E.L. Konigsburg



E.L. Konigsburg

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born February 10, 1930
gender female
place of birth New York, United States
genre Children's Books

about this author

Elaine Lobl Konigsburg is an American author and illustrator of children's books and young adult fiction. She is the only author to win the Newbery Medal and a Newbery Honor in the same year (1968), with her second and first books respectively: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth. Kongisburg won a second Newbery Medal in 1997 for The View from Saturday, 29 years later, the longest span between any two Newberys awarded to one author.


books by E.L. Konigsburg

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avg rating: 4.16 | 7321 ratings | 30 distinct works
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs... From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler (Paperback)
by E.L. Konigsburg
avg rating 4.31 — 3130 ratings — published 1973
46 editions
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The View from Saturday The View from Saturday (Paperback)
by E.L. Konigsburg
avg rating 4.00 — 634 ratings — published 2003
17 editions
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Silent to the Bone Silent to the Bone (Paperback)
by E.L. Konigsburg
avg rating 3.94 — 237 ratings — published 2004
10 editions
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The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Pl... The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place (Paperback)
by E.L. Konigsburg
avg rating 3.83 — 219 ratings — published 2005
6 editions
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A Proud Taste for Scarlet and ... A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver (Paperback)
by E.L. Konigsburg
avg rating 3.92 — 177 ratings — published 2001
5 editions
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The Mysterious Edge of the Her... The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World (Hardcover)
by E.L. Konigsburg
avg rating 3.20 — 118 ratings — published 2007
3 editions
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The Second Mrs. Gioconda The Second Mrs. Gioconda (Paperback)
by E.L. Konigsburg
avg rating 3.57 — 89 ratings — published 2005
8 editions
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Father's Arcane Daughter Father's Arcane Daughter (Paperback)
by E.L. Konigsburg
avg rating 3.65 — 48 ratings — published 1999
6 editions
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Up From Jericho Tel Up From Jericho Tel (Paperback)
by E.L. Konigsburg
avg rating 3.78 — 45 ratings — published 1998
3 editions
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About the B'Nai Bagels About the B'Nai Bagels (Yearling Book)
by E.L. Konigsburg
avg rating 3.48 — 40 ratings — published 1973
3 editions
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quotes by E.L. Konigsburg

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"Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place, but there is always a little corner that keeps flapping around."
E.L. Konigsburg (From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler)
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"Ninety percent of who you are is invisible." - Mrs. Zender"
E.L. Konigsburg (The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World)
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"Going to school- picking an apple
Getting an education- eating it"
E.L. Konigsburg (Up From Jericho Tel)
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