This event is for ADULTS. A specialist on children’s literature and its creators—and the editor of The Annotated Phantom Tollbooth—Marcus has gathered interviews with friends and associates of Madeleine L’Engle, offering homage to the author of the beloved A Wrinkle in Time with this special collage of a biography.
A book of stirring, revelatory interviews about the beloved Newbery Medal–winning author
Madeleine L’Engle is best known to the world as the author of A Wrinkle in Time, the enduring milestone work of fantasy fiction that has enthralled millions of readers for the past fifty years. But to those who knew her well, L’Engle was much more: a larger-than-life persona, an inspiring mentor, a strongwilled matriarch, a spiritual guide, and a rare friend. The renowned literary historian and biographer Leonard S. Marcus reveals L’Engle in all her complexity through a series of incisive interviews with the people who knew her most intimately. Vivid reminiscences of family, colleagues, and friends create a kaleidoscope of keen insights and snapshot moments that help readers to understand the many sides of this singularly fascinating woman.
