Allie Burke is the best-selling author of eight literary publications including the acclaimed Paper Souls, the first entry into "sick-lit" of its kind. Her writing has been called defiant and brutally honest, earning her the title "The Queen of the Surreal" by critics all over the world.

A Paranoid Schizophrenia survivor, Allie is Executive Director of the 501C3 non-profit organization Stigma Fighters. She is the founder of the OCH Literary Society. She has been featured in Women's Health Magazine and VICE. In her spare time, she eats gluten-free pizza with her cat. Follow her @AllieBurkeBooks on Twitter. Learn more about OCH at www.haphazardcoffee.com. Learn about Stigma Fighters at www.stigmafighters.com