Madeleine L'Engle was the author of more than forty-five 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; A
Swiftly Tilting Planet, winner of the American Book Award; and the
Austin family series of which Troubling a Star is the fifth book.
L'Engle was named the 1998 recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards
award, honoring her lifetime contribution in writing for teens.
Ms. L'Engle was born in 1918 in New York City. She wrote her first
book, The Small Rain, while touring with Eva Le Gallienne in Uncle
Harry. She met Hugh Franklin, to whom she was married until his
death in 1986, while they were rehearsing The Cherry Orchard, and
they were married on tour during a run of The Joyous Season,
starring Ethel Barrymore.
Ms. L'Engle retired from the stage after her marriage, and the
Franklins moved to northwest Connecticut and opened a general
store. After a decade in Connecticut, the family returned to New
York.
After splitting her time between New York City and Connecticut and
acting as the librarian and writer-in-residence at the Cathedral of
St. John the Divine, Madeleine L'Engle died on September 7, 2007 at
the age of 88.
“When I discovered Walking on Water years ago, my creative self
underwent a sort of liberation. I had always sensed that there was
a wonderful connection between spirituality and creativity, but
Madeleine’s insights about both of those worlds helped me claim
with more confidence my own creative gifts. This is a wise and
inspiring book that should be in every artist’s library.”
–Vinita Hampton Wright, author of Grace at Bender Springs and Velma
Still Cooks in Leeway
“Once again, L’Engle touches the deepest parts of our psyche and
heart with her artist’s wand. She writes with an earthy rhythm that
not only reveals the mysteries of our artistic natures, but also
qualifies all along the way her inimitable wise-woman philosophies.
L’Engle’ s writing is God’s gift to a generation who needs to sit
on a stump and lend an ear to what the right brain is saying to the
left and to what the soul is saying to the heart. Walking on Water
guides the wandering artist back to the Savior and says ‘There,
you’ve come home again where you belong!’”
–Patricia Hickman, award-winning author of Katrina’s Wings
“There are those who write about art-making as if they’ re
detailing the techniques of a heart surgeon. Then there are those,
like Madeleine L’Engle, who simply show you their heart. Like the
words of Jesus to the fisherman brothers, the words of Madeleine
are ‘follow me’ words. Through the pages of Walking on Water
hungry, thirsty folks have been following for two decades–quickly
recognizing that the reason Madeleine is worth following is that
she follows Jesus.”
–Charlie Peacock-Ashworth, record producer and author of At the
Crossroads: An Insider's Look at Contemporary Christian Music
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