Madeleine L'Engle was the author of more than forty-five books for
all ages, among them the beloved A Wrinkle in Time, awarded the
Newbery Medal; A Ring of Endless Light, a Newbery Honor Book; A
Swiftly Tilting Planet, winner of the American Book Award; and the
Austin family series of which Troubling a Star is the fifth book.
L'Engle was named the 1998 recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards
award, honoring her lifetime contribution in writing for teens.
Ms. L'Engle was born in 1918 in New York City. She wrote her first
book, The Small Rain, while touring with Eva Le Gallienne in Uncle
Harry. She met Hugh Franklin, to whom she was married until his
death in 1986, while they were rehearsing The Cherry Orchard, and
they were married on tour during a run of The Joyous Season,
starring Ethel Barrymore.
Ms. L'Engle retired from the stage after her marriage, and the
Franklins moved to northwest Connecticut and opened a general
store. After a decade in Connecticut, the family returned to New
York.
After splitting her time between New York City and Connecticut and
acting as the librarian and writer-in-residence at the Cathedral of
St. John the Divine, Madeleine L'Engle died on September 7, 2007 at
the age of 88.
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