Suzanne Collins

Suzanne Collins

Suzanne Collins was born on August 10th, 1962 and is currently 63 years old. Suzanne Collins was born in Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

Suzanne Collins is known for writing in the Young Adult, Literary Fiction, and Children's Books genres.

Suzanne Collins is the author of The Hunger Games series which currently consists of 5 novels. The Hunger Games series started in 2008 with the novel The Hunger Games. The most recently released novel in The Hunger Games series was Sunrise on the Reaping which was released in 2025. There are no upcoming novels for The Hunger Games series.

Suzanne Collins has also written the Underland Chronicles series which has 5 books including Gregor the Overlander and Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane.

Suzanne Collins: Awards & Accolades

Collins' books have won multiple awards, Catching Fire won the Goodreads Awards, Favorite Book of 2009, in 2009 as well as the Goodreads Awards - Best Young Adult Series in 2009. Mockingjay won the Goodreads Awards, Favorite Book of 2010, in 2010 as well as the Goodreads Awards - Best Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction in 2010. Sunrise on the Reaping won the Goodreads Awards, Best Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction, in 2025 as well as the Audie Award - Audiobook of the Year in 2026 and the Libby Book Awards - Best Young Adult Fiction in 2026.

Suzanne Collins books have also been nominated for multiple awards, Gregor and the Marks of Secret was nominated for the Waterstones, Children's Book of the Year, in 2006. Catching Fire was nominated for the Goodreads Awards, Best of the Best, in 2018. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes was nominated for the Goodreads Awards, Best Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction, in 2020. Sunrise on the Reaping was nominated for the Barnes & Noble Awards, Book of the Year, in 2025 as well as the Waterstones - Book of the Year in 2025, Audie Award - Best Young Adult in 2026, British Book Awards - Children's Book of the Year in 2026.

Suzanne Collins: Lists & Other Mentions

• Sunrise on the Reaping has made several lists including:
  1. USA Today: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 2025.
  2. New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025 Selection in 2025.
  3. Libro.fm: Top 10 Audiobooks of 2025 Selection in 2025.
• Catching Fire was a Wall Street Journal: #1 Hardcover Fiction Best Seller in 2009 and 2011 and 2012 and a Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 2012.
• Mockingjay was a Wall Street Journal: #1 Hardcover Fiction Best Seller in 2010 and 2012 and a Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 2012.
• The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes was a Wall Street Journal: #1 Hardcover Fiction Best Seller in 2020 and a Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 2020.
• The Hunger Games has made several lists including:
  1. AbeBooks: 100 (Fiction) Books to Read in a Lifetime Selection in 2018.
  2. Amazon US: 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime Selection in 2014.
  3. BBC: 100 Novels That Shaped Our World Selection in 2019.
  4. WordsRated: America’s 100 Favorite Books Selection in 2024.
  5. Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 2012.
  6. Book Riot: From Zero to Well-Read in 100 Books Selection in 2013.
  7. TES Magazine: Teacher's Favourite Books List Selection in 2013.
  8. Time Magazine: The 100 Best YA Books of All Time Selection in 2021.
  9. Spy.com: The 25 Best Science-Fiction Books of All Time Selection in 2020.
  10. Los Angeles Times: The 30 Best Fiction Books of the Last 30 Years Selection in 2025.
  11. Waterstones: The Books You've Always Meant to Read Selection in 2020.
  12. PBS: The Great American Read Selection in 2018.
  13. NPR: Top 100 Killer Thrillers Selection in 2010.

The Hunger Games was listed at #24 on the Los Angeles Times "Best Fiction Books of the Last 30 Years" list, which was published in April 2025. The entirety of The Hunger Games series was included in TES Magazine's Teacher's Favourite Books List, and on Audible's The Top 100 Book Series of All Time list.

Suzanne Collins: TV/Movies Based on Books

All of the books in The Hunger Games series were made into films and it is one of the most successful film franchises of all-time. It has grossed over two billion dollars to date and set many box office records during its run.

The first book was adapted in 2012 and released as The Hunger Games. The cast was set with Katniss Everdeen played by Jennifer Lawrence, Peeta Mellark played by Josh Hutcherson, Gale Hawthorne played by Liam Hemsworth, Haymitch Abernathy played by Woody Harrelson, Effie Trinket played by Elizabeth Banks, and President Coriolanus Snow played by Donald Sutherland. The first film was directed by Gary Ross.

The second book was adapted as The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and was released in 2013. This film ended up being the highest grossing of all of the films in the series. Francis Lawrence took over as director for this film, a role he would keep for the rest of the movies in the series. This film saw Philip Seymour Hoffman as Plutarch Heavensbee and Jeffrey Wright as Beetee Latier added to the cast.

The final book in the series was split into two seperate films: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 released in 2014 and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 released in 2015. The final two films introudced new members to the cast, including Julianne Moore as President Alma Coin, Mahershala Ali as Boggs, and Natalie Dormer as Cressida. Mockingjay Part 1 had the largest opening day and weekend of any film in 2014.

Due to the success of the films there was interest in more films from the studio. When Suzanne Collins wrote the prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes it was quickly tapped for adaptation for release in 2023. Hunter Schafer was cast as Tigris Snow, Rachel Zegler as Lucy Gray Baird, Jason Schwartzman as Lucky Flickerman, and Peter Dinklage as Dean Highbottom. Franic Lawrence directed the new installment, his fourth Hunger Games film.

A trailer for the adaptation of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping has been released. Watch

Related Authors

Fans of Suzanne Collins also enjoy these authors:

1. Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give Series.
2. Veronica Roth, author of the Divergent Series.
3. Alice Hoffman, author of the Practical Magic Series.
4. Ursula K. Le Guin, author of the Earthsea Cycle Series.
5. Lois Lowry, author of The Giver Series.
6. Eoin Colfer, author of the Artemis Fowl Series.
7. Victoria Schwab, author of the Monsters of Verity Series.
8. Alexandra Bracken, author of The Darkest Minds Series.
9. Roshani Chokshi, author of The Gilded Wolves Series.
10. Django Wexler, author of The Shadow Campaigns Series.

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