MADELEINE LENGLE WROTE HER FIRST STORY AT AGE FIVE AND BEGAN KEEPING A JOURNAL AT AGE EIGHT. THESE EARLY LITERARY ATTEMPTS DID NOT TRANSLATE INTO ACADEMIC SUCCESS. LENGLE DETERMINED TO GIVE UP WRITING ON HER 40TH BIRTHDAY WHEN SHE RECEIVED YET ANOTHER REJECTION NOTICE. BUT HER PASSION TOWARDS WRITING DIDN'T STOP THERE, SHE HAD CONTINUED TO WORK ON FICTION SUBCONSCIOUSLY. SHE COMPLETED HER FIRST NOVEL A WRINKLE IN TIME BY 1960. IT WAS REJECTED MORE THAN THIRTY TIMES BEFORE SHE HANDED IT TO JOHN C. FARRAR; IT WAS FINALLY PUBLISHED BY FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX IN 1962. THIS FIRST NOVEL RECEIVED THE PRESTIGIOUS NEW BERRY MEDAL & THEN LENGLE CONTINUED WITH FOUR NEW NOVELS IN THE TIME QUINTENT SERIES.
Dimensions
Width
11 mm
Height
216 mm
Length
140 mm
Weight
259 gr
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