E. L. Konigsburg

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1930 – 2013

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Who was E. L. Konigsburg?

Elaine Lobl Konigsburg was an American writer and illustrator of children's books and young adult fiction. She is one of five writers to win two Newbery Medals, the venerable American Library Association award for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American children's literature."

Konigsburg submitted her first two manuscripts to editor Jean Karl at Atheneum Publishers in 1966, and both were published in 1967: Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth and From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. They made her the only person to be Newbery Medal winner and one of the runners-up in one year. She won again for The View from Saturday in 1997, 29 years later, the longest span between two Newberys awarded to one author.

For her contribution as a children's writer Konigsburg was U.S. nominee in 2006 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition available to creators of children's books.

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Born
Feb 10, 1930
Manhattan
Also known as
  • Elaine Lobl Konigsburg
  • E.L. Konigsburg
  • Elaine Lobl
Spouses
Children
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Carnegie Institute of Technology
  • University of Pittsburgh
Died
Apr 19, 2013
Falls Church

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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