✍️ Picture book author, seeking rep
📚 Here for the #kidlit community!
💫 SKY LUCK (out now!)
🌱 WILD GREENS, BEAUTIFUL GIRL (August 2024)
🌎 台灣阿美族 aboriginal Taiwanese (Amis) & Euro-American
📍 Los Angeles
🔗 www.ericaleewrites.com
Books that engage a young reader's innate sense of wonder + empathy, connecting them to our global community + the pale blue dot we call home.
https://www.bluedotkidspress.com/
An imprint of Sourcebooks. Books change lives.
🇺🇸🇫🇷 France / Switzerland / California
👩🏼🎓Bilingual MA, La Sorbonne Paris
My Books:
🐷Piglette 1, 2 🌸
☕️🐃Clovis 1, 2 ⭐️
🐭💩Poo-Dunit?⭐️
🥜When PB Met J🍓
🧜♀️Orpheline, June ‘25
🐘Clovis 3, Sept ‘25
Alaskan who's learned to thrive --well, survive--at 40 degrees below zero. I play hockey in winter, garden in summer, and read picture books year-round.
THE BLUE JAYS THAT GREW A FOREST (2025), NO FEATHERS IN YOUR HATS! (2027)
VCFA. 12x12. Writing lyrical nonfiction and fiction for curious kids.
Rep'd by @SFretwellHill @RedFoxLiterary. http://linktr.ee/lynnstreet
Writer of childish things. Fan of sidequests. THERE'S SOMETHING ODD ABOUT THE BABYSITTER (w/ John Ledda, Feiwel & Friends). #scbwi #12x12pb #kidlit #☕ #📚 elaynecrain.com/books + elaynecrain.substack.com
Hosts of #KidlitZombieWeek 2025, @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @rebecca-ensign.bsky.social @midfreeman.bsky.social @byaliciameyers.bsky.social @janmilusich.bsky.social @drenderturmaud.bsky.social @kcstrocchia.bsky.social @storiesbystephm.bsky.social
Educator with a passion for STEM
Working to remove barriers to STEM for families & students | Broadway Lover | ❤️ Disney | Swiftie | She/Her #EduSky
Creator of @stemwithmrssawyer.bsky.social
Acquiring Editor (Cardinal Rule Press), Freelance Editor (developmental through proofreading at www.adamdblackman.com). Writer of PB and MG. Proud dad to 1 burgeoning tween (human) and 1 seriously adolescent bunny. #SCBWI #Kidlit
An annual convention for writers, storytellers, and creatives of all genres held in Louisville, Kentucky!
Sharing news about kids books from international publishers and domestic library and teacher conferences https://www.publisherspotlight.com
📚 KidLit Writer
✍️ SCBWI + Mighty KidLit
🌋 STEAM Curriculum Writer
📚 Children’s Book Resource Hub
📕🌳 Subscribe: https://kidlitgrove.substack.com
Writes MG & YA
Rep'd by Natascha Morris
Bookaholic | Cats | Coffee | Nature
SCBWI
JennieGollehon.com
Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators
Supporting quality children’s books & the artists who make them since 1971.
Author, #STEMTuesday contributor, science geek, nature nerd, & lover of learning. Check out my books at http://janetsbooks.com.
REWRITING THE RULES (Sept '25 Millbrook Press)
#MakingSTEMaccessible
Bio PhD | PB MG YA author |
1st pl '22: #rateyourstory & #springflingkidlit
3x winner #50PreciousWord '22/3/4;
Highlights sch '23
Rep: @gabycabezut @SeymourAgency
www.dannazeiger.com
Science Journalist | Children’s Author | MYSTERY DRIVER (@candlewickpress 2025)| Rep'd by Tracy Marchini, Tracy Marchini Literary
ShirleyFadden.com
Writer & Illustrator of picture books. SCBWI Rutgers Mentee
Writer's Loft Anthology
PBParty 2025 Finalist
I make picture books for a tutu-wearing, lizard-loving, imaginary boss.
SLJ School Librarian of the Year, Library Journal Mover & Shaker, AASL National School Library of the Year, Book an Author Librarian Consultant, Canva Librarians and Teachers - "On a good day I teach. On a great day I learn." #EduSky #TLSky
✨ School librarian @adobeforedu
💡Empowering libraries as creative learning hubs
🫶🏻 Come for tips, stay for the vibes
🔗 Let's connect & create
Children's author who loves books, dogs, art, history, dad jokes, and trees.
SCBWI member- Southern Breeze region
Rep'd by John Rudolph with Dystel, Goderich & Bourret.
PB writer, 12x12 challenge, PBParty, Children’s Book Academy graduate, wife, mom, nana, retired elementary teacher and counselor. #lkidlit #PB
Illustrator • Writer • Regional Advisor #SCBWI New York West/Central Upstate • MFA Indiana U
#kidlit #kidlitart
www.pattywursterstudio.com
Kids book author and kids book editor
Check out some of my books! Acorn Was a Little Wild (S&S), Besos for Baby (Little Brown), GIVE (Knopf), Marta! Big and Small (Roaring Brook)
agent: Stephanie Fretwell-Hill, Red Fox
jenarenabooks.com
Reader, author, thinker. #bookposse
Author MG, PB, and Poetry
Blog UnPacking the Power of Picture Books
CYBILS Awards Panelist- support!
www.SandyBrehlBooks.com
Writer & filmmaker who puts birthday hats on my dogs.
📚 BATTLE OF THE BUTTS (Running Press Kids)
📽️ GRAVE INTENTIONS (Terror Films)
📚 BATTLE OF THE BRAINS (Running Press Kids)
Author and National Book Critics Member
www.dreamdraftdiscover.com
Writer. Literary Agent at Speilburg Literary. Status updates and MSWL at SeraRivers.com Rep’d by Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency
#STEM #Author of 45kids books: Spacecare,Astronaut-Aquanaut,Footprints Across the Planet. BRAIN GAMES w/NGKids Creator Solve It for Kids Science #podcast https://jenniferswansonbooks.com/
#picturebookauthor
Agent- Ksenia Tserkovskaya @DHLiterary
#4thgradeteacher
Lover of the outdoors, basketball, and making a difference
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
Award-Winning Children’s Author
Poet + Drama Queen 📝📚🎭
📖DARE TO BE DARING (Abrams)
📖THE BOO-BOOS OF BLUEBELL ELEMENTARY (Chronicle)
📖ODE TO A BAD DAY (Chronicle)
📖A HOME NAMED WALTER (Macmillan)
#12x12pb #kidlit #scbwi
https://chelsealinwallace.com
Children's Author
NOURA'S CRESCENT MOON; March 5, 2024
(Candlewick)
HANA'S HAJJ; 2026 (Candlewick)
Authors working together to ensure fair pay, protect copyright, and defend free speech.
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)
Children's book editor, knitter, baker, erstwhile ballerina. Wrangler of two no longer small children. (she/her)
🇨🇦 🇸🇬 Illustrator, author (The Pink Pajamas, S&S 2025) | Rep: Tracy Marchini | Co-host @kidlitart.bsky.social chat
🎨 CharleneChua.com
🔗 All links - charlenedraws.bio.link
🖌Alt account @sygnin.com
🚫AI/NFT
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 + Illustrator | 2x Newbery Medalist | National Book Award Finalist | NYT Bestseller | Agent: Sara Crowe | Faculty: USF MFAY | https://linktr.ee/erinentrada
Reader, Writer, #KidLit, 12x12,
📕METIS LIKE ME Tundra Books
📗LIGHTS AT NIGHT Tundra
📙MINI GOLF FUN Random House 2026
📘Candlewick 2027 TBA
📕Kids Can Press 2027 TBA
Rep’d by Rachel Orr at Prospect Agency
Author of kids’ books about Planet Earth. Science writer, reader, hiker, mom. Dog rules the house. 🐾💙🌏📚
Coming July 2026: DINOSAURS TO DRAGONS: The Lore and Science of Mythical Creatures (Atheneum/S&S).
rep Ammi-Joan Paquette, Aevitas Creative Management
Author. M.Ed.
Launching 1/1/24 from Capstone Editions -
FIRE FLIGHT: A WILDFIRE ESCAPE
Launching in '26 from Beach Lane Books at Simon & Schuster -
WHAT MARCEL FOUND: THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF THE LASCAUX CAVE ART
Rep: Mary Cummings.
www.CedarPruitt.com
Founder & Literary Agent at Open Book Literary. Lapsed librarian. Rapacious reader. Wishful writer. She/her. Member of @scbwi & @aalitagents. http://www.openbooklit.com/
#Kidlit Writer: PB, MG, YA. #SCBWI. Poetry.
Youth Services at a Public Library. Licensed Behavior Specialist.
Wife & Mom. Gardener/Hiker/Birder. Environmentalist. She/her
abbiewernerjames.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
Science writer/editor, bylines at CNN, Live Science, SciAm. Previously at Scholastic and the American Museum of Natural History. WGAE member. She/her.
Author of Rise of the Zombie Bugs https://press.jhu.edu/books/title/53677/rise-zombie-bugs
📚 Children's Book Author 📚
#SCBWI | #12x12 | Courage to Create | #kidlit | #PB | #MG | #YA | #Poetry
Website: JudyBryanAuthor.com
Award-winning author of books for kids. Library Media Specialist. I SEE SEA FOOD: SEA CREATURES THAT LOOK LIKE FOOD (2019, Millbrook Press), THE STORY OF PRINCESS DIANA (2021, Rockridge Press) Rep: Vicki Selvaggio
www.jennagrodzicki.com
Children’s book author and Speech Language Pathologist specializing in voice, swallow and AAC.
bit.ly/jeanettefazzarijones
Meatballs for Grandpa (Two Lions Press, 2024)
Ava's Chalk (Ever Imagine Press, 2025)
Duck, Duck, Groove (The Little Press, 2026)
Author. Teacher. Baker. Former ninja.
Seeking new rep due to the sad & sudden closure of BRLA.
Children’s Book Author
Rep: Stefanie Molina at Ladderbird
SM & Publicity for The Little Press
Preorder IT STARTED WITH A P 👇🏽
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738107/it-started-with-a-p-by-brittany-pomales-illustrated-by-andrew-joyner/
✍️ Kidlit author
💌 TATE'S WILD RESCUE | Crown/Random House Kids '24 out now
📚 https://tinyurl.com/mr4bh273
✨ Animal lover 🐦⬛ Friends with a crow
💌 www.jennyturnbull.com
Award-winning author and copywriter. Write. Bake. Repeat. MOO HOO and BAA HAA (Scholastic, 2024 & 2025), A HAT FOR HOUSE (Putnam, 2024), ONCE UPON A TAIL (Abrams, 2026) & more! Rep: @jmcgowanbks.
Author of the Unicorn and Yeti. Sub It Club moderator. Librarian. Garlic farmer. Represented by @mccarthylit https://www.heatherayrisburnell.com/
https://www.greatnortherngarlic.com/
Author of ENOUGH IS… Tilbury House '23, illus. Nicole Wong | I THINK I THINK A LOT Free Spirit Publishing '23, illus. Josée Bisaillon | Repped by Emily Keyes | website: authorjessicawhipple.com | also poetry | https://linktr.ee/JessicaWhippl17
I'm a children's writer, twin mom, former teacher, poetry lover, and Co-ARA of SCBWI Carolinas.
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
Kidlit Author
A FESTA FOR LUANA (Atheneum, May/25)
LUCAS AND THE CAPOEIRA CIRCLE
BISA’S CARNAVAL,
LILLYBELLE, A DAMSEL NOT IN DISTRESS,
and more!!! 🇧🇷🇺🇸
Children’s writer. Picture Books. THE QUEEN NEXT DOOR (Hachette) | THE TREASURE (Magic Cat) | BEAR Vs DRAGON (OUP) Repp’ed by The Catchpole Agency |
🇧🇷in 🇬🇧
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Children's Author, Poet, Librarian, Believer. #SCBWI. Repped by Anne Marie O’Farrell Inspired by my multicultural family & the world around me. Soli Deo gloria! https://www.nancytupperling.com/ & latest book https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/714096/
🎨Children’s book illustrator
✨The Illustration Department & SCBWI member
🔔Available for PBs, board books, and editorial projects
🚀Rep'd by Tracy Marchini Literary
Portfolio: claryillustration.com
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🐌Snailing It! (Sourcebooks, Spring 2027)
ESL Teacher. Mom. Travel. Dance. Strawberry ice cream. #Kidlit Author, repped by @KaitlynLeann17 SCBWI 12x12 http://HannahLorenzoBooks.com
■BOY Mom ■Wife ■ #SCBWI ■Writer 📚 #WIFYR (Writing & Illustrating for Young Readers) BOOK CLUB Host 📋 President VZC Library Board 📒 #WritingCommunity #12x12PB
#PB/#BB/#MG/#YA Scribbler|Technical Writer|Backyard Grower|Girl Mom
MONKEY DRAGON RABBIT! (Sourcebooks, Fall 2026)
TBA (Summer 27)
TBA (2027+)
Repped by Marisa Cleveland #Seymouragency
http://meilinchan.com
Former educator writing for children 😃
bethandersonwriter.com #SCBWI #RedFoxLiterary
1/28/25: HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: KATE WARNE AND THE RACE TO SAVE ABRAHAM LINCOLN 🚂
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
Children's Book Author
GREAT CARRIER REEF 🌟🌟 LIGHTS OUT;
FIRE ESCAPE 🌟🌟; PLIGHT OF THE PELICAN; WONDERFULLY WILD 🌟 TRAPPED IN THE TAR PIT; WHEN OLD BECOMES NEW ('26)
Author of American Girl's Kira and Luciana series, The Friendship Experiment, and Survivor Girl. Represented by Marie Lamba. Co-RA SCBWI Mid Atlantic.
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
Kidlit author-illustrator wondering her way into stories • HOW TO PEE YOUR PANTS: THE RIGHT WAY (Macmillan) • TO CATCH A GHOST (July 1) • rep: Lindsay Auld at Writers House • http://rachelmichellewilson.substack.com • https://linktr.ee/rachelmichellewilso
author & illustrator of children's picture books,
+ gardener, woods walker, cloud & bird watcher
www.deborahfreedman.net
Mama. Wordsmith. Kidlit enthusiast. Lambda Literary Award Finalist. DANCE LIKE A LEAF, THE WISHING FLOWER, THE BI BOOK • Rep: @thejordache.bsky.social • she/her 🏳️🌈 https://ajirving.com/
#PB Author of BEA’S BALIKBAYAN BOX OF TREASURES '25 with @freespiritbooks.bsky.social | #12x12PB | #SCBWI | #Growyourwriting Challenge Host | 🇵🇭🇺🇸 #filtheshelves
Rep'd by @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social of CMA
Graphic Novel illustrator/author. Winner Christopher Medal & New York Book Festival. 100,000 multicultural (LeeandLow) paperback books in print
SCOOP THE ICE CREAM TRUCK (Sky Pony) Feb 2024
https://patriciakeeler-author-illustrator.com
Award-winning author, Greenwillow/HarperCollins. American by birth, Canadian by choice.
Award winning Illustrator of Picture Books represented by East West Literary- books with Simon and Schuster, Flamingo PRH, and Harper Collins
Heatherbrockmanlee.com
Children's Author | Ghostwriter of #picturebooks and #nonfiction #kidlit https://roxannetroup.com
My Books:
MY GRANDPA, MY TREE, AND ME (2023)
REACHING FOR THE STARS (2024)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA! (2026)
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
Illustrator and author of children’s books
MilankaReardon.com
Award-winning author of NF for young readers–WHITE HOUSE SECRETS, SPIRIT SLEUTHS, AMERICAN MURDERER, AMBUSHED, BLOOD & GERMS, THE POISON EATERS, SPOOKED, BUBONIC PANIC, FATAL FEVER, RED MADNESS, THE AMAZING HARRY KELLAR
Children’s author, proud Chicagoan. Author of Caldecott Honor THE NOISY PAINT BOX, & 20 more. AMERICAN SPIRITS coming 4/15!www.barbrosenstock.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
Illustrator/storyteller represented by Lynnette Novak of The Seymour Agency
portfolio: https://dianadelosh.com
#Kidlitauthor #PB #GN #NF
THE LAW OF BIRTHDAYS ('24)
A BIKE IS NOT JUST A BIKE (26)
DUDES OF DISPOSAL ('26)
Co-host of You May Contribute A Verse
@JoshMonkwords.bsky.social
https://brennajeanneret.com/index.html
Children's Author/Storyteller/PB lover
SEEKER OF TRUTH (2024)
GIRLS ON WHEELS (2023)
DANCING IN THATHA'S FOOTSTEPS (2021)
#SCBWI, PB Rising Stars 2024 Mentor
Rep'd by Adria Goetz @ K.T. Literary Agency
Character designer and illustrator in the entertainment industry, currently working in graphic novels. Lover of fantasy, Creator of Roon & The White Raven, Illustrator for Tractor Squad, Teacher, Maker of funny voices, and a professional magician to boot.
#KidLit author | Retired library media tech | #SCBWI | #12x12 #pb | Mamá | Wife | Lowrider lover | Pan Dulce connoisseur | 🇺🇸Chicana🇲🇽 | Rep’d by Leah Pierre - Ladderbird Literary Agency | lauraadelacruz.com | https://linktr.ee/laura_delacruz
Author:
Patterns Everywhere (Lerner '23)
My Love for You (S&S '23)
Tell Me About Space/Oceans (S&S '23/'24)
All the Rocks We Love (RiseXPenguin '24)
Wonder Why (Harper Kids '25) + more
Rep: Tricia Lawrence, EMLA
https://lisaperronbooks.com
2025 Pura Belpré Award Honoree ★ Rep'd by Jem Chambers-Black at Starling Literary ★ LatinxPitch co-founder
tatianagardel.com
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
Author, teacher, runner. Obsessed with dogs. A WISH WITH WINGS out May 2026!
www.sarahguillory.com
📖📚 Picture books
👧🧒 Parenthood
🧠🎉 Learning Through Play
Represented by Sara Crowe Literary
https://www.genniegorback.com/
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
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