Analysis Of Cheating At Solitaire By Ally Carter

Ally Carter is a best-selling young adult author who is famous for her cunning and quick-witted books such as “The Gallagher Girls” and “The Heist Society” just to name a couple. She became interested in writing at a young age when she was just a farm girl living in Oklahoma, little did she know, she would become a widely known author. Ally started her writing career with the desire to bring joy to her readers, and she has accomplished that by bringing the excitement of spies and intrigue to her works. Before she could enjoy writing full-time, she helped many ranchers and farmers with the business part that is associated with farming. Ally Carter was born and also raised in Oklahoma where she was very active in several organizations in her …show more content…
The book was actually a novel for adults rather than young adults. Ally didn’t instantly drift towards writing young adult books, but she quickly discovered that she felt more comfortable writing for the younger crowd. Therefore, her next novels to come were more to her liking. Ally’s first young adult novel was published in April of 2006. That book goes by the name of “I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have To Kill You.” This novel is the first installment of the series “The Gallagher Girls,” this series of books happens to be one of her most famous works. “The Gallagher Girls” is where all of the spies come into play. It is about a girl named Cammie who goes to an all girls school called The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women. Of course, this academy is no ordinary academy. These girls are taught advanced martial arts in PE class, and they break CIA codes for extra credit in their computer class. These action-packed books are a whirlwind of thrills and …show more content…
She was born as Sarah Leigh Fogleman. She chose the name to separate herself from her other work, and also so that her books would be placed by the books of the author Jenny Crusie at bookstores. Another interesting fact about Ally is that she has a tendency to write her first drafts very fast, which is around four to six weeks. Then, she will take about six to nine months revising her works. Even though writing is usually an intense process, Ally truly enjoys it. She always says that her favorite thing about writing is that she finally gets to do what she dreamed about doing when she was twelve years old. Of course, there is also the obvious reason as well, she gets to work in her