Hilary Margitich has always craved a good story. A quiet, creative kid with wild, curly red hair and an equally wild imagination, you could often find her acting out some sort of plotline with her dolls, her friends, or simply herself. These stories eventually made their way to the written page, winning her creative writing awards and a beloved stint as Editor-in-Chief of her high school newspaper.

Though no longer what you would consider “quiet”, Hilary is still very much an avid storyteller. Her favorite audience these days are her three sons, who fuel and inspire her writing on a daily basis. Hilary enjoys writing for the picture book and middle grade audiences. She loves generating story ideas from interesting things she reads about, then using her research and imagination to weave a deliciously compelling story. Hilary has published middle grade children's books for the educational market on history and STEM topics.

Hilary received her Graduate Certificate in Children’s Literature from Penn State University in 2025 and holds both an MBA and a Masters in Labor Relations from Cornell University. She is a CYBILS Awards judge and a regular blogger on all things kidlit for the Writers’ Rumpus blog. For the past few years, Hilary has proudly partnered with the Reader to Reader 501(c)(3) organization and the larger kidlit community to donate thousands of dollars worth of books to underserved school libraries across the country.

Hilary is a lifelong New Englander, who now lives outside of Los Angeles with her family.