About me
An award-winning writer, editor and designer, Allyson Longueira has worked in fiction and
nonfiction in multiple media, including newspapers, magazines and books for twenty years. She
holds a BA in English from Rutgers University and an MA in journalism from the prestigious
University of Missouri School of Journalism.
While a newspaper editor, she led her newspaper to three general excellence awards in three
consecutive years from the Society of Professional Journalism and the Oregon Newspaper
Publishers Association. Since moving to fiction editing, Allyson has been series editor and
executive editor of more than a dozen anthologies.
She has taught writing, publishing and design at the college and professional levels,
including a post as adjunct professor at the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and
Communication as well as teaching professional workshops and lectures for more than ten years.
In 2020, Allyson joined the faculty of Western Colorado University as part of the Graduate
Program in Creative Writing, where serves as Associate Director in the Publishing Concentration
and co-teaches with Program Director and New York Times bestselling author Kevin J.
Anderson.
Allyson’s latest projects are co-executive editor with Kevin J. Anderson of Gilded Glass:
Twisted Myths & Shattered Fairy Tales (Wordfire Press, July 2022), Merciless Mermaids: Tails
from the Deep (Wordfire Press, July 2023), and Feisty Felines and Other Fantastical Familiars
(Wordfire Press, July 2024). She is also the founder and owner of the independent publishing
house Long Alley Press.
