Bio: Donald E. Allen is a writer of Poetry and Fiction. His E-Book, When the Ripper calls as well as his chapbooks of poetry, April 1861, April 1862, and April 1865 are all available on Amazon, as is his telling of his Mother's descent into the darkness of Dementia, in his chapbook titled, Darkening Skies.

Don now shares his knowledge with aspiring writers at two Long Island Libraries where he leads adult education classes in Creative Writing for the Massapequa, and Amityville, Public Libraries.