Downing, Peggy
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1924-2013) US author of books for children and Young Adults, author of the Exitorn Adventures sequence beginning with Brill and the Dragators (1987), which provides a Christian slant on Space Opera for younger readers. Apparent singletons include Help! I'm Drowning! and Other Emergencies (1985) and Help! I'm Shrinking! (1986). [JC]
Marguerite Louise Hayland Downing
born Seattle, Washington: 17 November 1924
died Seattle, Washington: 26 October 2013
works
series
Exitorn Adventures
- Brill and the Dragators (Wheaton, Illinois: Victor Books, 1987) [Exitorn Adventures: illus/pb/Anne Feiza]
- Segra and Stargull (Wheaton, Illinois: Victor Books, 1987) [Exitorn Adventures: illus/pb/Anne Feiza]
- Segra in Diamond Castle (Wheaton, Illinois: Victor Books, 1988) [Exitorn Adventures: illus/pb/Anne Feiza]
- Brill and the Zinders (Wheaton, Illinois: Victor Books, 1988) [Exitorn Adventures: illus/pb/Anne Feiza]
- Segra and the Magician (Wheaton, Illinois: Victor Books, 1989) [Exitorn Adventures: illus/pb/Anne Feiza]
- Brill and the Puffire Volcano (Wheaton, Illinois: Victor Books, 1989) [Exitorn Adventures: illus/pb/Anne Feiza]
individual titles
- Help! I'm Drowning! and Other Emergencies (Elgin, Illinois: Chariot Books, 1985) [illus/pb/Bruce Bulloch]
- Help! I'm Shrinking! (Elgin, Illinois: Chariot Books, 1986) [pb/]
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