Madeleine L’Engle

Born: November 29, 1918   Died:  September 6, 2007

Madeleine was born Novebmer 29, 1918 in Syracuse, New York.  She was the only child of parents who were artists at heart. As you can imagine, this upbringing led her to be encouraged in art of all kinds!  Madeleine took to writing early on, penning her own biography when she was only five years old.

When Madeleine was forty-one years old, she wrote the book A Wrinkle in Time.  It was actually rejected by over twenty publishing companies.  Three years later, it was finally published by a smaller company, and ended up winning many awards, including the Lewis Carroll shelf award and even the Newbery Medal.

Madeleine continued writing books, including A Wind In the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, and The Joys of Love – which was her last published work.

I chose to write about Madeleine L’Engle for a few reasons.  The first time I read A Wrinkle in Time I was absolutely amazed.  I had never read “fantasy” stories before, let alone fantasy that quoted the Bible.  The way that she wrote took my imagination to places that it had never been.  I couldn’t before comprehend a world in which science fiction could be real.  Madeleine’s work and love of writing and God helped me to grow deeper as a person in so many ways.