Anne Collins (born 1952Holmes, Gillian, ed. ''Who's Who of Canadian Women, 1999-2000''.

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, 1999.) is a Canadian writer, editor and publishing executive who won the

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in 1988. Born in Whitby, Ontario, Collins earned a Bachelor of Arts from

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and has held a wide range of writing and editorial jobs in the Canadian publishing and magazine industry. The publisher at Knopf Random Canada Publishing Group and vice-president of

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, Collins has also written the award-winning ''In the Sleep Room: The Story of The CIA Brainwashing Experiments in Canada''.Mark Medley. "Anne Collins: 'I don't know what you say about years like this'." ''

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'', October 6, 2010. ''In the Sleep Room'' explored the history of Dr. Ewen Cameron and

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and was made into a movie directed by

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in 1998.

Works

* ''The big evasion: abortion, the issue that won't go away'' (1985) * ''In the Sleep Room: the story of the CIA brainwashing experiments in Canada'' (1988)

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