children's writer, college professor, Minnesotan etc etc (new book in 2025: Scattergood). She/her. hmbouwman.com
Author/illustrator of two dozen children's books including Lolly on the Ice, Monarch, Mourning Cloak: A Butterfly Journal, and Uncle Bobby's Wedding. Former figure skating journalist/photographer. www.sarahbrannen.com
NYT bestselling author * dog and cat person * moon and pet photographer * gwendabond.com * gwendabond.substack.com * linktr.ee/GwendaBond
Children’s author | editor Islandport Press | librarian | enthusiastic tea-drinker | probably baking or lost in the Maine woods | rep’d by Stephen Fraser at Jennifer DeChiara
NYT Bestselling/Geisel-winning GRATEFUL #kidlit author! (If YOU’RE a l’il weird too, we’re gonna be pals! 😄!) NEWEST 📚: 🦇🐈🐀BAT, CAT & RAT #4: 🍂A GREAT FALL🍂 and #3: ⛱️THE BEACH DAY⛱️; 🐥DUCKIE & SNAPS🐊 #1: WE CANNOT BE FRIENDS; etc.! And MORE 📚 soon! 😄!
NY Times bestselling author and cookie enthusiast. Coach at The Novelry.
NYT Bestselling author. Lies to children for fun and profit. You probably have a dog named Heidi but I don’t need to hear about it.
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)
Celebrating the legacy of Katey Howes, beloved kidlit author:
WHERE THE DEER SLIP THROUGH - OUT NOW!
Coming soon: TAKE IT APART 2026
Website: https://www.kateyhowes.com
Repped by Essie White: https://www.stormliteraryagency.com/katey-howes
Children’s book author of over 50 books, school presenter, freelance writer, decent cook. Travels whenever possible. Rep’d by Unter Agency. www.suefliess.com
Librarian in KCMO. I drink and I read things: Menus, tarot cards, the sign, audio books, sometimes in French & Russian. This is my Reading Face.
Author/Artist * Asian Pacific American Librarians Association PB winner * Writes kid lit, diversity, & science * 🇭🇰🇨🇦🇺🇸 * she/her * SO: @indianaclimate * sign up for my newsletter at teresarobeson.com and get free art + story * 🚫 DMs or MAGA
Author/ Illustrator | Toy Inventor | Sarcasm Queen | Pursuer of Creative Ideas | Constantly Spiraling Down Some Rabbit Hole
Author of 30+ award-winning and bestselling children’s books including How to Explain Climate Science to a Grown-Up, Baby Loves Science, Made by Maxine, One Small Spark, and Love Grows.
#STEM #kidlit #picturebooks #author
https://ruthspiro.com/
Author of many fun books about finding your voice, finding your people, finding yourself.
Concord, NH. Indie Bookstore. Est. 1898.
www.gibsonsbookstore.com
For young readers and the young at heart. We're the independent children's and young adult bookstore with a little purple door. Posts mostly by Rumpian Timothy.
Est. 1992
Minneapolis, MN, USA
https://linktr.ee/wildrumpus
Editor @ Atheneum (S&S) | 🌈 bi/pan genderfluid (she/they); neurospicy; 최민지, Korean-Am; plant witch meets punky morbid grandma/cat daddy; opinions my own.
KristieChoi.com
Elementary school librarian - books! books! & more BOOKS! She/her
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.
Relapsing lawyer | Fighting for NYC and against Trump and Trumpism with everything I have | Democrat for Congress in NY-12 | www.georgeconwayforcongress.com
Writer & educator. I'm curious about wonder, real-life magic, quirky obsessions, the power of friendship, and the universal struggle to find one's place in the world. Repped by John Cusick at Folio Jr. https://josephinecameron.com
Kidlit writer, knitter, beginning drummer. Come for the writing and books, stay for the cat, yarn, and travel pix. Opinions are my own. Unless you love them, in which case I'm happy to share. She/Her
www.beckylevine.com
Writes books, bakes cupcakes, makes pottery, entertains two orange cats. Award-winning author, keynote speaker, unconventional educator. Passionate about literacy, community, diversity, conversation, and social justice. She/Her.
Author (Insiders’ Guide 2 RVA + Richmond’s Culinary History) Webinar Coordinator: SCBWI Mid-Atlantic, Storystorm #12x12 Paint on my hands, dirt on my shirt, crumbs on my lap. she/her
Picture Book Author & Poet. https://www.kirstenpendreigh.com/
WHEN A TREE FALLS, PW ⭐️; WHAT FISH ARE SAYING, SLJ ⭐️; MAYBE A WHALE, Horn Book⭐️ Fanfare Book; JLG, CCBC⭐️; LUNA'S GREEN PET (Quill & Quire Book of the Year. Next: CAMPING IS A TERRIBLE IDEA.
MG author of THE BENEFITS OF BEING AN OCTOPUS, FLIGHT OF THE PUFFIN, OPINIONS & OPOSSUMS.... just released: INTO THE RAPIDS
Former middle school teacher.
Southern Vermont.
Rep'd by Tricia Lawrence
https://linktr.ee/annbraden
writer.author.teacher.wonderer
The Boy Who Loved Maps 🗺️
Maddie and Mabel series 🐰
Whose Prints? 🐾
Bee Gees 🪩
Julia Child 🧑🍳
Children's book author. Bearcats 🏀 & Reds ⚾ fan
Coming in 2027: a new early chapter book series, starting with LARK GROWS A CAT (Chronicle Books)
She/her. Rep: Katie Grimm @ Curtis Brown.
www.jennbishop.com
Author, YOU’RE ONLY TWO ONCE (Kirkus calls it a "comedic hit" :D ) | Writing & making little paintings and drawings for my kids’ lunchboxes | #SCBWI #12X12pb
Picture Book Writer / Freelance Editor
I AM A THUNDERCLOUD (Running Press Kids, April 2024)
Rep’d by Page Turner Literary Agency
#scbwi / #12x12 / Mom x3 / Member of PBSoar24
https://linktr.ee/leahmoser
Children's writer, book blogger (The Picture Book Buzz), poet, editor, bird watcher, photographer, nature lover ... #SCBWI #12x12 #Cybils Judge
linktr.ee/MariaMarshall_
Writer. Mother. Wanderer of wild spaces.
YA titles: Audacity, An Uninterrupted View of the Sky, Mazie, Jumper
Middle Grade titles: Parched, A Nearer Moon, Three Pennies, The Lighthouse Between the Worlds duology
Picture Books: Great Gusts, Sea Wolves
American Desi, writer/teacher/mom/podcaster. Passionate about books, play, SWI. #12x12 #SCBWI @PBcrew22 @PBSpree @upliftkidlit @WendiLuluGu @HGLiterary linktr.ee/jyotirajangopal
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
When I'm not writing #kidlit, I'm taking #wildlife photos.
https://linktr.ee/laurelgale
ABSOLUTELY NO WORRIES is out now!
#birds #nature
Writing books for kids about the people and ideas that shape our world.
HOW A BEAR BECAME A BOOK (Macmillan). I'm repped by Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown, and I represent the people of Latah County, Idaho on the library board.
Cherokee Nation citizen and author of fiction and nonfiction for young people. tracisorell.com
Author, STEM, ocean, islander.
🌊 SUPERPOD: SAVING THE ENDANGERED ORCAS OF THE PNW (‘23)
🕳️THIS BOOK IS FULL OF HOLES (’24)
🫧 THIS BOOK BUBBLES OVER (‘25)
🐋 12 DARING GRAYS (‘26)
🦍WILD MEDICINE (‘26)
She/her. Rep: Lynnette Novak
www.noranickum.com
PORTRAITS OF ELEANOR (Holiday House, 2027), narrative YA bio of medieval queen Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Reading with Purpose (Teachers College Press, 2024),Text Sets in Action (2021), Teaching with Text Sets (2013), and more.
Professor, Language & Literacy
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!
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
Picture book author and illustrator. One part of The Fan Brothers. Repped by Kirsten Hall, Catbird Agency.
www.thefanbrothers.com
Librarian/Tech Integrator, Google Certified Trainer, NBCT #TLSky #EduSky
We make high-quality children's books that inspire lifelong reading & learning. Discover new voices, visions, & directions in children's books with us
Award winning #kidlit author & workshop presenter (K-6)
UP, UP HIGH (Capstone, '25)
DEEP, DEEP DOWN (Capstone '23), Crystal Kite winner & Silver Birch Express Honor
Rep'd by @mirandapaul.bsky.social
Writer, journalist. Science, health. Pandemics, animals. Birder, photographer. Many words, some awards. AN IMMENSE WORLD, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. Married to Liz Neeley, parent to Typo. he/him
📷 Canon R6mkii + RF 800mm
Edyong.me
Rep by @michelle4laughs.bsky.social
'23 Las Musas Books
Hermana
'20 LatinxinPub mentee
I write MG, PBs, poetry, & much more.
#MGPies
SCBWI
EFAFreelancers
WriteGirl volunteer
#Queer
she/her, cats + dogs
Award-Winning Picture Book Author | Next Up: THE TRUE UGLY DUCKLING: HOW HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN BECAME A SWAN 🐣| Agent: Victoria Wells Arms l #KidLit l #PictureBooks l #VCFA | #SCBWI l #AffirmingAutism l She/her
Kidlit author- BRAVO, LITTLE BIRD & SIGNS OF FRIENDSHIP out now!
www.anniesilvestro.com
❤️ Bookmoji Book-Matching Technology
📚 Curated Online Children's Bookshop
🎒 Virtual Author Visits
🧑🏫 PD Webinars
🛍️ PopUp Shops Fundraisers
Children's book author, illustrator, birder, baker.
Recent books: 🪵 Log Life 🍃 City of Leafcutter Ants 🐜 Poo Pile on the Prairie 💩
Coming 2026: Bog Buddies www.amyhevron.art
📚🌈 Author of 20+ #nf picture books about #art + #artists
Artist, Educator, Public Art Advocate living in #Mexico #ADK #LakeChamplain #kidlit #pb #ArtEd #OutsideArt #SCBWI #STEAM #artbooksforkids #NY21 www.amyguglielmo.com
Teacher, writer, dog lover, political activist. Biographies of Jane Goodall and Diane Fossey. 🦋
Screenwriter/Author/Illustrator. New in 2024 - KAMALA RAISED HER HAND and AND YET YOU SHINE: THE KOHINOOR DIAMOND, COLONIZATION, AND RESISTANCE. 2025- THANK YOU, TEACHER!
#kidlit writer, rara avis, survivor of dysfunction and malady • WITCHYCAKES chapter book series available NOW wherever books are sold! 🌙🧁🐚💙• repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette • she/her
https://linktr.ee/karalareau
Middle grade author of THE WAY I SAY IT (Charlesbridge) and THE GHOST OF SPRUCE POINT (Aladdin). Supporter of literacy in all its forms. Rep: Charlotte Wenger at Prospect Agency.
Author of American Girl's Kira and Luciana series, The Friendship Experiment, and Survivor Girl. Represented by Marie Lamba. Co-RA SCBWI Mid Atlantic.
Award-winning middle grade author. What Fell From the Sky and Rancho Espanto paperback out now! she/her 🇨🇺 Runs on pastelitos and BTS.
https://linktr.ee/adriannacuevas
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of mysteries for young readers. Newest title: THE MYSTERY OF LOCKED ROOMS 🗝️
Creative Living ✨
Writing coach @thenovelry
Author • Designer • HOH
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https://melanieconklin.substack.com/
https://love-mel-store.printify.me/products
Award winning author and also the one who brings up serial killers at your party. 💀🖤 (she/her) BLM 🏳️🌈
Co-author of the Dogtown series with Katherine Applegate. (Am I lucky or what?) Author of The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman.
Author of GET A GRIP, VIVY COHEN! and other books for young readers. RACHEL FRIEDMAN chapter books currently available wherever you get books. Rep: Jennifer Laughran
www.sarahkapit.com
Children's book author www.anneobriencarelli.com
#Author of 14 picture books (I Am Smoke) & many #MG, #YA & adult short stories - #fantasy, #scifi, #horror. #Editor of 10 #anthologies (Combat Monsters). henryherz.com
Repped by @casahasegawa.bsky.social
New York Times bestselling author of Thirst (2022), Count Me In, and A Garland of Henna (2024). Nancy Paulsen Books (Penguin Group). Repped by Caryn Wiseman (ABLA). Lover of chai, croissants and words.
Author of books for kids and their adults: SAME PAGE, HIDDEN TRUTHS, DEAR STUDENT, FINDING PERFECT, GIVE AND TAKE, SMART COOKIE, ALMOST TRUE (2027). Rep'd by Andrea Cascardi at Transatlantic. https://linktr.ee/ellyswartz
Award-winning author of The Night Diary, Amil and The After, How To Find What You’re Not Looking For, and more! Rep: Sara Crowe Literary. Faculty—VCFA, Writing For Children and Young Adults MFA program.
www.veerahiranandani.com
New Yorker, Writer. Author of GRADY JONES AND THE GREAT DETECTIVE GAME, from Aladdin Books. https://linktr.ee/KerryDouglasDye
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
Reader! BookPosse Member! Indie Book Crawl! Friday Night Raffle! Retired Reading Specialist!
Middle school librarian at a STEAM school in MO. Current member of the MASL Truman committee. Wife and mom of two college kids. Fan of Star Wars, LOTR, HP, and the STL Cardinals.
Children’s book enthusiast. 30 years with Scholastic now with Bookelicious, helping young readers discover their reading identities.
professor, liberatory education, critical pedagogy, literature- especially YA books, & a deep love of teachers
they/them
📚 Elementary school librarian in atlanta, constant reader, occasional wood worker, reluctant book reviewer.
📚 2026 ALSC Children's Literature Legacy Award Committee Chair.
📚 "All reading is reading. Let them read how ever and whatever they want!"
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
Children's author of COUNTING TO BANANAS (2022), B IS FOR BANANAS (2023) & ALPACAS HERE, ALPACAS THERE (2025). Former biostatistician. Runner and ice cream lover.
https://linktr.ee/carrietillotson
High School librarian and AP Sem and Research teacher
Level 36 Pokemon Go master
Obsessed Animal Crossing
New Horizons Island dweller
Lifelong Springsteen fan and Jersey girl
I read like it’s my job and love with my whole heart.
Scientist. Writer. Teacher. Reader.
Latest book: ONE LONG LINE (MITKids, 2024)
Coming Soon: EXTREME BIRDWATCHING (MITKids, 2026)
Website: loreeburns.com
Children’s Author | Idahoan | AABB | Hamline MFAC
The Good Little Mermaid’s Guide to Bedtime🧜♀️😡
Crocodile Hungry 🐊🦩😭
Cats, eels, books, etc.
www.eijasumner.com
Los Angeles region of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Our goal is to support local writers and illustrators with events, mingles, and community. Working with our sister regions @scbwicencal and @scbwisocal. Art by Jessica Cooper.
Author of the Frank and Bean series, Dakota Crumb, Joe and Sparky series, Come On In! & more. Hazel the Handful coming Spr25! 🐶
www.jamiemichalakbooks.com
Author/illustrator of JUMPER and a bunch of other books for kids! ❤️📚
Http://jessicalanan.com
Children’s author, proud Chicagoan. Author of Caldecott Honor THE NOISY PAINT BOX, & 20 more. AMERICAN SPIRITS coming 4/15!www.barbrosenstock.com
I’m a children’s book author, love reading, hiking, research, & coffee. I have a dog and two cats or maybe they have me, idk.
https://linktr.ee/kmarcuswrites?fbclid=PAAaa78-5lvHAPCDm_gezi3LpTJkd7ErTo1OJ2WuzkHVN1BgnYS6Yq1-46i-8_aem_AY98e1ATTl71cZU_2RO4epi
Writer | Reader | M.Ed. | #SCBWI | Texas Master Naturalist | I 💚 wildflowers.
https://rebeccagaguilar.com/
Poems, picture books, chapter books, and middle grade novels.
All the world is all of us. 🌏♥️ She/Her
www.LizGartonScanlon.com
TX bibliotecaria bilingüe 🇲🇽 🇺🇸
Advocating for my library 📚
Celebrating readers 🙌
Sharing resources ✏️
NYT Bestselling author • Intl speaker • Educator. Eyes that Kiss in the Corners. We Who Produce Pearls. The Silence that Binds Us.
Reader, Children's Librarian, Curator Children's Literature, Book Reviewer, dog person, neighbor.
Author and photographer of books for curious minds. 🇺🇸🇮🇹
Rep'd by Jennifer Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social
Andrea Brown Literary @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/NancyCastaldo
Award-winning, middle-grade author of novels for all kinds of readers from historical and contemporary fiction to fantasy. Journalist by training, reader/writer and introvert by temperament, pet-lover by nature.
I am the former director of the Rochester Children’s Book Festival. Revising 60´s a mid-grade novel and looking for an agent. So happy to have BlueSky. I hope twitter crashes and burns.
Children’s book writer, mom, wife, world traveler, not necessarily in that order. Not so much “glass half full” as “my glass is broken — why ME?”
Author of award-winning picture books, chapter books, and middle grade novels, with a new MG, HOW TO TELL A TRUE STORY, publishing in April 2025. Lover of kids, cats and anything containing ginger! Find me at https://triciaspringstubb.com
A group blog of middle-grade authors celebrating books for middle-grade readers. For anyone with a passion for children’s literature. Join us! https://fromthemixedupfiles.com/
Nonfiction kids & young adult author/photographer. Books include Searching for Safety: Voices of Refugees, Beyond Magenta, How My Family Lives in America. Lover of dance, theater, visual surprises, a foodie, curious about stuff.
