About The Author

    Suzanne Collins is the author of the international bestselling books in The Hunger Games trilogy. Her education in dramatic writing along with her military family background has shaped her into the author she is today.
    Collins was born on August 10th, 1962, in Connecticut. Collins was raised by a military family. Her father served in Vietnam when she was a child. He later went on to make lieutenant colonel. Her grandfather was gassed in World War I; and her uncle was injured in World War II.
    Collins graduated from Indiana University with a double major in Drama and Telecommunication. She then went on the complete a MFA in dramatic writing at New York University. She currently lives in Connecticut with her family, a husband, two children and a pair of kittens they adopted from their backyard.
    Her career hit off when she began writing for children's television, such as Emmy-nominated Little Bear and Oswald. Further on in her recent career she was the Head Writer for Scholastic Entertainment’s Clifford’s Puppy Days, and contributed to the making of Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!  In September 2008, The Hunger Games was released. Because of such popularity, Time magazine named Suzanne Colinns one of the most influential people of 2010.