Suzanne Collins

@Television Writer, Family and Childhood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Suzanne Collins is the famous author of ‘The Underland Chronicles’, and ‘The Hunger Games’ Connecticut American Indiana University New York University Writers Leo Celebrities Suzanne Collins, is a famous author of children’s books, best known for the trilogy, ‘The Hunger Games’, ‘Catching Fire’, and ‘Mockingjay’. Having studied drama, and pursued specialization in writing for the theatre, the young woman started out writing scripts for popular animated television shows for children. She has written episodes of series like 'Clarissa Explains It All', 'Little Bear', and ‘Oswald’, all favourites of children. After pursuing a career in television scriptwriting for almost thirteen years, she decided to become an author of children’s books. She began with 'Gregor the Overlander', the first book of ‘The Underland Chronicles’. She says that her inspirations came from the classic favourite, ‘Alice in Wonderland’, assuming what would happen if someone slipped into a manhole rather than a key hole, and what they would find instead of the high tea. The book was declared a bestseller by ‘The New York Times’ and she produced more books as a part of the same series. Soon, she wrote ‘The Hunger Games’, which became so popular that 1.5 million copies of it, and its sequel, ‘Catching Fire’, sold out quickly. She followed it up with a second sequel, ‘Mockingjay’, which too became widely read. With such popular books to her credit, she has made a name for herself as a writer of children’s and young adults’ fiction

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Birthday: August 10, 1962 Nationality: American Famous: Television Writer, Indiana University, New York University, Writers Hobbies: Reading, Running, Gymnastics City/State: Connecticut Spouses: Charles Pryor Siblings: Drew Collins, Joanie Collins, Kathy Collins Information Detail Birthday August 10, 1962 Nationality American Famous Television Writer, Indiana University, New York University, Writers Hobbies Reading, Running, Gymnastics City/State Connecticut Spouses Charles Pryor Siblings Drew Collins, Joanie Collins, Kathy Collins Childrens Charlie Pryor, Isabel Pryor Universities Indiana University,New York University Alabama School of Fine Arts Indiana University Bloomington Notable Alumnis Indiana University New York University Birth Place Hartford Height 175cm Gender Female Father Michael Collins Mother Jane Collins Net Worth $60 million as of Feb 13,2017 Sun Sign Leo Born in Hartford Famous as Television writer

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In 1992, Suzanne got married to Charles Pryor, and with him she has two children, Charlie and Isabel. The family lives in the village of Sandy Hook, New Town, Connecticut. Unsplash Personal Life

Suzanne Marie Collins was born to Michael, who worked for the U.S. Air Force, and his wife, Jane, on August 10, 1962, in Hartford, Connecticut. Owing to her father's career, the girl lived in various regions of the eastern United States. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

She attended the 'Alabama School of Fine Arts', Birmingham, to pursue a course in Theatre Arts. She received her degree from the school, at the age of eighteen, in the year 1980. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1985, she completed her Bachelor of Arts from the 'Indiana University', specializing in telecommunications and theatre. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

She went on to pursue Dramatic Writing from the 'New York University Tisch School of the Arts', from where she received her degree in 1989. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1991, Suzanne started writing scripts for TV shows aimed at children, beginning with 'Clarissa Explains It All', which was telecast on 'Nickelodeon' for four years. Unsplash Career

From 1996-1999, she wrote scripts for popular animated shows like 'The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo', and 'Little Bear'. The latter was based on Else Holmelund Minarik's book, and was first telecast on 'Children's BBC', in the UK. Unsplash Career

'Oswald', featuring a blue octopus, first aired on 'Nick Jr' in 2001, also had Collins as its scriptwriter. The same year, she co-authored the script of 'Santa, Baby!', along with writer Peter Bakalian, which was telecast by 'Fox network'. During this time, she was also working on 'Generation O!', an animated comedy show. Unsplash Career

The talented writer served as the main writer for 'Clifford's Puppy Days', a cartoon series that was shown on 'PBS' ('Public Broadcasting Service') as well as 'PBS Kids' for a year. Unsplash Career

While writing episodes for 'Generation O!' Suzanne had the opportunity to get acquainted with author James Promio. He motivated her to start writing books for children, and she began with 'Gregor the Overlander', a part of the series, 'The Underland Chronicles'. The book, released in 2003, was inspired by Lewis Carroll’s 'Alice in Wonderland'. Unsplash Career

'The enormous success of the ‘Hunger Games' trilogy catapulted Collins to fame. The books became so popular that they featured on the bestselling list of 'The New Year Times', for a record-breaking 60 consecutive weeks. The first book was adapted for the screen, by the author herself, with the movie being released under the banner of 'Lions Gate Entertainment'. Unsplash Major Works

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Birthday	August 10, 1962
Nationality	American
Famous	Television Writer, Indiana University, New York University, Writers
Hobbies	Reading, Running, Gymnastics
City/State	Connecticut
Spouses	Charles Pryor
Siblings	Drew Collins, Joanie Collins, Kathy Collins
Childrens	Charlie Pryor, Isabel Pryor
Universities	Indiana University,New York University Alabama School of Fine Arts Indiana University Bloomington
Notable Alumnis	Indiana University New York University
Birth Place	Hartford
Height	175cm
Gender	Female
Father	Michael Collins
Mother	Jane Collins
Net Worth	$60 million as of Feb 13,2017
Sun Sign	Leo
Born in	Hartford
Famous as	Television writer

Suzanne Collins

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Aug 10, 1962

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