Born on this day - E. L. Konigsburg:

E. L. Konigsburg

Writer

Illustrator

Winner of the Newbery Medal and Newbery Honor in 1968

February 10, 1930 – April 19, 2013

Author of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, one of my favorite books when teaching 6^th grade. 

Credits:

Winner of the Newbery Medal and Newbery Honor in 1968.

Books:

A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver (1973); About the B’Nai Bagels (1971); Altogether One at a Time (1971); Amy Elizabeth Explores Bloomingdale’s (1992); From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler (1968); George (1970); Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth (1967); Journey by First Class Camel (1983); Journey to an 800 Number (1982); My Father’s Daughter (aka Father’s Arcane Daughter) (1976); Pages and Stages (1999); Samuel Todd’s Book of Great Colors (1999); Samuel Todd’s Book of Great Inventions (1991); Silent to the Bone (2000); Talk, Talk (1995); T-backs, T-shirts, Coat, and Suit (1993); The Dragon in the Ghetto Caper (1974); The E. L. Konigsburg Newbery Collection (2013); The Mask Beneath the Face (1990); The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World (2007); The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place (2004); The Second Mrs. Giaconda (1975); The View from Saturday (1996); Throwing Shadows (1988); Up from Jericho Tel (1986).

Movies and television:

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1995); Caroline? (1990); From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973); NBC Children’s Theatre (1973).