Jeanette Collins

I grew up in the southern United States. From the early days, I longed to go north, where I imagined Culture and The Arts lived.

When I was about five, my parents brought a fine set of children’s books, one of which was ‘Stories of Myths and Legends’. I soon learned about the Greeks, their ideals, Gods and stories, and was enthralled. This laid down an imprint, a structure, and a set of values I have retained.

Always drawing as a child, I wanted to be a painter, as well as a singer on Broadway, and an archeologist.

I wrote poems on every surface available; the painter won out, and that is where I spent my career. But the words were there, waiting, and when the time came, in 2003 or so, I began to write full-time.

I titled one of my books ‘Norah Waverly’ because that’s what the book is about, her mysterious life, and even stranger destiny.

I have written a number of Contemporary Westerns in a series; ‘Elena Chavez’ is one of these. My Regency Historicals are all standalone.

In ‘Found Christmas’ every woman would like to meet the dashing, handsome, Captain Adrian Dewar. In ‘The Gamble’, daring Allan Rutledge will steal your heart.

Names come to me whole and entire, and for me, express the character of the named. I write them down and know them. When I create women characters, how can I go wrong? I know many and am one myself.

Books beat movies hands down, but I love movies, too.

My main aspiration is to write well, and have the books and poetry I make read by a willing heart.

AllAuthor has been great.