Madeleine L'Engle

Madeleine L'Engle (b. November 29, 1918 in New York City) is best known for her children's books, particularly the Newbery Award-winning A Wrinkle in Time, and its sequels, A Wind In The Door, Many Waters, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, etc. She is also the author of several books for adults, including a memoir of her marriage to actor Hugh Franklin, called Two-Part Invention. Her works combine her liberal Christian beliefs with a strong interest in modern science; mitochondrial DNA, for instance, is featured prominently in A Wind in the Door, tesseracts in A Wrinkle in Time, organ regeneration in Arm of the Starfish and so forth.

Partial list of works

Kairos

• First-generation (Murry)
• A Wrinkle in Time (1962) (Newbery Award Winner)
• A Wind in the Door (1973)
• A Swiftly Tilting Planet (1978)
• Many Waters (1986)
• Second-generation (O'Keefe)
• The Arm of the Starfish (1965)
• Dragons in the Waters (1976)
• A House like a Lotus (1984)
• An Acceptable Time (1989)

Chronos

• Meet the Austins (1960)
• The Moon By Night (1991)
• The Young Unicorns (1968)
• A Ring of Endless Light (1980) (Newbery Honor Book)
• Troubling a Star (1994)
• A Severed Wasp (1982)

Other Fiction

Katherine Forrester Series:

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• The Small Rain (1945)
• Prelude (1968)
• A Severed Wasp (1982)

Camilla Dickenson:

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• Camilla (1951)
• A Live Coal in the Sea (1996)

Single Titles:

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• Ilsa (1946)
• And Both Were Young (1949)
• The Love Letters (1966)
• The Other Side Of The Sun (1971)
• Certain Women (1996)

Poetry:

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• Lines Scribbled On An Envelope (1969)
• The Weather Of The Heart (1978)
• A Cry Like A Bell (1987)
• The Ordering Of Love (2005) (includes reprints from the above)