[2] Haddix chose to pursue fiction writing after her husband, Doug, became a news reporter, because she did not want to be his employee.

Haddix experienced a long period of having her writing rejected by publishers before her first two books were accepted in 1995 and 1996.

The Summer of Broken Things, written in 2018, is Haddix’s most recently published stand-alone book.

[3] Haddix has written more than 40 books for children and teenagers, including Running Out of Time, Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey, Leaving Fishers, Just Ella, Turnabout, Takeoffs and Landings, The Girl with 500 Middle Names, Because of Anya, Escape from Memory, Say What?, The House on the Gulf, Double Identity, Dexter the Tough, Uprising, Palace of Mirrors, Claim to Fame, The Always War, Game Changer, the Shadow Children series, and the Missing series.

[5] The New York Times’ best-selling author currently lives in Columbus, Ohio with her husband, Doug, and are the parents of two grown children, Meredith and Connor.