In the news…
Muddled Cherries receives an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Wisconsin Library Association, October 2025
“Out on the Lily Pads” short story, including “An Interview with Sally Collins” by Sophie Schmitz, Barstow and Grand, March 2025
“Chapter Break” with Luella Schmidt & Ken Humphrey, Midwest Writers’ Room, February 2025
“A Sweet and Sour Story” review by Estella Lauter, Peninsula Pulse, January 2025
“The year in Wisconsin books 2024” by Michael Popke, Isthmus, December 2024
“7 books by Wisconsin Authors We’re Loving this Winter” by Up North News, December 2024
Madison Magazine‘s 2024 Local Gift Guide compiled by the editors, December 2024
“Wisconsin author’s debut novel recounts recession-era life for young women in Door County” conversation with Rob Ferrett, article by Avery Lea Rogers, Wisconsin Public Radio, September 2024
“Sally Collins talks about her new novel” with Lisa Malak and Millaine Wells, WFRV-Local 5 Live, August 2024
“Muddled Cherries explores growing up in Eau Claire and beyond” by Regev Nystrom, Leader Telegram, August 2024
“Vacation Reads & Porch Picks” by Maggie Ginsberg, Madison Magazine, July 2024
Q&A with author Kate Pforr, July 2024
Starred Review: Muddled Cherries by Melissa Suggitt, Independent Book Review, June 2024
“Building a Board Book“ by Grace Johnson, Door County Living, August 2022
Select writings…
Fiction: “Impacted” Feels Blind Literary, December 2024
Fiction: “Out on the Lily Pads” Barstow and Grand, November 2024
Nonfiction: “Emerging Scathed: Navigating another new normal, with a toddler by my side” Peninsula Pulse, July 2021
Nonfiction: “Playing 3rd Wheel to a Camera” PetaPixel, June 2018
Interview: “Michael Perry: Storyteller on the Page & Stage” Peninsula Pulse, April 2014
Fiction: “Telling Isabella” Door County Living, August 2013
Nonfiction: “A Woman Afraid” Peninsula Pulse, October 2013
Interview: “Brandi Carlile: Bringing Music to the Nooks & Crannies” Peninsula Pulse, June 2012
Since graduating with a BA in Writing from Winona State University, Sally Collins’ regularly contributes to Peninsula Pulse and Door County Living (first as Sally Slattery). Her debut novel, Muddled Cherries, released August of 2024 from Ten 16 Press, was honored by the Wisconsin Library Association Literary with an Outstanding Achievement Award in 2025.
Collins’ also the author of two children’s books: Door County Animals and Sloane the Gnome Bakes a Cherry Pie. She lives in Door County with her family.
sallycollinswrites.com 