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- Birth nameMadeleine L'Engle Camp
- Madeleine L'Engle was born on November 29, 1918 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for A Wrinkle in Time (2018), Camilla Dickinson (2012) and A Ring of Endless Light (2002). She was married to Hugh Franklin. She died on September 6, 2007 in Litchfield, Connecticut, USA.
- SpouseHugh Franklin(January 26, 1946 - September 26, 1986) (his death, 3 children)
- L'Engle published her most famous and probably most beloved book, "A Wrinkle in Time," in 1962. The book was rejected 26 times before the New York company of Farrar, Straus bought it.
- She wrote "A Wrinkle in Time" after becoming interested in Einstein's theories on the nature of time. Some of her other books include scientific references, such as tesseracts and mitochondrial DNA.
- Upon her death, her remains were interred at the Cathedral Church of Saint John The Divine in New York City.
- After her wedding, she and her husband moved to an old farmhouse in Connecticut; he ran a general store while L'Engle wrote.
- She attended Smith College and published her first short stories while in college.
- You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.
- I never write for any age group in mind. When people do, they tend to be......condescending, and they don't write as well as they can write. When you underestimate your audience, you're cutting yourself off from your best work.
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