Michael R. Collings
Michael R. Collings | |
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Collings at Life, the Universe, & Everything, a science fiction and fantasy symposium at Brigham Young University. | |
| Born | October 29, 1947 Rupert, Idaho |
| Occupation | Writer, bibliographer, literary critic, poet, professor (retired) |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | United States |
| Education | Master's degree (English) Ph.D. (English literature) |
| Alma mater | Bakersfield College (AA) Whittier College (BA) University of California, Riverside (MA and PhD) |
| Period | 1979 - current |
| Genres | fantasy, horror, science fiction |
| Subjects | Orson Scott Card, Stephen King |
| Notable works | In the Image of God: Theme, Characterization and Landscape in the Fiction of Orson Scott Card |
| Spouse | Judi Collings |
| Children | Michaelbrent Collings |
| Website | |
| StarShine and Shadows | |
Michael Robert Collings (born October 29, 1947) is an American writer, poet, literary critic, and bibliographer, and a former professor of creative writing and literature at Pepperdine University. He was Poet in Residence at Pepperdine's Seaver College from 1997 to 2000.
Collings has had multiple collections of his poetry published on subjects such as Latter Day Saint theology, Joseph Smith, Christmas, science fiction, and horror. He is known for his literary critiques and bibliographies of the works of Orson Scott Card and Stephen King, though he has also published critiques and bibliographies of the works of Peter Straub, Dean Koontz, C. S. Lewis, Brian W. Aldiss, and Piers Anthony. His In the Image of God: Theme, Characterization and Landscape in the Fiction of Orson Scott Card was the first book-length academic look at Card's works.