The book I am about to start reading is Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. Since I will begin reading this book I decided I would do some research on the author, so I will be sharing what I have learned.
Suzanne Collins was born August 10, 1962 in Hartford, Connecticut. Collins graduated High School from Alabama School of Fine Arts in 1980, then she went to Indiana University and graduated in 1985 with a double major in telecommunications and theater. She then went on to earn a masters degree in dramatic writing from New York University.
In 1991, she began her professional writing career for Children's television. She worked on nickelodeon shows like Clarissa Explains it All and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo. For the smaller kids she wrote stories for the Emmy-nominated Little Bear and Oswald. She also co wrote Santa Baby with Peter Bakalian. Recently she was the head writer for Clifford's Puppy Days and a freelancer on Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! Then she met James Proimos a children's book author and illustrator who persuaded her to try writing childrens books. Then between 200-2007 she came out with her five part series called The Underland Chronicles which gained her a lot of popularity. Then in 2008 she came out with her first book of the popular trilogy Hunger Games in she received a lot of appreciation and became a well-known author.
Hey Sukruthi, i was reading your post and i was very interested in Suzanne Collins career before the Under-land Chronicles. I read all five books in the Under-land Series and I really enjoyed them. I also read all of the books in Hunger Games Trilogy as well. As you can see, she is one of my favorite authors and I really like her books. But I did not know how she became a writer and her whole back story, which I feel is important when reading a book. I can see that you feel the same way, I cant wait to touch base and talk about this in class.
ReplyDeleteI have read this book and I really liked it because of the writing techniques. I didn't know that she wrote for children tv shows and want to read the Underland Chronicles.
ReplyDeleteI have read Mockingjay, so get ready for some painful sadness and emotion Sukruthi.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that Suzanne Collins wrote the Underland Chronicles--maybe I should read them! I find it slightly hard to believe that the woman who killed Finnick wrote for Wow Wow Wubzy, though. Can you imagine? What must her mind be like? I don't wanna know. I'm still cut up over Peeta. And Rue. And Prim.
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ReplyDeleteThis book is amazing, Sukruthi. The ending was extremely frustrating but I loved the details and the scenes the author created. I never knew that about Suzanne Collins.
ReplyDeleteI have started reading this intriguing novel as well! How far have you come? I never researched the author, however I did read the first two books and this one seems to be the best so far.
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