The Associated Press has a great interview with Suzanne talking about why she wrote The Hunger Games trilogy, about her father teaching her family about war, and about her new-found fame. (Suzanne talks about many of these topics and more in the Q&A we posted yesterday from a recent book signings)
Collins was interviewed recently at the offices of Scholastic Inc., her long, blond hair parted in the middle, wearing a pendant with the "Hunger Games" icon, a golden winged hybrid — a mockingjay — clutching an arrow in its beak. She has a careful, deliberate speaking style and a passion for explaining and clarifying subjects. She is a storyteller who wants her books not just to entertain, but to provoke. The young are her ideal readers.
"I think right now there's a distinct uneasiness in the country that the kids feel," Collins says, citing the economy and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. "Dystopian stories are places where you can play out the scenarios in your head — your anxieties — and see what might come of them. And, hopefully, as a young person, with the possibilities of the future waiting for you, you're thinking about how to head these things off."The article also includes quotes from authors Rick Riordon and James Proimos about Suzanne's writing. You can read the full interview here.
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