Helping writers achieve their creative potential through education and community. Cascade Writers is a non-profit PNW-based organization.
https://linktr.ee/cascadewriters
#Kidlit PB/MG writer and enthusiast
Parent
Bunny person
#Scbwi
Nature
Foodie
The Book Bird Cometh
https://www.printrunpodcast.com/
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I'm a queer, neurodivergent author and editor. You can read my work in Wyngraf or in my novella The Cartomancer's Curse. When I'm not writing or falling in love with the book I'm editing, I'm swing dancing the night away.
https://www.kaitlin-schmidt.com
Trans Iranian Chicagoan author: THE BRUISING OF QILWA (adult queernorm Persian fantasy, finalist for IAFA Crawford, Locus, World Fantasy awards) & THE GLADE (🏳️🌈🍄MG horror). Faculty at unrlowresmfacw.bsky.social. Newsletter at NaseemWrites.Kit.Com/join
Kidlit author | she/her | bysonjathomas.com
📗 Olive Blackwood Takes Action!
📙 Sir Fig Newton & the Science of Persistence
Author of MG, YA, Sci-fi. New sci-fi: One Level Down (Tachyon). New YA: The Word (Page Street). Law librarian. Opinions my own. marygthompson.com
SFF author & audio drama creator with a PhD in trashy Victorian lit. HIGHER MAGIC (MIRA, 7 Oct 2025). VP 2022. She/they. ND 🧠. Rep: @rebeccamatte.com
https://courtney-floyd.com
🎙 https://hauntnowpod.com
✉️ https://buttondown.email/wallowinginink
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author of YA fantasy books Monsters Born and Made + Somewhere in the Deep
🇨🇦 🇸🇬 Illustrator, author (The Pink Pajamas, S&S 2025) | Rep: Tracy Marchini | Co-host @kidlitart.bsky.social chat
🎨 CharleneChua.com
🔗 All links - charlenedraws.bio.link
🖌Alt account @sygnin.com
🚫AI/NFT
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.
Author-Illustrator:SARI-SARI SUMMERS Illustrator: MILES AHEAD('26), LOOKING FOR GIFTS & TALENTS('27),AT THE END OF THE DAY,KAILANI'S GIFT,SEASHELL KEY Series, THE WORLD'S BEST CLASS PLANT,YOU ARE REVOLUTIONARY,JACK & AGYU https://linktr.ee/lynnorbontigao
Children's books author-illustrator
🌶️Spicy Spicy Hot! (LBYR)
👻Wolfgang in the Meadow (Clarion)
🐭Pippo's Perfectly Peculiar Days (Clarion)
✏️Sister Scribbles (Viking)
Represented by Christy Ewers @thecatagency.bsky.social
www.lennywen.com/links
freelance artist | she/they | viet-american
Commissions: VGen.co/jmqmorris
Print Shop: inprnt.com/gallery/jmqmorris
Portfolio: jmqfolio.carrd.co
Website: jmqmorris.carrd.co
No AI. No NFTs.
🇵🇭🇺🇸 KidLit Author/Illustrator. NYT Bestseller. Mom. Wife. Old school gamer. My favorite RPG game is Escape from Monkey Island. IG:ninamataart Rep: Christy Ewers, CAT Agency
illustrator 🇵🇭 I DANCE (Holiday House ‘25), DREAMING OF A QUINCEAÑERA (Scholastic ‘25)
📚 rep’d by Full Circle Literary
available for freelance!
https://www.christinealmeda.com/links
Illustrator, kids books, googly eyes. I'm too much woman for Instagram.
Rep’d by Adriana Domínguez at ACM Kids & Illustration
https://gingerngo.com
https://gingerngo.substack.com/
🇸🇬 SEA Comic/VisDev Queer Creator (she/her) #kidslit #YA indie #animation | Projects: Luuta & the Knight, Ghost Doctor | My socials: https://applefablecomics.carrd.co/ #Nogenai
(she/her) 🇨🇦🇻🇳 illustrator + bg painter by day, fried chicken eating cat by night 🌙
www.michelledaoart.com
bg design | visdev | illustration | イラストレーター
Seeking representation!
https://thewanderingren.com
✏️Award-winning illustrator sharing daily prompts to transform your creative life. Helping artist shift from struggling to thriving.
👇Newsletter
Linktr.ee/adamming
✨ Kidlit illustrator
✨ Cozy/warm/nostalgic illustrations
✨ 🇵🇭🇧🇪, INFP, HSP
✨ TikTok for more content: @Miabelladrawss
Viet-Canadian illustrator, writer, multimedia artist, general goblin.
Treaty 1 territory. Queer, ND. She/they. https://tiffbartel.com
#SCBWI #SCBWICanadaWest @cartoonist.coop
Children’s book illustrator. I also create bespoke art commissions. Please visit my website at marikris.com to see my work.
Illustrator based in NY.
www.kristinsorra.com
Rep by Caryn Wiseman at ABLA
I'm an author/artist/educator who dances up stories and paints with words. ✨ PB & MG GN :)✨💫
#ResistanceMatters ✨ #wethepeople
"Love the life you live. Live the life you love." ~Bob Marley
☺️ bio.site/kidlitedna
💜 #diversekidlit
🚫 no gen AI
Chicago-based illustrator, graphic designer, & art director ✶ Rep'd by Astound US Agency ✶ they/she/siya
https://www.shanetolentino.com/
The Young Adult Fiction Podcast featuring stories of the Fantastic
Episodes cross all speculative boundaries and if someone complains we are 'woke' or pandering to the liberals we are doing our job right!
Part of the Escape Artists Foundation
TRICKY CHOPSTICKS {‘24 @SimonKIDS} 🌟 SPARKLES FOR SUNNY: A Lunar New Year Story {‘25 @PenguinKids} 🌟 #SCBWI #12x12PB #PBParty #PBRisingStars #PBStudyBuddy Rep: @AgentHenkin 💜 food +☕+ writing STEAM PBs
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
Author. Up next: A Killer for Christmas (9/22/26, Crooked Lane Books), a romance-mystery. A romstery, if you will.
Past: Clarity, Revenge of the Red Club, Forget Me, etc.
https://kimharringtonbooks.com/
The Washington regional chapter of the national Authors Against Book Bans organization, promoting the freedom to read.
OH FFS, do I have to
Okay fine, FINE, I'm a children's writer and artistttnnnggghhhh that still feels so weird to say, I'm also Korean American and autistic and a messy emotional glob who constantly gets sentimental on main, you've been warned
Swedish-Canadian SFFH writer. Reviewer for LOCUS. Editor @ Ruadán Books & Many Worlds. Work in Best Horror of the Year, Lightspeed, The Deadlands & more. she/her 📚: WOLVES & GIRLS+SIX DREAMS ABOUT THE TRAIN🔗 http://linktr.ee/MariaHaskins Rep: Eric Showers.
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
Children Illustrator passionate of storytelling, colors. I love telling exciting stories through pictures #scbwi member Www.rekhasalin.com
Newsletter- https://rekhasalin.substack.com/
🎨 Mixed Media Illustrator and Visual Artist
🪡 Sewist and Knitter
🌿 Home Gardener
Kidlit Illustrator
•Crocodile Christmas, out with PRH
•Honorable Mention, 2025 PB Rising Stars
•Seeking representation
•Email: dibba.rangeen@gmail.com
•Portfolio: www.dibbarangeenstudio.com
Children’s book author and illustrator | India | MASALA CHAI, FAST AND SLOW | Rep’d by Lori Steel at SteelWorks Literary
Author/illustrator looking for representation #12x12 #PB #MG #engineer #STEAM #scbwi #2021PBParty Finalist, #2025PBParty HM, #2025PBRisingStar HM. Will not engage in DMs from unknown people.
www.rgspaulding.com
Illustrator & comic maker
Author of Ignatz award winning webcomic BUUZA!! & artist on Eisner & Harvey nom SAVING SUNSHINE 🌸 First Second / Hachette / Simon & Schuster/ PRH / Abrams / Bloomsbury
📍London, UK
🪷they/them
www.shazleenkhan.com
Cartoonist of Ravana’s Relics!
Read the comic! Or get it straight to your inbox!
💥: www.RavanasRelics.com
✉️: rajsolankiart.substack.com
Illustrator, picture book maker, and woodland dweller from the UK. I’m rep’d by Thao Le. Shop is open! Patreon, Website and more below:
🍄 linktr.ee/raahatkaduji
💌 hello@raahatkaduji.com
Illustrator. Traditional media artist. BIPOC.
Portfolio: https://abhishiktadutta070.wixsite.com/portfolio
Hello! Im a background and vis dev artist in animation, and I illustrate too! Prev: A24, Disney TVA, Nick, Titmouse & more.
Indian based in LA. Available for work.
Portfolio: yusrashahid.com // Email: yusra.arts@gmail.com // Print shop: yusraland.etsy.com
✨Looking for work and illustration rep!✨
🇵🇰🇮🇳🇺🇸🍉
Character Designer and Illustrator
Prev: Disney TVA, Disney Consumer Products
@zahrillu on Instagram
https://zahramerchant.myportfolio.com
Art director / Game dev / Kid lit illustrator and author! | 🇨🇦 #kidlitart
Rep’d by Thao Le at the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
anumation.ca
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
Professional liar, political jerk face Any/All
The fastest growing independent news network in the world. We cover breaking news, politics, law and more. We are unapologetically pro-democracy.
Award-winning author of A DRAGONBIRD IN THE FERN. American in Germany. Proud 🏳️⚧️ mom. Probably eating European chocolate right now. she/her
https://linktr.ee/LauraRueckert
Children’s Book Author.
Librarian (Middle/High School & Public).
Mom. Dog mom. Human.
The U.P. of Michigan. boniashburn.com
Author: A Suffragist's Guide to the Antarctic (Simon & Schuster 2024); Pin Ups (Homebound Publications 2020); Not a Self-Help Book: The Misadventures of Marty Wu (Shade Mountain Press, 2016). Educator. Gadfly.
Congresswoman, lifelong organizer, mom. Proudly serving WA-7. Chair Emerita of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Member of Judiciary Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee, Budget Committee. She/her.
A literary arts nonprofit fighting for equity in publishing & literature. Uplifting BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+, neurodiverse, and disabled voices.
thewordfordiversity.org
linktr.ee/wordfordiversity
Author of Such Lovely Skin (out now!)
The Mean Ones (fall 2025)
Weightlifter
Gamer
MFA from University of Iowa
Emerging Mystery & Kidlit Writer
✨2025 #CYA Aspiring YA Winner
✨2025 #WeNeedDiverseBooks #KillYourDarlings
🌈ADHD, TCK, dog mama, shaved iced enthusiast
📍Australia
linktr.ee/jackieyapwrites
Editor of the quarterly issues of Grimdark Magazine and owner of Before We Go Blog.
#SPFBO7, #SPFBO8, #SPFBO9, #SPFBOX
A Coffee and an iPad full of books makes everything better.
I write MG & YA books that win awards from people not related to me. Founding member of WENEEDDIVERSEBOOKS. Fight Book Bans!!!
Children's author, including MG novels Boy Bites Bug and Steering Toward Normal. Developmental editor. Current master's of social work student at University of Louisville. Resident of western NC.
Open 11am-7pm, 7 days a week📚
NYC's largest independent children's bookstore 🌈
NY Times Bestselling Author. The Underwild: River of Spirits, & Relic of Thieves (5/24/2026, Aladdin/S&S). Oregon Literary Fellow. Rep: Andrea Morrison, Writers House. Fountain pen & ink collector. Made of tea & Ghibli vibes ✨📚
https://linktr.ee/stargosz
NYT bestselling author of middle grade books. Latest release: A SPLIT SECOND.✨💜 janaemarks.com
They/them. Middle grade kidlit author of MELISSA, GREEN, and other books with LGBQTIAP+ characters and friendship themes. Living that pun lifestyle. ACAB. Free Palestine. Reparations. Housing, food, and medical care for all. Interdependence is life.
Peruvian-American author of middle grade books (TETHERED and MALLORY📚), library event specialist, mom to the coolest kids, vacuumer supreme for my scruffy dog 🏳️🌈🇵🇪
Author of books out now (The Color of Sound, AfterMath) and books coming soon (Three Pieces of Broken Glass, Always Enough Love). Emilybarthisler.com
Writer of #kidlit. Former teacher and librarian. Current kid wrangler. Mutant diabetic and perpetually tired nd. Author of 1st Day of Unicorn School (Capstone) and I WANT TO DANCE IN PANTS (Sleeping Bear, 2025) www.jesshernandezwrites.com
Sandy Grubb is the author of Just Like Click, a contemporary middle grade superhero adventure story for a new era! Represented by Stephanie Cardel. #mg #kidlit
Romance author and writing coach. She/her. www.cathyyardley.com
www.rockyourwriting.com
THE MANY MISFORTUNES OF EUGENIA WANG (‘25 JLG Selection, Fall #2025debuts)
@SCBWIRockyMtn.bsky.social member
#kidlitartinstructor at cuddlefishacademy.com
#aapi #rosebudauthor
Rep: @annmrose.bsky.social at @thetobiasagency.bsky.social
stanyan.me
Award-winning middle grade author. What Fell From the Sky and Rancho Espanto paperback out now! she/her 🇨🇺 Runs on pastelitos and BTS.
https://linktr.ee/adriannacuevas
#1 NYT bestselling author of novels, comics, and graphic novels | nonbinary | 🌈📚 | 🏳️🌈 | ♿
Out now: SPLINTER & ASH | Up next: AFTER WE BURNED
📖: mariekenijkamp.com
"Kyle Lukoff? Isn't he, like, the trans Maurice Sendak?"
"No, Maurice Sendak is the cis Kyle Lukoff."
NY Times bestselling children's book author of Beekle ('15 Caldecott) A First Time for Everything ('23 National Book Award) Creator Disney's The Replacements
Bestselling author of 50+ books. PRINCESS ACADEMY, AUSTENLAND, PRINCESS IN BLACK, REAL FRIENDS, DREAM ON, ITTY BITTY KITTY-CORN. Mom of 4, wife of 1. she/her. Curiosity and compassion. www.shannonhale.com
MG author who loves oceans, kraken, cephalopods | new MG: ⚽️ STEALING THE SCORE (World Cup mystery)| next: 🐕 NOW THAT WE DON’T TALK| sci-fi: 🦀 HANA HSU AND THE GHOST CRAB NATION | co-run Kidlit411 | website: enjoyingplanetearth.com
Author of THE LAST RHEE WITCH (2024) ; THE LAST RHEE WITCH AND THE NINE-TAILED FOX (Disney·Hyperion, May 6, 2025)
https://linktr.ee/jennaleeyun
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
MG author, out now: SKATING ON MARS, LINUS AND ETTA COULD USE A WIN, and GOING OVERBOARD
Rep: Jess Mileo at Inkwell
Musical theater and Murder, She Wrote enthusiast
carolinehuntoon.com
3-time Newbery Honor-winning author of THE LAST MAPMAKER, the #1 Bestseller THE TRYOUT, and THE LEGENDS OF LOTUS ISLAND series.
Award-winning author, figure skater, & typewriter tinkerer
⛸️ Ana on the Edge
✈️ Ellen Outside the Lines
⛺️ Camp QUILTBAG
📚 Just Shy of Ordinary
✡️ Shabbat Is ...
rep: @thejordache.bsky.social | https://linktr.ee/matokah | 📍SF + VT
New York Times Bestseller, Newbery Honoree, National Book Award Finalist, Procrastinator Extraordinaire, #KidLit Author
Author + Illustrator | 2x Newbery Medalist | National Book Award Finalist | NYT Bestseller | Agent: Sara Crowe | Faculty: USF MFAY | https://linktr.ee/erinentrada
I'm your favorite author's favorite author.
You will not see me here much.
courtneysummers.ca
courtneysummers.substack.com
ig summerscourtney
Bestselling author. Reality is fine, but my brain throws better parties. https://www.ellenpotter.com
MG author: FIELD OF SCREAMS and STAGE FRIGHT both Delacorte Press rep: Sara Megibow
linktr.ee/wendyparrisauthor www.wendyparris.com
Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
He/him. #KidLit, Funny #Poems, #Art. 📖 BEWARE THE DRAGON AND THE NOZZLEWOCK 📖 ZOONI TALES 📖 OWL & PENGUIN 📖 A HATFUL OF DRAGONS 📖 BOBO & PUP-PUP 📖 Rep’d Stimola Lit
https://linktr.ee/artbyvikram
Author of many genres and books!
Rep: Holly Root
Out now: 💖 Nav’s Foolproof Guide to Falling in Love
Coming soon: 🏕️ Hallie’s Rules (summer 2026)
Author of books about desi girls.
YA: The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali, Zara Hossain Is Here, Meet Me in Mumbai, What A Desi Girl Wants
MG: The Bloodstone Thief (Sept 16/Scholastic)
Karaoke enthusiast & puppy wrangler
👫🏻 Wylde Pak
👻 Ghost & Molly McGee
🚲 GLORIA BUENROSTRO IS NOT MY GIRLFRIEND (FSG)
🏹 THE CROSSBOW OF DESTINY (Scholastic)
💫 THE INVENTOR'S EYE (Top Shelf)
🧨 MINECRAFT: ONE LAST QUEST (PRH)
🪭ATLA: KYOSHI WARRIORS
https://linktr.ee/brandonhoangwrites
The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
She/her. I write books about carriages, corsets, and smartwatches. Mother of (emoji) dinosaurs 🦖🦕. 羽生結弦 fan. Fan of tea. Born at 332 ppm.
This biography should not be taken as a complete description.
courtneymilan.com
Award winning author & Doctor. YA thriller WHEN MIMI WENT MISSING won the 2025 Anthony Award for Best YA/ Children’s novel. SCBWI, ITW, CrimeWoC, SINC. supporting LGBTQ, women's rights, environmentalism, BIPOC, diversity, equality. Michigander.
USA Today Bestselling and Internationally Banned Author of ALL THAT'S LEFT IN THE WORLD, THE ONLY LIGHT LEFT BURNING, LOSE YOU TO FIND ME, and more soon… (he/him)
Taiwanese Canadian SFF & horror author 🖤 GORGEOUS GRUESOME FACES out now 🖤 BEAUTIFUL BRUTAL BODIES coming fall 2025 (Roaring Brook Press) 🖤 Rep'd by John Cusick
https://linktr.ee/lindachengwrites
Writer of cool things! SUSIE KING TAYLOR @Simonkids 9/26/23, GOOD AS GOLD @DisneyBooks 6/23, KNEEL ‘21, WHATEVER HAPPENS JULIE & THE PHANTOMS ‘21 Rep @literarycarrie
Award-winning, former World Book Day author | Carnegie Nom x3 | Books: BOY,EVERYWHERE | FIGHT BACK |BOOT IT | KICKED OUT and 12 others from pb - teen | PublishersWkly⭐️, ALA Notable Book, a Guardian & Kirkus & Booklist BOOK OF THE YEAR
Instagram: @a.m.dassu
