C. P. Allen was born in Biloxi, Mississippi in the fall of 1977. Son of a soldier, he experienced life in many parts of the world, moving every few years to his father's next station. At a young age he developed a passion for the horror and fantasy genres of film. While he never considered writing, he regularly created quests and stories for Dungeons and Dragons games with his older brother Adam and their friends. Sketching was always his first passion. He would pass hours in his room, or, to his parents and teachers dismay, in class, drawing images from his favorite comics, nightmares, and imagination.
His first novel, Jije, was never meant to be more than a "write the scariest story you can in one paragraph" challenge he saw on face book. Upon showing his friends and family, they insisted he turn it into a full story. As stories do, it took on a life of its own. Two years later C.P. finally penned the words THE END, and Jije was published.