CHRISTINA Collins is the author of After Zero, a debut middle grade novel that was published by Sourcebooks in the USA in 2018. Christina’s stories and poems have appeared in over a dozen publications, including Jabberwock Review, Weave Magazine, and NonBinary Review.
Christina holds an MFA in fiction from George Mason University, where she received full funding and an Honours Award. She also has a PhD in creative writing which she received on a full scholarship at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland. Christina is currently working on her second novel, Don’t Make Me Laugh.
Elise carries a notebook full of tallies, each page marking a day spent at her new public school, each stroke …