Ellen Raskin
1928
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1984
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: University of Wisconsin–Madison
occupation: writer, novelist, illustrator, children's writer
award received: Newbery Medal
Ellen Raskin (March 13, 1928 – August 8, 1984) was an American children's writer and illustrator. She won the 1979 Newbery Medal for The Westing Game, a mystery novel, and another children's mystery, Figgs & Phantoms, was a Newbery Honor Book in 1975. In 2012 The Westing Game was ranked number nine all-time among children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal, a monthly with a primarily-U.S. audience. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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