Margaret Haddix
Margaret Haddix
Margaret Peterson Haddixis an American writer known best for the two children's series, Shadow Childrenand The Missing. She also wrote the tenth volume in The 39 Clues, published by Scholastic...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth9 April 1964
CityWashingotn Court House, OH
CountryUnited States of America
independent thinking people
...even the most independent people sometimes needed help. And if I'd learned nothing else from my life thus far, it was that you don't always end up where you think you're going.
waiting
Maybe everyone is just waiting for someone else to save them.
fun eye thinking
I snorted "oh, beauty. What's that good for?" Mary stared, her eyes round. "It won you the prince, did it not?" I snorted again, I prefer to think that he was captivated by my charming personality." I giggled to let Mary know I was trying to make fun of myself.
cuddling together whispering
I wished I'd known weeks ago that we didn't have to be chaperoned. I remembered my old daydreams: the prince and I, alone together, cuddling and whispering... I probably would have wised up and brocken the engagement sooner.
Jen, we did it. Everyone's free now.
our-lives
We'll have a 'rest of our lives' now,
life want dies
I want to Live! Not Die, Not Hide, LIVE!
dream remember
I am not just what I remember. I am also what I dream.
corners around-the-corner
There's hope around the corner.
two doe said
I don't know what you two are up to," Hobart said. "But you be careful now, you hear? Don't do anything I wouldn't do." "Well now, that doesn't restrict us very much, does it?" Mark teased back.
guy needs stories
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!
trying feels playing-around
I like playing around with the words; I love it when I feel like I've picked the exact right word to describe whatever it is I'm trying to describe
book writing years
I write a book over a period of months or years, and when I'm done with it, usually another year goes by before I see it in print. It's hard to be patient and wait
reading book thinking
I think I learned a lot from reading in general - even from reading badly written books.