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J.J. Alo

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J.J. Alo is a versatile force in the entertainment industry, known for his spellbinding work as a commercial actor, writer, and the acclaimed author behind the Southern New England Horror Anthology series.

With a macabre fascination, J.J. has spent years weaving award-winning horror screenplays and novels. His anthology series, teeming with deeply etched, complex characters and mesmerizing antiheroes, has become a sinister staple in horror literature, which ensnares readers and refuses to let go.

J.J. Alo’s Southern New England Horror Anthology series has received widespread critical acclaim from multiple editorial publications. His latest novel, Misery Plaza, has recently won the 2025 Readers’ Choice Book Award for Best Horror as well as t J.J. Alo is a versatile force in the entertainment industry, known for his spellbinding work as a commercial actor, writer, and the acclaimed author behind the Southern New England Horror Anthology series.

With a macabre fascination, J.J. has spent years weaving award-winning horror screenplays and novels. His anthology series, teeming with deeply etched, complex characters and mesmerizing antiheroes, has become a sinister staple in horror literature, which ensnares readers and refuses to let go.

J.J. Alo’s Southern New England Horror Anthology series has received widespread critical acclaim from multiple editorial publications. His latest novel, Misery Plaza, has recently won the 2025 Readers’ Choice Book Award for Best Horror as well as the Indie Author Project Book Award for Sci-fi. His debut, The Street Between the Pines, has achieved the 2024 President’s Book Award from the Florida Authors & Publishers Association, the IndieReader Book Award for Horror, and was a FINALIST in both the Chanticleer International Book Awards and the Killer Nashville Claymore Award Competition. J.J. Alo’s screenplays have garnered numerous accolades in the Best Horror/Thriller categories at prestigious competitions, including the Los Angeles Film and Script Festival, Fright Night Film Fest, and Zed Fest Film Festival & Screenplay Competition.

J.J. lives and works out of his Connecticut Shoreline home with his sphynx, Cleo, and spends his time visiting coffee shops, movie theaters, and concert venues. He is a lifelong pop culture nerd, ComicCon & cosplay fanatic, avid gym enthusiast, and subpar snowboarder. (he tries!) And he'll never say no to a perfectly shaken dirty martini. Never.

"Alo’s adept ability to intertwine multiple threads of tension keeps the intensity impressively high throughout, weaving a thick tapestry of terror."
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2025 IndieReader Discovery Award Winner for Best Horror

2024 Florida Authors & Publishers Association - President's
Book Award Medalist (Thriller/Horror)

Chanticleer Int'l Book Awards (CIBA) Winner - 2023 Paranormal Finalist

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Two Award-Winning Horror Novels, a Lot of Blood, and Absolutely No Chill

Let’s get one thing out of the way: I didn’t set out to write “award-winning books.” I set out to write the kind of stories that get under your skin, crawl around for a while, and refuse to leave — the kind that make you pause halfway down a dark hallway and go, Nope. Not tonight. Somehow, against all odds and probably several good decisions, I ended up doing both. So this is a love letter, a vict Read more of this blog post »

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