Who wrote "The Hunger Games"?

Suzanne Collins wrote “The Hunger Games,” the first novel in her dystopian trilogy about Panem.

Published in 2008, the novel follows Katniss Everdeen, a 16-year-old from District 12 who volunteers to take her younger sister Prim’s place in a televised fight to the death. The story combines political oppression, survival adventure, and commentary on entertainment built around violence.

Collins drew inspiration from several sources, including Greek mythology, Roman gladiatorial contests, and reality television. She has also described the unsettling experience of seeing images of war mixed with television programming as part of the book’s conceptual background.

The title is sometimes confused with the film franchise, but Collins wrote the original novel. It was followed by Catching Fire in 2009 and Mockingjay in 2010; later additions to the wider series expanded its history beyond the original trilogy.