 In 1986, he co-wrote a children's book "Hacia el nuevo mundo", and his writing career began in earnest from there.He published "El infiltrado" in 1989, which was awarded a prize as the best Latin-American novel translated to French that year.Collyer has continued to publish works to much critical acclaim and has won the "Premio Municipal de Santiago" for his short story collections, amongst various other awards for his publications in general.