Rusty Fischer's poems for children have appeared in Reader’s Digest, Good Housekeeping and Woman’s Day. His latest poem, “Socks,” is currently featured in The Dirigible Balloon.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/byseries/36446
Middle grade author of humor and fiction | Casual hiker | National Park enthusiast | Cat mom
Author of WASHASHORE, winner of the Green Earth Book Award, and A CITY YEAR. Writing like a maniac while getting an MFA in writing for kids at Hamline U. Watch this space!
http://www.suzanne-goldsmith.com/
Writer, Aspiring Middle-Grade Novelist, Traveler, Fan of Nature, Folklore, Underdogs, Paranormal/Spooky, Humor, Encouraging Boys to Read, Making a Difference.
www.ggsherrill.com
✨Author. Disneyphile. Animal lover. Fairy tale aficionado. Photographer. Holiday fan.
📚Writes YA, MG & kids’ fiction (including WFH projects for Disney)
📱Instagram: @alexandrazlazar
👩🏻💻Current project: The Other Fairy Godmother, a MG fairytale reimagining
Former WaPo Work Advice columnist (2011-2025), aka the smart-aleck down the hall. https://linktr.ee/karlalmiller
#kidlit @SCBWIRockyMtn member 📚 MG Author/Illustrator of HACKERS: WORM EATER and the HACKERS series 👾 gamer, sax player, fly fisher, tech geek, film buff 🌐 www.brockhenning.com
Aspiring author. SCBWI & MGHub member.
he/him. Trans man, cat dad, & kidlit & middlegrade author/illustrator! Currently open for projects & seeking rep! ✨🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Portfolio: http://elliottgrinnell.com
Twitter: twitter.com/elliott_gr
Insta: Instagram.com/elliottgrinnart
Wishing you grit and grace on this road less traveled by!
Winner of Austin SCBWI 2021 Creators of Diverse Worlds Scholarship. 2021 WriteMentor alum and 2022 mentor. Proud Mom of five! 🇵🇭
MG author: FIELD OF SCREAMS and STAGE FRIGHT both Delacorte Press rep: Sara Megibow
linktr.ee/wendyparrisauthor www.wendyparris.com
✍🏻 Writer 📚@HighlightsFound Scholarship Recipient (‘24) & Highlights Muslim Storyteller ('23) & We Need Kidlit Now Winner (‘24) 🧕🏻🍉 Muslim 👩🏫 Educator 🛶 MN girl 🏃♀️Runner 💗 Wife and Mama to three ✨ Author Page/writings here: https://sagasofsabr.carrd.co/
I'm a #kidlit writer, special education coach, and blogger for @themixed-upfiles.bsky.social
Stories in @highlightsmagazine.bsky.social, @cricketmediainc.bsky.social, etc. | more at www.chrislowauthor.com
Manager of #EarlyLiteracy Programs & Special Initiatives @ Brooklyn Public Library | #KidLit Writer @ RISE X Penguin Workshop | LJ Mover and Shaker 2020 |
What do I do?
✨ Help kidlit authors write & revise their books
✨ Host Middle Grade Made Easy(er) podcast
✨ Run Rhyme Made Easy(er) membership
Start here⇣
https://linktr.ee/LouPiccolo
Author. Lynne was born under the Liberty Bell and currently dwells among the saguaros. She loves reading and writing urban fantasy, for adults & children. Her short story, “Safety,” appears in The Writers’ Journal: Live and Learn.
#PB author of MY LIFE AS AN ASTHMANAUT (Free Spirit Publishing, April 14, 2026)
Pre-order here: https://bookshop.org/a/115186/9798885547970
More tales found in Cricket Media & online!
Website: https://jakelockettauthor.wixsite.com/jakelockettauthor
Aspiring author/illustrator and ASL/English interpreter by day - also obsessed with the magic of theater.
https://nharwood124.wixsite.com/ohhhh-doodles
#PBParty HM ‘25 | Writing PB through MG with heart, imagination, and information | mom of two | Engineer | #SCBWI #12x12PB | #amquerying #neurodiversity
www.laurenkimberlyauthor.com
Author of Doll Trouble (Clavis, 2026) and Goat's Boat Won't Float (Little Press, 2024) '23 & '22 #PBParty finalist '21 #SCBWI Ann Paul Award #Kidlit #12x12 Author of Unraveling Fairy Tales: Learning To Live Happily Ever After http://amzn.com/1734768819
🌟 2025 #PBRisingStars Mentee
🎨 #kidlit author-illustrator
📚 Former children's bookseller and school librarian
😴 Current tired mom
🤓 Self-taught and still self-teaching
Represented by Marissa Brown at Pippin Properties
brookebaum.com
Writer of Blame Cannon substack. (joeljones.substack.com)
Co-Director of Big Blue Door (bigbluedoor.org)
Author of YA speculative thriller TELL ME MY FUTURE, coming June 16, 2026 with Amulet Books. Rep'd by Susan Hawk / Upstart Crow https://linktr.ee/eileenruvane
Author-Illustrator of YA & MG
Cuban American
Repped by @kristavandolzer.bsky.social at The Unter Agency
Miami ✈️ NYC ✈️ NOLA
https://linktr.ee/Artlizified
Owner and Editor, Up Style Editing. Writer.
Fiction and Memoir. Dev, Line, Copyedits. Beta Reading, MS Eval's. 📚
EFA Member, Editors Canada Exec, WCC Workshops. ✍️
www.upstyleediting.ca
🌟 2025 #PBRisingStars Applicant
🎨 #kidlit author
🫖 I write and drink tea. Sometimes I do both at the same time.
writer, poet, nature lover and complete book geek living in the Pacific Northwest surrounded by forest, birds, squirrels, chipmunks and chickens. Member SCBWI.
Creator of Mina & the Count, My Life as a Teenage Robot, and the Horrible Bag Series. Lover of cartoons, books, movies, and rabbits. Visit me at robrenzetti.com
Thought follower. Public servant. Male software developer. Alumnus of 18F, the Obama White House, Georgetown's Beeck Center, U.S. Digital Response, the Biden-Harris Transition Team, and the Biden administration. He/him. Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Teacher⭐️Librarian⭐️Author
https://kelliebeggs.weebly.com/
Founder of #PBandKidJudges writing competition
#SCBWI #kidlit #PB #author
HANGABOUT: FAR FROM HOME, Aug. 2023
Orange Blossom Publishing
No boxes.
Eastern PA www.reeaugustine.com
Award-winning journalist/author, degree in psychology and advanced certificate in positive psychology. 15+ years teaching/writing curriculum in SPED. Published three books and penned over 2,000 published articles.
And I’m a plant hospice worker. 🫤
Canadian writer & poet 🌙✨️ AuDHD ☆
🌠 THE DARK SHINE (Orca Books, Fall 2027)
Rep: Liz Nealon at Great Dog Literary
leightherriault.com
I write the monthly newsletter English and the Dutch, about all the ways English and Dutch interact: https://englishandthedutch.substack.com/
English teacher at Bielefeld University (EAL & ELA)
Dutch English
World Englishes
AI English
Lexicography
⋆Queer Southern Novelist 🌿
⋆✒️WTMP & 🩵 SmoochPit Mentor
⋆Rep: @keiralekseii.bsky.social at Azantian
⋆Grad Student/Them in STEM 🌈⚕️
https://linktr.ee/RowanBrightonBrown
Author-Illustrator of MARÍA ESPÍA, middle grade and YA book covers📚
Based in Barcelona, Spain
Lover of witches, magic and cozy vibes!✨🏳️🌈🩷
Portfolio: https://www.mireiamartinezgallego.com
Instagram: @miitrec
kidlit author, fall admirer, fan of books and musicals, dancer, weather and space enthusiast, pro-spreadsheet, toy marketer, mom of two
#KidLit | #SCBWI | #12x12PB | #50PreciousWords Winner 2024| #STEM | #SEL
Kidlit author & educator. Writing #PB and #MG and seeking rep. More than a little bookish.🌻
#SCBWI #InkedVoices
kellyclasenwriter.com
Children’s writer. 🏆Winner of Little Tiger IAmInPrint Picture Book Prize ‘23. 🏆Winner of SCBWI Slushpile Challenge ‘24. Runner-up Write Mentor Chapter Book Award ‘24. SL for Searchlight Awards ‘24. SL for Write Mentor PB Award ‘24 & ‘25 #MAWYP
📚 #Kidlit Author
✏️ Curriculum Developer
📝 Times/Chicken House 2024 Children's Fiction Competition Shortlistee
*jazz hands* MaryKuehner.com Early lit librarian. Storytime pro. PB author seeking representation. Neurospicy (OCD/ADHD). “She reads a lot of shouty books.” - that one kid at Storytime. She/her.
Empowering and advocating for libraries and library workers to ensure equitable access to information for all. 🌎’s largest library association.
Find us at https://ala.org.
We follow the ALA Code of Conduct: https://www.ala.org/user-guidelines
Official account of U.S. Senator Tim Kaine.
Senior Fellow Aviation & Travel @ American Economic Liberties Project. Journalist. Teacher. FAA-licensed aircraft dispatcher. Author: ATTENTION ALL PASSENGERS; HALF THE CHILD. Fighting for blue skies--literally. Stickler for using "literally" correctly.
#MG #PB writer
Co-RA Southern Breeze @SCBWI
#Valentiny '26 (Finalist)
#50PreciousWords '25 HM
#WTMP '24 mentee
#FallWritingFrenzy '24 HM, '25 (F)
#Halloweensie '24 (F), '25 HM
Susanna Hill Holiday Writing Contest '24 (F)
2024 Terry Kay Prize for Fiction
PB & MG writer| NAPPA award| HM #PBParty2023/24| #MNSCBWI| Math Education Consultant| Lake Lover| Happily married stepmom| She/her | No DMs
https://www.AnnPageAuthor.com
KidLit Writer. Expert at finding wonder. My child says I'm too curious. Sports fan.
Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Co-host of the Amicus podcast. Dad.
I'm a naturalist, a writer, and an editor based in the Upper Midwest. Acquisitions editor for AdventureKeen. Author of popsci books. Poet and literary journal editor (prosepoems.com). Moths! Sometime tardigrade wrangler. For more, visit brettortler.com
Mom of two, #kidlit writer, elementary school librarian, movie-lover, crazy LEGO lady
Kid Lit writer with ADHD who likes to rock climb (She/her)
Rep: Sharon Belcastro at @belcastroagency.bsky.social
IG: @juli_writes #12x12PB #SCBWI
Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com
Buy my new book: https://sites.prh.com/reich
Visit my website: https://rbreich.com/
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.
NEW—Seeking old (& new) book-ish friends
Weaning off of X, FB, Insta!
Grateful for Teachers & Librarians!
🐈⬛ Writing & drawing (while cat judges)
WIP: SpyKids & Cat vs. AntiDiversity villain
#mgbookchat #amwriting #drawing #middlegradebooks #Kidlit #cats
New York Times bestelling author and educator.
www.jewellparkerrhodes.com
Author, Daydreamer, Lover of Yarn
I write books for kids and teens from my home in Whitby, Ontario. I love knitting and sewing, and have a thing for old sewing machines and typewriters. I'm happiest when surrounded by my wonderful family and pets.
Writer, poet, trail runner, wannabe birder. Querying a MG Fantasy with plant magic 🌻🌱 and picture books with 🐠 & 🐸.
Raised on Coast Miwok land, longtime resident on Ramaytush Ohlone land, writer, climate person, feminist, wanderer. Just started a newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com.
I’m an author #coach, #editor, and #fantasy author 📚🧚♀️🔥 I love #FB and enjoy supporting #indieauthors.
www.TheWriteWyss.com
Author of The Phoenix and the Ant series, Grade 7/8 teacher, and cool guy.
🍁 Winnipeg
www.smvltrudeau.ca
Author (Fantasy/Cozy, Humor, RomCom, Paranormal, #MG #A)
Currently on subs!! | Agent: Bethany Hendrix - Spencerhill Assoc.| Member of SCBWI | she/her #kidlit
✨️ https://linktr.ee/halliechristensen
#Kidlit and YA Lit are my vocation and I won't stop preaching. Currently Editor-at-Large at Holiday House Bks, and a freelance editor and speaker. 40 years in the biz, yowsah! https://www.elawreads.com/ I'm also a showqueen trapped in a woman's body.
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.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Author, teacher, and animal lover. Prader-Willi syndrome ally. @VCFAWCA. Rep: @gknowlton58
THE ZUZU SECRET coming in May ‘25
💀 Middle grade horror author 🦷 OPEN WIDE (Aladdin, Aug ‘25)🍦I SCREAM TRUCK (Aladdin, Aug ‘26) ✍🏻 Repped by Lynnette Novak
https://www.imeerie.com
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Open-Wide/I-M-Eerie/9781665980418
✒️Writer
📝Poet
👩👧👧Mom
Nerding out about AI safety
Childish writer. 🇬🇧 + 🇦🇺. Carnegie-nominated.
Rep: @agentalicewilliams.bsky.social
My type on paper
YA: Splinters 🪞 Electric Life ⚡
MG: Day of the Whale 🐋 Mort the Meek 🐦⬛Little Animal Rescue
School talks / workshops KS1-KS3
www.racheldelahaye.com
Middle School Reading Specialist and avid Middle Grade book reader.
Picture book author. Reader. Bookstore and library lover. All about my kids and cats. Repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette. #Kidlit website: www.patzietlowmiller.com
Auction by the #kidlit community to raise funds for Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts. Bidding: Jan 20th (9am PST) - Jan 28th (8pm PST).
Amazing items up for bid: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles
Bear logo by Sydney Hanson IG: @sydwiki
Signed Ink founder 🤟signedink.org , 🇺🇸HOH 🦻🧏♀️AUTHOR of MG fantasy/historical fantasy & PB, 2023 SCBWI Rising Kite (2nd place MG), 2020 Walter Grant recipient, 2020 Las Musas Hermana. Lover of wit, waves🌊, fruit tarts, & all shades blue 🦋 #MGForce
Native Marylander, Cymruphile (a Welsh thing), reader of Shakespeare, lover of dogs and all things chocolate, MG fiction writer, @scbwiatx, @crohnscolitisfdn
Kidlit Author, Presenter, Educator, Imagineer & Foodie.
LITTLE MEDUSA'S HAIR DO-LEMMA ('21) & plethora of kidlit Magazine articles.
Active member in 12x12, SCBWI, Courage 2 Create, Rate Your Story & more. Co-creator of SunWriteFun.
A community of authors debuting with middle grade books in 2025.
middlegradeescapades.com
https://mainpointbooks.com/book/9781250331342
Bestselling and award-winning children's author of TRUMAN and more.
Rep'd by Erin Murphy. Learn more at https://jeanreidy.com/
Kate: runner/reader/RA sufferer/too talkative/dyslexic
Nate: author of Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds
Both: kidlit team repped by Sarah Fisk
(CONFESSIONS OF A MANGO, 4/14/26 Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
https://kateandnatebooks.com
Writer, mom, dog lover, dreamer 🦋
MG novels: BUTTERFLY GIRL and SURVIVOR MOUNTAIN (Wild Ink Publishing, 2025)
PB: TEN CLEVER NINJAS (Clear Fork Publishing, 2019)
Writer of MG. Finalist Mslexia C&YA Novel '24, SL Wells Book 4 Children '24, Yeovil Lit Prize C&YA '23 & Firefly Press '22, LL Guppy MG '21 & Mslexia C&YA '20 📚. Member of #MGnificents, #MGPugFish and #MiddleGradeHub. Neurodivergent. STEM IRL 🧮. She/her.
✏️ Working as an artist/writer/illustrator
🌿 Thinker, neurodivergent, bookworm, plant toucher, walker
📍Netherlands (Drent in Rotterdam) and UK
https://marloesdevries.com/en/links
Illustrator, writer, nonprofit staffer, Reds fan, bookworm, pedestrian, houseplant and voting rights enthusiast. She/her. What, people who like baseball can't like books?
📍Cincinnati, OH
https://www.elizabeth-metz.com
MG Horror Author - Autism Mom - Illustrator - Belly Dancer.
mrfournet.com
Teacher / Architect / Comedy Writer / Director / Improviser / Designer / Other Stuff Too
I live in Montclair NJ with my wife and two teenagers who sometimes talk to me.
K-12 Reading Specialist, PBWriter, reader, mom, SCBWI #12x12PB #InkedVoices mentee www.ClaireBlumenfeld.com
Picture Book Writer ✏️
3rd Grade Teacher 🍎
Filipino American 🇵🇭 🇺🇸
#PBRisingStars mentee ‘23
#SCBWI work-in-progress award winner ‘24
#12x12 scholarship winner ‘25
#PBParty Finalist ‘25
#Kidlit
Seeking representation
www.lilliepardo.com
Author, have ASD, love baseball, Trek, and TØP. YA Horror THE WRONG CLEARING out now. Querying new Speculative Fiction this summer.
jeremyeagan.com
Author of books. Maker of art. Speaker of speeches. Part squid/part earthquake. Literacy fanatic. Lover of corn. Ardent supporter of teenagers. Founder of 🏳️🌈 Gracie's House: www.gracieshouse.com.
She/her https://linktr.ee/AS_King
Lived in 7 states & 3 countries- not an army brat- just the spawn of an adventurous mama. Writer, artist, & pro listener - books for kids and adults - represented by Stephen Fraser of JDLlit. Still have invisible friends.
https://www.trishgracemalone.com
Children’s Book Author.
Librarian (Middle/High School & Public).
Mom. Dog mom. Human.
The U.P. of Michigan. boniashburn.com
Children's #author of middlegrade thriller FRIEND ME (Scholastic Press). Studied history & literature at Harvard. From US & Ireland. Living in Scotland. NEW BOOK: PITCH YOUR BOOK - write the letter that hooks an agent on your novel bit.ly/SMApitchorder
I'm a children's poet, I love writing animal and shape poems, and the children's poetry world! National Poetry Day Ambassador. Assistance Dog Owner. Book reader. Coffee drinker. Friend. Between Bristol and Bath.
Author of mild-mannered middle-grade books, including MIND OVER MONSTERS (McElderry/S&S). Agent: Joan Paquette. BetsyUhrig.com
Associate Professor of Education at Valparaiso University. Kidlit enthusiast. Always looking to learn and grow.
Writer of short stories and MG
#GoldenEggAcademy
#Author/#Illustrator, #Animator, #characterdesigner and #musician. Based in Haarlem, The Netherlands. Www.emanuelwiemans.com
Proud dad and owner of illustrative label www.bonjourtatin.com
Rep’d by @ksonnack.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
Writer, recovering teacher, advocates for the wild, love selkies, dogs, cats, brainy outsiders.
PHANTOM STALLION books w Simon & Schuster ORDER here http://bit.ly/3BoMfnd
Poet, novelist, general word-nerd, gardener, photographer, foodie, film lover. My favorite people on the planet are children, which is why I write for them. Oh! And I'm a freak for roses, watercolor, and collage. Author of Ordinary Hazards, a memoir.
