Bio

Gerard Collins (Sussex, NB, formerly NL),

Gerard Collins is a Newfoundland writer, now living in New Brunswick, whose first novel, Finton Moon, was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, the Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage and History Award, and has won the Percy Janes First Novel Award. His short story collection, Moonlight Sketches, won the 2012 Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award. In 2021 his second novel, The Hush Sisters won an international Next Generation Indie Book Award in the suspense category and also was a finalist in the paranormal category. A lecturer at Memorial University for two decades and an occasional lecturer at University of New Brunswick, Gerard has a Ph.D. in American (Gothic) literature. He is an experienced leader of writing retreats and workshops in Canada, the United States, and Europe. Recently, Gerard was invited by the Northrup Frye Festival to teach a Masterclass in creative writing and, in 2022, was a featured author and workshop provider at the Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge. Along with his talented wife, writer Jane Simpson, Gerard is cofounder of Go and Write! retreats and, when he’s not traveling, he’s working on the Threshold series, a sprawling, epic tale of love, magic, books, and the rise of fascism in southern New Brunswick.