![]() ![]() She was born to two Jewish immigrants who moved from New York City to a mill town in Pennsylvania. Biography Įlaine Lobl was born in New York City on February 10, 1930, but grew up in small Pennsylvania towns, the second of three daughters. ![]() nominee in 2006 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition available to creators of children's books. įor her contribution as a children's writer Konigsburg was U.S. ![]() ![]() She won again for The View from Saturday in 1997, 29 years later, the longest span between two Newberys awarded to one author. They made her the only person to be Newbery Medal winner and one of the runners-up in one year. 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. 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." Elaine Lobl Konigsburg (Febru– April 19, 2013) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books and young adult fiction. ![]()
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