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Ann Pearlman
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female |
| place of birth |
Washington D.C., The United States |
| website |
http://www.annpearlman.net/ |
| genre |
Literature & Fiction, Social Sciences
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about this author
Ann Pearlman was born in Washington D.C. and then moved around several Midwestern cities, most notably Chicago and Pittsburgh. As an adult, she settled in Ann Arbor where The Christmas Cookie Club is set and has been translated into 6 languages. http://www.christmascookieclub.com/ Ann received an undergraduate degree in Anthropology, and a graduate degree in Clinical Social Work and maintains her practice as a psychotherapist.
Ann studied writing at the University of Michigan, attended workshops at Sewanee and Squaw Valley Writers' Conferences and published her first book, Getting Free: Women and Psychotherapy in 1982. Keep the Home Fires Burning: How to Have an Affair With Your Spouse, was published1985, and garnered the attention of the Oprah Winfrey Show and several other TV talk shows. Her memoir, Infidelity, was nominated for a Pulitzer and made into a Lifetime movie by Lionsgate. http://www.annpearlman.net/books/infidel... Inside the Crips, with a foreword by Ice T, took readers into the life of a Crip gang member and the California Prison system. http://www.annpearlman.net/books/insidet...
When she's not writing, Ann enjoys making metal sculptures and painting. She also loves to dance, work out, and garden. On a winter day in Ann Arbor, you can find Ann with her friends or her granddaughters making homemade jams and cookies. Or escaping the snow for a beach and snorkeling. Ann has three children and four grandchildren. The Christmas Cookie Club is her first novel. A companion book, The Christmas Cookie Cookbook: All the Rules and Delicious Recipes to Start Your Own Holiday Club guides readers in developing their own cookie party. http://www.christmascookieclub.com/cookb...
A Gift For My Sister, which follows Marnie's daughters, Tara and Sky, introduced in The Christmas Cookie Club will be in the U.K. in Oct. 2011, and the U.S. in May 2012. The paperback of the Christmas Cookie Club, with a new chapter of recipes and a teaser chapter for A Gift for my Sister will be out in Oct. 2011.
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