Annie Barrows is co-author, with her aunt Mary Ann Shaffer, of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. A New York Times bestseller, Guernsey has been translated into twenty-six languages and was named one of the “Best Books of 2008” by the Washington Post, TIME magazine, and The Christian Science Monitor, among others. Annie is also the author of the award-winning children’s series Ivy and Bean and The Magic Half. She lives in Northern California and is currently writing one novel for adults and one for children.

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