VCFA WCYA
@vcfawcya
The first low-residency MFA program in the country to focus exclusively on writing for young readers. See our blog wildthings.vcfa.edu (DMs open!)
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Eric Smith
@ericsmithrocks
Founder + Literary Agent at Neighborbood Literary, Author, Dad. Latest novel, WITH OR WITHOUT YOU (@InkyardPress). Loves @BeautyBritches.
JennBailey (she/her)
@jennbailey
Author, Editor, Writing Coach, and Pie Baker. Chuffed to bits that HENRY, LIKE ALWAYS was so celebrated by ALAYMA.
Tara Lazar
@taralazar
Funny #picturebook author of FLAT CAT, 7 ATE 9, BLOOP, mom, 80s fan, #MS #disabled. #STORYSTORM founder. Golden & Crystal Kite recipient. linktr.ee/taralazar
Amanda Elend
@amandaelend
🏳️🌈 (they/any) Writer, producer, content creator, book nerd, mom #VCFAWCYA #binders #SCBWI linktr.ee/aelend
A.S. King ☂️ Updates Only
@as_king
Author of books. Speaker of speeches. Part squid/part earthquake. Nerd ♓️. Literacy fanatic. Lover of corn. Ardent supporter of teenagers. she/her 🏳️🌈
SchoolLibraryJournal
@sljournal
School Library Journal is the largest reviewer of kids & YA content, from books to digital. Serving up tweets: the editors of SLJ.
katemessner
@katemessner
NYT bestselling author of 60+ books. Educator. Speaker. Adirondack 46er. Passionately curious. Find me on Bluesky now: bsky.app/profile/kateme…
Jessica Woods
@jesswoodsvt
Writer. Poet. Witch. Dance Enthusiast. MFA @VCFA '18 she/her 🏳️🌈
Annemarie O'Brien
@annemarieobrien
#MG #Author of LARA’S GIFT @AAKnopf | #VCFAalum |#SCBWI | #Borzoi fan | #BestDogBooks blogger | #BookClub #SchoolVisit she/her
Varian Johnson
@varianjohnson
My books include TWINS, THE PARKER INHERITANCE, THE GREAT GREENE HEIST & PLAYING THE CARDS YOU'RE DEALT. VCFA/OU. He/Him. linktr.ee/varianjohnson
Bree Despain
@breedespain
YA author of the Dark Divine trilogy and the Into The Dark trilogy. Will write for chocolate covered cinnamon bears. Represented by @thejordache.
Salima Alikhan
@salimaalikhan
Children's book author and illustrator. MFA, Vermont College of Fine Arts. She/her. #WeNeedDiverseBooks. I CAN BE ALL THREE (S&S 2023.)
Kim Purcell
@kimberlypurcell
I dance in elevators. And write (not in elevators.) Books: Trafficked, This Is Not a Love Letter, The Busy Writer's Guide to Finishing a Novel (Penguin, 2026).
Yamile ⭐️⭐️⭐️🇦🇷
@yamilesmendez
sha-MEE-lay. Author & translator. FURIA is a Pura Belpré and a @ReesesBookClub selection!@lasmusasbooks Agent: @LindaRandom. she/her
The Horn Book
@hornbook
Independent, opinionated, and stylish: essential multimedia publications for everyone who cares about children's and young adult literature.
Ellen Yeomans
@ellenyeomans
Writer, reader, rather slow runnner. Trying to figure out some stuff from here. #VCFAWCYA. she/her. Rep: @gknowlton58 @CurtisBrownLtd
Laura Sibson (no longer active on this account)
@laurasibson
YA author of EDIE IN BETWEEN and THE ART OF BREAKING THINGS Repped by @secretagentbri SCBWI, VCFA alum. Will work for coffee. she/her
Anne Bowen
@annebowenbooks
Writer of books for children. @VCFAWYCA
Pat Zietlow Miller
@patzmiller
NYT bestselling picture book author. I try to juggle family, reading and writing. Usually, I succeed. Represented by Ammi-Joan Paquette of @ACM_Ki. She/her.
Helen Kampion
@helenkampion
Vermont College MFA. Rep'd by Stephen Fraser. Rollin' on Down the Line, Lady Bird Johnson's 1964 Whistle-Stop Tour for Civil Rights 2024 @Sleepingbearbks
Lyn Fairchild Hawks
@fairchildhawks
Author, teacher, Gen X. There's room enough for everyone at the table.
Shira Schindel
@shiras24
#Publishing innovation, #audio, & #kidlit enthusiast, thrifter, cyclist, mama. Acquisitions Dir., Bindery. Former: Audible; Blackstone. MFA @vcfawcya. She/her.
Anna E. Jordan
@annawritedraw
She/Her.#teacherwriter: SHIRA AND ESTHER’S DOUBLE DREAM DEBUT (Chronicle, 10/10/2023) THIS PUP STEPS UP! VCFA/MFA alumna. Amplifying diverse voices. #kidlit
Jen Kraar
@kraarster
City of Asylum Books bookseller/Children's Book buyer, mom, proud Pittsburgher, reader, #writer and knitter.
Anita Fitch Pazner
@anitapazner
MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults, #SCBWI-MI Co-Regional Advisor, Author #writingcommunity #amwriting #STEM #TopsyTurvyBus #Sustainability #VCFA
Taryn Haas
@tarynhaas
InsNerd, MFA candidate at VCFA, SFF enthusiast, amateur dog trainer. Pronouns: They/Them/Theirs Published in the Upon A Once Time Anthology aanpress.com
Saadia Faruqi
@saadiafaruqi
Pakistani American. Author. Interfaith activist. Pizza obsessed. Nap lover. Editor-in-Chief @blueminaret. Agent @karisutherland She/her
Melissa Cole Writes For Young People (she/her)
@mcolewrites
VCFA WCYA Guardian of Literary Mischief. One time Queen Bee. Practitioner of yoga (breeeaaathe). Walker of hounds. Writer of books for young people.
Lee Kelly
@leeykelly
Author, lawyer, mom to 2 wildlings. Latest: THE ANTIQUITY AFFAIR w/ Jennifer Thorne; WITH REGRETS (coming fall '23) @CCLRaritan @VCFA Rep: @katedetweiler.
Mary Rath
@amaryfool
I write quips, not tragedies. Web developer/WordPress designer for @VCFA. Part time photographer, part time tech goblin, full time hot mess. She/her.
Alina DeBellis
@alinadebellis
Writer • Hiker • @VCFAWCYA MFA Grad • Mental Health Advocate • Do good. Be more. Learn Something.
Jacqui Lipton
@jacqui_lipton
Author, law prof, Senior Lit Agent, @TheTobiasAgency; #AALA; LAW & AUTHORS: A LEGAL HANDBOOK FOR WRITERS (UC Press, 2020); OUR DATA, OURSELVES (UC Press, 2022).
Emma Tara
@emma_tara
25 ~she/her~ Oregon State Alum 🧡🖤 MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults student at VCFA 💚 aspiring YA romance author.
Kiara
@kiaracmedina
🇵🇷. Writer. #AMM R6 Mentee. VCFA WCYA. I write about soft boys and girls who fight back. Who needs happily ever afters when you have murder?
Jarrett Lerner
@jarrett_lerner
Award-winning maker of books for kids. Agent: @myrrr he/him
Lyn Miller-Lachmann 🇺🇦📚
@lmillerlachmann
Author TORCH, 2023 winner of the LA Times Book Prize for YA Literature. EYES OPEN, WAYS TO PLAY Translator. Lego builder. #ActuallyAutistic. Rep: @Jacqui_Lipton
Sandra Nickel 📚
@senickel
Award-Winning Picture Book Author | Next Out: Seven, A Most Remarkable Pigeon 🐦💙 | Agent: Victoria Wells Arms l #VCFA | #SCBWI l #AffirmingAutism l She/her
Taylor Pitts 🥀
@taylorjpitts
Sr production editor @yenpress | opinions mine | author | MFA @VCFAWCYA | 🏳️🌈✨🏳️⚧️ | rep: @PinaRamona insta @ taylorjordanpitts
Katey Howes
@kateywrites
Celebrating the literary legacy of Katey Howes, a beloved kidlit author and bookish mom: THE REINDEER REMAINDERS (7/16/24) WHERE THE DEER SLIP THROUGH ('25)
Angie Thomas
@angiecthomas
#1 NYT Bestselling author - The Hate U Give, Concrete Rose, etc. On the Come Up streaming on Paramount+ . Nic Blake and The Remarkables out now!
Kira Barrett
@kirabwrites
Author. Literary marketing consultant. Speaker. 📚 #AvocadoMustache Rep: @saraagent
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
Gail Vannelli
@gail_vannelli
Kidlit writer-fantasy, horror, sci fi. Editor. Cynsations News Reporter. Kidsstorystudio.org, MFA @VCFA WCYA. Post-MFA Teaching Creative Writing @Antioch-LA.
Elizabeth Booker
@literaryav8trix
Adventure
Jamie Schlansky Evans is ✨on sub✨
@jamie_s_evans
Associate managing editor at Peachtree Publishing | Holiday House. Writer of #kidlit. MFA. STL ➡️ ATL. Olympian multitasker. She/her. Rep’d by @estywrites.
Rebecca
@rebeccabendheim
she/her, VCFA grad, rep: @patricianels 📚🌈 Upcoming: WHEN YOU'RE BRAVE ENOUGH (2026), HOW TO TAKE A RISK (2027) from @vikingbooks @penguinkids
Annika Paradise
@annikaparadise
mom, writer, worldschooler
Christie Cognevich (she/her)
@cmcognevich
Author @ Rowman & Littlefield PhD in literature, LSU (2019) MFA in children's & YA writing, VCFA (2022) writer, scholar, dreamer christiecognevich.com
Rachel D. Josephson
@writerrdj
Writer, VCFA Alum 2016, and gardening enthusiaist.
Tricia Carey
@triciawritenow
Writing/taking chances #kidlit #writeowls #5amwritersclub @VCFA @VCFAWCYA @scbwi
Heather Hale
@heatherleehale
Student VCFA WCYA she/her
ShariSwanson
@byshariswanson
Author of HONEY, THE DOG WHO SAVED ABE LINCOLN (HarperCollins, Jan. 2020), and GERTIE, THE DARLING DUCK OF WWII (Sleeping Bear Press, 2023)
annebustard (Updates Only)
@annebustard
Children's author, beach person, animal lover, reader. FAR OUT! (S&S BFYR 2023) BLUE SKIES (S&S BFYR) RAD! (AbramsKids) #VCFA #SCBWI #CANSCAIP Agent @emilyreads
Aileen Johnson * 2023 Lambda Literary Fellow
@aileenajohnson
Kid lit, theater, dogs, law, and Oxford commas @lambdaliterary @VCFA aileenjohnson.com🏳️🌈 IG @ajbeanindc Rep: @Jacqui_Lipton @TheTobiasAgency
Max Bronson
@mxlbronson
Sigal Wilnai
@swilnai
Mama to four small dogs, five chickens, a guinea hen, and two teenagers. Oh, and I meditate. And write.
Holly Green
@writerhollyg
Author of IN THE SAME BOAT, Scholastic, July 20, 2021 (she/her)
DENNY PARTRIDGE
@dennypartridge1
Everything changes
Kate Schoedinger
@kateschoedinger
Michelle Cronin
@mcroninwrites
Writer, Onondaga Turtle, Children's Literature (PB-YA), Represented by @reginalbrooks @serendipitylit
Luckyone
@aimeedipasqua
Writer, mother, doctor, chef, exercise fanatic, lover of canines, purveyor of crickets AND VCFA-bound!
Magaly Garcia
@ofcatandcacti
MFA in Writing & Publishing from VCFA. Trying to work on hybrid things when not overdoing it at work and grad school. She/Her.
Kristy Roser Nuttall
@kristy_nuttall
#12x12PB, #SCBWI, #PBParty '25 and 22 finalist, #boymom, Forest Kindergarten #teacher, #kidlit, #watercolor, #WritingCommunity, #wafflechef
Laurel Abell, Author
@laurelabell
KidLit Writer (PBs/MG novels)~Adjunct English Professor ~YaYa to 4 fairy grands~#StoryStorm #PBChat #SCBWI #12X12PB~ #ProfessorYaYa #tabletoppublishing
Erin Nuttall
@writingnutt
book & dog lover, history buff, music enthusiast, amateur gardener, MFA VCFA WYCA, SCBWI, LDS she/her
Lourdes Heuer (pronounced Higher)
@lourdesheuer
Writing and translating for young readers.
Corinne Gubler Apezteguia
@canneblackwell
Single mom of 5, sleepwalker, & seeker of magic. VCFA WCYA (Alliterati 👁🗡🖤). Tacos are the answer to everything.
Tziporah Cohen
@tzippymfa
Children's author. Psychiatrist. VCFA alum. Rep'd by Jacqui Lipton at Tobias Literary. Newest books: AFIKOMEN (Groundwood) and CITY BEET (Sleeping Bear). #12x12
Ugo Anidi :-)
@ugochinyelua
#childrensbook author #pb #mg; Founder @booksforumuntii; RA #SCBWI Nigeria; #VCFAWCYA MFA; rep'd by @Lynnette_Novak; Wife; #Momofboys; Daughter of Zion.