Reader, writer, history nerd, mom to 9. Pretty new here on bsky RE: finally had to step away from Facebook for my own sanity. Hi old friends, hello new friends 🫶
Author of over 60 books for young readers, loves the community of writers and readers, always searching for creative joy wherever it can be found.
The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
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USA Today bestselling author of the Jane Austen Murder Mysteries, knitter, dog lover, cat wrangler. Michigander. 🌈
Latest: IN WANT OF A SUSPECT
Up next: A MATTER OF MURDER
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Award-winning author of books for kids and teens, incl. THE GIRL FROM EARTH'S END & the All Four Stars Series. Newest: GO, BABY, GO! (PB, 2025, Peachtree). Authors Against Book Bans advocate. she/they.
https://taradairman.com
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Professor of Biology, YA author, fierce single mama, daughter & caretaker, ASD, Pan, owner of small personal zoo. I once emceed an awards ceremony and was introduced as “eccentric.”
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Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜 I IGNORE ALL DMs!
Kidlit author (latest: NO MATTER THE DISTANCE). Disabled activist with #cysticfibrosis and #ehlersdanlos. Homeschool mom, cosmetic formulator, human with too many passions. She/her
Public scholar of the Bible and religion
For speaking requests: live@thewatermarkagency.com
Historian & nerd. Author/editor of 5 books, including AMERICAN ZION: A NEW HISTORY OF MORMONISM. views = my own
https://linktr.ee/benjaminepark
Mom, chem professor, award-winning PB/MG/YA author of THANKFUL, HALF MOON SUMMER, FADEAWAY, and more! 👩🏻🔬📚🩵
Editor, Mentor, Writer
I tell people how to hurt their imaginary friends.
Find me everywhere at http://linktr.ee/thelauramcgill
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writer, artist, gardener, hugger of cats - DEATH ON THE CALDERA coming out June 17, 2025 from Titan Books!
The official account of The Romance Studio -- the romance genre at its best. No DMs please. https://theromancestudio.com
NYT best-selling & award-winning author of THE READER, WE ARE NOT FREE, 1000 STEPS INTO NIGHT & KINDLING 🔥 WCYA faculty at the Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing at UNR (she/her)
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We recommend children’s and YA books to teachers, parents, librarians and schools. Free resources, free reviews and no paywall. #GoAllIn
https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk
Woman, wife, mother, teacher, nature enthusiast, hiker, adventurer living in southern Utah.
Associate Editor, the Hemingway Letters Project (Cambridge); editor, The Sun Also Rises (Norton Library); author, Ernest Hemingway (Reaktion). UNC ‘99; Fulbright, Germany ‘00-01; Penn State ‘05, ‘10. Llama. J!.
NYT bestselling author. Yarn enthusiast. Cat person.
www.jodimeadows.com
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Books: MY LADY JANE, BYE FOREVER, I GUESS, THE ORPHAN QUEEN
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Artist. Naturalist. Reader. ~ Revising my novel. Interested in The 1960s-70s Counterculture. Long 19c History, Literature, Religion, and Science. Southern Culture.
Blog: girlsandgoblins.blogspot.com
*THE* Naijamerican PhD-holding, World Fantasy, multi-Hugo, Nebula, Eisner Award-winning, New York Times bestselling rudimentary cyborg writer, nnedi.com
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Base form known as Sonora Reyes
bestselling and award-winning author
https://sonidoreyes.carrd.co/
children's-YA author, Heartdrum imprint curator, little free library steward, dog mom
I write books for young people, picture books and middle grade novels. I’m the founder and President of The Author Village. Mets and Nets fan. LGBTQ🌈
Writer of books, drinker of tears! Carnegie nominated, Locus and Nebula shortlisted. LONG LIVE EVIL, a portal fantasy in which the villains unionise, is my #1 Sunday Times & USA Today bestselling adult fantasy debut. She/her
New York Times Bestseller, Newbery Honoree, National Book Award Finalist, Procrastinator Extraordinaire, #KidLit Author
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!
They/them. Middle grade kidlit author of MELISSA, GREEN, and other books with LGBQTIAP+ characters and friendship themes. Living that pun lifestyle. ACAB. Free Palestine. Reparations. Housing, food, and medical care for all. Interdependence is life.
Author of AN APPETITE FOR MIRACLES & OMEGA MORALES AND THE CURSE OF EL CUCUY. Pura Belpré Honoree. Chicana. Rep: Andrea Morrison at Writers House
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
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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
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—THE DAY-GLO BROTHERS, SHARK VS. TRAIN, WHOOSH! & WE MATCH! Freelance editor—fiction/nonfiction. VP—Texas Institute of Letters. Loves visiting schools. https://linktr.ee/bartography
3-time Newbery Honor-winning author of THE LAST MAPMAKER, the #1 Bestseller THE TRYOUT, and THE LEGENDS OF LOTUS ISLAND series.
NYT bestselling author. WAKE THE WILD CREATURES now out from Little, Brown: “Luminous.” “Ferocious.” “Essential.” https://linktr.ee/novaren
Newsletter hosted by Ghost: https://newsletter.novaren.com
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
I notice things for a living. Editorial director, Workman Kids; author of THE MAGIC WORDS: WRITING GREAT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS and five picture books, most recently IT’S HARD TO BE A BABY; 6yo mom; Virgo/goofball. Opinions my own.
Award-winning #kidlit author of WHILE I WAS AWAY | DREAM, ANNIE, DREAM | THE VERY UNFORTUNATE WISH OF MELONY YOSHIMURA | PERFECT | RICK KOTANI'S 400 MILLION DOLLAR SUMMER
https://linktr.ee/wakatb
YA Author of the LOCK & MORI series. Awkward Witch of the Forest. High Cat Lady of Reno. Folklore nerd. Emphatically Bi. Cis-gender. She/Her
She/her. Essayist, short story writer, and author of the A to Z Animal Mysteries series. BATS IN THE CASTLE out now! Disabled, queer, multistan. www.kaylawhaley.com
Award winning writer and New York Times Bestseller. Sometimes agent at Handspun Literary. I also do TV and comics.
Food is a scam in this country.
Up next: Secrets
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.
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https://linktr.ee/annbraden
author: WANT + RUSE, Serpentine, Silver Phoenix avail #gymrat #pokemongo shiny grinder #ehlersdanlossyndrome #blacklivesmatter #amwriting
Award-winning author, Greenwillow/HarperCollins. American by birth, Canadian by choice.
Award-winning children's author: WHAT STARS ARE MADE OF, BREATHING UNDERWATER, THE NIGHTMARE HOUSE, MONSTER TREE. I make silly drawings & songs & snuzzle cats. Better at Substack (sarahallen.substack.com)
Award-winning & New York Times Bestselling author of THE WICKED BARGAIN, MOST ARDENTLY, THE DIABLO’S CURSE & more. Trans masc. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (he/him)
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Newbery & Caldecott Honor & Legacy Award & NBA Finalist • contact Hachette Speakers Bureau for appearance requests • https://linktr.ee/authorgracelin
Bestselling author of 50+ books. PRINCESS ACADEMY, AUSTENLAND, PRINCESS IN BLACK, REAL FRIENDS, DREAM ON, ITTY BITTY KITTY-CORN. Mom of 4, wife of 1. she/her. Curiosity and compassion. www.shannonhale.com
Author of:
🖤💖 BLACKPINK: A Little Golden Book Bio
🫰🏼🩷JEONG IS JEONG
🌙🐻 THE LEGEND OF BAN-DAL
🇰🇷🎵 MY LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK ABOUT K-POP
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Rep: Brent Taylor
YA fantasy: A PRAYER FOR VENGEANCE and TO A DARKER SHORE / adult romcom: MY KIND OF TROUBLE / sadder but wiser / autistic / fat / 🌈 / 🇮🇹 / theater / (she/they) Repped by: Alex Land/Mad Woman Literary
https://linktr.ee/leanneschwartz
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📘Graphic Novelist
🥈Natl Book Award finalist
🔴TED speaker
📙NYT Bestseller
🎓BFA RISD + 3x Honorary Doctorates
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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.
NY Times Bestselling author of the novels When the World Tips Over, I'll Give You the Sun, and The Sky Is Everywhere.
NYT bestselling author, National Book Award winner. 🏳️🌈 My brand is lesbians. https://www.malindalo.com/
🥀Award Winning Author/Folklorist/ Hoodoo/ Poet/Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award winner, National Book Award finalist.🏳️🌈
🥀Cozy (Virginia) Country Living
FORBIDDEN CITY | A RIVER OF STARS| DECEIT AND OTHER POSSIBILITIES| Rona Jaffe| Bylines @sfchronicle @nytimes & elsewhere | NEAarts Fellow | forthcoming COYOTELAND
Writer, Human, Author, Friend. Learn about my new course with Nina LaCour, The Business of Writing: https://the-business-of-writing.teachery.co/businessofwriting
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
Writer of historical fiction etcetera etcetera and how did my profile name get so long?
Author + Illustrator | 2x Newbery Medalist | National Book Award Finalist | NYT Bestseller | Agent: Sara Crowe | Faculty: USF MFAY | https://linktr.ee/erinentrada
I wrote some books, once upon a time.
Posting about stories, brain injuries, adorable animals, rhubarb recipes, nature facts, human rights, and how we can make this world safe and kind and good. You are precious to me, and I love you.
kellybarnhill.com
NYT bestselling queer SFF author. #MXTX trash. STRANGE GRACE, THE QUEENS OF INNIS LEAR, LADY HOTSPUR, NIGHT SHINE, STAR WARS: The High Republic, and forthcoming THE MERCY MAKERS! nonbinary, she/he/they
I write books, herd cats, and mostly stay under the bed. Latest release: Not Quite a Ghost. Minneapolis, always.
anneursu@mac.com
#kidlit author middle grade, chapter books, picture books | Sansei 🇺🇸🇯🇵 | Highlights Foundation | ☕️🧋| 🐶💜 | Inuyasha, Studio Ghibli | positivity
Available now - A Study in Secrets (Last Chance Academy book 1)
https://debbimichikoflorence.com
Senior Lecturer & Programme Lead at @marjonuni. MA Lit for Social and Environmental Justice launching in ‘25 (pending final approvals). Author of Female Heroes in YA Fantasy & Founder of @YAStudiesAssoc. Views my own. Also, I read banned books.📚
Kidlit Author Rep'd by Ann Rose
MG 2024: TEAM CANTEEN ROCKY ROAD (Holiday House)
YA 2023: A WALK BETWEEN RAINDROPS (Kirkus ⭐️)
YA 2021: PHOEBE UNFIRED
TED speaker | potter | anxious | neuro diverse | accomplice
https://linktr.ee/AmalieJahn
Books about autism, written by Autistic people. Community resource website cataloguing as many of these as possible (2300+ so far).
Autistic curator (@lillyjade.bsky.social she/her).
https://linktr.ee/autisticbooks
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
🇨🇦 Kidlit author & illustrator. Illus books by Judy Blume, Michael Ian Black, others. Current goal: debut MG author 🤞🏽
📚 I WANT TO READ *ALL* THE BOOKS
🎨 I'M BUSY (w/ Michael Ian Black, 2026/02/24)
DebbieOhi.com @work.debbieohi.com
NYT bestselling author of 70+ books for kids. Educator. Speaker. Adirondack 46er. Passionately curious. Latest book: THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES
www.katemessner.com
Scholar. Musician. Jello aficionada.
YA & Short Story Author. NOT OUR SUMMER (Running Press). Freelance Writer/Editor/Proofreader. Nature Lover. Chikasha saya. Repped by Ali Herring. *NO DMs*
https://linktr.ee/cbazay
I am a father, author, editor, and indie publisher. I am the co-owner of Collective Tales Publishing. And I work in education.
Author of YA Fairytale Fantasy
TARGET 🏹 gender swapped Robin Hood
SUMMON 🗡️ gender swapped King Arthur
CLEVER 🐈⬛ queer Puss in Boots
Life-enthusiast. Autistic. Fervent oversharer. Writer. PhD Psych student. Exmo. Single mom. Exhausted. 🏳️🌈. she/they.
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.
Author of A SISTERHOOD of SECRET AMBITIONS and GLITCH KINGDOM. School Librarian and full of hope.
Rep:Jessica Sinsheimer Context Literary
Lover of the Bard, dark chocolate, books, books, books, my hunky husband, and my wild kids. Persistent af.
YA writer and storyteller by nature. I love cats & chocolate, but not chocolate cats. Totally bi, only mostly sarcastic. She/They. INFJ. Waterbender.
Doctor, writer, Canadian Spice, lasso of truth, I speak for no one but me. 2X NYT bestsellers. More thoughts at TheVajenda.com
Writer. Meme lover. Publishing professional. INFP. Disaster Ace. 💜🖤 30. Pseudonym.
Rep: Uwe Stender @ TriadaUS Literary Agency #TeamTriada
Princeton PhD, CFP, DCFA, finance expert, mom of 6–still not good enough for Mormonism
Library worker. Reader. Writer. Board Gamer. Mom-er. Feeder of The Cat. Knitter. Gardener. She/her.
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)
Professor & Director, Museum of Education, University of South Carolina. Historian of higher education. On sabbatical in Berlin for Spring semester 2025.
https://www.christiankanderson.com
I write picture books (If Picasso Painted a Snowman series), middle grade, and clean romance. A Lady Most Alluring (Grimm Regency novella) is out now. Fan of birding, reading, board games, and chocolate.
https://www.amynewbold.com/
