Burn House Publishing asked Megan Allen:

Could you tell us a little about your background and some of the formative events that shaped you and what you write about?

Megan Allen As much as I’ve felt drawn to writing, I’ve always felt even more drawn to animals and protecting them. I think a lot of that was instilled in me by my dad, who always told me to be gentle with the little creepy crawly things I once played with in the backyard, who took me on road trips every summer through states like Wyoming, Colorado and Montana so I could photograph wildlife. He taught me how to find wolves, track elk, hurriedly snap a picture of two fighting grizzlies before they moved too close and it was time to retreat. Those years really molded how I see the world and our relationship to other animals. I’ve always thought that from a larger perspective, if some alien was peering down at us (undoubtedly mocking our political choices), we’d be thought of as closer to a single entity than individuals.

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