DC area. Ex-journalist, writer, editor, book blogger, podcaster, author of OFF TO JOIN THE CIRCUS and other books.
Doodles, Designs, Writes for Children & Young Adults @vcfawcya @cbigNYC
Picture bks, Illus. MG, YA verse & prose. mitumalhotra.com https://www.instagram.com/mituart/
Award-winning Science events for kids. Founded Ireland☘️ Scientist, Mum, speaker United Nations 🇺🇳 Franchise owners bring hands-on, STEM fun Ireland 🇮🇪 UK 🇬🇧 Canada 🇨🇦 Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦International School Licience. Franchise. junioreinsteinsscienceclub.com
#Writer #KidLit Retired K-8 Educator, #SCBWI member, SCWriP Writing Fellow, Peace Activist, 🏳️🌈Ally, Mom to an Incredible Woman, Married to a Wonderful Man, lover of animals (especially dogs, birds, rats and turtles) 🐶🐥🐀🐢
https://www.kristinjensendodge.com/
Infant Mental Health Therapist, Children’s Book Writer, Treat Maker, Tea drinker
Author of 39 books. Adults: The Road Towards Home, The Writing Circle, Eleven Stories High. Kids: The Littlest Matryoshka, Saying Goodbye to Lulu) New novel, DAUGHTERS. Mt.Holyoke College emerita professor. MR fiction editor. Miniature donkey fan.
Author/Illustrator of books for kids. LOVE, MAMA, SOMETHING GREAT, NO VOICE TOO SMALL, NO WORLD TOO BIG & forthcoming NO BRAIN THE SAME 🏳️🌈
PhD student; education, racial literacy, translanguaging, racioliguistics. | Grad student board for Writing & Literacies SIG | Bilingual Education Research SIG Working Webinar Group Member
Writer of books, rouser of rabble.
50% books, 50% cats, 50% political rants, 0% math. I swear more than you might expect.
YA/MG author repped by Marietta Zacker @ Gallt & Zacker. www.danaalisonlevy.com
https://linktr.ee/danaalisonlevy
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.
🔗 bio.site/WeNeedDiverseBooks
She/her in DC. History teacher, reading, writing, languages, drawing, activism, tarot cards. Recent VCFA graduate. 💚🤍🩶🖤
Kidlit author | she/her | bysonjathomas.com
📗 Olive Blackwood Takes Action!
📙 Sir Fig Newton & the Science of Persistence
Children's Author. Knopf BFYR, Nancy Paulsen Books, Doubleday, Penguin Workshop, Simon Spotlight, Beach Lane, Laura Godwin Books, Two Lions, Beaming Books, Magination Press
Children’s book Illustrator, Sketchbook Scribbler ✏️& Maker of many things 🪡| Rep’ed by Miranda Paul at ACM Kids & Illustration
🕸️ www.srinidhidraws.com
📧 srinidhis01@gmail.com
Kidlit Author + Trauma Therapist | Rep’d by @BookFairyAngus | Psychology Today Expert Blog Author| SCBWI |Host of the You, Me, & the Writing Journey Podcast (@YMWJPodcast) and @YouDeservepIt Pitch Event
Author, editor, speaker, unrepentent progressive, neurodiverse. You can take my Oxford comma from my cold, dead fists. VCFA WCYA, MFA, MA, lifelong learner. I swear like a sailor.
She/Her. Writer. Professor. Very few chill vibes. 🌈🩷💜💙
skscottwriter.com
#VCFA #SCBWI Writer. Reader. Traveler. PB, MG, YA, Poetry #AmSubmitting www.joyceraybooks.com
Our mission is to foster a love of reading in young people by connecting them with exceptional authors and illustrators and exposing them to the diverse breadth and depth of children's literature. Learn more about us at www.bigfootkidsbookfestival.com
#VCFA | #SCBWI | #ITP/IMA NYU | #12x12PB
REALTOR®, Wife & Mama
Loving life & doing all the stuff in the Yakima Valley. Writing, baking and learning guitar again.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Central Washington
☆Author (YA+PB+MG books)
☆ PRIYA THE JUNGLE DANCER (PB/2024 release)
☆ IN MY HANDS (YA/Now Available)
☆ THE CRANE IN THE MIST
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
Writer. NU/VCFA WCYA alum. One day some little fat girl in ohio could be the next Mozart & make a beautiful film on her father's camera-corder -Francis Ford Coppola. rep @LindaCamacho she/her
Former nonprofit executive | Author of The Mess That Made Them (forthcoming from Bloomsbury on Sept 3, 2026) | Interested in creativity, cultural myth, fraud, and forgotten histories | BOTN Nominee | Rep: Anderson Literary Agency | www.ryantpozzi.com
Senior editor at Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers | moonlighting as @elshenwrites.bsky.social | she/her
Community-centered independent bookstore in Tacoma, WA centering queer, trans, BIPOC, and disabled authors.
Scientist. Writer. Teacher. Reader.
Latest book: ONE LONG LINE (MITKids, 2024)
Coming Soon: EXTREME BIRDWATCHING (MITKids, 2026)
Website: loreeburns.com
Author. Artist. Avowed woozler of dogs & guinea pigs.
Taryn (they/them) & Aurora (they/them)|🌲 Vermont-based|📚inclusive, supportive, and personalized #writing coaching|✍🏼Follow for writing prompts, advice, and book reviews
https://linktr.ee/thestorywilds
Award Winning Author of #kidlit YA and MG Novels. NESHAMA (Candlewick 2025). Junior Library Guild Gold Standard. TROWBRIDGE ROAD (Candlewick 2020) Longlisted National Book Award, Finalist, Massachusetts Book Award, Junior Library Guild Gold Standard.
She/her Educator. Reader. Writer. Poet. Researcher. Vegan. Abolitionist. Radical listener. NCTE. NAACP. Illinois Reading Council. Shattering barriers. Building bridges.
Actually, it’s Dr. Hoffman.
Educator for 40 yrs|reading specialist|Reader|lifelong learner|tennis player|someone who is dedicated to education and the sciences of reading
KidLit Author. Psychologist. Adventurer. MISTER ROGERS' GIFT OF MUSIC 🎶. LIGHT, LETTERS & LOVE (Sleeping Bear, Spring 2027)🌻
#SCBWI #12x12 www.donnacangelosi.com
Writer, reader, dog lover.
You'll probably find me at the library.
Repped by Terrie Wolf at #AKALiterary #wolfpack
Children's book author. NE-SCBWI co-ARA. Director of Whispering Pines Writers’ Retreat. #kidlit #PB #MG #12x12 www.pamvaughanauthor.com
Early literacy librarian, SLJ columnist, Horn Book board book reviewer, play advocate, and debut author of Let's Rumble from Rise x Penguin Workshop (July 2025). Rep: Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown Lit.
She/they
RachelGPayne.com
UPenn. Management Professional. Bibliophile 📚 Writing ✍️ Art 🎨 Photography 📸 Good food & Gardening. Married. No DMs✖️ From California ☀️
A Real Person ❤️
Picture book author, SCBWI, educator, ant-watcher, defender of the underdogs. Rep’d by Emily S. Keyes @esc_key. www.LouiseAamodt.com
Author of Snow and The View from the Very Best House in Town. Dark chocolate nonpareils are my writing vitamins. Rep: Molly Ker Hawn
PRPL Director. Library Director. Professor. Husband & Father. Baseball. Nonfiction. Fan of small & academic presses & obscure/forgotten books. Play sports. Read books. Serve others. Raised as a Jesuit.
DC Native | Teacher | NBCT | Gallup Coach |Educator developer | 1913- BI 🐘🔺SP90| Passionate supporter of Ss & Ts l Pursuing Ed.D | Blogger | Adjunct Professor | HBCU grd| post are my own.
🏳️🌈🗽Author~poet~educator|NCTE|Agent- Lori Steel. TRUCKS, BOOTS, & BELLS: FIREHOUSE POEMS (Holiday House 2026); LIKE A MOTHER BEAR (Atheneum 2027) https://linktr.ee/maryecronin
KidLit Author:
RAISAH AND THE BOAT TRIP (2023),
HUMPHREY THE EGG_SPLORER (2023)
THE ANIMAL SOCIETIES SERIES (2023)
Agent: Joyce Sweeney, 12x12,
aka author Kelly Jones (she/her/hers) I write funny books for kids. Happily for Now, the Unusual Chickens series, and more.
linktr.ee/curiosityjones
Children's Book Author & Artist
THE NAME JAR, A LETTER TO MY BEST FRIEND, PEACH HEAVEN, SLIPPERY SPICY TINGLY & more
Repp'd by Miranda Paul @mirandapaul.bsky.social
Instructional Specialist, Teacher/Librarian, #Foodie, Adventurer, Googly, #knitter, #crafter #writer #EduSky #TLSky #GoogleTrainer #GoogleEdu #BookCreatorAmbassador
Thai-American Author of MG fantasy #SKYLIGHT & #HIMMAPAN CB w/ SORRA Books |#MGMiracles |#LitKidsMag Mentor | #MixedUpFiles Writer |#WriteHive24 |#AAPI| #2024debut | patchreejones.com
Middle School ELA + World Geography Teacher 📖🌏 Formerly @storiestoldinsf
Secondary English teacher. Author of AI and the Writing Workshop #AIWW (https://www.heinemann.com/products/1874757.aspx). Secretary of NHCTE. EmpowerEd Consulting. Keynote Speaker.
I read and write about reading and writing. Shameless fan of Bruce Springsteen, the coast of Maine, and independent bookstores. #scienceofreading
K-5 MN Teacher Librarian ~ Experienced TOSA Peer Coach ~ Licensed K-6 Classroom ~ Presenter ~ SeesawCertifiedEducator ~ AppleLearningCoach ~ Reader ~ Learner ~ Reflective Practitioner ~ Mom of 3 ❤️
https://sites.google.com/plsas.org/mrstvirtuallibrary/home
Walking in my calling. Teaching with truth. Writing what the ancestors whisper to me.
Black, bold, and breathing life into legacy through education, advocacy, and the written word.
Spirit led. Philly rooted. Founder of A Matter of Xpression (AMX).
Working with National Writing Project teachers and students to create Writing Partners writingpartners.net a social annotation platform that supports AI-guided writing, reading, and discussion. I'll be posting here about what we are learning together.
Author of the Stonewall Honor picture book, STRONG, featuring the world's first openly gay strongman competitor. Website: linktr.ee/EricRosswood
Indian American Writer of PB, CB, MG & Poetry
SCBWI Indiana Co-RA
Inked Voices PB & MG Critique Groups
Experience in DEI, Theater, Marketing & Graphic Design
Yoga, Improv & World Traveler
Historian, Educator, Librarian, Dog mom.
6th grade English teacher, loves Nerdy Book Club folks, active with NCTE, writes “It’s Not Easy Being Tween” blog for MiddleWeb, book nerd, Michigander
Teacher & author of READ THE WORLD: Rethinking Literacy for Empathy & Action in a Digital Age. ADE, NBCT, staff developer, evolving learner. she/her 📚📱🌏❤️
IB Teacher & Librarian
🌍 Content Creator | Global Learning Hub/TPT
✨ Wife | Mom of 3
🐾 Doodle Enthusiast
Assistant professor at San Jose State studying the ambiguities: English ed, curriculum, affect, teacher experience.
Read my work here: https://sjsu.academia.edu/ScottJarvie & here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Scott-Jarvie
Children’s author | Senior Editor at Curriculum Associates | Democrat | former teacher & journalist | Mom to an amazing teen and two spoiled dogs
Children's author of TURBO'S SPECIAL DELIVERY (ill. by Eduardo Marticorena) and the HOW-TO series with Knopf, Random House, ill. by Lee Wildish: HOW TO BABYSIT A GRANDPA, etc.
Children's Author + Poet
🦁 ANIMALS IN PANTS (Abrams)
🦖 DINOS THAT DRIVE (Tundra)
🤡 A YEAR IN CLOWN TOWN (Tundra)
🐍 SALVADOR SNAKE: LOOKING FOR LOVE (Macmillan/Balzer + Bray)
www.suzylevinson.com
Professor of TESOL Teacher Education, Author, Mom, Native of Hungary, Yoga Enthusiast, Fulbright Scholar, English Language Program Specialist https://andreahonigsfeld.com
Educator. Writer. Learner. MRA past president. 2x MCTE past president. NWP/CRWP TC. Posts are my own. Order Creating Confident Writers here: http://cutt.ly/Lw9qOcH
[he/they/él] Boricua 🇵🇷🏳️🌈♋️. Assistant Professor English Studies CSU Fresno | Children’s and YA Lit Scholar. Nerd. Writer. Bookworm. Nintenboy. Board Games. Foodie. Record collector.
🗣️ Español & English.
51, fierce, and fabulously married. 👬🏳️🌈 | Reselling Legos to fund my Apple habit & smart home obsession. 🧱 | Triple Dachshund dad & BBQ connoisseur. 🐾🍖 | PS5 warrior fighting for the future. 🎮 | Pro-fashion, anti-fascist. 👔✊
writing teacher and WPA, feminist, vegetarian, mom, ex-middle school football coach, Lions Fan, coauthor https://upcolorado.com/utah-state-university-press/item/6535-reaching-all-writers, 1st gen college grad, 1× Jeopardy! champ, Keweenaw
Teacher, reader, writer, mom, wife, nature lover.
Professor of literacy studies at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, studying digital literacies, youth media, & writing; lover of beaches & dystopian fiction (vs real dystopias); triple scorpio; she/hers
Connected Educator- Speaker- Author - Constant Learner - Artist
Instructional Coach, reading specialist, continuous learner
#writing #research #inquiry
For-Always Student. Buscaglia before Bloom. Public School Classroom Teacher (21 Years). Dual Credit Instructor: AP ENG LANG/LIT AND COMP and INTRO TO PUBLIC SPEAKING.
Habits of Mind and Heartsongs Enthusiast. Wonderer-Creator-Poet-Collage Artist (he/him).
Human. Truth teller. Mom. Educator. Trauma expert. Author. Speaker. Leader who's relentless for school change and social justice. Forever choosing the life of Voltaire's Good Brahmin. Also usually up for cheesecake. Searching for beauty—hoping you are too!
Kid lit Author | 📚🖌 Ask Infowoman: A Library Consult |PBChat Mentee |Corgis | NFNerd |Former Storyteller Academy Community Manager | Retired Librarian | https://www.kathyhalsey.com/
Twitter handle: @infowoman1
I love words! Picture book author. Animal lover. NILA'S PERFECT COAT (Beaming Books, '23)📚WHAT'S SILLY HAIR DAY WITH NO HAIR? (Albert Whitman, '21) 📚 BENNY'S TRUE COLORS, (Imprint/Macmillan, '20) Rep: Naomi Davis, BookEnds. She/her
www.norenepaulson.com
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Constantly curious, chai-drinking award-winning children's book author, poet, and aspiring illustrator.
📕Excited for Eid (LBB, 2024)
📙Friday Fun (LLB, 2024)
📘Aarzu All Around (S&S, 2025)
📗The Camel Library (F&F, 2025)
📕Radiant Ramadan (LBB, 2025)
Queer & critical education researcher; cross stitch fanatic; member of the MotherScholar Collective; blogger at Vermont Moms. Find my cross stitch patterns on Etsy https://gayborhoodstitches.etsy.com
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she/her
MEd, BEd, BA, OCT
English Teacher and
Communications Program Head at St. David CSS at WCDSB
Follows #EduSky, #OntEd #BooksandAuthors #Library #BirdSky #Spaniels #Gradening
Rebel with a cause. Literacy. The cause is literacy. Texan abroad. She/her
I teach high school African American Studies and AP Comp Sci. Louisiana GLTOY 2023. M.Ed in Ed Tech. Illness stopped MA in History. I am the second-best teacher and third-smartest person in my house. If we don’t count the cats.
Middle Grade Author: Summer of L.U.C.K + Ready or Not + The Chambered Nautilus (Young Dragons)
| SCBWI | Publicist/Creator PR Tips for Authors
linktr.ee/LauraStegman
Writer of MG & YA, repped by Lori Steel. Will make you talk about gardening, birds, or ghosts…probably. Definitely.
Father. English Teacher. ⚾️ 🏈 Coach. Folger Shakespeare Library TSI2010 alum. Love Alfred Hitchcock Films. Green Bay Packers Owner. Brewers/Bucks/Badgers Fan. Keto/Low Carb Enthusiast. Wannabe Triathlete. Co-editor of Wisconsin Baseball Yearbook since 2012.
Award-winning author, Greenwillow/HarperCollins. American by birth, Canadian by choice.
MSEd • Co-Author at Two Writing Teachers Blog • Gateway Writing Project • Kindergarten Teacher in St. Louis, MO • Kirkwood School District • Passionate about young readers and writers
Author. KINGDOM OF DUST (8/20/24), A COMB OF WISHES, HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books. Educator integrating literacy, equity, & social justice. Rep @lindsaydauld
ELA teacher, reader, news junkie, shapeshifter, Anglophile, fashionista, lover of all things charming and sublime.
The Appalachian Learning Initiative (APPLI, like “apply”) is a Morgantown, WV-based 501(c)(3) non-profit that conducts research on, reports data about, and advocates for issues impacting adults living in the Appalachian Region.
https://linktr.ee/APPLIOrg
Principal of Cutchogue East Elementary School
Reader, writer, and thinker who loves to learn, teach and lead.
Professor & scholar of peace, human rights, migration & education
University of San Francisco
(views posted here are my own)
Debut picture book A YEAR OF KITES out in 2026 with Bloomsbury
www.monishabajaj.net
Pronouns: she/her/वह
Children Illustrator passionate of storytelling, colors. I love telling exciting stories through pictures #scbwi member Www.rekhasalin.com
Newsletter- https://rekhasalin.substack.com/
🎨 Illustrator & Cartoonist (she/her)
📚 Clients include Scholastic, PRH, HarperCollins US, Beaming Books US & more.
📝 Rep'd by Claire Draper (Au Literary Management)
🌐 www.aishwaryatandon.com
