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Ann Brashares (born 1967^[1]) is an American writer of young adult fiction. She is best known as the author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series of books.

Brashares was born in Virginia and grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland the neighboring city of Bethesda. As a child she attended Sidwell Friends School in Washington D.C.. After studying philosophy at Barnard College, she worked as an editor, though she had originally intended to pursue a graduate degree. After several successful years working in book publishing, first for 17th Street Productions and then for Alloy Entertainment, she made the transition to writing original fiction. Her first novel, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, was published in 2001, and became a bestseller worldwide. Currently three other titles have been published in the series with the fourth, Forever in Blue, released in January 2007. The first book, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, was adapted into a motion picture in 2005. Brashares has recently written a novel for adult readers, The Last Summer (of You and Me), released in 2007. She lives in New York with her husband, the artist Jacob Collins, has three children, Nathaniel, Samuel, and Susannah.

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Brashares mainly writes for young adults. Along with the 4 Sisterhood books, she has contributed two titles to the Techies series of non-fiction books, and her first adult novel was released in 2007.

Non-Fiction

Linus Torvalds, Software Rebel, (2001).
Steve Jobs Thinks Different (2001)

Fiction

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)

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 Brashares was born in [[Virginia]] and grew up in [[Chevy Chase, Maryland]] the neighboring city of [[Bethesda]]. As a child she attended [[Sidwell Friends School]] in [[Washington D.C.]]. After studying philosophy at [[Barnard College]], she worked as an editor, though she had originally intended to pursue a graduate degree. After several successful years working in book publishing, first for 17th Street Productions and then for Alloy Entertainment, she made the transition to writing original fiction.  Her first novel, ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'', was published in 2001, and became a bestseller worldwide. Currently three other titles have been published in the series with the fourth, ''Forever in Blue'', released in January 2007. The first book, ''[[The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants]]'', was adapted into a motion picture in 2005. Brashares has recently written a novel for adult readers, ''The Last Summer (of You and Me)'', released in 2007.  She lives in [[New York]] with her husband, the artist Jacob Collins, has three children, Nathaniel, Samuel, and Susannah.
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