name: Kate Collins
genres: Children's Books, Romance, Mystery & Thrillers
avg_rating: 3.96
ratings_count: 38309
about: Indiana native and former teacher Kate Collins is the author of the New York Times best-selling Flower Shop Mysteries, featuring feisty florist Abby Knight and the zany crew at Bloomers. Her books have made the New York Times Best-seller's list, Barnes &amp; Noble mass bestsellers lists, the Independent Booksellers lists, and are available in large print editions in the U.S. and the UK. 3 of The Flower Shop Mysteries are on the Hallmark Mystery Movie channel!Kate's historical romance novels and her children's books, JANEY WEBSTER, EB*, *EXPERIENCED BABYSITTER, and JASON JERVISS AT YOUR SERVICE, are available now as ebooks in all formats. Great reads for ages 9-14.Kate graduated from Purdue University with a master's degree in education, taught Indiana native and former teacher Kate Collins is the author of the New York Times best-selling Flower Shop Mysteries, featuring feisty florist Abby Knight and the zany crew at Bloomers. Her books have made the New York Times Best-seller's list, Barnes &amp; Noble mass bestsellers lists, the Independent Booksellers lists, and are available in large print editions in the U.S. and the UK. 3 of The Flower Shop Mysteries are on the Hallmark Mystery Movie channel!Kate's historical romance novels and her children's books, JANEY WEBSTER, EB*, *EXPERIENCED BABYSITTER, and JASON JERVISS AT YOUR SERVICE, are available now as ebooks in all formats. Great reads for ages 9-14.Kate graduated from Purdue University with a master's degree in education, taught elementary school for six years, but after the birth of her first child, gave up teaching to pursue a long-time dream of putting children’s stories to paper. After writing short humorous stories for children’s magazines and working part-time as a legal secretary, she sold her first historical romance novel in 1995, publishing seven historical romantic suspenses under the pen name Linda O’Brien before turning to her true love, mysteries. ...more