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Ally

@allyoutthere.bsky.social

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(She/Her) Horror Author. Cryptid Enthusiast.
IT CAME FROM THE TREES
WEDNESDAY: BOOK OF OUTCASTS
MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE
DOWN CAME THE SPIDERS
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Ally

@allyoutthere.bsky.social

In 2023 I had zero books. Today, my FOURTH book published with Scholastic. Time flies. So do spiders. (Actually, they do something called ballooning.) Please check out my book about creepy-crawlies. 🕷️ DOWN CAME THE SPIDERS

Photo of multiple copies of a red book called DOWN CAME THE SPIDERS.

December 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM

Ally

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I'm really excited to chat with my friend @forgottencorners.bsky.social. Come celebrate cemeteries, ghosts, and MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE with us on Friday, September 26, at Stories Like Me in Pittsburgh! #kidlit

July 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM

Ally

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Well...have you?
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July 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM

Ally

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I'm going to #ALA2025 in Philly! I'll be signing IT CAME FROM THE TREES at the Playaway booth (1527) at 2:30pm on Sunday. If you catch me haunting the exhibit hall, say hello! I'll have stickers, bookmarks, and a bag full of worms to celebrate MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE. #ALAAC25 #kidlit

Designed graphic advertising author Ally Russell's presence at ALA annual in Philadelphia June 26-30. Text reads: find me in the exhibit hall and I'll give you a creepy treat if you say these words: Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave. Tell your friends. While supplies last. Signing IT CAME FROM THE TREES Sunday, June 29, at 2:30 p.m. ET, booth #1527. Book covers featured include: IT CAME FROM THE TREES; MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE; DOWN CAME THE SPIDERS; WEDNESDAY BOOK OF OUTCASTS.

June 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM

Ally

@allyoutthere.bsky.social

Millennials, I did it. IT CAME FROM THE TREES made it into the Scholastic Book Fair catalog. 😭

#kidlit #spookymiddlegrade #horrorbooks

June 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM

Ally

@allyoutthere.bsky.social

I used to run with a pretty tough gang when I was younger.

The gang:

June 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM

Ally

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After another upsetting week, I'm hoping to lift some spirits this Friday the 13th. The Mystery James Galley Giveaway is live and you have about one week to enter. Hang in there, creeps. Horror has taught us that evil is eventually defeated. #kidlit 🫠 allyoutthere.beehiiv.com/p/happy-frid...

June 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM

Ally

@allyoutthere.bsky.social

It's National Camping Month. These books are just as important as sunscreen and water! 👀 spookymiddlegrade.com/2025/05/27/a...

Designed graphic features 5 book covers: NOX WINTERS AND THE MIDNIGHT WOLF; CREEPY CAMPFIRE STORIES; IT CAME FROM THE TREES; S'MORE SPOOKY STORIES; THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY. Text reads: Spooky Middle Grade, Are you sure you want to go camping?

June 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM

Ally

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It's Thursday but Wednesday is in our hearts, so I'm giving away a signed copy of Book of Outcasts! Enter on Instagram before Saturday, May 17. #kidlit #spookymiddlegrade

May 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM

Ally

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Is it Tuesday or Wednesday? BOOK OF OUTCASTS is out now! I've been a huge fan of the Wednesday character since childhood, and writing this book was akin to completing the best homework assignment. ✌🏽 #spookymiddlegrade #kidlit

A designed image with a purple background and black bats and the book cover for Wednesday Book of Outcasts, which features the cast of the Netflix TV show. The text at the top reads: Out Now

May 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM

Ally

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MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE pubs in less than 6 months! If you haven't, please sign up for my newsletter. Everyone has a newsletter, but mine is scary. And you can read it while you're enjoying your morning coffee or tea. allyoutthere.beehiiv.com/subscribe
#spookymiddlegrade #kidlit

A copy of a book called MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE atop of a pile of fake worms. Cover shows a girl with a shovel in a cemetery with a ghost hovering behind her.

April 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM

Ally

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He's such a king.

April 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM

Ally

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I had the best time at #txla25. Librarians, thank you for you overwhelming enthusiasm for IT CAME FROM THE TREES! Librarians really are the best people. They have a hard job to do, so please ask your local librarian or school librarian how you can best support them. #kidlit

A photo collage from the the Texas Library Association Conference. Includes photos of author signing signage, a conference badge, a cocktail party napkin, book covers for IT CAME FROM THE TREES and MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE, and a bookmark that says Texas Librarians are the G.O.A.T.

A photo with a card that says congratulations and a small plaque that says Texas Bluebonnet Awards Speed Dating Dallas 2025 Ally Russell

April 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM

Ally

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MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE ARCs arrived just in time for spring reading! 🪱🪦 #kidlit #spookymiddlegrade

Hand holding three advance reader copies of a book called MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE.

March 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM

Ally

@allyoutthere.bsky.social

Last week was a great week for IT CAME FROM THE TREES. Young readers at the Lititz Kid Lit Festival were excited to get their hands on it, *the* A.S. King went home with a signed copy 🥹, it was on the local news, and it's getting a second reprint! #mglit #kidlit

Amazing art by Chris Shehan.

Back cover art from the book IT CAME FROM THE TREES, featuring two scared girls in the woods in the background and a long, creepy hand in the forground. Text reads: IT CAME FROM THE TREES IS GETTING A...SECOND REPRINT!

March 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM

Ally

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If you don't know @nightofthefitz.bsky.social and the Totally Factual Field Guide to the Supernatural series...you should. 👽🛸 #kidlit

Photo of a hand holding a green crocheted alien and a copy of a book called Sightseeing with Aliens by Insha Fitzpatrick, illustrated by Lilla Bölecz, against a purple wall.

February 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM

Ally

@allyoutthere.bsky.social

Getting ahead of Valentine's Day—if you know some young readers who might love these books, add them to your TBR! #kidlit #spookymiddlegrade

Features a dancing skeleton against a purple background with four book covers for It Came from the Trees, Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave, Down Came the Spiders, and Book of Outcasts: Wednesday. Text reads: To Be Read Check.

February 14, 2025 at 3:27 AM

Ally

@allyoutthere.bsky.social

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here to celebrate the cover of MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE! For ages 10+. Coming 9/16/25 from Delacorte!
Cover art by Devin Forst
Cover design by Carol Ly!
#kidlit #booksky

Watch the cover reveal video! youtube.com/shorts/XDYlb...

Book cover features young brown girl holding a shovel in a graveyard with a vampire/ghost behind her. Text reads: Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave.

February 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM

Ally

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Next week I get to share the cover of MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE with y'all. This is the story of Mystery, who was abandoned in a cemetery, raised in a funeral home, and can't seem to escape the supernatural, including a vampiric ghost. Coming fall 2025. ⚰️ #kidlit #middlegrade

Scary hands with claws reaching up. Purple background. Text reads: Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave, Cover Reveal, Next Week.

January 31, 2025 at 3:53 AM

Ally

@allyoutthere.bsky.social

The small skeleton in me is screaming because IT CAME FROM THE TREES is in Scholastic Book Fairs! Scholastic Book Fairs introduced me to Goosebumps and nurtured my love of horror, so this is beyond cool. 😭 #kidlit #scholasticbookfairs
clubs.scholastic.com/all-flyers