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Ally Russell

Ally is the author of It Came from the Trees and the Mystery James series. She grew up on a steady diet of Halloween parties, horror films, Unsolved Mysteries, and Goosebumps books. She has always loved scary stories, and got her MFA from Simmons University and, eventually, a job working in children’s publishing. She hails from Pittsburgh—ground zero for the zombie apocalypse. Ally lives with her husband and her two black cats, Nox and Fury. She’s afraid of the woods, the dark, and heights.
Mystery James Returns from the Grave
Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave
Book of Outcasts (Wednesday)
It Came from the Trees

Sat May 30 | 10:00 AM
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Main (Oakland)
4400 Forbes Ave Carnegie Lecture Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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Books

Mystery James Returns from the Grave
Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave
Book of Outcasts (Wednesday)
It Came from the Trees

Events

Sat May 30 | 10:00 AM
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Main (Oakland)
4400 Forbes Ave Carnegie Lecture Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Google Map

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