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.
Twelve-year-old Gregor returns to the world beneath New York City, where he joins forces with Princess Lexa and Ripred the rat to defend the Underlanders and the Nibblers from the army led by the adolescent rat king, the Bane.