Collins Hemingway

Collins Hemingway
Born	(1950-01-09) January 9, 1950 (age 71) Little Rock, Arkansas
Education	Bachelor’s in English Literature from the University of Arkansas, Master’s in English Literature from the University of Oregon
Occupation	Author
Children	3

Collins Hemingway (born January 9, 1950) is an American author who from 1999 has collaborated with thought leaders on complex topics including business, technology, corporate ethics, and the workings of the brain. He also wrote a well-received trilogy of historical fiction based on the life of Jane Austen.

Hemingway's first book collaboration was with Microsoft founder Bill Gates on the bestselling book Business @ the Speed of Thought. Other projects include Expanding Your Business Around the Corner or Across the Globe with former Starbuck executive Arthur Rubinfeld^[1] and The Fifth Wave: A Strategic Vision for Mobile Internet Innovation, Investment and Return with investor and CEO Robert Marcus. The breadth of Hemingway's interests is seen in his last two projects, a book on the effect of stress on the brain with world-renowned Israeli psychologist Shlomo Breznitz, and the fiction trilogy The Marriage of Miss Jane Austen, which one reviewer describes as “truly a worthy addition to the Jane Austen legacy, a story sure to please all Austen fans.”^[2][3]

Early life and education[]

Hemingway was born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas. He got his professional start as a part-time sports reporter for the Arkansas Gazette during his senior year of high school.^[4] He worked his way through college and graduate school as a journalist, earning a BA in English Literature with a minor in science in 1972 from the University of Arkansas, Phi Beta Kappa, and an MA in English literature from the University of Oregon in 1979.^[5]

Career[]

Hemingway became involved with early minicomputer newspaper technology at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette between 1974 and 1976. He then joined the editorial staff of the Eugene Register Guard in 1976 in Oregon, where he was instrumental in implementing one of the first all-electronic newsrooms in the U.S.

In 1980 Hemingway joined Oregon Software, a Portland-based software company, as a technical writer and later technical marketer. He then joined WE Communications, where he worked primarily on the Microsoft account. He was recruited by Microsoft in 1992 as director of systems public relations at Microsoft. He became director of business development and international marketing of the Business Systems Division in 1994; and director of executive communications for Gates and company president Steve Ballmer in 1996. Hemingway's career as a book author launched when he collaborated with Gates on a book about the impact of the internet on business.^[6]

Hemingway has co-authored five books and has written the well-reviewed three-volume series that speculates on what could have happened during a seven-year span in which little is known of Jane Austen's life.^[3] A recognized authority on the English author and the Regency period, he has published 17 essays in Austen journals or magazines and speaks regularly at regional, national, and international events. He was selected as the Traveling Lecturer for the West Region of the U.S. in 2021-22 by the Jane Austen Society of North America.^[7]

An instrument-rated pilot and aviation enthusiast,^[8] Hemingway was co-founder and board president for two years of SOAR Oregon, a nonprofit (2013-2018) that promoted the civilian use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones) in the state. SOAR provided grants for Oregon startups, helped establish test areas, and in 2017 won a major contract for the testing of an Airbus autonomous flying taxi in the state.^[9]

Books[]

• Gates, Bill; Hemingway, Collins (1999). Business @ the Speed of Thought. Warner Books. ISBN 978-0670886647.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Rubinfeld, Arthur; Hemingway Collins (2005). Built For Growth: Expanding Your Business Around The Corner Or Across The Globe. Wharton School Publishing. ISBN 978-0131465749.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Baker, Dan; Greenberg, Kathy, Hemingway, Collins (2006). What Happy Companies Know: How the New Science of Happiness Can Change Your Company for the Better. Pearson Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0131858572.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Marcus, Robert; Hemingway, Collins (2012). The Fifth Wave: A Strategic Vision for Mobile Internet Innovation, Investment and Return. ISBN 979-1091270069.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Breznitz, Shlomo; Hemingway, Collins (2013). Maximum Brainpower: Challenging the Brain for Health and Wisdom. Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0345526151.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Hemingway, Collins (2015). The Marriage of Miss Jane Austen Volume I. ISBN 978-1985281646.
• Hemingway, Collins (2016). The Marriage of Miss Jane Austen Volume II. ISBN 978-1535444958.
• Hemingway, Collins (2017). The Marriage of Miss Jane Austen Volume III. ISBN 978-1979472760.

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