April's Affections and Intrigues: Love and Mystery Bloom
Ann Brashares
Ann Brashares grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland with her
three brothers and attended a Quaker school in the DC area
called Sidwell Friends. She studied Philosophy at Barnard
College, part of Columbia University in New York City.
Expecting to continue studying philosophy in graduate
school, Ann took a year off after college to work as an
editor, hoping to save money for school. Loving her job,
she never went to graduate school, and instead, remained in
New York City and worked as an editor for many years. Last
year, Ann made the transition from editor to full-time
writer and wrote her first novel, The Sisterhood of the
Traveling Pants.
Ann lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, Jacob
Collins, an artist, and their three children, Sam,
Nathaniel, and Susannah, an honorary member of the
Sisterhood.