Allan Stratton was born in Stratford, Ontario. Before he was two, he and his mother went to live with his grandparents, first on a farm, and later in the town of Kincardine. While his mother taught history, Allan listened to fairy tales and classical music on a childís seventy-eight record player. These records sparked his imagination, and a lifelong passion for reading and writing. At the age of five, he was organizing his friends in plays, performed for their parents in the backyard. In grade six, his class produced a fifteen-minute play heíd written about Henry Hudson. By grade eight, he was reading a book every couple of days, with a taste that ranged from comics to Shakespeare.
