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In fact the Hunger Games as well as other books Collins has written involve factors that talk about war.Ĭollins father has influenced the way she thinks the next generation should be educated on war.

And that’s when it sort of struck me, this idea for the games.” And these images short of began to meld together in my mind in a very unsettling way. I found myself going in between reality television programs and footage of the Iraq war. “I was lying in bed late at night one night and I was channel surfing. In an interview with Bibliostar.TV Collins talks about the moment when she had the idea to write the Hunger Games. The protagonist, Katniss Everdeen (played by Jennifer Lawrence) volunteers to take her little sister’s place and fight during the 74 th annual Hunger Games. One boy and girl from each of the twelve Districts are selected in a lottery to compete in a fight to the death on live television.

The setting of the Hunger Games is in the city’s capitol Panem, a nation which once was North America. In 2008, she released the first book from the Hunger Games trilogy, dedicating it to Proimos.

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The series became New York Times Bestselling. Collins went on to writing her first series, The Underland Chronicles. Proimos encouraged Collins to start writing books of her own. Collins earned a higher position in her career when she was hired as a head writer by James Proimos the creator of the children’s program Generation O. She wrote for programs such as Little Bear, Clarissa Explains it All, and Oswald. She currently lives with her husband and her two children in Connecticut.ĭuring her early career, Collins spent her time writing for children’s television programs. Afterwards, Collins graduated with a degree in dramatic writing from New York University. In 1985, she graduated from Indiana University majoring in telecommunications and theater. She is none other than Suzanne Collins.Ĭollins was born on Augin Hartford Connecticut. Although Francis Lawrence will be getting kudos’s for directing Mockingjay: Part 1, we shouldn’t forget the author of the Hunger Games that started it all. Catching Fire, released last year, has left fans on the edge of their seats to see what Katniss Everdeen will do next. Mockingjay Part 1 is just a week away from its release in theaters.