American author of young adult literature, whose works include The Hunger Games trilogy and The Underland Chronicles series. The daughter of an Air Force officer, she lives in her native home of Connecticut.
In his second adventure, eleven-year-old Gregor returns to the world beneath New York City to rescue his kidnapped sister, Boots, and fulfill a prophecy that will restore peace to the people, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders who populate the underworld.