Christopher Collier

Christopher Collier is an American historian and author born in 1930, known for his meticulously accurate historical fiction and non-fiction works on early American history, particularly the American Revolution and Connecticut's history. He served as the official Connecticut State Historian from 1984 to 2004 and is currently a professor of history emeritus at the University of Connecticut. Collier frequently co-authors with his brother James Lincoln Collier, and their books have been nominated for prestigious awards including the Pulitzer Prize and the Newbery Honor.