Madeleine L'Engle was the author of more than fifty books for all ages, among them the beloved A Wrinkle in Time, awarded the Newbery Medal; A Ring of Endless Light, a Newbery Honor Book; and A Swiftly Tilting Planet, winner of the National Book Award. L'Engle was named the 1998 recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award, honoring her lifetime contribution in writing for young adults. She served as the librarian and writer in residence at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine for over twenty years. Madeleine L'Engle died in September 2007, at the age of eighty-eight.