Ann
Matthews
Martin
was born
on
August
12,
1955.
She grew
up in
Princeton,
NJ, with
her
parents,
her
younger
sister,
Jane,
and a
lot of
pets.
Aside
from
being
big cat
lovers,
Ann and
her
family
also had
hamsters,
mice,
turtles,
guinea
pigs and
fish at
different
times
throughout
the
years.
After
graduating
from
Smith
College,
Ann
became a
teacher
and then
an
editor
of
children's
books.
She's
now a
full-time
writer.
Ann gets
the
ideas
for her
books
from
many
different
places.
Some are
based on
personal
experiences,
while
others
are
based on
childhood
memories
and
feelings.
Many are
written
about
contemporary
problems
or
events.
All of
Ann's
characters,
even the
members
of the
Baby-sitters
Club,
are made
up. 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.
Ann 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.
After
living
in New
York
City for
many
years,
Ann
moved to
the
Hudson
Valley
in
upstate
New York
where
she now
lives
with her
dog,
Sadie,
and her
cats,
Gussie,
Willy
and
Woody.
Her
hobbies
are
reading,
sewing,
and
needlework.
Her
favorite
thing to
do is to
make
clothes
for
children.
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