The Resume

(November 29, 1918-September 6, 2007)
Born in New York City, New York
Birth name was Madeleine L'Engle Camp
Wrote 60 books, including 'A Wrinkle in Time' (1962), 'The Arm of the Starfish' (1965), 'A Wind in the Door' (1973), 'Dragons in the Water' (1976), 'A Swiftly Tilting Planet' (1978), 'A House Like a Lotus' (1984), 'Many Waters' (1986) and 'An Acceptable Time' (1989)

Why she might be annoying:

Her parents disagreed about how to educate her, with the result that she attended numerous boarding schools and had several governesses.
'A Wrinkle in Time' received 26 rejections from publishers who felt it did not quite qualify as either a children's or adults' novel.
She incorporated traumatic events from her children's lives into her books, while editing out her own troubles.
She has suggested that 'we're all a little psychic.'
She said, 'I sometimes think God is a shit -- and he wouldn't be worth it otherwise. He's much more interesting when he's a shit.'

Why she might not be annoying:

She and her husband adopted the seven-year-old daughter of family friends who had died.
'A Wrinkle in Time' won the Newberry Award for outstanding book for children.
She was seriously injured in an automobile accident (1991), but recovered to visit Antarctica the next year.
She said the TV movie adaptation of 'A Wrinkle in Time' lived up to her expectations: 'I expected it to be bad, and it is.'
She said that Christian fundamentalists who object to her books 'want a closed system and I want an open system.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 100 Most Frequently Banned or Challenged Books [2000-09] (Ranked: 90)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 06]
• Children's Book Authors
• I Adopted a Child
• I Died in 2007 (Ranked: 88)
• I Had a Stroke [Cerebral Vascular Accident]
• I Outlived My Child
• I Publicly Trashed My Book’s Movie
• I Write Bildungsroman
• Influenced by Joseph Campbell
• Kids' Top 100 Favorite Books (Ranked: 44)
• Known By a Middle Name
• Look at Me, I'm Reading
• Profiles 21001-21250 (Ranked: 21195)
• Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children (Ranked: 23)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 122 Votes: 54.10% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 49 Votes: 40.82% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 34 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 139 Votes: 44.60% Annoying