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Kate Collins

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Born

The United States

Website

http://www.katecollinsbooks.com/

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Children's Books, Romance

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Dave Barry, Jean Shepherd, Rex Stout, Jeanne Ray

Member Since

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Indiana native and former teacher Kate Collins is the author of the New York Times best-selling Flower Shop Mysteries, featuring feisty florist Abby Knight and the zany crew at Bloomers. Her books have made the New York Times Best-seller's list, Barnes & Noble mass bestsellers lists, the Independent Booksellers lists, and are available in large print editions in the U.S. and the UK.

The Flower Shop Mysteries are coming to the Hallmark Mystery Movie channel in 2016!

Kate's historical romance novels and her children's books, JANEY WEBSTER, EB*, *EXPERIENCED BABYSITTER, and JASON JERVISS AT YOUR SERVICE, are available now as ebooks in all formats. Great reads for ages 9-14.

Kate graduated from Purdue University with a master's degree in educatio ...more

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	Mum's the Word (A Flower Shop Mystery, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 5,278 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slay It with Flowers (A Flower Shop Mystery, #2) 3.86 avg rating — 2,708 ratings — published 2005 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dearly Depotted (A Flower Shop Mystery, #3) 3.93 avg rating — 2,460 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snipped in the Bud (A Flower Shop Mystery, #4) 3.91 avg rating — 1,991 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Acts of Violets (A Flower Shop Mystery, #5) 3.95 avg rating — 1,956 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Rose from the Dead (A Flower Shop Mysteries, #6) 3.89 avg rating — 1,740 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Evil in Carnations (A Flower Shop Mystery, #8) 4.03 avg rating — 1,672 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shoots to Kill (A Flower Shop Mystery, #7) 4.01 avg rating — 1,656 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dirty Rotten Tendrils (A Flower Shop Mystery, #10) 4.06 avg rating — 1,608 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night of the Living Dandelion (A Flower Shop Mystery, #11) 4.02 avg rating — 1,510 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Kate Collins answered Kerstin's question: Are your books translated to other languages? Unfortunately they are not. Thanks for asking.
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Kate Collins answered Mary's question: Will there be an other full length flower shop book?. My grandma loves the series but novellas came on ebook and at 93 can not use a tablet. Mary, Because I'm currently writing THE GODDESS OF GREENE ST. mysteries, I don't have enough time to squeeze in a full length FLOWER SHOP novel at this time but won't rule it out for the future. In the meantime, my novellas are out in print form, too. See Full Answer
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Kate Collins made a comment on MUM’S THE WORD – The TV Movie! " Thanks, Linda!! Can't wait to see who plays Marco!! "
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“Lottie did everything the old fashioned way, including the bookkeeping, which was fine with me since I knew nothing about accounting software anyway. To me, spreadsheets was what I did on Saturday mornings after washing my bed linen.”
― Kate Collins, Snipped in the Bud

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“Monday was my favorite day of the week, the embarkation of a seven-day cruise where the ports of call were as yet unknown but the possibilities for adventure were unlimited.”
― Kate Collins, Yews with Caution

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“As Abraham Lincoln once said, ‘Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
― Kate Collins, Missing Under The Mistletoe: A Flower Shop Mystery Christmas Novella

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