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Snapshot bioChristina Collins grew up in Massachusetts and lives in Northern Ireland, where she’s always on the lookout for secret gardens and castle ruins. She is the author of two novels published by Sourcebooks: After Zero and The Town with No Mirrors. She holds a PhD in creative writing from Queen’s University Belfast.
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Longer bio
Christina Collins grew up in a small town in Massachusetts, devouring library books, looking for secret gardens, and using “wicked” as an adverb. She earned her undergraduate degree from the College of the Holy Cross, spending her junior year abroad as a visiting student at the University of Oxford. After working in magazine editing for a few years, she was offered a fully funded place in George Mason University's MFA program in creative writing. Upon receiving her MFA, she moved to Northern Ireland on a full scholarship and earned a PhD in creative writing from Queen’s University Belfast. She still lives in Northern Ireland today and is currently Cregagh Library's writer-in-residence, supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
Christina is the author of two middle-grade novels published by Sourcebooks: After Zero and The Town with No Mirrors. She has also authored short works of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction in more than a dozen periodicals and anthologies, and has been a featured playwright in George Mason University's annual ten-minute play festival. Her works have been named a Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts (NCTE), a Virginia Readers' Choice book, a Magnolia Book Award nominee, a Texas Lone Star Reading List title, and a Pushcart Prize nominee, among other awards. She received the inaugural C.S. Lewis Writer's Bursary award from EastSide Arts and has held residencies at the Irish Writers Centre (Roaming Writer-in-Residence), the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, and the Art Commune program in Armenia. Over the years, she has taught at universities, worked in editorial roles, and been to 22 countries and counting. She is represented by Becky Bagnell of the Lindsay Literary Agency.
Christina is the author of two middle-grade novels published by Sourcebooks: After Zero and The Town with No Mirrors. She has also authored short works of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction in more than a dozen periodicals and anthologies, and has been a featured playwright in George Mason University's annual ten-minute play festival. Her works have been named a Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts (NCTE), a Virginia Readers' Choice book, a Magnolia Book Award nominee, a Texas Lone Star Reading List title, and a Pushcart Prize nominee, among other awards. She received the inaugural C.S. Lewis Writer's Bursary award from EastSide Arts and has held residencies at the Irish Writers Centre (Roaming Writer-in-Residence), the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, and the Art Commune program in Armenia. Over the years, she has taught at universities, worked in editorial roles, and been to 22 countries and counting. She is represented by Becky Bagnell of the Lindsay Literary Agency.
