Allen Scovil was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and then went with his family to Ontario before he was five. He’s spent the rest of his time living in various places in Ontario ever since, getting educated, raising four children, and struggling to keep working (He’s an Aspie).

Allen was raised in the Anglican (Episcopalian) church, but crossed the Tiber some years ago, after that church started drifting far from the received faith.

Now that he’s finally retired, he has the time to indulge his hobby of writing, which he began in 2003. He’s always been fascinated by science fiction and fantasy stories, and has searched for a way to make them Christ- and God-centred, instead of technology- or magic-driven. He has so far self-published two such books (print and ebook). The first, titled ‘Deep Black Road,’ is a science-fiction novel about a boy and girl who get roboticized, and are then tasked with saving the regular humans from themselves. The other—titled ‘The Abyss of Nil,’ the first in a series called ‘The Parables of the Game Master’—is a fantasy about a boy who is transported to a mysterious Land of the Heart run by the enigmatic Game Master, and he must solve the mystery of the place before it kills him.

You can find his author pages on Facebook and Amazon, and can follow him on Twitter @AllenScovil.

He currently resides in Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada, and is the proud grandfather of a boy and a girl, who he regularly visits in Orangeville, some two hours distant.