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M.R. Collings

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Nashville, The United States

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M. R. Collings is an award-winning author and former spine surgery physician associate who traded the operating room for the page. Drawing on her medical background and fascination with human behavior, she writes psychologically layered stories that explore the tension between love and obsession, identity and illusion, truth and perception.

As Melissa R. Collings, she also writes humorous, heartwarming romantic stories about the messy, beautiful ways we love and grow.

When she’s not writing or plotting, she’s having deep, thought-provoking conversations with her husband and two children in Nashville, studying preventative health, or losing herself in a painting. Her imagination never fails to get her into trouble, and she lives by the philoso ...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 65 ratings · 55 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

Kill the Thing You Love: A Novel
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John is a talented man, and I loved reading his story. It's interesting, deep, and takes you on an emotional journey. It also makes you think. I love how vulnerable and relatable he makes his memoir. I love a peek into another person's real life, and ...more
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M.R. Collings liked Andi Z's review of The Love Operation: "I want to thank Netgalley and Mindy's Book Studio for this ARC and my unbiased review. I loved this book! I mainly read rom-coms and while there are usually strong female leads, I can't think of one recently that I've read that had a badass female le" Read more of this review »
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I read The Woman in the Window after seeing it discussed by twin sisters I follow on TikTok/Instagram whose thriller reviews I love, and I’m so glad I picked it up. This was such a fun, twisty, addictive psychological thriller. I loved the claustropho ...more
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