Mary Downing Hahn
Born (1937-12-09) December 9, 1937 (age 86)
Washington, D.C. (or College Park, Maryland, sources vary), U.S.
OccupationNovelist
GenreYoung adult fiction including ghost, horror, mystery stories

Mary Downing Hahn (born December 9, 1937) is an American writer of young adult novels and a former school librarian. She is known for books such as Stepping On The Cracks and Wait Till Helen Comes.[1] She published her first book in 1979 and has since written over 30 novels.[2][3] Her novel What We Saw was published in September 2022.[4]

Personal life

The daughter of Kenneth Ernest Downing (an automobile mechanic) and Anna Elisabeth Sherwood (a teacher), Mary Downing married William E. Hahn on October 7, 1961. They had two daughters but divorced in 1977. She married, secondly, to Norman Pearce Jacob (a librarian) on April 23, 1982.[5]

She suffered a major stroke at the age of 44 but recovered.[6]

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Awards

State awards

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Wait Till Helen Comes (1986)

The Doll in the Garden (1989)

The Dead Man In Indian Creek (1990)

Stepping on the Cracks (1991)

Time for Andrew (1994)

The Gentleman Outlaw and Me—Eli (1996)

The Old Willis Place (2004)

Witch Catcher (2006)

Deep and Dark and Dangerous (2007)

Closed for the Season (2009)

References

  1. ^ Leeper, Angela (September 9, 2008). "Talking with Mary Downing Hahn". American Library Association (ALA.org). Retrieved 2014-05-13.
  2. ^ "Our Member Pages: Mary Downing Hahn". The Children's Book Guild of Washington DC (childrensbookguild.org). Archived from the original on 2009-03-09. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
  3. ^ "Mary Downing Hahn Talks with Roger". The Horn Book, Inc. (hbook.com). Retrieved 2014-05-13.
  4. ^ What We Saw title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  5. ^ Profile, Encyclopedia.com. Accessed February 20, 2024.
  6. ^ Profile, bartleby.com. Accessed February 20, 2024.
  7. ^ "Search the Edgars Database!". Edgar® Award Info & Database. Mystery Writers of America (edgarawards.com). Retrieved 2014-05-13.

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