Rice, Allyson: - Allyson Rice is a writer, mixed media artist, and producer currently splitting her time between Los Angeles, CA, and Rehoboth Beach, DE. She's a graduate of Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Science in Communication. After spending many years as an actress on stage and on television, she left the business and spent the next decade running yoga/meditation retreats, women's retreats, and creativity retreats around the country. After that, she pivoted to focus on her own creative work. In addition to her writing and art, she's also a photographer. Some random bits of Allyson trivia: 1) She's been skydiving, paragliding, bungee jumping, ziplining through a rainforest, and scuba diving with stingrays; 2) she has an extensive PEZ dispenser collection; 3) she played Connor Walsh on As the World Turns for seven years; 4) she's been in the Oval Office at the White House after hours; 5) she's related to the Hatfields of the infamous Hatfield/McCoy feud; and 6) her comedic rap music video "Fine, I'll Write My Own Damn Song" won numerous awards in the film festival circuit. (https: //youtu.be/7Xe3nuVDkC4) She's currently at work on her next novel, Normal is Overrated, and her fourth women's coloring book.