein-illustrators.weebly.com.
Pitch to: http://QueryManager.com/SamanthaWekstein
Editing: https://samanthaweksteineditorial.square.site/
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