Picture book editor at Lee & Low Books (thoughts my own) | Barnard alumna | glitter glue incarnate | co-founder of UnimPRESSed (a zine publisher) kcoston.com
Award-Winning Author, Independent Editor, Producer, Educator, Audiobook Narrator.
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• Associate Agent with Tugeau2 Art and Literary Agency
• Former editor at Candlewick Press
• Freelance editor and kidlit writing coach
• Husband to a public librarian wife and dad to two preschool boys
picture book editor @ Random House Children's Books
Children's book editor; loves books, nature, animals, poetry, walking, and so much more.
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Executive Editor of award-winning and bestselling children’s books at FSG Books for Young Readers (Macmillan). Books, food, fine art, cocktails/mocktails, and Manhattan née Brooklyn. Opinions mine alone.
Children’s book editor. Loves dogs. Likes ducks.
Freelance children’s book editor. Literary translator. Writer. Mama.
✨Rep’d by Kelly Sonnack at Andrea Brown Lit Agency
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They/them // poet & children’s book editor // NOLA ➡️ HTX ➡️ NYC
Senior Editor, Children's @ Chronicle Books (she/her/hers)
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Executive editor of picture books, MG, & YA at HarperCollins Children's Books. Lover of books, dogs, & cheese.
Assistant Editor at S&S Children's, wildly unoriginal (desi, runs on chai, talks too much), avatar by the lovely Samairu ☀️
Senior Editor of commercial and literary young adult and children’s books for all ages! she/her
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Editor at HarperCollins Children’s Books
Opinions my own
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https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/erika-dipasquale/
NYT #1 bestseller & Eisner-nominated book editor
Children’s, graphic novels, comics & pop culture
Author Stewardship Manager @ PJ Library (@pjlibrary.org)
WFH/freelance. Sometimes Cala Spinner. #ArtByHumans #WritingbyHumans
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Children’s book editor, bisexual, spreadsheet aficionado. She/her.
Senior Editor at Viking Children’s Books, Penguin Random House. Also reader, writer, TV/movie/theater fan, and former UCB performer.
Author illustrator on Vancouver Island. More Than Words: So Many Ways to Say What We Mean (2023) and Together, a Forest (Henry Holt) coming this Spring!
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Picture book author. Reader. Bookstore and library lover. All about my kids and cats. Repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette. #Kidlit website: www.patzietlowmiller.com
Literary Associate at Olswanger Literary; Bookseller; Massachusetts girl; loves dogs, chocolate, and (of course!) books https://www.anniecroninromano.com/agenting.html
Leila Sales suffers for her art. Well, it's not really art. But it's something. And she suffers.
Author, editor, eater of chocolate. My newest book, THE MUSEUM OF LOST AND FOUND, is out now!
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Associate Editor @ Penguin Workshop🐧📚
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KidLit writer/illustrator. #SCBWI & #12x12PB. Winner #springflingkidlit 2023 http://instagram.com/jmebills / https://jamiebills.com/
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Educator & advocate for little ones!
The Rights of Every Child initiative brings awareness to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child through art and advocacy.
author & illustrator of children's picture books,
+ gardener, woods walker, cloud & bird watcher
www.deborahfreedman.net
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kidlit illustrator based in bucks county, pa
represented by Charlotte Wenger at Prospect Agency
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madlykim.com
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2025 SCBWI EJK Showcase Prize Winner
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SCBWI | open porch arts
We're a small publishing house dedicated to helping families be happy 📚
Massachusetts Authors Against Book Bans is a state affiliate of Authors Against Book Bans, book creators fighting for our freedom to read. #MassFreedomToRead https://www.massfreedomtoread.org/ www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
Author of Wherever I Go and Yoshi’s Big Swim. Coming soon: Sometimes We Pray. Represented by by Charlotte Wenger of Prospect Agency
Hello! We are Kids Comics Unite, an online organization offering career development for comics creators in children’s publishing 🦊✏️
Join our ever-growing community today!
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ABLA agent, Chicagoan, observer of ducklings. Takes ballet lessons & loves tiny houses. Banner art (c)2020 by Taeeun Yoo from WHEN THE STORM COMES by Linda Ashman
🌈 Creative Development Director at Barefoot Books 👣
📍Arby's on McKnight Road
Duotrope is an award-winning writers' resource. Search for publishers and agents, track your submissions & more! https://duotrope.com
@duosuma.com is our submission manager.
Reader, gardener, indep book reviewer- https://BooksYALove.com. All kids need school libraries & librarians! IASL Past-President.
Award-winning independent children's book publisher, inspiring a lifelong love of reading for more than 50 years #Bookswithusallin #Learningthroughplay www.childs-play.com https://linktr.ee/childsplaybooks
USA division of award-winning indie children's books publisher @childs-play.co.uk
More than 50 years specializing in whole child development and learning through play.
New titles, free activities, events and more!
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We Need Diverse Books is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit revolutionizing what we read to create a world where everyone can find themself in the pages of a book.
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We stand at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect open expression in the U.S. and worldwide. Support and learn more at pen.org.
Sharing and celebrating the endpapers of children’s literature.
“My daddy does a podcast. He tries to do it. He has a chair.” Squish, age 6 🥰
podcaster, teacher, librarian, and host of The Children’s Book Podcast
School Librarian. Author of BLUE FLOATS AWAY, THE VERY LAST CASTLE, THE SHIP IN THE WINDOW, CABOOSE | Author/illustrator of JUST ONE FLAKE and JUST ONE WAVE (2025)
We are the MacKids School & Library marketing team! Follow us for news about books for kids & teens and resources for teachers & librarians!
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K-5 Music Educator. Children's Literature Fanatic and Enthusiast. PhD in Education: Reading Assessment & Intervention. Husband. Uncle. Rotarian. Kiwanian. Organist. Local Dolly Parton Imagination Library Director. Adjunct Children's Literature Prof.
Official Bluesky account of the Boston Public Library. A library built by the people and dedicated to the advancement of learning. Free to all.
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AK writer, illustrator, poet, teacher, SCBWI & 12x12 member, & PB enthusiast. AK SCBWI IC. (Opinions my own); PB debut, KAUAI'S CALL (Island Heritage, May 2024)
Owner of @curiouscatbookshop.bsky.social, founder and editor-at-large of Tu Books, editor, cat person, K-dramas, and more. Opinions my own. curiouscatbookshop.com
writer. editor at chronicle books. aspiring crossroads demon. that annoying kid who never left her emo phase. opinions are my own. she/her. 💖💜💙
https://www.emilydaluga.com
We are KidLit Collective, a collection of creative kidlit authors and illustrators supporting each other since our 2020 debuts and beyond. Art by @nielanderamy
Publisher of award-winning and best-selling children's books, from birth to young adult. Sign up to our newsletter: https://bit.ly/LittleTigerNewsletter
Indie publisher based in Edinburgh. We specialise in beautiful books for children and fascinating non-fiction for adults. Check out our imprint @discoverkelpies.bsky.social
Visit us online - florisbooks.co.uk
Agented by Jen Newens. Children's Book Academy Director teaching students how to write, illustrate and publish kid's book. Fab, hard working students have published over 1400 books and won tons of awards. Visit: https://www.childrensbookacademy.com
UK children's books publisher. We publish entertaining & memorable books to a worldwide audience, reprinting old classics and discovering new ones, from fiction to narrative nonfiction and illustrated poetry. 📚 💙
http://scallywagpress.com
reviewer, fantasy nerd, assistant marketing manager at S&S Children’s Publishing // 🇺🇸🇪🇹 // opinions my own
A Podcast about children’s book illustration 🎨publishing📚 and how to become an illustrator with Kidlit discussions and insights for artists and creatives.
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The Happiest Place in Publishing! Classes, agent consultations + a thriving community at ManuscriptAcademy.com. Brought to you by the makers of Manuscript Wish List® + #MSWL.
Executive Editor at InterVarsity Press, managing IVP Kids and IVP Bible Studies.
The home to 28 Days Later, we are an award-winning website dedicated to highlighting both under the radar Black children's lit creatives and the vanguards whose shoulders we all stand on. Your go-to source on #BlackKidLit since '08. thebrownbookshelf.com
Author, Art Director at Eerdmans, Illustrator, & Michigander
LOVE IS POWERFUL—Available Now
MEET ME IN YOUR HEART, 2026
ONWARD: 16 Climate Stories..., 2026
OUR MICHIGAN PARKS, 2027
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bsky pitch event for unagented creators from marginalized communities
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Illustration agent with Morgan Gaynin, focused on storytelling in children's publishing. MorganGaynin.com
Children's book-writing, woods-wandering, water-loving magical elf
Sometimes here, sometimes not
MY DADDY IS A COWBOY (Abrams, 2024)
More books to come!
Welcome to PB Soar! We're a group of picture book authors and illustrators that debuted together and are still going strong. Our stories have just begun! Come SOAR with us!
Read Your World is a non-profit whose mission is to raise awareness about children’s books that celebrate diversity and to get more of these books into the hands of readers.
https://linktr.ee/ReadYourWorld
She/Her. Teacher, learner, rabble rouser. Part-time zombie slayer. 🏳️🌈 Ally.
Co Author: Fact VS Fiction (2018 ) Developing Digital Detectives (2021). My posts. My rules. 💙
Contact: librarygirl.net
Author, illustrator and designer of books (for kids)
http://instagram.com/jackdraws
Lit agent:
@cmlwilson
Illustrator & designer 🌈 she/elle
Illustrator Coordinator for SCBWI Canada East
BUTTERFLY SEA, Tielmour Press Jan 2026
https://MarieLaureCouet.myportfolio.com
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Children’s book Illustrator
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SCBWI
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Illustrator and Assistant Designer at HarperCollins Children’s Books 🍊Syracuse Alum / 🎨Rep’d by Jennifer March Soloway of Starling Literary Agency
🚀 Look out for I NEED SPACE in 2026!
Illustrator, Children's Book Author, Designer.
Literary Agent: Lilly Ghahremani, Full Circle
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Children’s Book Designer/Art Director, Picture Book Enthusiast, Bird Nerd, Book Nerd, Welsh Corgi Fanatic 🦉📚✏️🐶
✿ Art Director @ Macmillan Children's Books
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✿ icon by Veronica Mang
Art Director and designer of books for kids/teens. I love reading, drawing, lettering, music, and puppy-babies Roux and Jamba.
Writer, film lover, Italian speaker, & children's news editor at Publishers Weekly (@pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social). Words in NYT Mag, the Millions, Electric Lit, Lit Hub, Hey Alma, & more. All quips my own. Brooklyn, NY. emmakantor.com
manila 🔁 nyc • pw star watch honoree • editor at Farrar Straus Giroux BYR 📚🖋️ visit my website trishadeguzman.com!
Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators: So Cal
Workshops * Events * Community
Serving Long Beach and counties of Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino
Welcome!
https://www.scbwi.org/regions/socal
We write, illustrate and support Canadian, and we’re releasing our seventh year of picture books in 2026. Follow us for news about 🇨🇦 PBs, blogs by 🇨🇦 PB creators and more, eh!
Website: https://picturebookseh.weebly.com
Sharing the very best books for Children aged 0-12 📚💫
Senior editor at Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers | moonlighting as @elshenwrites.bsky.social | she/her
Executive Editor at Random House Studio 📚
editorial assistant/acquiring editor at disney hyperion | fandom (studies) enthusiast | 🏳️🌈 | opinions my own
Hopelessly devoted to books. Editorial Director Walker Books US/Candlewick Press
Executive Editor, Sourcebooks. She/her
🇨🇦 Children’s book editor.📚 Folklore and mythology nerd.🧌 Amphibian. 🦎
Mom, teacher (M. Ed), author of the ZOEY AND SASSAFRAS SERIES + more, editor @ Innovation Press
Book publisher and editor, cat person, design admirer, clueless gardener, newly Canberran
Editor at S&S/McElderry Books
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Senior Editor at UNSQ :: speculative fiction :: Freelance writer sometimes :: Professional Nerd :: neurospicy :: opinions my own :: she/her 🏳️🌈
20-yr thousandaire. Editor of adult comics, humor, and more at Andrews McMeel Publishing: @andrewsmcmeel.bsky.social
She/her. podcaster, zine collector, plant person, seat saver. 📚🖤🏳️🌈🇲🇦🍉
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