Michael R. Collings, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Michael R. Collings

author, poet, literary critic and bibliographer

Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1947

Place of Birth: Rupert, Idaho, United States

Profession: poet, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Michael Robert Collings (born October 29, 1947) is an American author, 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 1997-2000.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.