Author's+Biography

====__Just Ella__ was written by a woman named Margaret Peterson Haddix. Haddix has written many award winning novels for young adults. They range from modern-day science fiction to reality-based fiction. Her 1995 debut novel called, //Running out of Time,// is a popular book about a historical village kept inside a building in the modern world, and tourists come to watch them in via hidden cameras. Then, a disease breaks out and the owner of the village refuses to give them the medicine the village needs. So, a young girl named Jessie escapes into the modern world trying to find a way to save her friends and family...This book is just one of the many books Haddix has written. She is the author of //Just Ella// (the book this site is about), //Turnabout, Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey, Among the Imposters, Leaving Fishers//, //Among the Hidden, The Girl with 500 Middle Names//, and //Takeoffs and Landings.//==== ====Margaret Peterson Haddix was born on April 9, 1964, and she grew up on a farm in Washington Courthouse, Ohio. She became a journalist and wrote for //Urbana Daily Citizen//, the //Charlotte Observer//, and the //Indianopolis News//. Haddix got her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1986.==== ====She married Doug Haddix in 1987. He was a newspaper editor. In 1991, she moved to Illinois, and she did various part-time jobs, like teaching English at a community college. During that time, she began her first novel; //Running Out of Time//. Her story was inspired by a newspaper article about a living history museum. The story became a success, and she won many awards including the ALA Best Books for Young Adults award.==== ====She wrote many other stories afterward like Don't You Dare Read Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey which is about an abused teenager. This story was inspired by a newspaper article about neglected and abused children. Haddix recieved tons of awards throughout her writing career, like International Reading Association Children's Book Award.====


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