Author Madeline L'Engle has died :(

*Raph's Girl* · 09-07-2007, 06:37 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070907/...nm/lengle_dc_1

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Madeleine L'Engle, author of "A Wrinkle in Time" and other tales woven with themes of science, religion, and love and read by millions of children and adults, has died in Connecticut. She was 88.

She died Thursday in hospice after being ill for several months, Jennifer Doerr, a publicity manager for Farrar, Straus and Giroux, said on Friday.

L'Engle's novel "A Wrinkle in Time," about a teenage girl named Meg Murray and her search for her father on a faraway planet, sold more than 6 million copies and won awards including the American Library Association's Newbery Medal for best American children's book. The book was rejected by more than 25 publishers before it was published in 1962.

Subsequent novels "A Wind in the Door" and a "Swiftly Tilting Planet" formed the Time Trilogy, a series known for a blend of fairy tale, science fiction and family themes.

In addition to children's books, she wrote plays, poetry and a series of autobiographical works including an account of the illness and death of her husband of 40 years, actor Hugh Franklin.

For decades, L'Engle was also the librarian of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan.

A new book by L'Engle for young adults, "The Joys of Love," will be published next year.

Oh man! Wrinkle In Time is definatly a classic! I haven't read the other books in the series tho.

*Scandia* · 09-07-2007, 07:06 PM

Curiously, I wrote a small blurb about her and "A Wrinkle In Time" in my library's Teen Blog about two months ago. I love that book. I even read some of its sequels. She will be missed indeed.

Leonardo Mystic · 09-07-2007, 08:41 PM

I've read the whole Triology, and some other books she wrote. She was a really great author.

*Spike Spiegel* · 09-08-2007, 12:49 PM

She died??

I had no idea she had lived that long; I figured she was dead already...how ironic.

Still quite a loss to the sci-fi community.

*KROW* · 09-09-2007, 03:23 PM

That's sad to hear. A Wrinkle in Time was one of my favorite books.

*BubblyShell22* · 09-12-2007, 01:02 PM

That stinks. I've never read A Wrinkle in Time, but I want to. I saw it at Wal-Mart along with some of her other books. I'll have to check them out. However, she will be missed.

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Scandia Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,265	Curiously, I wrote a small blurb about her and "A Wrinkle In Time" in my library's Teen Blog about two months ago. I love that book. I even read some of its sequels. She will be missed indeed. __________________ Turtles fight with honor!!!

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Leonardo Mystic Stone Warrior Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Georgia Posts: 904	I've read the whole Triology, and some other books she wrote. She was a really great author. __________________

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KROW Meat-n-Potatoes Man Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: State's Anus, NY Posts: 6,472	That's sad to hear. A Wrinkle in Time was one of my favorite books. __________________ - Optimus Acid Trip - Cult of a Half-Shell - Raiden's Bitter Tongue - *I don't try to be funny; I fail at it naturally.*

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BubblyShell22 Leo-holic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,912	That stinks. I've never read A Wrinkle in Time, but I want to. I saw it at Wal-Mart along with some of her other books. I'll have to check them out. However, she will be missed.