Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
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)