Madeleine L'Engle
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Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007), author of more than 60 books, including the classic A WRINKLE IN TIME. Curated by granddaughter/executor Charlotte Jones Voiklis
“We’re still facing incredible odds. There are still forces that would like to erase individuality, that value cruelty over anything else. Today, we need stories that remind people that friendship and bravery is more powerful than fear.”
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'A Wrinkle In Time' goes from pages to pop culture with an appearance in Netflix's 'Stranger things'
Charlotte Jones Voikilis, the granddaughter of 'A Wrinkle In Time' author Madeleine L'Engle, shares why her grandmother's book is making a resurgence in pop culture.
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February 2, 2026 at 1:02 PM
“We’re still facing incredible odds. There are still forces that would like to erase individuality, that value cruelty over anything else. Today, we need stories that remind people that friendship and bravery is more powerful than fear.”
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I would allow the children to ask any kind of cosmic or practical question they want to; but I would answer only the question they ask, not precede them with responses to further questions, as adults are so often tempted to do.
~Walking on Water
~Walking on Water
February 1, 2026 at 1:01 PM
I would allow the children to ask any kind of cosmic or practical question they want to; but I would answer only the question they ask, not precede them with responses to further questions, as adults are so often tempted to do.
~Walking on Water
~Walking on Water
So it is with writing. There are several pots on those back burners. An idea for a scene goes into one, a character into another, a description of a tree in the fog into another. When it comes time to write, I bring forward the pot which has the most in it.
Walking on Water
Walking on Water
January 30, 2026 at 1:01 PM
So it is with writing. There are several pots on those back burners. An idea for a scene goes into one, a character into another, a description of a tree in the fog into another. When it comes time to write, I bring forward the pot which has the most in it.
Walking on Water
Walking on Water
How shall we sing our love's song now
In this strange land where all are born to die?
Each tree and leaf and star show how
The universe is part of this one cry,
Every life is noted and is cherished,
and nothing loved is ever lost or perished.
A Ring of Endless Light
In this strange land where all are born to die?
Each tree and leaf and star show how
The universe is part of this one cry,
Every life is noted and is cherished,
and nothing loved is ever lost or perished.
A Ring of Endless Light
January 25, 2026 at 1:00 PM
How shall we sing our love's song now
In this strange land where all are born to die?
Each tree and leaf and star show how
The universe is part of this one cry,
Every life is noted and is cherished,
and nothing loved is ever lost or perished.
A Ring of Endless Light
In this strange land where all are born to die?
Each tree and leaf and star show how
The universe is part of this one cry,
Every life is noted and is cherished,
and nothing loved is ever lost or perished.
A Ring of Endless Light
"What you think is not the point. What you do is what's going to count."
Madeleine L'Engle, A Wind in the Door
Madeleine L'Engle, A Wind in the Door
January 24, 2026 at 7:00 PM
"What you think is not the point. What you do is what's going to count."
Madeleine L'Engle, A Wind in the Door
Madeleine L'Engle, A Wind in the Door
Sometimes it is years after a book is published that I discover what some of it meant.
Walking on Water
Walking on Water
January 23, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Sometimes it is years after a book is published that I discover what some of it meant.
Walking on Water
Walking on Water
From the archives:
“It was a match made of opportunity—as for alchemy, time would tell what no one then could have predicted: that a “mystical connection,” in Rahman’s words, would bind them for life..."
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“It was a match made of opportunity—as for alchemy, time would tell what no one then could have predicted: that a “mystical connection,” in Rahman’s words, would bind them for life..."
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January 19, 2026 at 1:02 PM
From the archives:
“It was a match made of opportunity—as for alchemy, time would tell what no one then could have predicted: that a “mystical connection,” in Rahman’s words, would bind them for life..."
www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/0...
“It was a match made of opportunity—as for alchemy, time would tell what no one then could have predicted: that a “mystical connection,” in Rahman’s words, would bind them for life..."
www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/0...
Christ, look upon us in this city,
and keep our sympathy and pity fresh,
and our faces heavenward,
lest we grow hard.
— modern Anglican prayer
and keep our sympathy and pity fresh,
and our faces heavenward,
lest we grow hard.
— modern Anglican prayer
January 18, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Christ, look upon us in this city,
and keep our sympathy and pity fresh,
and our faces heavenward,
lest we grow hard.
— modern Anglican prayer
and keep our sympathy and pity fresh,
and our faces heavenward,
lest we grow hard.
— modern Anglican prayer
And then there is time in which to be, simply to be, that time in which God quietly tells us who we are and who he wants us to be.
Walking on Water
Walking on Water
January 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM
And then there is time in which to be, simply to be, that time in which God quietly tells us who we are and who he wants us to be.
Walking on Water
Walking on Water
A story where myth, fantasy, fairy tale, or science fiction explore and ask questions moves beyond pragmatic dailiness to wonder. Rather than taking the child away from the real world, such stories are preparation for living in the real world with courage and expectancy.
Madeleine L’Engle Herself
Madeleine L’Engle Herself
January 16, 2026 at 1:02 PM
A story where myth, fantasy, fairy tale, or science fiction explore and ask questions moves beyond pragmatic dailiness to wonder. Rather than taking the child away from the real world, such stories are preparation for living in the real world with courage and expectancy.
Madeleine L’Engle Herself
Madeleine L’Engle Herself
Have you read all five?
January 12, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Have you read all five?
“You see!” the Medium cried, smiling happily. “It can be overcome! It is being overcome all the time!”
~A Wrinkle in Time
~A Wrinkle in Time
January 11, 2026 at 1:01 PM
“You see!” the Medium cried, smiling happily. “It can be overcome! It is being overcome all the time!”
~A Wrinkle in Time
~A Wrinkle in Time
Story makes us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving. Why does anybody tell a story? It does indeed have something to do with faith, faith that the universe has meaning, that our little human lives are not irrelevant, that what we choose or say or do matters, matters cosmically.
January 9, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Story makes us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving. Why does anybody tell a story? It does indeed have something to do with faith, faith that the universe has meaning, that our little human lives are not irrelevant, that what we choose or say or do matters, matters cosmically.
“Stay angry, little Meg,” Mrs Whatsit whispered. “You will need all your anger now.”
A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time
January 8, 2026 at 3:22 PM
“Stay angry, little Meg,” Mrs Whatsit whispered. “You will need all your anger now.”
A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time
Epiphany
Unclench your fists
Hold out your hands.
Take mine.
Let us hold each other.
Thus is his Glory
Manifest.
Unclench your fists
Hold out your hands.
Take mine.
Let us hold each other.
Thus is his Glory
Manifest.
January 7, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Epiphany
Unclench your fists
Hold out your hands.
Take mine.
Let us hold each other.
Thus is his Glory
Manifest.
Unclench your fists
Hold out your hands.
Take mine.
Let us hold each other.
Thus is his Glory
Manifest.
What was your first Wrinkle cover? This commemorative 50th Anniversary edition is a throwback to the first edition by illustrator Ellen Raskin (herself an award-winning author).
January 5, 2026 at 1:02 PM
What was your first Wrinkle cover? This commemorative 50th Anniversary edition is a throwback to the first edition by illustrator Ellen Raskin (herself an award-winning author).
To be an artist means to approach the light, and that means to let go of our control, to allow our whole selves be placed with absolute faith in that which is greater than we are.
~Walking on Water
~Walking on Water
January 4, 2026 at 1:01 PM
To be an artist means to approach the light, and that means to let go of our control, to allow our whole selves be placed with absolute faith in that which is greater than we are.
~Walking on Water
~Walking on Water
"It isn't just in distant galaxies that strange, unreasonable things are happening. Unreason has crept up on us so insidiously that we've hardly been aware of it. But think of the things going on in our country which you wouldn't have believed possible only a few years ago." A Wind in the Door
January 3, 2026 at 5:25 PM
"It isn't just in distant galaxies that strange, unreasonable things are happening. Unreason has crept up on us so insidiously that we've hardly been aware of it. But think of the things going on in our country which you wouldn't have believed possible only a few years ago." A Wind in the Door
"So Madeleine began to write. She wrote stories about famous heroes she knew from books, and stories about little girls like herself. She found that when she had a difficult question, or felt scared or sad or confused, writing could help her feel brave."
~A Book, Too, Can Be a Star
~A Book, Too, Can Be a Star
January 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
"So Madeleine began to write. She wrote stories about famous heroes she knew from books, and stories about little girls like herself. She found that when she had a difficult question, or felt scared or sad or confused, writing could help her feel brave."
~A Book, Too, Can Be a Star
~A Book, Too, Can Be a Star
"Suddenly, she knew.
She knew!
Love.
That was what she had that IT did not have."
A Wrinkle in Time.
Archival recording by the author, Madeleine L'Engle, available from Penguin Random House Audio
She knew!
Love.
That was what she had that IT did not have."
A Wrinkle in Time.
Archival recording by the author, Madeleine L'Engle, available from Penguin Random House Audio
January 1, 2026 at 8:09 PM
"Suddenly, she knew.
She knew!
Love.
That was what she had that IT did not have."
A Wrinkle in Time.
Archival recording by the author, Madeleine L'Engle, available from Penguin Random House Audio
She knew!
Love.
That was what she had that IT did not have."
A Wrinkle in Time.
Archival recording by the author, Madeleine L'Engle, available from Penguin Random House Audio
Stay Angry, Little Girl is inspired by the words of Mrs. Whatsit to Meg: “Stay angry, little Meg. You will need all your anger now.” The book explores how things like anger at injustice, sensitivity to the world’s pain, and refusal to be silent are good and needed qualities.
December 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Stay Angry, Little Girl is inspired by the words of Mrs. Whatsit to Meg: “Stay angry, little Meg. You will need all your anger now.” The book explores how things like anger at injustice, sensitivity to the world’s pain, and refusal to be silent are good and needed qualities.
I would like to travel light on this journey of life, to get rid of the encumbrances I acquire each day. Worse than physical acquisitions are spiritual ones, small grudges, jealousies, hurt feelings.
~The Irrational Season
~The Irrational Season
December 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I would like to travel light on this journey of life, to get rid of the encumbrances I acquire each day. Worse than physical acquisitions are spiritual ones, small grudges, jealousies, hurt feelings.
~The Irrational Season
~The Irrational Season
2 more days only (through 12/28), the ebook of A WRINKLE IN TIME: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL is currently downpriced for $1.99! Download your copy now: bit.ly/4o7dubo
December 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
2 more days only (through 12/28), the ebook of A WRINKLE IN TIME: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL is currently downpriced for $1.99! Download your copy now: bit.ly/4o7dubo
For most writers it takes many manuscripts before enough royalties are coming in to pay for a roof over the head and bread on the table. Other jobs must often be found to take care of bread and butter. A certain amount of stubbornness–pigheadedness–is essential.
~Walking on Water
~Walking on Water
December 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
For most writers it takes many manuscripts before enough royalties are coming in to pay for a roof over the head and bread on the table. Other jobs must often be found to take care of bread and butter. A certain amount of stubbornness–pigheadedness–is essential.
~Walking on Water
~Walking on Water