Top 35 Middle Grade Book Influencers in 2026

1. Afoma Umesi

Bio 📚 Sharing the middle grade books tweens actually WANT to read
👩🏽‍💻 Ask me for a book recommendation!
📍 Toronto, CA 🇨🇦 Instagram Handle @readingmiddlegrade Instagram Followers 115.7K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact Request 488 Middle Grade Book Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Raina Telgemeier

Bio Cartoonist! Smile, Drama, Sisters, Ghosts, Guts, BSC 1-4. NEW: The Cartoonists Club w/ @_scott_mccloud!
DMs are closed, sorry! Instagram Handle @goraina Instagram Followers 43.4K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

3. Kwame Alexander

Bio Father. #1 NY Times bestselling author of The Mighty Macy and J vs. K. Creator of ACOUSTIC ROOSTER/PBS & Emmy-Winning THE CROSSOVER/Disney+ *****@kwamealexander.com Instagram Handle @kwamealexander Instagram Followers 53.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

4. Jen Miller

Bio ✌🏻❤️&Toasty📚
✨The Book Return Game 🫶🏻Middle School Librarian 💌*****@meetmeinthemediacenter.com Instagram Handle @meetmeinthemediacenter Instagram Followers 120.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +26% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

5. John Schu

Bio NYT Bestselling Author | LOUDER THAN HUNGER, THE GIFT OF STORY, THIS IS A SCHOOL, THIS IS A STORY, RUTHIE ROSE'S BIG IDEA | Agent: @mollyoneillbooks. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @mrschureads Instagram Followers 23.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

6. Colby Sharp

Bio 📚 Husband (@alainasharp) 📚Dad 📚 Writer 📚 G5 Teacher (The Creativity Project/Game Changer!) 📚
*****@gmail.com 📫 Instagram Handle @colbysharp Instagram Followers 29.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

7. Kim Duffy

Bio Reviewer Writer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Sharing the best kids books
Supporting parents & teachers raise readers
Avid library user
Prolific Reader
Illustration Admirer *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @bookbairn Instagram Followers 62.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Micro Gender Female bookbairn.com + Follow Get Email Contact

8. Melissa Taylor

Bio Marketing & communications consultant, writer, award-winning author of TOVA’S SWEET SOLUTION (Red Comet Press), kidlit expert *****@imaginationsoup.net Instagram Handle @imaginationsoup Instagram Followers 9.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female imaginationsoup.net/blog + Follow Get Email Contact

9. Scott Evans

Bio Reader.Teacher.ND.AuDHD (Autistic/ADHD). Author📒All Brains Are Wonderful🧠&📗100 IdeasForPrimaryTeachers: ReadingForPleasure📚
📖Children'sBooksConsultant *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @mreprimary Instagram Followers 2.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

10. Lauren Magaziner

Bio 🌈 Internationally bestselling middle grade author! ⚡️The Incorruptibles, 🔎Case Closed, 🐙The Mythics. Next up: 👻This Book is Trying to Kill You (2027) *****@tvsmediagroup.com Instagram Handle @laurenmagaziner Instagram Followers 1.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

11. Bethany

Bio 📗Chapter books that parents don’t have to second guess (ages 8-12)
📘Teacher turned Mama
📙Safe picks kids actually love ↓ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @middlegrademama Instagram Followers 4.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +121% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

12. Middlegradepages

Bio Wife💍 dog mum🐶, teacher 👩‍🏫 tea drinker 🫖 love to read MG, YA, psychology thrillers and detective series 🕵️ The Blackhouse 📖 Feather 📖 Silverborn Instagram Handle @middlegradepages Instagram Followers 1.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. Emily Avery Martin

Bio middle grade fiction ✍️ middle school ELA teacher 📚 sailor 🧜‍♀️⛵️ *****@emilyaverymartin.com Instagram Handle @emilyaverymartin Instagram Followers 995 Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

14. Jayne McIntyre

Bio 🦉 I write magical books for curious kids (8-13yrs)
📚 The Feathers of Farwood - owls, secrets, mystery, nature, animals
✨ School talks
📍 QLD, Aus Instagram Handle @jaynem_writes Instagram Followers 1.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

15. Mrs Southbee

Bio 📚 Children’s books recommendations
🧵Arts & Crafts
📍 Wiltshire
📖Murder at World’s End Instagram Handle @mrssouthbee Instagram Followers 1.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

16. Fiona McMahon

Bio Middle grade author and book reviewer Instagram Handle @fiona.mcmahon_author Instagram Followers 1.1K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

17. Nic Minnella

Bio Author, cat enthusiast 🐾 | Author of 'The Guardian Cats' middle-grade series Instagram Handle @nic_minnella Instagram Followers 946 Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

18. Dulee Carmel

Bio Best Middle Grade Book Recommendations🦄
Author of Middle Grade Books 🧚‍♀️
Check out this cool MG book⬇️ Instagram Handle @dulee_carmel Instagram Followers 579 Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

19. Prudence Jarvis

Bio Middle grade teacher devoted to finding books that create life long readers. Instagram Handle @middlegrademania Instagram Followers 384 Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

20. Robin

Bio Get your next TBR book here!
Sharing the best MG historical fiction books
Curating beautiful picture book biographies
Book reviews | Books lists Instagram Handle @bugsbooksbaobabs Instagram Followers 149 Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

21. Ellen Vandever

Bio 📚 Mystery Books for Young Sleuths
🔍 Born to Solve Fictional Mysteries 🗝️
🎡 Querying: The Mystery of Mystic Manor🪄
👩🏻‍💻 WIP: Last Night at Vale House🕯️ Instagram Handle @ellenvmysteries Instagram Followers 1.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

22. Sylvia Liu

Bio I write for kids and post about bookish things, cephalopods, my cat, and more. Out now: STEALING THE SCORE (a World Cup mystery) Co-run Kidlit411. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @sylliu Instagram Followers 2.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

23. Reading in the Middle Grades

Bio *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @readinginthemiddlegrades Instagram Followers 2.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

24. Rosalind Dando

Bio - Street Team @thistleandquillbookshop
- Writing middle grade fantasy
- Reading 20 books in 2025
- AuDHD chaos gremlin
- Owned by Turkish Angora cats Instagram Handle @rosalind_dando Instagram Followers 644 Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

25. Jessica Renwick

Bio 💛 writing Canadian books for kids
✨ The Book of Chaos 👻 Ghosts of Gastown
📚 Library Assistant
🇨🇦 Alberta (Treaty 7 Territory)
🏳️‍🌈
🪄 WWTS 5 *****@jessicarenwickauthor.com Instagram Handle @jessicarenwickauthor Instagram Followers 3.2K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

26. Dana Middleton

Bio I write for kids
Repped by @acolvincreative *****@danamiddletonbooks.com Instagram Handle @danamiddletonbooks Instagram Followers 830 Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

27. Christina Wyman

Bio USA Today-bestselling author: Jawbreaker, Slouch, Breakout, MEAN
📖
Professional big mouth
📖
My cats get more likes than my books
@alfred_and_the_ggs Instagram Handle @christina.wyman.books Instagram Followers 816 Follower Growth (3mo) +25% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

28. Lexi

Bio ✨ Helping Christian families find books they’ll love
📚 Reviews + recs for kids & parents
💸 Deals + library tips
👇🏼 Browse book lists by age + category *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @agoodbookhunt Instagram Followers 41.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +23% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

29. Andrea

Bio •Elementary Librarian | Mom of 4
•Book Lover & Reviewer📚
•TT/FB: theliteracyjunky
•✉️ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @theliteracyjunky Instagram Followers 31.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +11% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

30. Megan Ruth

Bio MLS 🎓Librarian📚 Baker🍪 Mom💁🏼‍♀️
📖 The Bletchley Riddle
*****@juno.com
🌵 AZ desert dweller
⚡️📚Gryffindor🦁
Founder of @MegsCookieCrate Instagram Handle @alohamoraopenabook Instagram Followers 4.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

31. Karen Tyrrell

Bio 👧🏻Children’s Rights Ambassador 📚Author
⬇️ Let’s Play @playmattersaus 🏆WON @speechpathaus BOOK OF THE YEAR
⬇️ Andy & Ghost Boy @forevability Award *****@karentyrrell.com Instagram Handle @karentyrrellauthor Instagram Followers 3.7K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

32. Lorraine Hawley

Bio 📚Helping raise lifelong readers.
💫 CUSP BORN | Zodiac fantasy
🪲Curious World of Dandy-Lion | Friendship adventure
Get your signed copy today ⤵️ Instagram Handle @lorraineahawley Instagram Followers 1.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

33. Natasha Ayton

Bio Author of the Fox and Fairies series 🦊✨
Courage • Friendship • Adventure.
Helping kids 6-10 fall in love with reading. *****@natashaayton.com Instagram Handle @natashaaytonauthor Instagram Followers 89 Follower Growth (3mo) +24% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

34. Tom Phillips

Bio Mark Twain Nominee &🏅Gold Standard Seal from @jrlibraryguild
The Curious League of Detectives & Thieves
🚂 Book 3: Peruvian Express PRE-ORDER NOW! *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @tphillipswriter Instagram Followers 1.5K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact