Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Biography
Margaret Peterson Haddix 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 multiple-author series The 39 Clues.
"Maybe everyone is just waiting for someone else to save them."
"I want to Live! Not Die, Not Hide, LIVE!"
"And Nedley started saying,'Shut Up!Quit that! And i knew it really meant something to him. So I asked for his help,"Mark said. "Don't tell the story like that,"Nedley laughed. "What he said was 'Quit pretendin you're a bad guy I need your help, and I need it now!"
"I like the fact that kids are willing to be imaginative and go along with me when I'm telling strange tales."
"I was Pandora, bound and determined to open that box."
"I loved to read when I was a kid, and as soon as I realized that an actual person got to make up the books I loved so much, I decided that that was the job for me."
"There's something about each of my books that I'm really proud of, and there's something about each of my books that I cringe over."