Author @ PRH & S&S, resident playwright at Seattle Public Theater, mom. She/her Up next: TEAM AWKWARD (S&S, 2/11)

NY Times bestselling, often banned author. MARRIED feminist. Mom. Grandma. German shepherd lover. Joy seeker midst the chaos. Staunch ally. Democracy defender. Fighting for our kids' future. Not here to be sold anything. #blueresister

MG/YA verse novelist, author of LILAC AND THE SWITCHBACK, EVERY SHINY THING, SKYSCRAPING, THE WAY THE LIGHT BENDS. Creative writing teacher, freelance editor and certified book coach.

2022 Newbery Honoree, Walter Award, Golden Kite winner. Doctor, author of MG & PB, fiction & nonfiction, prose & poetry. Pro-democracy, pro-reproductive freedom, anti-book bans. Rep: Brent Taylor www.RajaniLaRocca.com

MG author of ALL OF ME & THE MAGICAL IMPERFECT-THE GRAY 23 & more in 24 @FeiwelFriends, English Prof, Poet, ig: christhebearbaron Twitter @baronchrisbaron

Award-winning children's book author of LIFEBOAT 12, ADA'S VIOLIN, ALIAS ANNA, HARBORING HOPE, THE LAST STRAW, SHAKING THINGS UP, and more. Rep: Brenda Bowen, The Book Group. susanhoodbooks.com New: LIFEBOAT 5!

Author of GOOD DIFFERENT & THE GIRL IN THE WALLS @Scholastic Christ-follower #Actuallyautistic #2023Debuts #MGin23 rep'd by @laurenspieller.bsky.social http://www.megedenbooks.com/

NYT Bestselling Author. Poet. Wildflower enthusiast. Novels ALONE and AWAY available from Simon & Schuster. Rep’d by East West Literary. I love connecting with readers and educators for school author visits. linktr.ee/meganefreeman

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

I write NYT-bestselling things. Things that children read.🖖🏻 Books in 2025: NOT LIKE EVERY DAY & ZEB AND BRAIN ARE FRIENDS. More coming. MN-raised, CA-aged. She/her Rep: Jenn Laughran/ABLA Profile art: @cpark.bsky.social https://www.stephanielucianovic.com

A masterpiece after a wreckage. Author: TRUTH IS 🎙️ (out September 23!) + ALL THE FIGHTING PARTS 💙 (Morris Finalist + Walter Honor!)

Cherokee Nation citizen and author of fiction and nonfiction for young people. tracisorell.com

📕 13 WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE (HarperCollins, March 18, 2025) 📕 THE SONG OF US (KTegenbooks/HarperCollins) ✍ DVMentor '22 ✍ MFA Lesley ‘21 🏳‍🌈Queer she/her rep: Eric Smith @P.S. Literary

Kidlit author. Blasian Muslim magical girl. Always dreaming. Latest: A BIT OF EARTH (Greenwillow 2023). Next: SABRENA SWEPT AWAY (Greenwillow 2025). Hamline MFAC July '21 | Rep: Thao Le No means to donate currently 💔

Kidlit author (latest: NO MATTER THE DISTANCE). Disabled activist with #cysticfibrosis and #ehlersdanlos. Homeschool mom, cosmetic formulator, human with too many passions. She/her

YA author: WHITE ROSE, THE MOST DAZZLING GIRL IN BERLIN, ONE LAST SHOT, & ALL THE LOVE UNDER THE VAST SKY | high school librarian | anti-fascist | www.kipwilsonwrites.com

Children's author & editor. Latest: Becoming Bionic, The Prisoner and the Writer, Secret Schools, I Can't Do What? Montrealer in Toronto.

Cuban American poet and children’s book author. Young People’s Poet Laureate Emeritus. Newbery Honor, Pura Belpré Awards, etc.

Writer, poet, lavender menace

Trying to live a quiet life in the fog of the North Atlantic.

Writer. Translator. Nahuatlahtoh. Chicano. He/él/yehhua. Pan [💖💛💙]. Representation: Full Circle Literary. President of the Texas Institute of Letters. Associate Professor at UTRGV.

NYT bestselling author of 70+ books for kids. Educator. Speaker. Adirondack 46er. Passionately curious. Latest book: THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES www.katemessner.com

editing and occasionally writing about TV at morning brew / marketing brew

Writer based in Sussex.

Award-winning author & poet; speaker, editor, teacher, student, mother in the order life requests. Represented by Adams Literary

MG Author (she/her) 🎵THE SONG OF ORPHAN'S GARDEN🌺 January 21, 2025 Feiwel & Friends🌟Bookseller (Kids’ Specialist)🌟SCBWI-IL Co-rep 🌟Former homeschool co-op teacher🌟Rep: Deborah Warren East/West Literary https://linktr.ee/nicolemhewitt

Librarian in sort-of Chicago. PW book reviewer. #Amquerying #SCBWI writer/poet. Winner: #50PreciousWords, Highlights scholarship, ElegantLit, IAmWritingMG. HM: #PBParty. WTMP mentee, RisingTalent finalist, BOTN. https://linktr.ee/tracie.renee

Author of Bram Stoker Award finalist THE CURSE OF EELGRASS BOG and THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY with Penguin Young Readers. Next: THE BURN BEAST (Putnam, Fall 2026) Rep'd by Kelly Sonnack at ABLA

Librarian | Hollins gal (MA/MFA) | Poet | PB & YA Author | Wait, Rest, Pause (2019) One Step Forward (2025) When Twilight Comes (2026) | Rep: Carter Hasegawa at Tugeau2 www.marcieatkins.com https://linktr.ee/marciefatkins

Forest creature who writes books & champions libraries. American heart, Danish soul. Author of YAs: Speak, Shout & many more Historical adventure novels: Chains, Forge, Ashes & Fever 1793. And…. Rebellion 1776 is a NY Times bestseller! Huzzah! 🎉❤️🇺🇸📚

New Jersey trash panda. Bunmom. Stonewall Honor-winning #kidlit author. Saltier than the sea. 🌊🍝🌈 MURRAY OUT OF WATER (out now, QuillTree Books) PASTA GIRLS (Fall 2025, Quill Tree Books) Rep: @mariavicente.com at P.S. Literary www.taylorismyfirstname.com

Author of nonfiction and poetry for kids and teens. Former journalist. OUTDOOR FARM, INDOOR FARM out now; TOMATOES ON TRIAL coming summer 2025. lindsayhmetcalf.com

Writer of #kidlit. Former teacher and librarian. Current kid wrangler. Mutant diabetic and perpetually tired nd. Author of 1st Day of Unicorn School (Capstone) and I WANT TO DANCE IN PANTS (Sleeping Bear, 2025) www.jesshernandezwrites.com

Poet, novelist, general word-nerd, gardener, photographer, foodie, film lover. My favorite people on the planet are children, which is why I write for them. Oh! And I'm a freak for roses, watercolor, and collage. Author of Ordinary Hazards, a memoir.

I write about race in American history for young readers. These are the kinds of biographies that didn't exist when I was a student or teacher and those I couldn't publish as a textbook editor.

I write books, like the "ONE & ONLY" series, WISHTREE, ODDER, DOGTOWN, and most recently, POCKET BEAR. THE LITTLEST ELEPHANT: A One and Only Ruby Story is coming 3/17/26, and WOMBAT WAITING is coming 5/5/26! I post with some help from Two Cats Comm.

#KidLit Author & Poet. JANIE WRITES A PLAY (Charlesbridge). Debut MG verse novel THE POETRY OF CAR MECHANICS 4/15 (Astra). Birder/Owler. HeidiEYStemple.com.

Author, translator & Lego builder. Winner 2023 LA Times Book Prize for YA Literature for TORCH. Author of MOONWALKING (co-authored with Zetta Elliott) & EYES OPEN, both historical novels in verse.

Mom, 2nd grade teacher, and middle grade author of THE DO MORE CLUB (Penguin Random House - Rocky Pond Books) 💛💛💛

What do I do? ✨ Help kidlit authors write & revise their books ✨ Host Middle Grade Made Easy(er) podcast ✨ Run Rhyme Made Easy(er) membership Start here⇣ https://linktr.ee/LouPiccolo

#Kidlit Author ✏️ MY PONY WONDER - Random House Studio (Summer 2026) 🐎 📚👀 Unannounced (TBA) Rep'd by Wendi Gu, HG Literary ✨ www.jessicamilo.com #SCBWI #InkedVoices

#KidLit Author, Editor, Mentor. Latest: MY STREET REMEMBERS. Upcoming: ONE COSMIC ROCK. THE CLOUD THAT STUCK. Agent: Ginger Knowlton, Curtis Brown. VCFA Alum. Faculty at Whale Rock Workshops. Settler heritage. She/her. Bi/pan. 🏳️‍🌈 https://karenkrossing.com

Academic, Writer & editor, PhD verse novel +poetry + narrative research, author of poetry, novels in verse, and edited nonfiction interviews with verse novelists, (she/her) #VerseNovels #DiverseVerse #poetry www.linda.weste.com

Author of Knocking on Windows: A Memoir, Green Promises: Girls Who Loved the Earth, Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science, all from Atheneum/S & S, Rep: ‪@saracrowelit.bsky.social‬

Writer- current project is a contemporary middle grade novel in verse. I'm always working on picture books. The beach is my happy place.

Writer pub’d in WBUR Cog, Boston Globe, LA Times, Japan Times, Princeton Alumni Weekly, Friends and Anemones. Olympic Short Track Speedskating Mom. #SCBWI #12x12PB

Irish children's author. 'Wider Than The Sea' Winner of the Eilís Dillon Award KPMG CBI. Sunday Times (IRL) Children's Book of the Week. SL The Week Junior Awards '24. 'The Tree That Sang to Me' out now with Hodder. https://serenamolloy.com/

KitLit writer: middle grade novel-in-verse author, children's book creator, YA enthusiast. Dog lover who says yes to food from all over the world. #SCBWI

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

I’m an author and crossword puzzle maker!

6th grade English teacher, loves Nerdy Book Club folks, active with NCTE, writes “It’s Not Easy Being Tween” blog for MiddleWeb, book nerd, Michigander

✨ Writer of Books / Eater of Snacks ✨ APALA Honor Award, NPR Best Books ✨ www.maerespicio.com ✨ Author brand: tender+joyful+Filipino dad jokes ✨ Agent: Jennifer Laughran

Author of MG mysteries, interactive chapter books, drama kits, and scripts. Creepers Mysteries: Haunted Cattle Drive, and Toadies. Audie and Saturn Award winner. Founder of Middle Grade Writers Group https://linktr.ee/MiddleGradeWritersGroup

Reader, book slinger, overthinker, chocolate and marshmallow fan

Writer, small business owner, book-loving troublemaker raising 4 book-loving troublemakers in ATX. My love language is baked goods. She/her. ✨ Libraries are magic. Use yours! ✨ Saving democracy one tiny step at a time: mollysarmy.com 💪

Author. Artist. Wanderer. VCFA. SCBWI. Rep’d by Michelle Witte @ MansionStLit #kidlit #thegenesisretreat #TheOtherSideofLuck #TheSplinteredLight

Upcoming Middle Grade Author. Currently working on my first MG Mystery Graphic Novel 👽

Husband and wife author/illustrator team

Writer! *Video Games (Star Wars: Jedi - Respawn Entertainment) *Kids Novels (THE HUNT FOR THE HOLLOWER and THE SEARCH FOR THE SHADOWSOUL) *Animation (Monster High, LEGO Monkie Kid, etc.) *Comics (DC, Riot Games) *calliecmiller.com | *VCFA WCYA | #kidlit

Writer (rep’d J Mustelier @ Bent Agency), adopted Northerner & Hachette Children’s Novel Award Winner 2021 with Lily Grim and the City of Undone

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

I am a retired teacher from California (thank goodness!) and now traveling as often as I can. I’m an outspoken Democrat, and a bleeding-heart liberal. Joy comes from life, books, art, yummy food, and being the best grandma to 3 amazing humans. Hello!

Cartoonist | Funny Gal Team Trash: A Time Traveler's Guide to Sustainability, out now with Holiday House | Goat Magic: August 2025 with Oni Press

All things child development. Author of “Raising Awe-Seekers: How the Science of Wonder Can Help Our Kids Thrive” and a bunch of picture books. Curriculum advisor for PBS KIDS’ “Carl the Collector.” I box, read, embroider, mom, and walk the dog.

Librarian here to chat books, libraries, education, civic literacy, and lots of other, sillier stuff ✨

Writer of all things #kidlit. Poems in LTP, The Toy, Wild Ink's Prom Perfect Anthology, and the Dirigible Balloon. Photos in Paddler Press. #SCBWI

Middle school #librarian who has read EVERY fiction book in my #SchoolLibrary. Posts a new #MGLit book review EVERY DAY at http://msyinglingreads.blogspot.com, where I've been since 2006.

Wife of a firefighter, mom of 2! A teacher librarian who wants to learn more. (Providence Middle School)

4th Grade Jedi Teacher Lover of Math, Books, and Dogs Disney Dreamer & former Cast Member Allergic to Everything

MG & YA Writer; Mom of Teens; Hiker/Explorer; Highlights Scholarship Recipient; RMC SCBWI Golden Pen Award Finalist; WM Novel-In-Development Reader’s Favorite; https://megantroupbooks.com

editor/story coach specializing in kidlit | author of kids' books | freelance writer | she/her | upcoming bk: MISS MATCH | recent bks: HOORAY FOR TRUCKS!; SAME HERE; WALKING FOR WATER; LIGHTS DAY AND NIGHT | www.susanhughes.ca

USA Today bestseller author of books for adults and middle grade. Next up: #AceMarvelSpy and #TheBugBandits

Recovering journalist, podcaster, author of The Fina Mendoza Mysteries series of books and podcasts.

Author/Nature Photographer Rep'd by Mara Cobb @ Lighthouse Literary SCBWI/12x12 SCBWI MS Winner Detroit Writing Room MS Winner #PBChat Mentorship HM ArtPrize Artist 2025 & 2024 http://cherylajohnsonwrites.weebly.com http://cherylajohnson.pictorem.com

Author of some pretty good mg books. I write for all young people but my mc’s are always gonna be Black.

Mah Jongg-playing, Twizzler-loving, NYC-dwelling #kidlit author 📗Kat Greene Comes Clean ✡️ Coming of Age: 13 B’Nai Mitzvah Stories ✏️ Blogger for the Mixed-Up Files of Middle-Grade Authors Rep: Joyce Sweeney https://www.melissaroske.com

Author of picture books & middle grade novels. Newest PB: COUSINS! Spooky MG mystery: 13 DOORS OF BLACK HOUSE out now! Rep: James McGowan Website: linktr.ee/lauralavoie

Kidlit creator, occasional cartoonist, artist based in France

Children's writer, books including How to Steal a Dog and the NYT bestseller WISH www.barbaraoconnor.com

I write middle grade books, am an elementary school librarian, live in Colorado and love cats. www.daphnebg.com

Librarian. Writer. Book Reviewer. Math geek. Knitter. Progressive Christian. She/her. No DMs from strangers. More at https://sondraeklund.com

Children's author and screenwriter. Waterstones Children's Book Award and Edgars shortlisted. New fairytale whodunnit, The Big Bad Wolf Murder, OUT NOW! My stuff: https://linktr.ee/pgbell

Author: http://www.joknowles.com #kidlit #AABB #PB #MG #Tween #YA Editorial Services: https://www.revise-and-shine.com/jo-knowles Author visits: https://www.joknowles.com/school-visits Teacher: Mountainview #MFA Center For Cartoon Studies (summers)

writer | middle-grade fiction | history lover | book hoarder #amquerying #amwriting #kidlit #middlegrade

Writer of kidlit, historical fiction, poetry. Amanuensis in a past life. Yes to the Oxford comma. leahpileggi.com

Canadian - fantasy/horror writer + nature photographer

Author • Producer • Donut Hunter Dracula's Brunch Club (Middle Grade Graphic Novel) comes out Sept 16 with Oni Press. Repped by Stacey Graham at 3 Seas Literary. Pre Order here: https://linktr.ee/bgonsar

Middle school teacher, dumpster diver, mediocre gardener, author of books for kids and teens. I raise humans and chickens.

#SCBWI WINNER of the Nonfiction Most Promising Picture Book▪️SCBWI Cynthia Leitich Smith Writing Mentor Award Finalist ▪️ PB & MG writer▪️avid reader

Wife, mom humans & cats, Gigi, strange & weird middle school ELA teacher, avid reader, thrifter, diy addict, Great Lakes Great Books, CRWP https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3G6W6G8VMG3LD?ref_=wl_share

Author, teacher, and animal lover. Prader-Willi syndrome ally. @VCFAWCA. Rep: @gknowlton58 THE ZUZU SECRET coming in May ‘25

🇧🇧 Author. Up next: HERE LIES A GHOST (March 3rd 2026, Scholastic), BEWARE THE HEARTMAN, NIGHTMARE ISLAND, JOSEPHINE AGAINST THE SEA, ALLIES www.shakirahbourne.com

Middle grade author of spooky and sporty stories.

Middle grade author. Collector of comics. Buffalo Bills and San Diego Padres fan. DAN UNMASKED, THE LAST SUPER CHEF, and UNDERDOG CITY out now from HarperCollins.

Mother, librarian, teacher, reader 2024 John Newbery Committee VAReads Middle School Chair

MS Teacher Librarian; ALA/AASL/NCTE; LJ Mover & Shaker; Nerdy Book Girl; #Bookposse; Joyful Learning Podcast Co-Creator @JoyfulLearnPod #JoyfulMaking = Etsy Shop full of #LiteracyInspiredCrafts

School librarian for 19 years Principal Consultant of Computer Science and Media Literacy for the Illinois State Board of Education

Science Teacher. Writer. Reiki Master. Mom of 2 nature-loving daughters. SCBWI 📚Nat Geo Certified 🌎 www.jennifermaryg.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