# Suzanne Collins is writing a "Hunger Games" prequel

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It will be set in year 11 of Panem, or 64 years before Katniss and Peeta compete and live to tell about it. The book is scheduled to be released in the summer of 2020.

> **[Suzanne Collins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Collins)**
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> Suzanne Collins (born August 10, 1962) is an American author and television writer. She is known as the author of the book series The Underland Chronicles and The Hunger Games.
> Suzanne Collins was born on August 10, 1962, in Hartford, Connecticut, to Jane Brady Collins (born 1931) and Lieutenant Colonel Michael John Collins (1931–2003), a U.S. Air Force officer who served in the Korean and the Vietnam War. She is the youngest of four children, who include Kathryn (born 1957), Andrew (born 195...

I had forgotten about this until I saw that Veronica Roth thread. FTR, I started reading “Divergent” but lost interest about 2/3 of the way through the first book but finished it anyway.