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Author of LISTEN FOR THE LIE, New York Times Bestseller and Edgar Award nominee!
Reader. Writer. Dreamer. Doer.
Midwesterner. Minneapolis/St. Paul. Children's book editor at Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers. He/Him. Protect trans youth. Abolish ICE.
Author. Mom. Fรบtbol. Animals.
๐ฒ๐ฝ award-winning artist and writer for kidlit and animation. Author/illustrator of MAGIC and RIVER OF MARIPOSAS.
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Genderfluid. Educator. Artist. Administrator. Creative. Fatigued Yet Whimsical Fae Creature. FFXIV RP nerd.
Daughter of immigrants, trade-unionist, progressive, feminist, award-winning singer-songwriter and musician. Loves adventure, cycling, rescuing animals, & tater tots. Jillianmatundan.com
Fangirl.
Wife.
Twin mom.
RVA raised, DMV transplant in Way East Bay, CA.
Co-Host, The Hart Chicks Present...
Pixie cut enthusiast.
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Sleep deprived mama and NYT and USA Today bestselling author of the Keeper of the Lost Cities series.
Former Educator turned Literacy Specialist. Loves sunsets, Diet Coke, hiking, and human decency.
Hi! Iโm the bestselling author of Elatsoe & A Snake Falls to Earth & Sheine Lende. I <3 lifting heavy weights, playing video games, & writing stories. Sry I donโt check DMs. She/her. Lipan Apache.
Tall for no reason + #1 New York Times bestselling author of THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END
NYT best-selling & award-winning author of THE READER, WE ARE NOT FREE, 1000 STEPS INTO NIGHT & KINDLING ๐ฅ WCYA faculty at the Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing at UNR (she/her)
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Award-winning author of A TALL DARK TROUBLE, THESE VENGEFUL WISHES, MIDNIGHT'S VICIOUS TOLL (PRH 2027) Contributor in NIGHT OF THE LIVING QUEERS (Wednesday Books) Rep: Madwoman Literary
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Author. PhD Student in Lit & Social Justice. Advocate for marginalized communities.
I write messy brown girls with complicated feelings.
Radha & Jai re-release- February 2026
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The Lotus Inn - March 2027
www.nisha-sharma.com
she/her. executive editor @ aladdin/s&s.
Children's book editor living in Brooklyn. Books, cats, food, travel, running, stuff. Check out my podcast with Grace Lin, Book Friends Forever!
she/her. senior literary agent @galltzacker. closed to unsolicited queries for the time being.
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Author of JULIA VANISHES, SNEAKS, and more. THE FACTORY out now! Just trying to write the thing. https://shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecommerce/books/the-factory-9781339034218.html
http://catherineegan.com
sailor. traveler. cat lady. radical democratic jezebel. internationally bestselling author of FLOAT PLAN and a bunch of other books. bluesky is for the bookish community, politics on threads.
Marketing at Macmillan Childrenโs Publishing Group ๐ she/her
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Writer. Reader. Love YA. Hamline MFAC and Seattle U alum. Corgi and cat mom. Gardener.
Fantasy writer, history geek, dark chocolate addict! Writes sparkling fantasy rom-coms for adults and fun MG fantasy adventures. She/her.
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She/her. I write books about carriages, corsets, and smartwatches. Mother of (emoji) dinosaurs ๐ฆ๐ฆ. ็พฝ็็ตๅผฆ fan. Fan of tea. Born at 332 ppm.
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Author. Lawyer. Creator of epic typos.
I wrote the Hereafter series about 1 million years ago.
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
Speculative fiction author. Avid reader. Public library aficionado. Southern Book Prize and Ignyte award finalist. She/Her.
https://www.karen-strong.com
Writer of historical fantasy, including the Sevenwaters and Blackthorn & Grim series. Winner of quite a few awards for writing. When not reading, writing or doing grandmother duties, I look after a small pack of rescue dogs.
Writer, ice skater, gin drinker. She/her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐. THE LAST BINDING trilogy, SWORDCROSSED, CINDER HOUSE out now. BODIES OF MAGIC out September 2026.
Author of queer Southern horror, Bram Stoker winner, New England transplant. Latest: ALL THAT CONSUMES US. Rep: Lauren Spieller/Folio they/she
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โ๏ธ New York Times bestselling & award-winning author: THE ASTONISHING COLOR OF AFTER, FORESHADOW YA, and AN ARROW TO THE MOON. Here for collective liberation. https://exrpan.substack.com/welcome
Here we go again. Agent Dystel, Goderich & Bourret
Novelist, poet, teacher, unrepentant cat-lover, cancer patient, two-time National Book Award Finalist. Bone Gap, Thirteen Doorways, etc. Made of bees. @thatlauraruby on most socials. www.lauraruby.com
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
USA Today, Indie, and international bestselling author of the DANGEROUS DAMSELS and LOVE'S ACADEMIC series. More scared of heights than someone who wrote about flying houses ought to be.
Author of YA Thrillers
GIRLS WHO BURN out NOW from Penguin Teen and Hachette UK
francophile, bookworm, mama.
Rep: Barbara Poelle
she/her
"the meryl streep of ya". 17 books and counting. i WILL answer your rhetorical questions.
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#1 New York Times bestselling, Bram Stoker Award-winning tortoise owner
USA Today Bestselling author
Neurodiverse ๐๐๐
Current obsession: taper candles
#1 NYT and international bestselling author of the ONE OF US IS LYING series & other young adult mysteries. Latest: SUCH CHARMING LIARS. Will keep you up too late.
www.karenmcmanus.com/links
Award-winning author of YA books including ELIZA AND HER MONSTERS. Ace & autistic tall girl. Repped by Louise Fury. Video games, sometimes cosplay, Magic:The Gathering, and whatever arts and crafts I can get my hands on.
https://linktr.ee/ChessieZappia
Epic romantic fantasy HOUSE OF DUSK out now! Lover of dogs, fairytales, and geometry. She/her.
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Determined to never leave mean comments.
Location: PacNW.
aka @dloehr on the bird site
Writer & performer, The Incomparable Radio Theater
Co-creator, Where or When?
Panelist, The Incomparable
Host, Afoot
Co-host, Magnum, podcast
Playwright, podcaster, father, cat bed, he/him
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#1 NYT & USA Today Bestselling Author & Comic Book Writer | Cofounder YALLFest | Former Teacher & Reading Specialist โฟ๏ธ
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TEEN TITANS: BEAST BOY LOVES RAVEN
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JOKER/HARLEY: CRIMINAL SANITY
REP: Jodi Reamer @ Writers House
Red-headed snippet; believes six impossible things before breakfast. Scholastic Book Fairs/Clubs Editorial but opinions are my own.
Teen Librarian, Aunt, Dog Mom, Romancelandia Shadow and Bone Fan,Sports, care bears, Guiding Light, dreamland valley, Pokemon go. Cindy Crushes Programming on Teen librarian toolbox. I read a lot of books. My Posts do not represent my employer
Owner of @curiouscatbookshop.bsky.social, founder and editor-at-large of Tu Books, editor, cat person, K-dramas, and more. Opinions my own. curiouscatbookshop.com
she/her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ | educator & author: A RIVER OF ROYAL BLOOD + A QUEEN OF GILDED HORNS
https://www.amandajoywrites.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
Author of FRESH and book publishing person. Formerly Epic Reads and Oni Press. Currently Image Comics. She/her
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Writer. American in Germany. Thatโs me in the orange backpack, straddling the world.
USA Today Bestselling Author of Contemporary Romance and YA repped by Kevan Lyon at MarsalLyonLit. Adjunct Instructor of health policy, healthcare finance, and healthcare management. Ugly cake baker.
New York Times bestselling author of 30 books for adults, teens, and kids including cozy fantasy THE SPELLSHOP (Bramble/Tor/Macmillan). http://www.sarahbethdurst.com
fiction, instead of lies...but mostly lies โข author, thinker, smirker, spy โข she/her/ms โข Professionally Awkward โข Out now: THE SCIENCE OF FRIENDSHIP from Katherine Tegen Books, BERRY PARKER DOESN'T CATCH CRUSHES coming in 2025!
Author and Editor. Repped by Jim McCarthy @Dystel, Goderich & Bourret. Queer AF๐ she/they. www.saundramitchell.com
#1 NYT bestselling author of the RED QUEEN series and REALM BREAKER series. TEMPEST sailing in 2026. For inquiries, email suzie@newleafliterary.com.
Author of books involving folklore and bad decisions.
Writer. Bookstore owner. Midwest Princess.
BLACK GIRL POWER out now! ๐
BREE BOYD IS A LEGEND out 3.4.25 โจ
USA Today & New York Times Bestselling Author of Blood at the Root. Also a Playwright, screenwriter, and filmmaker.
Author-Illustrator based in Brooklyn
NY Times Bestselling author of the novels When the World Tips Over, I'll Give You the Sun, and The Sky Is Everywhere.
YA Horror Author of SMALL TOWN MONSTERS & HATCHET GIRLS (out now!), and THE SILENCED (Delacorte Sept. โ25)
Argentina ๐ฆ๐ท โก๏ธ Miami โ๏ธ๐ฅต๐ Bestselling Author ๐ #Lobizona ๐๐ #Cazadora ๐๐ #ZodiacBooks โ๏ธโ #CastleoftheCursed ๐ช๐ธ๐ฉธ#TheLastVampire out 12/2! rominagarber.com
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YA: Don't Date Rosa Santos & Our Way Back to Always | MG: Maggie Diaz series
Author of 12 books and a bunch of other stuff / โ sarazarr.com/learnmore
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.
Andโฆ. Rebellion 1776 is a NY Times bestseller! Huzzah! ๐โค๏ธ๐บ๐ธ๐
Author of books about people who fall in love while trying to stay alive. Gallagher Girl. Rom-com enthusiast. TheAllyCarter
Author of Murder Books (Rachel Hawkins), Kissing Books (Erin Sterling), and a bunch of YA books that were a combo of both (also Rachel Hawkins, but with less f-bombs.) Born to speak all mirth, no matter. Love y'all, mean it.
Author of Divergent, Carve the Mark, Chosen Ones, Poster Girl, Arch-Conspirator, When Among Crows, etc.
๐ฅAward Winning Author/Folklorist/ Hoodoo/ Poet/Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award winner, National Book Award finalist.๐ณ๏ธโ๐
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Literary Agent. Author of WHERE SHADOWS MEET, a vampire romantasy out 4.1.25 in the US & UK. I really love books ๐ฅฐ
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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.
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*Graphic Novelist, Writer, Romance reader
*LOVE YALL ROMANCE BOOK FEST founder/organizer.
*Events Coordinator at Brave + Kind Books ATL
*Rep'd by Marcy Posner at Folio Lit
Writer, Human, Author, Friend. Learn about my new course with Nina LaCour, The Business of Writing: https://the-business-of-writing.teachery.co/businessofwriting
Indigo-haired DJ, foodie, Teen Services Admin @LAPublicLibrary, APALA Lit Awards Publisher Liaison, past Eisner Award jury, past YALSA Pres & PLA Board. Librarian in the viral #LindaLindas video. Opinions my own. #FreePeopleReadFreely
โญ๏ธdriven by gratitudeโญ๏ธHusband ๐ซ Dad ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ Teacher ๐ Reader ๐ Runner ๐ Writer โ๏ธ Nerd ๐ค VOTE! #NerdyBookClub | views expressed are mine
Newbery & Caldecott Honor & Legacy Award & NBA Finalist โข contact Hachette Speakers Bureau for appearance requests โข https://linktr.ee/authorgracelin
Author of YA fantasy & horror, occasional poet, bubble tea aficionado
Former Dem staffer. UCI, King's College London, Johns Hopkins. | INFINITE SKY (Bloomsbury 2026) + more | Many bylines. | AAJA/SCBWI | Rep: Molly Ker Hawn at David Higham and Uwe Stender at TriadaUS
Professional writer; avid reader; trying to be a better human. Creator of the Pentecost & Parker mystery series
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
Reader. Children's Book Marketer. Writer.
"Those without swords can still die upon them."
OUR ROGUE FATES โ๏ธ MM Romance April โ26
Author repped by JGLM. Queer. Witchy. T1D. Probably drinking at the Prancing Pony. Mother to many including Dawn, dogs, birds, fish, and a turtle. She/They. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
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