She's the top-selling Kindle author and the film of her book has made £300m worldwide – yet Collins remains an enigma
There are many bestselling children's authors but only rarely do any come along who break through into the universal cultural consciousness. Cs Lewis did it, as did Roald Dahl and Jk Rowling. Now along comes Suzanne Collins, a 49-year-old from Connecticut, in the Us, with The Hunger Games trilogy.
It's too early to know how durable this series will prove, but the signs so far are good. It has spent more than 100 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. The film has made converts of even the most curmudgeonly critics, grossing more than $531m (£327m) worldwide in its first four weeks. More than 1m copies of the books are now in print in the UK, and last month Amazon announced that Collins had become the bestselling Kindle author so far.
There are many bestselling children's authors but only rarely do any come along who break through into the universal cultural consciousness. Cs Lewis did it, as did Roald Dahl and Jk Rowling. Now along comes Suzanne Collins, a 49-year-old from Connecticut, in the Us, with The Hunger Games trilogy.
It's too early to know how durable this series will prove, but the signs so far are good. It has spent more than 100 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. The film has made converts of even the most curmudgeonly critics, grossing more than $531m (£327m) worldwide in its first four weeks. More than 1m copies of the books are now in print in the UK, and last month Amazon announced that Collins had become the bestselling Kindle author so far.
- 4/27/2012
- by Claire Armitstead
- The Guardian - Film News
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