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This is the only official website for author Suzanne Collins. I am not on any social media platforms, so any accounts that you may find in my name are not authorized by me.
Biography. In 1991, Suzanne Collins began her professional career writing for children's television. She worked on the staffs of several Nickelodeon shows, including the Emmy-nominated hit Clarissa Explains it All and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo.
THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES. It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games.
In Collins's world, we'll be obsessed with grooming, we'll talk funny, and all our sentences will end with the same rise as questions. When Katniss is sent to stylists to be made more telegenic before she competes, she stands naked in front of them, strangely unembarrassed.
Collins doesn't take war lightly – her characters debate the morality involved in tactics used to try to overthrow the rotting, immoral government, and they pay a high cost for those tactics. It is also an entirely gripping read.
"Gladiator" meets "Project Runway" in Suzanne Collins's gripping dystopian novel "The Hunger Games" and its new sequel, "Catching Fire." Collins has joined J.K. Rowling and Stephenie Meyer as a writer of children's books that adults are eager to read."
"Perhaps Collins's greatest achievement in these tales is the effortless introduction of weighty geopolitical ethics into rip-roaring adventure. It seems as elusive in the Underland as up above, but Gregor and his companions, including the unforgettable rat Ripred, may yet find a way.
GREGOR THE OVERLANDER: BOOK ONE IN THE UNDERLAND CHRONICLES. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES. USA TODAY BESTSELLER. A BOOK SENSE BESTSELLING SERIES. KIRKUS REVIEWS EDITOR'S CHOICE, 2003. NY PUBLIC LIBRARY 100 TITLES FOR READING AND SHARING. A BOOK SENSE CHILDREN'S PICK. A CCBC BOOK OF THE WEEK.
WATERSTONES BEST BOOKS OF 2020: SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY. COSMOPOLITAN'S 20 BEST YA BOOKS OF 2020. TODAY'S BEST YA BOOKS OF 2020. 2021 KIDS' BOOK CHOICE AWARDS FINALIST. BEST FANTASY WORLD BUILDER. SUZANNE COLLINS/THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES. A HUNGER GAMES NOVEL.
"Collins crafts another edge-of-the-seat quest... Gregor's resolution of the prophecy will surprise and delight readers--who will be equally delighted to see a new prophecy in Gregor's luggage when he returns home.
