Madeleine L’Engle, Newbery Medal winner, is dead at 88

Madeline L’Engle, award-winning author of more than 60 books, including fantasies, poetry, and memoirs, died September 6 at the age of 88. L’Engle was best known for her novel A Wrinkle in Time, for which she received the Newbery Medal in 1963. Her book A Ring of Endless Light was a Newbery Honor Book in 1981. L’Engle’s 1978 book, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, earned an American Book Award. In 2004, President George W. Bush presented her with a National Humanities Award. Read about L’Engle’s life in this article from The New York Times, and read an appreciation from The Washington Post.