Alyssa Herron

Alyssa Herron is a writer and actor. She is known for her pitch black comedy but she loves, loves, loves a sad story. She's a Jane Austen in a Hemingway world. Her debut novel Drowning Above Water was released on her fortieth birthday, and she'll tell you her feelings about that if you ask. Her original stage plays have been produced by various theatre companies in the Pittsburgh area. As a screenwriter, she has had her screenplays advance as finalists for the Steeltown Film Factory and the Sundance Institute competitions. Her poetry has been published both online and in print and she also performs these as a spoken word artist. On stage she has been humbled to play Lady Macbeth and on screen, she was tickled to play a lesbian vampire. Her son just wishes she was better at video games.