History of the book

The Hunger Games is a teenage novel written by American television writer Suzanne Collins. It was first published on September 14, 2008, by Scholastic.The book has been released as an audiobook and e-book. The Hunger Games had an initial print of 200,000 – twice doubled from the original 50,000. It was translated into 26 languages and rights of production have been sold in 38 countries. The Hunger Games was the first book in the trilogy. There was also Catching Fire, released on 1 September, 2009 and Mockingjay, published on August 24, 2010. The series soon became popular, and finally Lions Gate Entertainment decided to make a movie. The production began in spring, 2011 and the film was released on March 23, 2012.