Greg E AllenDebut author Greg E. Allen is trained in landscape architecture and planning. He served in the United States Marine Corps Reserves for six years as a combat engineer at the same time as he was studying at Virginia Tech.

He wrote The Designr to explore different perspectives about how we unknowingly choose to live our lives. In so doing, Charlie Martin coaches us to become designers of our own lives.

Greg lives in Midlothian, Virginia, with his wife Janit Llewellyn, and their two dogs named Sophie and Satin Star. They have a blended family that includes Greg's two adult daughters, Iva and Anna; and Janit's two adult sons and their wives, Christian and Taylor; and Forrest and Caroline and their young son, Wesley. Read More Read Less