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AVAILABILITY FOR PROJECTS FOR HIRE While Mary Collins now works full-time as a professor of creative nonfiction at Central Connecticut State University, she continues to take on substantial projects for hire. She recently completed an editing project for the Reilly Center for Media and Public Affairs and an educational series for the Smithsonian American Art Museum. She is available to work full-time on writing and editing projects from May to August and part-time (10 to 15 hours a week) from September to April. Interested clients may e-mail her at collinsmae@ccsu.edu. |
What's Happening at Mary's Keyboard Sample chapter from American Idle (238.8KB)
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Etienne-Jules Marey's photograph of a man hopping.
The Essential Daughter: Changing Expectations for Girls at Home
A portrait of changing expectations for girls at home in the United States from 1700 to the present, published by Praeger Books, 2003 "Don't Have a Seat," The Washington Post Health Section
Winner of the ASJA "Best Essay of the Year" award. A piece about back pain and the culture of sitting. Airborne: A Photobiography of Wilbur and Orville Wright (National Geographic Books)
Winner of the ASJA "Best Young Adult Book" and named a Top 10 YA biography by New York Public Library and Booklist. National Public Radio: The Cast of Characters (Seven Locks Press)
A portrait of the first 25 years of NPR. Sample editorial (245.3KB) Sample Smithsonian column (1.6MB)Magazine and Newspaper Work
Mary Collins has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Smithsonian Magazine and other major media outlets. Other Young Adult Work
Titles written for the Grolier "Cornerstones of Freedom" Series: Mount Vernon, Spanish-American War, The Smithsonian, The Industrial Revolution Titles written for National Geographic Books Young Adult Book Series: Airborne: A Photobiography of Wilbur and Orville Wright Projects for Hire
Collins wrote 250-pages for a joint book venture between the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Pearson Publishing. The six-part Educational Series targets grades 6-12. She has also written segments of reference books, atlases, biographies for educational web sites for a wide ranges of clients, including the Discovery Channel, National Geographic, and McGraw-Hill. |
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