Allan Reed Folsom (December 9, 1941 – May 16, 2014) was an American screenwriter and novelist.
Folsom was born in Orlando, Florida on December 9, 1941, and grew up in Boston, Massachusetts.
[1][2] After graduation, he worked as a camera man, editor, writer and producer in California.
His first novel, The Day After Tomorrow, was published in 1994, debuted at #3 on the New York Times bestseller list and netted over 1.2 million copies.
[1][3] Little, Brown and Company and Warner Books purchased the novel for $2 million - the highest amount at that time for a first-time novelist.