Ally Carter
"Life is classified. So much always goes unsaid." - Ally
Biographical Information:
In an interview, she tells that she got her inspiration for her Gallagher Girl series by misunderstanding a TV show she was watching. But the idea of an all girls spy boarding school sparked a great idea that turned into one of the best series she has written so far. In another interview, she simply says she writes most of her books with a teenage girl mindset, thinking about what she dreamed to do when she was younger. Right now she is working on the third book of the Embassy Row series.
Carter says her favorite thing about writing is, "getting to work in my pajamas-- and that is pretty great. But the truth is probably that there's no better feeling than talking to a young person who has read and enjoyed something that I created."
Ally Carter wants to inspire younger readers and help them to follow their dreams.
"Not knowing you can't do something, is sometimes all it takes to do it." - Ally Carter
Ally Carter Interview:
Bibliographical Information:
Gallagher Girl Series
- I'd Tell you I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (2006)
- Cross my Heart and Hope to Spy(2007)
- Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover(2009)
- Only the Good Spy Young (2010)
- Out of Sight, Out of Time (2012)
- United We Spy (2013)
Heist Society Series
- Heist Society (2010)
- Uncommon Criminals (2011)
- Perfect Scoundrels (2013)
Embassy Row Series
- All Fall Down (2015)
- See How They Run (2015)
Other Books
- Cheating at Solitaire (2005)
- Learning to Play Gin (2006)
- Double Crossed (2013)
Book review on Gallagher Girls series:
~Ally Carter Fans~
- "I know she probably hears this all the time but Ally is an amazing writer and the books are great. Just finished All Fall Down. Went to get it as soon as I found out that she had started a new series. I did read the 1st book of Perfect Scoundrels and want to find others. Have read all the Gallagher Girls books and hope that they will make at least the 1st into a movie. I am 43 years old and not afraid to admit that. Her books appeal to all ages."
- "I read all your books and I really really really love the way you wrote your storied, it captivated me and your truly a good author, and I would really love to see your book made into a motion picture!!"
- "I really, really, really LOVE YOUR BOOKS. Sometimes I imagine myself being one of the Gallagher Girls or else, become a super awesome thief (I know, crazy right?) HAHA! All I wanted to say is, Thank You.. for writing such AWESOME Stories! GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS."
Analysis of Author's Craft:
"And every few pages, a mysterious voice says something mysterious like, 'Actually, it's just the beginning' (1.81), or "Hello Katarina' (4.74). Lightning strikes, snow falls, church bells ring, and jets take off, too. So you have no choice but to follow Carter's characters on their grand adventures, or be left behind." based on Ally's Heist Society series.
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