Biography

Kate Collins, an Indiana native, graduated from Purdue University

Purdue University

Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...

 with a master's degree in education. She taught elementary school for six years, but after the birth of her first child, gave up her teaching career to pursue a writing career . 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. Since then she has published seven historical romantic suspenses and eight mysteries

Her books have made the Barnes & Noble

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mass market mystery best-sellers’ lists, the Independent Booksellers’ best-seller’s lists, as well as booksellers’ lists in Australia and England.

The Flower Shop Mysteries

1. Mum's the Word, ISBN 0451213505, Signet, November 2004
2. Slay It With Flowers, ISBN 0451214552, Signet, March 2005
3. Dearly Depotted, ISBN 0451215850, Signet, July 2005
4. Snipped in the Bud, ISBN 0451218310, Signet, May 2006
5. Acts of Violets, ISBN 0451220749, Signet, March 2007
6. A, Rose From the Dead, ISBN 0451222415, Signet, December 2007
7. Shoots To Kill, ISBN 0451224744, Signet, August 2008
8. Evil in Carnations, ISBN 0451226232, Signet, February 2009
9. Sleeping With Anemone, ISBN 0451228901, Signet, February 2010
10. Dirty Rotten Tendrils, ISBN 045123152X, Signet, October 2010
11. Night of the Living Dandelion, ISBN 0451233018, Signet, April 2011
12. To Catch a Leaf, ISBN 0451235231, Signet, November 2011

External links

• Kate Collins' official site