Madeleine L'Engle
September 7
The author wrote more than 60 books, including her most notable, "A Wrinkle in Time" -- which L'Engle said was rejected repeatedly before it found a publisher in 1962. It won the American Library Association's 1963 Newbery Medal for best American children's book. Although labeled a children's author, she said she disliked that classification and did not write down to children.
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September 7
The author wrote more than 60 books, including her most notable, "A Wrinkle in Time" -- which L'Engle said was rejected repeatedly before it found a publisher in 1962. It won the American Library Association's 1963 Newbery Medal for best American children's book. Although labeled a children's author, she said she disliked that classification and did not write down to children.
(AP)