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The speaker is saying that one of the most rewarding responses to her work is hearing that it helped someone who usually avoids reading become a reader. The focus is on the personal impact of books, not on praise or sales. It frames reading as something that can be encouraged by the right story.
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About Suzanne Collins
American author and television writer
Suzanne Collins is an American author and television writer. She is best known for writing the young adult dystopian series The Hunger Games. She also wrote The Underland Chronicles, a children’s fantasy series. Her work is closely associated with fiction for younger readers, especially stories set in imagined worlds shaped by conflict, survival, and power.
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Books by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games
2009
Catching Fire
2014
Mockingjay
2015
Gregor the Overlander
2004
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
2020