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I'm very hard to catch, says Rue. And if they can't catch me, they can't kill me. So don't count me out.

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Suzanne Collins
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: August 10
Executive Producer
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Hartford
Connecticut
Suzanne Marie Collins
Suzanne Collins
Rue
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