Mike Allen is a writer from London. He has lived in France, the Netherlands, Germany, and Spain, where he is based today.
He studied Fine Art at the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, and later Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. His work has won the Seán OFaoláin International Short Story Prize and an Escalator Prize from the National Centre for Writing.
He offers manuscript assessments and workshops for writers of literary fiction.