Chris Collin

Chris Collin is an award-winning author of wacky, rhyming children’s books and lives on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia.

His first book Funky Chicken: A Bushy Tale of Crocs and Chooks was released in March 2013. This title was shortlisted for the 2014 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards and is in the Premiers Reading Challenge book list in Queensland, NSW and Victoria. This book is also listed as a literary resource in the Australian Curriculum (Qld C2C Year 3, Unit 7 –Poetry, alternative text).

His second book A Bug Called Doug was released in March 2013. This title is in the Qld Premiers Reading Challenge book list and was long listed in the 2015-16 ISLN (International School Library Network) Red Dot Awards.

Chris' latest title Funky Chicken: Chooks in Space, the second in the Funky Chicken series was released in August 2015 and was voted winner in the 2016 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards! This book is also in the Premier’s Reading Challenge book list in Queensland and Victoria.

Chris performs interactive author presentations to any age group in a range of formats. He has performed 100's of events at literary festivals, libraries, schools, early learning centres, day care facilities, special schools, business groups, public events and as diversional therapy in aged care facilities. His role is to bring fun (and funkiness!) to the world through his books and highly engaging presentations, designed to encourage readers of all ages to 'read for the joy of reading!'