Former Pre-K teacher ➡ SAHM to 6 yo & 3 yo twins |kidlit author
#SCBWI
#holidaywritingcontest HM '22
#50preciouswords HM '23
#ChuckleChallenge Winner'24 &'25
www.nicolegarnett.com
Blog host at Literary Rambles where I help writers on their publishing journey, promote authors with book giveaways, and interview agents with query critique giveaways. http://literaryrambles.com
🕵🏻♀️Senior Agent at Context Literary 🎙️Host of Find A Lovely Life: A Self-Love Journey Podcast ✍️ Author rep’d by Alyssa Eisner Henkin
Literary Manager with Martin Literary Management | Reader | Writer | Dreamer | #SCBWI #InkedVoices| rep'd by @joycekay.bsky.social with the Seymour Agency
Mom, writer, optometrist, karate enthusiast, nature lover, artist, and slave to 2 cats
#12x12PB, #kidlit, #picturebook #haiku #poetry
The Sourcebooks library team offering updates, news, reviews, and a whole lot of library and educator love! 📚 linktr.ee/sbkslibrary
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
Author & Illustrator of Moon’s Ramadan, Lulu In The Spotlight, Bela and Lily, Sun's Eid ✨ Repd by Tanusri Prasanna
she/her/hers
www.natashakhankazi.com
Highlights Muslim Storyteller Fellow
Based in LA
#Kidlit writer 📚 #SCBWI member 📚 Teacher librarian in a haunted library 👻 TOO MUCH! AN OVERWHELMING DAY '23 ✨ THE OFRENDA THAT WE BUILT '24 ✨ MAMIACHI AND ME '25 ✨ UNBREAKABLE: A JAPANESE AMERICAN FAMILY IN AN AMERICAN INCARCERATION CAMP '26 ✨
Kidlit Author, FREE TO BE FABULOUS, ROCK 'N' ROLL BABY
✨Lit Agent @andreabrownlit.bsky.social✨
@aalitagents.bsky.social Member✨ #tabletop nerd ✨Coffee junkie✨Romance Enthusiast✨💖💙💜Boricua✨#LGBTQIA & Autism Advocate✨
https://QueryTracker.net/query/Saritza
Someone once told me ‘the grass is much greener on the other side.’
Opinions are mine I Dancer | Poetess | Revolution | Agent - Serendipity Lit
Retired(ish) teacher, picture book writer, reader, library lover, geologist. I also love to sing, dance, code and learn about just about anything!
We're uplifting writers on their journey toward agenting and publication! Founded by @writtenbymegan.bsky.social 📘 Meet Kidlit Creatives! 📙 Subscribe to the Newsletter! 📗 Apply to Be Interviewed!
https://keepwritingkidlit.com
📝 Children's Book Author (SCBWI/#12×12PB), 🍎Teacher, ☔ Washington Alum, 4ever 🏈 Seahawks & ⚾️ Stan Musial fan
Science geek, dog person, nature lover, non-fiction writer. Citizen scientist. Half of a pet therapy team.
Unless noted or reposted, all photographs are my own.
CC BY-NC 4.0 ATTRIBUTION-NONCOMMERCIAL 4.0 INTERNATIONAL
Kidlit author & educator. Writing #PB and #MG and seeking rep. More than a little bookish.🌻
#SCBWI #InkedVoices
kellyclasenwriter.com
Award Winning Writer: PB, Middle Grade, Children’s Poetry, Verse, YA . "No School, My Rules!" Tielmour Press 2024, "Tall as the Sun" Watchful Wizard Publishing 2026, SCBWI Scholarship Winner, Rep: Katie Monson SBR Media
Mother|SLP|PB writer|SCBWI|12X12
🪻Scientist, writer, earth lover. 📝Aspiring #kidlit author. 🎈2025 #PBParty participant.🌟2025 #PBRisingStars mentee.
Scientist, PB author, plant nerd, 12x12 member. https://www.scbwi.org/bookstop/book/meet-the-trees
Kids’ Questions Answered podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kids-questions-answered/id1624387087
#picturebook writer, #12x12PB Challenge member, often despairing Mets fan
Layne Johnson is a picture book writer/aspiring illustrator. #SCBWI. Humor and Heart|STEAM and SEL|ADHD #amquerying
Website: https://laynejohnsonkidsbooks.com/
The original online writing conference JUST for Picture Book Creators, established in 2015. Grab our PB Pitch Formula at picturebooksummit.com/pitch-formula. See you on Oct. 4, 2025! picturebooksummit.com
THE BLUE JAYS THAT GREW A FOREST (2025), NO FEATHERS IN YOUR HATS! (2027)
VCFA. 12x12. Writing lyrical nonfiction and fiction for curious kids.
Rep'd by @SFretwellHill @RedFoxLiterary. http://linktr.ee/lynnstreet
Mama. Wordsmith. Kidlit enthusiast. Lambda Literary Award Finalist. DANCE LIKE A LEAF, THE WISHING FLOWER, THE BI BOOK • Rep: @thejordache.bsky.social • she/her 🏳️🌈 https://ajirving.com/
Mom, wife, clinically retired peds, now academic MD, author/illustrator, 🇹🇭Thai American, SCBWI Narr Art Award winner, E/W Lit Agency, posts #kidlitart & book marketing, on hiatus from new book projects. Ignores random DMs. She/her/hers, opinions my own.
National Jewish Book Award, Sydney Taylor Honor & Notables, South Asia Book Award, Junior Library Guild, starred reviews, Red Fox Literary "No act of kindness...is ever wasted."--Aesop
nancychurnin.com
Author of The Mutant Critter Sitter #MG series, The Woodlot Monster Mysteries #MG series, & more! Creator of #SeasonsOfKidLit.com. Rep’d by @Lynnette_Novak
NY Times bestselling children's book author
Mom
Curator of Whimsy
aalivingston.com
KS Notable Bk/Lib of Cong Nat'l Book Fest: A VOTE FOR SUSANNA; Lib of Cong "Great Reads/Great Places"; Bk Guild; Cofounder: #SunWriteFun;
THE MUD ANGELS: HOW STUDENTS SAVED THE CITY OF FLORENCE
MEA WINNER: BEST IN CATEGORY-EDUC. MRKTHG
Rep: Liza Fleissig
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.
Picture Book illustrator. Loves birds, birding, and nature. Self appointed naturalist. 🦜 Can tell you random facts on birds. Want to go hiking?
Website: limlimillustration.com
Children's Writer, Registered Nurse and Proud Grammie of 5! (How did that happen?) Oh! And I LOVE to travel! #PB #KIDLIT #CHILDREN'SBOOKS #TRAVEL
Writer of childish things. Fan of sidequests. THERE'S SOMETHING ODD ABOUT THE BABYSITTER (w/ John Ledda, Feiwel & Friends). #scbwi #12x12pb #kidlit #☕ #📚 elaynecrain.com/books + elaynecrain.substack.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
ESL Teacher. Mom. Travel. Dance. Strawberry ice cream. #Kidlit Author, repped by @KaitlynLeann17 SCBWI 12x12 http://HannahLorenzoBooks.com
We make high-quality children's books that inspire lifelong reading & learning. Discover new voices, visions, & directions in children's books with us
Children's Author (THE JEALOUS LITTLE MUNCHKIN ‘24, ‘22)
‘25 Honorable Mention #50PreciousWords #kidlit | alidemoro.com | Member #12x12challenge, #scbwi 📚 | Focus on SEL, Lyricism, Stories with heart.
https://linktr.ee/alidemoro
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
Author/Illustrator Looking for representation.
Artist
Author
12x12
SCBWI Southern Breeze Region Mentee 2022
www.picturebookisland.com
Picture Book Author. Owner of Coyote Kids, a secondhand clothing and bookstore for kids in Albany, CA. It's all about the kids!
KidLit Author:
RAISAH AND THE BOAT TRIP (2023),
HUMPHREY THE EGG_SPLORER (2023)
THE ANIMAL SOCIETIES SERIES (2023)
Agent: Joyce Sweeney, 12x12,
👨🎓Professor, 📚author of 100 books on drwho💫starwars✨outlander #sfwa🚀 #scbwi #kidlit Cali https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004KMCLQK pitch me on #academic #Jewish #sff https://rowman.com/Action/SERIES/_/LEXJSF/Jewish-Science-Fiction-and-Fantasy
🙋🏼♀️kidlit author 👩🏼💻 proud Mama Bear 🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 “Though she be but little, she is fierce.” #PitchMe 23 winner #PBParty Honorable Mention 2024
Lyrical picture books about science and nature:
ONE DAY THIS TREE WILL FALL
A STONE IS A STORY
I AM WE: A STORY OF CROW SURVIVIAL ('25)
Children’s author 📚young-minded grandma FINLEY: A MOOSE ON THE CABOOSE 🫎🚂 FISHING WITH GRANDPA AND SKYE 🎣🐠 FINLEY: A MOOSE IN CHARTREUSE (2026) 🫎💚 AMBER MAE AND HER STRAYS (2027) 🦥🐧🐊🦒 🦛 Rep: Ritu Anand D4EO ❤️ #SCBWI #12x12
Mom. Music teacher. Picture book author.
Seeking representation
SCBWI
PBs
Poet: The Toy, Little Thoughts Press
Mira Reisberg's Children's Book Academy (featured poems)
Honors: Madness! Poetry (Elite 8), #50PreciousWords, Valentiny, Halloweensie, Holiday, Spring Fling
School volunteer
Hx: pediatrics
http://pjpurtee.com
Director of School Libraries and Co-host of Library Exchange podcast.
Marveling at the magical world of #kidlit and creepy crawlies! Writer and backyard adventurer.
Co-host of @StorytimeSprint.bsky.social
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1206704021/the-waga-laga-bugs-a-hardcover-picture-book
Children's Picture Book Author📚, Penn Stater, Beach Lover, Assistant Children's Librarian, 80’s Chick, Mother of Twins, Dog Person, Glass-Half-Full Kinda Gal
Visit my website: andreadenish.com
Check out my portfolio: https://www.berrietr.com/ Contact me: berrietr@gmail.com
#kidlit published #author/illustrator, who would love to cooperate with you in creating beautiful and meaningful #picturebooks for kids.
Picture book author
Scone lover
#kidlit, SCBWI, 12x12, book lover, nature lover. A BOOK FOR BEAR (Flamingo Books/Penguin Random House, 2023) www.ellenlramsey.com
Award-Winning Author, Independent Editor, Producer, Educator, Audiobook Narrator.
Co-Founder of Picture Book Summit (@picturebooksummit.bsky.social) and The Complete Picture Book Submissions System (@pbsubmissions.bsky.social)
EmmaWaltonHamilton.com
Following my #Librarian #Teacher #kidlit friends & hoping to figure out this learning curve. Repped by Deborah Warren @eastwestlit -- Blogger of author & illus. #BookBirthdays -- Playwright at Uproar Theatrics erindealey.com -- Happily MARRIED btw--
Children’s Author, Former Farm Girl, Boy Mom, THE TRACTOR SQUAD & THE TRACTOR SQUAD SAVES THE DAY (Marble Press ‘24 & ‘25)
Rep’d by Stephanie Hansen at Metamorphosis Literary Agency
📚KidLit Author
#SCBWI PA East Critique Group Coordinator
👻GILBERT & THE GHOST (Beaming Books 2025)
🐰PAISLEY'S BIG BIRTHDAY (Clavis Books, 2023)
🚌PAISLEY’S BIG FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL (Clavis Books, 2027)
picture book obsessed, creator of stuff
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)
🇲🇽🇺🇸 Author of AN OFRENDA FOR PERRO/ UNA OFRENDA PARA PERRO @littlebeebooks. Illustrator of LA AZOTEA DE MI ABUELA, @lillibros. Rep’d by @adriagoetz @ktliterary
Author-Illustrator, Amigurumi Artist, A GIFT FOR NAI NAI (12/5/23) 👧🏻🎁👵🏼, http://instagram.com/AutumnLeaflet, Rep’d by Miranda Paul, https://linktr.ee/AutumnLeaflet
Author of board books, picture books, early readers, and middle grade nonfiction. Lover of reading, travel, hiking, and ice cream, preferably combined.
Author, copyeditor, occasional magician. PERIL AT PRICE MANOR (HarperCollins 2023) and THE HAUNTING OF BELLINGTON COTTAGE (HarperCollins, July 2025). www.LauraParnum.com
linktr.ee/lauraparnum
Children’s author & speaker | FRIDGE-OPOLIS | ONE SPARK (2026) | scbwi.org/regions/austin | www.12x12challenge.com/ | WLT 2022 Discovery Prize | www.melissacoffey.com
PB Author & Educator
rep’d by Amy Nielsen
Ladybug Launch: Inspired by a True Story of Chinitas in Space (Simon & Schuster, 2024)
The Girl Who Dreamed of Space (Sourcebooks, 2027)
www.melissatrempe.com
Kidlit author of Schneider Family Award winner LISTEN, YA novel STRONGER AT THE SEAMS, & more! 💛 Cancer mama/disabilities advocate.🎗️
Repped by Allison Remcheck (Stimola)
She/her
Metamorphosis Literary Agency
Facebook: metamorphosislitagent
Instagram: metamorphosis_literary_agency
LinkedIn: metamorphosis-literary-agency
Funny picture book author of FLAT CAT, 7 ATE 9, BLOOP & more, mom, foodie, 80s fan, MS disabled. STORYSTORM founder. SCBWI Golden & Crystal Kite recipient. http://linktr.ee/taralazar
We're a group of Picture Book Authors & Illustrators who are debuting in 2026!
Picture book writer rep'd by Mara Cobb, avid field hockey player, reluctant runner, wannabe farmer. #SCBWI, #12x12, PBRisingStars '22, Mentee, PBParty '23 Finalist
sarahskolfield.com
PB author | #SCBWI | #amquerying | 2025 #KidlitChuckleChallenge Winner, #50PreciousWords HM | 2024 #PitchMe Finalist, #kidschoicekidlitwritingcontest Winner, #50PreciousWords HM
https://stephaniemstories.wixsite.com/home
Author ✏️ | Teacher 🍎 | #SCBWI
Rep'd by Jen Newens @ Martin Lit
THE A-TO-Z TEACHING TOOLKIT [2025]
TIC-ERRIFIC ME [2026] 📚
Lover of coffee, carbs, books & Bravo
Writer of sorts. Mom who doesn't own sweatpants. Really just an uphill battle.
✏️ #PBRisingStars Runner-Up '23, ‘24, ‘25
✏️ #PBParty HM ‘25
✏️ #50PreciousWords HM '23
✏️ ⅕ of Chicka Chicka Zoom Zoom
✏️ #12x12PB
✏️ #InkedVoices
✏️ #CtC
✏️ #KidlitZombieWeek
📍 NYC
Hosts of #KidlitZombieWeek 2025, @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @rebecca-ensign.bsky.social @midfreeman.bsky.social @byaliciameyers.bsky.social @janmilusich.bsky.social @drenderturmaud.bsky.social @kcstrocchia.bsky.social @storiesbystephm.bsky.social
All things art & kidlit 🪲
🤎Aussie dog mom 🤎Probably holding a pencil or ice cream (or both).🎨🐶
Rep’d by Rebecca Angus & Ashlee McCallum @ Howland Literary Agency
My Portfolio: https://brierhaigh.myportfolio.com/creative-hub
Woman-owned boutique literary agency, representing award-winning writers of fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books.
hugger of trees / writer of books
#amquerying sci-fi horromance 🪐🔭🫶
https://linktr.ee/saraduranauthor
#questpit is a writers hype event that welcomes industry participation || any stage of your wip can be pitched || run by @leonahwrites.bsky.social and @minaareis.bsky.social
https://questpit.carrd.co
🌻• NYT Bestselling Illustrator
✨• SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN ✨ MAO MAO’S PERFECTLY IMPERFECT DAY ✨ ZOMBIE AND BRAIN ARE FRIENDS (link below 💕)
🌷• Rep’d by @jemiscoe.bsky.social
🌼• queries & books: laancham.carrd.co
🥀• NO AI art ❎ NO NFTs ❎ NO stealing
✏️Picture Book Author-Illustrator
📚Represented by @kellydhouse.bsky.social - Tobias Literary
#kidlit | #kidlitart
✨ https://carolinemcphersonillustration.com
✨ https://www.instagram.com/caroline.mcpherson.art
✨ https://thetexturedpage.substack.com
Agent at SteelWorks Literary. Horse girl, dog mom, taxi parent, and guacamole lover. Building a community of storytelling, collaboration, and connection.
https://steelworksliterary.com
🔖 Children's book illustrator
⚜️ NOLA- adjacent
🍄 thepishposh.com
✍ Rep'd by Hen & Ink Literary
Picture Book Writer. Published Short Story Author. Reader. Crafter. Optimist. Nature. Animals. Institute of Children’s Literature. #Storystorm #PBParty #12x12PictureBookWritingChallenge
West coast illustrator & writer🤖🦕🛼
Short, left-handed, adhd, lighthouse keeper’s daughter. Nature & neon
Rep'd by @jemiscoe.bsky.social -Starling Literary & Media
@starlingliterary.bsky.social
PBs: MAYBE A WHALE | MOTHER ASPEN
www.heycrystalsmith.com
We are a boutique agency passionate about forming true partnerships & building long-term relationships with our clients. Visit us at: https://bradfordlit.com
Writes science books for kids. Cares deeply about literacy and science education. Nonfiction advocate. She/her https://melissa-stewart.com
Kidlit Author/Illustrator
Owned by a rescue dog. Adored by an amazing man who doesn't (much) mind being called by my last name.
Cali girl living in Georgia.
Neurospicy PB/MG kidlit writer #SCBWI, #12x12PB.
writershour.com Host 🧜🏻♀️
All em dashes are my own—
Children's Author & Teacher/SENCo
Winner #ChuckleChallenge 2024
Winner #springflingkidlit 2023
Mentor #WriteMentor 2023 & 2025
Author, teacher, librarian, consultant | will fall for any and all pranks | Vancouver, BC
📖 A Stronger Home coming out May 2025 https://www.orcabook.com/A-Stronger-Home
✏️ elainesu.com
Kid Lit Writer. Author of Sadie Does Not Like Sorries.
Follow me here:
Website: https://susandrewwrites.com/
Art shop: https://susandrewart.net/
Newsletter: www.substack.com/@susandrew
Intagram: www.instagram.com/_susandrew/
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. 🫤
