Ally Carter: Hi, my name is Ally Carter, except my name isn't actually Ally Carter. That is the pseudonym that I chose to write under. I chose this name because I wanted something that was very easy to spell, and I wanted the dot com domain to be available so that I could be allycarter.com. I also really wanted a first name that sounded like a nickname, because I thought it would sound less made up. So that is how I chose the name Ally Carter.