CD Collins is author of the novel Afterheat and the poetry collection Self-Portrait with Severed Head. She has published short fiction in numerous literary magazines, including StoryQuarterly, The Pennsylvania Review, Salamander, and Phoebe. One of the originators of the early 1990s resurgence of spoken word with live music, Collins has produced five award-winning albums and appeared in venues such as the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Berklee College of Music Performance Hall, and New York Public Library.
