Suzanne Collins Biography

For preschool viewers, she penned multiple stories for the Emmy-nominated "Little Bear and Oswald". She also co-wrote the critically acclaimed Rankin/Bass Christmas special, Santa, Baby! Most recently she was the Head Writer for Scholastic Entertainment’s Clifford’s Puppy Days.

While working on a Kids WB show called Generation O! she met children’s author James Proimos, who talked her into giving children’s books a try.

Thinking one day about Alice in Wonderland, she was struck by how pastoral the setting must seem to kids who, like her own, lived in urban surroundings. In New York City, you’re much more likely to fall down a manhole than a rabbit hole and, if you do, you’re not going to find a tea party. What you might find...? Well, that’s the story of Gregor the Overlander, the first book in her five-part series, The Underland Chronicles. Suzanne also has a rhyming picture book illustrated by Mike Lester entitled When Charlie McButton Lost Power.

She currently lives in Connecticut with her family and a pair of feral kittens they adopted from their backyard.

The books she is most successful for in teenage eyes are The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay. These books have won several awards, including the GA Peach Award

Publications:

The Underland Chronicles:

• Gregor the Overlander (2003)
• Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane (2004)
• Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods (2005)
• Gregor and the Marks of Secret (2006)
• Gregor and the Code of Claw (2007)

The Hunger Games trilogy:

• The Hunger Games (2008)
• Catching Fire (2009)
• Mockingjay (2010)

Other books:

• Fire Proof: Shelby Woo #11 (1999)
• When Charlie McButton Lost Power (2005)
• Year of the Jungle (2013)
• "Hello Sofia" (2016)