Margaret Peterson Haddix

Margaret Peterson Haddix
Born April 9, 1964
near Washington Court House, Ohio
Occupation Author
Language English
Citizenship American
Education Miami Universityof Ohio
Alma mater Miami University
Notable work(s)
Children Meredith & Connor
www.haddixbooks.com

Margaret Peterson Haddix (born April 9, 1964) is an American author. She is best known for writing The Missing series and the Shadow Children sequence. She also wrote the tenth volume in The 39 Clues series, published by Scholastic.[1]

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Biography

Margaret Peterson Haddix was born in 1964 near Washington Court House, Ohio, where she grew up on a farm.[2]

She received a Bachelor of Arts in creative writing and journalism from Miami University in 1987. She worked as a newspaper copy editor in Fort Wayne, Indiana; as a newspaper reporter in Indianapolis; and as a community college instructor and freelance writer in Danville, Illinois. Haddix and her husband, Doug, a newspaper editor, now live in Columbus, Ohio, with their two children.

In 2004, Haddix and her publishers, Simon & Schuster, threatened to sue the makers of M. Night Shyamalan's film The Village over alleged similarities with the plotline of her first novel Running Out of Time.[3][4][5] The filmmakers wrote off the similarities as "meritless".[6]

Works

Awards

Haddix has received the International Reading Association Children's Book Award, the American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults Award, and the Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers citations, as well as state readers' choice lists in over twenty-eight states.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "The 39 Clues. One Ultimate Challenge. Who Will Succeed?". CNN Money. Cable News Network. April 5, 2010. http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0604153.htm. Retrieved 6 April 2010. 
  2. ^ Ohio Reading Road Trip: Margaret Petersen Haddix biography
  3. ^ Susman, Gary (August 10, 2004). "It takes a 'Village'". Enertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,679258,00.html. Retrieved 6 April 2010. 
  4. ^ "'Village' plot looks too familiar to author, publisher". USA Today. August 10, 2004. http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2004-08-10-village-suit_x.htm. Retrieved 6 April 2010. 
  5. ^ Staff and agencies (10 August 2004). "Shyamalan may face legal action over Village". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2004/aug/10/news1. Retrieved 6 April 2010. 
  6. ^ Rich, Joshua; Cruz, Gilbert (August 20, 2004). "Spoiling Point". http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,681694,00.html. Retrieved 6 April 2010. 
  7. ^ De Leon, Ferdinand M. (December 8, 1997). "Winning Words – Kids Write About What They Read – And Prove Power Of A Good Book". The Seattle Times. http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19971208&slug=2576841. Retrieved 6 April 2010. 
  8. ^ a b c "Frequently Asked Questions—Found". http://www.haddixbooks.com/books/found_faq.html. Retrieved 7 April 2010. 

External links

The 39 Clues and related series
Novels by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Shadow Children sequence
Among the Hidden (1998) · Among the Impostors (2001) · Among the Betrayed (2002) · Among the Barons (2003) · Among the Brave (2004) · Among the Enemy (2005) · Among the Free (2006) · Characters
The Missing series
Found (2008) · Sent (2009) · Sabotaged (2010) · Torn (2011)
Other
Running Out of Time (1995) · Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey (1996) · Leaving Fishers (1997) · Just Ella (1999) · Turnabout (2000) · The Girl With 500 Middle Names (2001) · Takeoffs and Landings (2001) · Because of Anya (2002) · Escape from Memory (2003) · Say What (2004) · The House on the Gulf (2004) · Double Identity (2005) · Dexter the Tough (2007) · Uprising (2007) · Palace of Mirrors (2008) · Claim to Fame (2009) · Into the Gauntlet (2010)