
Ann Matthews Martin es una escritora estadounidense de literatura infantil.
Nació en Nueva Jersey, el 12 de agosto de 1955.
Desde muy pequeña comenzó a escribir cuentos. Estudió Educación y trabajó con niños discapacitados, hasta que se dedicó por completo a la literatura.
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Obras:
Novelas independientes –
- Bummer Summer (1983)
- Inside Out (1984)
- Missing Since Monday (1986)
- With and Without You (1986)
- Just a Summer Romance (1987)
- Slam Book (1987)
- Yours Turly, Shirley (1988)
- Ma y Pa Drácula. Ma and Pa Dracula (1989)
- Belle Teal (2001)
- A Corner of the Universe (2002)
- Here Today (2005)
- On Christmas Eve (2006)
- Rain Reign (2014)
Novelas y secuelas –
- Stage Fright (1984)
- Me and Katie (The Pest) (1985)
- Ten Kids, No Pets (1988)
- Eleven Kids, One Summer (1991)
- P.S. Longer Letter Later (1998), by Martin and Paula Danziger
- Snail Mail No More (1999), Martin and Danziger
- A Dog’s Life: The Autobiography of a Stray (2005)
- Everything for a Dog (2009)
- Ten Rules for Living with My Sister (2011)
- Ten Good and Bad Things About My Life (So Far) (2012)
Libros ilustrados –
- Rachel Parker, Kindergarten Showoff (1992) con ilustraciones de Nancy Poydar
- Leo The Magnificat (1996) con ilustraciones de Emily Arnold McCully
Historias cortas –
- 8 x 2 = Sweet Sixteen, a short story featuring Karen Brewer included in the children’s anthology It’s Great to Be Eight (2000)
- The Lost Art of Letter Writing, a short story included in the young adult anthology What You Wish For (2011)
Otros trabajos –
- Because of Shoe and Other Dog Stories (edited) (2012)
Series
- El Club de las Canguro. The Baby-Sitters Club (1986–1990 y 2010) 35 volúmenes hasta 1990, continuada por otros escritores con Martin.
- La gran idea de Kristy (1986)
- Claudia y las llamadas fantasma.
- El problema secreto de Stacey.
- Mary Anne salva la situación.
- El trío insoportable.
- The Baby-Sitters Little Sister (1988 to 2000)
- The Kids in Ms. Colman’s Class (1995 to 1998) 12 volumes
- California Diaries (1997 to 2000) 15 volumes
- Main Street (2007 to 2011)
- Welcome to Camden Falls (2007)
- Needle and Thread (2007)
- ‘Tis the Season (2007)
- Best Friends (2008)
- The Secret Book Club (2008)
- September Surprises (2008)
- Keeping Secrets (2009)
- Special Delivery (2009)
- Coming Apart (2010)
- Staying Together (2011)
- The Doll People (2000 to 2008) – by Martin and Laura Godwin, illustrated by Brian Selznick
- The Doll People (2000)
- The Meanest Doll in the World (2003)
- The Runaway Dolls (2008)
- The Doll People Set Sail (2014)
- Family Tree (2013-2014)
- Better to Wish (2013)
- The Long Way Home (2013)
- Best Kept Secret (2014)
- Home Is the Place (2014)
- Missy Piggle-Wiggle (2016 to present) – by Martin and Annie Parnell, great-granddaughter of Betty MacDonald, who created Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle in 1947; illustrated by Ben Hatke.
- Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Whatever Cure (2016)
- Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Won’t-Walk-the-Dog Cure (2017)
- Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Sticky-Fingers Cure (2018)