Ann M. Martin

For the journalist Ann Martin, see Ann Martin (journalist).
Ann Matthews Martin
Born (1955-08-12) August 12, 1955
Occupation Author
Language English
Nationality American
Alma mater Smith College
Genre Children's and Young-adult fiction
Notable works The Baby-Sitters Club series
Notable awards John Newbery Medal
Website
www.scholastic.com/annmartin/

Ann Matthews Martin (born August 12, 1955) is an American children's author most well known for writing The Baby-Sitters Club series.

Biography

Ann Martin grew up in Princeton, New Jersey with her parents and her younger sister, Jane. Her father was the great cartoonist Henry Martin. After graduating from Smith College, Martin became a teacher and then an editor of children's books; she is now a full-time writer.

Martin finds the ideas for her books from many different sources; some are based on personal experiences, while others are based on childhood memories and feelings. Many are about contemporary problems or events. All of Ann's characters, including the members of The Baby-Sitters Club, are fictional, but many of her characters are based on real people. Sometimes Ann names her characters after people she knows, and other times she simply chooses names that she likes.[1]

Martin has always enjoyed writing. Even before she was old enough to write, she would dictate stories to her mother to write down for her. Some of her favorite authors at that time were Lewis Carroll, P. L. Travers, Hugh Lofting, Astrid Lindgren, and Roald Dahl. They inspired her to become a writer herself.[2]

After Martin wrote the first 35 novels in The Baby-Sitters Club series[3] she has since concentrated on writing single novels, many of which are set in the 1960s. One of those novels, A Corner of the Universe, won a Newbery Medal in 2003.[4] In 2010, Martin published a prequel to The Baby-Sitters Club series titled The Summer Before.[5][6]

In 1990, Martin and her colleagues founded The Lisa Libraries to honor and memorialize their friend Lisa Novak. This non-profit organization distributes new books to children and establishes libraries in under-served areas.(librarygrants.blogspot.com Friday April 11, 20145)

After living in New York City for many years, Martin moved to the Hudson Valley in upstate New York where she now lives with her dog, Sadie, and her cats, Gussie, Pippin, and Willie. Her hobbies include needlepoint, fostering cats, and gardening. Her favorite thing to do is to make clothes for children.[2]

Works

Novels

Novels and Sequels

Series

  1. Kristy`s Great Idea
  2. Claudia And The Phantom Phone Calls
  3. The Truth About Stacey
  4. Mary Anne Saves The Day
  5. Dawn And The Impossible Three
  6. Kristy's Big Day
  7. Claudia And Mean Janine
  8. Boy-Crazy Stacey
  9. The Ghost At Dawns House
  10. Logan Likes Mary Anne
  11. Kristy And The Snobs
  12. Claudia And The New Girl
  13. Good Bye Stacey, Good Bye
  14. Hello, Mallory
  15. Little Miss Stoneybrook... And Dawn
  16. Jessi's Secret Language
  17. Mary Anne's Bad-Luck Mystery
  18. Stacey's Mistake
  19. Claudia And The Bad Joke
  20. Kristy And The Walking Disaster
  21. Mallory And The Trouble With Twins
  22. Jessi Ramsey, Pet-Sitter
  23. Dawn On The Coast
  24. Kristy and the Mother's Day Surprise
  25. Mary Anne and the Search for Tigger
  26. Claudia and the Sad Good-bye
  27. Jessi and the Superbrat
  28. Welcome Back, Stacey!
  29. Mallory and the Mystery Diary
  30. Mary Anne and the Great Romance
  31. Dawn's Wicked Stepsister
  32. Kristy and the Secret of Susan
  33. Claudia and the Great Search
  34. Mary Anne and Too Many Boys
  35. Stacey and the Mystery of Stoneybrook
  • The Summer Before
Main article: California Diaries
  1. Dawn (1997)
  2. Sunny (1997)
  3. Maggie (1997)
  4. Amalia (1997)
  5. Ducky (1998)
  6. Sunny, Diary Two (1998)
  7. Dawn, Diary Two (1998)
  8. Maggie, Diary Two (1998)
  9. Amalia, Diary Two (1998)
  10. Ducky, Diary Two (1998)
  11. Dawn, Diary Three (1999)
  12. Sunny, Diary Three (1999)
  13. Maggie, Diary Three (1999)
  14. Amalia, Diary Three (2000)
  15. Ducky, Diary Three (2000)

Picture Books

Short Stories

Other Works

References

  1. ↑ "Ann Martin's 11/29/06 Chat Transcript". Scholastic.com. November 29, 2006. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Ann Martin Biography
  3. ↑ http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2002/10/17/peter-baby-sitters-club-/
  4. ↑ "2003 Newbery Medal and Honor Books". ala.org. Association for Library Service to Children. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
  5. ↑ Martin, Ann M. (April 1, 2010). The Baby-sitters Club: The Summer Before (Hardcover ed.). New York: Scholasic Press. ISBN 978-0-545-16093-3. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
  6. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/books/31babysitters.html

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