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Mary Downing Hahn (born December 9, 1937) is an American writer of young adult novels and a former school librarian. She is known for books such as Stepping On The Cracks and Wait Till Helen Comes. She published her first book in 1979 and has since written over 30 novels. Her novel What We Saw was published in September 2022.
Personal life
The daughter of Kenneth Ernest Downing (an automobile mechanic) and Anna Elisabeth Sherwood (a teacher), Mary Downing married William E. Hahn on October 7, 1961. They had two daughters. She married, secondly, to Norman Pearce Jacob (a librarian) on April 23, 1982.
She suffered a major stroke at the age of 44.
Books
Awards
Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction for Stepping on the Cracks (1992)
Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Closed for the Season (2010)
= State awards
=Wait Till Helen Comes (1986)
Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award (Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington)
Rebecca Caudhill Young Readers' Book Award (Illinois)
Young Hoosier Award (Indiana)
Iowa Children's Choice Award
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Minnesota)
Golden Sower Award (Nebraska)
Volunteer State Book Award (Tennessee)
Texas Bluebonnet Award
Utah Children's Book Award
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (Vermont)
Virginia Readers' Choice Award
The Doll in the Garden (1989)
Georgia Children's Book Award
Mark Twain Award (Missouri)
Virginia Readers' Choice Award
The Dead Man In Indian Creek (1990)
Colorado Children's Book Award
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Minnesota)
South Carolina Children's Book Award
Utah Children's Book Award
Virginia Readers' Choice Award
Stepping on the Cracks (1991)
Golden Sower Award (Nebraska)
South Carolina Children's Book Award
Time for Andrew (1994)
California Young Reader's Medal
Georgia Children's Book Award
Rebecca Caudhill Young Readers' Book Award (Illinois)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Kansas)
Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award
Mark Twain Award (Missouri)
Texas Bluebonnet Award
Utah Children's Book Award
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (Vermont)
Virginia Readers' Choice Award
The Gentleman Outlaw and Me—Eli (1996)
Iowa Children's Choice Award
The Old Willis Place (2004)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Kansas)
Golden Sower Award (Nebraska)
South Carolina Children's Book Award
Volunteer State Book Award (Tennessee)
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (Vermont)
Witch Catcher (2006)
West Virginia Children's Book Award
Deep and Dark and Dangerous (2007)
Golden Sower Award (Nebraska)
Closed for the Season (2009)
Golden Sower Award (Nebraska)
References
External links
Mary Downing Hahn at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Mary Downing Hahn at Library of Congress, with 49 library catalog records
Mary Downing Hahn at Goodreads – with biographical statement by Hahn