Website: https://briankirbystudio.com/ |

Bluesky: @boringstorybook.com | Instagram: @boringstorybook

Represented by Kaitlyn Sanchez

Brian Kirby is an author-illustrator on a mission to get kids and caregivers laughing together through bedtime stories. With a background in cartooning and design, his web comics and t-shirt artwork have gone viral, sparking national conversations along the way. A native New Yorker now living in the Cleveland area with his wife and two kids, Brian is a 2024 and 2025 PBParty Illustration Showcase finalist and holds a degree in English literature from Fordham University. Brian volunteers with SCBWI: Ohio North, helping run their social media and supporting fellow kidlit creatives. On weekends, you’ll find him debating which monster movie to watch next with his kids.

Website: https://www.shereetomba.com | Instagram: @shereesketches | Bluesky: @shereesketches.bsky.social

Sheree Tomba is an active member of 12×12 and the Illustration Department. Sheree’s storytelling has been greatly influenced by her degree in Theater from NYU. She often gets new story inspiration from teaching drawing classes and art camps for kids. When not writing or drawing, you can find her riding bikes, playing board games or building jigsaw puzzles.

Website: www.kierqe.com  |  Instagram: kierqe | Bluesky: @kierqe.bsky.social

Represented by Hannah Andrade

Website: www.katiedwyerillustrations.com |  Instagram: @katiedwyer.illustrations | Bluesky: @katiedwyer.bsky.social

Represented by Kaitlyn Sanchez

Katie Dwyer is a Japanese American children’s book illustrator and writer. Born with a love for creating, Katie would spend her childhood drawing and cutting paper dolls, painting pictures, and making dolls out of yarn. She would even host gallery openings in her room, complete with a ribbon cutting ceremony, where she would sell her drawings for 25 cents to her family.

Katie loves telling stories that enhance the reader’s imagination and challenge them to explore the world around them. Empathy, acceptance and kindness are common themes, along with throwing in a sprinkle of humor. Katie combines traditional and digital elements in her illustrations. Her favorite mediums are graphite and watercolor. She is drawn to limited color palettes and using color to evoke emotion and build beautiful worlds for her characters.

When she isn’t drawing or writing, Katie can be found playing games with her kids, drinking a lot of iced matcha lattes, working out, and eating delicious food with her partner. She lives in Asheville, North Carolina with her husband, three wild boys, and two pups.

Website: https://futurama2009.wixsite.com/pbmakers/ 

X/Twitter: @Picturebkmakers | Instagram:@philboneswriters

Represented by Kaitlyn Sanchez

Roger illustrates and co-writes fanciful, adventurous picture books with his partner, Sara Carbone. He illustrated works for McGraw-Hill (the Spanish language book Mi Gato Paco) and Scholastic (Storyworks magazine) and was a daily strip cartoonist for the Roswell Daily Record for nine years. Holding a BFA from the Fashion Institute of Technology, Roger was a full-time graphic designer for IBM and several advertising agencies. He has been steeped in Hungarian culture all his life, and his work is influenced by everything from Hungarian folk tales and Saturday morning cartoons to the latest from the Society of Illustrators. Roger keeps his inner child alive by playing board games and listening to the amazing ramblings of young children. When not illustrating, he creates quirky sculptures, tinkers on his classic British roadster, and explores exciting new places by bicycle.