Suzanne Collins, born in 1962, is an American author and television writer, best known as the creator of The Hunger Games – the young adult dystopian series that became a generational touchstone. She is also the author of the Underland Chronicles, a fantasy series for children.
Her reputation rests on remarkably few books, which tells you something about their impact – a compact body of work by modern standards, and all the more striking for it. The television background shows in the craft, too: chapters engineered like episodes, cliffhangers placed with a professional’s precision, and momentum that never lets a reader – or listener – off the hook.