Collins was deeply involved in the Grenadian Revolution and served as a government coordinator for research on Latin America and the Caribbean.

She is currently a Professor of Comparative Literature and English at the University of Maryland,[4] where she was selected as 2018–2019 Distinguished Scholar Teacher.

Angel follows the lives of Grenadians as they struggled for independence, and is specifically about a young woman going through the political turbulence in Grenada at the time.

[8] Alexandra Harris, Chair of the judges, stated: "Collins fuses history and invention with utmost care and creativity.

... With a deep sense of purpose and not a hint of literary showiness, Collins brings together many voices, from eighteenth-century English letter-writers to Black rights orators, and she honours the rich Grenadian creole, now largely lost, with a new life here on the page.

"[9] The review by Shivanee Ramlochan in Caribbean Beat concluded: "Above all, this is a richly empathetic rendering in fiction of a real-life person whose story remained almost entirely unsung.