E.L. Konigsburg, an award-winning author and illustrator of children’s books, has died. She was 83.
Her son Paul Konigsburg says she died on Friday at a hospital in Virginia.
She had suffered a stroke a week before she died.
She won the John Newbery Medal in 1997 for her book The View from Saturday and in 1968 for From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
The Newbery is one of the top honors for children’s literature.
Her family says she wrote 16 children’s novels and illustrated three picture books.
Ingrid Bergman starred as Mrs Frankenweiler in a 1973 film adaptation of Konigsburg’s book called The Hideaways.
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Titanic letter auctioned for £93,000
London: A letter written onboard by the Titanic bandmaster, who played on as the doomed liner sank in the icy waters of Atlantic, has sold for an incredible £93,000 — almost double its pre-sale estimate. The letter by 33-year-old Wallace Hartley describes the grandeur of the luxury liner, calling Titanic “a fine ship.” He also praise his fellow musicians as “a fine band”.
Hartley, from Colne in Lancashire, is remembered for playing on with his band in an effort to keep the stricken vessel’s passengers calm.
The letter to his parents sent on the day the Titanic set sail on its maiden voyage from Southampton on April 10, 1912, was auctioned at Henry Aldridge and Son in Wiltshire. Experts had expected it to make between £50,000 and £60,000. The letter is written on official White Star Line notepaper and bears the printed heading “On board RMS Titanic”. — PTI