Monday, March 19, 2012

The author of The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins

Author Suzanne Collins arrives at the world premiere of "The Hunger Games" on Monday March 12, 2012 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)

Suzanne Collins is the author of a very acclaimed and New York Times bestseller novel The Hunger Games (September 2008). Ms. Collins has studied at the Alabama School of Fine Arts and at New York University, where she was awarded an MFA in Dramatic Writing. She first gained her popularity in children’s literature with the New York Times bestselling Underland Chronicles series for middle grade readers. Another of her most popular novel was Catching Fire (September 2009), the second book in The Hunger Games trilogy. It was named a Time Magazine Top Ten Fiction Book of 2009, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, and a People Magazine (Top 10) Best Book of 2009. In April 2010, Suzanne Collins was named to the TIME 100 list of “the world’s most influential people.” Ms. Collins has also had a prolific and tremendous career writing for children’s television. She has worked on the staffs of several Nickelodeon shows, including the Emmy-nominated hit Clarissa Explains It All. She received a Writers Guild of America nomination in animation for co-writing the critically acclaimed Christmas special, Santa, Baby! Recently she wrote the screenplay of Lionsgate’s upcoming movie The Hunger Games. That movie replicates her novel The Hunger Games. Ms. Collins is a very  popular and an accomplish science fiction novel writer. She is science fiction writer because most of her writing is science and technological form. In the novel The Huger Games, Suzanne Collins uses science fiction novels as the relationship with the principles of science.these stories involve partially true-partially fictitious laws or theories of science. It should not be completely unbelievable, because it then ventures into the genre fantasy.




4 comments:

  1. Suzanne Collins is really talented author. I'm a great fan of her books. I've read Mocking Jay and Catching Fire. those two books were fabulous. now I'm planing to watch the movie The Hunger Games than I'll read the book.

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    1. Yeah I agree with you Maria. The Hunger Games was the first novel I've read written by Suzanne Collins and it inspired me to keep reading her books. Yeah my friends are so desperate to watch The Hunger Games movie so I think I'll go with them too.

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  2. To be Honest I have not read any of her books, but after seeing the movie and how great it was it has made me want to read all her books. Also usually when the movies are good most of the time the books have or are a lot better.

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  3. Yes, that tends to happend often when the movie is good the books will have to be good or better. I recomend you to read the books. The Hunger Games is really good book.

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