AJ Collins is a Melbourne based fiction author. A recipient of first prize and several commendations for the Monash WordFest awards, AJ has been published in various short story anthologies and magazines and was awarded a place at Hardcopy 2018 in Canberra, a national professional development program for writers. Her work has also been read on Radio Queensland. AJ graduated from RMIT's Professional Writing and Editing Associate Degree in 2014 and has since established a successful editing and publishing business, AJC Publishing. Previous to this, AJ had an eclectic career from managing commercial mortgages, to working in a legal tribunal, to fronting her own function band for over twenty years. A one time devotee of adrenaline sports, including bungee jumping, skydiving, parasailing, sky walking, sky jumping, and volcano climbing, AJ is now happy to be settled at home with her hubby and two fur kids, writing her adventures instead of living them.
