Atlanta, GA 9/8/2007 4:19:04 AM
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“A Wrinkle in Time” author Madeleine L’Engle dies at 88

“A Wrinkle in Time” author Madeleine L’Engle died Thursday at the age of 88. According to her publicist, L’Engle died of natural causes at a nursing home in Litchfield.

L’Engle was a Newbery Medal winner and wrote more than 60 books including ‘A Wrinkle in Time,’ ‘A Ring of Endless Light,’ ‘A Wind in the Door,’ and ‘A Swiftly Tilting Planet.’

 

L’Engle was often labeled a children’s book author, but she insisted she never wrote for one particular age group. “In my dreams, I never have an age. I never write for any age group in mind. When people do, they tend to be tolerant and condescending and they don’t write as well as they can write,” she said in a 1993 interview. “When you underestimate your audience, you’re cutting yourself off from your best work.”

 

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