Книга: Ann Brashares «Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants)»

Ann Brashares

Ann Brashares (born 1967 [ [http://www.barnard.edu/newnews/news053105.html Barnard College Newscenter ] ] ) 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 Alexandria, Virginia and grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She attended elementary and high school at the Sidwell Friends School in Washington D.C.. After studying philosophy at Barnard College, she worked as an editor for 17th Street Productions. 17th Street was acquired by Alloy Entertainment, and following the acquisition she worked briefly for Alloy. After leaving Alloy she wrote "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" which became an international best seller that was followed with three more titles in the "Pants" series, the last of which, "Forever in Blue", was released in January, 2007. The first book in the series was made into a film in 2005, and a second film based on the other three series titles was released in August, 2008. Brashares's first adult novel, "The Last Summer (of You and Me)" was released in 2007. She lives in New York with her artist husband, Jacob Collins, and children Nathaniel, Samuel, and Susannah.

Bibliography

Brashares mainly writes for young adults. Besides the 4 "Sisterhood" books, she has contributed two titles to the "Techies" non-fiction book series and published one novel. Delacorte Book Press has announced that she's writing a new book, .

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)
*"" (2005)
*"" (2005)
*"" (2007)
* "The Last Summer (of You and Me)" (2007)
* "" (2008)

External links

* [http://www.random-house.com/teens/sisterhoodcentral/author.html Sisterhood Central biography]
* [http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-brashares-ann.asp Teenreads biography]
* [http://www.barnard.edu/alum/action/0505brashares.html Alumna profile at Barnard College]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/04/garden/04pants.html?_r=1&oref=slogin "New York Times" profiles Brashares, her husband, and their renovated East Side carriage house, January 4, 2007]
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Источник: Ann Brashares