E. L. Konigsburg

This article is about the American author. For other uses, see Königsberg (disambiguation).

E. L. Konigsburg
BornElaine Lobl
(1930-02-10)February 10, 1930
New York City, U.S.
DiedApril 19, 2013(2013-04-19) (aged 83)
Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.
OccupationWriter and illustrator
Alma materCarnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Institute of Technology)
Period1967–2013
GenreChildren's novels, short stories, picture books
Notable works
Notable awardsNewbery Medal
1968, 1997
Phoenix Award
1999
Spouse
David Konigsburg
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(m. 1952; died 2001)​
Children3

Elaine Lobl Konigsburg (February 10, 1930 – April 19, 2013) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books and young adult fiction. She is one of six writers to win two Newbery Medals, the venerable American Library Association award for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American children's literature."[1]

Konigsburg submitted her first two manuscripts to editor 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.[2][3] From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler won the 1968 Newbery Medal, and Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth was listed as a runner-up in the same year, making Konigsburg the only author to win the Newbery Medal and have another book listed as runner-up in the same year.[a][4] She won again for The View from Saturday in 1997, 29 years later, the longest span between two Newberys awarded to one author.[1]

For her contribution as a children's writer Konigsburg was U.S. nominee in 2006 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition available to creators of children's books.[5]

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