So she began ruminating on the possibility of turning her writings into a book. Within a year, Anna’s work had hundreds of millions of views. The platform consumed several hours of her time.

She started writing and she couldn’t stop. It was the community of likeminded people she had been looking for, where parents, teachers, students and everyone in between put their writing skills to the test.Īnna Todd compares finding Wattpad to falling down a rabbit hole. Wattpad was an amazing find for Anna, giving her access to a realm where people like her congregated to read and write. And she did so by producing fanfiction about the band One Direction and Harry Styles in particular. The application gave her a platform from where she could put her passion for writing into action. But they survived, even though Anna Todd will be the first person to admit that the journey to her current situation has been an insane and chaotic one.Īnna Todd’s writing career began with Wattpad. There were a lot of moves, and it was no picnic for Anna to push through her husband’s three deployments to Iraq. She spent some time in Texas because that was where the army stationed them. It was a difficult decision for Anna to make and justify, but she believes everything worked out in the end. While most high school relationships never last and often fizzle out during the early college years, Anna and her husband beat those odds when they chose to get married the moment they left high school They met in high school and began dating. One of Anna’s fondest memories is her encounter with her husband. The teenage years saw Anna change somewhat as her interests went the way of classic literature. The book series were amongst her favorite, competing with the likes of ‘The Goosebumps’ for her affections. One title that has stuck with her since those early days is ‘The Babysitter’s Club’. And while she cannot remember how she began reading and which books appealed to her during those early years, Anna Todd definitely remembers the thrill that books gave her. Her love for reading manifested at a very young age. She went to the same school district her whole life, which is why she has, more or less, had the exact same friends since she was a child.īecause she grew up in a small town, Anna had little else to occupy her time besides books. Anna Todd is an American author best known for her ‘After’ series which, interestingly enough began as fanfiction about the band One Direction.Īnna Todd was born in 1989 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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