Suzanne Collins

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Did you know that Suzanne collins’s Hunger games trilogy has alone sold fifty million copies? Hunger games having the most sold with 23 million, than Hunger games Catching fire with 14 million and Mockingjay with 13. In this essay will be talking about her, early life, young-adult life, and adulthood. Suzanne Collins was born in Hartford, Connecticut in August 10 1962. Collins father was an Air Force pilot, she was also the youngest of 4 siblings. She also did move a lot during her childhood, she lived in places like New York and Brussels. Collins father also did teach history at a college, he was also open about his military experience with his family, including his deployment to Vietnam. She also has mentioned he took them

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