Suzanne Collins (1) (1962–)
Author of The Hunger Games
For other authors named Suzanne Collins, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Suzanne Collins was born on August 10, 1962. She was born in Hartford, Connecticut and graduated from Indiana University with a double major in Drama and Telecommunications. Collins went on to receive an M.F.A. from New York University in dramatic writing. Since 1991, she has been a writer for show more children's television shows. She has worked on the staffs of several shows including Clarissa Explains it All, The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, Little Bear and Oswald. She also co-wrote the Rankin/Bass Christmas special, Santa, Baby! and was the head writer for Scholastic Entertainment's Clifford's Puppy Days. Her books include When Charlie McButton Lost Power, The Underland Chronicles, and the Hunger Games Trilogy. Book one of this trilogy, The Hunger Games, became a major motion picture in 2012 with Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence portraying the main character of Katniss Everdeen. Catching Fire, book 2 of the trilogy, became a major motion picture in 2013. Mockingjay - Part One was released as a film in 2014 and Part Two in 2015. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games / Catching Fire / Mockingjay / The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2020) 124 copies
مباريات الجوع 2 copies
Life Story Movie Magic Magazine - Making of the Hunger Games - Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson (2012) 2 copies
Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane. Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods. Gregor and the Code of Claw (3 Book Set) (2004) 1 copy
ألسنة اللهب 1 copy
[1338635174] [978-1338635171] A book The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Collins Hardcover 2020 1 copy
Associated Works
The Graphic Canon of Children's Literature: The World's Greatest Kids' Lit as Comics and Visuals (2014) — Contributor — 90 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Collins, Suzanne Marie
- Birthdate
- 1962-08-11
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- Places of residence
- Sandy Hook, Connecticut, USA
- Education
- Alabama School of Fine Arts (Theater Arts)
Indiana University (BA | 1985 | Theater and Telecommunications)
New York University (MFA | 1989 | Dramating Writing) - Occupations
- television screenwriter
novelist - Relationships
- Pryor, Charles (husband)
- Awards and honors
- Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in The World (2010)
California Young Reader Medal (2011)
CYBIL Award (2008) - Agent
- Rosemary B. Stimola (Stimola Literary Studio)
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Discussions
Life in the Capitol in The Hunger Games (September 2017)
Group Read: The Hunger Games in Read YA Lit (February 2014)
Mockingjay discussion -- includes *SPOILERS* in Hogwarts Express (February 2012)
Catching Fire - what will happen in the second book of the Hunger Games? in Read YA Lit (August 2009)
Reviews
The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Trilogy, Book 1) by Suzanne Collins
The book is better than the movie.
The book is well written and gripping. The world is beautifully realized and the story unflinching. These things are all true...but I still didn't like it much. I didn't like Katniss, I don't care for dystopian fiction (I like to think that we'll get better as we go along) and I positively revile first-person-present-tense narration.
Maybe the narration had more of a bearing than I realized. I just thought Katniss was clueless and insensitive, though undeniably brave and ready to sacrifice everything for the people she knows she loves. The Hunger Games themselves appalled me, and the world in which they took place was terribly depressing.
Altogether, it was OK. I won't read it again, and I have no particular interest in reading the sequels, despite the CLIFFHANGER ENDING (which is another thing I didn't like.)… (more)
Maybe the narration had more of a bearing than I realized. I just thought Katniss was clueless and insensitive, though undeniably brave and ready to sacrifice everything for the people she knows she loves. The Hunger Games themselves appalled me, and the world in which they took place was terribly depressing.
Altogether, it was OK. I won't read it again, and I have no particular interest in reading the sequels, despite the CLIFFHANGER ENDING (which is another thing I didn't like.)… (more)
Bumped up to 4.5⭐ from 4⭐ star rating on my original read thru.
Not me reading this and somehow thinking that Snow would be a good person, after literally *just* having finished rereading the original trilogy.
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Statistics
- Works
- 50
- Also by
- 4
- Members
- 188,330
- Popularity
- #25
- Rating
- 4.2
- Reviews
- 7,771
- ISBNs
- 1,076
- Languages
- 36
- Favorited
- 75
