Madeleine L'Engle






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

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Young Adult, Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs


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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.

"Madeleine was born on November 29th, 1918, and spent her formative years in New York City. Instead of her school work, she found that she would much rather be writing stories, poems and journals for herself, which was reflected in her grades (not the best). However, she was not discou...more




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A Wrinkle in Time A Wrinkle in Time (Time Series, #1)
by Madeleine L'Engle, Peter Sis (Illustrator)
avg rating 4.08 — 46,844 ratings — published 1962
63 editions
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A Wind in the Door A Wind in the Door (Time, #2)
by Madeleine L'Engle, Peter Sis (Illustrator)
avg rating 4.00 — 11,121 ratings — published 1973
29 editions
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A Swiftly Tilting Planet A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Time, Book 3)
by Madeleine L'Engle, Peter Sis (Illustrator)
avg rating 4.06 — 9,696 ratings — published 1978
30 editions
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Many Waters Many Waters (Time, Book 4)
by Madeleine L'Engle
avg rating 3.95 — 5,780 ratings — published 1985
23 editions
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A Ring of Endless Light A Ring of Endless Light (Austin Family, Book 4)
by Madeleine L'Engle
avg rating 4.08 — 3,653 ratings — published 1980
13 editions
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An Acceptable Time An Acceptable Time (Time, Book 5)
by Madeleine L'Engle
avg rating 3.83 — 2,512 ratings — published 1990
8 editions
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The Arm of the Starfish The Arm of the Starfish (O'Keefe Family, Book 1)
by Madeleine L'Engle
avg rating 3.78 — 2,275 ratings — published 1979
6 editions
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Troubling a Star Troubling a Star
by Madeleine L'Engle
avg rating 3.75 — 1,675 ratings — published 1994
7 editions
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Meet the Austins Meet the Austins (Austin Family, Book 1)
by Madeleine L'Engle
avg rating 3.73 — 1,579 ratings — published 1960
7 editions
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The Time Quartet Box Set The Time Quartet Box Set
by Madeleine L'Engle, Peter Sis (Illustrator)
avg rating 4.49 — 1,166 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."
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"A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe."
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"Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God."
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