Alyson Mead attended Boston College, the Slade School of Art in London, and New York University\'s Tisch School of the Arts. She has worked in publishing as an editor and ghostwriter, and in film development at New Line Cinema, Sony Pictures, Village Roadshow, and the Buena Vista Motion Picture Group._ She has also produced a documentary on mandated medical care, featuring Academy Award-winning actress Susan Sarandon.Alyson\'s fiction, essays and articles have appeared in over thirty publications, including Salon, In These Times, Bitch, BUST, Whole Life Times, Punk Planet,_MSN, The Sun,_AOL\'s... View More »

Alyson Mead attended Boston College, the Slade School of Art in London, and New York University\'s Tisch School of the Arts. She has worked in publishing as an editor and ghostwriter, and in film development at New Line Cinema, Sony Pictures, Village Roadshow, and the Buena Vista Motion Picture Group._ She has also produced a documentary on mandated medical care, featuring Academy Award-winning actress Susan Sarandon.Alyson\'s fiction, essays and articles have appeared in over thirty publications, including Salon, In These Times, Bitch, BUST, Whole Life Times, Punk Planet,_MSN, The Sun,_AOL\'s That\'s Fit, Tapestry,_Stylus,_Clackamas Literary Review,_and the_New York Daily News,_among others._She has received the Columbine Award for Screenwriting, the Roy W. Dean Filmmaking Grant, and awards from_Writer «View Less