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Suzanne Collins
American author and television writer (born 1962)
For other people named Suzanne Collins, see Suzanne Collins (disambiguation).
Suzanne Collins (born August 10, 1962)[2] is an American author and television writer. She is best known as the author of the young adultdystopian book series The Hunger Games. She is also the author of the children's fantasy series The Underland Chronicles.
Early life and education
[edit]Collins was born on August 10, 1962,[2] in Hartford, Connecticut, to Jane Brady Collins (born 1931) and Lieutenant Colonel Michael John Collins (1931–2003),[3] a U.S. Air Force officer who served in the Korean and the Vietnam War.[4] Her grandfather and numerous uncles fought in both World Wars.[5] She is the youngest of four children, her older siblings being Kathryn (born 1957), Andrew (born 1958), and Joan (born 1960).[4] As the daughter of a military officer, she and her family moved very often, mostly living in Europe (specifically Brussels, Belgium)[6] and the eastern part of America.[7] As a young girl, Collins enjoyed reading, gymnastics, and exploring the woods with her friends.[7]
Collins graduated from the Alabama School of Fine Arts i
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Suzanne Collins
Suzanne Collins[2] (born 1962) is a writer from the U.S. state of Connecticut. She is known for writing in the fantasy and science fiction genre.
Collins started her writing career in 1991. She wrote for some television series. Later she wrote a couple of picture books and a five part series called The Underland Chronicles. In 2008, Collins published the first book of the science fiction trilogy, The Hunger Games. Soon after her publications of The Hunger Games, this trilogy became a series of movies.
Publications
[change | change source]In 2003, Collins published the first book of her five book series called The Underland Chronicles. The books in the series are Gregor the Overlander, Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane, Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods, Gregor and the Marks of Secret, and Gregor and the Code of Claw.
In 2008 she published the science fiction novel The Hunger Games. This was the first part of a trilogy. The other two books are Catching Fire (2009) and Mockingjay (2010). The first book was a New York Times best seller. It was named in Publishers Weekly's "Best Books of the Year" in 2008. Lions Gate Entertainment made a movie of the book. The movie received positive reviews from Stephen King a
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Suzanne Collins
Born
in Hartford, Connecticut, Representation United StatesGrand 11, 1962
Website
http://suzannecollinsbooks.com/
Genre
Fiction, Body of laws Fiction & Fantasy, Countrified Adult
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