A nationally recognized book author and essayist, Mary Collins directs the Creative Writing program at Central CT State, where she won the Teaching Award, and teaches nonfiction for the Yale Summer Writing Program.

In addition to offering writing workshops at FVAC for new and established writers, she is also launching the Collins Story Exchange, which is devoted to gathering stories from others and helping them craft heirloom quality narratives for family, the community, and libraries.

Prior to moving to Connecticut for her job at CCSU, she worked in Washington, DC at National Geographic and Smithsonian. She has published five nonfiction books, many essays and articles, and several Young Adult history books.

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