E.L. Konigsburg
Elaine Lobl Konigsburg was a celebrated American author and illustrator of children's and young adult books, distinguished as one of only six writers to win two Newbery Medals.
Her debut works, both published in 1967, made history when From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler won the 1968 Newbery Medal while her other debut, Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth, was named runner-up — an unprecedented achievement.
She won her second Newbery for The View from Saturday in 1997, a record 29-year span between wins.
In 2006, she was the U.S. nominee for the prestigious international Hans Christian Andersen Award.
