Suzanne Collins

Author James Patterson appears at an event to promote his joint novel with former President Bill Clinton, "The President is Missing," in New York on June 5, 2018, left, and Author Margaret Atwood appears at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards in New York on Nov. 11, 2019. Patterson and Atwood are among thousands of writers endorsing an open letter from the Authors Guild urging AI companies to obtain permission before incorporating copyrighted work into their technologies. (AP Photo)

James Patterson, Margaret Atwood among thousands of writers urging AI companies to honor copyrights

James Patterson, Suzanne Collins and Margaret Atwood are among thousands of writers endorsing an open letter from the Authors Guild urging AI companies to obtain permission before incorporating copyrighted work into their technologies.

FILE - Rachel Zegler attends the "West Side Story" premiere in New York on Nov. 29, 2021. Zegler will star in Lionsgate’s planned “Hunger Games” prequel. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Rachel Zegler to star in ‘Hunger Games’ prequel

This combination of images released by Scholastic shows the cover image for "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes," by Suzanne Collins, left, and a portrait of Collins. The "Hunger Games" novel will be released on May 19. (Scholastic via AP, left, Todd Plitt/Scholastic via AP)

New ‘Hunger Games’ book sells more than 500,000 copies

Review: ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ delivers

This image released by Scholastic shows "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes," by Suzanne Collins. The "Hunger Games" novel will be released on May 19. (Scholastic via AP)

The promotion will be virtual for new “Hunger Games” novel

Best-Sellers-Books-USAToday

1.“Too Much and Never Enough” by Mary L. Trump (Simon & Schuster)

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1. “The Room Where It Happened” by John Bolton (Simon & Schuster)

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1. “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)

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1. “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)

2. “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Tennessee Department of Correction shows death row inmate Sedley Alley. The Innocence Project hopes to use DNA evidence to exonerate Alley 13 years af...

Judge denies DNA testing sought 13 years post-execution

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The daughter of a man executed 13 years ago for murder does not have legal standing to seek DNA testing of evidence in the case, a Memphis judge ruled Monday, but the judge also said the ruling wasn’t based on the merits of the claims.

This image provided by Scholastic shows the cover of a new untitled "Hunger Games" novel by Suzanne Collins. The novel, set to be released May 19, 2020, is a prequel set 64 years before the beginning of her multimillion-selling trilogy. Collins said in a statement Monday, June 10, 2019, that she “wanted to explore the state of nature” as she set the narrative in the years following the “Dark Days” of Panem, the Dystopia where young people must fight and kill each other, on live television. (Scholastic via AP)

APNewsBreak: ‘Hunger Games’ prequel novel coming in 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — A decade after seemingly wrapping up “The Hunger Games,” Suzanne Collins is bringing readers back to Panem.