Writer, creator, laugher, punner, mom-joker, observer. Co-editor of GNOMES & UNGNOMES: Poems of HIdden Creatures (Dec. 2023). @WritersLoftMA.bsky.social
📚 AudreyDayWilliams.com
👻 PlayTrickOrTreat.com
You can find me with my head in the clouds, nose in a book, heart on my sleeve and hands busy with a pencil.
Children’s book writer-illustrator rep’d by Cindy Bullard of Birch Literary. NYPL After-School Tutor. Pro-LGBTQA+, anti-book banning, She/Her.
Kidlit Author/Illustrator
☔️ SOAKED!
🚗 ANIMALS GO VROOM!
🐻 WOMBATS ARE PRETTY WEIRD
🦩 FLAMINGOS ARE PRETTY FUNKY
🐹 THE QUIET FOREST
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Picture book author. Figuring this wacky world out one picture book, one haiku, one overanalyzed nursery rhyme at a time.
Literary Agent with Dunham Literary, Inc.
Temporarily closed to queries.
https://www.dunhamlit.com/how-to-submit
🌎Alaska 💕Books! Tea! Whisky!
Since 1990, we've helped thousands of writers learn the path to success as an author of books for children and teens. More info: https://writeforkids.online
Author/Poet/Actor/Human
THE MISTAKES THAT MADE US: Confessions from 20 Poets (Co-curated with Irene Latham) from Lerner Books Rep by
Stimola Literary Studio
Also appears in the Hallmark TV Movie SPRING BREAKTHROUGH.
Director of Kidlit at The Seymour Agency
Kidlit Literary Agent at Bradford Lit, Middle School Math Teacher, PB author Repped by Jackie Kruzie, Living that “eat a cookie while you can” kinda life
she/her | 📚 literary agent with Prospect Agency repping kidlit authors and illustrators | toddler mom | Greater Boston Area | opinions mine
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www.charlottewenger.com
www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/charlotte-wenger
Literary agent at #TeamDACBA everything from illustrators for the tiniest readers to crossover and new adult.
Scotland at home, London at work.
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Literary agent and founder@greatdoglit. News geek. Science freak. Working to become a better photographer. Opinions are my own.
Associate Agent at East West Lit Agency
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SAUDADE (Neal Porter Books/HH ‘24)
LIA & LUÍS (Charlesbridge, ‘20 and ‘23)
HELLO, TREE (LBBYR, ‘21)
Dunham Literary. Agency representing authors of fiction and nonfiction for adults and authors and illustrators of children's books for all ages for 25 years. www.dunhamlit.com
Literary Agent/Partner at JVNLA
@jvnla.bsky.social
https://www.jvnla.com/
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency. Account for #MSWL only. Query me at https://querytracker.net/query/natascha
Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/natascha
Website: www.nataschamorris.com
Agent at Red Fox Literary ✏️ Kidlit Author 🖍️Indie Bookseller 📚 Dog Worshipper 🐾 Tree Hugger 🌳
editor & maker of good trouble at Atheneum/Scarlett Press (Simon & Schuster) • california coastal creature • still workin’ on it 🌱🌈✨
https://featherflores.com/
she/her • kitty art by Carrie Liao 🐾
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Lynne Marie is the multi-published author of picture books, an Agent Mentee @ www.theseymouragency.com, director of Rate Your Story (www.rateyourstory.org), a columnist @Children's Book Insider (www.writeforkids.org) and Co-Host at #SeasonsOfKidLit.com
Acquiring Editor (Cardinal Rule Press), Freelance Editor (developmental through proofreading at www.adamdblackman.com). Writer of PB and MG. Proud dad to 1 burgeoning tween (human) and 1 seriously adolescent bunny. #SCBWI #Kidlit
Mom, teacher (M. Ed), author of the ZOEY AND SASSAFRAS SERIES + more, editor @ Innovation Press
editorial assistant @PeachtreePub & @PeachtreeTeen • cat enthusiast • the L in LGBTQ • (all views are my own!)
Acquiring editor for Free Spirit Publishing, an imprint of Teacher Created Materials, the leading publisher of social & emotional learning books for kids, teens, & educators. Write for us! She/her
Mom, artist, writer, reader, professor, viajera, soñadora, bilingüe 🇦🇷📚https://www.aixaperezprado.com
Author-illustrator of:
Wombat And The Family Tree
Jack The Library Cat
🐴 Equestrian Instructor
🐶 Dog and kid mom
🍰 Dessert lover
📚
Seeking representation
https://www.mariettaapollonio.com
Children’s Book Author
Rep: Stefanie Molina at Ladderbird
SM & Publicity for The Little Press
Preorder IT STARTED WITH A P 👇🏽
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738107/it-started-with-a-p-by-brittany-pomales-illustrated-by-andrew-joyner/
✨📚🏳️🌈| backyard gardener🌻| associate literary agent @ ABLA |
📚The new, non-Twitter home of #MSWL! We are a way for agents and editors to tell writers what they *wish* they had in their inboxes. Full agent profiles here: https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/ Newsletter: https://manuscriptwishlist.com/subscribe
Children's book creators bringing beautiful books into the world this year & beyond! Logo by amazing
@NatashaKhanKazi
www.pbspree.com
Literary Agent at Skylark Literary, a specialist children's and YA literary agency. Always on the look-out for something great to read. 📚
Trying not to drink too much tea.
https://www.skylark-literary.com/
#ukkidlit #kidlituk
#Kidlit #poet from the PNW. Words in LADYBUG, BABYBUG, THE SCHOOL MAGAZINE, HIGHLIGHTS HELLO. #SCBWI. #80s kid. Member of The Poets' Garage.
http://briangeneolson.weebly.com
https://willowcroft.blog/2021/04/09/five-things-friday-mini-interview-with-author
Enviro scientist. Kidlit author. linktr.ee/kelliedubaygillis Out now: IF YOU FIND A FAWN art by Wazza Pink from Disney’s Planet Possible & BIG BIKE, LITTLE BIKE art by Jacob Souva from HarperCollins. Great Lakes lover living near Cleveland. Go Blue!
Author | Poet | SDWF Kids Write Judge | MGpies | SCBWI Mentee: Joy McCullough | Agent: Leslie Zampetti | #KidLitChat [Tuesdays 9pm ET] | MG Hub | Highlight’s Kay Yoder Scholarship for US History ‘24 | Intern for Kaitlyn Sanchez | https://bit.ly/3Zf7FiH
Picture Book Writer | MLIS
Co-Host of The Sartorial Librarians Podcast
@sartoriallibrary.bsky.social
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Fiercely independent bookstore in Cambridge and Boston, MA
https://linktr.ee/portersqbooks
An independent bookstore for independent people in Nashville, TN (shop + airport + blog + bunch of shop dogs) Owned by author Ann Patchett📚
Empowering and advocating for libraries and library workers to ensure equitable access to information for all. 🌎’s largest library association.
Find us at https://ala.org.
We follow the ALA Code of Conduct: https://www.ala.org/user-guidelines
Since 1846, publisher of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Stephen King, Jesmyn Ward, Anthony Doerr, Jennifer Egan, Siddhartha Mukherjee, and more.
National Book Foundation, presenter of the National Book Awards. Dedicated to the celebration of the best literature in America.
In the heart of literature since 1939. journal | workshops | fellowships
https://linktr.ee/KenyonReview
A daily literary website highlighting the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism.
https://linktr.ee/lithub_
Authors working together to ensure fair pay, protect copyright, and defend free speech.
Children's author of #kidlit #pb #cb
Member of #12x12PB #SCBWI
Canadian living in the UK
#KidlitCraze Blog
robynnhyde.com/kidlit-craze
Writer, creative, traveler, foodie, lover of my family! Soon to be dwelling in this badass bus. The
#Wife, #Mother, #Educator—#SCBWI #12x12 #Picturebooksummit #KIdLit #BlackCreatorsHq #WNDB #PBMentee @diverse-books
Author/Nature Photographer
Rep'd by Mara Cobb @ Lighthouse Literary
SCBWI/12x12
SCBWI MS Winner
Detroit Writing Room MS Winner
#PBChat Mentorship HM
ArtPrize Artist 2025 & 2024
http://cherylajohnsonwrites.weebly.com
http://cherylajohnson.pictorem.com
Disney fanatic who loves to write. Blog for adults on #caregiving and #grief- www.PixieDustForCaregivers.com. Book in progress. Picture books in my future! Expect whimsy and pictures of cute, clever animals, including my cat! #kidlit #12X12 #ALS
Whimsical Illustrator for the young at heart with a special interest for the eco system of nature, gardening, bonsai and animals. #kidlitartist, Check out my work at www.monahanstudio.com
picture book writer & naturalist
Rep'd by Amy Thrall Flynn, Aevitas Creative Management
3 books coming out 2026-2028!
#SCBWIsfnortheastbay Sonoma County CoCoordinator
https://www.karengebbia.com
✂️ 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/
#PB Author of BEA’S BALIKBAYAN BOX OF TREASURES '25 with @freespiritbooks.bsky.social | #12x12PB | #SCBWI | #Growyourwriting Challenge Host | 🇵🇭🇺🇸 #filtheshelves
Rep'd by @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social of CMA
Picture book author. Scholarly book debut (contributing author) 2025. Communication strategist. Dog Mom. Millennial Mom. Beach lover. Book lover. Theatre and ballet lover. #SCBWI #12X12 #PRSA JeanneRyanWolfson.com
Kidlit writer from Aotearoa New Zealand. Books include: KEKENO CURIOUS EXPLORER (2026), PEKAPEKA SECRET FOREST BAT (2025), RURU NIGHT HUNTER (2024), TUATARA A LIVING TREASURE (2023) from Scholastic NZ. #STEM #12x12PB #SCBWI https://www.katiefurze.com
A mom in #STEM writing for curious kids!
I SHIP (Lerner, 2023) 🚢 I FUEL (Lerner, 2024) 🚙, THE FARM NEXT DOOR (Knopf BFYR, 2026) 🐰🚜
2023 SCBWI Crystal Kite Award Winner
Rep: Miranda Paul, EMLA
member @BusyPBs @pbarade @SteamTeamBooks @12x12challenge
Always curious. Writer. #12x12PB #amquerying #kidlit Recipe developer. Product designer. Funma! (she/her) Blog: http://cooking2thrive.com
Author ✏️ | Teacher 🍎 | #SCBWI
Rep'd by Jen Newens @ Martin Lit
THE A-TO-Z TEACHING TOOLKIT [2025]
TIC-ERRIFIC ME [2026] 📚
Lover of coffee, carbs, books & Bravo
Picture book author 12x12; SCBWI; CTC
Albert Einstein Fellow 24-25. Science educator. Award-winning author of books for children and teachers. PAEMST Finalist. SCBWI & 12 x 12. Rep: Tricia Lawrence at EMLA. All opinions are my own.
https://linktr.ee/jessicafgwrites
Children's Author (THE JEALOUS LITTLE MUNCHKIN) |
2026 Mentee, Michelle Begley Mentorship Program|’25 Honorable Mention #50PreciousWords| alidemoro.com | Member #12x12challenge, #scbwi |
https://linktr.ee/alidemoro
Health writer/editor, PB writer, SCBWI, 12x12, 'Nova Wildcat, mom of teens, yoga fan and small town girl turned Jersey girl. She/her.
Nanny. Auntie. Nature artist. PB writer. Outdoor play advocate. 12x12. SCBWI.
Writer | Editor | Instructional Designer | Freelancer | Library and Forest Wanderer | Aspiring mystery novel and picture book author. My PB WIP has silly robots 🤖
I get far too excited when I walk into an office supplies store. | #SCBWI | #12x12PB | #amwriting | #wip | #PB #kidlit #F | #motherhood #NF | she/her
Writer, Teacher, Educational Consultant
#Writer #Photographer #Traveler
#KidLit #12x12 #picturebooks
judydavischeek.com
Kidlit Writer & Illustrator on a quest to make my big debut, and loving the journey! SCBWI 12x12 challenge PBParty illustrator showcase '22 '24 #kidlit #kidlitart
https://www.instagram.com/christinegalisa.illos/
Editorial Director @ PEN America (formerly Today Show, NBC News, AP) and I write for kids. HOW TO BE A ROCK STAR (2022) CAN YOU IMAGINE? (Atheneum, 2025). #12x12
Dandelion Lover, Potty Humorist, and Award-Winning Author: Lucy's Blooms, Where Does a Cowgirl/Pirate Go Potty? ASL, Literacy, & Library Enthusiast. 2023 Walt Morey Award recipient. www.dawnprochovnic.com 12x12 (She/Her)
I’m a Certified Professional Pet Sitter; business owner; author; fur mama; animal advocate; and wife. Join me in the Bluesky! 🦋
#Kidlit author Rep'd by @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @bradfordagents.bsky.social @LeeandLow New Voices award winner, #PBRisingStars '23 Alum #FilTheShelves.
What do I do?
✨ Help kidlit authors write & revise their books
✨ Host Middle Grade Made Easy(er) podcast
✨ Run Rhyme Made Easy(er) membership
Start here⇣
https://linktr.ee/LouPiccolo
Picture Book Writer from Auckland New Zealand.
Member of 12x12, SCBWI, Storylines, Kidlit411,
Children's author of COUNTING TO BANANAS (2022), B IS FOR BANANAS (2023) & ALPACAS HERE, ALPACAS THERE (2025). Former biostatistician. Runner and ice cream lover.
https://linktr.ee/carrietillotson
Picture Book Author🌟 #12x12Challenge🌟 #SCBWI 🌟SARSAPARILLA SUE and THE SASSMOUTH🌟SASSMOUTH: the MUSICAL🌟Curriculum Coordinator🌟Tap Dancer🌟Surviving on wanderlust, chocolate, and tacos!
Author & Illustrator | Children's Books | PBParty 2024 Honorable Mention | SCBWI, 12X12 PBChallenge | Love my family, nature, and apples. www.paularobison.net | Instagram: @plhrobison
12 x 12 PB Challenge member, 2021 PB Party finalist, unexpected liver transplant recipient, reading teacher, wife and mom, gardener and animal lover! 🇨🇦🇺🇸
Children’s Book Author, PB Writer: HANUKKAH PAJAMAKKAHS (@Sourcebookskids) Fall 2024. Rep’d by @renarossner. Debut 2024. SCBWI, 12x12, www.darahenry.com for more.
Painter and picturebook maker, Portland, Oregon. #kidlit #kidlitillustrator http://www.abigailmarble.com (children's illustration)
http://www,abigailmarblestudio.com (fine art paintings)
http://www.lakeareaartists.com (annual fine art show, Lake Oswego, OR
Picture book author: IN A CAVE, NATURE IS A SCULPTOR, SMALL MATTERS | rep'd by @sarah_redfoxlit | Inform, Delight & Shine a Light!
SCBWI/12x12/InkedVoices
Kidlit Editor and Book Coach | Once a teacher, always a teacher | Kidlit writer with too many ideas in her head | Historical CB series coming 2025?
EFA, ACES, SCBWI, 12x12, Courage to Create, CIEP (Professional Member), ALLi Partner Member
jenavarre.com
Kidlit Author | Lupita’s Brown Ballet Slippers OUT NOW Beaming Books | SCBWI | Las Musas | 12x12PB
https://linktr.ee/steenahernandez
🌺🇬🇷 Pre-pub #KidLit author, disability rights advocate, SB library board ‘22-‘26, former teacher, optimistic realist #SCBWI #CBA #12X12 #50PreciousWords Winner ‘22, she/her 🌺🇬🇷
YA SciFi/Horror writer querying a CliFi Dystopian novel✍️📚📝 🏳️🌈
#Posterpit Co-host
Sober Letters to Mom blog. Raising kids in LA because Chicago is too cold. She/her
https://rachelblaine.substack.com
https://rachelblainewriter.com
Founder & Literary Agent at Open Book Literary. Lapsed librarian. Rapacious reader. Wishful writer. She/her. Member of @scbwi & @aalitagents. http://www.openbooklit.com/
Lori Kilkelly (she/her) posting for my boutique literary agency. Reps seasoned & rising talent in children's & YA lit (est 2018).
Literary agency representing a diverse list of bestselling/award-winning authors. We ❤️ immersive reads, stories that move you, and ideas that make you think.
literary agent at Maass Literary Agency for SFF, YA, & GN • she/her • queer • ADHD • chronic pain • intensely editorial 📚 #BLM #TransRightsAreHumanRights
Boutique, full-service agency based in San Diego, California. Hybrid authors are welcome!
Literary agent @ Liza Dawson Associates, prison abolitionist, public theologian
hannahnpbowman.com
christiansforabolition.org
Abolition Ecclesiology: A Spatial Theology for a Church Against Prisons (Fortress, forthcoming in 2026)
She/her
Query guidelines and other useful info can be found on our website: https://awfulagent.com/
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Literary agent at The Knight Agency, writer, and unapologetic bookworm. 📚 She/her. Pasadena, CA.
https://linktr.ee/nepheletempest
Founder and Literary Agent at Azantian Literary Agency. Mom to humans and pups. Occasional sharer of TMI. Queer. ND. First-gen Armenian (she/her)
I agent, I write, I ride my bike, I obsessively read weather forecasts. Associate Literary Agent at Corvisiero Literary Agency.
The Donald Maass Literary Agency in New York City is a literary agency for professional novelists.
http://maassagency.com/
Literary Agent & Contract Manager Bradford Literary Agency. Legal Counsel for ANSI. Freelance Attorney with Matter Services LLC. Always a nerd. She/her.
www.rebeccamatte.com, www.bradfordlit.com
Instagram: @rlmatte_litagent
Literary Agent at Upstart Crow Literary, repping books for kids and teens. Periodically open to unsolicited queries, details here: UpstartCrowLiterary.com
Senior literary agent at Writers House, LLC. I believe in books. Always learning. Opinions are my own. She/Her.
open to queries
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