The way she kissed you in the Quarter Quell…well she never kissed me like that…I should have volunteered to take your place in the first Games. Protected her then…I guess it’s Katniss’ problem. Who to choose…Katniss will pick whoever she thinks she can’t survive without.

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.