Suzanne Collins

Suzanne Collins is an American author and screenwriter, born on August 10, 1962, in Hartford, Connecticut. She earned bachelor’s degrees in telecommunications and theater and drama from Indiana University in 1985 and an M.F.A. in dramatic writing from New York University in 1989. Before turning to children’s literature, Collins wrote for television, contributing to programs including Clarissa Explains It All and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo.

Collins is the author of The Underland Chronicles, beginning with Gregor the Overlander, and the Hunger Games novels The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and Sunrise on the Reaping. She also wrote When Charlie McButton Lost Power and the autobiographical picture book Year of the Jungle.