Suzanne Collins: Quick Facts

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Born	August 10, 1962 (age 64) • Hartford • Connecticut
Notable Works	“Gregor the Overlander” • “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” • “The Hunger Games” • “When Charlie McButton Lost Power” • “Year of the Jungle: Memories from the Home Front”

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Suzanne Collins smiles while posing at the world premiere of The Hunger Games, wearing a black patterned dress and black sweater, with people and cameras in the background.

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Dr. Maya Angelou sits and smiles, wearing a black outfit, in a wooden chair at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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Roddy Doyle

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Anatoly Rybakov

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James Goldman

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Woody Allen

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Bret Easton Ellis seated in a red chair, wearing glasses and a black suit, resting his chin on his hand and looking at the camera at a Rome Film Festival event.

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Joan Didion

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John Waters

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Jamie Lee Curtis smiling and wearing a red and black patterned dress with a silver necklace at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.

Jamie Lee Curtis

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James McBride

James McBride

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Ethan Hawke

Ethan Hawke

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Terry McMillan

Terry McMillan

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Jennifer Lawrence stars as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games (2012) an science fiction adventure film directed by Gary Ross based on the novel by Suzanne Collins. archery bow and arrow

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