Editing Joan Collins (section)

==Other ventures==
[[File:Joan Collins - Monte-Carlo Television Festival.jpg|thumb|right|At the 2012 [[Monte Carlo Television Festival]]|200x200px]]

=== Philanthropy ===

Collins has publicly supported several charities for several decades. In 1982, Collins spoke before the [[U.S. Congress]] about increasing funding for neurological research. In 1983, she was named a patron of the International Foundation for Children with Learning Disabilities, earning the foundation's highest honour in 1988 for her continuing support. Additionally, 1988 also saw the opening of the Joan Collins Wing of the [[Children's Hospital of Michigan]] in [[Detroit]]. In 1990, she was made an honorary founding member of the [[National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children]].
[[File:2023-04-22-Joan Collins Goldene Sonne 2023 -5313.jpg|thumb|At the Goldene Sonne Awards in 2023]]
In 1994, Collins was awarded the lifetime achievement award from the Association of Breast Cancer Studies in Great Britain for her contribution to breast cancer awareness in the UK. Collins is patron of [[Fight for Sight (UK)|Fight for Sight]]; in 2003, she became a patron of the Shooting Star Chase Children's Hospice in Great Britain, while continuing to support several foster children in India, something she has done for the past 35 years. Collins serves her former school, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, as the Honorary President of the RADA Associates.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rada.ac.uk/about-rada/governance/109-advisors|title=Advisors|publisher=Rada.ac.uk|access-date=31 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403081614/https://www.rada.ac.uk/about-rada/governance/109-advisors|archive-date=3 April 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

=== Writing ===
Since the late 1990s, Collins has been a regular guest diarist for ''[[The Spectator]]''. In 2008, she had a weekly opinions column in ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]''. She continues to write occasionally for the ''[[Daily Mail]]'', ''[[The Times]]'', ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' and ''[[The Lady (magazine)|The Lady]]'' in the United Kingdom, and ''[[Harper's Bazaar]]'' in the United States.

Collins has established herself as a successful author, although doing so annoyed her sister Jackie, whose books had helped Joan's career.{{r|thorpe20210613}} In addition to her bestselling novels, including ''Prime Time'' and ''Love & Desire & Hate'', she has also written six lifestyle books, including ''The Joan Collins Beauty Book'', as well as memoirs, including ''Past Imperfect''. To date, she has sold over 50 million copies of her books, which have been translated into 30 languages.<ref>{{cite web|last=Graham|first=Natalie|url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/138739f0-de11-11e0-a115-00144feabdc0.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/138739f0-de11-11e0-a115-00144feabdc0.html |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription|title='I don't pay for champagne'|publisher=FT.com|date=16 September 2011|access-date=31 October 2012}}</ref>