Colin Mills (born Chester, Cheshire 6 January 1951) is a British educationalist and writer specialising in children's literature, literacy and policy research.
Hons, 1974, winning the Morrell Memorial Prize) and the University of London Institute of Education, (MA Ed, 1977, with distinction).
Forthcoming works include a book on the marketisation of literacy in English primary schooling and an intellectual biography of Margaret Meek Spencer, who was his supervisor, mentor and co-author in the 80s and 90s.
He taught in schools in Cheshire and London, and worked as an advisory teacher and a researcher (1972–1989).
He is also an Honorary Research Fellow at Newman University, Birmingham and a visiting scholar at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE, Toronto).