Author: Ally Malinenko

I live in Brooklyn which is good except when it’s not which is horrid. I’ve been writing for awhile, and have some stuff published and some stuff not.

I don’t like when people refer to pets as their children and I can’t resist a handful of cheez-its when offered.

I have a burning desire to go to Antarctica, specifically to the South Pole so I can see where Robert Falcon Scott died.

I like to read books. I like to write stories and poems. I even wrote some novels. You can read them.

Interview over at Mrs. Mommy Book Nerd

I’m over at Mrs. Mommy Book Nerd talking about Lizzy Speare and the Cursed Tomb. If you could not be author, what would you do/be? A. I would be a dinosaur. That’s a true story. And since I know you’re dying to know, I would be a pterodactyl. Because the only thing cooler than being… Continue reading Interview over at Mrs. Mommy Book Nerd

Never Buy a House at Orange Room Review

Many thanks to the fine folks over at Orange Room Review for taking this poem, Never Buy a House. Sage advice from my very sage, very cool mother.

Guest Post over at Working for the Mandroid

I’m over at Working for the Mandroid talking about why middle grade matters. I always find it strange when I hear about people who didn’t start reading until they were older – starting with either YA or assignment books or adult books. I feel bad – they missed out on one of the best times… Continue reading Guest Post over at Working for the Mandroid

New York City Grocery Stores at The Blue Hour

Shopping in this city is a nightmare. No joke. It takes three stores to find the minimum of what you need. Sometimes it takes three stores, a Bodega, a girl, her boyfriend and his friend with a stick. Thanks to The Blue Hour for taking this desperate little poem, New York City Grocery Stores

Interview at I Am A Reader, Not A Writer.

I’m over at I Am A Reader, Not A Writer today talking about time travel, goals, what book I would live in and as a kid what I wanted to be when I grew up. Hint: It involves large extinct reptiles. If you could travel in a Time Machine would you go back to the past… Continue reading Interview at I Am A Reader, Not A Writer.