Author. Eclectic kidlit writer. I write picture books (fiction & nonfiction), leveled readers and early readers. Retired teacher. Eccentric grandma. Beach junkie. SCBWI member. She/her
Kidlit Author, Therapist, Mom, Former Actor
High School Librarian. NH guy. Cricket fanatic in the US. Oldish beginning cricketer. Open minded. Fantasy sports loon. Jazz kind of owns me at the moment. Go Heels!!
Writer, musician, school librarian. #booksky #scbwi #12x12PB
The Wheel of the Year: An Introduction to Pagan Holidays releases March 20, 2026!
https://sites.google.com/view/jessicakarjanis/home
https://linktr.ee/jessiemayontheweb
I am a self published indie author who has released 2 books, with a 3rd on the way
22 years old/college student/AuDHD
Keep. Love. Going. Do one good thing every day. (One writer's quest not to shut down in the face of injustice, but instead to commit to small acts of resistance, education, kindness, and hope every single day.)
By the time you spot the librarian, she’s already been watching you for some time.
Library Support Assistant and trainee librarian at Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham. Interested in book history, bibliography, rare books and material culture. PhD.
Cartoonist, illustrator, designer.
National Cartoonists Society
SCBWI Midsouth.
#seekingrepresentation
BearEdwards.ink
Middle school librarian in Michigan passionate about maker spaces and career readiness exploration #schoollibrarian
Writer of off-beat, historical & fantasy fiction.
’80s kid.
Raised on Star Wars, LOTR, Robin of Sherwood — now Stranger Things, Monk & Lucifer.
Colinjlewis.com
SOMEWHERE PAST THE END forthcoming with Apprentice House Press in 2025
https://linktr.ee/amfaulkenbury
She/Her
Writer of thrillers, eerie places, and missed connections | #PitchMe 2024 finalist
Biblical scholar and SFF author on submission / Rep’d by Rebecca Angus at Howland Literary
Children’s Book Author, PB Writer: HANUKKAH PAJAMAKKAHS (@Sourcebookskids) Fall 2024. Rep’d by @renarossner. Debut 2024. SCBWI, 12x12, www.darahenry.com for more.
Literary Agent at Storm Literary Agency | Podcast Cohost: Way-Word Writers | Writer
https://linktr.ee/heathercashman
Literary Agent with Howland Literary
Author as Mackenzie Carson rep’d by Weaver Literary
ELA Teacher
Has too many chickens 🐔
🏳️🌈 she/her/they/NB
Not the pirate. Contributor to fightthefire.substack.com, an all-free site. Winner of multiple prestigious awards from dogs. Whistles through darkness. Aspires to ask "WTF did you just say?" at a WH press conference.
This sketch is too silly.
Episcopalian.
Stock photo profile=block. No DMs.
Vegetarian
She/her. Everybody needs food, housing, and education.
Favorite shows: #Moonlighting. #Endeavour.
Massive supporter of #PBS.
children’s independent bookseller/picture book author/artist/weirdo/invisible disability
www.lmccrary.com🖌️🎨📝📚
Rep’d by Kaitlyn Sanchez
Then: Director of Library Services
Now: Archivist
Always: Reader, researcher, tea-drinker, friend
Kid Lit & Poetry Writer, Editor, Performer, Hyper Local Journalist, Traveler, Biophiliac, Mom and Ravenclaw
they/them 🍒illustrator ✨book designer andywangart.com IG: @andywang.art
Illustrator of beautiful worlds where dogs train humans to be kinder and more joyful. HS art teacher, teenager whisperer, facilitator of creative thought and imaginative possibilities
https://www.rebeccafieldgraphy.me
Louis Shalako, founder of Long Cool One Books, is the author of twenty-five books, available from major online retailers. Louis studied Radio, TV and Journalism at Lambton College, later studying fine art.
Activist Democrat Missourian living in Virginia @iquitcigs.bsky.social @piperformissouri.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social @stegenmodem.bsky.social Team Site
We empower parents with the knowledge, tools, and community support needed to create a balanced, loving, and thriving family environment. launchfamily.com
#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
Columnist & project lead for the @WinnipegFreePress.com media literacy platform at www.winnipegfreepress.com/education, high school teacher, grad student @UManitoba.bsky.social, lifelong learner, Autism mom, love warrior.
Late-Diagnosed Autistic 🎧 Cuban-American
Advocate for Linguistically Diverse and Neurodiverse Learners
English Language Development Teacher 🇨🇺 🇺🇸
SelfDeterminedBaltimore.org
Youtube.com/@BmoreUnmaskedAutisticEducator
Dad. Husband. Illustrator and author of books. 2018 Caldecott Medalist.
Executive Editor, Sourcebooks. She/her
Children's book illustrator | Rhode Island | THE BLUE CANOE | MY HOUSE, MY FAMILY | CHALK THE WALK | rep'd by Essie White at Essie White Literary Agency | SCBWI member
Portfolio: www.laurelaylesworth.com
Writer of Fiction; Bae of Fundy
Irish-Canadian
Website https://www.lorekeating.com/
Novella AGONY'S LODESTONE https://store.tenebrouspress.com/products/agonys-lodestone-print
She/Her
Dog Worshipping, Mountain Loving, Useless Solivigant. Environment is my highest priority. I’m PETRIFIED about overpopulation / overshoot. There are way too many people & most consuming way too much!
I desperately wish Women were in charge! (I’m NOT one😏)
Member of the SCBWI 📚, mom, wife, nurse
Librarian. Trekkie. Friend of the pod. Queer joy is resistance 🏳️🌈🏴☠️🖖
Wikitree ADDICT (it's FREE). Genealogy is my passion. DM me for help finding your roots (no charge). 68yo, PNW was my home, now a Texan, RESISTER, adult children & dog Mom, widowed, disabled. I follow followers. WEBGIRLS or ask me for money - BLOCKED
Charter #173454 | Bee a reader and stop by the Bee Kind Little Free Library in Wickliffe, OH! 🐝
www.beekindlfl.com
#OBOD penman, #writer of portal fiction, dark fantasy and space adventure. The Raven of Brynfael, The Woods Beneath the Waves and the Clark Galaxy stories. #booksky
Website: www.jjhathwood.com
StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/jjhathwood
Best writing and poetry festivals to submit to each day on submittable.
https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/projects
Avid Reader, Blogger, Writer, Book Reviewer, Yoga enthusiast, and Buddhist practitioner. I blog on TheStoicBuddhist.com and Inspirationalbookreviews.com
I think we, the human race, can and need to do better.
Addicted to words. Used to be paid by the column-inch. (You can probably still tell.) Gleeful flipper of all the tropes. Queer, disabled, neurospicy thespian. Indie author of Chai and Cat-tales. (About to commit a trilogy.) https://lynnstrong.com
Your garbage mom; writer; she/her; I ♥️ unions; essayist on film, books, fairy tales, and horror; author of HAPPY PEOPLE DON’T LIVE HERE; rep’d by Kent Wolf; I just want you to be happy, honey
linktr.ee/ambernoellesparks
Children's book writer & illustrator seeking representation. Finding whimsy & humor with a dash of puns. Illustrations are hand-drawn, inked, & painted with watercolor. SCBWI-Austin Chapter. She/Her
www.jessieromigh.com
#kidlit #picturebook #kidlitart
Writer, Artist, Teacher, Defender of Democracy
Author ✍️ | Professional Book Editor 🦉
Helping writers turn drafts into publish-ready stories.
MFA | Dev • Line • Copy | Indie & Traditional Publishing
Website: NightOwlFreelance.com, Est. 2010
A collection development service providing libraries with the best new-release books for children and young adults.
Now it's our time to stand guard, be the keepers of the flame, keep the faith & love America. Opinions my own, don’t represent anyone w/ which I’m affiliated or employed. #removetheregime #indivisible #nokings #antifascism #feminist #democracy #resistance
A collection of KidLit & YA authors and illustrators who are taking a stand against ICE. For access to our statement and ACLU fundraiser, link below.
https://linktr.ee/authors4immigrants
Award-winning children's and YA author of THE ONLY ROAD, THE CROSSROADS, SANTIAGO'S ROAD HOME, FAREWELL CUBA MI ISLA, and others. Author visits available in English y en español.
✨magical✨ realist
https://www.claremcintyre.ca
Liberal transplant from Scotland to the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Music, science, politics, software, American exceptionalism sarcasm, MMT, saving democracy and dogs. Crypto-naysayer; it's a bigger fool pyramid - fun until it's not. Post.News refugee.
I make art, try to raise my kids to be Good Humans, and yell about disability. Maker of Santa Dinos and whatever else I feel like. She/they #art #knitting #3Dprinting 🧶
https://linktr.ee/measuredandslow
Author 📚 (SCBWI - PAL). NCHMA Analyst + 📊 Economic Editor. ❤️Wife+Mom+Dog-Lover❤️ Boilermaker! 💛🖤 Querying MG 📖
Hooper, writer, fire dancer, poet, circus performer, circus arts teacher, cat wrangler, bird servant, animal rescuer and behaviorist and public health specialist interested in art, animals, psychology, permaculture and gardening, people and Star Trek
Freelance editor and aspiring pb author
Avid reader, budding writer, and Tudor history nerd. Proud girl aunt and chihuahua mom.
https://linktr.ee/hannahleelovestoread
✡️✝️ Retired Mom Nanna I love my dog🐶.☕️ I'm a Democrat. I believe in God, love, kindness, and the American way. All animals are beautiful.😍 I live in Ohio. Legal #Marijuana. #Climate #Fibro #BlueCrew #Resist #Science
Librarian. USN (Ret) spouse. Mom. Gardener. Gamer. Anime. PBS. PTX. Tattoos. Whiskey. Cis-het, she/her.
Passionate about literacy, gardening (native, esp!), and animal rescue.
Opinions my own.
Published children’s book illustrator
TerryMinorArt.com
#picturebook writer, #12x12PB Challenge member, often despairing Mets fan
Massachusetts librarian, parent, greyhound adopter. "It's what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it." https://jenny-arch.com
Writer | Reader | M.Ed. | #SCBWI | Texas Master Naturalist | I 💚 wildflowers.
https://rebeccagaguilar.com/
bookseller/librarian/author of mg novels WORLDWIDE CRUSH and THE SCOTT FENWICK DIARIES (7.22.25).
Kristinnilsenbooks.com
https://kristinnilsenbooks.substack.com/
Poppreservationists.com
MG middle grade fiction writer and ESL/Reading teacher background;
Author of CHRISTOPHER HAWKINS AND HIS DARING ESCAPES, ESL workbooks and plays; major fan of movies, the theater, and book clubs. #SCBWI
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
Picture book writer and lover. Seeking representation.
READY TO SMILE AGAIN (Gnome Road Publishing, '25)
EMMA WASN'T READY (Lawley Publishing, '26)
SLOTHS AND THEIR MOTHS (Tielmour Press, '26)
www.KatieLeeReinert.com
#KidLit #author
New Mexico kid lit writers and illustrators
Writer, turtle mom, I read so I can breath, !children's picture books!, sky gazer, archery, crazy plant person dawnbyrne.com
#SCBWI
#picturebooks
Pen name for autistic/ace indie writer & digital artist, introvert, worried soul, they/she. 🚫NO A/I!
ART PRINTS: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/whistberry/
threadless tshirts: https://whistberry.threadless.com/
Other links: https://linktr.ee/whistberry
#Bluedot in a red sea, husband, dad to kids and fur kids. Nurse Anesthetist. Amateur baker and canner.
Blue crab of the resistance!
Trans rights are human rights.🏳️⚧️
Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
Nebula Award & Locus Award winner. Novels: SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN (2024), WEARING THE LION (2025), THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS (2026). Disabled. Ace/aro. He/him. https://linktr.ee/johnwiswell
Spanish teacher turned writer of children's picture books. Member of SCBWI. Midwest born and raised. Lucky to live in a blue state.
21yrs
Book Count: 1618
TBR: 5578
2026 Reading Challenge: 10/200
Dad. Author of the Cosmic Collisions books. Astrophysicist and Citizen Science fanatic @nasa. www.marckuchner.com
Since 1990, we've helped thousands of writers learn the path to success as an author of books for children and teens. More info: https://writeforkids.online
Author of 80+ books for young readers. Speaker. Newbery Award. Newbery Honors. Poppy book series. Latest books: Lost in the Empire City; The Secret Sisters. Rocky Mountain writer.
https://www.avi-writer.com
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HAI Fellow @ Stanford focusing on risk & safety 🖇️ 🦜
Published Author of Historical Fiction ⚔️, Fantasy 🐦🔥and Sci Fi 🤖. Host of Tales from the Wandering Scribe on YouTube. Avid book worm and Classical Historian.
wonderingscribe.com
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”
Storyteller ✍️ | Golden Retriever dog mom 🐕🐾| nature & hiking enthusiast 🍃⛰️ | creative explorer 🎨 📷 | from the beautiful city of Cape Town 🇿🇦
✍🏻Kidlit writer rep’d by Katie Erickson @ Jennifer De Chiara literary.
🍎Teacher and mom👧🏻👦🏻
#PBParty 2024 finalist, #PBChat mentee 2022 #SCBWI #kidlit http://www.maryellenannese.com
Naturalist, writer, artist, and educator with a Ph.D. in Ecology. I make interpretive signs, illustrations, murals, and books. Sometimes, I chase polar bears and belugas. #scicomm #sciart http://www.discoversecondnature.ca
Author, inspirational speaker, TV and radio personality, retired civil servant, MSW, disabled Vietnam Vet, proud Liberal. PNW Sports fan, dogs, cooking, reading, Retired and loving it. 🚫DMs please 🚫money requests 🐕🦺🏳️🌈🌲🌍👨🎓🏳️⚧️ RESIST!!
Dream Jar Publishing creates books that encourage self-expression, promote perseverance and resilience, and empower young readers to believe what’s possible.
🧚♀️ I write chapter books for young dreamers like me who love fairies and friendship.
💖 No villains - just sparkle, heart, and adventure.
📚💙 Ages 6–9
www.fairyacademybooks.com
Digital creator, parent managed account.
Layne Johnson is a picture book writer/aspiring illustrator. #SCBWI. Humor and Heart|STEAM and SEL|ADHD #amquerying
Website: https://laynejohnsonkidsbooks.com/
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Helping educators and students find, explore, grow, and share their passion. #DOR #esu10 #STEM #STEAM #UDL #SchoolLibraries #edtech #faith
Nebraska, USA http://dl.esu10.org
Ready for the bluest of waves in 2026!!! 🦋
Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Best-Selling & Award Winning Author, Educator, Avid Dog Enthusiast, Book Nerd 🖊️👩🏼🏫🦮📚 #kidlit
Learn more at mccallhoyle.com
Author of bestselling true crime books Deadly Heist, Murder on Birchleaf Drive, Evil at Lake Seminole, and Extreme Punishment StevenBEpstein.com #truecrime
Dog Dad
Nature Enjoyer
Software Engineer
Poet & Author
Poems published in The Awakenings Review, Bipolar Poetry, Thistle & Thread.
