Suzanne Collins

Suzanne Collins

writer, additional crew, producer

Suzanne Collins was born on Aug 10, 1962 in USA. Suzanne Collins's big-screen debut came with The Hunger Games directed by Gary Ross in 2012. Suzanne Collins is known for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire directed by Francis Lawrence, Jennifer Lawrence stars as Katniss Everdeen and Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne. Suzanne Collins has got 2 awards and 6 nominations so far. The most recent award Suzanne Collins achieved is Kids' Choice Awards, USA. The upcoming new movie Suzanne Collins plays is The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes which will be released on Nov 17, 2023.

Suzanne Collins is an American television writer and novelist, author of the bestselling series The Underland Chronicles and the wildly successful Hunger Games trilogy that spawned the Lionsgate film Hunger Games (2012) and the three subsequently announced sequels, Hunger Games: L'Embrasement (2013), Hunger Games: La Révolte - Partie 1 (2014) and Hunger Games : La Révolte - Partie 2 (2015). Born in Hartford, Connecticut on August 10, 1962, Collins is the daughter of a U.S. Air Force officer and was a successful television writer before turning her talents to writing novels. Currently residing in Sandy Hook, Connecticut with her husband and their two children, Suzanne Collins is Amazon.com's best-selling author of all time.Collins began her television writing career in 1991 after earning a degree from Indiana University with a double major in drama and telecommunications. She worked on a number of television productions for Nickelodeon such as Clarissa Explains It All (1991), Little Bear (1995) and Oswald (2001). She was also nominated for a Writers Guild of America award for her work in co-writing Santa, Baby! (2001), a well-received animated Christmas special. Said to be inspired in part by Alice in Wonderland, Collins' first book for middle schoolers, Gregor the Overlander (2003), was nominated for a Nutmeg Children's Book Award. Between 2003 and 2007, Collins added 4 more titles to the New York Times bestselling Underland Chronicles series before turning her attention to Katniss Everdeen and The Hunger Games.One of the most successful written works in history, Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games trilogy has found an audience with readers of all ages - publisher Scholastic announced there were over 50 million Hunger Games books in print by the time the first film was released in 2012. The first Hunger Games film, Hunger Games (2012) was adapted for the screen by director Gary Ross and Collins herself, and starred Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth. The second film, Hunger Games: L'Embrasement (2013) is scheduled for release in late 2013 and the third novel of the trilogy will be split into two films: Hunger Games: La Révolte - Partie 1 (2014) and Hunger Games : La Révolte - Partie 2 (2015), scheduled to be released in 2014 and 2015 respectively.

  • Birthday

    Aug 10, 1962
  • Place of Birth

    Hartford, Connecticut, USA
  • Also known

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Known For

Awards

2 wins & 6 nominations

Kids' Choice Awards, USA
2013
Favorite Book
Winner - Blimp Award
Teen Choice Awards
2012
Choice Book
Winner - Teen Choice Award