Suzanne Collins

American author known for writing the young adult trilogy The Hunger Games. The popular novels, which depict a brutal dystopian future, were made into Hollywood blockbuster films. She graduated from Indiana University with a degree in theater and went on to attend New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in the MFA-Dramatic Writing program. She began her career by writing scripts for such children's television programs as Clarissa Explains It All and Little Bear.  She became the top se