“I don't really write with the idea of trying to teach any lessons. I want to tell a story as truthfully and engagingly as I can, and then let the chips fall where they may.”—Ann Brashares

Ann Brashares grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with three brothers and attended a Quaker school in the D.C. area called Sidwell Friends. She studied Philosophy at Barnard College, part of Columbia University in New York City. Expecting to continue studying philosophy in graduate school, Ann took a year off after college to work as an editor, hoping to save money for school. Loving her job, she never went to graduate school, and instead, remained in New York City and worked as an editor for many years. Ann made the transition from editor to full-time writer with her first novel, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

Bibliography

Brashares mainly writes for young adults. Along with the Sisterhood books, she has contributed two titles to the Techies series of non-fiction books, and her first adult novel was released in 2007.

■ Linus Torvalds, Software Rebel (2001)
■ Steve Jobs Thinks Different (2001)
■ The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2001)
■ The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (2003)
■ Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood (2005)
■ Keep in Touch: Letters, Notes, and More from the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
■ Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood (2007)
■ The Last Summer (of You and Me) (2007)
■ The Girl of the Lost Things (Upcoming)