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Suzanne Collins

Since 1991, Suzanne Collins has been busy writing for children’s television. She has worked on the staffs of several Nickelodeon shows. Most recently she was the Head Writer for Scholastic Entertainment’s Clifford’s Puppy Days. While working on a Kids WB show called Generation O! she met children’s author James Proimos, who talked her into giving children’s books a try. Thinking one day about Alice in Wonderland, she was struck by how pastoral the setting must seem to kids who, like her own, lived in urban surroundings. In New York City, you’re much more likely to fall down a manhole than a rabbit hole and, if you do, you’re not going to find a tea party. What you might find...? Well, that’s the story of Gregor the Overlander, the first book in her five-part fantasy/​war series, The Underland Chronicles. She currently lives in Connecticut with her family and a pair of feral kittens they adopted from their backyard.
The Underland Chronicles Book Five: Gregor and the Code of Claw
The Underland Chronicles Book Four: Gregor and the Marks of Secret
When Charlie McButton Lost Power
The Underland Chronicles Book Two: Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane
The Underland Chronicles Book Three: Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
The Underland Chronicles Book One: Gregor the Overlander

Books

The Underland Chronicles Book Five: Gregor and the Code of Claw
The Underland Chronicles Book Four: Gregor and the Marks of Secret
When Charlie McButton Lost Power
The Underland Chronicles Book Two: Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane
The Underland Chronicles Book Three: Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
The Underland Chronicles Book One: Gregor the Overlander

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