Megan Collins is the author of Cross My Heart, Thicker Than Water, The Family Plot, Behind the Red Door, and The Winter Sister (Atria/Simon & Schuster). She received her B.A. in English and Creative Writing from Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, and she holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Boston University. She teaches creative writing and is Managing Editor of 3Elements Review. A Pushcart Prize and two-time Best of the Net nominee, her poetry and short fiction have appeared in many print and online journals. She lives in Connecticut.