Born in Lexington, Kentucky, The United States December 21, 1849 Died: February 18, 1925 Genre: Literature & Fiction James Lane Allen was an American novelist and short story writer whose work often depicted the culture and dialects of his native Kentucky. His work is characteristic of the late-19th century local color era, when writers sought to capture the vernacular in their fiction. Allen has been described as "Kentucky's first important novelist." Less