It’s hard to believe, but it’s been ten years since the first book in The Hunger Games series was released in September 2008, and the big rebellion began.

Like Twilight, The Hunger Games was considered “the next Harry Potter” in terms of sheer fandom excitement. The trilogy went on to be adapted into four movies, and Lionsgate is currently putting together a few theme park lands. Now, Scholastic is celebrating the 10th anniversary by launching a new paperback boxset featuring new covers, and a new interview with author Suzanne Collins.

The publisher says the new interview with Collins, to be printed within The Hunger Games 10th Anniversary Edition book, is “the most extensive interview Suzanne Collins has given since the publication of The Hunger Games, which provides an absorbing behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the series.” It was conducted by Scholastic VP David Levithan.

“Even a decade after its publication, it’s amazing to discover there are still new things to be learned about The Hunger Games,” said David Levithan, VP, Editorial Director, Scholastic. “What I love about the Special Edition is that it answers many questions fans have had over the years, and also gives great insight into how Suzanne created such an era-defining work.”

The first Hunger Games book will also include “an engaging archival conversation between Suzanne Collins and YA legend Walter Dean Myers on writing about war, and a timeline of highlights from the first ten years of The Hunger Games.”

The books themselves are printed in new white paperback covers with foil accents. They go on sale October 30, 2018. Below is an excerpt from the interview between Collins and Levithan:

DL:Another key piece of The Hunger Games is the voice and perspective that Katniss brings to it. I know some novelists start with a character and then find a story through that character, but with The Hunger Games(and correct me if I’m wrong) I believe you had the idea for the story first, and then Katniss stepped into it. Where did she come from? I’d love for you to talk about the origin of her name, and also the origin of her very distinctive voice.

SC:Katniss appeared almost immediately after I had the idea, standing by the bed with that bow and arrow. I’d spent a lot of time during The Underland Chronicles weighing the attributes of different weapons. I used archers very sparingly because they required light and the Underland has little natural illumination. But a bow and arrow can be handmade, shot from a distance, and weaponized when the story transitions into warfare. She was a born archer.

Her name came later, while I was researching survival training and specifically edible plants. In one of my books, I found the arrowhead plant, and the more I read about it, the more it seemed to reflect her. Its Latin name has the same roots as Sagittarius, the archer. The edible tuber roots she could gather, the arrowhead-shaped leaves were her defense, and the little white blossoms kept it in the tradition of flower names, like Rue and Primrose. I looked at the list of alternative names for it. Swamp Potato. Duck Potato. Katniss easily won the day.

As to her voice, I hadn’t intended to write in first person. I thought the book would be in the third person like The Underland Chronicles. Then I sat down to work and the first page poured out in first person, like she was saying, “Step aside, this is my story to tell.” So I let her.