Author, reader, sunshine seeker
BAHA user 🤟
Former RN 🩺
Fan of unsolved mysteries, science, space
Studying copyediting and planes ✈️
MURDER AT PENGUIN RANCH (‘26) 🇦🇶
Rep: Caryn Wiseman ABLA
Author, illustrator
SCBWI
12x12
Storyteller Academy
Recipient of RMC SCBWI 2023 BELIEVE grant
Represented by Anjanette Barr
Picture book writer rep'd by Joyce Sweeney. Mother. Animal & nature lover. Former & future traveler. Minimalist wannabe. #FirstDraftFriday #SCBWI
Author of books for children and teachers | Longtime educator | DEIAB advocate | Born in NY | Raised and resides in CT
https://valeriebolling.com
Authors Guild; SCBWI; 12x12; Boyds Mills, #kidlit #PB #earlyreaders #booksforteachers
Scientist, writer/editor, voter/resister, flower fanatic. She/her. Just be kind.
#kidlit writer, debut PB THE SHABBAT FLOOD Spring 2026! Screenwriter/author. Writer on PJ Library’s Beyond the Bookcase podcast. Instructor in screenwriting dept at NYFA. Pasta enthusiast, 6-year old wrangler, friend to all dogs but esp. Taco. She/her
Kidlit writer & illustrator. Made in the Caribbean 🇬🇩 🇧🇧.
Creator: #sweetshoutout series
Rep'd: McIntosh & Otis
WILL & KRILL (Beaming Books 2025) https://staceybyer.com/books
Author-illustrator•Illustrator•DC•No AI
Preorder AT THE COOKOUT ‘26 (✍🏽🎨)
Latest: I AM THE SPIRIT OF JUSTICE (🎨) ‘25 • LPBD: SIMONE BILES ‘24 (🎨)
Rep’d by @Jemiscoe.bsky.social @starlingliterary.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/Ariadelsole
Picture book author 📚| #PBParty 2025 Finalist | #PBRisingStars 2024 Mentee ✨| #SpringFlingKidLit ‘24 winner 🌸 | SCBWI | #12X12challenge📖 |🇳🇵| LGBTQIA+ ally🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️⚧️
Kidlit author. Yoga teacher. School counselor. And Mommy of humans and cats! 🐂🏙️
www.rebeccawwheeler.com
Brandylane Publishers
Monarch Press
Seeking rep.
📚 Children's Book Author 📚
#SCBWI | #12x12 | Courage to Create | #kidlit | #PB | #MG | #YA | #Poetry
Website: JudyBryanAuthor.com
🇨🇦Kids’ book author, reader, grandma, gardener, west coaster, doggy mum. www.sherylmcfarlane.ca
Picture Book Creator, PBParty Finalist '25, Kidlit Writer, Passionate Reader, Lover Of All Things Books & BBQ, #SCBWI, Artist-in-Training, Friend, GoldenDoodle Mom
janycampana.com
📸 FujifilmX. Former Olympus Visionary, Samsung Ambassador, Pentaxian 645D & more
CCSU - Accounting BS; UCSD - Children's Book Writing & Illustration; UCLA - Writers' Program
www.visitthesouth.us
https://tammy-lee-bradley.pixels.com/
Illustrator • Writer • Regional Advisor #SCBWI New York West/Central Upstate • MFA Indiana U
#kidlit #kidlitart
www.pattywursterstudio.com
Kidlit Author. Word juggler. Awkwardly funny. Embraces weird. #50PreciousWords Winner #KidsChoice Winner #PBParty 2023 HM #PBChat Mentorship 2021 #Madness!Poetry #SCBWI #12x12
Writer. MIT Biology Ph.D. Kid mom, cat mom. #PBRisingStars Runner Up '24, #PBParty Finalist '20. #SCBWI #12x12PB #amquerying #PB #CB #MG
Bestselling Author / Illustrator featured on @NPR.org and Last Week Tonight w/John Oliver
Momx4 with a soft spot for delightful wordplay #PBparty 2025 finalist #kidlit #12x12PB #SCBWI
janebexley.com
I dabble in writing, fiber arts, and yoga. Animal lover. Daydreamer. Beach walker. Moon geek. Currently revising a MG novel. #kidlit #12x12 challenge.
Writer, Teacher, Educational Consultant
Kidlit author, YS librarian, Purdue grad, #SCBWI, #12x12, 2022 #PBParty Honorable Mention, 2020 #PBCritiqueFest winner, Cheesehead, and Intense Sports Fanatic.
Writer, editor, sidewalk naturalist. Books: Sea Lions in the Parking Lot (2021) and Hang Tough, Horseshoe Crab!(2026) Words: NYT, AFAR, Atlantic, Kirkus, etc. #NASW #SCBWI #12x12 website: www.lenoratodaro.com
Stories in @SoutheastReview and Microfiction Monday Magazine; SCBWI; 12x12; picture books!!
Author of TWO DOGS ON A TRIKE, LISTEN, COUNT ON US, TODAY, and LOOK | Rep: Natalie Lakosil, @lookingglasslit.bsky.social | she/her
Wife. Mom. Teacher. Changing the world one child at a time.
Author of THE PENCIL EATER.
Writer - ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE (Sourcebooks, 2026) | Rep'd by @litagentkatiem.bsky.social #SCBWI #12x12 @pb26debut.bsky.social
Birder, #kidlit author, former park ranger turned full-time mom. Military spouse. Good thing Im happy living anywhere with cool critters and creative kids. she/her.
#50PreciousWords ‘24 Winner | #SCBWI | #12x12 | #PB | #amquerying
www.mfmwrites.com
NYT bestselling author: Book Scavenger series, SISTERHOOD OF SLEUTHS, and A GOOD DEED CAN GROW, illustrated by Holly Hatam. More info: www.jenniferchamblissbertman.com
&
https://jenniferchamblissbertman.substack.com
Children's Book Author/journalist/photographer/ library media specialist. JACKIE AND THE BOOKS SHE LOVED.Maggie Mae Pup Reporter #SCBWI #12X12 #ALA #ALSC #ALSC https://ronnidiamondstein.com
#kidlit writer rep'd by Taylor Martindale Kean at Full Circle Literary
#SCBWI #12x12PB #CTC #neurodivergent
Kidlit reviewer on https://www.instagram.com/johannapeytonauthor/. www.johannapeyton.com
Writer, Editor, and Children's Author
❤️ SARANG SAVES THE SCHOOL (Candlewick 2025)
🌕 A HANBOK FOR HANA (Candlewick 2026)
Rep: Lisa Amstutz, Storm Literary
www.korenahowley.com
Author/Illustrator, Toy Designer, Mom, Artist, Rock Collector, Book sniffer | Illustrator of the Archie and Pip series | She/Her | Represented by @AdriaGoetz @KTLiterary
https://bio.site/MariRichards
Librarian 📚 Author 🖋️ Believer in the magic of words ✨. Read, Write, Create 🌠 #kidlit #yalit
#Kidlit Author ✏️
MY PONY WONDER - Random House Studio (Summer 2026) 🐎
📚👀 Unannounced (TBA)
Rep'd by Wendi Gu, HG Literary ✨
www.jessicamilo.com
#SCBWI #InkedVoices
📝 Children's Book Author (SCBWI/#12×12PB), 🍎Teacher, ☔ Washington Alum, 4ever 🏈 Seahawks & ⚾️ Stan Musial fan
Poems in Threepenny Review, New Ohio Review, Poet Lore.
http://www.mariasprogress.com
My name is Maria, but it is pronounced Mariah which was the first trick my parents played on me.
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
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
Writer (mostly Middle Grade), SCBWI Canada West, CANSCAIP, Freelance Editor, Cat-lover. My website is https://www.bethstilborn.ca/
PB writer/illustrator, nature lover, friend to all animals, avid traveler, #12x12PB, #SCBWI
Picture Book Writer // SCBWI // 12x12PB // Kids’ Choice Honorable Mention 2023 // Write Mentor Scholarship Recipient 2022 & 2023 // PB Rising Stars Mentee 2023 // PitchMe Finalist 2024
I get far too excited when I walk into an office supplies store. | #SCBWI | #12x12PB | #amwriting | #wip | #PB #kidlit #F | #motherhood #NF | she/her
Health writer/editor, PB writer, SCBWI, 12x12, 'Nova Wildcat, mom of teens, yoga fan and small town girl turned Jersey girl. She/her.
Pediatric speech-language pathologist. #KidLit writer. #12x12PB. #SCBWI. #PBParty 2025 Finalist. Equal parts Monica Geller, Sue Heck, Leslie Knope.
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.--Romans 12:21
abbywooldridge.com
Special education preschool teacher, mom of 2 littles and a rescue dog, ECE blogger, and aspiring PB writer
www.tenderheartedteacher.com
IG: @tenderheartedteacher
#scbwi #12x12challenge #kidlit #pb #writingcommunity #preschool #earlychildhood
Children's Author, Teacher and Wonder Collector
https://www.sharongiltrowauthor.com/
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! 🇨🇦🇺🇸
Editor and writer. Résumé specialist (CPRW). Book award judge. Dog hugger. Science fiction, kidlit, and anything else with themes of possibility. she/her
#SCBWI #ACES #EFA #IBPA
detaileddraft.com
#Writer #Photographer #Traveler
#KidLit #12x12 #picturebooks
judydavischeek.com
Writer of children's literature and advertising copy. Mom, picture book connoisseur, raised in the woods... Much love for libraries, educators, kids(!), and the lovely kid lit community.
Picture book author - FLATVILLE'S 42 FOLDS coming in 2027!
Mom of 2. Lover of science, outdoors, food, and all things kidlit.
#12x12PB / #SCBWI / 2024 #PitchMe Finalist
Rep'd by: Katrina Lemaire
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)
Latina author of IN CASE OF LAS MOSCAS (9/8/26), TOGETHER WE REMEMBER, ABUELO’S FLOWER SHOP, and more!
writer, reader, librarian's daughter, art lover.
Portland, Oregon
libraries and bookstores,
bookstores and libraries
12x12 and SCBWI
#kidlit #neurodivergentsupporter #12x12PBChallenge, fmr European expat, ❤️ cats, poodles, purple + chocolate, SCBWI-LA Mingle coord. PB debut fall ‘27. Rep’d by Marisa Cleveland. goodreadswithronna.com + RonnaMandel.com @pbcreativecrew.bsky.social
Nanny. Auntie. Nature artist. PB writer. Outdoor play advocate. 12x12. SCBWI.
#Illustrator & #writer - First Second, Little Brown, DC, Marvel, ... Eisner, GLAAD, Russ Manning nom - 🇫🇷 & 🇨🇦 - Los Angeles
margueritesauvage.com
margueritesauvage@gmail.com
aka @madymartin.bsky.social
#illustration #graphicnovel #kidlit #yalit #comics
Picture Book Author🌟 #12x12Challenge🌟 #SCBWI 🌟SARSAPARILLA SUE and THE SASSMOUTH🌟SASSMOUTH: the MUSICAL🌟Curriculum Coordinator🌟Tap Dancer🌟Surviving on wanderlust, chocolate, and tacos!
Children's book author www.anneobriencarelli.com
KidLit Author. Psychologist. Adventurer. MISTER ROGERS' GIFT OF MUSIC 🎶. LIGHT, LETTERS & LOVE (Sleeping Bear, Spring 2027)🌻
#SCBWI #12x12 www.donnacangelosi.com
Join @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social and @paulvinelli.bsky.social for celebrations of picture books & librarian fashion.
Apple: https://apple.co/4e4mM3h
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3ANgYge
Instagram: https://bit.ly/4dCh09b
Children’s Author / Lyricist | Don't Let Ned Plant a Tree There! DC Canada Education Publishing, Spring 2026 | Climate Journalist | Nature Education Advocate | Formerly @CBCNews + @cbckids
https://linktr.ee/andreakoehlejones
Science teacher,(online public school in Texas), bird watcher, proud nerd and writer of nonfiction for kids. Encourager for STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math)
www.angelaturner.org
Author (Insiders’ Guide 2 RVA + Richmond’s Culinary History) Webinar Coordinator: SCBWI Mid-Atlantic, Storystorm #12x12 Paint on my hands, dirt on my shirt, crumbs on my lap. she/her
Kidlit writer, CANSCAIP competition finalist ‘24, member SCBWI, CANSCAIP. Proud mum. She/her
#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
✂️ 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/
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
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
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
#Wife, #Mother, #Educator—#SCBWI #12x12 #Picturebooksummit #KIdLit #BlackCreatorsHq #WNDB #PBMentee @diverse-books
Author of Award-winning FOREVER HOME, 2022 IPNE Best Children’s Book; 2023 Writers Digest Honorable Mention-Children’s Picture Book. Published poet and writer, collage artist, baker and doter of grandchildren.
Writer, creative, traveler, foodie, lover of my family! Soon to be dwelling in this badass bus. The
Author & illustrator for picture books.
my website: shuyichiou.com
Children's author of #kidlit #pb #cb
Member of #12x12PB #SCBWI
Canadian living in the UK
#KidlitCraze Blog
robynnhyde.com/kidlit-craze
#PB #MG author seeking representation |'26 debut READY TO RIDE |'24 PBParty finalist | '24 WNDB Mentee| '23 #SCBWI-NM Enchantment Show winner| #12x12 | retired educator | ❤️ photography | http://mochadiane.com | she/her/hers
Author/Engineer/Mom
Debut PB- KAI PO CHE: Mini's Perfect Kite (@GRP, March '25)
#12x12 #SCBWI #DVpit
Amazon: https://a.co/d/cSZyHfk
Rap song: https://bit.ly/3zyA35u
Picture book writer, gardener, and climate advocate. #SCBWI #12x12 #kidlit
“Pre-published” #kidlit writer, SCBWI + 12x12 member
Mom, Grammy, retired zoo dentist, kidlit author, Regional Advisor #SCBWI Ohio Central & South, #12x12, #CtC, #STA, #PBRisingStar mentee ‘24&’25, repped by Vicky Weber carrielogsdonmccullough.com
Illustrator/storyteller represented by Lynnette Novak of The Seymour Agency
portfolio: https://dianadelosh.com
Freelance writer, Questioner, Storyteller
#history #science #parenting #education #finance #health #travel #nature #Binder #ASJA #SCBWI #NASW #YA #Kidlit #12x12
#Kidlit author | StarrMatica CEO | Science curriculum and PD writer | IA State Science Leadership Team Member | Nonfiction fanatic | Elementary #STEM advocate
SCBWI | 12x12
📚 reader ✏️ writer 👩👧mom 👩🏫 teacher #12x12challenge #scbwi #kidlit
#Author of big-hearted stories for little readers. #teacher #parent #chronicillness #IBD #arthritis
https://linktr.ee/alisonmcgauley
Children’s Author 🇨🇦 in 🇺🇸 via 🇦🇺
🔥IGGY WHO BREATHES FIRE (Disney Hyperion)
🌸ALFRED BLOOMS (Random House Studio)
Rep: Ammi-Joan Paquette
My website: carriekruck.com
Autistic, ADHD, queer 🏳️🌈 author/illustrator of PB & MG books affirming neurodivergent and other identities. Literature PhD. Safe Space.
She/her.
PBRising Stars/PBParty honorable mention/runner-up ‘23/24/25
#amquerying #12x12pb
https://linktr.ee/Cs_au
I make picture books that lovingly undermine the status quo.
TAROT DECK MESS & MY FIRST TAROT (‘23)
MAGIC CHILD ('25)
🧹📚🥄 www.sarahgbeck.com
http://www.Linktr.ee/9_of_wands
#12x12PB
Rep: Natascha Morris
📚 Picture Book Writer #amquerying #scbwi #12x12challenge
📺 Kids Media Curriculum Developer
🎓 Playful PhD
👶👶 Mom to twins
♾️ Autism Advocate
🎶 Musical theatre fan
📍 Brooklyn, NY
https://www.melissamorgenlander.com/
🎬Kidlit author, actor, voice-over artist,
👫Father of (the best) twins.
📺 Scooby-Doo, Futurama, I Love Lucy, Twilight Zone
🦧Favorite animal-Orangutan
🎵It's All Coming Back To Me Now and Believe
editor/story coach specializing in kidlit | author of kids' books | freelance writer | she/her | upcoming bk: MISS MATCH | recent bks: HOORAY FOR TRUCKS!; SAME HERE; WALKING FOR WATER; LIGHTS DAY AND NIGHT | www.susanhughes.ca
YA and PB writer. Hand-blown glass, Van Gogh, mountains, and ocean. 12x12, SCBWI
Mom of 2 toddler boys, poet and picture book writer, former ESL/bilingual teacher #12x12PB #PBparty finalist #50preciouswords winner
Children's author, teacher, picture book fan, and lover of all things nautical. #kidlit #storystorm #SCBWI #12x12 #50PreciousWords HM 2023 & 2024
Kidlit author repped by Jackie Kruzie.
#kidlit author. FALL: A SEASONS STORY (August 2026, Beach Lane), SPRING: A SEASONS STORY (spring 2028, Beach Lane), WINTER: A SOLSTICE STORY (2023) & SUMMER: A SOLSTICE STORY (2024) from Paula Wiseman/Simon & Schuster. #12x12PB #SCBWI kelseyegross.com
