Lowery Christopher Collins

Lowery Christopher Collins (Chris) is a novelist, playwright, poet, short-story writer, columnist, musician, education consultant, and teacher. He has taught many subjects in K-12 public schools and has taught English, writing and literature, on the college and university level. He spent many years as a high school theatre director and a gifted education consultant. He's been honored with several teaching awards including the Young Audiences of Northeast Texas "Outstanding Service to the Profession" Award and the Kennedy Center's Steven Sondheim Award for being one of the most "Inspirational Teachers" in the U.S. He is also an award-winning playwright of over twenty-five scripts, a weekly newspaper columnist, a short story writer, a poet, a pianist, a vocalist, a songwriter, a recording artist, a choir director, and most recently, a novelist. He holds a BA in English and History and an MA in English from SFASU in Texas and has served on fine arts and gifted education committees as well as on a board of governors for a small playhouse. He has a variety of interests from travel to filmmaking to music theory, and is currently working on several new books as well as a web-based show he hopes to film.