I sometimes think I've spent my entire life trying to recreate one particular afternoon of my tenth year. Of her interest in this area she has written: In 2003 she turned to Children's literature, for which she is most noted and honored. Her aunt was Mary Ann Shaffer.īarrows' first writing output was for adult non-fiction. She enrolled in a writing school, then began writing books for adults.īarrows is married. She worked as an editor, then decided to turn to writing. She spent considerable time during her childhood in the town's children's library, where she eventually got a part-time job (during her junior high school years) maintaining the books and reshelving them.īarrows attended UC Berkeley, originally majoring in English Literature, but graduating in Medieval History. However, when she was three weeks old the family moved to a small town, San Anselmo, in Northern California.
She was born in San Diego, near the southern border of the state of California. She co-wrote ' The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society' with her aunt Mary Ann Shaffer, which was later adapted into a film.īarrows was the second of two girls (her sister is two years older).
She is best known for the Ivy and Bean series of children's books, but she has written several other books for adult readers as well. Annie Barrows (born 1962 in San Diego, California) is an American editor and author.
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