Ray Collins grew up in the Midwest, attended Yale, and was drafted as an Army combat infantryman during his junior year. After his service he went on to earn an MPA at Princeton. He became a foreign service officer with the Department of State (a Japanese language and East Asia specialist) before leaving to focus on programs for vulnerable families. He earned a PhD at Princeton and for five years was a nonresident Fellow at Yale's Zigler Center for Child Development and Social Policy. When not writing thrillers (The General's Briefcase and Motive for Murder), Ray enjoys traveling and watching movies with his wife Betty Ann, weight training, and spending time with his four children and extended family.
