What I Write (#mswl)
I love to write Young Adult contemporary, thriller, horror, romance, and survival stories. You’ll tend to find a strong female main character, sisters, chronic illness, Deaf (DHH) representation, and Southern locations, all wrapped around a fast plot and do-or-die situations.
My favorite writing tools are Save The Cat novels, Google Docs, and my critique partners and writing groups.
To see what I’m reading, visit my bookshelf!
Recent Projects
THE LAST GATE by Anna Alsup
YA Horror Romance
(Querying Aug 2025)
When the Moreno sisters disappear into a horror-filled, parallel reality, Lyra Moreno, will do anything to save her younger sister and get back home to run the college-scholarship qualifying race--even if that means trusting the handsome boy who trapped her there in the first place-- but if this world has its way, no one will ever leave.
Speculative, atmospheric setting with enemies-to-lovers banter and a powerful female main character. For fans of complex sisterly devotion seen in House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland, the virulent flora in They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran, and the unnatural predators in Courtney Gould’s What the Woods Took.
Additional Comps: Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall, Don’t Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews, Wilder Girls by Rory Powers, The Grace Year by Kim Liggett, Before I Disappear by Danielle Stinson.
TITLE TBD by Anna Alsup
YA Horror Romance
(Drafting)
Two teens working for an estate sale get trapped in a house with the ability to fix anything wrong with their life — at the cost of their own lifeforce — and they must work together to undo a terrible curse.
DARE 13 by Anna Alsup
YA Thriller with Romance
(Completed)
In an underground game of thrilling dares, a 17-year-old prom queen is forced to confront her manipulative older sister to win money to pay her best friend’s college tuition.
SURVIVING ELLIE by Anna Alsup
YA Survival Suspense
(Completed)
A sixteen-year-old girl struggling with the internalized shame of her depression gets trapped in a slot canyon flash flood with friends who don’t know her secret and she’s forced to face her fears in order to keep them alive.
IF THE RANCH BLEEDS by Anna Alsup
YA Horror Romance
(Drafting)
Seventeen-year-old Tate finds evidence of a serial killer hiding things on her ranch and she must find out who it is before the killer turns on her next.