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Eugenia Collier is an American writer and professor. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland on April 6, 1928. She is best known for her short story "Marigolds," which was published in 1969 and won the 1970 Best American Short Story Award. Collier attended Howard University, where she earned her bachelor's degree in English in 1950. She then went on to earn her master's degree in English from the University of Michigan in 1952. Collier has taught at a number of universities, including the University of Michigan, the University of Maryland, and the University of California, Berkeley. She has also served as a visiting professor at the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of California, Santa Cruz. Collier has written several books, including her memoir, A Voice from the Chorus (1991), and her novel, The Girl Who Wore Freedom (2020). She has also written numerous short stories, essays, and articles. Collier is currently 95 years old and her net worth is estimated to be around $1 million.

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Since retiring in 1996, Collier continues to live in Baltimore, and occasionally visits classes to discuss creative writing and her stories.

Collier's collection, Breeder and Other Stories, was released in 1993. She has also published a play, Ricky, based on her short story of the same name. Other texts that Collier has written or contributed to include Impressions in Asphalt: Images of Urban America (1999); A Bridge to Saying It Well (1970); Sweet Potato Pie (1972); Langston Hughes: Black Genius (1991); Afro-American Writing: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry (1992); and Modern Black Poets: A Collection of Critical Essays (1973). Her work has appeared in Negro Digest, Black World, TV Guide, Phylon, College Language Association Journal, and The New York Times.

The former English Chair at Morgan State University, Collier has also taught at Coppin State College (now University), the University of Maryland, Howard University, Southern Illinois University, and Atlanta University. She graduated magna cum laude from Howard University in 1948, and was awarded an M.A. from Columbia University two years later. In 1976, she earned a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland.

Eugenia W. Collier (born April 6, 1928) is an American writer and critic best known for her 1969 short story "Marigolds", which won the Gwendolyn Brooks Prize for Fiction award. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland.

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