I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "Enshittifcation." Next book "Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI." Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
Children’s author | editor Islandport Press | librarian | enthusiastic tea-drinker | probably baking or lost in the Maine woods | rep’d by Stephen Fraser at Jennifer DeChiara
Author. Editor. Publisher. Scholastic. Harcourt. Co-founder Reycraft Books. Founder of Move Books (now at Charlesbridge as Charlesbridge Moves). Partner in Kid’s Book Revisions. Most importantly—lover of desserts!
A show about what's happening in the world of books and reading, hosted by Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinsky. Available wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Professing literature in Philadelphia. Writing MIDDLEMEN: Literary Agents & the Making of American Fiction (April ‘26).
laurabmcgrath.substack.com
Teacher. Writer. Lover of words and history. One-time archaeologist. Nonfiction Ninja mentee. SCBWI. 12x12. #amquerying #5thgrade She/her. https://katiemcenaney.com/ and https://www.thelogonauts.com/ for book rec's
We are 200 unions, faith leaders, and community groups standing together in nonviolent resistance to protect NYC.
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Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Founder/Literary Agent at mccarthylit.com, long-suffering Mets fan, hops (beer and rabbits) enthusiast.
First time graphic novelist. Look for THE NIGHT LIBRARIAN.
chrislincoln.org
We are Publishing Professionals Against Book Bans, a sibling organization to Authors Against Book Bans.
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Literary Agent at Donald Maass Literary Agency
Representing YA & Adult Fiction; Horror, SFF, Thriller, Romance, and WF
www.kiananguyen.com
Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
illustrator & author | PET SHOP RACERS Disney Hyperion, WHOA, PANDA! ‘25, THE BIG BOOK OF TEXAS ‘26 | rep: Timothy Travaglini, Transatlantic Agency
Filipina founded indie bookstore with 3 Long Beach CA locations. 📚💗☕️ More at belcantobooks.net
Writer & journalist. 📚Disability Intimacy, Body Language. Founding editor, Hyphen. Writing about immigrant communities, Asian America, culture, food, disability & more. melissahung.xyz
Publishing Director (US) at Post Wave Children's Books #kidlit
Aussie USian Novelist & Clothes Wearer, who loves the WNBA. Penguin (Au/UK/USA) will publish my next novel, The Mortons (2026). Fascism=bad. @DrJustineFancyPants on Insta. She/her/hers.
https://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2025/08/28/how-to-find-my-books/
As a 3X New York Times bestselling illustrator, I’m best known for books like Dear Girl and Dear Boy, and I’m also the author of the Magical Creatures series.
they/them. writer, artist, theatre person. youth librarian/bookseller. lives off kidlit, comics, and spec fic. rep: @desir.ee at Looking Glass Lit
https://parkergoodreau.com/
Agent at SteelWorks Literary. Horse girl, dog mom, taxi parent, and guacamole lover. Building a community of storytelling, collaboration, and connection.
https://steelworksliterary.com
Professional children’s book buyer/curator. Consultant providing support & insights to nonprofits/authors/publishers. Reviewer for #BookFriendsForever. Wife of @garethhinds.bsky.social. Passionate advocate for book access & diverse books. Opinions mine.
In June 2025, Bloomsbury will publish The Ultimate Guide to Editing Your Novel: A revolutionary approach to transform your writing. An editorial process I developed over my many years as an editor, author, university lecturer and mentor.
Children's Book Editor-at-Large with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from “Kill Switch”, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
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Constantly curious, chai-drinking award-winning children's book author, poet, and aspiring illustrator.
📕Excited for Eid (LBB, 2024)
📙Friday Fun (LLB, 2024)
📘Aarzu All Around (S&S, 2025)
📗The Camel Library (F&F, 2025)
📕Radiant Ramadan (LBB, 2025)
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Associate Agent at New Leaf Literary & Media | they/she 🇹🇹🏳️🌈
trinicasampsonvera.com
Co-author & illustrator of THE INVISIBLE PARADE, w/ Leigh Bardugo (2025). 2026 Pura Belpré Honor Book Winner. 3x Hugo Award Winner. 5x Locus Award Winner. Inkpot Award Winner. Cover Artist. International Man of Lotería. He/him.
linktr.ee/johnpicacio
librarian, archivist, historian, author, Ignyte award-winning & Hugo-nominated writer and critic, rat obsessive, hella queer
words in reactormag.com, locusmag.com, npr, reader's digest, and elsewhere
bookjockeyalex.com
Kidlit Author/Illustrator Represented by Jes Trudel at The Rights Factory
RachelRCreates.com
Making stories that create touchstones for anxious and inquisitive children.
💙 Children’s Book Illustrator | Mom | 2 Dogs | 1 Cat | Trekkie | Explorer of the mundane | Rep: @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social | @bookendsliterary.bsky.social
https://nicole-wong.com/
Children’s department at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates with over 90 years of experience bringing lasting stories to all young readers 🌟
www.greenburger.com
Author of feminist YA and sweet PB. Up next: PERFECT GIRL (Feiwel & Friends). She/her. Runs on rage and peppermint tea.
www.tracybanghart.com
Children's book author. Agent/nurturer at Studio Goodwin Sturges. PT faculty @RISD. Cheerleader of young writers. Believer in hearing and empowering all voices. Lover of history, juicy words, and coffee. She/her.
literary agent @ www.greenburger.com
she/her
The Latinx KidLit Book Festival is a virtual celebration of Latinx KidLit authors, illustrators, and books for readers & educators.
Picture book author of BYE, CAR and MY BEST FRIEND, SOMETIMES. Also WHILE GRANDPA NAPS and I HATE EVERYONE. Contributing writer at Lilith magazine. #KidLit (BYE, CAR cover illustration by Daniel RIeley, headshot by Joan Roth.)
www.naomidanis.com
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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Developmental editor | author (and ghostwriter) of 480 kid, teen, adult books | blogger @ https://asuen.com/
Editorial Director Random House Graphic, Writer, Reader, Swiftie, Book Recommender, Mom. Opinions mine. Taylor Swift reader available now https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777341/taylor-swift-superstar-by-shana-corey-illustrated-by-chloe-quinn/
Author & Illustrator. IN A JAR, OUT OF A JAR, HOPE IN A JAR (25), THE GREAT ESCAPE (26), THE LONE WOLF (27), & more. Rep’d by Laura Rennert, ABLA.
Founder of Britt Siess Creative Management/ Literary Agent/ Graphic Novels/ Cosplay/ Cake/ 🇲🇽🇩🇪/ Banner Art by @lazyfishy
Executive Editor, LBYR / Bon Vivant, BKLYN
Rich in Color is dedicated to reading, reviewing & promoting YA books starring or written by BIPOC. 📚
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Author. Artist. Avowed woozler of dogs & guinea pigs.
Illustrator . Designer . Author
📍L.A.
http://www.rillaalexander.com
Cats, sewing, fun fabric patterns, tech and art deco.
I draw pictures, I bake bread, I go for walks.
Columbia county, NY
Maker of picture books, comics, early readers and screenprints. Preorder my new book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721979/earl-and-worm-1-the-b
Labor organizer, social justice activist, proud Taiwanese American mom
Picture book author. Reader. Bookstore and library lover. All about my kids and cats. Repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette. #Kidlit website: www.patzietlowmiller.com
Award winning illustrator, children’s book creator, muralist, map maker, cartoonist and bath taker living in The Barkshires.
Website: aaronmeshon.com
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Cars: backseatdrafter.com
Visit: railroadstcollective.com
Award-winning author of Planting Stories (Pura Belpré Honor, 2020) Phenomenal AOC (Pura Belpré Honor for illustration, 2022), Gato Guapo, A Girl Named Rosita, La Bandera (2026), and more.
Literary Agent (food, narrative non-fiction, lifestyle, art, mind-body-spirit) & poet based on Martha’s Vineyard
Author of How to Write a Novel and the Jacob Wonderbar series. Blogging holdout. Reach out to me for help with your book!
www.nathanbransford.com
Auction by the #kidlit community to raise funds for Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts. Bidding: Jan 20th (9am PST) - Jan 28th (8pm PST).
Amazing items up for bid: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles
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The young person's guide to conquering (and saving) the world.✨
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Native Haudenosaunee Television & Musical writer. Wasn’t cool in high school, and never will be. 🥸 I like D&D and stuff. Rep’d at Verve. Ska:rù:rę & Muscowpetung Cree 🪶 Two-Spirit
www.imdb.com/name/nm5422690/
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Writing and illustrating children's books!
✎ THE MOST PERFECT PERSIMMON
✎ BREAD DAYS (out now!)
Rep: Rebecca Sherman at Writers House
hannahchung.com/books
🎨 Illustrator, art director
📚 Seeking Children's Book Rep
🛠️ Fixing up an old house in the Catskills
👩🏻 She/Her
Portfolio: jenkeenan.com
Studio: charmingstudiony.com
Author of I MIGHT BE IN TROUBLE (Dec 3, 2024). Also: INDIVISIBLE & BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN (out now!)
Never not craving tacos 🌮
noise artist, public accountant, spooky weirdo
Reader, Equal opportunity misanthrope, professional profanthropist.
Do NOT get my boss involved.
Author of books for all ages including Lavender House, Camp, Emmett, Lion’s Legacy, and others.
New York Times bestselling author of MG books | The Last Fallen Star + Moon + Realm | DREAMSLINGER coming April 2025 | www.gracikim.com
Founder of the Keyes Agency, LLC. Bookish. Short. Invisible Disability. Brooklyn, NY. She/her
Kid Lit Writer. Music and theater fanatic. Space Nerd.
Author of MY CITY IS A FORT and featured in BOY MOMS.
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#365PictureBooks
Executive Editor, Sourcebooks. She/her
Kunta, Geordi, Reading Rainbow guy. Flies twice as high… #bydhttmwfi
Writer and filmmaker. Author of four books, including THE FORGOTTEN SUMMER OF SENECA (out now) and IN BETWEEN DAYS (May 12, 2026). She/her.
https://www.booksaremagic.net/item/k9JCycuDevqU8Ufpha6EHQ
#1 NYT Bestselling author - The Hate U Give, Concrete Rose, etc. On the Come Up streaming on Paramount+ . Nic Blake and The Remarkables out now!
Writer. Bookstore owner. Midwest Princess.
BLACK GIRL POWER out now! 💕
BREE BOYD IS A LEGEND out 3.4.25 ✨
literary agent. newsletter: http://publishingishard.com
they/she
I write stories inspired by Palestinian folklore. Ignyte and Ember Award winning, Pushcart, Palestine Book, & Lammy noms. BNW and Locus finalist. (she/her) Clarion West '25
https://www.soniasulaiman.com
#1 New-York-Times-Disqualified & Hugo-Award-disqualified author of IRON WIDOW and ZACHARY YING AND THE DRAGON EMPEROR (They/Them)
Dragon, Lodestar, & Lambda Award Finalist. Bestselling author of SO LET THEM BURN (2024), THIS ENDS IN EMBERS (2025), AN ARCANE INHERITANCE (2025), WICKED ENDEAVORS (2026), & HEIR UNDYING (2027) | she/her 🇯🇲
Professional snacker. Internal med MD. Utterly incapable of staying in one literary lane. (she/her)
📕K-Jane (YA/ Harper Collins, out now!)
https://linktr.ee/lydiakang
Queering up your shelves, one rec at a time. Check it out at LGBTQReads.com
Husband, father, writer, Publisher w/ FREEDOM FIRE.
Black By Popular Demand: https://kwamembalia.substack.com
Author-Illustrator based in Brooklyn
children's-YA author, Heartdrum imprint curator, little free library steward, dog mom
Literary Agent. Author of WHERE SHADOWS MEET, a vampire romantasy out 4.1.25 in the US & UK. I really love books 🥰
👩🏾💻 patricecaldwell.com
📚 https://linktr.ee/pncaldwell
NYT Bestselling author • Intl speaker • Educator. Eyes that Kiss in the Corners. We Who Produce Pearls. The Silence that Binds Us.
Tall for no reason + #1 New York Times bestselling author of THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END
Bestselling author of books about k-pop, k-dramas, and my Korean culture. I write, I travel, and I write while I travel. 📚🇰🇷🏳️🌈
Speculative fiction author. Avid reader. Public library aficionado. Southern Book Prize and Ignyte award finalist. She/Her.
https://www.karen-strong.com
USA Today bestselling author 🌈
books: A SHOT IN THE DARK | A LESSON IN VENGEANCE | THE FEVER KING | THE ELECTRIC HEIR
next: THE LOVE VARIATIONS (2025)
