“There were those emotions down there, and though she couldn't quite feel them, they were strong and she feared them. It was like watching a thunderhead from high up in a plane, and though you weren't under it, you knew how it would feel if you were. You knew you'd have to land eventually.”

American young adult novelist

Ann Brashares is an American young adult novelist, best known for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series. Her fiction is aimed at younger readers and has made her a familiar name in contemporary young adult literature. She is especially associated with the popular Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants books, which brought her wide recognition.