Photo by Emma Gornall

Christina in the 6th grade (It was all about the bangs)

Christina Collins grew up in Massachusetts and lives in Northern Ireland, where she’s always on the lookout for castle ruins and secret gardens. She earned her PhD in creative writing from Queen's University Belfast, where she currently teaches, and her MFA in creative writing from George Mason University. She has been a writer-in-residence at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts as well as the Art Commune program in Armenia. Her Pushcart Prize-nominated short fiction and poetry have appeared in more than a dozen publications, including Jabberwock Review and NonBinary Review. After Zero is her debut novel.

Agent: Becky Bagnell, Lindsay Literary Agency

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Atop Benbradagh, Northern Ireland

Exploring the Gobbins, Northern Ireland