My book 'Trust Your Heart', which is the story of my life, will be followed by 'Singing Lessons', a memoir of love, loss, hope, and healing, which talks about the death of my son and the hope that has been the aftermath of the healing from that tragedy.

The album also featured Collins' composition "My Father" and one of the first covers of Leonard Cohen's "Bird on the Wire". She is an alumna of MacMurray College Jacksonville Illinois. Collins was also instrumental in bringing little-known musicians to a wider public.

Judith Marjorie "Judy" Collins (born May 1 1939) is an American singer and songwriter known for her eclectic tastes in the material Judy Collins records (which has included folk show tunes pop rock and roll and standards) and for her social activism.