Becoming Madeleine L'engle ─ A Biography by Her Grandaughters

We were young when our grandmother Madeleine L’Engle started sharing with us the patchwork of events, relationships, and emotions that shaped her into the person she eventually came to be.

So begins this thoughtful and insightful biography of Madeleine L’Engle (1918–2007) written by her granddaughters, Charlotte Jones Voiklis and Léna Roy. Using never-before-seen archival materials that include photographs, poems, letters, and journal entries from when Madeleine was a child until just after the publication of her classic, A Wrinkle in Time, her granddaughters weave together an in-depth and unique view of the famous writer. It is a story of overcoming obstacles—a lonely childhood, financial insecurity, and multiple rejections of her writing—and eventual triumph. Becoming Madeleine L’Engle will speak not only to fans of the icon’s work, but to anyone interested in writing.

CHARLOTTE JONES VOIKLIS has a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and manages Madeleine L'Engle's literary legacy. She lives in New York City.

LENA ROY works with young writers in Westchester and Connecticut as the Regional Manager for Writopia Lab. She is also the author of the young adult novel, Edges. She lives in New York. www.lenaroybooks.com