Tess Collins

A coal miner's granddaughter, TESS COLLINS was born and raised in a crater. Yes, really, a crater formed by the impact of an asteroid millions of years ago where her hometown, Middlesboro, Kentucky was eventually built. Tess spent her younger years in a one room Carnegie Library reading around the room. She started at BLUEBERRIES FOR SAL and ended with WAR AND PEACE at which time she thought, "I want to do this."

That ambition took her to the University of Kentucky, where she majored in journalism and creative writing, and eventually to a Ph.D. from The Union Institute and University, with a focus on theatre management and producing. She is the author of eight novels and a non-fiction book on theater management. She now lives in San Francisco, where on a clear day she can see the Golden Gate Bridge, a long way from the crater, but exactly where she was always headed.

THE LAW OF BETRAYAL and HELEN OF TROY were finalists for ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year while HOW THEATER MANAGERS MANAGE garnered the Bronze Award in the Performing Arts Category.

A WAVE OF BREATH won the Silver Medal in the Action/Adventure category