Marian Allen

I was born in Louisville, Kentucky and now live in rural Indiana. For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved telling and being told stories. When, at the age of about six, I was informed that somebody got paid for writing all those books and movies and television shows, I abandoned my previous ambition (beachcomber), and became a writer.

Although I’ve been to Europe twice, I’ve never lived anywhere but Kentucky and Indiana. My high school alma mater is Iroquois (the white and the blue, Iroquois–rah! rah!) in Louisville and my college is Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond.

I’ve worked as a high school teacher, an executive secretary, a soda jerk, a bank clerk, an accountant, and in Red Cross Youth Services. While working for the Red Cross, I met my husband, a widower with three young daughters. We married and had a fourth daughter. Their names are #1 Daughter, #2 Daughter, #3 Daughter and #4 Daughter.

My writing reflects my love of network. I try to remember, in my books and stories, that no one exists in total isolation, but in a web of connections to family, friends, colleagues, self at former stages of maturity, perceptions and self-images. Most of my work is fantasy, science fiction and/or mystery, though I write horror, humor, romance, mainstream or anything else that suits the story and character.

I’ve had stories in anthologies, on-line and print publications, including Oceans of the Mind and Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Sword and Sorceress anthologies 22 and 23, on coffee cans and the wall of an Indian restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky. My first novel, EEL'S REVERENCE, was released in 2010 by Echelon Press, and FORCE OF HABIT will be released August 2011.

I’m a member of the Woman’s Literary Club of Corydon, Friends of Harrison County Public Library and Community Unity, and am a supporter of Harrison County Community Services, Heifer International and Kiva.

Professionally, I’m a member of Southern Indiana Writers and Green River Writers.

Please visit me at my web site, where I post about the writing process, the writing life and my life in particular. And food.

MA