Originally from NYC, now living, writing, acting and directing in Mexico, Allen studied at the New School For Social Research and Hunter College. His articles, essays, stories, etc., published in The New York Times, The Writer, Newsday Magazine, MD Magazine, NY Sunday News Magazine, many others. On-line-all upcoming: Flashquake - (play); The Heron's Nest - (haiku), Cenotaph Pocket (story), The Storyteller (story), Remembrance (5haiku).