Lelia Long Collins

Lelia Long Collins grew up in the heart of the Blue Ridge

Mountains of Virginia not far from Kentucky and Tennessee and was

exposed to the colorful storytelling traditions of the mountains at an

early age. She is the mother of three grown children and the wife of

a twenty-year Navy veteran. She has traveled extensively within the

United States and to Germany and the Ukraine. She has a captivating way of weaving a story and pulling her reader into the twists and

turns while developing her plot.