Tucson Festival of Books

Margaret Peterson Haddix (she/her/hers)


Margaret Peterson Haddix grew up on a farm in Ohio and 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 a number of series: Greystone Secrets, Shadow Children, Missing, and Children of Exile. Her standalone "The Moonleapers"  came out last fall. Haddix and her husband, Doug, live in Columbus, Ohio, with their two children.

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


Scheduled events:
Back to the Future: Traveling through Time
Travel through time with three best-selling authors who explore the excitement and dangers of time travel. Erin Entrada Kelly won the 2025 Newbery for her book about a boy from the future who drops into the life of a bullied boy, while Ernesto Cisneros takes a grieving boy back in time and Margaret Peterson Haddix introduces a new series about a network of time travelers.

Education Room 211 (Kiva) (Seats 200)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sat, Mar 14, 1:00 pm - 1:55 pm
Children
Signing area: Signing Area - Children (following presentation)  View this venue on the Festival map

Panelists: Ernesto Cisneros, Margaret Peterson Haddix, Erin Entrada Kelly
Moderator: Moanikeala Kanae
Sponsors: Session made possible courtesy of HarperCollins Children's Books, Worlds of Words
Middle Grade Carousel: Inviting Connection
Meet a bunch of authors in 60 minutes as they share their new books filled with invitations to adventure. Each author will be seated at a table to talk with a small group about their newest book. Every eight minutes the authors will rotate to a new table in our version of author speed-dating.

Education Room 211 (Kiva) (Seats 200)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sat, Mar 14, 4:00 pm - 4:55 pm
Children
Signing area: Signing Area - Children (following presentation)  View this venue on the Festival map

Panelists: Tracey Baptiste, Dusti Bowling, Karina Yan Glaser, Sara Goetter, Margaret Peterson Haddix, Julie Kagawa, Mari Mancusi, James Ponti, Natalie Riess, David A. Robertson
Moderators: Lauren Freedman, Holly Johnson
Sponsors: Session made possible courtesy of HarperCollins Children's Books, Worlds of Words

Books:
Moonleapers
Children
HarperCollins Publishers
September 2025
ISBN 9780063392564
320 pages
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The Strangers
Children
HarperCollins Publishers
March 2020
ISBN 9780062838384
432 pages
$8.99
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