Allie was born and raised in a very small town in upstate New York, which probably explains her fascination with the magic of small town life. She spent most of her youth reading anything and everything she could get her hands on, and it was only a matter of time before she began writing as well…poetry, short stories, pieces of screenplays, and the beginnings to lots and lots of novels. She earned her B.A. in English, with a minor in Education, from the University of Rochester in New York and then moved to Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, where she earned her M.A. in English Literature. After two years teaching in the Ohio community college system, she spent a summer in Providence, Rhode Island, and finally landed in downstate New York, where she currently lives. Since 1997, Allie has enjoyed life in the northern NYC suburbs, where she teaches English and Education full-time to high school students. In her spare time, she and her husband travel extensively (favorite vacation spots include Hawaii, the Outer Banks, and Western Europe, especially Germany). When she finds a few extra minutes to breathe, she is also a runner, a musician, an animal-lover, and a union activist. Around the turn of the century, Allie finally decided to listen to the writing muse on her shoulder. Since the power of human connections and the complexity of the human heart always fascinated her, creating love stories seemed to come naturally. She has since become a member of RWA, both the national and her local chapters, and in early 2007 signed her first publishing contract with Samhain Publishing. Her second contract followed weeks later with The Wild Rose Press, and her career as a novelist was born!