I look coolly in to the blue eyes of the person who is now my greatest opponent, the person who would keep me alive at his own expense. And I promise myself I will defeat his plan.

In March 2012 Amazon announced that Collins had become the best-selling Kindle author of all time. In September 2008 Scholastic Press released The Hunger Games the first book of a trilogy by Collins. She worked on several television shows for Nickelodeon including Clarissa Explains It All The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo Little Bear and Oswald.