Allison Burnett is an American writer, producer and director. His debut novel, Christopher, was a finalist for the 2004 PEN Center USA Literary Award. His third novel, Undiscovered Gyrl, was published by Vintage in 2009. His latest novel, Death By Sunshine, was published in 2012 by Writer's Tribe Books. His well-known films for which he wrote the screenplay are Autumn in New York (2000), Resurrecting the Champ (2007), Untraceable (2008) and Underworld: Awakening (2012).