E.L. Konigsburg

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in New York, The United States

February 10, 1930

died

April 19, 2013

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Children's Books

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Elaine Lobl Konigsburg was an American author and illustrator of children's books and young adult fiction. She was 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.

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Average rating: 4.01 · 104,967 ratings · 5,688 reviews · 38 distinct works · Similar authors

	From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 71,994 ratings — published 1967 — 60 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The View from Saturday 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 20,490 ratings — published 1996 — 31 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silent to the Bone 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 3,135 ratings — published 2000 — 20 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 2,497 ratings — published 2004 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 1,834 ratings — published 1967 — 24 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 1,449 ratings — published 1973 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Second Mrs. Gioconda 3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 1,004 ratings — published 1975 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World 3.32 of 5 stars 3.32 avg rating — 754 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Father's Arcane Daughter 3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 361 ratings — published 1976 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	T-backs, T-shirts, Coat and Suit 3.34 of 5 stars 3.34 avg rating — 248 ratings — published 1900 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by E.L. Konigsburg

“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

tags: happiness

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“Before you can be anything, you have to be yourself. That's the hardest thing to find.”
― E.L. Konigsburg

tags: be-yourself, self-discovery

62 people liked it

“Some days you must learn a great deal. But you should also have days when you allow what is already in you to swell up and touch everything. If you never let that happen, then you just accumulate facts, and they begin to rattle around inside of you.”
― E.L. Konigsburg

tags: life

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What Newbery Award winner would you like to read in July?

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

4 votes 40.0%

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

3 votes 30.0%

Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer

2 votes 20.0%

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting

1 vote 10.0%

Missing May by Cynthia Rylant

0 votes 0.0%

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