Ann M. Martin grew up in Princeton, New Jersey. After
attending Smith College, where she studied education and
psychology, she became a teacher at a small elementary school in
Connecticut. Martin also worked as an editor of children’s books
before she began writing full time. Martin is best known for the
Baby-Sitters Club series, which has sold over one hundred seventy
million copies. Her novel A Corner of the
Universe won a Newbery Honor in 2003. In 1990, she
cofounded the Lisa Libraries, which donates new children’s books to
organizations in underserved areas. Martin lives in upstate New
York with her three cats.