The Author

Bestselling author Suzanne Collins first made her mark in children's literature with the New York Times bestselling Underland Chronicles series for middle grade readers. The Hunger Games (September 2008), immediately became a New York Times bestseller, appealing to both teen readers and adults, named a New York Times Notable Book of 2008 and a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. In April 2010, Suzanne Collins was named to the TIME 100 list of "the world's most influential people."

Suzanne Collins lives with her family in Connecticut. For more information about her, please visit www.suzannecollinsbooks.com

Winning means fame and fortune.
Losing means certain death.
The Hunger Games have begun.
And may the odds be ever in your favor!
-Effie Trinket
Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true. Here is the place where I love you.
-Katniss Everdeen
I just want to spend every possible minute of the rest of my life with you.
-Peeta Mellark
District 12: Where you can starve to death in safety.
-Katniss Everdeen
You don't forget the face of the person who was your last hope.
-Katniss Everdeen
...to show the capitol they don't own me. That I'm more than a piece in their games.
-Peeta Mellark
... how am I supposed to work in a thank-you in there? Somehow it just won't seem sincere if I'm trying to slit his throat.
-Katniss Everdeen
I feel like I owe him something, and I hate owing people.
-Katniss Everdeen
"We could do it, you know . . . Leave the district. Run off. Live in the woods. You and I, we could make it.
-Gale Hawthorne
She has no idea. The effect she can have.
-Peeta Mellark
Remember, we're madly in love, so it's all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it.
-Peeta Mellark
... She came here with me.
-Peeta Mellark
Frosting, the final defense of the dying.
-Peeta Mellark
Here's some advice. Stay alive.
-Haymitch
You here to finish me off sweetheart?
-Peeta Mellark
You know how to kill.
Not people, I say.
How different can it be, really?
-Gale and Katniss
... tomorrow will be more hopeful than this awful piece of time we call today.
- Katniss Everdeen
I don't want to lose the boy with the bread.
-Katniss Everdeen
I remember everything about you. You're the one who wasn't paying attention.
-Peeta Mellark