Madeleine L'Engle
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born
November 29, 1918
died
September 06, 2007
gender
female
place of birth
New York, NY, The United States
website
genre
Children's Books, Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs
about this author
Madeleine L'Engle was an American writer best known for her Young Adult fiction, particularly the Newbery Medal-winning A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, and Many Waters. Her works reflect her strong interest in modern science: tesseracts, for example, are featured prominently in A Wrinkle in Time, mitochondrial DNA in A Wind in the Door, organ regeneration in The Arm of the Starfish, and so forth.
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A Wrinkle in Time (Time, Book 1) by Madeleine L'Engle, Peter Sis avg rating 4.11 — 36,700 ratings — published 1962 61 editions |
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A Wind in the Door (Time, Book 2) by Madeleine L'Engle, Peter Sis avg rating 4.01 — 9,530 ratings — published 1973 28 editions |
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A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Time, Book 3) by Madeleine L'Engle, Peter Sis avg rating 4.07 — 8,289 ratings — published 1978 27 editions |
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Many Waters (Time, Book 4) by Madeleine L'Engle avg rating 3.96 — 5,025 ratings — published 1986 21 editions |
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A Ring of Endless Light (Austin Family, Book 4) by Madeleine L'Engle avg rating 4.09 — 3,169 ratings — published 1980 10 editions |
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An Acceptable Time (Time, Book 5) by Madeleine L'Engle avg rating 3.83 — 2,179 ratings — published 1990 8 editions |
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The Arm of the Starfish (O'Keefe Family, Book 1) by Madeleine L'Engle avg rating 3.78 — 2,048 ratings — published 1990 6 editions |
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Troubling a Star by Madeleine L'Engle avg rating 3.75 — 1,499 ratings — published 1994 7 editions |
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Meet the Austins (Austin Family, Book 1) by Madeleine L'Engle avg rating 3.72 — 1,399 ratings — published 1960 6 editions |
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The Time Quartet Box Set by Madeleine L'Engle, Peter Sis avg rating 4.51 — 1,034 ratings — published 2001 5 editions |
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"You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children."
— Madeleine L'Engle
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— Madeleine L'Engle
"A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe."
— Madeleine L'Engle
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— Madeleine L'Engle
"Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God."
— Madeleine L'Engle
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— Madeleine L'Engle
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