Brashares was born in
Alexandria, Virginia, and grew up in
Chevy Chase, Maryland, with her three brothers. She attended elementary and high school at the
Sidwell Friends School in
Washington, D.C. After studying philosophy at
Barnard College, she worked as an editor for 17th Street Productions. 17th Street was acquired by
Alloy Entertainment, and following the acquisition she worked briefly for Alloy. After leaving Alloy she wrote
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2001), which became an international best seller. It was followed with three more titles in the "Pants" series that were
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (2003),
Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood (2005) and
Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood (2007). The first book in the series was adapted into the film
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants in 2005. The sequel,
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, based on the other three novels in the series was released in August 2008. Brashares' first novel for adults,
The Last Summer (of You and Me) was released in 2007. The first companion book to the
Sisterhood series,
3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows, was published in 2009, and the second companion book,
Sisterhood Everlasting, was published in 2011. Her second novel for adults,
My Name is Memory was published in 2010 and has been
optioned for film. Brashares' young-adult
time travel novel,
The Here and Now, was published in April 2014. She resides in
New York City with her artist husband,
Jacob Collins, and children Samuel, Nathaniel, Susannah and Isaiah. ==Works==