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When I first created this page back around 1996, it was the only L'Engle fan page out there. Now there's several, better than mine, as well as an official webpage. In consequence, I've stopped updating this page.
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Madeleine L'Engle is the author of many novels for children and adults. She has also written several autobiographical and teleological books. She was born in New York City and has lived much of her adult life in New York and New England, but some of her family roots are in the Southeastern U.S.
Remains incomplete, but is now long enough for its own page.
One of the recurring themes in L'Engle's fiction is the interconnectedness of all things. The books themselves reflect this idea; nearly all her fiction books can be linked.
These are some of the characters and what books they appear in. Note that some of this information might be considered spoilers by some folks who haven't read all the novels. (A chart of characters appears in Many Waters. Much of the following material is drawn from this chart.)
Suzy Austin: Appears in The Twenty-four Days Before Christmas, Meet the Austins, The Moon By Night, A Ring of Endless Light, Troubling A Star, The Young Unicorns, and A Severed Wasp.
Vicky Austin: Viewpoint character in The Twenty-four Days Before Christmas, Meet the Austins, The Moon By Night, A Ring of Endless Light, and Troubling A Star. Appears in The Young Unicorns.
Charles Bejart: Appears in A Small Rain. Mentioned in And Both Were Young.
Josiah Davidson (Dave): Viewpoint character in The Young Unicorns. Appears in A Severed Wasp as the Dean of the cathedral. Marries Suzy Austin.
Camilla Dickinson: Viewpoint character in Camilla and A Live Coal in the Sea.
Adam Eddington: Viewpoint character in Arm of the Starfish. A main character in A Ring of Endless Light and Troubling a Star.
Katherine Forrester (Vigneras): Viewpoint character in A Small Rain and A Severed Wasp. In A Ring of Endless Light, Vicky Austin and Zachary Gray attend one of her concerts.
Zachary Gray: Chases Vicky Austin in The Moon By Night and A Ring of Endless Light. Chases Polly O'Keefe in A House Like A Lotus and An Acceptable Time.
Emily Gregory: Appears in The Young Unicorns. In Dragons on the Waters, Mr. Theo is on his way to attend one of her concerts.
Philippa (Flip) Hunter: Viewpoint character in And Both Were Young. One of her paintings appears in A Severed Wasp.
Meg Murry [O'Keefe]: Viewpoint character in A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, and A Swiftly Tilting Planet. Appears in House Like A Lotus and briefly in Many Waters.
Poly/Polly O'Keefe: Viewpoint character in House Like A Lotus and An Acceptable Time. Appears in Arm of the Starfish and Dragons in the Waters.
Frank Rowan: Major character in Camilla. Appears in House Like A Lotus and A Live Coal in the Sea.
Canon Tallis: Appears in Arm of the Starfish, Certain Women, The Young Unicorns, and Dragons in the Waters.
Many of Madeleine L'Engle's papers are archived at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. The Wheaton College Gopher has information on the collection's contents.
Letters sent to Madeleine L'Engle care of her publishers will be forwarded.
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Some of Madeleine L'Engle's books are really easy to track down; for example, any public library or general bookstore in the United States should have a copy of Wrinkle in Time; you can also order her in-print books here.
Others, like Ilsa, are nearly impossible to find, though I've heard from a couple folks who did find Ilsa on inter-library loan. If you just want to read a particular hard-to-find book and don't care about owning a copy, check with your local public library (or a university library, if there's one near you that gives borrowing privileges to non-students) and see whether they can get it for you on Inter-Library Loan. If you want to buy a book, try Bookfinder, my personal favorite site for used book searches.
I'm told that some of Madeleine L'Engle's books are available on tape through the Listening Library.
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