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One of my all-time favorite authors, Madeleine L'Engle Franklin, who wrote A Wrinkle in Time, has died. She passed away on September 6th at the age of 88.

http://www.madeleinelengle.com/news/

She wrote over 60 books for children and adults, fantasy-type stuff and straight fiction, nonfiction too--inspirational and autobiography, and poetry. She was my hero. Her Christian religion and her family were both very important to her. She came to her faith as a young adult and it underscores all her writing. (If you're not looking for it, you might not even notice it.) All her work is hopeful, optimistic.

If you haven't read any of her stuff, I highly recommend it. (Duh!) Some of my favorites are: The Small Rain (her very first book), The Love Letters, A Live Coal in the Sea. Also I love to read her autobiographies. The first one is A Circle of Quiet.

For quick reads try her so-called children's books (adults love them, too): A Wrinkle in Time, etc., etc.

For a complete list of her books you can go to her official website http://www.madeleinelengle.com/. If you want to know more about any book (though I haven't read absolutely ALL of them) or about her, ask away and I'll do my best to answer.

But DO go check out one of her books!