Colleen Collins is an award-winning author who’s written 20 novels and anthologies for Harlequin (including a romantic paranormal thriller for Dorchester, writing as Cassandra Collins). Her books have placed first in the Colorado Gold, Romancing the Rockies, and Top of the Peak contests, and placed in the finals for the Holt Medallion, Coeur de Bois Readers Choice, Award of Excellence, More than Magic, and Romance Writers of America RITA contests.

After graduating from the University of California Santa Barbara, Colleen worked as a film production assistant, improv comic, telecommunications manager at the RAND Corporation, technical writer/editor, speech writer, and private investigator. All these experiences play into her writing.

She’s a member of the Mystery Writers of America (MWA), Private Eye Writers of America (PWA), the Romance Writers of America (RWA), Novelists, Inc. (NINC), and sits on the board of the Rocky Mountain MWA. She’s also a member of the National Council of Investigation & Security Services (NCISS) and the Professional Private Investigators Association of Colorado.

When not sleuthing, Colleen’s working on a time-traveling PI series, co-teaching “Writing PIs in Novels” with her investigative business partner, and envisioning how Nick and Nora would behave in the 21st century.