Allison graduated from Dartmouth College and received her MFA from New York University. Her articles and reviews have appeared in publications including The New York Times Book Review, The Chicago Sun-Times, People, Redbook and In Style.
Her first novel, Now You See It (Simon & Schuster, 2004), won the William Faulkner Medal from the Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society and the Chapter One Award from the Bronx Writers Center. She’s lectured and read from her work in venues across the country, and loves nothing more than visiting book clubs. Especially book clubs that serve wine. Though beer is fine, too. And, what the heck, cake.
Allison currently teaches in the MFA program at Butler University. She lives in Indianapolis with her husband, the writer Michael Dahlie, and their son, Evan.
