A Wrinkle in Time | About the Author
Madeleine Camp L'Engle was born on November 29, 1918, in New York City. The only child of a foreign correspondent, L'Engle early on developed strong interests in reading, drawing, and writing. As a result of her father's poor health, the family eventually moved from New York City to Switzerland, and L'Engle attended a series of boarding schools in the United States and Europe.
L'Engle graduated with honors from Smith College in 1941 and pursued a career in the theater, believing that it would help prepare her to be a writer. While working in the theater she met her husband, actor...
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