Children's book author. Agent/nurturer at Studio Goodwin Sturges. PT faculty @RISD. Cheerleader of young writers. Believer in hearing and empowering all voices. Lover of history, juicy words, and coffee. She/her.
Children's Author
Digging for Dinosaurs
They Work: Honey Bees, Nature's Pollinators
bookshop.org/shop/JuneSmalls
www.junesmalls.com
Opinion writer. Pvs: Editor at USA Today Opinion and National Journal, campaign reporter at USA Today and AP. Author, "The Art of the Political Deal: How Congress Beat the Odds and Broke Through Gridlock." My work: https://jilllawrence.com
Editor-in-chief of The Contrarian, MSNBC contributor, dog and art lover, democracy defender, and pro-Oxford comma. Book recommendations welcomed.
Mika Pikazo(ミカ ピカゾ)
Artist / Art Director / Illustrator
mail: mikapikaworkz@gmail.com
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https://www.instagram.com/mika_pikazo_mpz?igsh=MWxwcjZla3Nna2YzZg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Principal Illustration Artist at Riot Games
Picture book maker • she/her • Reader & star gazer • SPRING IS FOR STRAWBERRIES ’23 • Rep’d by Lynnette Novak at the Seymour Agency • PNW🌲
www.gortmanillustration.com
Writer, film lover, Italian speaker, & senior editor, children's books, 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
Illustrator, made in Egypt, based in Canada, and found in books. 🤗
https://linktr.ee/metahatem
Creature & nature lover
Bird nerd 🐦
Wordsmith
#Kidlit Fiction & #STEM PBs:
Latest: To Dogs, With Love 🐾
Up next: Rain & the Reading Horse 🐎
Horn Book honoree for Fungi Grow 🍄
Obsessed with auroras
Website: https://mariagianferrari.com/
Rep: Joan Paquette
Artist/Author/lover of children’s books/Illustrator of #1 NYT bestseller All Are Welcome
I write books for kids and make things with wool, wood, and a bit of magic.
Some of my books: LET IT GLOW (with Marissa Meyer), BIRD BRAIN, SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS , THE SUN WILL COME OUT, FISH OUT OF WATER, SMALL MEDIUM AT LARGE.
www.joannelevy.com
author / illustrator repped by @casahasegawa.bsky.social. CATNIP MOUSE hits stores 10/7: https://bookshop.org/p/books/catnip-mouse-a-j-smith/22297249?ean=9781525313530&next=t
Author of the YA romance FALLING LIKE LEAVES (2025) & the award-winning MG graphic memoir PLAY LIKE A GIRL (2022); teacher & RN; @mistywilsonwrites on IG; Rep: Daniel Lazar; she/her
Author of Grow; Flip, Float, Fly: Seeds on the Move; Waiting Out the Storm; and more. Sewist of upcycled clothing and Boomerang Bags. Collector and planter of seeds, baker of pies, fan of springtime and waterways and creatures that fly. www.joannmacken.com
"Those without swords can still die upon them."
OUR ROGUE FATES ⚔️ April ‘26
Author repped by JGLM. Queer. Witchy. T1D. Probably drinking at the Prancing Pony. Mother to many including Dawn, dogs, birds, fish, and a turtle. She/They. 🏳️🌈
Author-Illustrator in Los Angeles.
What I love:
Comics | Arts | History | Culture | Competitive badminton
Website: MapleLam.com
Newsletter: maplelam.substack.com
Picture Book Author & Poet. https://www.kirstenpendreigh.com/
WHEN A TREE FALLS, PW ⭐️ ; MAYBE A WHALE, Horn Book⭐️ & Fanfare Book; JLG Gold; CCBC⭐️; BEST CANADIAN POETRY; LUNA'S GREEN PET. Up next: WHAT FISH ARE SAYING, SLJ ⭐️🐠🐟
#kidlit author/illus. Stories, community, snacks!
LITTLE PURPLE TRACTOR illustrated. sourcebooks ‘24 .
JULIUS AND MACY: A VERY BRAVE NIGHT Two Lions ‘21
www.AnnelouiseMahoney.com
SCBWI Los Angeles
