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E.L. Konigsburg

E.L. Konigsburg is the only author to have won the Newbery Medal and be runner-up in the same year. In 1968, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler won the Newbery Medal and Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth was named a Newbery Honor Book. Almost thirty years later she won the Newbery Medal once again for The View From Saturday. She has also written and illustrated three picture books: Samuel Todd’s Book of Great Colors, Samuel Todd’s Book of Great Inventions, and Amy Elizabeth Explores Bloomingdale’s. In 2000 she wrote Silent to the Bone, which was named a New York Times Notable Book and an ALA Best Book... Read full bio

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The E.L. Konigsburg Newbery Collection will be released on October 22, 2013 in Trade Paperback
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Samuel Todd's Book of Great Inventions has won an award
May 05, 2013
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Excerpt 1 from The Dragon In The Ghetto Caper
Oct 24, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Up From Jericho Tel
Jul 24, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Silent to the Bone
Jul 24, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
Jul 22, 2012
The Secret Garden will be released on March 20, 2012 in eBook
Mar 20, 2012
The Secret Garden is now available in eBook
Mar 20, 2012
THROWING SHADOWS will be released on July 26, 2011 in eBook
Jul 26, 2011
THROWING SHADOWS is now available in eBook
Jul 26, 2011
Up From Jericho Tel will be released on July 26, 2011 in eBook
Jul 26, 2011
Up From Jericho Tel is now available in eBook
Jul 26, 2011
Silent to the Bone is now available in eBook
Jul 12, 2011
Silent to the Bone will be released on July 12, 2011 in eBook
Jul 12, 2011
Journey to an 800 Number will be released on July 12, 2011 in eBook
Jul 12, 2011
Journey to an 800 Number is now available in eBook
Jul 12, 2011

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Contra Costa Times, June 5, 2013
...elephants (one in a series). Grades 3-4 "From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg. Konigsburg, who died this year at 83, left us with many wonderful books, including this classic about Claudia and Jamie Kincaid running...
Davis County Clipper, June 2, 2013
...Dell’s “Island of the Blue Dolphins” and “From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler” by E.L. Konigsburg gave me female role models who were empowered, adventurous, and resourceful. Traits I continue to value and strive for. The...
PublishersWeekly.com, May 31, 2013
...Time Fetch centers on Brooklyn's Prospect Park, Howard said that Herrick will do for Prospect Park "what E.L. Konigsburg did for the Metropolitan Museum with From the Mixed-Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler."...
CRM Guru, May 31, 2013
...I also recently mourned the passing of an author who was very influential to me and others – E.L. Konigsburg. She wrote “The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basel E. Frankweiler” about a young girl who hides out with her brother in the Metropolitan Museum...
Kirkus Reviews, May 17, 2013
...this year that seems to have held more than its fair share of passages—we’ve only just celebrated E.L. Konigsburg’s and Fredrick McKissack’s lives—Liesel Moak Skorpen isn’t likely to stand out. She was active for about a 10-year period from...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 7, 2013
...Frankweiler" and "The View From Saturday." Konigsburg, better known to millions of young readers by the name E.L. Konigsburg, died April 19 in Falls Church, Va., after suffering a stroke. She was 83. In 1968, Konigsburg made children's literature...
TheStar.com.my, May 4, 2013
...ANOTHER great writer is lost to us. E.L. Konigsburg died on April 19, aged 83, from complications arising from a stroke. She was the author of 21 books and won the Newbery Medal and a Newbery Honour...
PublishersWeekly.com, June 6, 2013
...Time Fetch centers on Brooklyn's Prospect Park, Howard said that Herrick will do for Prospect Park "what E.L. Konigsburg did for the Metropolitan Museum [of Art] with From the Mixed-Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler."...
Oakland Tribune, June 5, 2013
...elephants (one in a series). Grades 3-4 "From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg. Konigsburg, who died this year at 83, left us with many wonderful books, including this classic about Claudia and Jamie Kincaid running...
Daily Breeze, June 5, 2013
...elephants (one in a series). Grades 3-4 "From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg. Konigsburg, who died this year at 83, left us with many wonderful books, including this classic about Claudia and Jamie Kincaid running...
Inside Bay Area, June 5, 2013
...elephants (one in a series). Grades 3-4 "From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg. Konigsburg, who died this year at 83, left us with many wonderful books, including this classic about Claudia and Jamie Kincaid running...
Contra Costa Times, June 5, 2013
...elephants (one in a series). Grades 3-4 "From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg. Konigsburg, who died this year at 83, left us with many wonderful books, including this classic about Claudia and Jamie Kincaid running...
Forward, June 4, 2013
...grew up fantasizing about being Jamie or Claudia Kincaid camping out at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in E.L. Konigsburg’s “From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, in which two kids have the museum to themselves overnight, these...
Forward, June 4, 2013
...grew up fantasizing about being Jamie or Claudia Kincaid camping out at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in E.L. Konigsburg’s “From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, in which two kids have the museum to themselves overnight, these...