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Ash Van Otterloo

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Ash Van Otterloo was born and raised in the Appalachian foothills, then made his home for seventeen years as an adult in Eastern Tennessee. Their personal pronouns are he/him or they/them; both work!

They currently reside in the PNW with four wild forest gremlins with a small menagerie of animals. Ash is the author of CATTYWAMPUS, A TOUCH OF RUCKUS, and most recently, a nonbinary coming-of-age story THE BEAUTIFUL SOMETHING ELSE (Scholastic, May '23).

Whether or not he is 5328 bats in a trenchcoat is a topic for gossip among his neighbors. The ones, at least, that the bats haven't carried away! You can learn more about him at ashvanotterloo.com.

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Ash Van Otterloo My daughter (then 11) and I like sitting outside together and playing the "what if?" game. "What if you accidentally resurrected a graveyard full of z…moreMy daughter (then 11) and I like sitting outside together and playing the "what if?" game. "What if you accidentally resurrected a graveyard full of zombies?" "Ooooo. And what if they were YOUR relatives?"

It was too much fun not to write, and that day I wrote the first chapter of Cattywampus. :) (less)
Ash Van Otterloo I almost always go do something else! Most of my best ideas happen when I'm not trying to force them, so I just ask my subconscious to work on it whil…moreI almost always go do something else! Most of my best ideas happen when I'm not trying to force them, so I just ask my subconscious to work on it while I distract myself. It hasn't failed me yet. :) (less)
Average rating: 4.21 · 1,213 ratings · 312 reviews · 4 distinct worksSimilar authors
Cattywampus

4.02 avg rating — 585 ratings — published 2020 — 7 editions
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The Beautiful Something Else

4.46 avg rating — 411 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions
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A Touch of Ruckus

4.22 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions
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The Flicker by H.E. Edgmon
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I was already a fan of H.E. Edgmon's work in YA books when I read their MG debut, and from the first page, I knew this one would yank my heartstrings in a powerful way.

Their approach to writing young protagonists is one of the most realistic and rel
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Merciless Saviors by H.E. Edgmon
"This is a book that hurts in the exact way you need it to. It will literally carve your chest open and strangle your heart and you will say thank you for it. If you need this series I hope you find it because it’s got the power to change the world. T" Read more of this review »
Merciless Saviors by H.E. Edgmon
"it’s 2:00am and i have just finished this and i may or may not be sobbing.

Merciless Saviors takes the raw emotion and anger in Godly Heathens and dials it up to an eleven from the very first page. It picks up right where Godly Heathens left off and i" Read more of this review »
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First of all. Gracie, Georgia, your atmosphere haunts me in a way that I always hope for and almost never get...this town is that eerie smell of ozone before an electric storm downpour that makes gravel backroads steam. You know? When the leaves go s ...more
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