Order of Ann M. Martin Books

Ann M. Martin is an American author known for creating the immensely popular Baby Sitters Club series. She published her debut book, Bummer Summer, in 1983, which won the Children’s Choice Award in 1985. Since then, she has continued to publish novels. Martin grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, where she lived and attended school until college. She studied at Smith College, a women’s liberal arts institution, where she was inspired by strong, intelligent female role models, leading her to create characters based on them in her writing. After graduating, she worked as a teacher, focusing on children with special needs, an experience that shaped her future writing about children. She wrote her first novel in 1983 and released her first Baby Sitters Club book in 1985, ultimately writing thirty-five books in the series.