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✏️ Executive Editor at Simon & Schuster for:
Margaret K. McElderry Books (kids)
Scarlett Press (new adult)
specfic writer and scallion pancake stan 🌿 pro-union 💪 FUCK AI 😤 views are my own, you may not have them
Empowering and advocating for libraries and library workers to ensure equitable access to information for all. 🌎’s largest library association.
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YA author. 2x National Book Award Nominee. Printz Award co-winner. APALA award winner. PATRON SAINTS OF NOTHING, EVERYTHING WE NEVER HAD, THE RECKONING OF ROKU, + more.
Award-winning Xicana author, translator, artivist, ally, mother. Out now: ULTRAVIOLET and WHEN WATER FLOWS. Up next: WHEN SUN RISES. Decolonize & Free 🇵🇸
Author of YA fantasy & horror, occasional poet, bubble tea aficionado
Literary agent, publishing attorney. Mother. Bibliophile. Yoga enthusiast, lifelong learner.
Olympic medalist, Grammy winner, ballerina emeritus, storyteller.
just jj 🇰🇷🇺🇸 NYT bestselling author. 아포💜 방포. she/they
SFF author (CROWNCHASERS, MERMAIDS NEVER DROWN, CRITICAL ROLE). Gray ace and enby about town. Up next: THE BLOODY AND THE DAMNED (April 7, 2026).
https://beccacoffindaffer.carrd.co/
Writer of swoon-worthy fantasy and romance novels.
🔜 Maya in Multicolor
📚 Author of The Tiger at Midnight trilogy and The Boyfriend Wish
Dog lover, book hoarder, outdoor enthusiast 🌈 Founder + Lit Agent @ Starling Literary + Media
www.paigeterlip.com
www.starlingliterary.com
www.cowritecollective.com
Children's book editor, knitter, baker, erstwhile ballerina. Wrangler of two no longer small children. (she/her)
Award-winning author of YA books including ELIZA AND HER MONSTERS. Ace & autistic tall girl. Repped by Louise Fury. Video games, sometimes cosplay, Magic:The Gathering, and whatever arts and crafts I can get my hands on.
https://linktr.ee/ChessieZappia
Lit agent. Owner of Rainbow Nerds Literary. Trying to make media more inclusive one book at a time. 🏳️🌈 she/her
https://www.rnliterary.com/
New York Times bestselling author of MG books | The Last Fallen Star + Moon + Realm | DREAMSLINGER coming April 2025 | www.gracikim.com
Independent, opinionated, and stylish: essential multimedia publications for everyone who cares about children's and young adult literature. Visit us at hbook.com.
Editor at HarperCollins Children’s Books
Opinions my own
She/Her
https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/erika-dipasquale/
Managing Editor | she/her | opinions very much my own . . .
In-house editor at New Leaf Literary, aka Director of Editorial Strategy there. I freelance from time to time. Abortion activist, pet lover. Ally.
lover of books, runner of races, publisher at Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Children's Books
I wrote some books, once upon a time.
Posting about stories, brain injuries, adorable animals, rhubarb recipes, nature facts, human rights, and how we can make this world safe and kind and good. You are precious to me, and I love you.
kellybarnhill.com
All the best book news and general chit chat from the Hodder Fiction Editorial Team 🖍️
National bestselling & award-winning cartoonist. Creator of MISS QUINCES (out now!) (Scholastic Graphix) and illustrator of THE KIDS IN MRS Z'S CLASS.
Rep. Linda Camacho
(She/they) 🇭🇳🇨🇴🏳️🌈♾️
🌈 www.katfajardo.com
🌈 linktr.ee/katfcomix (⬅️ Preorder link)
Author. Mom. Fútbol. Animals.
Author of LOST ON DOLL ISLAND
(She/her/ella)
b. 1985
🔗: https://bit.ly/LostOnDollIsland
🔗: Linktr.ee/WriterCass
🔗: https://writercass.my.canva.site/
FREE PALESTINE
Award-winning author. Bronx born, L.A. living. Latest: TINY THREADS (Del Rey Books), available where books are sold.
https://www.lilliamrivera.com
#1 NYT Bestselling Author of YA and MG | Rep'd by @dongwon | Latinx | They/Them | Profile image by @dariusvoncel
Books about autism, written by Autistic people. Community resource website cataloguing as many of these as possible (2300+ so far).
Autistic curator (@lillyjade.bsky.social she/her).
https://linktr.ee/autisticbooks
agent at Park Fine & Brower // opinions own // she/her
✍🏾 📚 Author & Editor • Southern girl • Spinner of speculative tales for kids, teens + adults • BUY the Locus Award Winning + Ignyte Award Finalist + Indie-Bestselling THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE today! @Flatironbooks • linktr.ee/literarydesiree
Literary agent at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret. Lover of tea and irrepressible book enthusiast. (they/them, sal: Mx.) Most active on insta! @michaelawhatnall michaelawhatnall.com
Your Source for all things Black in Traditional Young Adult (YA) Publishing
https://melanininya.com
Author-run group to celebrate Asian Kidlit & the diversity of stories that originate from the Asian Continent and books by Asian authors! #AsianAuthors
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
Editor at S&S/McElderry Books
nicolefiorica.wordpress.com
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Midwesterner. Minneapolis/St. Paul. Children's book editor at Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers. He/Him. Protect trans youth. Abolish ICE.
Founder + Agent @Starling Literary + Media, representing authors & Illustrators. Wife, mom of 3, MFA grad, & former Asst. Director for film & TV. https://www.starlingliterary.com | http://querymanager.com/query/Jemiscoe
Associate Professor iSchool University of Illinois; Asian American Youth Lit; Asian American Studies; Critical Adoption Studies; RDYL co-editor #VeryKorean #VeryAsian sarahpark.com
Cover art: Nancy So Miller
Agent: Tricia Toney Lawrence (Aevitas CM)
Senior Editor at LBYR & Requited 📚 please don’t pitch me your book here! ❤️
Executive Editor @ Random House Books for Young Readers. 408 in the land of 212. It's pronounced meow with an L. Opinions are my own. She/her. Banner art by Diobelle Cerna.
Just happy to be here! Senior Editor at Scholastic.
she/her. executive editor @ aladdin/s&s.
She/Her
International Licensing Agent @ Gallt and Zacker Agency
PNW address with a Jersey accent.
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit helping people from underrepresented groups become literary agents.
linktr.ee/literaryagentsofchange
author of YOU TRULY ASSUMED || storytelling main character || PhD-ing || 1913🔺|| she/her || Rep: Beth Phelan
linktr.ee/lailasabreen
Book enthusiast & champion, agent at Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency
www.galltzacker.com
Writer. Founder of Melanin in YA (@melanininya.bsky.social), your source for all things Black in traditional young adult publishing.
All things TV, movies, books, sci-fi, theatre, & theology.
Los Angeles / Austin
https://melodylsimpson.com
佢 just a weird lil guy | CAMP SCREAM series (harpercollins, 2026), MO AND THE CROW (amp kids, 2026) • The New School mfa • filmme fatale • faith, food, & fashion are my fav F-words †
https://bookshop.org/shop/yung
https://letterboxd.com/scyung
sossapo.com
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
Senior Editor at Tor, or maybe just a stack of books in a trench coat. Opinions my own, and I do have a lot of them. https://linktr.ee/ssteinbooks
Queer lit, theatre, Star Trek, theology, history. they/them 🏳️⚧️ St. Paul!
Author of FRESH and book publishing person. Formerly Epic Reads and Oni Press. Currently Image Comics. She/her
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Editor - St. Martin's Press (Adult), Wednesday Books (YA) & Saturday Books (NA) • Foodie • Tattoo + Tea Addict • she/her • Opinions are my own
YYZ》MIA》PDX》NYC》AVL
MSWL: https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/tiffany-shelton/
Odd animal lover & author
CORAL KEEPERS | 2025 | Scholastic
I KNOW THE WHALE | 2025 | Little Bee
OWL'S OUTSTANDING DONUTS | Lerner
Rep: erincaseywestin
www.RobinYardi.com
editor at berkley/prh
based in bk ny
she/her
all opinions are my own
Artist, illustrator, and writer.
Senior literary agent at kt literary (closed to queries). Updates only. Opinions my own. She/her
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
Assistant Editor @ Holiday House | Interior Designer @ Tova's House | Most Awkward Guest @ Your House
she/her ~opinions are solely my own~
manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/tova-seltzer/
Fantasy Author of TROUBLE THE WATERS (Knopf BFYR, Spring 2028). Co-host #WizardTeam podcast. She/her
rep: @erniechiara.com
She/her. Essayist, short story writer, and author of the A to Z Animal Mysteries series. BATS IN THE CASTLE out now! Disabled, queer, multistan. www.kaylawhaley.com
Why On Earth (Page Street ‘25)
*Graphic Novelist, Writer, Romance reader
*LOVE YALL ROMANCE BOOK FEST founder/organizer.
*Events Coordinator at Brave + Kind Books ATL
*Rep'd by Marcy Posner at Folio Lit
Flux is a YA fiction imprint devoted to publishing authors who understand that young adult is a point of view, not a reading level.
fluxnow.com
Literary Agent at high line literary
Www.highlineliterary.com
Running the fiction dept
Not tall, just loud.
#MSWL big plots, bold characters
Sr. Editorial Director for Carolrhoda Books/Lab and Zest Books at Lerner Publishing Group. Scribbler, scone enthusiast, history nerd, owner of multiple unmatched mittens. Opinions my own. She/her.
🏆 Winner of the @JHALAKPRIZE & @BRADFORDBOASE for Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths
🐯 Tiger Warrior author
🔎 Very Merry Murder Club author
Screenwriter @bbcwritersroom Scottish Voices.
Lit Rep: @chloeseager
https://linktr.ee/MaisieChanWrites
Brummie
Children’s book editor, writer, adoptee, wandering somewhere in the city
Author of books for young readers.
📚 Take Back the Block
📚 Not an Easy Win
📚 Listen to the Girls (May 2026)
📚 We Are Joy (June 2026)
chrystaldgiles.com/links
Senior Literary Agent @ Gallt & Zacker Literary; wise-ish Latina; children's VCFA MFA and Cornell alum. Loves TV and giving unsolicited advice. She/her. (Profile Image: Marjorie Buell)
Editor at Nancy Paulsen Books 🐧 Southern transplant 🍵 Matcha enthusiast
🌈 Author
🪶 PAHUA AND THE DRAGON’S SECRET (Disney/Rick Riordan Presents ‘24)
🪶 CALLING OF LIGHT (Page Street ‘24)
Rep: Suzie Townsend
lorimlee.com
Literary Agent @bookendslit • Undiscovered National Treasure • Neighborhood Book Bimbo
Senior literary agent and Contracts Director with KT literary. I open to queries the first 7 days of every month.
https://www.agentkellyvansant.com/
author: WANT + RUSE, Serpentine, Silver Phoenix avail #gymrat #pokemongo shiny grinder #ehlersdanlossyndrome #blacklivesmatter #amwriting
Senior Editor at Bloomsbury | My dog’s biggest fan | 🇨🇺🇺🇸 | she/her
www.editoralexborbolla.com
Editor-in-chief of Labyrinth Road imprint at Random House Children’s Books. Publishing books that help kids escape where they are while feeling seen for who they are. Obsessed with Batman and gluten-free muffins.
children’s book scout • bad aries • lover of pop culture & gossip & crafts & soup 🌈🍸🫶✨🪼
I (sometimes) write, I (occasionally) teach, and I (mostly) experience existential dread over late capitalism at my university.
Find my work here: https://beacons.ai/gnesis_v
Author of novels fantastical & historical, avid gardener, co-founder of SFWA's pub industry watchdog Writer Beware. Casting a small light in a wilderness of writing scams (plus an occasional cat pic)
https://writerbeware.blog
https://victoriastrauss.com
Writer. Illustrator. 1/2 of Riddle’s Tea Shoppe. Assistant Editor @ Baffling Mag | Stories in khōréō (BSFA LL), Apparition Lit, Glitter + Ashes, LSQ | 💖 she/her
Senior Editor at S&S Atheneum by day, purveyor of dad jokes by night, eternal sea hag. My tweets are my own. she/her 🇧🇷🇺🇸 Avatar by the wonderful Tanya J. Scott
http://bit.ly/juliambooks
Children's book editor living in Brooklyn. Books, cats, food, travel, running, stuff. Check out my podcast with Grace Lin, Book Friends Forever!
author of A LIVING REMEDY (a New York Times Notable Book) and the national bestseller ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW • words in NYT Magazine, Time, Esquire, Washington Post &c. • linktr.ee/nicolesjchung • loyaltybookstores.com/nicolechung
Puerto Rican. She/Her. MG, YA, & NA Writer. Rep: Sandra Proudman at Gallt & Zacker. Usualls falls for the villain 📚.
Author Site: amandacarbonell.com
Substack: https://substack.com/@amandacarbonell
Misc: linktr.ee/amandacarbonell
rabble rouser and kidlit editor
Literary agent @ Liza Dawson Associates, prison abolitionist, public theologian
hannahnpbowman.com
christiansforabolition.org
Abolition Ecclesiology: A Spatial Theology for a Church Against Prisons (Fortress, forthcoming in 2026)
She/her
BOOM! Special Projects Editor | PW Star Watch Finalist | Writer | ✏️STEPPING UP and MAMI’s MAGIC WORDS | She/Her | Opinions are mine | Ace & Bi Afro🇩🇴 | #LatinxInPub | Rep’d: Britt Siess | kiaravaldez.com
editorial assistant/acquiring editor at disney hyperion | fandom (studies) enthusiast | 🏳️🌈 | opinions my own
Literary agent. Ice cream snob. I bake a lot of bread.
they/them
I don't accept queries over bluesky. Please follow the submission guidelines at https://ashliterary.com/#submissions and send any questions about your query to submissions@ashliterary.com
Writer of books, rouser of rabble.
50% books, 50% cats, 50% political rants, 0% math. I swear more than you might expect.
YA/MG author repped by Marietta Zacker @ Gallt & Zacker. www.danaalisonlevy.com
https://linktr.ee/danaalisonlevy
writer. editor at chronicle books. aspiring crossroads demon. that annoying kid who never left her emo phase. opinions are my own. she/her. 💖💜💙
https://www.emilydaluga.com
Author + Illustrator | 2x Newbery Medalist | National Book Award Finalist | NYT Bestseller | Agent: Sara Crowe | Faculty: USF MFAY | https://linktr.ee/erinentrada
editor & maker of good trouble at Atheneum/Scarlett Press (Simon & Schuster) • california coastal creature • still workin’ on it 🌱🌈✨
https://featherflores.com/
she/her • kitty art by Carrie Liao 🐾
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