When I break into the clearing, she's on the ground, hopelessly entangled in a net. She just has the time to reach her hand through the mesh and say my name before the spear enters her body.

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.