Allen Grove

Allen Grove is the author of several short stories and two novels. Allen has lived and worked all over the world, spending much of his youth in Africa, and has also worked in the South Pacific, India, and the Middle East. His travels through work have enabled him to visit over 80 countries. Allen was a featured writer on cherrybleeds and has had several short stories published. After a break from writing of 15 years, during which his artistic urges were taken up with other pursuits, his novel Dadafarin, or, The Pessimism, was conceived over a period of a few months in 2021 when he was inspired to write a satirical novel after revisiting one of his favourite books, Candide, ou, l'Optimisme, written by Voltaire. He has twice been on the radio to talk about his writing.

A keen motorcyclist and traveller, Allen currently lives on a boat in the north of England. He is currently working on a new novel and a travelogue.