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Author: Ann Brashares Sources: [] [] []

Elizabeth,

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Elizabeth Grieco January 10th, 2011  __Ann Brashares__

One of my favorite books that I’ve ever read is __The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.__ It’s a story of friendship, love, and living a hard life. This book was written by Ann Brashares, a person who didn’t even plan to become a writer in the first place. This author makes her readers fall in love with her characters in ways you couldn’t even imagine. So lets step into the life of this great author.

Let’s begin with her childhood. Ann Brashares was born on July 30th 1967. She was born in Alexandria Virginia. Even though she was born in Virginia she lived in Chevy Chase, Maryland, really close to Washington D.C. most of her life. She went to a Quaker school called Sidwell Friends.

When Ann grew up, she went to Banard College. There, she studied philosophy. Soon after some of college, she took off two years of it to worked as an editor for 17th Street Productions. 17th Street was later acquired by Alloy Entertainment. Following that acquisition she briefly worked for Alloy.

Because she loved editing so much she didn’t go to graduate school and instead became an editor. Thats when she decided to move to New York City. She did this for many years. Then came her break threw into writing. It all started with a friend.

The idea of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants began with a small conversation. “ A woman I used to work with, a dear friend, Jodi Anderson, talked about a summer where she and her friends had shared a pair of pants.” said Brashares in an interview. Who knew a small conversation could spark up an entire book! Especially one as famous as the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants!

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants us the first of six novels in it’s series. These include, //The Second Summer of the Sisterhood// (written in 2003), //Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood// (written in 2005) //Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood// (written in 2007) //Keep in Touch: Letters, Notes, and More from the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants// ( Written in 2005) and //Three Willows – The Sisterhood Grows – January 2009.// All of these books include the characters Lena, Carmen, Bridget, and Tibby. Of course all of the books have interestung sub- characters as well. Some of them are Kostos, Carmen’s dad, Eric, and Bailey. These sub-characters make the story even more interesting by causing conflict in the main character’s lives.

Of course, Ann has written other books as well. Her two other novels are //The Last Summer (of You & Me)// - written in June 2007 and //My Name is Memory –// written in June 2010. The Last Summer (of You & Me) is “Set on our own Long Island's Fire Island, //The Last Summer (of You and Me)// is an enchanting, heartrending page-turner about sisterhood, friendship, love, loss, and growing up. It is the story of a beach community friendship triangle-Riley and Alice, two sisters in their twenties, and Paul, the young man they've grown up with-and what happens one summer when budding love, a sudden serious illness, and a deep secret all collide, launching the friends into an adult world from which their summer haven can no longer protect them.” says FantasyFiction.com

My Name is Memory is about “A man named Daniel who has spent centuries falling in love with the same girl, Sophia. Life after life, crossing continents and dynasties, he and Sophia (despite her changing name and form) have been drawn together, and he remembers it all. Daniel has "the memory", the ability to recall past lives and recognize souls of those he's previously known. It is a gift and a curse. For all the times that he and Sophia have been drawn together throughout history, they have also been torn painfully, fatally, apart. A love always too short.” says GoodReads.com

Some Non-Fiction books that she’s written include //Steve Jobs: Think Different// (written in 2001) and //Linus Torvalds, Software Rebel// (written in 2001). Steve Jobs: Think Different is about how “A "child of the 60s", Steve Jobs traveled around the globe in an attempt to find himself. He was a vegetarian, an environmentalist, and — strangest of all — is one of the most successful businessmen that the world has ever known. The story of how Jobs used his technical background to develop Apple Computer is a fascinating one — even more so considering his abrupt departure from the company and later triumphant return as company savior.” says Powells.com.

Linus Torvalds: Software Rebel is about how “According to the Techie crowd, Linus Torvalds is the most famous computer programmer in the world. He was born in Helsinki, the capital of Finland, in 1969. He might not be a household name, but he's often called the anti-Bill Gates. He hasn't made any money off his software, though he's practically created a revolution. Torvalds wrote an operating system called Linux, a widely admired platform that competes with Windows. The amazing part -- he gives it away for free. He's changing the way software is written, updated, and distributed. Torvalds has created a thriving community by inviting every Linux user and programmer to help him write the code and eradicate the bugs. Linus Torvalds has changed the future of computing.” says GoogleBooks.com

Now Ann lives in New York City with her husband, 45-year-old portrait painter Jacob Collins, in a four-story building in the East 60s with their three children, Susannah, Nate and Sam, who range in age from about 8 to 14. She has a blog on her website where she talks about her books and, of course, how she’s doing. She loves working with her husband as he paints and is still deeply in love with writing. Even though she hasn’t written a book in a while, the books she has already written still touch the hearts of teenage girls, and adults, everywhere.