She was raised between Washington Court House and Sabina, Ohio and lives in Columbus, Ohio now

Margaret Peterson Haddix

When there family was on vacation her mom would have to say "Stop reading for a minute and look out the window that's The Grand Canyon out there!"

She has degrees in English/journalism, English/creative writing, and History

She wrote her first novel ‘Running out of Time’ that was published in 1995

She has since written more than 30 books for kids and teens

She went to. Miami University ( the one in Ohio not Florida)