paul collins
Paul Collins is a writer specializing in history, memoir, and unusual antiquarian literature. His seven books have been translated into ten languages, and include Not Even Wrong: A Father's Journey Into the Lost History of Autism (2004), and The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City & Sparked the Tabloid Wars (2011).  He is a 2009 recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in Nonfiction. His recent freelance work includes pieces for the New York Times, Slate, and New Scientist. In addition to appearing regularly on NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday as its resident “literary detective” on odd and forgotten old books, he is also the founding editor of the Collins Library imprint of McSweeney's Books. Collins lives in Portland, Oregon, where he teaches creative nonfiction as an Associate Professor in the MFA program at Portland State University. read more ...
  • College Of William And Mary
  • Davis
  • University Of California
  • Portland State University
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