Ann Brashares
Ann Brashares
Ann Brashares is an American writer of young adult fiction. She is best known as the author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth30 July 1967
CityAlexandria, VA
CountryUnited States of America
thinking persons can-do
All I could think to do was love her. That's all a person can do.
reflection forget ifs
How could you cleanse yourself if you couldn’t forget?
how-you-feel want feels
What happened to me by myself felt partly dreamed, partly imagined, definitely shifted and warped by my own fears and wants. But who knows? Maybe there is more truth in how you feel than in what actually happens.
dying world matter
Maybe it didn’t matter if you were a world-famous heartthrob or a painful geek. Maybe it didn’t matter if you friend was possibly dying. Maybe you just got through it. Maybe that was all you could ask for.
people able feels
I don't have the life of a famous person. But I do feel like I've been able to connect with a lot of people.
beautiful tree growing
A tree is such a rich metaphor in a million beautiful ways. You can consider a tree growing and consider its connectedness to all things above and under the ground.
girl teenage writing
As much as I'm drawn to writing about teenage girls, I like the idea of having the freedom to branch out and write about different ages, for different ages.
book isolation imagine
As a writer, you live in such isolation. It's hard to imagine your book has a life beyond you.
moving character strange
Developing characters is a strange thing. In the beginning they are abstract and I wonder how to move on from there.
children reading parent
I agree that a love of reading is a great gift for a parent to pass on to his or her child.
expectations easier bigs
It's so much easier to have no expectations than to have big ones.
nice way busy
My household is, in a nice way, very busy.
book adults sophisticated
The distinction has blurred between young adult and adult books. Some of the teen books have become more sophisticated.
writing thinking world
To write a story, I think you really have to open yourself up to the world.