Ann Brashares

Ann Brashares (2006)

Ann Brashares (born July 30, 1967 in Alexandria , Virginia ) is an American youth writer. She is known as the author of the "One-for-4" book series. On the basis of this, the two feature films were made, One for 4 (2005) and One for 4 - On the Road in Things (2008).

Life

Ann Brashares grew up in Chevy Chase , Maryland . As a child, she attended Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC After studying philosophy at Barnard College , she worked as an editor. After several successful years as an editor of children's books, she started writing her own books. Her first novel Eine für 4 was published in 2003 and immediately became a worldwide bestseller, with other titles to follow. The fifth and final book Forever and Eternal was published in March 2012. Ann Brashares also wrote an adult novel, Our Last Summer (From You and Me) , which was published in 2007.

She lives in New York City with her husband, artist Jacob Collins, and their three children .

Ann Brashares writes primarily for young adults. In addition to the one-for-four books, she has two titles on her list of “non-fiction” books, and her first adult novel was published in 2007.

Works

• Original: Linus Torvalds, Software Rebel (2001)
• Original: Steve Jobs Thinks Different (2001)
• Trousers for Four (2001) Original: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
• Trousers for four, The Second Summer (2003) Original: The Second Summer of the Sisterhood
• Trousers for four, all good things are three (2005) Original: Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood
• Original: Keep in touch: Letters, Notes, and more of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
• Trousers for four, four wins (2007) Original: Forever in Blue. The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood
• Our Last Summer (2008) Original: The Last Summer (of You & Me)
• Summer Sisters (2009) Original: Summer Sisters
• So near and yet so far (2013), Original: My name is Memory (2010)
• Trousers for four, Forever and Eternal (2012) Original: "Sisterhood Everlasting"

Web links

• Literature by and about Ann Brashares in the catalog of the German National Library