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(She/Her) Horror Author. Cryptid Enthusiast. 💥 IT CAME FROM THE TREES | Out Now! 💥 🪦 MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE | Fall 2025🪦 Rep'd by Paige Terlip at Andrea Brown Lit Agency https://linktr.ee/onedarkally

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salemlitfest.bsky.social @salemlitfest.bsky.social · 4d

Oct 6 2:30-5 @leannareneehieber.bsky.social, AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC, @wickedgoodbooks.bsky.social. Oct 10 7pm Ally Russell, author of middle-grade MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE, @copperdogbooks.bsky.social. Oct 22 7-9 @stgibson.bsky.social, author of Savage Blooms, @nocturnesalem.bsky.social.

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Anica Mrose Rissi @anicarissi.bsky.social · 8d

It's getting ~spooky~ out there, so just a reminder that this book exists. 👻🖤 It has "all the makings of a modern classic...like Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" (SLJ, starred review) and is "certain to be a gateway drug to @stephenking.bsky.social" (Portland Press Herald).

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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you for this! It was fun! 🪱🪏

Lisa Schmid @lisalschmid.bsky.social · 13d

I had so much fun chatting with @allyoutthere.bsky.social about her new book! Check it out! Just in time for the spooky season! 👻🪦🧛

The Mixed-Up Files @themixed-upfiles.bsky.social · 13d

Spooky season is upon us! So hop on over and check out this author interview with Ally Russell….if you dare 😉

#kidlit, #middlegrade, #MGlit, #WritingCommunity

fromthemixedupfiles.com/interview-wi...

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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · 16d

Thank you so much! 🪱🪏

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Jen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social · 28d

🎃 55 Scary (and Not-So-Scary) 2025 Middle Grade Books To Get Readers In The Halloween Spirit 🎃
popgoesthereader.com/55-scary-and...
#BookSky #KidLit #MGLit

A compilation of twenty-one 2025 middle grade book covers organized by colour, beginning with green, transitioning into blue and purple, and finally ending with pink and red. Books featured include Scaring and Daring, Another, Open Wide, Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave, The House Next Door, The Many Hauntings of the Manning Family, Broken Dolls, The Better To Eat You With, The Mystery At The Haunted Dance Hall, Phantom Academy, The Girl In The Walls, The Ghosts of Bitterfly Bay, The Labyrinth of Souls, Finder's Keepers, Welcome To The Ghost Show, Grin, I.R.L, Ride or Die, Gloam, Tales From Cabin 23: The Visitors and It's Watching.

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Punlandia @punlandia.bsky.social · 20d

Oh, look, I remembered that I had a blog just in time for a spooky fun book for the spooky fun season! #MysteryJamesDigsHerOwnGrave #booksky autumnguest.com/blog/2025/09...

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Samantha M Clark @samanthamclark.com · 16d

Last chance to sign up for my newsletter and get the chance to win a copy of ARROW and FREE author visits for your class or child’s class. #kidlit

Samantha M Clark @samanthamclark.com · 18d

#teachers & #librarians My newsletter will be going out in the next couple days and I'll be giving away 1 FREE virtual author visit and 5 FREE virtual author Q&As to subscribers! Sign up now: www.samanthamclark.com/enewsletter/ #kidlit

Be the First to Know

It’s wonderful to be the first. The first to know about news. The first to know about giveaways. The first to attend Book Birthday Bashes. The first to tell all your friends.

www.samanthamclark.com

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Mary Averling @maryaverling.bsky.social · 16d

so exciting to see both Eelgrass Bog AND Bitterfly Bay on the back cover of The Week Jr magazine!! alongside some other fabulous Penguin Young Readers titles!!!

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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · 19d

I saw your email come in! I got you!

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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you for having me on the show, Trevor! 🪱🪏

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Sley House Presents @sleyhousepresents.bsky.social · 20d

Are you ready for Mystery James?

Because we are! Join in with @allyoutthere.bsky.social as we talk MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE, the *phenomenal* new middle grade horror novel you've been waiting for.

Come visit on Sley House Presents, available wherever you podcast! Links below:

Sley House Presents Episode #164: Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave with Ally Russell. Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or on any other major podcast platform.

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Nina James @thewanderingreader.bsky.social · 22d

Happy Release Day to @allyoutthere.bsky.social ‘s newest middlegrade horror novel! MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE is a graveyard adventure young readers don’t want to miss! 🪦🪏💀

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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · 24d

It was so nice to meet you! ☺️

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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · Jul 26

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

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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · Jul 14

We end every newsletter with a scary surprise. Trick-or-treat surprise in your inbox. 🎃🍭🍬

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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · Jul 14

Well...have you?
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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · Jul 11

I write horror for kids, but I also write a monthly blog/newsletter called actuALLY scary. This month's post is up now, and there's a lot of mention of worms. 🪱
allyoutthere.beehiiv.com/p/hope-you-r... #kidlit #spookymiddlegrade

Hope You're Having a Chilling Summer!

Worms at ALA, a ghastly preorder campaign, and your monthly reminder to stay out of the woods!

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This is Allyween @allymalinenko.bsky.social · Jul 2

I'm beyond thrilled to share that BROKEN DOLLS is @jrlibraryguild Gold Standard Selection. I'm so honored to be included in the JLG collection with so many wonderful books.

Broken Dolls is out 9/30/2025
www.amazon.com/Broken-Dolls...

#juniorlibraryguild
#JLGgoldstandard
#goldstandardselection

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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · Jun 27

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.

Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · Jun 25

👀 For real?

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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · Jun 25

YES! Gameboy Color for the win. I wish mine still worked! 😅

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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · Jun 25

🥹 Thanks, friend! 🥰

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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · Jun 25

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

#kidlit #spookymiddlegrade #horrorbooks

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Ally @allyoutthere.bsky.social · Jun 23

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

The gang: