AuthorsDen.com   Join | Login  

 
Where Authors and Readers come together!

Signed Bookstore | Authors | eBooks | Books | Stories | Articles | Poetry | Blogs | News | Events | Reviews | Videos | Success | Gold Members | Testimonials

Featured Authors:  Alexander Shaumyan, iJudith Bailey, iDean Cambourakis, iJames Hill, iCynth'ya Reed, iMatt Miller, iMargaret Mullings, iBob Brink, iCharlene Proctor, iFlo Fitzpatrick, i

 
Home > Author > Lee J Collins Popular: Books, Stories, Articles, Poetry      Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z     
 
Lee J Collins

 Follow Me  

· Contact me
   
· Books
· 2 Titles
· Add to My Library
· Share with a friend
·
Member Since: Sep, 2013

Lee J Collins, click here to update your pages on AuthorsDen.

Between Two Eternities by Barbara Brett

Married ten years, and more in love than ever, Robert and Marcie have everything to live for. But a terrible secret is breaking Robert's heart: he knows that Marcie is about to die...  
Member BookAds

These Black and Blue Red Zone Days by Aberjhani

Just as life during the pandemic was color-coded with different hues representing different levels of danger, life in its aftermath has become shaded in similar ways. As a self-styled “Seeker of Beauty with Beauty,” (borrowing from a quote by W.E.B.  
Member BookAds
  Lee J Collins

Share  Save   [ Subscribe]        

See larger image

From teaching and presenting academic stuff, to writing fiction required a leap of faith.


Background Information

  I taught children and then teachers in eleven different settings in seven different states and after I retired I was interested in trying my hand at writing fiction.My first novel, Too Much Left Unsaid involves characters who live their lives in the turmoil of 20th century America. The story begins in 1918 with six-year-old Mattie's father dying from the flu and ends in1969 when Mattie tells her story to the mysterious visitor in her living room. As a child in Chicago and then Pittsburgh (and then Chicago again) I lived my first eleven years under one president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. I have always been fascinated with the way historical events drive personal choices. Unpredictable circumstance must be accommodated.      

Birth Place
Chicago, IL United States