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CAUGHT ON CAMERA (2027, Moon + Bird/Watkins)
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The official account for Banned Books Week.
Authors working together to ensure fair pay, protect copyright, and defend free speech.
NCTE is the professional organization for literacy educators spanning preK through college. ncte.org
Children's book author. NE-SCBWI co-ARA. Director of Whispering Pines Writers’ Retreat. #kidlit #PB #MG #12x12 www.pamvaughanauthor.com
A podcast that meets at the intersection of literary + mental health, providing insights, tools, & support around well-being for writers | Host @Drenderturmaud
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NYT & indie bestselling author of Love Hate & Other Filters, Internment, Hollow Fires, Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit, This Book Won't Burn, The Singular Life of Aria Patel. Nat'l leadership team Authors Against Book Bans
www.samiraahmed.com
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🎨 illustrator/ food cartoonist
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Clumsy. Inordinately fond of cheese. Get a library card and use it.
Latina | Chilanga | Immigrant | Middle Grade + kidlit Author | Hamline MFAC
PitchWars alumn | Las Musas Hermana | Round Table Mentor
rep: @thejordache.bsky.social | @awfulagent.bsky.social
KidLit Author:
RAISAH AND THE BOAT TRIP (2023),
HUMPHREY THE EGG_SPLORER (2023)
THE ANIMAL SOCIETIES SERIES (2023)
Agent: Joyce Sweeney, 12x12,
Illustrator, kids books, googly eyes. I'm too much woman for Instagram.
Rep’d by Adriana Domínguez at ACM Kids & Illustration
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https://gingerngo.substack.com/
Call me August/Fresco. Cheesed to meat you.
I do draw the Kidlit sometimes 🐔🇨🇦
📚’26: INTO THE WILDERNESS | 📚’27: A ZOMBIE DAY
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Author, copyeditor, occasional magician. PERIL AT PRICE MANOR (HarperCollins 2023) and THE HAUNTING OF BELLINGTON COTTAGE (HarperCollins, July 2025). www.LauraParnum.com
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“Having fun isn’t hard, when you’ve got a library card!” - Arthur Read
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Third generation JA; Master Gardener
Priors: Editor in Chief, School Library Journal, Partnerships & Innovation Director, SLJ & LJ
📚 Elementary school librarian in atlanta, constant reader, occasional wood worker, reluctant book reviewer.
📚 2026 ALSC Children's Literature Legacy Award Committee Chair.
📚 "All reading is reading. Let them read how ever and whatever they want!"
Overcaffeinated Kentuckian in Massachusetts. Librarian. Professor. Trustee. Ask me about #GraphicMedicine. Trying to be kind, do good, and read comics. (He/Him)
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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
APALA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing leadership opportunities through informed dialogue that addresses the needs of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander library workers and those who serve these communities.
Educator-Author-Librarian
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A 501(c)(3) nonprofit helping people from underrepresented groups become literary agents.
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Picture book writer 📚
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We're a group of Picture Book Authors & Illustrators who are debuting in 2026!
Reader. Children's Book Enthusiast. Designer. Game Night Denizen. Recipe Collector. Publisher. Freelance Journalist.
Writer, wanderer, and wonderer
Picture book author-illustrator. www.mrfox.nyc
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YA romance writer/blogger/opinionated reader with a cringy sense of humor
Represented by Amelia Appel at Triada US
co-host of: @sparksandscribbles.bsky.social
My links: https://linktr.ee/writerceci
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#2 Most Followed Library in the USA!
Current Challenge, Peeps!!:
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Founder and Literary Agent at Azantian Literary Agency. Mom to humans and pups. Occasional sharer of TMI. Queer. ND. First-gen Armenian (she/her)
Author-run group to celebrate Asian Kidlit & the diversity of stories that originate from the Asian Continent and books by Asian authors! #AsianAuthors
Sociologist & demographer @ UMass Boston Gerontology studying minority aging. Previously @ Princeton Office of Population Research + @ Harvard Center for Population & Development Studies. 2nd gen Korean American. Views are mine alone. www.sungspark.org
K-2 Music Teacher, kidlit author (repped by Joyce Sweeney), Debut PB 2026, Happily married woman of faith, #PBJamz multimedia blog of #PB (picture books) and #Jamz (music) www.tonnyefletcher.com
Picture Book Author rep'd by Morgan Hughes of FinePrint Literary Management, Wife & Mother, #SCBWI OK/AR PAL Coordinator, #12X12PB, #CTCWriters, Empowered Author🇭🇺🇺🇸
Blog: https://authorjenanyong.wordpress.com
Picture Book Writer. English Prof. http://mypbjam.com (she/her)
#kidlit #SCBWI #CANSCAIP Rep'd by Jackie Kaiser, Westwood
Boyds Mills positively impacts children by amplifying the voices of storytellers who inspire children to become their best selves.
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Illustrator📍NYC
Represented by Sean McCarthy
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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
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Author, Lover of the Word 🇯🇲 🇨🇦 Coming soon from @randomhousestudio in 2026 MY NEIGHBORHOOD - #PBRisingStar Alumni - CANSCAIP - SCBWI - #12x12ChallengeMember - Rep'd by @ArianaPhilips.bsky.social @jvnlainc
Author and illustrator of all the books you like. No, not that one. No, not that one either
🔊 Zee-Kway • Author of A CURSE CARVED IN INK (Coming Jan '27 with S&S) • Rep'd by Naomi Davis of BookEnds Literary 📖🌒🎋
Children’s book writer ✍️
Author of “Seeking Best Friend” (Beaming Books)
Rep: Ashley Reisinger at Triada US
#UniteAgainstBookBans is a national @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social initiative to empower readers everywhere to stand together in the fight against censorship.
Join the campaign: https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
New York State Author Laureate 2025-2027. Writer. New Yorker. Late Bloomer.
www.minjinlee.com
writing a bio.. embarrassing
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Children’s Book Author
THE MONSTER ABOVE THE BED
KID-VENTORS
I SEE COLOR
Repped by Emily Forney of Bookends Lit
kaileipewbooks.com
Author/illustrator of humorous stories for kids.
https://briankirbystudio.com
SCBWI Ohio: North | #pbparty Finalist ‘24 & ‘25 | #kidlit booster
Represented by @KaitlynLeann17.bsky.social at
@Bradfordagents.bsky.social
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
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Author of Split and Chasing Shadows. (Knopf BFYR). Adj Professor at Hamline University’s MFA in writing for children and YA. Obsessed with all things bunny on bluesky.
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"Kyle Lukoff? Isn't he, like, the trans Maurice Sendak?"
"No, Maurice Sendak is the cis Kyle Lukoff."
Syrian Canadian Author • Wife • Boy Mama
THE CITY OF JASMINE (Harper ‘25) • WHERE THERE IS LOVE (Harper ‘26)
Rep’d by Allison Remcheck of Stimola Lit.
Dual immersion teacher and author I Crack Goes the Cascarón '25 I Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa '25 I A Tanta Wawa for Abuelo '26
Repped by Nicole Geiger-Full Circle Literary
#LatinxPitch Co-founder
she/Ella
www.sarafajardowrites.com
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
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Urologist by day, masked avenging YA author by night. Publishers Weekly Flying Start & Schneider Award Winner.
NONE OF THE ABOVE (Balzer + Bray)
THIS IS MY BRAIN IN LOVE (Little, Brown BFYR)
www.iwgregorio.com
Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
ALA Geisel Award winning Brooklyn based Korean American Illustrator/Author.
IG: https://www.instagram.com/yangblog/
Web: https://www.jamesyang.com
Books: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2143640/james-y
this is just a momentary ripple in the stream
work stuff:
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Writer, Human, Author, Friend. Learn about my new course with Nina LaCour, The Business of Writing: https://the-business-of-writing.teachery.co/businessofwriting
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ALL THAT CHANDNI KNOWS (Putnam, 2026)
STOLEN COLORS (Levine Querido, 2026)
MY HOUSE IS A MUDDY RIVER (Putnam, 2027)
Rep: Joyce Sweeney @ Seymour Agency
space fantasy author | THE DEMON STAR (@dawbooks 2026) | EMT-I/Trauma RN/BSN | Cat/Owl person, UFO enthusiast, recovering vampire.
Human artist, robots DNI.
rep: John Baker/Julie Gourinchas @ Bell Lomax Moreton
https://linktr.ee/jessearagon
장한이 (Pronounced "Han-ee")
Korean American children's book illustrator/designer based in London
🐈⬛ Rep'd by Christy T. Ewers at The CAT Agency
Guess I’m doing this now.
Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Professor and Chair of University of Michigan's Joint Program in English & Education. Author, The Dark Fantastic & more. Made in Detroit. FAMU 🐍. ΔΣΘ ❤️. OES ⭐️. August ♌️. She/her. Forthcoming: Shifter and Dreamer (YA novel). Linktree: Ebonyteach.
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.
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Agent: Susan Hawk | Upstart Crow Literary
BINNA’S DALGONA out now!
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World Illustration Awards 2021
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Executive Editor, Sourcebooks. She/her
Triada US represents a diverse list of writers, ranging from PB, MG, YA, and adult fiction + non-fiction. Check our site for querying details. #TeamTriada
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💜 Writer of queer historical romance.
📚 Repped by Brent Taylor at Triada US
https://emmavailwrites.com/
𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗹𝘆𝗻, 𝗡𝗬 🦁📚✨ We publish wonder-saturated illustrated books from around the world!
https://enchantedlion.com
Story Maker-Upper 📺 TV Writer: ESE on All American: Homecoming I Staff Writer on LA’s Finest 📚 Kidlit Writer: Member of Storyteller Academy I PB Rising Stars HM 2025 I Blogger of @keepwritingkidlit.bsky.social (she/her)
YA SFF writer.
She/her.
Website: https://www.jamoywrites.com/
