Allen Wold was born in Michigan , finished high school in Tucson , Arizona , and graduated from Pomona College , in Claremont , California , where he later met his wife, Diane. They married in 1972, and moved to North Carolina , where he began his career as a full time writer. In 1986, he became a full time father, writing when he could make the time. In 2003, he became a full time writer again, when his daughter, Darcy, went off to college, at Pomona .

He has published nine novels (has written several more, most of which will never see print, thank God), several short stories (mostly for the Elf Quest anthologies), five non-fiction books on computers (he's completely self-taught, and it probably shows), and a number of articles, columns, reviews, and so forth, also concerning computers (written in language even he can understand).

Currently, Allen one novel, a ghost story, being sent around by his new agent, and is working on an epic heroic fantasy (half way done at 1,000 pages, details on request).

Allen has been running his version of a writer's workshop at conventions for about nineteen years, and has had some success, since several people have not only finished but sold stories started in the workshop.

Allen is a member of SFWA, and Toastmasters International (which gives him a captive audience).