Jennifer Collins, author, is a retired physical therapist and college professor. Most recently, she received the 2023 Literary Artist Award from the MartinArts Council. This award recognizes her fictional work honoring the dualities in life: grief and gratitude, sadness and hope, and most of all, the joy in each moment. Comfort in the Wings, an award-winning debut novel, emerged from enduring multiple, sudden deaths in her immediate family including two of her children, and her only sibling. Overcome with loss, she found comfort in signs that reminded her of her children, and hope from new connections. She found herself in awe at the outpouring of stories from other parents who had lost children. Wonders in the Waves, a sequel that also stands on its own, finds her main character gradually moving from mere survival to striving to thrive. The third in the series, Bridges between Our Hearts, winner of the F.A.P.A. President's Award for Inspirational Books, is a generation-spanning story that completes the Love That Does Not Die Trilogy. These heartwarming books bring a seldom heard voice to fiction.Collins enjoys daily walks and writes from her homes in New York and Florida. Her appreciation for the healing qualities of being near the water inspired her to feature the Finger Lakes region of New York and Hutchinson Island, Florida, in her novels. Her characters find peaceful retreats in these unique, picturesque environments.Read more about this authorRead less about this author