Around 2005, Suzanne Collins came up with the idea for The Hunger Games while flipping between a reality competition show and Iraq War news coverage late one ni

Around 2005, Suzanne Collins came up with the idea for The Hunger Games while flipping between a reality competition show and Iraq War news coverage late one night. Watching young people compete for entertainment on one channel and fight in a real war on another caused the two to merge in Suzanne C…