Muir, Allison: - Allison Muir is a San Franciscan born writer and artist. During her varied career she has written and designed projects for ReadyMade magazine, coordinated postproduction for clients such as Industrial Light and Magic, Dreamworks and Pixar, and has produced and written for Al Gore's Current TV. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous literary magazines and she has been a regular performer at the Litquake literary festival in San Francisco, as well as KGB Bar in New York City. She is the lead singer of the all-female punk band The Gum Tree Girls. Sugar House is her debut novel. Find out more at sugarhousebook.com.