I’m a YA writer and retired librarian. #VCFA WCYA grad and #librarian. I enjoy nature and playing classical guitar. I’m #AuHD and #bipolar.
Meezer mom 🐈⬛(siamese cats),PhD student at the U of U, small business owner w/ my kiddo refabulizing furniture with delovely art🎨, democratic socialist, feminist, late bloomer🪷🏳️🌈yacht rock lover⛵️🌊teatime keeper🫖 www.lavienouveaudecorshoppe.com
VCFA WCYA grad, LDS, I heart animals & books & nature & democracy
Author of kidlit; musician; feline fanatic; crafter. VCFA grad. Author/arranger site: dianetelgen.com.
Writer, illustrator, animator, and educational software person ✏️🎨
www.flamingoboots.com
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
Cozy mystery author, teaching artist with Nebraska Writers Collective, Edge magazine writer, recovering occupational therapist. MFA from VCFA. #MomsDemandAction
Writer and VCFA WCYA alum. Neurodivergent blerd who loves all things fantasy, horror, critters, books, and the weird. Currently a New Yorker, formerly a Chicagoan, always a Bostonian. Sometimes a zombie hunter.
Poet. Author. Teacher. Blogger @ TeachingAuthors.com. My YA historical PLAYING BY HEART was inspired by 2 amazing 18th-century sisters who lived in Milan. Rep. @bookbarrista.bsky.social www.carmelamartino.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/
The Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath) in Berkeley, California (formerly MSRI). Learn more at slmath.org or http://linktr.ee/mathmoves.
Lover of banned books.
Mother of cats.
Grad of VCFA WCYA
Adult Department Assistant and Social Media Maven at The Tobias Literary Agency.
Shop at https://www.brainlairbooks.com/ or your local indie!
Writer rep'd by Eric Smith at Neighborhood Literary. Reader. Co-host of The Write Way of Life podcast📍NYC 💜Trieste 🧠A book
https://linktr.ee/karisselizabeth
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
Accidental activist, recovering perfectionist, & VCFA WCYA grad
Author, teacher, and animal lover. Prader-Willi syndrome ally. @VCFAWCA. Rep: @gknowlton58
THE ZUZU SECRET coming in May ‘25
Six books including Sea of Tranquility, The Glass Hotel, and Station Eleven. St. John is just my middle name; the books go under M.
Poet, novelist, general word-nerd, gardener, photographer, foodie, film lover. My favorite people on the planet are children, which is why I write for them. Oh! And I'm a freak for roses, watercolor, and collage. Author of Ordinary Hazards, a memoir.
Tickle-fight champion. People-watching connoisseur. Lover of all things snark. Oh, and I dream up picture books!
GUS HEARTS THE BUS (July 1, 2025) | SO YOU WANT TO BUILD A LIBRARY | DUSK EXPLORERS | Etc.
rep’d by Charlotte Wenger
www.lindsayleslie.com
Writer. Reader. Bike Rider. My books include: Abzuglutely: Battling Bellowing Bella Abzug (2024), Brand New Bubbe (2022) and Just Like Rube Goldberg (2019)! Are you writing a book? Subscribe to my substack or work with me at Highlights!
(He/him) Stoker, Lambda, & Locus Award nominated author, anthologist, and teacher. 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
https://linktr.ee/cloudbusterpress
AN UGLY WORLD FOR BEAUTIFUL BOYS (Lethe Press)
WE MOSTLY COME OUT AT NIGHT (Running Press Teens)
THE DANCING BEARS (Lethe Press)
Author. Writer. Unrepentant concert goer. My cat owns me.
I write books, herd cats, and mostly stay under the bed. Latest release: Not Quite a Ghost. Minneapolis, always.
anneursu@mac.com
Writer of picture books (VAMPIRINA BALLERINA, MOUSE CALLS, and more), chapter book bios and HF. Reader of almost everything. SCBWI. Authors Guild. Repped by Rachel Orr at Prospect. She/her. Find me at www.annemariepace.com
Word nerd, pixel wrangler. Writes funny on purpose.
VCFA WCYA SCBWI
www.heyjimhill.com
Award-winning author of middle grade novels like TEAR THIS DOWN, UNSTUCK, MAYBE HE JUST LIKES YOU, and VIOLETS ARE BLUE.
Children's book author. Bearcats 🏀 & Reds ⚾ fan
Coming in 2027: a new early chapter book series, starting with LARK GROWS A CAT (Chronicle Books)
She/her. Rep: Katie Grimm @ Curtis Brown.
www.jennbishop.com
Disabled Writer of YA Fantasy, Former Law Prof & Applied Legal Storytelling Scholar, Zebra (HeDS). Harris Voter. Post-Truthism Opponent. I support DEI. Follows back writers & law profs.
KidLit author (HONEY, THE DOG WHO SAVED ABE LINCOLN and GERTIE, THE DARLING DUCK OF WII), lawyer, teacher, animal lover UCLA, USC LAW, VCFA-WCYA, www.shariswanson.com. www.QuotableCreek.com
Anti-authoritarian. Author of stories for young people, including the YA novel DESSERT FIRST. Former Supreme Court law clerk. Former standup comic. VCFA MFA. Write on. He/him.
MG/YA verse novelist, author of LILAC AND THE SWITCHBACK, EVERY SHINY THING, SKYSCRAPING, THE WAY THE LIGHT BENDS. Creative writing teacher, freelance editor and certified book coach.
I write books for kids (VERY NEARLY HONORABLE LEAGUE OF PIRATES, WICKED MARIGOLD, & more). Latest: THE TINKERERS. Rep: Allison Hellegers. https://carolinecarlsonbooks.com
Librarian. NYT Bestselling Author. | LOUDER THAN HUNGER, RUTHIE ROSE’S BIG IDEA, THE GIFT OF STORY, THIS IS A SCHOOL, THIS IS A STORY | Agent: Molly O'Neill
National Book Award-winning author of unrealisms—mostly for young readers. SUNWARD, my first novel for grownups, is out now from Saga Press. He/him.
www.willalex.net
Kidlit author; writing course creator; lover of dogs, mountains, and all things magical. Blogs every week here: https://janetfox.substack.com/
Vagina American, science booster, writer, Duke Human Rights Center fan girl, pocket Rottie walker, emotional support human to Maximus Stripus, whistle at the ready. GOOD TROUBLE ALWAYS, she/y'all/youse, posts mine own http://linktr.ee/robinkirk.
Writer. Poet. Author of chapbooks LITTLE VICTORY & HOW TO CLEAN YOUR EYES. VCFA grad. Repped by Lori Steel at SteelWorks Literary.
Children’s poet. Abrams will publish Little Witch’s To-Do List in 2025–the first of four Magical List Books. Co-winner 2021 YorkMix International Children’s Poetry Prize & 2018 MG Katherine Paterson Prize. Poems published in many magazines and anthologies
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
NYT bestselling author. WAKE THE WILD CREATURES now out from Little, Brown: “Luminous.” “Ferocious.” “Essential.” https://linktr.ee/novaren
Newsletter hosted by Ghost: https://newsletter.novaren.com
YA fantasy writer. CRPS/RSD disability. Proud grad of BMC and of VCFA (WCYA). Enjoy reading, learning languages (French, Welsh), knitting, and so much more...
Author, Law Professor, Senior Literary Agent,
@TheTobiasAgency. #VCFA #SCBWI; #HWA
; #AALA; LAW & AUTHORS: A LEGAL HANDBOOK FOR WRITERS (UC Press, 2020); OUR DATA, OURSELVES (UC Press, 2022). jlipton.com
Author, translator & Lego builder. Winner 2023 LA Times Book Prize for YA Literature for TORCH. Author of MOONWALKING (co-authored with Zetta Elliott) & EYES OPEN, both historical novels in verse.
Writer, children’s specialist, TV series, comic books, YA mystery series. Repped by Jolene Haley
Writes books, bakes cupcakes, makes pottery, entertains two orange cats. Award-winning author, keynote speaker, unconventional educator. Passionate about literacy, community, diversity, conversation, and social justice. She/Her.
I used to design bridges but now I write books. My novels include TWINS, THE PARKER INHERITANCE, THE GREAT GREENE HEIST & PLAYING THE CARDS YOU'RE DEALT. VCFA/OU. He/Him. http://linktr.ee/varianjohnson
Author. Artist. Wanderer. VCFA.
SCBWI. Rep’d by Michelle Witte @ MansionStLit #kidlit #thegenesisretreat #TheOtherSideofLuck #TheSplinteredLight
Writer!
*Video Games (Star Wars: Jedi - Respawn Entertainment)
*Kids Novels (THE HUNT FOR THE HOLLOWER and THE SEARCH FOR THE SHADOWSOUL)
*Animation (Monster High, LEGO Monkie Kid, etc.)
*Comics (DC, Riot Games)
*calliecmiller.com | *VCFA WCYA | #kidlit
Author, editor, pie baker, Ollie walker, VCFA-WCYA, Maker of the Henry series, Meowsterpieces, and The Twelve Hours of Christmas
Award-winning author. THE CIVIL WAR OF AMOS ABERNATHY | MATTEO | THE TRUTH ABOUT TRIANGLES. Rep by Sara Crowe. He/him/his. 🏳️🌈
USA Today bestselling author of the Jane Austen Murder Mysteries, knitter, dog lover, cat wrangler. Michigander. 🌈
Latest: IN WANT OF A SUSPECT
Up next: A MATTER OF MURDER
TirzahPrice.com
Author of A TIME TRAVELER’S THEORY OF RELATIVITY | Cailleach of the Catskills | Baba Yaga of Philly | Writes Fantasy & Scifi for Children | Knitter, Needleworker, Raptor lover
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