Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Mary Downing Hahn
Born: December 9, 1937 (age 87)
Bio: Mary Downing Hahn is an American writer of young adult novels and former school librarian. She is known for many books such as Stepping On The Cracks and Wait Till Helen Comes. She published her first book in 1979 and has since written over twenty novels.
Known for:
- Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story (1986)
- Deep and Dark and Dangerous (2007)
- All the Lovely Bad Ones (2008)
- The Old Willis Place (2004)
- The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story (1989)