After completing a full-length novel in High School as a personal project, Allen knew that he had to focus on becoming a writer. Attending the University of California at Riverside, where he specialized in Writing for the Stage, Allen rose to become the Artistic Director of the Golden Mean Players and their 120-seat theater, where he helped other young writers plot their work for the first time. Alongside this, he became enamored with Film. After completing his Bachelors and Masters consecutively, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a screenwriter. In his off-hours, he wrote continuously, completing a library of scripts for television and features and recently focused one story into his second full-length novel.