Author biography ann brashares short

  • author biography ann brashares short

    • Brashares, Ann 1967-

    Personal

    Born 1967, in Chevy Chase, MD; married Jacob Collins (a portrait painter); children: Sam, Nathaniel, Susannah. Education: Barnard College, B.A. (philosophy).

    Addresses

    Home—Brooklyn, NY.

    Career

    Writer and editor. 17th Street Production (book packager), New York, NY, editor for ten years; Alloy Entertainment (book packager), New York, NY, former editor.

    Awards, Honors

    Best Book for Young Adults citation, American Library Association, and Book Sense Book of the Year designation, both 2002, both for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

    Writings

    The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (young-adult novel), Delacorte (New York, NY), 2001.

    Linus Torvalds: Software Rebel (juvenile nonfiction; "Techies" series), Twenty-first Century Books (Brookfield, CT), 2001.

    Steve Jobs: Think Different (juvenile nonfiction; "Techies" series), Twenty-first Century Books (Brookfield, CT), 2001.

    The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (young-adult novel)