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=Margaret Haddix=

====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; Uprising; Palace of Mirrors; Claim to Fame;// the //Shadow Children// series//;// and the //Missing// series. She also wrote //Into the Gauntlet,// the tenth book in the //39 Clues// series. Her books have been honored with //New York Times// bestseller status, the International Reading Association’s Children’s Book Award; American Library Association Best Book and Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers notations; and more than a dozen state reader’s choice awards.====

Haddix and her husband, Doug, now live in Columbus, Ohio, with their two children.
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