Maddy Mara

Photograph by Les Hallack

About The Author

Maddy Mara is the pen name of Melbourne-based creative duo Hilary Rogers and Meredith Badger. Hilary and Meredith have been collaborating on children's books for nearly two decades. Hilary is an author and former publishing director; Meredith is the author of countless books for kids and young adults, and teaches English as a foreign language. Maddy Mara is the melding of their respective daughters' names.

Books by Maddy Mara

Greatest Mistakes that Went Right
By Maddy Mara and Meredith Badger
Illustrated by Cheryl Orsini
Are you in a hurry to wonder and worryThat new things you try won't go right?When they simply don't work, don't go all berserkMistakes can grow wings and take flight.Where would we be without big blunders? From Play Doh to penicillin, the Slinky to the Granny Smith apple, some of the best inventi...
Learn More

Hardcover

LIST PRICE $17.99

PRICE MAY VARY BY RETAILER
    Your Next Read Silver: The Lonely Lunch Club
    By Maddy Mara
    Illustrated by Laura Stitzel
    Your Next Read is the series that will help kids fall in love with reading and reach for the next book – and the next, and the next!

    The series removes reading roadblocks and grows with kids as their reading confidence and reading interests develop. The engaging stories, car...
    Learn More

    eBook

    LIST PRICE $4.70

    PRICE MAY VARY BY RETAILER
      BACK TO TOP