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Ellen Raskin is an American children's writer and illustrator. She won the Newbery Medal in 1979 for The Westing Game, a mysterious novel, and another children's novel, Figgs & Phantoms, was the Newbery Honor Book of 1975. In 2012, The Westing Game won. survey published by the School Library Journal, one month with a predominantly American audience.
BornMilwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedAugust 8, 1984, New York City, New York
OccupationWriter, illustrator
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
GenreChildren's novels, picture books
Notable worksThe Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel), Figgs & Phantoms, The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues, The Westing Game
Notable awardsNewbery Medal, 1979 The Westing Game
SpouseDennis Flanagan (m. 1965, second husband)

About Ellen Raskin

Children's Author Ellen Raskin was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States on March 13, 1928. She dies at the age of 56, on August 8, 1984.

Best known for her work The Westing Game, released in 1978, she is an award-winning American children's book author and illustrator. Between 1956 and 1970, she illustrated 28 books.

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Ellen Raskin before becoming famous

Ellen Raskin was born in the Zodiac sign Pisces (The Fish), and 1928 is also the year of Dragon (龍) in the Chinese Zodiac.

She attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison after growing up through the Great Depression.

Achievement of Ellen Raskin

She earned two Newberry Medals, one for Figgs and Phantoms in 1975 and another for The Westing Game in 1979.

Ellen Raskin's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Dennis Flanagan, the editor of Scientific American, was her husband in 1965.

Ellen Raskin Collabed with

The original cover of Young Adult Author Madeline L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time was one of the book covers she designed.

Ellen Raskin Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Ellen Raskin updated on March 07 2023.