Suzanne Collins

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Suzanne Collins
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Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
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  • Novelist
  • author
EducationIndiana University Bloomington (BA)
New York University (MFA)
GenreFantasy, science fiction, children's literature, young adult fiction, dystopian fiction
Notable worksThe Hunger Games
The Underland Chronicles
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Charles Pryor
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Suzanne Collins (born August 10, 1962)[2] is an American author and television writer who is best known as the author of the young adult dystopian fiction book series The Hunger Games. She is also the author of the children's fantasy series The Underland Chronicles.

Early life and education

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 moved with her family 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 in Birmingham in 1980 as a Theater Arts major.[8] She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University Bloomington in 1985 with a double major in theater and telecommunications.[9][10][11] In 1989, Collins earned her Master of Fine Arts in dramatic writing from the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.[11]

Career

Collins began her career in 1991 as a writer for children's television shows.[12] She worked on several shows for Nickelodeon and Nick Jr., including Clarissa Explains It All, The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, Little Bear, Oswald, and Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!.[12] She was also the head writer for the PBS spin-off Clifford's Puppy Days.[12] She received a Writers Guild of America nomination in animation for co-writing the critically acclaimed 2001 Christmas special, Santa, Baby![13] After meeting children's author James Proimos while working on the Kids' WB show Generation O!, Collins felt inspired to write children's books herself.[12]

Her inspiration for Gregor the Overlander, the first book of The New York Times best-selling series The Underland Chronicles, came from Alice in Wonderland, when she was thinking about how one was more likely to fall down a manhole than a rabbit hole, and would find something other than a tea party.[12][13] Between 2003 and 2007, she wrote the five books of the Underland Chronicles: 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. During that time, Collins also wrote a rhyming picture book, When Charlie McButton Lost Power (2005), illustrated by Mike Lester.[12]

In September 2008, Scholastic Press released The Hunger Games, the first book of a series by Collins.[14] The Hunger Games was partly inspired by the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. Another inspiration was her father's career in the Air Force, which gave her insight to poverty, starvation, and the effects of war.[4] The trilogy's second book, Catching Fire, was released in September 2009, and its third book, Mockingjay, was released on August 24, 2010.[15] Within 14 months, 1.5 million copies of the first two Hunger Games books were printed in North America alone.[16] The Hunger Games was on The New York Times Best Seller list for more than 60 consecutive weeks.[16] Lions Gate Entertainment acquired worldwide distribution rights to a film adaptation of The Hunger Games, produced by Nina Jacobson's Color Force production company.[17][18] Collins adapted the novel for film herself.[18] Directed by Gary Ross, filming began in late spring 2011, with Jennifer Lawrence portraying main character Katniss Everdeen.[19] as well as Josh Hutcherson who played Peeta Mellark and Liam Hemsworth who played Gale Hawthorne.[20]

The subsequent two novels were adapted into films as well, with the latter book split into two cinematic installments, for a total of four films representing the three books. As a result of the popularity of The Hunger Games books, Collins was named one of Time magazine's most influential people of 2010.[21] In March 2012, Amazon announced that she had become the best-selling Kindle author of all time.[22] Amazon also revealed that Collins had written 29 of the 100 most highlighted passages in Kindle ebooks—and on a separate Amazon list of recently highlighted passages, she had written 17 of the top 20.[23]

Collins released a Hunger Games prequel titled The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes in May 2020. It is based on the life of future President Coriolanus Snow, 64 years before the events of The Hunger Games trilogy.[24][25] A film adaptation, starring Tom Blyth as Snow and Rachel Zegler as Lucy Gray Baird, was released on November 17, 2023.[26] In March 2025, it was followed by Sunrise on the Reaping,[27] which explores the 50th Hunger Games won by Haymitch Abernathy.[27] Lionsgate procured the rights to adapt the novel into a film, which is set to release on November 20, 2026, with Joseph Zada playing Haymitch and Ralph Fiennes playing Snow.[28]

Personal life

Collins moved to New York City in 1987 and lived there until 2003.[7]

In 1991, Collins met Charles "Cap" Pryor at Indiana University and they married in 1992.[29] Pryor has been supportive of Collins's career, reading and critiquing the earliest drafts of The Hunger Games.[30] They live in the Sandy Hook area of Newtown, Connecticut, with their two children, Charlie and Isabel.[6][30][29][31] Though Collins's IMDb profile claims she and Pryor divorced in 2015, this has never been confirmed.[6]

In 2013, Forbes reported that Collins has a net worth of $55 million, making her No. 3 on Forbes's Top-Earning Authors List.[32]

Awards

Work Year Award Category Result Template:Ref heading
The Hunger Games 2008 Cybils Award Speculative Fiction: Young Adult Won
2009–2010 Soaring Eagle Book Award Won [33]
2009 Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award Won [34]
2009 Thumbs Up! Award Won [35]
2009 Locus Award Young Adult Novel Nominated [36]
2009 Inky Awards Silver Inky Award Won
2009 Golden Duck Award Hal Clement Award Won
2010 Hampshire Book Awards Book Award Won
2010 Kentucky Bluegrass Award Grades 9-12 Won [37]
2010 Children's Book Award Older Readers Won
2010 Children's Book Award Overall Won
2010 Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Won
2011 California Young Reader Medal Young Adult Won
2011 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Won
2011 Sequoyah Book Award Young Adult and Intermediate Won
2011 Sequoyah Book Award High School Won
2011 Geffen Award Translated Science Fiction Novel Won
2012 2012 Teen Choice Awards Choice Book Won
2012 Concorde Book Award Won
2012 BILBY Award Older Readers Award Won
The Hunger Games (Film) 2013 Ray Bradbury Award Template:CFinalist
2012 Bram Stoker Award Best Screenplay Nominated
Catching Fire 2009 Goodreads Choice Awards Young Adult Series Won
2010 Golden Duck Award Hal Clement Award Won
2010 Locus Award Young Adult Novel Nominated [38]
2010 Indies Choice Book Awards Young Adult Won
2011–2012 Soaring Eagle Book Award Won [33]
2012 Geffen Award Science Fiction Won
2014 BILBY Award Older Readers Award Won
2018 Goodreads Choice Awards Best of the Best Nominated [39]
Mockingjay 2010 Goodreads Choice Awards Young Adult Fantasy Won [40]
2011 Neffy Awards SF/F Author Won [41]
2011 Children's Choice Book Awards Teen Choice Book of the Year Nominated [42]
2011 Locus Award Young Adult Novel Nominated [43]
2011 Andre Norton Award Nominated
2013 Geffen Award Young Adult Won
2016 BILBY Award Older Readers Award Won
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards Young Adult Fantasy Nominated [44]
2021 Geffen Award Science Fiction Won
Sunrise on the Reaping 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards Young Adult Fantasy & Sci-Fi Won [45]
Waterstones Book of the Year Nominated [46]
Dragon Awards Best Young Adult/Middle Grade Novel Won [47]
Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Award Nominated [48]
2026 British Book Awards Children's Fiction Book of the Year Won [49]
Year of the Jungle 2014 Christopher Award Books for Young People - Kindergarten and up Won
2014 Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor
Gregor the Overlander
(aka: Gregor and the Rats of Underland) 		2005 Beehive Book Award Children's Fiction Nominated [50]
2006 Waterstones Children's Book Prize Best Book Template:CFinalist
2004 NAIBA Children's Novel Award Won [51]
Other awards

Published works

The Underland Chronicles

  1. Gregor the Overlander (2003)
  2. Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane (2004)
  3. Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods (2005)
  4. Gregor and the Marks of Secret (2006)
  5. Gregor and the Code of Claw (2007)

The Hunger Games series

Original series

  1. The Hunger Games (September 14, 2008)
  2. Catching Fire (September 1, 2009)
  3. Mockingjay (August 24, 2010)

Prequels

  1. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (May 19, 2020)
  2. Sunrise on the Reaping (March 18, 2025)[27]

Other books

  • Fire Proof (The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, #11) (1999)[59]
  • When Charlie McButton Lost Power (2005)
  • Year of the Jungle (2013)

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