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jollyfishpress.com
Children's Book Publisher located in Palo Alto, CA.
Layne Johnson is a picture book writer/aspiring illustrator. #SCBWI. Humor and Heart|STEAM and SEL|ADHD #amquerying
Website: https://laynejohnsonkidsbooks.com/
➡️ Boosting books for #Teachers, #Educators, #Librarians, #Parents, #Authors, #Writers, and #Readers
💙 Former #Teacher turned #Homeschool mama
✏️ #Kidlit #Writer and #SCBWI member
📚 Traditionally published #PB #Author
🖱️ elizabetheverettbooks.com
New York Times best-selling author of ONE FOR THE MURPHYS, FISH IN A TREE, SHOUTING AT THE RAIN (Nancy Paulsen books/Penguin) Founder of #AuthorsLoveTeachers she/her
📚The new, non-Twitter home of #MSWL! We are a way for agents and editors to tell writers what they *wish* they had in their inboxes. Full agent profiles here: https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/ Newsletter: https://manuscriptwishlist.com/subscribe
Author, Podcaster, Audiobook Narrator, President of the Board, Women’s Fiction Writers Association — mama to 3 adult kids, dog lover, dreamer and big mouth (just ask my hubby)
YA & Adult Fiction Author Rep'd by Rachel Beck @LizaDawsonAssociates | SCBWI member | Author Accelerator Book Coach | Past: ATR/LPC | Mom of 3 Smart Readers and 1 Mostly Sweet Rescue Pup
agency director + founder @roseclifflit.bsky.social | strategic with the commas | Rep: @askamycollins
🌈 Queer | 🎨 Artist | 📚 Reader | ✍️ Writer
Genre: Apocalyptic & Post Apocalyptic Fiction
Currently Writing: EotS: 42k & YLWoE: 2k
Follow along for writing shenanigans.
Writer, book lover.
Not in my name. This cruelty is not who we say we are.
Please, no blind DMs. I would love to connect with other authors, but I get spam from bots and book marketers constantly.
Writer. Literary Agent at Speilburg Literary. Status updates and MSWL at SeraRivers.com Rep’d by Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency
Children’s books & editorial illustrator, professor
#Kidlit Rep’d by Jennifer Laughran at ABLA
Other: Rep’d by i2iart
🎥 Host of Gab ‘n’ Doodle every Thurs on Insta
📘 New book PIGGY BANK SAVES THE DAY
🚫 No AI Art
https://linktr.ee/studiohoffmann
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
Literary Agent & Foreign Rights Director
Stimola Literary Studio
Official account for the Eastern Pennsylvania Region of SCBWI. https://www.scbwi.org/regions/epa
Senior editor at the DarlingAxe.com. Blogging at SeptimusBrown.com. Award-winning short-fiction writer. Author of WHEN THE SKY BREAKS and WE'VE COME FOR YOUR EGGS. Chaotic good. He/they. 🏳️🌈
Poetteachermomtarheelbredgardenmakerbbqeaterstargazer
YA & Short Story Author. NOT OUR SUMMER (Running Press). Freelance Writer/Editor/Proofreader. Nature Lover. Chikasha saya. Repped by Ali Herring. *NO DMs*
https://linktr.ee/cbazay
Freelance editor of YA & Adult fiction (sarah@nextchapteredits.com). Writer, optimist, all-around bookish.
Editing: https://www.nextchapteredits.com/
Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/SarahLaPolla
Everything Else: https://linktr.ee/sarahlapolla
Canadian Author & Creator of "The Doonies" children's book series! 📚🍁 https://thedoonies.ca
- Follow on: Bluesky, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Threads, Spotify, and YouTube 📱👩💻
"Have a magical Doonie day!" ✨️📚🇨🇦😁❤️🍁
#PB Writer FINDING CHRISTMAS 2025 | O’WIN & the MOON (2025) | Social Media @SCBWILongIsland | #kidlit Workshops | Insta: @writingoutloud X: @writingoutloud2 | Just Be Kind! linktr.ee/rbfrank
💻 Editor. Professional Member of CIEP.
💞 Author of contemporary romance and romcoms with heart, heat & HEA.
💜 WIP: Hearts Adrift.
🧠 Neurodivergent.
Peruvian-American kidlit author and Teacher of the Year. Shares Mother Nature’s wonders.
Represented by @AnaCrespoBooks @EastWestLit
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
E Train Talks Inc. is a 501©(3) literacy nonprofit. Founded by Ethan, a 15-year-old award-winning literacy advocate, podcaster & Giving Tuesday Leader.
E Train Talks Literacy Program is turning pages and changing lives, one story at a time!etraintalks.org
👨🎓Professor, 📚author of 100 books on drwho💫starwars✨outlander #sfwa🚀 #scbwi #kidlit Cali https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004KMCLQK pitch me on #academic #Jewish #sff https://rowman.com/Action/SERIES/_/LEXJSF/Jewish-Science-Fiction-and-Fantasy
We love romance novels so much, we fell in love writing one 🌹
Thea Graves (she/her) & Autumn Byrne (she/her) 🍂☕ #writingcommunity
https://www.gravesbyrne.com/
Children's Author
Rep:Rachel Orr, Prospect Agency
MOUSE BUFFET (Sleeping Bear Press)
HUGGLE WUGGLE, BEDTIME SNUGGLE (Beaming Books)
JANE THE TRAIN & THE CHRISTMAS STORM (Flamingo/PRH, 2028)
Now booking K-3 school visits.
https://www.dellarossferreri.com
Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Middle Grade Author: Summer of L.U.C.K + Ready or Not + The Chambered Nautilus (Young Dragons)
| SCBWI | Publicist/Creator PR Tips for Authors
linktr.ee/LauraStegman
Kidlit author repped by Jackie Kruzie.
Literary Agent at Morhaim Literary 📚 Newsletter: Agents & Books at agentsandbooks.com. 📚 WRITE THROUGH IT out June ‘25 📚📚 picture book called PAY ATTENTION TO ME out in ‘26!
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Write-Through-It/Kate-McKean/9781668055540
Survivor of cancer, motherhood x 4, a long career in ICU nursing, and writing an upmarket novel. Telling the truth, even if my voice shakes. #amquerying
Writer and reader of all things spicy. Mama bear. Hopeless romantic. Coffee addict. Star gazer. Nature lover. Associate Editor at Hollow Oak Press.
🇨🇦Whimsical art for kids (& kids at 🧡)
📚Picture books, comics, & joyful storytelling
🎨Studio life + behind the scenes
✏️Agent @mccarthylit
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www.clairelordon.com/links
BA in pol-sci. writer. here to advocate, self-deprecate + pull you from an existential ledge. 📚
‘a movement guided by principle than by their adversary will surely persist. love your cause more than hatred for the enemy.’
i am only on here and instagram.
Wine lover, tree hugger, children's book author-illustrator, middle/high school art teacher in Paris.
California (native) 🐻
France (adoptee) 🐓
https://serendipiti.myportfolio.com/
https://www.instagram.com/maryjanelange4?igsh=ZngzZTBpdW5qbW1m
A full-service team of fierce advocates whose priority is championing authors and books that reflect the diverse world around us🪞📚 http://lookingglasslit.com
Author of Incognolio, Duckworth: The Difficult Child, Otto Grows Down, and A Curious Calling: Unconscious Motivations for Practicing Psychotherapy.
https://www.michaelsussmanbooks.com/
https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-michael-sussman
Author of the Unicorn and Yeti. Sub It Club moderator. Librarian. Garlic farmer. Represented by @mccarthylit https://www.heatherayrisburnell.com/
https://www.greatnortherngarlic.com/
Sub It Club is a submission support group for writers and illustrators. All genres welcome. Moderated by @danacarey.bsky.social and @heatherayris.bsky.social
Join the private chat group at https://www.facebook.com/SubItClub
Enthusiastic writing cheerleader. Author of The Space Between Me and You. Cofounder of the Manuscript Academy and the Manuscript Academy podcast. #MSWL. Excited to be here with you all!
Novel development & editing services. Our editors are industry experts and award-winning writers. Take your manuscript to the next level.
DarlingAxe.com
Raised on Coast Miwok land, longtime resident on Ramaytush Ohlone land, writer, climate person, feminist, wanderer. Just started a newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com.
Children's author; Professor of Literary Studies; Lover of books, travel, and sheep; she/her
Editor at Putnam / Penguin Young Readers
Editor at Nancy Paulsen Books 🐧 Southern transplant 🍵 Matcha enthusiast
4th grade teacher, wife, and mom of 4.
Executive Editor, St. Martin’s Publishing Group / Wednesday Books / Saturday Books. Books about Big Feelings. Opinions Mine. She/her. Not here as often as you think.
I notice things for a living. Editorial director, Workman Kids; author of THE MAGIC WORDS: WRITING GREAT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS and five picture books, most recently IT’S HARD TO BE A BABY; 6yo mom; Virgo/goofball. Opinions my own.
Senior literary agent at kt literary (closed to queries). Updates only. Opinions my own. She/her
Literary Agent at Belcastro Agency | Editor | Writer | #RevPit | Devoted German shepherd & cat mom | Amateur baker | Sparkling water enthusiast | she/her
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.
YA and Romance Author/Anthologist. LGBTQReads founder. Choices writer. Macaron aficionado. Next up: SOON BY YOU (5/19/26). Rep: Patricia Nelson. She/her. Update your website.
Independent #endometriosis #adenomyosis advocate
DEARG Podcast
MISE (Endometriosis education in schools, universities, workplaces)
Societal Champion/Patient Advocate CailinAI / EndoSolve
https://open.spotify.com/show/2h92C8thrXJGatN0MPqX0a
kids and young adult book author. The horrors never cease but neither do I. President of Authors Against Book Bans. (She/her)
blessed stressed depressed ✌🏽
Prettyokmaggie.com
I write #PB & #MG with humor, heart & hope 💖
#PBParty host | #SCBWI FL Crit Group Coordinator | #12x12PB | http://linktr.ee/MindyAlyseWeiss | https://mindyalyseweiss.com/
Repped by @joycesweeney.bsky.social
I write YA & MG fiction, mostly #blackgirlmagic
Child of God. Lover of all things bookish.
@brandizwriter on Insta!
Rep: Sandra Proudman @ GZLA
brandimziegler.wordpress.com
Author of Percy Jackson and many other books.
I write MG & YA books that win awards from people not related to me. Founding member of WENEEDDIVERSEBOOKS. Fight Book Bans!!!
Book enthusiast & champion, agent at Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency
www.galltzacker.com
YA Author
www.writesandrawrite.com
Salvación (Out 5/20/25)
Preorder:
https://read.macmillan.com/lp/salvacion-9781250895080/
Relit (Out Now!)
The House Where Death Lives (Out Now!)
Literary Associate at Gallt & Zacker
www.readsandraread.com
Executive Art Director at Scholastic (Picture Books). Lecturer at Pratt & CCNY (Typography & Criticism). Writer of Fiction (Agent:
@liznealon.bsky.social). Speaker (SCBWI et al.). 523rd Bluesky account. Born ATL. Live NYC. He/Him. www.brianlarossa.com. 💙❤️
Founder of the Keyes Agency, LLC. Bookish. Short. Invisible Disability. Brooklyn, NY. She/her
Founder & Literary Agent at Open Book Literary. Lapsed librarian. Rapacious reader. Wishful writer. She/her. Member of @scbwi & @aalitagents. http://www.openbooklit.com/
🇨🇦 Kidlit author & illustrator. Illus books by Judy Blume, Michael Ian Black, others. Current goal: debut MG author 🤞🏽
📚 I WANT TO READ *ALL* THE BOOKS
🎨 I'M BUSY (w/ Michael Ian Black, 2026/02/24)
DebbieOhi.com @work.debbieohi.com
writer. artist. creative coach. teacher. popcorn junkie.
she/her
NYT-bestseller, Stoker and Thriller award finalist, writer of horror, fantasy, YA, MG, romance, and Star Wars. Cowriter of the Tales of Pell. Also comics. Olympic lifter. She/her. aka Lila Bowen & Isla Jewell.
Links: https://linktr.ee/delilahsdawson
Yes! My mother named me this!
Author of Eleanor & Park, Slow Dance and the Simon Snow Trilogy. Writer of She-Hulk and Runaways. My next book is called Cherry Baby, and it comes out in April 🍒
She/they. Writer, editor, assistant professor. Repped by: Hannah Bowman.
Children's/YA books editrix, Greenwillow Books, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Opinions my own. she/her
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!
Literary agent at Root Literary. Builder of bookmakers. Collector & connector of words + art + people + stories. Shameless sharer of cat pics. mollyoneillbooks.com
#1 NYT bestselling author of novels, comics, and graphic novels | nonbinary | 🌈📚 | 🏳️🌈 | ♿
Out now: SPLINTER & ASH | Up next: AFTER WE BURNED
📖: mariekenijkamp.com
🏠 Founder & Agent at Neighborhood Literary.
📚 Award-winning Author.
👴🏽 Perpetually Tired Dad.
Latest book: With or Without You (a Junior Library Guild selection!), out now!
🚪 https://www.neighborhoodliterary.com
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
NYT bestselling author of 70+ books for kids. Educator. Speaker. Adirondack 46er. Passionately curious. Latest book: THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES
www.katemessner.com
I help status-quo busting writers like you slay their doubt demons and get their novels and memoirs reader-ready.
🐉 FREE Craft Your Query Workbook: https://pages.julieartz.com/queryaudit
literary agent with a lot of opinions 👀 also a podcast 👀 also my puppy looks like baby chewbacca! www.jenniferlaughran.com / www.andreabrownlit.com
Author, writer, reader, cat owner, horse owner. Mostly made of rage and salt. Red Sea pedestrian. They/them.
Let's use our collective power to salvage the country, no matter what.
Also, books, movies, dogs, cats, baseball, basketball, cooking--and so on.
We are a full service literary agency repping the best books in the world since 1981. (Not that we're biased.) We LOVE books and their creators! www.andreabrownlit.com
Founder + Agent @StarlingLiterary | she/her | @MillsMFALit alum | horror fan (bring on the blood) | In love with all things story | ✨Revision is magical!✨
Author, teacher, runner. Obsessed with dogs. A WISH WITH WINGS out May 2026!
www.sarahguillory.com
