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Elaine Lobl Konigsburg is an American writer and illustrator of children's books and teen novels. She is one of six writers to have won two Newbery Medals, the American Library Association's venerable award for "best contribution of the year to American children's literature." Konigsburg sent his first two manuscripts to Jean Karl at Atheneum Publishers in 1966, and both were published in 1967: Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth and From the Mixed. -Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. They made her the only person to win a Newbery medal and one of the finalists for a year. She won again for The View from Saturday 1997, 29 years later, the longest interval between the two Newberys author's awards. For her contributions as a children's writer, Konigsburg was nominated by the United States in 2006 for the biennial Hans Christian Andersen International Award, the highest international recognition for creators.
BornElaine Lobl, February 10, 1930, Manhattan, New York, U.S.
DiedApril 19, 2013, Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.
OccupationWriter, illustrator
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCarnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Institute of Technology)
Period1967–2013
GenreChildren's novels, short stories, picture books
Notable worksFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler • Father's Arcane Daughter • The View from Saturday
Notable awardsNewbery Medal, 1968, 1997, Phoenix Award, 1999
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About EL Konigsburg

Children's Author EL Konigsburg was born on February 10, 1930 in New York City, New York, United States (She dies at the age of 83, on April 19, 2013).

In 1997, she received the Newbery Medal for her children's book The View from Saturday, which follows the life of a paraplegic girl. Her other well-known books include From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1967) and Silent to the Bone (1968). (2000).

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EL Konigsburg before becoming famous

EL Konigsburg was born in the Zodiac sign Aquarius (The Water-Bearer), and 1930 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Horse (馬).

She studied chemistry at Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh. Her debut children's book,"Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth", was published in 1967.

Achievement of EL Konigsburg

She published The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World in 2007.

EL Konigsburg's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

She married David Konigsburg in 1952. The couple is the parents of three children.

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EL Konigsburg Collabed with

Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler's Mixed-Up Files, her novel, was adapted into a film starring Movie Actress Ingrid Bergman.

EL Konigsburg Income & Net worth

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