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* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Regarding the Baby-Sitters Club series. The first ten books have the characters progress through and complete seventh grade and start eighth. But the passage of time stops after this, leaving the girls to spend literally dozens of birthdays, holidays, vacations, and summers forever in eighth grade (or in the case of Jessi and Mallory, sixth). They only finish middle school in the last book of the ''Friends Forever'' spinoff (which served as the GrandFinale to the entire series). [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150205024209/www.kindlepost.com/2014/05/ann-m-martin-on-creating-the-california-diaries.html In an interview with her in 2014]], Martin explained that she had initially been contracted for a four-book run, but as the series became popular she ended up having to freeze their ages once the series showed no signs of slowing down. Having to lock the ages of the Baby-Sitters Club fueled the motivation for creating the ''California Diaries'' SpinOff, which followed Dawn after she moved back to California and was allowed to have [[DarkerAndEdgier more mature situations]] than the BSC series and progress in age, if only slightly.
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* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Regarding the Baby-Sitters Club series. The first ten books have the characters progress through and complete seventh grade and start eighth. But the passage of time stops after this, leaving the girls to spend literally dozens of birthdays, holidays, vacations, and summers forever in eighth grade (or in the case of Jessi and Mallory, sixth). They only finish middle school in the last book of the ''Friends Forever'' spinoff (which served as the GrandFinale to the entire series). [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150205024209/www.kindlepost.com/2014/05/ann-m-martin-on-creating-the-california-diaries.html In an interview with her in 2014]], Martin explained that she had initially been contracted for a four-book run, but as the series became popular she ended up having to freeze their ages once the series showed no signs of slowing down. Having to lock the ages of the Baby-Sitters Club fueled the motivation for creating the ''California Diaries'' SpinOff, which followed Dawn after she moved back to California and was allowed to have [[DarkerAndEdgier more mature situations]] than the BSC series and even if it couldn't progress in age, if only slightly.age.
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* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Regarding the Baby-Sitters Club series. The first ten books have the characters progress through and complete seventh grade and start eighth. But the passage of time stops after this, leaving the girls to spend literally dozens of birthdays, holidays, vacations, and summers forever in eighth grade (or in the case of Jessi and Mallory, sixth). They only finish middle school in the last book of the ''Friends Forever'' spinoff (which served as the GrandFinale to the entire series). [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150205024209/www.kindlepost.com/2014/05/ann-m-martin-on-creating-the-california-diaries.html In an interview with her in 2014]], Ann Martin explained that she had initially been contracted for a four-book run, but as the series became popular she ended up having to freeze their ages once the series showed no signs of slowing down. Having to lock the ages of the Baby-Sitters Club fueled the motivation for creating the ''California Diaries'' SpinOff, which followed Dawn after she moved back to California and was allowed to have [[DarkerAndEdgier more mature situations]] than the BSC series.series and progress in age, if only slightly.
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* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Regarding the Baby-Sitters Club series. The first ten books have the characters progress through and complete seventh grade and start eighth. But the passage of time stops after this, leaving the girls to spend literally dozens of birthdays, holidays, vacations, and summers forever in eighth grade (or in the case of Jessi and Mallory, sixth). They only finish middle school in the last book of the ''Friends Forever'' spinoff (which served as the GrandFinale to the entire series). [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150205024209/www.kindlepost.com/2014/05/ann-m-martin-on-creating-the-california-diaries.html In an interview with her in 2014]], Ann explained that she had initially planned been contracted for a short four-book run, but as it took off and the series became popular she ended up having to freeze their ages as once the series showed no signs of slowing down. Having to do this with lock the ages of the Baby-Sitters Club fueled the motivation for creating the ''California Diaries'' SpinOff, which followed Dawn after she moved back to California and was allowed to have [[DarkerAndEdgier more mature situations]] than the BSC series.
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* ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'': A series about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a club of baby-sitting teens and tweens]] living in small-town Connecticut. Her most well known and longest running series (from 1986 until 2000), she also wrote[[note]]or aided the {{Ghostwriter}}s[[/note]] its multiple SpinOff series and was a consultant on both the [[Series/TheBabySittersClub1990 1990 HBO]] and [[Series/TheBabySittersClub2020 2020 Netflix series]].
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* ''Literature/TheDollPeople'': co-written with former partner and author Laura Godwin, about two families of [[LivingToys living dolls]] in the same household.
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In 2016, Martin [[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/baby-sitters-club-author_n_57d02ecde4b03d2d459797c1 came out as queer]], stating she had previously been in a relationship with her coauthor on the Doll People series, Laura Godwin.
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In 2016, Martin [[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/baby-sitters-club-author_n_57d02ecde4b03d2d459797c1 vulture.com/2016/09/ann-m-martin-missy-piggle-wiggle.html came out as queer]], stating she had previously been in a relationship with her coauthor co-author on the Doll People series, Laura Godwin.
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* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Regarding the Baby-Sitters Club series. The first ten books have the original five progress through and complete seventh grade and start eighth but the passage of time stops after this, leaving the girls to spend literally dozens of birthdays, holidays, and summers in eighth grade (or in the case of Jessi and Mallory, sixth) and only finishing middle school in the last book of the ''Friends Forever'' spinoff (which served as the GrandFinale to the entire series). [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150205024209/www.kindlepost.com/2014/05/ann-m-martin-on-creating-the-california-diaries.html In an interview with her in 2014]], Ann explained that she had initially planned a short four-book run, but as it took off and became popular she ended up having to freeze their ages as the series showed no signs of slowing down. Having to do this with the Baby-Sitters Club meant fueled the the motivation for creating the ''California Diaries'' SpinOff, which followed Dawn after she moved back to and was allowed to have [[DarkerAndEdgier more mature situations]] than the BSC series.
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* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Regarding the Baby-Sitters Club series. The first ten books have the original five progress through and complete seventh grade and start eighth but the passage of time stops after this, leaving the girls to spend literally dozens of birthdays, holidays, and summers in eighth grade (or in the case of Jessi and Mallory, sixth) and only finishing middle school in the last book of the ''Friends Forever'' spinoff (which served as the GrandFinale to the entire series). [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150205024209/www.kindlepost.com/2014/05/ann-m-martin-on-creating-the-california-diaries.html In an interview with her in 2014]], Ann explained that she had initially planned a short four-book run, but as it took off and became popular she ended up having to freeze their ages as the series showed no signs of slowing down. Having to do this with the Baby-Sitters Club meant fueled the the motivation for creating the ''California Diaries'' SpinOff, which followed Dawn after she moved back to California and was allowed to have [[DarkerAndEdgier more mature situations]] than the BSC series.
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* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Regarding the Baby-Sitters Club series. The first ten books have the original five progress through and complete seventh grade and start eighth but the passage of time stops after this, leaving the girls to spend literally dozens of birthdays, holidays, and summers in eighth grade (or in the case of Jessi and Mallory, sixth) and only finishing middle school in the last book of the ''Friends Forever'' spinoff (which served as the GrandFinale to the entire series). [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150205024209/www.kindlepost.com/2014/05/ann-m-martin-on-creating-the-california-diaries.html In an interview with her in 2014]], Ann explained that she had initially planned a short four-book run, but as it took off and became popular she ended up having to freeze their ages as the series showed no signs of slowing down. Having to do this with the Baby-Sitters Club meant fueled the the motivation for creating the ''California Diaries'' SpinOff, which followed Dawn after she moved back to and was allowed to have [[DarkerAndEdgier more mature situations]] than the BSC series.
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'''Ann M. Martin''' (full name Ann Matthews Martin, born August 12, 1955) is an American YoungAdult and MiddleGradeLiterature writer who is best known for being the creator of ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'' series.
In 2016, Martin [[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/baby-sitters-club-author_n_57d02ecde4b03d2d459797c1 came out as queer]], stating she had previously been in a relationship with her coauthor on the Doll People series, Laura Godwin.
!!Bibliography:
!!! Series with their own works pages:
* ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'': Her most well known and longest running series
* ''Literature/MainStreetSeries''
* ''Literature/FamilyTreeSeries'': Follows a family through four generations of mothers and daughters.
* ''Literature/TheDollPeople'': co-written with former partner and author Laura Godwin, about two families of dolls living in the same household.
* ''Literature/ACornerOfTheUniverse''
* ''Literature/PSLongerLetterLater'' (co-written with Creator/PaulaDanziger)
!!! Other Works:
* ''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)
* ''Ten Kids, No Pets'' (1988) and its sequel, ''Eleven Kids, One Summer'' (1991)
* ''Ma and Pa Dracula'' (1989)
* ''Belle Teal (2001)
* ''A Corner of the Universe'' (2002)
* ''On Christmas Eve'' (2006)
* ''Rain Reign'' (2014)
!! Tropes about her writing and works include:
* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Regarding the Baby-Sitters Club series. The first ten books have the original five progress through and complete seventh grade and start eighth but the passage of time stops after this, leaving the girls to spend literally dozens of birthdays, holidays, and summers in eighth grade (or in the case of Jessi and Mallory, sixth) and only finishing middle school in the last book of the ''Friends Forever'' spinoff (which served as the GrandFinale to the entire series). [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150205024209/www.kindlepost.com/2014/05/ann-m-martin-on-creating-the-california-diaries.html In an interview with in 2014]], Ann explained that she had initially planned a short four-book run, but as it took off and became popular she ended up having to freeze their ages as the series showed no signs of slowing down. Having to do this with the Baby-Sitters Club meant fueled the the motivation for creating the ''California Diaries'' SpinOff, which followed Dawn after she moved back to and was allowed to have [[DarkerAndEdgier more mature situations]] than the BSC series.
In 2016, Martin [[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/baby-sitters-club-author_n_57d02ecde4b03d2d459797c1 came out as queer]], stating she had previously been in a relationship with her coauthor on the Doll People series, Laura Godwin.
!!Bibliography:
!!! Series with their own works pages:
* ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'': Her most well known and longest running series
* ''Literature/MainStreetSeries''
* ''Literature/FamilyTreeSeries'': Follows a family through four generations of mothers and daughters.
* ''Literature/TheDollPeople'': co-written with former partner and author Laura Godwin, about two families of dolls living in the same household.
* ''Literature/ACornerOfTheUniverse''
* ''Literature/PSLongerLetterLater'' (co-written with Creator/PaulaDanziger)
!!! Other Works:
* ''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)
* ''Ten Kids, No Pets'' (1988) and its sequel, ''Eleven Kids, One Summer'' (1991)
* ''Ma and Pa Dracula'' (1989)
* ''Belle Teal (2001)
* ''A Corner of the Universe'' (2002)
* ''On Christmas Eve'' (2006)
* ''Rain Reign'' (2014)
!! Tropes about her writing and works include:
* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Regarding the Baby-Sitters Club series. The first ten books have the original five progress through and complete seventh grade and start eighth but the passage of time stops after this, leaving the girls to spend literally dozens of birthdays, holidays, and summers in eighth grade (or in the case of Jessi and Mallory, sixth) and only finishing middle school in the last book of the ''Friends Forever'' spinoff (which served as the GrandFinale to the entire series). [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150205024209/www.kindlepost.com/2014/05/ann-m-martin-on-creating-the-california-diaries.html In an interview with in 2014]], Ann explained that she had initially planned a short four-book run, but as it took off and became popular she ended up having to freeze their ages as the series showed no signs of slowing down. Having to do this with the Baby-Sitters Club meant fueled the the motivation for creating the ''California Diaries'' SpinOff, which followed Dawn after she moved back to and was allowed to have [[DarkerAndEdgier more mature situations]] than the BSC series.
