"She perched on her windowsill, gazing at the lurid sun soaking into the Caldera, trying to appreciate it even though she couldn't have it. Why did she always feel she had to do something in the face of beauty?"
Ann Brashares is an American novelist best known for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series for young adult readers. She has also written novels for adults, including The Last Summer (of You and Me). Her fiction has been adapted for film and has reached an international readership.