We Need Diverse Books
@diversebooks
WNDB is a nonprofit organization that strives to create a world where everyone can find themselves in the pages of a book. bit.ly/WNDBDonate
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🏳️🌈Phil Bildner🏳️🌈
@philbildner
Children book author; Founder/President of The Author Village; Educator; Former NYC public school teacher; Recovered attorney; LGBTQ rights; Mets and Nets fan.
John Schu
@mrschureads
Librarian. NYT Bestselling Author. | LOUDER THAN HUNGER, RUTHIE ROSE’S BIG IDEA, THE GIFT OF STORY, THIS IS A SCHOOL, THIS IS A STORY | Agent: @Molly_ONeill.
SchoolLibraryJournal
@sljournal
School Library Journal is the largest reviewer of kids & YA content, from books to digital. Serving up tweets: the editors of SLJ.
Workman Publishing
@workmanpub
Publisher of the books you’ll wonder how you lived without & the calendars that help you make the days count.
Debbie Reese (tribally enrolled, Nambé Pueblo)
@debreese
Tewa Name: P'oesay P'oekwîn. Founder: American Indians in Children's Literature. PhD Education. ALA's 2019 Arbuthnot Lecturer. she/her.
Laurie Halse Anderson
@halseanderson
Find me where the skies are blue, FB or the Gram Rebellion 1776 is available now!
Tiffany D. Jackson
@writeinbk
NYT Bestselling author of ALLEGEDLY, MONDAY'S NOT COMING, LET ME HEAR A RHYME, GROWN, WHITE SMOKE, & SANTA IN THE CITY Rep by Jenny Bent #HowardU 🇯🇲🇹🇹
Jerry Craft
@jerrycraft
Author/Artist of New Kid: NY Times bestseller. Winner of Coretta Scott King & Kirkus Awards. First graphic novel to win the Newbery Medal jerrycraft.com
Feminist Press
@feministpress
Creating a world where everyone recognizes themselves in a book.
Interlink Publishing
@interlinkbooks
Indie publisher, since 1987. 🇵🇸owned. Cookbooks, fiction-in-translation, kids books, history, current affairs & cultural guides. Northampton, MA
Jason Reynolds News
@jasonreynolds83
Stay updated with New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds
Haymarket Books
@haymarketbooks
radical publisher of politics, culture, current events
ALA_Booklist
@ala_booklist
Find us under bluer skies! 🦋: ala-booklist.bsky.social
Sharon M. Draper
@sharonmdraper
Author. Educator. Grammy. Out of My Dreams and Bella Ballerina are out now!
Nisha Sharma (she series)
@nishawrites
I write messy brown girls with complicated feelings. Author of THE LETTERS WE KEEP (AFK April 1)// MARRIAGE & MASTI (Aug 27)
Alisha Rai
@alisharai
Author & attorney. Seen on NPR, Oprah Mag, Cosmo, EW, WaPo, Shondaland, NYT & bookshelves. Uh-leesh-aah Rye. Not on Twitter much, follow me on TikTok or IG!
Patricia Tanumihardja 🌺
@ediblewords
🇮🇩🇸🇬🇺🇸 I write for kids! 📚RAMEN FOR EVERYONE🍜JIMMY’S SHOES👠 THE SUGAR PLUM BAKERS🧁 (2023) 🥟Food stuff @picklesandtea
Yamile ⭐️⭐️⭐️🇦🇷
@yamilesmendez
sha-MEE-lay. Author & translator. FURIA is a Pura Belpré and a @ReesesBookClub selection!@lasmusasbooks Agent: @LindaRandom. she/her
Hank (ONE WRONG WORD is here!) Phillippi Ryan
@hankpryan
USA Today Bestselling author of 15 novels. 37 Emmys as TV reporter. Winner 5 Agatha awards & MaryHClark. Cat-and-mouse ONE WRONG WORD out now!
NetGalley
@netgalley
Are you a book advocate? Use NetGalley to help books succeed! Contact for support: goo.gl/uHKrJC NetGalley Shelf app (iOs & Android)
Lee Mandelo
@leemandelo
phd in gender studies - critic - writer of books (gay southern gothic ‘Summer Sons’ + t4t appalachian historical ‘The Woods All Black’ + more!) - he/him
Monique Gray Smith
@ltldrum
Mom to twins. Award winning & best selling author. International speaker who believes love❤️ is medicine.
Karen Strong Author Updates
@karenmusings
Now an archived account but you can find me elsewhere in the online world. Keep up to date below. ⬇️
Children's Bookshelf
@pwkidsbookshelf
A free e-newsletter from Publishers Weekly that reports on children's and YA books. Subscribe here: bit.ly/9Ubz9L
Anton Hur
@antonhur
Translator, author. TOWARD ETERNITY (@HarperViaBooks, 2024). Rep: @thesafae @rcwlitagency. Member @smoking_tigers. Korean citizen. 🌈 He/they
Weshoyot Alvitre
@weshoyot
Tongva comic book artist & illustrator: MARVEL, DC, Darkhorse, KOKILA, Native Realities, Own Voices, Scholastic, Yale University Press
Dr. Seema Yasmin is barely on here
@doctoryasmin
MD + Epidemiologist + Journalist | Fmr Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer| Teach: sci journalism | Direct: Stanford Health Comm Initiative| Study: infodemics
Walden Pond Press
@waldenpondpress
A collaboration between HarperCollins and Walden Media to create the next generation of middle grade classics.
Minda Dentler
@mindadentler
Mother, TED Speaker, Health Advocate, Polio survivor, 4x Ironman, 2013 Ironman World Champion - Handcycle, Author “The Girl Who Figured It Out”
Kwame the Gr8
@ksekoum
Husband, father, writer, Publisher w/ FREEDOM FIRE.
Sadeqa Johnson
@sadeqasays
Sadeqa Johnson is the award-winning author of four novels. Her accolades include being the recipient of the National Book Club Award, the Phillis Wheatley Award
Erin Becker
@beckererine
Author, fangirl, erstwhile Iowan living in DC. CRUSHING IT out now from @penguinkids. rep'd by @annmrose at @thetobiasagency. 🏳️🌈 💗💙
Sourcebooksfire
@sourcebooksfire
YA Book Imprint Thrillers, Fantasy, Romance, and more!
David A. Robertson
@davealexroberts
2-time Governor General’s Literary Award, TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, Editorial Director of new imprint w/ Tundra. Rep: @wca_litagency
Catapult
@catapultstory
fiction | non-fiction | craft books
Nat Iwata
@natiwata
Children’s book Illustrator/author, video game artist. Now with more tweets. Rep'd by Jennifer March Soloway @marchsoloway @andreabrownlit
Sherri Winston—Shark Teeth and The Braid Girls
@sherriwinston
SHARK TEETH & LOTUS BLOOM AND THE AFRO REVOLUTION (Bloomsbury).
James Acker
@jamesumacker
Stonewall Book Award, Nicholl Fellow, Jersey Trash. 📚OUT NOW📚TEENAGE DIRTBAGS @HarperCollins
BookBub
@bookbub
BookBub is a free service that helps you discover books you'll love through deals, handpicked recommendations, and updates from authors. Join via our 🔗 in bio!
Torrey Maldonado
@torreymaldonado
Author of HANDS, the ‘24 MS/JHS Global Read Aloud, and three more award-winning MG books. Close to 30 years teaching in Brooklyn NYC where I was born & raised.
Anton Treuer
@antontreuer
Professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State. Author. Racial equity educator. Indigenous language warrior.
Saadia Faruqi
@saadiafaruqi
Pakistani American. Author. Interfaith activist. Pizza obsessed. Nap lover. Editor-in-Chief @blueminaret. Agent @karisutherland She/her
Ashley Woodfolk
@ashwrites
A writer, not a fighter. Author of THE BEAUTY THAT REMAINS, WHEN YOU WERE EVERYTHING, FLYY GIRLS, BLACKOUT, NOTHING BURNS AS BRIGHT AS YOU & WHITEOUT!
🌺 Alexandra Alessandri (updates only) 🌺
@apalessandri
🇨🇴🇺🇸 Children's Author. Educator. Next in '24: Our Wold: Colombia, Lupita's Hurricane Palomitas, & Grow Up, Luchy Zapata. Rep: Deborah Warren @EastWestLit.
Feiwel and Friends
@feiwelfriends
Our Books Are Friends for Life✨; We publish innovative children’s fiction and nonfiction; An imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
Kennedy Ryan
@kennedyrwrites
NYT Bestselling Author | Producer | Lit rep @BookEndsKim | film/TV: [email protected] | TikTok: Kennedyryanauthor LINKS: linktr.ee/kennedyryan1
Jessie Sima
@jessiesima
Author & Illustrator of a stack of picture books, including NOT QUITE NARWHAL. Not really here. Occasional news/updates. (They/Them)
Meriam Metoui 🇵🇸
@meriammetoui
Associate Editor at @VikingChildrens, PRH. Author of PORTRAIT OF A SHADOW and A GUIDE TO THE DARK. Rep’d by @marchsoloway 🇹🇳 🏳️🌈 (she/her)
Karmen Lee
@author_klee
Queer🌈. Coffee addict. I speak fluent gif. Author of THE 7-10 SPLIT 👩🏾❤️💋👩🏾🎳 and THE RELATIONSHIP MECHANIC 🧰💕(1.21.2025) Rep: @tajmccoywrites
Nia / N.E. Davenport-updates only
@nia_davenport
Author of THE BLOOD GIFT Duology (ADULT), OUT OF BODY (YA) and LOVE SPELLS TROUBLE (YA: 2025). She/Her. Arrogant heroines = 🔥I Demi ✨Pan🏳️🌈
Cat Sebastian
@catswrites
Writer of queer historical fiction. She/her. Newsletter: catsebastian.myflodesk.com/signup linktree: linktr.ee/CatSebastianWr…
Marina Budhos
@mbudhos
Author, prof, mother, troublemaker. NEA in Fiction. Books: WE ARE ALL WE HAVE, WATCHED, EYES OF THE WORLD, SUGAR CHANGED THE WORLD, THE LONG RIDE & more …
Chatham Greenfield (TATA out now!)
@chatgreenfield
Your local YA romance author & @reesesbookclub fellow | TIME AND TIME AGAIN out now!! 🥰
Margarita Engle
@margaritapoet
Cuban American author of verse novels, picture books, and memoirs. NSK Neustadt Prize, Newbery Honor, Pura Belpré Awards, Young People's Poet Laureate Emeritus.
K.A. Cobell
@ka_cobell
Author of LOOKING FOR SMOKE (Heartdrum/ HarperCollins June 4, 2024.) Blackfeet. Mom of two. PitchWars alum. Rep'd by @petejknapp and @cmlwilson UK
TXFReadomFighters
@freadomfighters
We believe in the right to read. We support #FReadom. txfreadomfighters.us
A.Y. Chan
@aychanwrites
Author of THE LEGENDARY MO SETO from Aladdin / @simonschuster now in stores! Follow me for book updates, #martialarts and #kidlit
Danica Nava
@ddnavabooks
THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO EMBER Aug 6, 2024 @berkleypub Storyteller | Mother | MBA USC | Citizen of the Chickasaw Nation | Rep: Laura Bradford @bradford_agents
AuthorsAgainstBookBans
@authorsabb
A group of authors organized to protect and promote We are a group of authors organized to protect the freedom to read on both the national and local levels.
Lois McMaster Bujold
@loismcmasterb
American speculative fiction writer. An acclaimed writer, having won the Hugo Award for best novel four times, matching Robert A. Heinlein's record.
Amber Ren
@amberrenart
Illustrator of BECAUSE (DisneyHyperion). BG painter on Jellystones. Children's book illustrator represented by @jenrofe (CalArts 2015)
M.L. Wang is not here
@m_l_wang
Author of THE SWORD OF KAIGEN and BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN... not actually on Twitter. Latest books at the link below. More at mlwangbooks.com
Shelly Romero
@_smromero
Associate Agent | Azantian Literary Agency • PW Star Watch Honoree • Bi Final Girl • she/her 🇭🇳 | *opinions are my own*
Julian Winters is Kind of Here
@julianw_writes
Award-winning Author of RUNNING WITH LIONS, RIGHT WHERE I LEFT YOU + more • Next: AS YOU WALK ON BY (Jan 2023/@penguinteen) • he/him Rep: @AgentThao
joelle wellington GIRLS WHO PLAY DEAD LOADING...
@joelle_welling
THEIR VICIOUS GAMES ❧ THE BLONDE DIES FIRST ❧ author ❧ pop culture anthropologist ❧ motorsport enthusiast ❧she/her ❧ rep: @StutiTelidevara & @petejknapp
Darshika Varma
@darshika_varma
Children’s book illustrator | Rep’d by Advocate Art
Cheryl Kim
@cheryltkim
WAT TAKES HIS SHOT @LEEandLOW @kidlitworks #SCBWI #12x12 IG: @cheryltkim
Graci Kim
@gracikim
New York Times Bestselling Author of The Last Fallen Star + Moon + Realm | DREAMSLINGER coming April 2025 | Reliably hungry | gracikim.com | IG @gracikimwrites
ivelisse housman ⚡️ UNSEELIE is out now!!!
@ivehousman
author of UNSEELIE (2023) + UNENDING (2025) #actuallyautistic 🇵🇷 illustrator + dog person | 2 corinthians 1:4 | rep'd by @litagentmarini
Kim Rogers
@kimrogerswriter
2024 Charlotte Zolotow Award Winner JUST LIKE GRANDMA, 2024 AIYLA Award Winner A LETTER FOR BOB, rep’d by @authorblogger & Authors Out Loud.