Bridget Collins is an American author and illustrator. She is best known for her debut novel, The Binding, which was a New York Times bestseller and won the British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year in 2020. She has also written and illustrated several picture books, including The Lost and Found and The Snow Sister. Collins is passionate about creating stories that explore the power of imagination and the beauty of the natural world. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family.