Tucson Festival of Books

Margaret Peterson Haddix (she/her/hers)


Margaret Peterson Haddix grew up on a farm in Ohio. She worked as a newspaper reporter and copy editor in Indiana before her first book, "Running Out of Time," was published. She has since written more than fifty books for kids and teens, including the Greystone Secrets series, the Shadow Children series, the Missing series, the Children of Exile series and many stand-alones, including "The Moonleapers." Margaret and her husband, Doug, live in Columbus, Ohio, where they raised their two kids.

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Awards: Numerous state readers choice awards, including the Arizona Young Readers Award


Books:
Moonleapers
Children
HarperCollins Publishers
September 2025
ISBN 9780063392564
320 pages

The Strangers
Children
HarperCollins Publishers
March 2020
ISBN 9780062838384
432 pages
$8.99