

She served as contributing editor for the highly acclaimed Such a Pretty Face: Short Stories About Beauty and is working on more young adult fiction.


Since then, Ann has written many young adult biographies, including her most recent, Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing. That same influence encouraged Ann to live her own life without compromise. As a teen, Ann preferred writing bad poetry and drawing to Janis’s songs over following along with the popular girls. * * * Ann Angel believes it was amazing fortune that brought Janis Joplin’s music and style into her life.
