Allen Crater

Allen is a husband and father of two adult sons who frequently out hunt, out hike, and out fish him.

By day he runs an advertising agency located in his home state of Michigan where he enjoys chasing whitetail, trout, and birds. Beyond Michigan you’ll often find him roaming the backcountry of Montana, Colorado, Idaho, or Wyoming.

Allen was a founding member and co-chair of the Michigan Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers and currently serves as vice president for Pere Marquette Trout Unlimited. He is an active member of the Outdoor Writers Association of America, the Association of Great Lakes Outdoor Writers, and the Michigan Outdoor Writers Association.

​Allen is an editor at large and regular contributor to Strung Sporting Journal and pens a quarterly feature for Michigan Out-of-Doors Magazine. Additionally, his writing has found its way into Gray’s Sporting Journal, Fly Fisher, Fly Fusion, Upland Almanac, the Tom Beckbe Field Journal, Solace, and Backcountry Journal.  

For Everything There is a Season is Allen’s second book and features twenty-three sporting essays gathered from nearly five decades in the outdoors.