Anna Alsup is an author, engineer, artist, and Austinite who writes young adult novels & shorts.

Honorable mention winner for the 2025 Annual Writing Competition in the Young Adult category for my newest YA horror romance manuscript, The Last Gate.

See all winners - WritersDigest.com.

Ray Bradbury fan club
I may read and write horror, but I know I’m not one to kick butt or be the final girl lolll Inspired by @matts_books.and.drams post! Go check out his page! #horror #horrorwriter
Spooky books this week! Any adult or YA horror book recommendations? Preferably haunted houses! Up next: She is a Haunting
Pulled some of my all time faves!!! Current Read: The Wager by David Grann Last Read: The Darkness Greeted Her by Christina Ferko
Morning reading in the sunroom! Wind chimes ringing. Slight breeze. Clouds in the skylight. Feeling grateful!
Couple days late to posting. Here’s full transparency as this past week wasn’t as successful as the previous. Had to get 2 MRIs and that took a lot of time and mental energy (screw United Healthcare). Goal is 1000/day. But I’m hap
Having some fun with accountability!! Just crossed the 21K mark, hoping I do not reach 100k with this book and have to cut a ton of words again lol. . #author #writer #books #workinprogress #wordcount
Heard a loud thunk behind me. He knocked a book out of his way to get to this elite spot. He’s never done this before and I’m cracking up. Also he was declawed by previous owners (😤) but check out his adorable grinch paws.
Pushing hard to get words onto paper this February! Goal is 1000/day. To get this, I have to wake up early to write before work or write at lunch at my office and write at night after work/plans. Not sustainable for a long time but I always work bett