Allie Bates (born May 1957, in Memphis) is an American short story writer who has also written Romance and Science Fiction novels and screenplays.
In the early days of the Internet, she worked in Writer's Ink and Macintosh BBS on GEnie.
She has written under the name Allie Bates and under other pseudonyms; and has ghostwritten books, screenplays, speeches and blogs.
Bates has edited for New Age Dimensions Publishing, Dark Romance Novel Group, Zumaya Press, as well as for several corporate clients.
The initial core of Novelspot is currently made up of Bates, Steve Lazarowitz, and Theresa Rhodes.