Suzanne Collins

About the Author: Since 1991, Suzanne Collins has been busy writing for children’s television. She has worked on the staffs of several Nickelodeon shows, including the Emmy-nominated hit Clarissa Explains it All and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo. 

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,and a freelancer on Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!

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 fantasy/​war series, The Underland Chronicles.
Her next series, The Hunger Games Trilogy, is an international bestseller.
 At present, Suzanne is at work on a picture book with James Proimos. She currently lives in Connecticut with her family and a pair of feral kittens they adopted from their backyard.

Series by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

So I knew the movie was coming out for this one and really wanted to read the book before seeing the movie and boy was I happy I did. The movie was good mind you but it didn't really hit all the main problems the main characters comes across. This isn't a movie review so on to the book.

Meet Katniss, a 16 girl who is down on her luck, is poor but still has one friend to watch her back and a family to care for. That is till her little sister is picked for the hunger games and she takes her place. Two people are pick from each area and then are force to face off one another. It is a mean game of kill or be killed. The winners gets fame, money, and food. The catch is there can only be one winner.

The characters are well rounded, the history itself is something I would like to know more of. (Yes I know its only book one). All in all a good read, I will be reading the other two books.

This book did remind me of Battle Royal in the way the people are picked and forced to face off. Even some of the tech is the same. I can't wait to see how the story ends.

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