Author Madeleine L'Engle Has Died

Author Madeleine L'Engle, whose best known book A Wrinkle In Time was rejected several times before finally being published (and went on to win a Newberry Medal for best children's book in 1963) has died at age 88. From the Associated Press:

Author Madeleine L'Engle, whose novel "A Wrinkle in Time" has captivated generations of schoolchildren and adults since the 1960s, has died, her publicist said Friday. She was 88. L'Engle died Thursday at a nursing home in Litchfield, said Jennifer Doerr, publicity manager for publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The Newbery Medal winner wrote more than 60 books, including fantasies, poetry and memoirs, often highlighting spiritual themes and her Christian faith. For many years, she was the writer in residence and librarian at the Episcopal Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York City. Although L'Engle was often labeled a children's author, she disliked that classification. In a 1993 Associated Press interview, she said she did not write down to children. "In my dreams, I never have an age," she said. "I never write for any age group in mind. ... When you underestimate your audience, you're cutting yourself off from your best work."

She will be truly missed.

Comments

[seeker]

I remember reading wrinkle in time and wind in the door (and one other) in 5th or 6th grade. they were mesmerizing.

I believe that she was also some kind of christian, was she not? Did they ever make movies out of her stuff?

[Louis]

What's interesting is that it was xians who tried to get her books banned.

[Aaron]

It is sad that Christians tried to ban her books.

I was at the SBC convention and had to sit through some guy making a motion that all SBC Lifeway stores remove all allegory material such as Chronicles of Narnia from their shelves because the Bible forbids them.

I despise moronic, hypocritical, overly judgmental attitudes.

[seeker]

I don't even bother with those types, esp. since within evangelicalism they are much rarer than in previous days, and are truly fringe.