Allyson Richards is 16 years old and a junior in high school. She started Enlightened when she was 15. Allyson loves reading a good YA book and attends a monthly YA writers group which consists of local authors. Allyson resides on a 30 acre horse farm in Jacksonville, Florida, where the lush green pastures and the beautiful horses who live there fuel her inspirations and ideas. When she isnt working on her novels, she is found either hanging out with friends or with her horse, Gravity.