Kidlit Writer (PB, MG, YA and Poetry) -SCBWI
HS ELA Teacher/Librarian- ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐บ๐ธ
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St. Louis City's Largest Indie Bookstore
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St. Louis County Library is the busiest library in Missouri. We offer free programs and activities for all ages. Visit us at http://slcl.org.
Independent bookstore in Webster Groves, MO specializing in comics, graphic novels, manga, and children's books.
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How Now Booking is a female owned and operated agency specializing in booking events for authors and illustrators of kid lit, middle grade, and young adult books.
We are Albatros Books, a publishing house specializing in educational children's books with original and innovative formats: www.albatrosbooks.com.
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๐ Represented by the Bright Agency
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๐ gordywright.com
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Illustrator of picture books, food and travel. Lover of Sheffield United, Bruce Springsteen, and teal.
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(She/Her) librarian, publishing professional, kid lit enthusiast.
Children's author, software engineer, Tu Youyou's Discovery. Bookshop Lk: http://bit.ly/3A9071n @AlbertWhitman @BarefootBooks #12x12PB
Illustrator, author, maker, fairy enthusiast, cat botherer, and more from the PNW! (she/they)
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Relaunching my illustration career after years of drawing in obscurity. Illustrator debut in 2027 (Enchanted Lion Books). Author-illustrator debut in 2028 (Familius).
https://www.chelleline.com/
instagram.com/drawinginobscurity
chelleline@yahoo.com
Executive Editor, Sourcebooks. She/her
I make art, try to raise my kids to be Good Humans, and yell about disability. Maker of Santa Dinos and whatever else I feel like. She/they #art #knitting #3Dprinting ๐งถ
https://linktr.ee/measuredandslow
The UK's bestselling magazine for women who write.
Award winning author and illustrator of childrenโs books including Grandadโs Camper, TIMID, Little Glow and many more. They/them.
Agent: @ashliterary.bsky.social
Enquiries: info@ashliterary.com
Website: www.harrywoodgate.com
Writer, Editor, Translator | Co-writer of Sherlock Sam with Felicia Low as AJ Low | Gamer | Comic Book Nerd | General Geek | ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐บ๐ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ | http://aj-low.com | @aj_low_writers
Eisner, Harvey, and Ringo nominated Writer. Stonewall Honoree. 3xGlyph winner.
Navigating with You, Princeless, Dog Knight, School for Extraterrestrial Girls, Wasp, MLP.
Host @proghorrorpod.bsky.social podcast!
Seeking new representation
Let's support America's libraries. America's Library PAC. Donate at http://action.everylibrary.org/donate
Official Bluesky account for the #50501Movement
โ๐#NoKings 10/18 Made History!!
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Political scientist & part-time farmer. Books: 'On Revolutions' (2022), 'Civil Resistance' (2021), & 'The Politics of Terror' (2019). Coming soon: 'Bread & Roses' & 'The End of People Power.' https://www.ericachenoweth.com. What a time to be alive.
A non-profit media organization, delivering accuracy and understanding through storytelling that brings context and humanity to the issues affecting the region.
Coincidence chaser. Producer STLPR "St Louis on the Air" @stlonair.bsky.social, "We Live Here," host "America Skyjacker", ex-staff writer Riverfront Times (RIP). Wi-sen-tau-skee. He/him.
email: dwicentowski@stlpr.org
web: stlpr.org/people/danny-wicentowsk
Mid Missouri Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America
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Send predrafted letters to your MO Rep, Sen, & Gov Kehoe about proposed MO bills.
Follow me or text FOLLOW MOResist to 50409 to get updates on future petitions.
Individuals, community, labor, student & faith groups fighting for social, racial, & economic justice across Missouri. Paid for by Missouri Jobs with Justice Voter Action; Michelle Trupiano, Treasurer; 2725 Clifton, 63139
Retired educator/graphic designer/illustrator. Married, mom & granny. Cat mama. News & political junkie. Democrat in red State MO. Pro-choice/๐ณ๏ธโ๐/BLM. I loathe the orange turd. She/her.
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Photos taken by me unless otherwise noted. #photographersunited
SFW acct of Lily Bleu
Missouri Independent is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization covering state government, politics and policy.
Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
School Library Journal is the premiere publication for librarians and information specialists who work with children and teens. A source of quality, award-winning journalism and reviews for 70 years, SLJ publishes 5,000+ reviews annually.
Encouraging others to get know science a little better. Kidlit author. Science educator. Rock collector. Stargazer. Nature photographer. Animal buddy. They/She. Repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette.
www.KatieSlivensky.com
co-founder of various organizations: Interrupting Criminalization; Survived & Punished; Sojourners for Justice Press; For the People Leftist Library Project, NYC PLAN, etc...
Executive Director, Blue Missouri. Grassroots organizer. Writer. Former State House nominee. Rural mom fighting for rural schools. Dirt Road Democrat.
Pediatric speech-language pathologist. #KidLit writer. #12x12PB. #SCBWI. #PBParty 2025 Finalist. Equal parts Monica Geller, Sue Heck, Leslie Knope.
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.--Romans 12:21
abbywooldridge.com
Indie and NYT Bestselling Author & Illustrator of a stack of picture books.
https://www.jessiesima.com/
Illustrator for books, games & animation. he/him. Currently working on: too many things
Heart of Gold โข Sefirot & The Hidden Isle โข Titmouse โข Daggerheart โข
Professional inquiries: contact[at]elibaum[dot]art
patreon.com/heartofgoldcomic
elibaum.art
Children's book author & illustrator
๐ชบ THE COLLECTORS (Kids Can May '21)
๐๐ฝโโ๏ธ THE LOST BOARD (Viking Summer '26)
Rep'd by The Literary Longs @ Tugeau 2
SCBWI Member
Edwards, Colorado
๐ 2025 #PBRisingStars Mentee
๐จ #kidlit author-illustrator
๐ Former children's bookseller and school librarian
๐ด Current tired mom
๐ค Self-taught and still self-teaching
Represented by Marissa Brown at Pippin Properties
brookebaum.com
Illustrator & Writer
Portfolio: katherineahmedart.com
We believe that books can change the world, and it all starts with our authors and illustrators.
www.bookendsliterary.com
Senior Editor of commercial and literary young adult and childrenโs books for all ages! she/her
weslieturner.com
We lift up and support neurodivergent storytellers, making more room for authentic stories in childrenโs literature, to help young readers be seen and create increased empathy and understanding by neurotypical readers.
https://ndkidlit.org
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I write middle grade novels. My published novels are "Mรจo and Bรฉ" and "A Two Placed Heart." VCFA MFA.
www.doanphuong.com
Edits books and comics for kids at Penguin Workshop. Probably here to be a weird gremlin anymore. She/her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Writer of books, short stories, comics, and other things. Friend to cats and sometimes people. She/her. https://www.kathowardbooks.com/ and https://epigraphtoepilogue.substack.com/
NYT Bestselling Author: Legends & Lattes. Hugo, Nebula & Locus finalist. Audie winning Narrator. Ex-gamedev - Fate,Torchlight & Rebel Galaxy.
Brigands & Breadknives out Nov 11 '25 from Tor.
travisbaldree.com
Publisher of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller and Suspense, and Other Speculative Fiction
Dog mom ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ
๐ฒ๐ฌ illustrator repโd by Caryn Wiseman at Andrea Brown Literary Agency
https://artofcatmouse.wordpress.com
USA Today Bestselling Author of SIR CALLIE, Random House Kids
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2263444/esme-symes-smith/
They/Them
Rep: @jenazantian.bsky.social
โMy daddy does a podcast. He tries to do it. He has a chair.โ Squish, age 6 ๐ฅฐ
podcaster, teacher, librarian, and host of The Childrenโs Book Podcast
Kidlit illustrator and character designer, nature lover | ADHD
odnatamyara.com
๐The 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
Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine Edited by Michael Damian Thomas. 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2025 Hugo & 2024 Locus Award Winner. uncannymagazine.com
she/her
(artists: please don't send your portfolios to my personal email)
www.jwahlgren.com
She/Her
Childrenโs book Art Director and designer.
Website: whitlpdesign.com
Mom to a NB 8 year old and two black cats. Passionate about books, workers rights, equity, safe spaces for LGBTQIA+ individuals, anti-racism, and picture book art.
dreamworker, healer, #12x12PB, Queer Kidlit mentee '24, creator of the Chaotic Good and the Banned Bookmobile comic
they/them
katrinadreamertutoring.com
katrinadreamer.com
covidsafecolorado.org
soundcloud.com/dreamingbacktotheearth
thecovidlogs.com
LA based, Eisner nominated, and NY Times best selling comic artist + illustrator ๐จ๏ธ
>>>> linktr.ee/babsdraws
THE LORD OF THE WOOD (Hanover Square Press 2026). THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRITS (Mira 2025). BLM. Queer. AuDHD. Disabled. She/they. Rep: Keir Alekseii, ALA. pfp from maddel_art Picrew.
elizmanderson.com
She/her | magnifiqueNOIR | Crunchyroll Senior Features Editor | Children's Book Council 2025 Favorites Winner | FANTASY PIN WORLD | ESSENTIAL MANGA GUIDE | Gamer Girls Retro Rhythms Coauthor | Repped by Janna @ Janna Co.
Website: brishouldbewriting.com
Instructional designer, CSS breaker, gamer and lover of wierd.
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#kidlit author
Stonewall Award Honoree
MARLEYโS PRIDE (Barefoot Books)
OUR WORLD USA (Barefoot Books)
MADINA'S BIG, FABULOUS, WIN (Disney Hyperion '27)
BELLY GROWLS (Henry Holt '27)
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Repโd by James McGowan
Actor/singer/author who tells stories onstage & on the page. ND. Works/teaches at @thewritingbarn.bsky.social
#Kidlit author: ANIMALS IN SURPRISING SHADES, 2023. Rep: Mara Cobb at Martin Lit.
staylorwrites.com https://linktr.ee/sjohnstontaylor
We Need Diverse Books is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit revolutionizing what we read to create a world where everyone can find themself in the pages of a book.
๐ bio.site/WeNeedDiverseBooks
Freelancing at Macmillan + | Previously: prose reader Electric Literature | MFA UNCW | Tin House โ20 | Best American Essays Notable โ23 | ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
katherinegohara.com
Poet and cultural critic. I co-host the podcast VIBE CHECK. Also, I teach creative writing at Harvard Medical School.
BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World, The Peopleโs Project.
authorโ๏ธ educator๐ค// collector + fan of comics, books, antiques, ephemera, movies, music // podcast๐๏ธDear Watchers //โค๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐จ๐บ// QUEER MYTHOLOGY ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธbook out now // The Substrate on Substack
Writer, educator, queer
Tin House Summer workshop โ23
Lambda Literary Retreat โ23
Voodoonauts โ24
MSU alumna ๐ป| UA MFA ๐
ฮฃฮฮ SP19 #11 โธ๏ธ
Lambda Literary, celebrating LGBTQ+ storytellers since 1985. Home of the Lammy Awards, Writers in Schools, the Emerging Writers Retreat for LGBTQ Voices, and the Lambda Literary Review.
lambdaliterary.org
lambdaliteraryreview.org
linktr.ee/lambdaliterary
Kid Lit Author | Math Enthusiast | Education Consultant | Ice Cream Lover | 12x12 and SCBWI Member | Repโd by Saba Sulaiman, Talcott Notch Literary Services
Author of DEAR MATH, WEโRE NOT FRIENDS (Beaming Books 2026)
www.linahaldar.com
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
โ๏ธ We go beyond craft classes to transform pre-published writers into career authors with varying tools and community offerings to suit YOU.
Craft + Community + Connections = a Thriving Literary Life!
Autistic. Librarian. Writer. TEDx speaker. Walter Grant recipient (WNDB). Staff editor for A Novel Mind. ๐ต๐ท ๐ฒ๐ฝ (she/her)
adrianalwhite.com
๐ข ๐ข Video games are art and graphic novels are real books! ๐ข ๐ข
writer โข K-5 art educator โข #kidlit โข GARBAGE GULLS (2024) โข UNNATURALLY BLUE (2025)
www.dorsonplourdebooks.com
Everyone's favorite unknown illustrator!
nicoecenarro.com
Nature Interpreter ๐= Land + Culture โข Writing Green Stories for Kids ๐ธ โข Volunteer Naturalist โข Leading Audio
@KFFHealthNews๐ป
Buy WHAT IN THE WORLD IS EZRAโS ART ๐ผ๏ธ from Third State Books
Writer: ๐๐บ
Mom: ๐ง๐ป๐ถ
Head of Meta Prosper
https://melissamwai.com/
Author, Illustrator, Podcaster | Rep'd by Jacqui Lipton at #TheTobiasLiteraryAgency
Out now: I CAN MAKE A FRIEND (Paw Prints, Apr โ25)
#SCBWI | #PBCHATMentee | #ADHDwriter | #KDZPodcast
Kidlit author, tv writer/producer.
Wrote Simpsons/Pinky&Brain/Clone Wars.
STRANDED PANDAS series ('27 Simon Spotlight)
FARM SHARK (June '26 DBYR)
MY TEACHER IS A DINOSAUR! ('25 DBYR)
"Hilarious... memorably daffy." - Kirkus
billcanterbury.com
Peruvian-American kidlit author and Teacher of the Year. Shares Mother Natureโs wonders.
Represented by @AnaCrespoBooks @EastWestLit
NF #PB Author, MOON TREE ๐๐ฒ(2022, Reycraft Books) & M IS FOR MASON JAR (2025, Familius). #STEM. #SCBWI. Crystal Kite Award. Rep: Michelle Z. Jackson, Jackson Literary. She/Her.
#KidLitEvents calendar is available at CarolynBFraiser.com/KidLit
Author UNIVERSE PIE, Gnome Road Pub, Fall 2027 | Contributor NW GA Magazine | #InkedVoices, #12x12, #SCBWI | www.carriekarnesfannin.com Designer @ Archadeck of NW Georgia
Author: Wishes of the World (starred Foreward Review), PB; Nakie Cakes, We Don't Need Sugary Frostings!, cookbook
#PB #CB #YA #SCBWI #12x12 #RYS #kidlit
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/melissa-stiveson-author/home
Librarian. Author. Suburban Choctaw. Doer of Many Things. Discover my books & more at stacywellswrites.com
Writer, Teacher, Educational Consultant
Picture book writer. Word nerd. // #50PreciousWords winner // #PBChat mentee // #PBParty finalist // #kidlit #amquerying // she/her
Children's Writer, Rhymer, Reader
https://linktr.ee/KellyConroy
Rep'd by Sarah Stephens | SCBWI | 12x12
You Are My Everything - Tiger Tales '24
I See You In The Stars - Familius '26
*Mostly on Instagram
Kidlit Author. Word juggler. Awkwardly funny. Embraces weird. #50PreciousWords Winner #KidsChoice Winner #PBParty 2023 HM #PBChat Mentorship 2021 #Madness!Poetry #SCBWI #12x12
Aspiring author-illustrator, 5th grade teacher. Kansas City-ish, USA.
Wife, Gifted Resource Teacher, Author, Hampton Grad- Go Pirates!
Children's Author & Poet. 12x12 Rhyme Co-Elf. Bluesky Newbie.
A Purr-fect Passover '25, Purr-im Time! '23, Sharkbot Shalom '21, Larry's Latkes '21
Repped by Lisa Rambert-Valaskova/Transatlantic Agency
www.jennawaldman.com
IG: @jennawaldmanauthor
