J.J. Alo is a versatile force in the entertainment industry, known for his spellbinding work as a commercial actor, writer, and the acclaimed author behind the Southern New England Horror Anthology series.

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With a macabre fascination, J.J. has spent years weaving award-winning horror screenplays and novels. His anthology series, teeming with deeply etched, complex characters and mesmerizing antiheroes, has become a sinister staple in horror literature, which ensnares readers and refuses

to let go.

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J.J. Alo’s Southern New England Horror Anthology series has received widespread critical acclaim from multiple editorial publications. His latest novel, Misery Plaza, has recently won the 2025 Readers’ Choice Book Award for Best Horror as well as the Indie Author Project Book Award for Sci-fi. His debut, The Street Between the Pines, has achieved the 2024 President’s Book Award from the Florida Authors & Publishers Association, the IndieReader Book Award for Horror, and was a FINALIST in both the Chanticleer International Book Awards and the Killer Nashville Claymore Award Competition. J.J. Alo’s screenplays have garnered numerous accolades in the Best Horror/Thriller categories at prestigious competitions, including the Los Angeles Film and Script Festival, Fright Night Film Fest, and Zed Fest Film Festival & Screenplay Competition.

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J.J. lives and works out of his Connecticut Shoreline home with six insane cats and spends his time visiting coffee shops, movie theaters, and concert venues. He is a lifelong pop culture nerd, ComicCon & cosplay fanatic, avid gym enthusiast, and subpar snowboarder. (he tries!) And he'll never say no to a perfectly shaken dirty martini. Never.