Margaret Peterson Haddix





Margaret Peterson Haddix

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in Washington Court House, The United States
April 09, 1964

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Margaret Peterson Haddix grew up on a farm near Washington Court House, Ohio. She graduated from Miami University (of Ohio) with degrees in English/journalism, English/creative writing and history. Before her first book was published, she worked as a newspaper copy editor in Fort Wayne, Indiana; a newspaper reporter in Indianapolis; and a community college instructor and freelance writer in Danville, Illinois.

She has since written more than 25 books for kids and teens, including Running Out of Time; Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey; Leaving Fishers; Just Ella; Turnabout; Takeoffs and Landings; The Girl with 500 Middle Names; Because of Anya; Escape from Memory; Say What?; The House on the Gulf; Double Identity; Dexter the Tough; Up...more


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We have a neighbor my kids call “the Sim.” Many mornings while my kids stood at the bus stop, waiting to go to school, this particular woman would walk out of her house, stare at her yard, walk a few more steps, stare at her yard again, then go back into her house—her actions seemingly as random and pointless as a character in the Sims computer games.



My kids were in middle school then, so of c... Read more of this blog post »
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Average rating: 3.96 · 208,498 ratings · 16,224 reviews · 53 distinct works · Similar authors
Among the Hidden (Shadow Ch...
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 40,183 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions
Into the Gauntlet (39 Clues...
4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 14,588 ratings — published 2010 — 14 editions
Found (The Missing, #1)
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 15,708 ratings — published 2008 — 20 editions
Just Ella
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 17,504 ratings — published 1999 — 19 editions
Among the Impostors (Shadow...
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 12,881 ratings — published 2001 — 14 editions
Among the Betrayed (Shadow ...
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 11,308 ratings — published 2002 — 14 editions
Running Out of Time
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 10,864 ratings — published 1995 — 18 editions
Among the Barons (Shadow Ch...
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 9,908 ratings — published 2003 — 13 editions
Among the Brave (Shadow Chi...
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 9,195 ratings — published 2004 — 13 editions
Among the Enemy (Shadow Chi...
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 8,000 ratings — published 2005 — 10 editions
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October 2009, Margaret Peterson Haddix
" 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

“...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

“I am not just what I remember. I am also what I dream.”
Margaret Peterson Haddix

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