Literary Agent w/ Mansion Street Literary Management
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A full service literary agency representing adult and children’s authors and illustrators. Making your dreams a reality ✨
Picture book writer, book woman, dog person
#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
Illustrator & author. Creator of all things cute, whimsical and magical. Horse girl!
Rep: @joycesweeney.bsky.social of The Seymour Agency.
Portfolio: www.melissaescobarart.com/
Links: https://linktr.ee/melissaescobarart
Homeschool mama to 3, wife, PB author, off-the-beaten-path explorer & kombucha lover. Writing Coach w/ Picture Book Author Academy.
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https://kathleenlowrybooks.wixsite.com/website
writer of #kidlit and #fiction. Member of #SCBWI and #12x12
12x12 Challenge 2025, 2026
SCBWI Member - Utah/Southern Idaho
Toad & Crow Designs - https://toadncrowdesigns.etsy.com
Passionate teacher, librarian and storyteller with 30+ years of international experience. Aiming to inspire a love of reading through her books. #CANSCAIP #SCBWI #12X12 #PB 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
Kidlit writer, mostly PB & MG. Member SCBWI, The Authors Guild. Mom x4. 12x12 challenge. Words published w/ Cricket magazine, Dirigible Balloon, STEMTuesday.com. Seeking rep. StephanieWritesForKids.com
Literary Intern for @laduskevich.bsky.social at Martin Literary
Author & Illustrator
Author of GOLDA AND EZRA series - Capstone
Member: SCBWI, Kids Comics Unite, Children’s Media Association
www.holliemichaels.com
Author. Illustrator. SCBWI Illustrator Coordinator LA/MS Region. Loves to draw. Loves really weird animals. Denisegallagher.com
Author-Illustrator, Amigurumi Artist, A GIFT FOR NAI NAI (12/5/23) 👧🏻🎁👵🏼, http://instagram.com/AutumnLeaflet, Rep’d by Miranda Paul, https://linktr.ee/AutumnLeaflet
Children's writer, book blogger (The Picture Book Buzz), poet, editor, bird watcher, photographer, nature lover ... #SCBWI #12x12 #Cybils Judge
linktr.ee/MariaMarshall_
#PB writer and poet, TORRIBLE PUNS: A COLLECTION OF PUNNY POEMS (Gnome Road Publishing, Spring '25), PBChat Mentee, #SCBWI, #12x12pb, #picturebooks, #poetry, #kidlit @pbbuds.bsky.social
triciatorrible.com
torriblepuns.com
Author-illustrator of BEST FRIEND IN THE WHOLE WORLD and SPRECKLE’S SNACK SURPRISE
Author of nonfiction and poetry books for kids, lover of nature and photography. Check out my new book: STARLIGHT SYMPHONY. Visit me at www.buffysilverman.com
Picture Book Writer
(TINY HIKER- Orca Book Publishers 2026)
Nature Adventurer
Outdoor Educator
Teacher
https://linktr.ee/natashazimmers
Middle Grade, Picture Book writer, former editor, horse girl, #MGWaves
Picture book author. Figuring this wacky world out one picture book, one haiku, one overanalyzed nursery rhyme at a time.
Author, cartoonist, creator of stuff. Funny, PB books from Viking; MEET THE LATKES, P is for PASTRAMI, THE BAGEL WHO WANTED EVERYTHING (2025). SCBWI Sid Fleischman Humor Award for MILO; STICKY NOTES & BRAIN FREEZE.
www.silberbooks.com
Author, poet, teacher. A PLACE FOR RAIN (Norton Young Readers), LEAFY LANDMARKS (Sleeping Bear Press); poetry ideas for educators: http://poetryboost.com; repped by @ljamstutz.bsky.social @stormliterary.bsky.social www.michelleschaub.com
PB/MG; Rep: Mona Kanin, Great Dog Lit
'27 TBA
‘25 MUD TO THE RESCUE! 🐘🦩🦫 🐢
‘24 HAUNTED STATES OF AMERICA 👻
SCBWI; WFH | hiker 🥾 | veggie 🌽|
bird&bear lover 🐤🐻 | nature 📷 | 💙
www.tanyakonerman.com
Author-Illustrator
📘 YETI IS NOT READY FOR SCHOOL
📘 YETI IS NOT READY FOR GAME OVER (7/2026)
💼 Rep’d by Lane Clarke, Ultra Literary
#kidlit #kidlitart
linktr.ee/lacarterbooks
Member of SCBWI | PB Party 2025 Finalist 👻 THE GIRL IN THE WINDOW
⭐️ DARK SKIES ('25, LITTLE PRESS)
https://linktr.ee/lindseyhobsonauthor
Author of the Frank and Bean series, Dakota Crumb, Joe and Sparky series, Come On In! & more. Hazel the Handful coming Spr25! 🐶
www.jamiemichalakbooks.com
Author of I Will Be Fierce!, Sam's First Word, How to Spot a Best Friend, Boop!, Goat Is the G.O.A.T. (2025), How to Grow a Family Tree (2025), That Is Not a Dog! (2026), You Did It! (2026), and more!
Rep: Melissa Edwards
Kidlit author- BRAVO, LITTLE BIRD & SIGNS OF FRIENDSHIP out now!
www.anniesilvestro.com
Author/Illustrator kidlit is my happy place 😊
“ PARKER PETERZAK HAS THE BIG SCHOOL BLUES” Sunday Dinner Publishing Out now. “I ROCK MY HAIR PRETTY AND PROTECTED BY THE CROWN ACT” with Gnome Road Publishing March 2025
https://angeltate.crevado.com/
Author and/ or Illustrator of 40+ books including PING PONG SHABBAT (2024, Little Bee). 12x12. CBIGNYC. SCBWI.
🇱🇰🇨🇦 God First | Tamil | STEMinist
No Purchase Necessary & Baby Virtues series
Wait Til You’re Older & Curry Means More
rep: @curtisbrown.ltd
Writes books for kids, repped by Triada US
RITU IN THE SUN (Random House Children’s, 2026)
STREET PUPPY, MASJID CAT (Little Bee Books, 2025)
THE FEAR FACTORY (Holiday House, 2026)
monizahossain.com
Repped by The Seymour Agency
Children’s author
UPCOMING: Luna Picks a Lucky Dumpling, Charlesbridge Publishing, May 19, 2026
Luna and the Case of the Missing Mooncakes, 2025, Charlesbridge Publishing
Luna’s Yum Yum Dim Sum, 2020, Charlesbridge Publishing
Kidlit Author | Wife & Mami | Chicana | WELCOME HOME, ESMERELDA (Charlesbridge, May 2025)| @SCBWI | Rep: Charlotte Wenger at Prospect Agency
writerdaniela.com
Pre-K Teacher ~ Author: THE GREAT COOKIE KERFUFFLE (AmicusInk 2022)
ALICE ALONE (AmicusInk March 2025)
🩵Picture Books🩵Plants🩵Animals🩵
https://www.authorjessicashaw.com/
Author and Illustrator of PEG GETS CRACKIN’ 2024 and PEG GETS PLUCKY 2025, available now! PEG’S EGG in spring 2026! Mom, grandma, animal and outdoor lover.
Rep’d by @swekstein.bsky.social
Website www.jorenfro.com
Children’s Author 🇨🇦 in 🇺🇸 via 🇦🇺
🔥IGGY WHO BREATHES FIRE (Disney Hyperion)
🌸ALFRED BLOOMS (Random House Studio)
Rep: Ammi-Joan Paquette
My website: carriekruck.com
#1 NYT bestselling author of many books, including the FRONT DESK series
Kidlit Author | COMING 2026: RAMP IT UP! (Charlesbridge) | COPY THAT, COPY CAT!: INVENTIONS INSPIRED BY ANIMALS (Barefoot Books, 2023) | 12x12 | SCBWI SoCal | Disabled by ME/CFS https://linktr.ee/katrinatangen
Author: THE PRINCESS & THE FROGS and TWELVE STEPS, recycle-knitter, graphic designer (web/book design, etc.) #KidLitConfections cookie queen, book-grandma, #ActuallyAutistic. (she/her) https://vbartles.com
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.
SCBWI, Children's book illustrator & author
Children's book writer, civic action and community engagement consultant. Not so secret food geek. Author of THIS IS NOT A NORMAL ANIMAL BOOK (Simon and Schuster). She/her.
Writer | Reader | M.Ed. | #SCBWI | Texas Master Naturalist | I 💚 wildflowers.
https://rebeccagaguilar.com/
I write #PB #YA to uplift, inspire, and entertain kids.❤️ Boy mom. MS teacher. Coordinator for #Mightykidlit. ND 💫🤩📝🌈
Seeking Rep- https://loriknutsen.my.canva.site
#50Preciouswords ‘25 HM
#springflingkidlit ‘25 Winner
#Halloweensie ‘25 HM
#SCBWI
#12X12
Writer, mom, cat lover
Author of 5 series:
Math Pirates
Funny Math Stories
Preemie Sibling
Gobbled (YA)
The Bridge to Nowhere (Paranormal Romance)
sarahburr.com
Querying a contemporary fantasy:
Sunrise Psychiatric (vampires)
The Bridge to Nowhere
SCBWI’s Director of Regional Team Management • Opinions are my own
Author/illustrator, watercolorist, craft painter of three dimensional things, doll restorer, hoarder of unfinished projects, chicken mom, loves cats although can't have them right now. #kidlit #NESCBWI
Canadian illustrator making whimsical art inspired by nature 🌿
Hamilton, ON.
Picture book lover, gardener, mother, chronic over-thinker 🪴
www.kristenmtaylor.com
www.kristentaylor.substack.com
www.instagram.com/kristentaylorart
SCBWI | CANSCAIP | 12x12 | 2025 Chuckle Challenge Finalist | HM 2025 Halloweensie Contest | AHOY, MATE, AHOY! MISS MOLLY MOLLOY releases April 2026
Illustrator & Author for Children's Books
Portfolio: http://www.deb-johnson.com
Available for all #kidlit and #kidlitart projects, especially sweet BB, PB, CB.
Copyeditor, writer, mother, daydreamer, geek
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
Children's book author, #SCBWI, MBA, musical theatre is my love language, Repped by Lindsay Auld of Writers House
🌻 Author FARM-RAISED KIDS (Storey 2024)
🌱 Illustrator EDIBLE (Thames & Hudson 2023)
🥕 Podcaster GROWING FOR MARKET PODCAST
Children’s book author/illustrator focused on creating inclusive and fun read alouds 😊
SCBWI member. Day job = studio art professor. Based in southeastern Massachusetts. Debut picture book: HELLO AT THE FARM https://www.boberrydesignco.com
📍 Nashville
Rebuilding after leaving Twitter!
Querying PB!
Mom, Picture Book Writer, Application Development, Gardner, Hiker, Dog Lover, she/her #kidlit #PBPitch #SCBWIMidsouth #amquerying #writingcommunity 🌞
www.waldohousebooks.com
We’re former teachers who now coach children’s book authors.
We focus on writing, publishing, and helping people find their footing.
📚 Children’s writer
✏️ Picture books (funny, tender, sometimes loud) - 12x12 member
💛 Lifelong book lover
🌿 Nature & walking lover
👦 👧 Reading with my kids
🌱 Stories that comfort & challenge
📍 Hertfordshire, UK
#kidlit #picturebooks
Is it writing time yet?
Kidlit, '23 PB Party Finalist, SCBWI, 12x12, Utah League of Writers. Rep'd by Joyce Sweeney of The Seymour Agency.
Forthcoming debut WHERE DADDY IS (Atheneum, 2029)
https://youtube.com/@lorastead
Kidlit Author, Therapist, Mom, Former Actor
mollyschafferbooks.com
#SCBWI #PB #12x12PB #PBParty
Writer and Illustrator of children’s books!
Illustrator of HILTON’S ISLAND and HILTIN’S HOLIDAY
Host of #MightyKidLit
Represented by Joyce Sweeney at The Seymour Agency
🌟Kidlit and Middle-grade Illustrator from🇮🇳
🌟Rep'd by @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social at CMA Lit
🌟 SCBWI member
🌟 https://kaushanimufti.com/
✉️ kaushani.mufti@gmail.com
Picture books that explore and illuminate touching and humorous moments of family situations. www.FlashlightPress.com
Receive news about upcoming giveaways, books, and more! https://flashlightpress.com/subscribe-to-the-flashlight-press-newsletter/
Agent at BookEnds Literary | Cofounder of Paths in Publishing | Airtable Enthusiast | probably reps your new favorite author
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allegramartschenko.com
We believe that books can change the world, and it all starts with our authors and illustrators.
www.bookendsliterary.com
Beaming Books publishes high-quality children's books that help kids thrive in every part of who they are–emotionally, socially, and spiritually.
⭐️ Award-winning children's books publisher.
📚 Picture books, baby books, fiction, non-fiction.
🐦 Find us on #nosycrow, nosycrow.com, + linktr.ee/nosy_crow
Publishing award-winning books and magazines for children ages 2 to 14 since 1976 📚
shop.owlkids.com
"The standard of excellence in children's books" - Forbes
Barefoot Books is an award-winning, independent, women-owned and run, children’s book publisher based in Concord, MA.
We're a small publishing house dedicated to helping families be happy 📚
Canada's leading independent publisher of books for kids and teens.
www.orcabook.com
Andrews McMeel Kids is proud to foster new roads to reading with books for every kind of reader📚 Home to Big Nate, Phoebe & Her Unicorn, and more!
Where creativity and connection meet.
Bringing unique stories to life with our books and calendars.📚
Professional book pushers 📚
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/
We make high-quality children's books that inspire lifelong reading & learning. Discover new voices, visions, & directions in children's books with us
Publishing great authors since 1817. 📚
The Happiest Place in Publishing! Classes, agent consultations + a thriving community at ManuscriptAcademy.com. Brought to you by the makers of Manuscript Wish List® + #MSWL.
The international source for book publishing and bookselling news, reviews, and information.
publishersweekly.com
We publish fiction and nonfiction adorned with the famous dignified but flippant logo.
Kidlit Artist 🎨
amandamorrowart.com
Rep’d by the Bright Agency
Find the right agents. Fast. Purpose driven tools to help writers out of the query trenches and onto agent client lists. Your agent is calling - try it free: www.writequeryhook.com/
Kidlit writer, primary educator, former teacher-librarian, editor-in-chief @tingl.bsky.social, husband, dad, he/him 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 https://www.dannyneville.com/
1st book in my new chapter book series coming Spring ‘26!
The best in children's and young adult literature and literacy news! Learn more at https://www.cbcbooks.org/ and https://everychildareader.net/
Read Your World is a non-profit whose mission is to raise awareness about children’s books that celebrate diversity and to get more of these books into the hands of readers.
https://linktr.ee/ReadYourWorld
Official account of the world’s largest library. Explore collections & plan a visit. All Library accounts: https://loc.gov/connect
We publish beautiful picture books from international authors, illustrators, and translators! Also home to Ediciones NorteSur, our Spanish language imprint.
a resource for children's book writers. podcast. classes. craft articles.
https://www.kidlitcraft.com/links
I write picture books, chapter books, and more! A Sesame Street Kid at heart. Rep'd by Liza Fleissig at Liza Royce Agency.
Author of board books, picture books, early readers, and middle grade nonfiction. Lover of reading, travel, hiking, and ice cream, preferably combined.
Children's illustrator, represented by Charlotte Wenger/ Prospect Agency.
Website: https://www.menekarepka.com
Literary agent and founder@greatdoglit. News geek. Science freak. Working to become a better photographer. Opinions are my own.
✨📚🏳️🌈| backyard gardener🌻| associate literary agent @ ABLA |
Associate Agent at East West Lit Agency
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🇺🇸🇧🇷Children’s Book Author
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
