Madeleine L'Engle

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) was an American author best known for her young adult science fantasy novel A Wrinkle in Time (1962), which won the Newbery Medal in 1963, along with its sequels like A Wind in the Door and A Swiftly Tilting Planet. Site. She authored over 60 books blending Christian themes with science and imagination, received the Margaret A. Edwards Award in 1998 for lifetime achievement, and served as writer-in-residence at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.