She received her B.A. in English and Creative Writing from Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, and she holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Boston University, where she was a teaching fellow.
Collins has taught creative writing at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts and Central Connecticut State University, and she is Managing Editor of 3Elements Review.
At CrimeReads she tagged either of her "favorite thrillers featuring especially twisted families," including:
He Started It, by Samantha DowningRead about the other entries on the list.
A road trip is the perfect chance for a family to bond together and grow even closer. Unless, that is, you’re the Morgans, the family atthe center of Samantha Downing’s sophomore novel, He Started It. According to their grandfather’s will, Beth, Portia, and Eddie Morgan must recreate a road trip they took as kids in order to receive their inheritance. But each of these siblings has an agenda of their own, and it isn’t long before it seems that not everyone will survive. Deliciously fast-paced, this book features all the friction and bitterness you’d expect from a dysfunctional family, but with a final showdown between the siblings that’s almost dizzying in its knockout surprises. This unputdownable thriller is sure to make your own family, no matter how messed up they are, seem like the Brady Bunch.
He Started It is among Hannah Mary McKinnon's ten top psychological thrillers featuring sibling rivalry.
The Page 69 Test: He Started It.
--Marshal Zeringue
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