Alyson Mead's fiction, essays and articles have appeared in over thirty publications, including Salon, In These Times, Bitch, BUST, Whole Life Times, Punk Planet, MS/NBC, The Sun, AOL, LA Tribe, Rockpile, IRT, ChickClick, Tapestry, The Stylus, and the New York Daily News, among others.

She has received the Columbine Award for Screenwriting, the Roy W. Dean Filmmaking Grant, and a Writer's Digest Award.  Her work also appears in the anthology Stories of Strength, benefiting the victims of Hurricane Katrina. 

She lives and works in Los Angeles.