Craig K. Collins is the Executive Director of the Center for Gun Analytics. He was born in Pocatello, Idaho, in 1960, and was raised in small towns throughout the Great Basin --- Carson City, Nevada; Winnemucca, Nevada; and Bishop, California. He attended college in San Diego, where he has lived since, and holds a BA in English and an MBA from San Diego State University. After a stint as a journalist, he served as a senior executive for Fortune 500 companies. Later, he founded a series of venture-backed technology start-ups. He has won a number of professional awards for writing, marketing, innovation and entrepreneurship. THUNDER IN THE MOUNTAINS is his first book.

Books by Craig K. Collins

Thunder in the Mountains: A Portrait of American Gun Culture

by Craig K. Collins - Nonfiction

In this beautifully written and powerful memoir, author Craig K. Collins ushers readers down a remarkable path --- one that wends from the American frontier to present-day suburbia. Along the way, he explores the meaning of a history --- of his family’s and his country’s --- that is infused with the culture of the gun. Stops include an Indian massacre at Bad Axe, the siege of Vicksburg, the slaughter of buffalo in Montana, and the discovery of gold in a remote Nevada canyon.