Author: Ann M. Martin
Fuller name: Ann Matthews Martin
Alternate names: Ann M Martin; M. Martin Ann; Martin, Ann M.; Ann Matthews Martin; M. Ann Martin; Martin, Ann; ANN M. MARTIN; Anne M. Martin; Ann M. M. Martin; Ann matthews martin; A Martin; Ann M. Martin; ann m. martin; Martin Ann M.
Born: 1955
Dates: February 2009
Bio: Ann Martin was born and raised in Princeton, New Jersey. She graduated from Smith College in 1978 with a double major in psychology and elementary education. She worked as a teacher and then an editor of children's books. Her first published book was Bummer Summer (1983). She is best known for her Baby-sitters Club series of children's books. In 1990, she created the Ann M. Martin Foundation, which provides grants to causes benefiting children, education and literacy programs, and homeless people and animals. She lives in Hudson Valley, New York.