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About the Author
Suzanne Collins
Gregor the Overlander
Gregor and The Prophecy of Bane
Gregor and the Code of Claw
Gregor the Overlander
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Early Life & Career
Collins was born in 1962 in Hartford, Connecticut. She majored in Theater Arts and graduated from the Alabama School of Fine Arts in 1980. She later completed her Bachelor of Arts in 1985, and then her Masters of Fine Arts in 1989. Collins began her writing career by writing for children's TV. She worked on various Nickelodeon shows, Clifford's Puppy Days, Little Bear, and Oswald. While working on a show she met an illustrator who convinced her to begin writing children's books. Her first novel was Gregor the Overlander, a book about an 11 year old in New York City falling through a grate and landing in the "Underland", an underground world where giant insects, rats, and humans live together. Gregor the Overlander was the first book in The Underland Chronicles, which became a New York Times Bestseller.
The Hunger Games Series
After Collins completed The Underland Chronicles series in 2007, she released The Hunger Games a year later. It was a smash hit, and spent 6 consecutive years on the New York Times bestseller list, selling over 17,500,000 copies overall. In 2009, she released Catching Fire, The Hunger Games' sequel, which has sold over 10,000,000 copies. A year later, she released the final book in the trilogy, Mockingjay, which has sold over 9,000,000 copies. All of the books were received positively by critics and audiences. All of the books also received movie adaptations, which were received fairly well.
Contact Sources
https://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com/
She has no social media.​
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