E. A. Allen is a cattle farmer, History Professor, and retired CIA Intelligence Officer.      He writes the Montclaire Mysteries for adult readers, which follow the exploits of the early twentieth century’s ruthless and relentless crime fighter Gerard de Montclaire.  More recently Allen has launched a new series of Percy St.-John Adventures for Teens and Young Adults -- stories in the great tradition of stories Arthur Conan Doyle, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Agatha Christie that he enjoyed as a young reader.  He has taught History and International Relations courses at several colleges and universities, including Loyola, Xavier, University of New Orleans, and the University of Virginia.  He has a Ph.D. in Modern European History from Tulane and studied in France at the University of Montpellier.  In government service, E. A. Allen was Senior Analyst for European Security Affairs at the CIA and served during the Clinton and Bush Administrations on the National Intelligence Council as Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Europe.  He now lives on a farm in the mountains of northwest Arkansas, and spends his “spare time”  building a rustic cabin in the nearby Ozark forest.