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Ann Brashares

Young Adult Author

Birthday July 30, 1967

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Alexandria, VA

Age 56 years old

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About

Author who wrote the popular young adult series, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Her other works include My Name is Memory and The Here and Now.

Before Fame

She studied philosophy at Barnard College and subsequently worked as an editor for 17th Street Productions. She published the debut novel in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series in 2001.

Trivia

She published a non-fiction work centering on the life of Steve Jobs in 2001.

Family Life

She was raised in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She later settled in New York with her husband, Jacob Collins, and her three sons and one daughter.

Associated With

She wrote The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, the film adaptation of which stars actress Alexis Bledel.