E. L. Konigsburg

E. L. Konigsburg
E. L. Konigsburg
Born	Elaine Lobl; February 10, 1930; New York City, U.S.
Died	April 19, 2013 (aged 83); Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation	Writer and illustrator
Alma mater	Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Institute of Technology)
Period	1967–2013
Genre	Children's novels, short stories, picture books
Notable works	• From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler; • Father's Arcane Daughter; • The View from Saturday;
Notable awards	Newbery Medal ; 1968, 1997 ; Phoenix Award ; 1999 ;
Spouse	David Konigsburg; (m. 1952; died 2001)
Children	3

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 seven 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] They made her the only person to be Newbery Medal winner and one of the runners-up in one 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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E. L. Konigsburg
Born	Elaine Lobl (1930-02-10)February 10, 1930 New York City, U.S.
Died	April 19, 2013(2013-04-19) (aged 83) Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation	Writer and illustrator
Alma mater	Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Institute of Technology)
Period	1967–2013
Genre	Children's novels, short stories, picture books
Notable works	• From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler • Father's Arcane Daughter • The View from Saturday
Notable awards	Newbery Medal 1968, 1997 Phoenix Award 1999
Spouse	David Konigsburg (m. 1952; died 2001)
Children	3