🍁 #Canadian - #Author - #Poet 🍁
amazon.com/author/phillipharrison
I like to try to write in ways that feed both the mind and soul. ♊ & #GenX #stationaryaddict
🛡️NO CHATS OR DM'S PLEASE🛡️
🌎 Iranian-born, Dublin-shaped, Germany-based astrophysicist bringing science and mythology to young readers.
⭐B.Sc. & M.Sc. Physics | Ph.D. Astrophysics
Seeking representation
www.nakisanooraee.com
We are KidLit Collective, a collection of creative kidlit authors and illustrators supporting each other since our 2020 debuts and beyond. Art by @nielanderamy
Autistic author of THE INFINITY RAINBOW CLUB series and TOO STICKY. Represented by Naomi Davis at BookEnds and Rebecca Miller at Authors Out Loud. Professor of English at Norfolk State University. PhD in English from the University of Southern California.
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.
Award-winning #kidlit author / Ocean Activist / Retired Scuba Instructor and Boat Captain bringing a unique voice from the ocean. Rep'd by Andie Smith and CMA Lit
➡️ 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
Author of Megabat, the Fluffle Bunnies, Bee & Flea and other books for young readers. Mom, cat enthusiast and embroidery nerd.
Agent at Red Fox Literary ✏️ Kidlit Author 🖍️Indie Bookseller 📚 Dog Worshipper 🐾 Tree Hugger 🌳
Emmy-winning journalist and Sydney Taylor Honor author of numerous children's books about resilience and courage, including: Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust. Website: Elisaboxer.com
Mexican-American kidlit author living in the UK. 🇲🇽🇺🇸🇬🇧
Books 📚:
Mariana and Her Familia
The Worry Balloon
How to Speak in Spanglish
Sing it Like Celia
Taco Tuesdays
Leyendas/Legends
My Barrio Sings in Spanglish ('27)
Rep: Melissa Edwards, Stonesong
🇨🇦 Writer, zoologist, artist.
Author of 20+ books. SHARK LADY, BUNBUN & BONBON, OCEAN SPEAKS.
Unruly spokesperson for literacy, science, creativity, wildness & wonder.
https://www.jesskeating.com/
Rep: Kathleen Rushall, Andrea Brown Lit
Professional writer/author focused on the fantasy genre where I can make any of my crazy ideas a reality 😁 🇨🇦
Timothy-Dale.com
[𝙲𝚛𝚘𝚠-𝚜𝚊𝚞𝚌𝚎-𝚔𝚊𝚑]
📘Graphic Novelist
🥈Natl Book Award finalist
🔴TED speaker
📙NYT Bestseller
🎓BFA RISD + 3x Honorary Doctorates
🙋🏻♂️he/him
Public health warnings & health policy. Epidemiologist & health economist. Chair and Faculty at NECSI. Former 16 years at Harvard. DC & Virginia.
✏️ necsi.edu/eric-feigl-ding
🐥 x.com/drericding
📰 bit.ly/raisealarm
📝 drericding.substack.com/subscribe
Fourth grade teacher, middle grade author represented by Terrie Wolf at AKA Literary
3-time Newbery Honor-winning author of THE LAST MAPMAKER, the #1 Bestseller THE TRYOUT, and THE LEGENDS OF LOTUS ISLAND series.
Author, illustrator, designer. LAYLA & THE BOTS, INVENT-A-PET, FRIENDBOTS, BEST BUDDIES (Scholastic, '23), AVA LIN (Candlewick, '24), & more.
NYT bestselling author of 70+ books for kids. Educator. Speaker. Adirondack 46er. Passionately curious. Latest book: THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES
www.katemessner.com
Author of THE ACCIDENTAL BAD GIRL, WENCH, and more TK. My brand is feminist genre exercises. I collect old things and watch TV.
MaxineKaplanBooks.com
Author of THE NERVIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD & other books for kids. Cohost of the Brave Writer Podcast with Julie Bogart. Obsessive handstitcher. She/her. PDX. melissawiley.com/blog
Penguin Random House • Simon & Schuster • Scholastic • Abrams & Appleseed
rep’d by Lindsay Auld of Writers House
Bycandicebradley.com
Children's/YA books editrix, Greenwillow Books, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Opinions my own. she/her
Michigander. Grandma.
Lover of Libraries, Lakes, and Little Ones.
Early literacy librarian, SLJ columnist, Horn Book board book reviewer, play advocate, and debut author of Let's Rumble from Rise x Penguin Workshop (July 2025). Rep: Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown Lit.
She/they
RachelGPayne.com
MG & YA writer, poet, SPED Teacher
Rep: Jazmia Young at Curtis Brown Ltd.
Lives in the Boston area. she/her BLM
Fight fascism. Stands with Ukraine.
I’m a TX teacher and author of books about engaging young people with reading. Co-founder #nerdybookclub. Founder #bookaday. Regular posts at donalynmiller.substack.com
Author | Poet | SDWF Kids Write Judge | MGpies | SCBWI Mentee: Joy McCullough | Agent: Leslie Zampetti | #KidLitChat [Tuesdays 9pm ET] | MG Hub | Highlight’s Kay Yoder Scholarship for US History ‘24 | Intern for Kaitlyn Sanchez | https://bit.ly/3Zf7FiH
Rhymes with laugh | Sibert Honor author of THE GREAT STINK | Next up: FIREFLY SONG 6/25 and RAINBOW TRUCK 3/26 | School visits are my favorite! | Los Angeles, CA
www.colleenpaeff.com
Agent: @steelworksliterary.bsky.social
Award winning author Child of the Flower-song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua, Pura Belpre Author Honor, Américas co—winner, etc. Upcoming Abuelita’s Song 2025 #picturebooks #biography #fiction #latine #kidlit #socialjustice
Writing and translating (Spanish/English) for young readers. Represented by Kelly Sonnack/ABLA. A BOOK OF MAPS FOR YOU * TEENY TIENDAS * SEASHELL KEY * ESME! * ON THIS AIRPLANE https://www.lourdesheuer.com
I write, I draw, teach, do critiques, host(ed) podcasts, co-founded Picture Book Summit, make videos, do presentations, ran a #writers school. I need a nap.
Kidlit Writer and Teacher. SCBWI member and 12x12 member.
2024 PJ Library Scholarship Award Winner to the Highlights Foundation.
2024 PJ Library Summer Camp Attendee.
Writer repped by Linda Epstein (kids books) and Rena Rosner (adult). Latest title: THE MIDNIGHT MITZVAH (Barefoot Books 1924).
*Pro🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️*ProChoice*Black Lives Matter*Theatre is my church *Read banned books!
📚 KidLit Writer
✍️ SCBWI + Mighty KidLit
🌋 STEAM Curriculum Writer
📚 Children’s Book Resource Hub
📕🌳 Subscribe: https://kidlitgrove.substack.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.
Teacher-Librarian. Picture Book Author.
https://www.angelakunkel.com
🇨🇴🇺🇸 Children's Author. Educator. Next in '24: Our Wold: Colombia, Lupita's Hurricane Palomitas, & Grow Up, Luchy Zapata. Rep: Deborah Warren @ East West Literary Agency.
Children's author, part-time ninja, model maker, photographer, and Team Interrobang. CarmellaVanVleet.com (she/her)
Enviro scientist. Kidlit author. linktr.ee/kelliedubaygillis Out now: IF YOU FIND A FAWN art by Wazza Pink from Disney’s Planet Possible & BIG BIKE, LITTLE BIKE art by Jacob Souva from HarperCollins. Great Lakes lover living near Cleveland. Go Blue!
Writer, editor, reader, neglectful gardener, cat-wrangler. Children’s/YA lit. PhD student: Australian children’s fantasy. New RGPer. She/her. Politics tragic. Lives on unceded First Nations land, lutruwita (Tasmania). https://linktr.ee/msmisrule
Children's picture books to read and read again!
💙 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/
Mexican-American Author and Illustrator
'IT'S TIME FOR DIA DE LOS MUERTOS'
OUT NOW
Rep'd by: Sophie Sheumaker @ BookEnds Literary
Lilistrations.com
#kidlitart #kidlit
📮✨rep'd by James McGowan @ BookEnds
half hawaiian children's book illustrator based in Austin, TX.
maliapila.com
#kidlit
✎ Author • Illustrator • Menace
☼ Rep: @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social
⟡ www.menalkhan.com
* Debut PB coming 2027+2028 via Scholastic! *
writer | she/her 🏳️🌈 | monsters and magic | AMM Alum | Mentor for Round Table Mentor | crochet
bayleymae.com/links
Illustrator based in Germany in love with picture books and children’s illustration. Rep’d by Sophie Sheumaker, BookEnds Literary
#KidlitArt
www.ewelinawolnowska.com
https://bio.link/ewelinawolnowska
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
Global educator living her best life, mom, writer, speaker, creator of the Global Read Aloud and always in search of a great book and a cup of tea. Now a primary teacher ❤️ in DK 🇩🇰 Used to be a teacher in Wisconsin, 🇺🇸
Elementary school library media specialist; 💙 literacy & freedom to read advocate 💙; 📚reader;📚; goldendoodle mom X2🐾; DC sports fan 🏒🏈🏀; University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate & Badger sports fan 🦡
https://www.donorschoose.org/ms-tecler
amzn.to/43KjrBl
Librarian Speaker Writer. LJ Mover&Shaker. Fmr @librarycongress Teacher in Residence. ALA Emerg Ldr. '19 Caldecott Comm. Podcaster. @Maslonline Past President.
She/her Wife, School Librarian (15+ years), Dog mom (Deja), French language learner, Flute player, Runner (13.1x61; 26.2x4), MLB stadium chaser (16 current, 8 past)
Located in WNY
https://linktr.ee/kmpierce5
English Language Arts Teacher.
Try not to have a good time…This is supposed to be educational.
You might know me from SCBWI, Storyteller Academy, 12X12, Madness Poetry, and/or the Poets' Garage. she/her
Author|illustrator|designer from Metro Detroit.
Books include: BEATRICE ZINKER, UPSIDE DOWN THINKER SERIES | MORE THAN SUNNY | THIS JOY! | March 2025: WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? with Marcy Campbell
Book, prints, tees + more:
linktr.ee/ShelleyJohannes
Welcome to the Independent Author Network at Bluesky. Promoting and Supporting Indie Authors since 2010. Our Book of the Year Awards program features $6,000 in cash prizes. #IAN1
Children's & YA book editor at Julie Scheina Editorial Services | Former senior editor at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | Coffee & book lover
Author of books for children and teachers | Longtime educator | DEIAB advocate | Born in NY | Raised and resides in CT
https://valeriebolling.com
Authors Guild; SCBWI; 12x12; Boyds Mills, #kidlit #PB #earlyreaders #booksforteachers
Picture book author: IN A CAVE, NATURE IS A SCULPTOR, SMALL MATTERS | rep'd by @sarah_redfoxlit | Inform, Delight & Shine a Light!
SCBWI/12x12/InkedVoices
Illustrator and mostly silly person who’s serious about the health of our planet. Looking for representation. (He/Him) Yes to human rights! No to AI! 🚫 Kindness is everything. #scbwi #scbwiillustrators johnhentzillustration.com
sunburned ginger · middle-grade author · children’s playwright · school librarian · two-time Friedrich von Trapp · #amwriting #amquerying #amsleepy
🔗 https://linktr.ee/msteelewrites
Children's book author/full-time word wrangler | early childhood educator | Repped by Kelly Sonnack | proud bi-peninsula Michigander | carriepearsonbooks.com | she/her
Educator-Librarian-Author-Activist-Grassroots Organizer-Speaker-Bibliophile-Louisianan
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ThatLibrarian
Best Selling multi-genre author.
Cemetery Caretaker, and fitness guy on the side.
One day, I'll write the story you'll all remember me for.
Find my books here and everywhere else books are sold:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/James-Fuller/author/B006TNSNSS
NYT bestselling author: Book Scavenger series, SISTERHOOD OF SLEUTHS, and A GOOD DEED CAN GROW, illustrated by Holly Hatam. More info: www.jenniferchamblissbertman.com
&
https://jenniferchamblissbertman.substack.com
Opened this account so I could follow ALL the starter packs that kinda interest me. I hope at least most of you are as cool as you seem.
(I’m also @gilibug.bsky.social)
🇨🇦 Mom, wife, traveler, #kidlit writer, and I love capturing moments in time 📸
#Kidlit Author ✏️
MY PONY WONDER - Random House Studio (Summer 2026) 🐎
📚👀 Unannounced (TBA)
Rep'd by Wendi Gu, HG Literary ✨
www.jessicamilo.com
#SCBWI #InkedVoices
Avid Reader 🫘 Rabid Writer 🫘 Podcast Listener
Author of 11 books, 1 WIP, and creating a podcast with @thewitchpod.bsky.social
http://booksbyroni.substack.com
http://patreon.com/booksbyroni
http://facebook.com/booksbyroni
http://paypal.me/booksbyroni
Children’s book enthusiast. 30 years with Scholastic now with Bookelicious, helping young readers discover their reading identities.
❤️ Dad 🍎 Teacher 🖋️ #Kidlit writer 💙📚 Here for the #BookSky 🤝🫶 Current WIP: a fun STEM-related PB 🔬🧪
Kidlit Author | Lupita’s Brown Ballet Slippers OUT NOW Beaming Books | SCBWI | Las Musas | 12x12PB
https://linktr.ee/steenahernandez
Children’s author 📚young-minded grandma FINLEY: A MOOSE ON THE CABOOSE 🫎🚂 FISHING WITH GRANDPA AND SKYE 🎣🐠 FINLEY: A MOOSE IN CHARTREUSE (2026) 🫎💚 AMBER MAE AND HER STRAYS (2027) 🦥🐧🐊🦒 🦛 Rep: Ritu Anand D4EO ❤️ #SCBWI #12x12
Otterly happy author of CHESED and OTTER OUGHTA KNOW. Repped by agent extraordinaire Joyce Sweeney.
🏳️🌈 🎨 🌱 No DMs. NO MAGAs Will not follow if you have no posts
Illustrator, surface pattern designer, reader, children's books, classic movie lover and a gardener with an interest in native plants
https://www.vincentdesjardins.com
Publishing nonprofit where the cool indies hang and collaborate to "make better books and sell more of them." IPNE.org. Please add to relevant lists. 🙏🏻📖
💻 Psychological Thriller / Mystery / Horror Writer
✍🏼(WIP: 4M+ Words), Multi-Book Series
📝Status: Draft 4
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
Storyteller, bike racer, board game player, animal lover, tea drinker.
www.shereetomba.com
Repped by Kaitlyn Sanchez of Bradford Lit
‘24 PB Party Finalist
#12x12PB #SCBWI
#kidlit #kidlitart
Senior Literary Agent, Spencerhill Associates. Twin mom+1 📚 Eclectic in life & books. I 💙 Jane Austen & SFF in equal doses. #TeamSpencerhill Ali-ens 👽 rock! My site/MSWL: https://aliherringwrites.wordpress.com & how to query: www.spencerhillassociates.com
🪿🐉🌓 Author, illustrator, lifelong learner and Mom.
#PBRisingStars 2023 Honorable Mention
#SCBWI #CANSCAIP #12x12PB
#LetsGoGooseGoose #SirSteveandtheChristmasDragon #WhenSunMetMoon
🍁www.antonayak.com
Bram Stoker, Elgin, and Dwarf Stars Award-winning Horror/SF writer. Rhysling finalist, Pushcart nominee.
THE BUILD-A-MONSTER WORKSHOP (05/07)
ECHOES AND EMBERS (Out Now!)
THE FIB (Out Now!)
Repped by Peter Steinberg, UTA
www.pedroiniguez.com
Children's author of TURBO'S SPECIAL DELIVERY (ill. by Eduardo Marticorena) and the HOW-TO series with Knopf, Random House, ill. by Lee Wildish: HOW TO BABYSIT A GRANDPA, etc.
Kidlit poet/author
LIMELIGHT: CURTAIN UP ON POETRY COMICS! | THE CRAB BALLET | Coming 2027: MUSIC IN THE TREES: SAVING ITALY'S VIOLIN FOREST
Founder, Lyrical Language Lab
Free writing tutorials: http://bit.ly/2C7uQAp
www.reneelatulippe.com
Boyds Mills positively impacts children by amplifying the voices of storytellers who inspire children to become their best selves.
https://linktr.ee/boydsmills
Creator of 87 books for readers of all ages including the children's books, "Joyful Song: A Naming Story," "Sparkle Boy," "The Babka Sisters," and "Heather Has Two Mommies" and the poetry collections for adults, "I Carry My Mother" and "I Wish My Father."
Author @ PRH & S&S, resident playwright at Seattle Public Theater, mom. She/her
Up next: TEAM AWKWARD (S&S, 2/11)
✌🏽half 🇧🇷 half Black Soulful Struttin' (Free Spirit '24) Mort the Mediogre (HarperCollins '27) Happy Noon Year (Sourcebooks '26)
#kidlit author #12x12 ♡ rep’d by @christiemegillbooks @thecatagency
juliahammondcreates.com
Everything kid lit, in one place! A website and community founded by Elaine Kiely Kearns and @sylvialiu.bsky.social. Follow us for weekly links to kid lit resources and book giveaways.
website: kidlit411.com
Los Angeles Screenwriter of 🎬 RomComs, Producer, 🎄 Author, Animation Artist, Actress, Comedian ❤️ That which does not kill me makes me funnier ❤️
www.stephaniebourbon.com
MORE linktr.ee/StephOBourbon
Join @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social and @paulvinelli.bsky.social for celebrations of picture books & librarian fashion.
Apple: https://apple.co/4e4mM3h
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Creative Writer/Teacher/Theater Critic/ Animal Lover, Jewish
PBParty’21 HM, 12x12, SCBWI,#MightyKidlit
🙋🏼♀️kidlit author 👩🏼💻 proud Mama Bear 🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 “Though she be but little, she is fierce.” #PitchMe 23 winner #PBParty Honorable Mention 2024
