Hi! I'm Allora: writer, reader, nerd, lover of all-things-dragons.
I grew up on a horse farm as the oldest of ten homeschooled kids. You best believe that experience is one I treasure, and it has provided as endless inspiration for most of what I have written since.
I live in Western New York: marketing by day and writing by night. I love Elvis, gardening, chickens, sunshine, beekeeping, superheroes, ANYTHING involving dragons, snuggles from my mini-direwolf, Digory, traveling, hiking, and reading all the fantasy I can get my hands on.
My mother raised me on "The Classics," but she named me after the princess in an 80s fantasy movie (Willow---my name is 'Allora Dannon'), so is it any surprise that I can't get my head out of the clouds?
I'm also an out and proud romantic "late bloomer." In January of 2023, I started documenting my adventures with dating on TikTok and---110K+ followers and over 58 million views later---it has been a wild ride!
I have my MA in Creative Writing have previously published short fiction, and my first memoir, Who is She? A Late Bloomer's Survival Guide, is out on October 7th, 2025.
Next Project: I'm currently working on my first novel: Sisters, Salt, and Dragons (a Jurassic Park + How to Train Your Dragon adventure story for adult women).