

Suzanne Collins: Yes, I was flipping through the channels one night between reality television programs and actual footage of the Iraq War, when the idea came to me. An excerpt from that interview, including potential spoilers, is below, condensed and edited for clarity and length.ĭavid Levithan: Let’s start at the origin moment for “The Hunger Games.” You were flipping channels one night. In a 10th anniversary edition of the book, which hits stores this month, David Levithan, a vice president and publisher at Scholastic Press, interviewed Collins. The books have spawned four record-breaking films and many Katniss Halloween costumes.


The series has more than 100 million copies in print worldwide, and spent more than 260 consecutive weeks on The Times best-seller list. It is the first in a trilogy by the same name that includes “Catching Fire” (2009) and “Mockingjay” (2010). “The Hunger Games,” by Suzanne Collins, came out in 2008.
