ABOUT COLLEEN HITCHCOCK
Colleen Hitchcock is the world-renowned author of the poem, Ascension. Her masterpiece poem is featured on thousands of websites, and in the forward's of best-selling author, Tom Clancy's Without Remorse and Executive Orders. 
She hears from people worldwide who have suffered a great loss and turn to her poetry as uplifting hope. She has been honored with the use of "Ascension" in many memorials and tributes, services, etc.
Her first suspense novel, Rabbit Heart, has been sold to Simon & Schuster as a book series and will be in bookstores in May 2006. Other suspense novels include, If Dead People Could Talk, The Ghost of Shakespeare, The Dragonfly Chronicles, and two other Rabbit Heart books to follow.
Recognized as a poet as early as her first grade, she feels that her poetic roots have sculpted a rhythmic beat that moves throughout her prose. Hitchcock has always been drawn to comedy, action, and suspense, for its passion. And she artfully weaves stories and morals throughout every story, poem, or song she writes. She has lived in Ft. Lauderdale and Santa Monica, but was born and currently resides in Minnesota.
She has a press pass and is active with National Writers Union - (NWU Local 13), Midwest Independent Publishers Association (MIPA), Minnesota Book Publishers' Roundtable, and has served as a Board Member for the Allina Hospice & Palliative Care Foundation.
This year she is serving her sixth year as Small Book Design Judge for the prestigous PMA's Benjamin Franklin Awards. The previous five years she was a Judge in the Literary & Poetry Design competition for two years, a year of the Children's Literary Awards, and two years in the best Book Design Awards Categories. The Benjamin Franklin Awards will be presented at the National BookExpo in New York City, NY, May 26 - May 31, 2009, 2008.
Contact Colleen Hitchcock directly if you would like to have a custom project done for you or your organization.