Margaret Peterson Haddix
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born
April 09, 1964
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female
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Washington Court House, The United States
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Children's Books, Young Adult
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When my daughter was in third grade, she brought home a list one day that described what everyone in her class wanted to be when they grew up. Most of the kids clearly picked the same jobs their parents held. But a few went for the fantastical. One kid said he wanted to be a spy; another was longing to be a professional dirt-biker; another saw himself as a future movie director. And I looked at that list and thought, “Yep, I’m with the dirt-biker and the spy.”
As a kid, I also longed for a career that I didn’t actually believe real people got to do. The far-out, only-in-your dreams career I wanted was to be an author. All the grown-ups I knew were farmers (like my dad) or nurses (like my mom),...more
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" What Readers want to know... SS: How would you describe perfect happiness? MH: Peace SS: What’s your greatest fear? MH: Awful things happening to people I love SS: What are your most overused words or phrases? MH: Suddenly, just, even, and then SS..." ...More
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"Maybe everyone is just waiting for someone else to save them."
— Margaret Peterson Haddix (Among the Brave)
— Margaret Peterson Haddix (Among the Brave)
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"...even the most independent people sometimes needed help. And if I'd learned nothing else from my life thus far, it was that you don't always end up where you think you're going."
— Margaret Peterson Haddix (Just Ella)
— Margaret Peterson Haddix (Just Ella)
"I leaned my head back and closed my eyes, my mind a jumble. So much for breaking it off gently, I thought. The humor helped my mind clear, but I couldn't laugh. What would happen next?"
— Margaret Peterson Haddix
— Margaret Peterson Haddix
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