Lydia Gil @lydiagil.bsky.social 🇵🇷🇨🇺writer, profe
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Keep Writing Kidlit @keepwritingkidlit.bsky.social We're uplifting writers on their journey toward agenting and publication! Founded by @writtenbymegan.bsky.social 📘 Meet Kidlit Creatives! 📙 Subscribe to the Newsletter! 📗 Apply to Be Interviewed!
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Connor W. Goode / Author @cwgoode.bsky.social Science fiction writer.
Author:
The End of Time
Co-author:
Venus Fly Trap - A Novella
Naomi Simone Borwein @nsborwein.bsky.social Horror scholar, PhD, HWA, CSFFA | Global Indigenous Horror (UPM, 2025) | Poetry Editor Orion’s Belt | Words in Future Fire, UtopiaSF, Space&Time, Lovecraftiana | EIC @katabaticcircus.bsky.social co-EIC @angrygablepress.bsky.social
Aisha "Ash P" Panjwaneey @ashpreads.bsky.social #Muslim #BIPOC #Editor of safe-for-work fiction and nonfiction.
CB and GN editor in the making.
#RevPit Editor
EFA Ambassador
Get in touch 👇🏻
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Friends of Lister Lane Cemetery (KAVS) @listerlanecem.bsky.social In collaboration with Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, the Friends maintain this Grade II listed, significant cemetery; the final resting place of some 20,000 individuals. Location: Halifax, England.
https://www.listerlanecemetery.co.uk
Chris Nagano @charliesaito22.bsky.social Retired US Fish & Wildlife Service endangered species biologist (27 yrs), former Center for Biological Diversity
Writing a book on the international trade in insects & invertebrates
Butterflies, imperiled species, & especially golden retrievers 🦤🦮
Christy Matthes | Kidlit Writer @christymatthes.bsky.social Children's book writer, nature and animal lover, cat wrangler, promotions coordinator for SCBWI-Michigan and a member of the editorial team for The Mitten, SCBWI-Michigan's blog. #12x12, #SCBWI, Rate Your Story
Melinda Layten - Writes about Hazel an Immortal Cat @mlayten.bsky.social What the Fire Didn't Take - Debut Middle Grade Novel about 2 autistic girls 2000 years apart and the cat who knew them both. Modern day Minnesota meets Library of Alexandria and what it means to learn and be heard. #Autism #Querying
@thanatos1970.bsky.social @thanatos1970.bsky.social 
Sue Sutherland, Author - TWELVE DAYS AT GLACIER @suemt.bsky.social Debut picture book author - TWELVE DAYS AT GLACIER, granola girl, weaver, quilter, traveler, photographer, 12x12, Montana SCBWI
Coming Soon - HOW HANNAH GOT HER LUMP OF COAL (2026), TWELVE DAYS AT YELLOWSTONE (2027), & NOTHING BUT NET TROUBLE
Japanese American National Museum @jamuseum.bsky.social Sharing the Japanese American experience. Reopening January 23, 2027!
Emmyanso: The Illumination @emmyanso.bsky.social Fab stories & motivations to make your day!
Toddling The Stacks @toddlingthestacks.com You should be reading #kidlit, and we'll help you see why.
A children's literature podcast by award-winning educator and Princeton-educated literature PhD @seangill.net
New episodes drop on Mondays!
http://www.ToddlingTheStacks.com
Elena Meredith @elenameredith.bsky.social At work on two children’s picture books. 🦊 Member of SCBWI Rocky Mtn chapter. ⛰️
Former publicist & bookseller. 📚
Tom O'Donnell @tomisokay.bsky.social Blacklist screenwriter and author of HOMEROOMS & HALL PASSES and many other books. My new YA horror novel LUCY KLINE, NECROMANCER is coming in September 2026! Preorder it here: https://tinyurl.com/lucyklinenecromancer
Website: https://tomisokay.com/
Kirenya @kirenya.com A creative studio weaving fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid works that move between dream, structure, and signal. Through multiple pens, I explore layered meaning across stories, essays, and experimental dispatches. Subscribe→ https://www.yes.kirenya.com/
Robert Flippo @booksellerbert.bsky.social Dad. Writer. Bookseller. Dork.
ABQ, NM
RoyalRoad|Patreon|Bookshop.org
https://linktr.ee/rjflippo
BookPage @readbookpage.bsky.social Our monthly magazine recommends the best new books across genres, as chosen by our editors. Discover your next great book at bookpage.com.
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Official merch is now available: bookpage.com/shop
Tabrizia @cupofteawiththatbookplease.com Book Lover 📚Book Blogger 📖Professional Librarian 🏫Tea Enthusiast 🫖Cat Mom🐈
Visit my blog for for book loving tidbits!
https://linktr.ee/cupofteawithbook
Deb bee🐝💙💙💙💙 @deborahs82.bsky.social Author of children’s ebook on Barnes & Noble called Debbie adopts a Dog. Singer and songwriter. Published Poet. My sister, Dorothy married Barbie creator’s nephew. I am an advocate to get children reading. Married with kids and living in USA.💙☮️😊🐾🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🎶
Sandra Kaye @sandrakaye.bsky.social Marketing strategy * Writing Kid Rangers chapter book series * Neurodivergent * Chronic Illness Warrior * Medical Parent * #BoilerUp #GoJays #MakeItSo
Brick & Mortar Books @brick-mortar.bsky.social Your local family-owned independent bookstore since 2017.
📍Redmond Town Center, Redmond WA
🔗 https://brickandmortarbooks.com/
📧 https://www.brickandmortarbooks.com/newsletter
Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social Children's books for parents who get it 📚
"You're Only Two Once" — celebrating toddler magic
👇 Get the book
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Deborah Tadema @debtad.bsky.social I am the author of The Honor Series and The Sievers Series, as well as Bessie: The Monster in Lake Erie and the newly released Silent Wings.
I love reading, gardening, and dogs. 
Laura Nagel @lau-nagel.bsky.social ✨Whimsical illustrator✨ 🌈♾️
I love to make images that tell stories.
No AI 🚫
🖤🤍💜
Store and links: https://beacons.ai/lau.nagel
Little Rebels Award @littlerebsprize.bsky.social Est. 2012. The Little Rebels Children's Book Award celebrates UK radical fiction for readers aged 0-12. Run by Letterbox Library & Housmans Bookshop on behalf of the Alliance of Radical Booksellers #LittleRebelsAward #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #KidsBookAward
Caterina Salvatori @caterinawrites.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Picturebook writer. Dog mom.
Rob Gotobed @robgotobed.bsky.social Stand-up philosopher, scribe, bongo drummer and professional time-traveller. (Once dated Anne Boleyn)
Amazon: bit.ly/4hA0B7W
Apple: http://bit.ly/3K6WdB9
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2992620/
pyra is so tired and cranky @pyracantha.bsky.social moon, June, all that
she/they acab blm trans rights are human rights
i'm very tired all the time
probably older than your mum - occasionally nsfw 🔞
JAMESON QUINN @realjamesonquinn.bsky.social SAG-AFTRA Award Winning Actor | Voice Artist Pittsburgh PA
4 bookings email BOOKTHEJQWAY@gmail.com or PODSTARZ.net
https://www.IMDb.me/TheJQWay
Lisa Horn @misslisa.bsky.social 
Pablo Bojados Rodríguez @pablobojados.bsky.social Escritor de cuentos infantiles 📖💕
Psicólogo 👨🏻⚕️
Amante del manga y de los videojuegos 🎮
En mi cuenta encontraréis un respeto incondicional 🌈
Mi pequeño canal de YouTube: @pablobojados_psicologia
¡Suscríbete! 🤗
📍Castellón
Tim Blundell | Aspiring MG Writer @ahedgehogscribbles.bsky.social
Middle grade writer.
Up to my armpits in drafts.
Sleepiest when fed.
Happiest when slept.
Seema Mistry @seemamistry.bsky.social Picture book writer | 2026 We Need Diverse Books Mentee | SCBWI | 12x12 | Brit in the US | 👧🏽👦🏽
J. C. Jones @thejcjones.bsky.social Author of the best selling Louisa Moss detective series.
Ex-nightclub boss and, due to carelessness, owner of only half a lung.
Poems and Limericks daily.
Based in Hereford, UK.
Open Book Chocolates | Geri E. Gallas Brando @gegallas.bsky.social Owner of Open Book Chocolates: Literary-Inspired Chocolate Bars. #SmallBusinessOwner (Graphic Novelist on Indefinite Hiatus.)- A AlayneKayChristian.bsky.social @alaynekaychristian.bsky.social Alayne Kay Christian--Author TURKEY ON THE RUN!
SCBWI, 12X12. Former acquisitions editor, an award-winning children’s book author, and a picture book writing mentor/teacher.
Claudia Rojas @claudidaudi.bsky.social she/her/ella, Teacher Librarian, book and podcast junkie, first gen, hija de inmigrantes, fur mamá, Tía, Nina, world traveler, board gamer, concert goer, Wordler, SoCal native, Chicana
CR 📚 Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xóchitl González
Rachel Rizzuto @rachelrcreates.bsky.social
Kidlit Author/Illustrator Represented by Jes Trudel at The Rights Factory
RachelRCreates.com
Making stories that create touchstones for anxious and inquisitive children.
Sara Van Note @svannotes.bsky.social Science & nature writer for kids and adults. Also educator, naturalist, meanderer. 🌱 🦋 🦜
Member SCBWI, SEJ, NASW.
Represented by Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
New Mexico = home
Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social Illustrator / cartoonist / writer. HERMIT MAGAZINE editor. Wrote and/or drew stuff for MAD Magazine, WFMU, The New Yorker, Penguin Random House, Cartoon Network, punk bands, etc
Buffalo, NY
philintheblanks@gmail.com
linktr.ee/philmcandrew
Helga @helganr.bsky.social 💻 Psychological Thriller / Mystery / Horror Writer
✍🏼(WIP: 4M+ Words), Multi-Book Series
📝Status: Draft 5 (Full Series Rewrite)
Riverbank Bookshop @riverbankbookshop.bsky.social Pop-up bookshop in Paducah, Kentucky.
Debbie Moeller @debbiemoellerbooks.bsky.social Author. Eclectic kidlit writer. I write picture books (fiction & nonfiction), leveled readers and early readers. Retired teacher. Eccentric grandma. Beach junkie. SCBWI member. She/her
Molly Schaffer @mollyschaffer.bsky.social Kidlit Author, Therapist, Mom, Former Actor
mollyschafferbooks.com
#SCBWI #PB #12x12PB #PBParty
Cricket and Books and Stuff @davidfranz.bsky.social High School Librarian. NH guy. Cricket fanatic in the US. Oldish beginning cricketer. Open minded. Fantasy sports loon. Jazz kind of owns me at the moment. Go Heels!!
Jessie May @jessiemayontheweb.bsky.social Writer, musician, school librarian. #booksky #12x12PB
The Wheel of the Year: An Introduction to Pagan Holidays is out now! https://amzn.to/4tbmyyL
https://sites.google.com/view/jessicakarjanis/home
https://linktr.ee/jessiemayontheweb
Michael Ironheart @michaelironheart.bsky.social I am a self published indie author who has released 2 books, with a 3rd on the way
22 years old/college student/AuDHD
K.L.Going @klgoing.bsky.social Keep. Love. Going. Do one good thing every day. (One writer's quest not to shut down in the face of injustice, but instead to commit to small acts of resistance, education, kindness, and hope every single day.)
Shady Dell Public Library @sdpl.bsky.social By the time you spot the librarian, she’s already been watching you for some time.
Jeanette Colón @jeanettecolon.bsky.social 
Phil Tromans @philiptromans.bsky.social Library Support Assistant and trainee librarian at Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham. Interested in book history, bibliography, rare books and material culture. PhD.
Bear Edwards @bearedwards.bsky.social Cartoonist, illustrator, designer.
National Cartoonists Society
#seekingrepresentation
BearEdwards.ink
@librarianlowe.bsky.social @librarianlowe.bsky.social Middle school librarian in Michigan, passionate about maker spaces and career readiness exploration #schoollibrarian
Colin J Lewis @colinjlewis.bsky.social Writer of off-beat, historical & fantasy fiction.
’80s kid.
Raised on Star Wars, LOTR, Robin of Sherwood — now Stranger Things, Monk & Lucifer.
Colinjlewis.com
Sophia is ✨drafting ✨ @sophbriar.bsky.social She/Her
Writer of thrillers, eerie places, and missed connections | #PitchMe 2024 finalist
A.B. Koga @abkoga.bsky.social Biblical scholar and SFF author on submission / Rep’d by Rebecca Angus at Howland Literary / Haunted Railroad Horromance WIP
Dara Henry @darahenrywrites.bsky.social Children’s Book Author, PB Writer: HANUKKAH PAJAMAKKAHS (@Sourcebookskids) Fall 2024. Rep’d by @renarossner. Debut 2024. SCBWI, 12x12, www.darahenry.com for more.
Heather Cashman @heathercashman.bsky.social Literary Agent at Storm Literary Agency | Podcast Cohost: Way-Word Writers | Writer
https://linktr.ee/heathercashman
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
Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social Not the pirate. Contributor to fightthefire.substack.com, an all-free site. Longtime ink-stained wretch. Wears shoes that fit. Whistles through darkness. Aspires to ask "WTF did you just say?" at a WH press conference. Say hi to your dog for me.
Donna @therealdonna.bsky.social This sketch is too silly.
Episcopalian.
I write, I paint, and I draw.
Vegetarian
She/her. Everybody needs food, housing, and education.
Favorite shows: #Moonlighting. #Endeavour.
Massive supporter of #PBS.
Leslie McCrary @lesliemccrary.bsky.social children’s independent bookseller/picture book author/artist/weirdo/invisible disability
www.lmccrary.com🖌️🎨📝📚
Rep’d by Kaitlyn Sanchez
Laura Pearle @vennlibrarian.bsky.social Then: Director of Library Services
Now: Archivist
Always: Reader, researcher, tea-drinker, friend
Ellen Metrick @ell3m.bsky.social Kid Lit & Poetry Writer, Editor, Performer, Hyper Local Journalist, Traveler, Biophiliac, Mom and Ravenclaw
Andy Wang @andywang.bsky.social they/them 🍒illustrator ✨book designer andywangart.com IG: @andywang.art
Rebecca Field @rebeccafieldgraphy.bsky.social Illustrator of beautiful worlds where dogs train humans to be kinder and more joyful. HS art teacher, teenager whisperer, facilitator of creative thought and imaginative possibilities
https://www.rebeccafieldgraphy.me
Louis Shalako @louisshalako.bsky.social Louis Shalako, founder of Long Cool One Books, is the author of twenty-seven books, available from major online retailers. Louis studied Radio, TV and Journalism at Lambton College, later studying fine art.
Barbara Stocker 💙📚 @bluebirdbhs.bsky.social Activist Democrat Missourian living in Virginia @piperformissouri.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social @wellmanformo.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social @reichard4rep.bsky.social @stegenmodem.bsky.social @melrea.bsky.social Team Site
LaunchFamily @launchfamily.bsky.social We empower parents with the knowledge, tools, and community support needed to create a balanced, loving, and thriving family environment. launchfamily.com
Jake Lockett, Order MY LIFE AS AN ASTHMANAUT Now! @jlockettauthor1.bsky.social #PB author of MY LIFE AS AN ASTHMANAUT (Free Spirit Publishing, April 14, 2026)
Order here: https://bookshop.org/a/115186/9798885547970
More tales found in Cricket Media & online!
Website: https://www.jakelockett.com/
Rebecca Chambers @metismamamb.bsky.social Columnist & project lead for the @WinnipegFreePress.com media literacy platform at www.winnipegfreepress.com/education, high school teacher, grad student @UManitoba.bsky.social, lifelong learner, Autism mom, love warrior.
DW - (he/him/his) @dwbaltimore.bsky.social Late-Diagnosed Autistic 🎧 Cuban-American
Advocate for Linguistically Diverse and Neurodiverse Learners
English Language Development Teacher 🇨🇺 🇺🇸
SelfDeterminedBaltimore.org
Youtube.com/@BmoreUnmaskedAutisticEducator
Matthew Cordell @cordellmatthew.bsky.social Dad. Husband. Illustrator and author of books. 2018 Caldecott Medalist.
Melissa Manlove @mmanlove.bsky.social Executive Editor, Sourcebooks. She/her
Laurel Aylesworth @laurelillo.bsky.social Children's book illustrator | Rhode Island | THE BLUE CANOE | MY HOUSE, MY FAMILY | CHALK THE WALK | rep'd by Essie White at Essie White Literary Agency | SCBWI member
Portfolio: www.laurelaylesworth.com
Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social Writer of Fiction; Bae of Fundy
Irish-Canadian
Website https://www.lorekeating.com/
Novella AGONY'S LODESTONE https://store.tenebrouspress.com/products/agonys-lodestone-print
Collection THE TRUEST SENSE https://a.co/d/090sQN3I
She/Her
Khione 💜💙 Sastrugi @khionesnowgoddess.bsky.social Dog Worshipping, Mountain Loving, Useless Solivigant. Environment is my highest priority. I’m PETRIFIED about overpopulation / overshoot. There are way too many people & most consuming way too much!
I desperately wish Women were in charge! (I’m NOT one😏)
Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
Sam (she/her) @dothenextthing.bsky.social Librarian. Trekkie. Friend of the pod. Queer joy is resistance 🏳️🌈🏴☠️🖖
@carolyncombs.bsky.social @carolyncombs.bsky.social 
Debra @kalaka58.bsky.social Wikitree ADDICT (it's FREE). Genealogy is my passion. 67yo, PNW was my home, now a Texan, RESISTER, adult children, cat & dog Mom, widowed, disabled. I follow followers.
My BLOCKED list is HUGE.
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/37BH00FMQZAG4
Bee Kind Little Free Library @beekindlfl.com Charter #173454 | Bee a reader and stop by the Bee Kind Little Free Library in Wickliffe, OH! 🐝
www.beekindlfl.com
Author JJ Harrison @jjhathwood.bsky.social #OBOD penman, #writer of portal fiction, dark fantasy and space adventure. The Raven of Brynfael, The Woods Beneath the Waves and the Clark Galaxy stories. #booksky
Website: www.jjhathwood.com
StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/jjhathwood
Daily Submittable Deadlines @submittabledaily.bsky.social Best writing and poetry festivals to submit to each day on submittable.
https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/projects
Joseph Sacco @thestoicbuddhist.bsky.social Avid Reader, Blogger, Writer, Book Reviewer, Yoga enthusiast, and Buddhist practitioner. I blog on TheStoicBuddhist.com and Inspirationalbookreviews.com
I think we, the human race, can and need to do better.
Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social Addicted to words. Used to be paid by the column-inch. (You can probably still tell.) Gleeful flipper of all the tropes. Queer, disabled, neurospicy thespian. Indie author of Chai and Cat-tales. (About to commit a trilogy.) https://lynnstrong.com
Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social Your garbage mom; writer; she/her; I ♥️ unions; essayist on film, books, fairy tales, and horror; author of HAPPY PEOPLE DON’T LIVE HERE; rep’d by Kent Wolf; I just want you to be happy, honey
linktr.ee/ambernoellesparks
Jessie Romigh @jessieromigh.bsky.social Children's book writer & illustrator seeking representation. Finding whimsy & humor with a dash of puns. Illustrations are hand-drawn, inked, & painted with watercolor. SCBWI-Austin Chapter. She/Her
www.jessieromigh.com
#kidlit #picturebook #kidlitart
Bill Bowling @proudlefty.bsky.social Writer, Artist, Teacher, Defender of Democracy
Vanessa Anderson, MFA @nightowlfreelance.bsky.social Professional Character Therapist at ℕ𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕆ꖿ𝕝 𝔽𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 ⁀➴
Developmental Editing • Line Editing • Copyediting • Publishing Guidance 📚 ☕
Website: NightOwlFreelance.com, Est. 2010
Junior Library Guild @jrlibraryguild.bsky.social A collection development service providing libraries with the best new-release books for children and young adults.
M 💓🇺🇸🗽🌊🌈✨🧘♀️ @liveadivinelife.bsky.social Now it's our time to stand guard, be the keepers of the flame, keep the faith & love America. My opinions don’t represent anyone w/ which I’m affiliated or employed. #indivisible #nokings #feminist #democracy
Authors for Immigrant Rights (AIR) @authors4immigrants.bsky.social A collection of KidLit & YA authors and illustrators who are taking a stand against ICE. For access to our statement and ACLU fundraiser, link below.
https://linktr.ee/authors4immigrants
Alexandra Diaz Author @alexandradiazauthor.com Award-winning children's and YA author of THE ONLY ROAD, THE CROSSROADS, SANTIAGO'S ROAD HOME, FAREWELL CUBA MI ISLA, and others. Author visits available in English y en español.