Margaret Peterson Haddix spent her early years on a farm outside Washington Court House, Ohio.  She graduated college from Miami University (of Ohio).  Over the years she has had a few different jobs.  She was a newspaper reporter in Indianapolis; and a community college instructor and freelance writer in Danville, Illinois.  Ms. Haddix currently lives in Columbus, Ohio.  She has two children, Meredith and Connor, and her husband, Doug is a newspaper editor.

     In addition to Running Out of Time, Ms. Haddix has written several other wonderful books including:

• Among the Hidden
• Among the Impostors (coming May 2001)
• Among the Betrayed (coming 2002)
• Just Ella