Margaret Peterson Haddix
Margaret Peterson Haddix | |
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| Born | Margaret Peterson April 9, 1964 Washington Court House, Ohio, United States |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | Miami University of Ohio |
| Genre | Young adult fiction |
| Subject | Reading |
| Notable works | |
| Children | (2) Meredith, Connor |
| Website | |
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Margaret Peterson Haddix (born April 9, 1964) is an American writer known best for the two children's series, Shadow Children (1998–2006) and The Missing (2008-2015). She also wrote the tenth volume in The 39 Clues, published by Scholastic.[1]
Biography
She wrote her first book in 6th grade, "I thought it was amazing" she said, "but I realized it was only 20 pages long." 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 an actor with Fort Wayne, , 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, book 10 in the 39 Clues series. Her books have made New York Times Best Seller lists and American Library Association (ALA) annual book lists. and they have won the International Reading Association's Children's Book Award and more than a dozen state reader's choice awards.[2] Mrs. Haddix has stated on September 13th 2016, at a middle school in Dayton, Ohio, that she as no favorite book of hers, and that she used to think she would never write a series.
Awards
Haddix has received the International Reading Association Children's Book Award, Champions league ,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
- ^ a b "The 39 Clues. One Ultimate Challenge. Who Will Succeed?". CNN Money. Cable News Network. April 5, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2010. [dead link]
- ^ a b "Biography (short version)". Margaret Peterson Haddix (haddixbooks.com).
External links
- Official website
- Reviews of her books
- Margaret Peterson Haddix at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Margaret Peterson Haddix at Library of Congress, with 50 library catalog records
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- 1964 births
- 20th-century American novelists
- 21st-century American novelists
- American children's writers
- American science fiction writers
- American women novelists
- American young adult novelists
- Writers from Ohio
- Miami University alumni
- Living people
- People from Washington Court House, Ohio
- Women children's writers
- Women science fiction and fantasy writers
- 20th-century women writers
- 21st-century women writers
- Women writers of young adult literature