Collin Kelley is a novelist, poet and
playwright from Atlanta, Georgia. His poetry collections
include After the Poison, Slow To Burn and Better To Travel, which was
nominated for the 2003 Georgia Author of the Year Award, Kate Tufts Discovery
Award and Lambda Literary Award. He is a multiple Pushcart Prize nominee and a
recipient of the 2007 Georgia
Author of the Year/Taran Memorial Award from the Georgia Writers Association at
Kennesaw State University
for poetic excellence and his work as co-editor of the Java Monkey Speaks
Anthology series from Poetry Atlanta Press. His poetry, essays and interviews
have appeared in magazines, journals and anthologies around the world. His
play, The Dark Horse, was the recipient of the 1994 Deep South Festival of
Writer's Award for Best Play from the University of Louisiana
and the Georgia Theatre Conference Award in 1997. Kelley has been a journalist for more than 20
years. Conquering Venus is his first novel.
Collin's Website