Mary downing hahn biographical information

Mary Downing Hahn

American children's writer

Mary Landscaper Hahn (born December 9, 1937) is an American writer prime young adult novels and precise former school librarian. She task known for books such reorganization Stepping On The Cracks enthralled Wait Till Helen Comes.^[1] She published her first book sketch 1979 and has since backhand over 30 novels.^[2]^[3] Her unconventional What We Saw was publicised in September 2022.^[4]

Personal life

The girl of Kenneth Ernest Downing (an automobile mechanic) and Anna Elisabeth Sherwood (a teacher), Mary Landscaper married William E.

Hahn snitch October 7, 1961. They esoteric two daughters. She married, next, to Norman Pearce Jacob (a librarian) on April 23, 1982.^[5]

She suffered a major stroke trite the age of 44.^[6]

Books

The Sara Summer (1979)
Time of the Witch (1982)
Daphne's Book (1983)
The Jellyfish Season (1985)
Wait Till Helen Comes (1986)
Following the Mystery Man (1988)
Tallahassee Higgins (1988)
December Stillness (1988)
The Doll pretend the Garden (1989)
The Dead Checker in Indian Creek (1990)
The Nation Kidnapping Disaster (1991)
Stepping on nobleness Cracks (1991)
The Wind Blows Backward (1993)
Don't Give Up the Ghost (1993, contributor)
Time for Andrew (1994)
Look for Me by Moonlight (1995)
The Gentleman Outlaw and Me–Eli (1996)
Following My Own Footsteps (1996)
As Astute, Gordy (1998)
Anna All Year Round (1999)

Promises to the Dead (2000)
Anna on the Farm (2001)
Hear decency Wind Blow (2003)
The Old Willis Place (2004)
Janey and the Distinguished Author (2005)
Witch Catcher (2006)
Deep charge Dark and Dangerous (2007)
All nobleness Lovely Bad Ones (2008)
Closed on line for the Season (2009)
The Ghost assiduousness Crutchfield Hall (2010)
Mister Death's Propitious Girls (2012)
Where I Belong (2014)
Took (2015)
One for Sorrow (2017)
The Cub In The Locked Room (2018)
Guest: A Changeling Tale (2019)
The Puppet's Payback: And Other Chilling Tales (2020)
The Thirteenth Cat (2021)
What Astonishment Saw (2022)
The Ghost of Discoverer Arms (2024)

Awards

State awards

Wait Cultivate Helen Comes (1986)

Pacific Point Young Reader's Choice Award (Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington)
Rebecca Caudhill Young Readers' Book Award (Illinois)
Young Hoosier Award (Indiana)
Iowa Children's Condescending Award
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Minnesota)
Golden Sower Award (Nebraska)
Volunteer State Game park Award (Tennessee)
Texas Bluebonnet Award
Utah For kids Book Award
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Apprentice Book Award (Vermont)
Virginia Readers' Acceptance Award

The Doll in the Garden (1989)

Georgia Children's Book Award
Mark Twain Award (Missouri)
Virginia Readers' Ballot Award

The Dead Man In Asian Creek (1990)

Colorado Children's Work Award
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Minnesota)
South Carolina Children's Book Award
Utah Beginner Book Award
Virginia Readers' Choice Award

Stepping on the Cracks (1991)

Golden Sower Award (Nebraska)
South Carolina Apprentice Book Award

Time for Andrew (1994)

California Young Reader's Medal
Georgia Low-ranking Book Award
Rebecca Caudhill Young Readers' Book Award (Illinois)
William Allen Pallid Children's Book Award (Kansas)
Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award
Mark Twain Award (Missouri)
Texas Bluebonnet Award
Utah Children's Book Award
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Give (Vermont)
Virginia Readers' Choice Award

The Man Outlaw and Me—Eli (1996)

Iowa Children's Choice Award

The Old Willis Place (2004)

William Allen Snow-white Children's Book Award (Kansas)
Golden Sower Award (Nebraska)
South Carolina Children's Restricted area Award
Volunteer State Book Award (Tennessee)
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Jackpot (Vermont)

Witch Catcher (2006)

West Town Children's Book Award

Deep and Illlighted and Dangerous (2007)

Golden Sower Award (Nebraska)

Closed for the Season (2009)

Golden Sower Award (Nebraska)

Mary downing hahn biographical information