Her favorite thing to do is to make clothes for children.

Her hobbies are reading, sewing, and needlework. Since ending the BSC series in 2000, Ann’s writing has concentrated on single novels, many of which are set in the 1960s.Īfter 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. They inspired her to become a writer herself. Travers, Hugh Lofting, Astrid Lindgren, and Roald Dahl. Some of her favorite authors at that time were Lewis Carroll, P. Even before she was old enough to write, she would dictate stories to her mother to write down for her. Sometimes Ann names her characters after people she knows, and other times she simply chooses names that she likes.Īnn has always enjoyed writing. But many of her characters are based on real people. All of Ann's characters, even the members of the Baby-sitters Club, are made up. Many are written about contemporary problems or events. Some are based on personal experiences, while others are based on childhood memories and feelings. She's now a full-time writer.Īnn gets the ideas for her books from many different places. After graduating from Smith College, Ann became a teacher and then an editor of children's books. She grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, with her parents and her younger sister, Jane. Ann has always enjoyed Ann Matthews Martin was born on August 12, 1955. Sometimes Ann names her characters after people she knows, and other times she simply chooses names that she likes.

Ann gets the ideas for her books from many different places. When Rain gets lost in a hurricane, Rose must step beyond her carefully ordered world to find Rain - only to realize that Rain has another home, and following the rules means giving up the dog she loves.Īuthor Ann Martin (author of EVERYTHING FOR A DOG and the Babysitters Club books) has done a brilliant job of weaving in themes of abandonment, alcoholism, friendship and bravery - and the chaos and havoc that a major storm can wreak on a community.įAVORITE LINE: “I think that they still don’t have their home, but now they have their dog back.Ann Matthews Martin was born on August 12, 1955. Rose is a 5 th grader with high functioning autism who loves homonyms, following rules, prime numbers, and most of all her dog, Rain (homonym “reign”). Rain Reign, a middle-grade book about an 11-year-old girl on the autism spectrum who loves homonyms and her dog, Rain, is out from Feiwel & Friends.

Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin