Writer,
Script Doctor,
Ghostwriter

Her play Sister Cities was the hit of the Edinburgh Fringe and earned five star reviews: It has been produced around the country and internationally, 31 times including Paris (Une Ville, Une Soeur), Rome (Le Quattro Sorelle) and Australia. She wrote the film (Netflix) which stars Jacki Weaver, Alfred Molina, Jess Weixler, Stana Katic, Michelle Trachtenberg, Amy Smart, Troian Bellisario, Tom Everett Scott and Kathy Baker. The Sister Cities novel was published Dec 2016.

She has co-written, with the late International bestselling novelist Jackie Collins, the play Jackie Collins Hollywood Lies, which is gearing up for a National Tour.

In collaboration with The New York Times best selling author Michael Scott, she wrote the thriller The Thirteen Hallows (Tor/Macmillan).

Her novel The Affair (Kensington) was published in 2013. The play of the novel earned both critical and commercial success as it toured Italy February through May 2013. It played in Antwerp October 2016 and is set to play in Belgium in 2022. Her sequel novel The Consequences (Kensington) was published January 28, 2014.

Her YA novel, co-written with Sadie Turner, Anomalies (Select Books) was published in February 9, 2016.

Her memoir about Songwriter Hall of Famer Steve Dorff I Wrote That One Too, was published in November 2017.

Her children’s book The Reluctant Fairy Godmother with Kimberly Much was published in June 2019.

Her YA novel The Last Bookstore with Brooke Purdy was published in February 2020.

Her transgressive fiction novel Tugnutt’s Creek with Nate Yacos was published in September 2024.

She also wrote the film 7,000 Miles starring Wendie Malick (2024) and co-wrote the film And Then There Was Eve which won The Los Angeles Film Festival in 2017 and is distributed with Breaking Glass Pictures. She co-produced the film Quality Problems, which has won a slew of awards on the festival circuit, is distributed with Freestyle Media and can be seen on iTunes and Amazon.

Colette has several scripts in development which she co-wrote with Brooke Purdy, including Joint Venture, Scattering Rachel and The Last Bookstore, (based on their novel) which won Grand Prize at the CWA awards, We Screenplay’s Diverse Voices and Best Science Fiction Feature for Action on Film. They are in post production for their coming of age film Miles Underwater.

In the last ten years, Colette has produced a number of Lifetime Movies. More recently, she has produced several indie films, including her most recent projects; The Colorhouse and Pilgrim. She has also started a production company: Radical Kindness Productions, whose mission is to support films with a strong social justice message.

A top Hollywood script doctor and ghostwriter, Colette is also a faculty member at NYFA, Antioch University and Studio Arts which she teaches screenwriting, playwriting and novel writing.