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Fleur Bradley Visscher
@fleurbradley.bsky.social
Probably off on a Colorado hike somewhere. Author of MG mysteries Midnight at the Barclay Hotel & Daybreak on Raven Island (Viking), Double Vision trilogy (Harper). MWA, SinC, SCBWI member.
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Let's go, Idaho...! So cool to see Midnight at the Barclay Hotel on another state's Battle of the Books list. Happy reading...
#kidlit #mglit #idaho #BoB #mysterybooks
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Despite quite liking bats, I somehow have only ever drawn them as background elements (usually for a vampire or witch or... something).

Anyone else who is more bats about... bats... ? 🦇 #kidlitart
Hey illustrators/agents!

I’m a #kidlit art director starting work on a new picture book—we’re looking for: expressive, commercial, human characters; texture (printmakingish); AND BATS! Lively, active, swarming BATS!

Please respond w/ samples + folio link.
Please no emails/DMs.

💙❤️ #artcommissions
November 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Do you have a #KidLit or #YALit book launching this wk? Or do you want to help boost someone else's #PublicationDay #BookBirthday?

Reply below with info + link to the post.

Only for books launching Nov.3-9, 2025 #2025-Wk45.
November 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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@carolinecarlson.bsky.social shares 10 new children’s books that take readers from the cosmos all the way back to Earth.
10 Great New Children’s Books Out in November That Explore the Skies
I don’t love the cold and damp that November brings to my corner of the world, but I do enjoy the magic of longer nights. A crisp, clear evening is perfect for stargazing—and then for heading insid…
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November 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Found this very comfortable chair and footstool for just $25. Added blanket to Fleur it up. Now, let the writing begin...
#trifty #amwriting #mystery
October 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Throwback to when I made a booktrailer for Daybreak in Raven Island... Fun, but definitely a stretch for my skillset, lol.
#mglit #halloween #booksforkids #booktrailer #canva
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This butterfly mistook me for a flower until it found one.
#colorado #mountainlife #butterfly
October 15, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Peeped the leaves and avoided the crowds. Turns out that, as with everything, the answer is the forest.
#colorado #woodlandpark #leafpeeping
October 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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So this week I'm book talking the wonderful junior novels that kids in CO nominated for our 2026 state award! When I got to the the slide for Midnight at the Barclay Hotel, an entire 5th grade class erupted into applause! It was the best moment! @fleurbradley.bsky.social #CCBA #CCBAaward #kidlit 👍📚
September 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Fosterfloofs say don't forget to stretch.
#fosterkittens
September 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Sleepy fosterfloofs, were zooming across the room five minutes ago.
#fosterkittens #cats
September 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Accidental tired author mirror selfie. It's like a gym selfie, only not.
#bouchercon #authorlife
September 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Off to New Orleans Bouchercon to catch up with my mystery author friends... If you're there, say howdy.
#mystery #amwriting #writingcommunity
September 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Fosterfloof Doja Cat says no to this Monday-on-a-Tuesday.
#fosterkittens #Cats
September 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
August 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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🤩 Looking for a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ hardcover book for $6.99
Beautifully Illustrated by @debbiepalen.bsky.social
& written as a newscast by @ljrwritenow.bsky.social
sharing the story of animals found in wombat burrows after the 2020 fires - 4 pages of back matter #BookSky #EduSky #Stem #Australia #fires
August 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Little hot and sunny for this ginger girl, but sometimes you just gotta climb a mountain.
#colorado #takeahike
July 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Finding the beauty in the world today.
#colorado #manitousprings
July 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Fosterkitten says: Icanteven...
#fosterkitten #wednesday #nope
July 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Welcome one and all to tonight's #ukteenchat, featuring the fabulous @lisajallen.bsky.social Have your questions at the ready and give us a wave if you’re here 🙋‍♀️ Remember to use the # so your questions don't get missed 🙂
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July 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
When you realize you've spent your whole life trying to become one of the characters of a book from your childhood...
#kidlit #dutch #catlady
July 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
When you're little and the world's so big.
#caturday #fosterkitten
June 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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I'm looking for Canadian book reviewers, bloggers, educators or influencers for Simon & Schuster Canada to send review materials for THE PINK PAJAMAS.

If you're interested, please leave a comment or send me a DM!

#kidlit #canlit #bookstagram #books
June 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Good news: my short mystery story that appeared in the SinC Colorado Mystery Merge anthology is a finalist in the Colorado Authors League Award...! Cake is on, y'all :-)
Thank you to CAL judges & @sinccolorado.bsky.social & fabulous editor Becky Clark.
June 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Happy #caturday from Chloe, who does not approve of the foster kitten.
June 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM