L'Engle published her most famous and probably most beloved book, "A
Wrinkle in Time," in 1962. The book was rejected 26 times before the
New York company of Farrar, Straus bought it.
She wrote "A Wrinkle in Time" after becoming interested in Einstein's theories on the nature of time. Some of her other books include scientific references, such as tesseracts and mitochondrial DNA.
Upon her death, her remains were interred at the Cathedral Church of Saint John The Divine in New York City.
After her wedding, she and her husband moved to an old farmhouse in Connecticut; he ran a general store while L'Engle wrote.
She attended Smith College and published her first short stories while in college.
Mother of Josephine, Maria, and Bion.
L'Engle has published adult fiction, plays, poetry, essays, memoirs,
and religious contemplations, but she is best known for her children's
novels.
Recipient of a 2004 National Humanities Medal, awarded by the National
Endowment for the Humanities (USA). At the November 2004 ceremony,
granddaughter Charlotte Jones accepted the medal on her behalf.