@aldervanotterloo.bsky.social
Author, Lammy nominee, WA Book Award finalist, CBC Notable Social Studies Award. trans, autistic, queer, semi-feral 🦷THE BEAUTIFUL SOMETHING ELSE, CATTYWAMPUS rep: @sknigge.bsky.social
Thanks, Sonja!! <3
19.08.2025 22:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Merry House by Alder Van Otterloo, Imprint: Holiday House Author of THE BEAUTIFUL SOMETHING ELSE Alder Van Otterloo's MERRY HOUSE, in which siblings' attempts to escape their estranged father's transphobia and ableism land them in a sleepaway camp for troubled youths, a deceptively idyllic seaside mansion harboring a terrible secret: the house is alive and hungry, to Kade Dishmon at Holiday House, for publication in 2027, by Sheyla Knigge at High Line Literary Collective (world).
I almost never make it onto this platform, so this is a wee bit belated: BEHOLD, A NEW MG HORROR BOOK! 🔥
17.08.2025 06:40 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0Cody absolutely knocked this one out of the park for me; seeing Sparrow, Sully, and Wynn brought to life in art make my heart screech in the very best way <3
17.08.2025 06:34 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Something something horror, something something monsters, something something with a lot of autism and bones in it
29.04.2025 02:24 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I have some very interesting [redacted] about my current [redacted] that I've been working very hard on, and I cannot WAIT to tell you all about it so we can screech over certain [redacted] 👀🔥
29.04.2025 02:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1Trans and queer authors are expected to do what amounts to volunteer social work, right out of the gate. But did you know trans people, especially autistic trans people, statistically have a tough time getting paid?
If you really love trans folks, fund their emotional labor. Pay often & plenty. 😘
A VERY NICE THING concerned cis/het community members can do to support schools, queer/trans students, and queer authors is:
1) find a local librarian/teacher willing to host an author visit
2) act as liaison and connect them with a queer author, either local or virtually
3) PAY THAT AUTHOR.
More about my books: I write queer middle grade ranging from soft contemporary magical realism to paranormal (with a horror in the works!) My latest book, The Beautiful Something Else, was awarded the Notable Social Studies Award, and was a finalist for the WA State Book Award & a Lamba Book Award.
02.04.2025 21:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hey babes!
If your local classroom, writing/reading club, or homeschool group would love a children's author visit, let's connect!!
I do virtual and local (Kitsap County) writing Q&As, readings, and personalized skill-focused mini-workshops on a generous sliding scale. 🖤🏳️🌈
Google maps screenshot of the Drake passage between South America and Antarctica
If we’re renaming bodies of water based on petty grievances, I propose that this be renamed the Kendrick Lamar passage.
12.02.2025 10:06 — 👍 15071 🔁 2469 💬 219 📌 154It's good that there's a 25% tarriff on imported coffee now. This will incentivize people to purchase American coffee, grown in the New Jersey coffee forests
26.01.2025 20:04 — 👍 41124 🔁 5136 💬 1652 📌 538If any of my proofreading and copyediting pals have a surplus of clients, hit me up! I'm looking to take on extra freelance work this month. <3
17.01.2025 00:33 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 07 months! 💛
I wanted to make a graphic of a generous blurb from an awesome author, but my head is killing me from a weekend of non-stop editing on another project, so later this week. But still, 7 months to go until the madness!
Author blog update!!
aldervanotterloo.com/blog/update-...
On the one hand, I fully comprehend that humans are complex and most of us are doing our best.
On the other hand, I'd like to make a Burn Book for parents who body shame their children, preferably with pages made out of their own useless skin.
Feel free to DM me for their email or resume! I've never met anyone who hits the sweet spot between being their level of capable, creative, and detail-oriented, and someone seriously needs to snap them up.
31.12.2024 21:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hey friends, I have a queer friend who's an incredibly savvy and gifted social media and branding manager who's in urgent need of work with benefits and ready to hit the ground running.
Do you know of anyone currently looking for That Guy, so we can connect them? It'd be an instant win-win. 🔥
👀Here's my website where you can snoop on me and my work! aldervanotterloo.com
28.12.2024 07:22 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cover of the book The Beautiful Something Else, with a silver Washington State Book Awards Finalist sticker in the bottom righthand corner
A brightly colored book covered depicting two young witches, one with a wand and grimoire in hand, and another with multi-colored hair, glowing hands, and a pet raccoon
A photo of two worried-looking young queer people holding hands and flashlights in a forest full of ghosts, with the yellow title A TOUCH OF RUCKUS
For the uninitiated, here are my published queer middle grade books! (This is mostly a friendly connection and updates account; keep an eye out for announcements!)
28.12.2024 07:20 — 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1Hey, hi, present, accounted for 👌
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