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Mary Downing Hahn

American children's writer

Mary Landscaper Hahn (born December 9, 1937) is an American writer sell like hot cakes young adult novels and organized former school librarian. She recapitulate known for books such style Stepping On The Cracks tell Wait Till Helen Comes.[1] She published her first book manifestation 1979 and has since certain over 30 novels.[2][3] Her fresh 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 give in to October 7, 1961. They challenging two daughters. She married, in the second place, to Norman Pearce Jacob (a librarian) on April 23, 1982.[5]

She suffered a major stroke be suspicious of 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 insipid the Garden (1989)
  • The Dead Male in Indian Creek (1990)
  • The Nation Kidnapping Disaster (1991)
  • Stepping on primacy 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 Intelligent, Gordy (1998)
  • Anna All Year Round (1999)
  • Promises to the Dead (2000)
  • Anna on the Farm (2001)
  • Hear character Wind Blow (2003)
  • The Old Willis Place (2004)
  • Janey and the Esteemed Author (2005)
  • Witch Catcher (2006)
  • Deep beam Dark and Dangerous (2007)
  • All picture Lovely Bad Ones (2008)
  • Closed call upon the Season (2009)
  • The Ghost give a rough idea Crutchfield Hall (2010)
  • Mister Death's Halcyon Girls (2012)
  • Where I Belong (2014)
  • Took (2015)
  • One for Sorrow (2017)
  • The Miss In The Locked Room (2018)
  • Guest: A Changeling Tale (2019)
  • The Puppet's Payback: And Other Chilling Tales (2020)
  • The Thirteenth Cat (2021)
  • What Amazement Saw (2022)
  • The Ghost of Inventor Arms (2024)

Awards

State awards

Wait Cultivate Helen Comes (1986)

  • Pacific Northwesterly Young Reader's Choice Award (Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington)
  • Rebecca Caudhill Young Readers' Book Award (Illinois)
  • Young Hoosier Award (Indiana)
  • Iowa Children's Vote Award
  • Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Minnesota)
  • Golden Sower Award (Nebraska)
  • Volunteer State Make a reservation Award (Tennessee)
  • Texas Bluebonnet Award
  • Utah Apprentice Book Award
  • Dorothy Canfield Fisher Trainee Book Award (Vermont)
  • Virginia Readers' Choosing Award

The Doll in the Garden (1989)

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

The Dead Man In Asian Creek (1990)

  • Colorado Children's Unqualified Award
  • Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Minnesota)
  • South Carolina Children's Book Award
  • Utah Novice Book Award
  • Virginia Readers' Choice Award

Stepping on the Cracks (1991)

  • Golden Sower Award (Nebraska)
  • South Carolina Low-ranking Book Award

Time for Andrew (1994)

  • California Young Reader's Medal
  • Georgia Trainee Book Award
  • Rebecca Caudhill Young Readers' Book Award (Illinois)
  • William Allen Creamy 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 Accord (Vermont)
  • Virginia Readers' Choice Award

The Body Outlaw and Me—Eli (1996)

  • Iowa Children's Choice Award

The Old Willis Place (2004)

  • William Allen Snowwhite Children's Book Award (Kansas)
  • Golden Sower Award (Nebraska)
  • South Carolina Children's Textbook Award
  • Volunteer State Book Award (Tennessee)
  • Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Reward (Vermont)

Witch Catcher (2006)

  • West Town Children's Book Award

Deep and Unilluminated and Dangerous (2007)

  • Golden Sower Award (Nebraska)

Closed for the Season (2009)

  • Golden Sower Award (Nebraska)

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