Margaret Peterson Haddix

Margaret Peterson Haddix (born April 9, 1964) is an American writer known best for the children's series, Shadow Children (1998–2006), and The Missing (from 2008). She also wrote the tenth volume in The 39 Clues, published by Scholastic.^[1]

Biography

Margaret Peterson Haddix was born in Washington Court House, Ohio, and grew up on a farm near there. She graduated from Miami University in Oxford, 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.^[2]

Haddix has written more than 30 books for children and teenagers, 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; Uprising; Palace of Mirrors; Claim to Fame; The Always War; Game Changer; the Shadow Children series; and the Missing series. She also wrote Into the Gauntlet, number ten in the 39 Clues series. Her books have made New York Times Best Seller lists and American Library Association (ALA) annual book lists. They have won the International Reading Association's Children's Book Award and more than a dozen state reader's choice awards.^[2]

Awards

Haddix has received the International Reading Association Children's Book Award, some ALA listings on Best Books for Young Adults and Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, The National Kids Award, and readers' choice lists in more than 29 states.^[1]

References

External links

• Official website
• Reviews of her books
• Margaret Peterson Haddix at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Margaret Peterson Haddix at Library of Congress Authorities, with 50 catalog records

Novels by Margaret Peterson Haddix Shadow Children 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 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) The Missing (series, 2008-2014) Claim to Fame (2009) Into the Gauntlet (2010) Category