A lifelong love of reading starts here! 📚🎈
Books and author events from the home of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group in NYC.
http://www.mackids.com
(She/Her) librarian, publishing professional, kid lit enthusiast.
Empowering and advocating for libraries and library workers to ensure equitable access to information for all. 🌎’s largest library association.
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Writer. Speaker. Goofball. VCFA Faculty. Author of MG and YA novels, including WORSER, named a Best Book of the Year by New York Times, Kirkus, and Booklist. jenniferziegler.com
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Children's book author. NE-SCBWI co-ARA. Director of Whispering Pines Writers’ Retreat. #kidlit #PB #MG #12x12 www.pamvaughanauthor.com
Novice Writer of Chapter Book Series, Experienced Grandmother, Almost Graduate of SNHU, Gladly Retired, Shivering Chicago Resident, Extreme Novice Website Developer (mine only), Longtime lover of life!
www.LeeBallardBooks.com
Newbery Honor Award-winning and Pura Belpré Award–winning author of THE VULNERABLE OBSERVER, LUCKY BROKEN GIRL, LETTERS FROM CUBA, TÍA FORTUNA'S NEW HOME, ACROSS SO MANY SEAS. Co-author with Gabriel Frye-Behar of PEPITA MEETS BEBITA.
Organizer, Musician, Floridian, and Congressman (FL10).
https://linktr.ee/maxwellfrostfl
Cartoonist, Author, Reader, Art Lover, Runner, Mother (Humans, Dog)
Children's Trade & Salaam Reads Publisher at Simon & Schuster. Brooklyn based Sky Farmer, Bread Baker and Hater of some renown. (*posts not sanctioned by S&S)
Paint | Write | Teach | Read :||
https://www.amazon.com/author/andreahellman
https://www.andreahellman.com/
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8302-589X
https://multiliteracy.net/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreahellman/
@andreahellmanart
@dunabooksllc
Proud defender of Democracy! Absolutely against the Orange Shitler. May good prevail over evil! Oh, and I love science, my animals and my family!
#kidlit writer, rara avis, survivor of dysfunction and malady • WITCHYCAKES chapter book series available NOW wherever books are sold! 🌙🧁🐚💙• repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette • she/her
https://linktr.ee/karalareau
The young person's guide to conquering (and saving) the world.✨
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Dad. Husband. Illustrator and author of books. 2018 Caldecott Medalist.
Award-winning author, lover of dogs, liker of people.
🇨🇦 Writer, zoologist, artist.
Author of 20+ books. SHARK LADY, BUNBUN & BONBON, OCEAN SPEAKS.
Unruly spokesperson for literacy, science, creativity, wildness & wonder.
https://www.jesskeating.com/
Rep: Kathleen Rushall, Andrea Brown Lit
Children's Book Author and Playwright #SCBWI #KidLit
www.barbarakimmelwrites.com
👑 Purim Possibilities (PJ Publishing)
🕎 Hanukkah Hippity-Hop (Kar-Ben)
🦊 Rep'd by Eve Adler, Red Fox Literary
Author of books. Maker of art. Speaker of speeches. Part squid/part earthquake. Literacy fanatic. Lover of corn. Ardent supporter of teenagers. Founder of 🏳️🌈 Gracie's House: www.gracieshouse.com.
She/her https://linktr.ee/AS_King
She/her 🏳️🌈 @Horrorwriters #SpookyMG Rep'd by @renarossner. GHOST GIRL, the Bram Stoker nominated THIS APPEARING HOUSE, THE OTHER MARCH SISTERS and Stephen King endorsed BROKEN DOLLS
Updates from the Library Marketing Dept at Norton (USA). A department of W. W. Norton & Company, independent publishers since 1923. https://wwnorton.com/library-marketing
@ms.now Senior Political and National Reporter. Author of NYT bestsellers Firestorm and Separated. EP: Separated, a film by Errol Morris.
jacobsoboroff.com
White House Correspondent for @NBCNews. Tips? Email: Yamiche.Alcindor@nbcuni.com.
☀️ Host @waytooearly.bsky.social
📕 Author “Electable: Why America Hasn’t Put A Woman In the White House…Yet.”
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@joe-scarborough.bsky.social,
@mika-brzezinski.bsky.social & @WillieGeist deliver top news stories 📰
Watch weekdays 6-10 AM ET on @ms.now
Co-host: Morning Joe, MSNBC
Contributing Writer: The Atlantic
Author: "The Big Lie."
Ex-AP, Politico, NY Daily News.
Dad, Mr. Carrie Melago, Red Sox fan
Librarian. Let’s build inclusive school spaces that center joy and resistance. ‘23 SLJ SLOTY. Author of The Restorative School Library, Include, co-author of Manga Goes to School. #LibFive #TrueBookFAIRs she/her 🌈
Author Novels in Verse for Teens (Bloomsbury LU), library manager, reviewer for SLJ & Booklist, moderator, and presenter. Swiftie. Reese-aholic. My TBR will one day collapse and this is how I will die. Personal acct my opinions.
Writer, poet, kidlit, SCBWI, librarian, teacher
Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Children’s writer • Poetry lover • Mom of 7
Kidlit Honors: Ann Whitford Paul Awards 2024 & #PBParty 2025
Writes lyrical PB, quirky stories, & speculative upper MG/YA
SCBWI Eastern PA CoRA | Former K–12 Teacher | kcstrocchia.com
1/8 hosts: #KidlitZombieWeek
Artist, author/illustrator, SCBWI, Courage to Create, Writers' Loft Hudson, MA, avid gardener, hiker, and fundraiser. Former teacher, librarian, and environmental specialist. Current dog mom! https://jodieapeseche.weebly.com
Heron spotter, library lover, kidlit nerd, photographer, voter. Author of GITTEL (Regal House/Fitzroy Books, 4/2025). www.laurieschneider.com #booksky
She/her. PB author & Admin at Made for PAX. Baseball for Breakfast, Ice Cream Everywhere & AJ's Neighborhood. #SCBWI #BackMatterBreakDown #amquerying Opinions my own.
Locus, BSFA, Ignyte Finalist. Award winner. Chef. Librarian. Author of 7+ books. Next: Until the Clock Strikes Midnight, 2/3/2026. Bostonian in Germany.
Author, lawyer, devourer of caffeine and chocolate
Out now: GHOUL SUMMER 👻📚
www.tracybadua.com
ALA Geisel Award winning Brooklyn based Korean American Illustrator/Author.
IG: https://www.instagram.com/yangblog/
Web: https://www.jamesyang.com
Books: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2143640/james-y
Award-winning Author-Illustrator & Disney Animator on #Zootopia2 #Encanto, WE ARE LION DANCERS, ANZU THE GREAT KAIJU. Rep: Teresa Kietlinski, Bookmark Literary
🎨 www.bensonshum.com
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🌟 https://linktr.ee/BensonShum
We're here to help parents, teachers, and librarians discover great reads for kids, from picture books to middle grade!
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Visit https://www.littlebrownlibrary.com/
https://linktr.ee/lbyrschool
Award Winning Author of #kidlit YA and MG Novels. NESHAMA (Candlewick 2025). Junior Library Guild Gold Standard. TROWBRIDGE ROAD (Candlewick 2020) Longlisted National Book Award, Finalist, Massachusetts Book Award, Junior Library Guild Gold Standard.
Illustrator • Writer • Regional Advisor #SCBWI New York West/Central Upstate • MFA Indiana U
#kidlit #kidlitart
www.pattywursterstudio.com
Literacy Ambassador in NY. Goals include inspiring students’ reading lives, making libraries the heartbeats of schools, and engaging students in curriculum that will make the world a better place for all. Oh, and to get my son to the ice rink on time.
K-5 School Librarian, educator of 33 years, occasional blogger at thelatebloomersbookblog.blogspot.com, chairperson Nerdcamp NNE, contributer to Choice Literacy, NBCT, Autism Mom #schoollibrarian #TLSky #EduSky #Futurereadylib
Mom & Wife, Middle School Librarian, Educator, Reader, @ALANorg 2024 President, Unleashing Readers blog, Educator Guide author, Mental health advocate, 🌈, #blacklivesmatter, #endhate, Cat mom, IST/FJ, LEGO, Go Cubs go! (she/her/hers)
Seventh grade teacher by day, romance author Kat Ryan by night. Working to be a positive influence in my little corner of the world.
Education blog:
http://readwriteandreflect.blogspot.com
Romance author website
https://katryanwrites.com
MG & YA writer, poet, SPED Teacher
Rep: Jazmia Young at Curtis Brown Ltd.
Lives in the Boston area. she/her BLM
Fight fascism. Stands with Ukraine.
Husband, father, writer, Publisher w/ FREEDOM FIRE.
Black By Popular Demand: https://kwamembalia.substack.com
📚 Author-illustrator of graphic novel, CRAMMING (Little Brown, 2028)
🌱 Rep: Chelsea Eberly at Greenhouse Literary
💬 Love to talk about comic & book craft
🎮 UX/UI Tech Designer in video games
🌈 she/they
https://brigittablair.com/blog/
Comics friend.
Linktr.ee/lucyknisley
Eisner-winning cartoonist. Public speaker and former classroom teacher. Creator of the Mr. Wolf’s Class series and SPEECHLESS (Graphix/Scholastic)
Links to all my stuff: https://linktr.ee/mrwolfcomics
Cartoonist! Creator of WILDFIRE (Little, Brown / 2023) TRESPASSERS (Scholastic/Graphix) and HEY BABY. Repped by @abuckslater 🧀 Perennial cheesehead. www.breenabard.com
Author-illustrator, Cartoonist, Creator of the LEON THE EXTRAORDINARY series (Scholastic / Graphix).
LEON: WORST FRIENDS FOREVER in stores now!
https://linktr.ee/jamarnicholas
rep: Daniel Lazar / Writers House
Cartoonist & tea enthusiast
🐰 Cartoonist, bunfriend, learnin the drums
📚 BABY-SITTERS CLUB 5-8
🪀FREESTYLE & FRESH START✈️
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🏳️🌈 they/them
next book: BSC Super Special! (Sept 2026)
Writer, dog and cat lover, big kid
www.ChrisGrabenstein.com
New York Times bestselling Illustrator and 4x Pura Belpre award winner. Creator of the World of Vamos books and the Snips. Published by Harper Alley and Little Brown Ink.
Developmental editor | author (and ghostwriter) of 480 kid, teen, adult books | blogger @ https://asuen.com/
I'm so happy to be here with you!
Novelist, writer, writing professor; comics, sci-fi, and music geek
Literacy leader who serves to build children’s access to people and books that fosters book joy.
Teacher Librarian, Adjunct Faculty-WSU School of Information Science, AASL Past President, Michigan Association of School Librarians Advocacy Co-Chair & Past President, about me: bit.ly/klester
NYT Bestselling Author of A Tale Dark & Grimm, the Newbery Honoree The Inquisitor’s Tale, and the bestselling series The Unicorn Rescue Society. Emmy-nominated producer of A Tale Dark & Grimm for Netflix. Raised in Baltimore, lives in Brooklyn.
Award-Winning Picture Book Author | Next Up: THE TRUE UGLY DUCKLING: HOW HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN BECAME A SWAN 🐣| Agent: Victoria Wells Arms l #KidLit l #PictureBooks l #VCFA | #SCBWI l #AffirmingAutism l She/her
Hi folks! I’m a practicing attorney and award winning author, currently querying an #A #Romance #ChristmasRomance & a #NA #Romantasy www.tkread.com Proud member #scbwi #AtlantaWritersClub
🇲🇽🇺🇸 Author of AN OFRENDA FOR PERRO/ UNA OFRENDA PARA PERRO @littlebeebooks. Illustrator of LA AZOTEA DE MI ABUELA, @lillibros. Rep’d by @adriagoetz @ktliterary
Children’s Book Author and Teaching Artist
www.kellystarlinglyons.com
Cherokee Nation citizen and author of fiction and nonfiction for young people. tracisorell.com
#Kidlit #STEM Author of DAWN CHORUS (Holiday House, Spring 2027). Active in @SCBWIRockyMtn, Gardener, Therapy dog handler, Leader 2E support group, website https://susanwroble.com, KidLit Bird Book Reviews at https://www.10000birds.com/author/susan
Bookelicious Fan, Mother of 5, Writer, Library Advocate, and Lover of Belly Laughs and helping children fall in love with reading.
Literacy Consultant, Teacher, Author. Co-owner of OH What a Space. She/her/hers
Kid Lit Author | Math Enthusiast | Education Consultant | Ice Cream Lover | 12x12 and SCBWI Member | Rep’d by Saba Sulaiman, Talcott Notch Literary Services
Author of DEAR MATH, WE’RE NOT FRIENDS (Beaming Books 2026)
www.linahaldar.com
We make hearing from inspiring authors a part of the school day by bringing 2-3 bestselling children’s authors to schools each month via live stream.
https://bit.ly/m/BookBreak
Lori Kilkelly (she/her) posting for my boutique literary agency. Reps seasoned & rising talent in children's & YA lit (est 2018).
Still out here writing for kids and YA
rep: Katherine Latshaw at Folio Literary Management
Horse enthusiast, cat magnet, music fan, night owl, swing state voter, lazy gardener
She/her
catherinehapka.com
Educator, mother. Lover of kids, books, and dogs in most any combination.
Hopelessly devoted to books. Editorial Director Walker Books US/Candlewick Press
Author. Artist. Avowed woozler of dogs & guinea pigs.
NY Times bestselling author and cookie enthusiast. Coach at The Novelry.
NYT Best-selling raccoon enthusiast 🦝
Witchlings 4: Scepter of Memories out 9.16.25
I wrote Ghost Squad, the Witchlings series & the Eisner & Pura Belpré winning graphic novel Frizzy 🐓
https://linktr.ee/claribelortega
I write Black kids & DC Comics (Static: UAN) & Star Wars (Sanctuary: A Bad Batch Novel - 08.05.2025). Big Dad Energy. #GirlDad
https://www.lamargiles.com/links
Award-winning author, figure skater, & typewriter tinkerer
⛸️ Ana on the Edge
✈️ Ellen Outside the Lines
⛺️ Camp QUILTBAG
📚 Just Shy of Ordinary
✡️ Shabbat Is ...
rep: @thejordache.bsky.social | https://linktr.ee/matokah | 📍SF + VT
Official account for the Eastern Pennsylvania Region of SCBWI. https://www.scbwi.org/regions/epa
Los Angeles region of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Our goal is to support local writers and illustrators with events, mingles, and community. Working with our sister regions @scbwicencal and @scbwisocal. Art by Jessica Cooper.
Regional Advisor, Melissa Miles
Co-ARA, Amanda Fletcher
Co-ARA, Michelle Kennedy
IC, Jime Alena Wimmer
https://www.scbwi.org/regions/southern-breeze
The regional team is volunteer-led.
Mom of 2 daughters. Middle Grade Author. Repped by Nicole Eisenbraun. Developmental Editor. MS ELA Teacher. Tree-hugger. Vegetarian. Figure Skater. Dreamer.
#MGpies
https://mspitzerfranklin.wixsite.com/mysite/critique-services
flower gardener, poet #PB writer inspired by nature & ocean life 🌳🌸🌞🌙💦 #RA #SCBWI #12x12 #CtC | Storied Ink on Substack https://substack.com/@jpuglow #NSTA #ALA #AAAS #MightyKidLit
https://joyceuglowauthor.com repped by Liza Voges at Eden Street
Science Journalist | Children’s Author | MYSTERY DRIVER (@candlewickpress 2025)| Rep'd by Tracy Marchini, Tracy Marchini Literary
