Website: https://www.davidmcmullinbooks.com/ | Twitter: @davidmcmullinpb | Instagram: @davidmcmullinpb

Represented by Kaitlyn Sanchez

David is a picture book author/illustrator whose debut book, Free to Be Fabulous, comes out with Clarion in 2024. His poems have been featured in Cricket Media, and in several anthologies alongside such authors as Jane Yolen. He received the honorable mention for the SCBWI Ann Paul Whitford Award, is the current Madness Poetry champion, and won a Writing with the Stars mentorship with Marcie Colleen. David is now a world traveler but has been a youth librarian, Broadway actor, and an educator. David is a proud representative of LGBTQ+ creators as a member of the Nevada SCBWI Equity and Inclusion team.

Website: https://draw.meaghanmcisaac.com | Twitter: @MeaghanMcIsaac | Instagram: @megsscribbles

Represented by Laura Bradford

Meaghan is an illustrator for picture books and graphic novels. She especially likes making things that sparkle. She is also an author of middle grade and young adult novels, and you can learn more about her books here.

Website: https://www.karinayordanova.com/ | Instagram: @doodlesofkari

Represented by Kaitlyn Sanchez

Karina Yordanova has been dreaming about illustrating children’s books all her life! After graduating with a BA in Animation from Plymouth College of Art, she helped create the official coloring book for a “A Christmas Carol” for one of the UK’s leading touring theatre companies, Le Navet Bete, before starting her own business with digital art products and commissioned art pieces. She has been an illustrator full time since 2018, working with clients ranging from the BBC to eBay. Karina is Bulgarian and would love to share her knowledge of Eastern European themes and folk stories with a new generation.

Website: http://www.maryamartillustration.com | Instagram: @maryamart.illustration

Represented by Kaitlyn Sanchez

Maryam is inspired by nature and the use of light to create atmosphere. She enjoys using mixed media and will often include scanned fabric, sequins, glitter, and photographs to build up layers of texture. Coming from a multiracial background, Maryam is a huge proponent of seeing those from similar minority backgrounds represented in her artwork; as such, she loves illustrating diverse and multiracial characters like herself. Maryam is half Mauritian and half English. Her ancestors on her mother’s side of the family are from India and settled in Mauritius so they are Indo-Mauritian. On her mother’s side of the family there are Christians, Buddhists, and Sufi Muslims (a spiritual sect of Islam).  When she’s not illustrating, she can be found enjoying walks through her local forest (conveniently located opposite her house!), going to yoga classes, and diving into a wonderful book with a good cup of tea.

Website: https://heatherbellbooks.com/ | Twitter: @heatherbell37 | Instagram: @heather.bell37

Represented by Kaitlyn Sanchez

As a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, Heather loves to portray diverse characters and gets especially excited for any story that reveals the world from a new or different perspective, as shown in the books she’s illustrated like Mac and Cheese and the Personal Space Invader and her upcoming book with Amicus Ink, Simply Skye. She wholeheartedly believes that hidden within our everyday lives is a secret realm glimpsed through books, music, and children’s laughter. Holding a BFA in Painting from the Kansas City Art Institute, she is a member of SCBWI, a Children’s Book Academy graduate, and a mommy.

Website: https://dkryland.com | Twitter: @RylandDk | Instagram: @dkryland

Represented by Kaitlyn Sanchez

DK is an author/illustrator whose debut picture book, GIRAFFE IS TOO TALL FOR THIS BOOK, comes out in 2023 with Page Street Kids. She loves to draw animals and nature and enjoys quirky and subversive humor. Before becoming an author/illustrator DK filmed wildlife in Africa, was a collegiate and professional athlete, and taught middle school English. In 2019, she received a PBChat mentorship with Cori Doerrfeld, and in 2020, she was a PB Party finalist. DK lives in San Diego with her super awesome husband, two brilliant kids, and far too many pets.  Just kidding—there’s no such thing as too many pets.