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Mary Downing Hahn

メアリー・ダウニング・ハーン

Mearī Dauninguhan

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1937-12-09 （Washington, D.C. (or College Park, Maryland)）
Nationality
American
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
Novelist, former school librarian
Active Years
1979-2024

Awards

Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
1992
Work: Stepping on the Cracks
Result: winner
Edgar Award
2010
Work: Closed for the Season
Organization: Mystery Writers of America
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Wait Till Helen Comes

1986 Young adult fiction (ghost, horror)

A horror novel about encountering a ghostly girl named Helen.

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Stepping on the Cracks

1991 Historical fiction

Story of girls' friendship amid World War II influences.

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Closed for the Season

2009 Mystery

Mystery set in an abandoned amusement park.

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Bibliography

  • The Sara Summer
  • Time of the Witch
  • Daphne's Book
  • The Jellyfish Season
  • Wait Till Helen Comes
  • Following the Mystery Man
  • Tallahassee Higgins
  • December Stillness
  • The Doll in the Garden
  • The Dead Man in Indian Creek
  • The Spanish Kidnapping Disaster
  • Stepping on the Cracks
  • The Wind Blows Backward
  • Don't Give Up the Ghost
  • Time for Andrew
  • Look for Me by Moonlight
  • The Gentleman Outlaw and Me–Eli
  • Following My Own Footsteps
  • As Ever, Gordy
  • Anna All Year Round
  • Promises to the Dead
  • Anna on the Farm
  • Hear the Wind Blow
  • The Old Willis Place
  • Janey and the Famous Author
  • Witch Catcher
  • Deep and Dark and Dangerous
  • All the Lovely Bad Ones
  • Closed for the Season
  • The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall
  • Mister Death's Blue-Eyed Girls
  • Where I Belong
  • Took
  • One for Sorrow
  • The Girl In The Locked Room
  • Guest: A Changeling Tale
  • The Puppet's Payback: And Other Chilling Tales
  • The Thirteenth Cat
  • What We Saw
  • The Ghosts of Fulton Arms

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Suspenseful narrativeChild's perspective
Recurring Motifs
GhostsSecrets from the pastHorror elements

Health

  • stroke
    44歳時（1981年頃）
    Suffered a major stroke at age 44.

Legacy

Renowned for young adult ghost and horror novels, winner of multiple state awards and major prizes like Scott O'Dell and Edgar. Over 30 novels published.