Suzanne Collins

Suzanne Collins is an accomplished American writer, widely recognized for her contributions to children’s television and her best-selling young adult novels. After earning a Master of Fine Arts in dramatic writing from New York University Tisch School of the Arts in 1989, Suzanne Collins began her professional writing career in 1991, contributing to acclaimed children’s television. Her early work included several Nickelodeon shows such as ‘Clarissa Explains It All,’ ‘The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo,’ ‘Little Bear,’ and ‘Oswald.’ Collins’s significant contributions extended to co-writing the animated Christmas special ‘Santa, Baby!,’ for which she received a Writers Guild of America award nomination in 2001. From 2003 to 2006, she further solidified her television career as the head writer for the popular PBS series ‘Clifford’s Puppy Days.’ Inspired to write children’s books, Collins published her first novel for middle schoolers, ‘Gregor the Overlander,’ in 2003.

Looking ahead, Collins is set to release a new prequel novel, ‘Sunrise on the Reaping,’ in 2025, with a film adaptation already planned for 2026.