E.L. Konigsburg

E.L. Konigsburg was an American writer and illustrator of children's books and young adult fiction. She won two Newbery Medals, the American Library Association award for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American children's literature." For her contribution as a children's writer Konigsburg was U.S. nominee in 2006 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition available to creators of children's books.