Miracle on 10th Street & Other Christmas Writings

Madeleine L'Engle

Harold Shaw Publishers, 1998 - Fiction - 144 pages

Established in 1968, the Wheaton Literary Series provides insightful books for the thoughtful reader, inspiring imagination, and reflection. These beautifully produced volumes feature prose and poetry of high literary, academic, and artistic merit, written by and about Christian artists of significant stature.

About the author

Author Madeleine L'Engle was born in New York City on November 29, 1918. She graduated from Smith College. She is best known for A Wrinkle in Time (1962), which won the 1963 Newbery Medal for best American children's book. While many of her novels blend science fiction and fantasy, she has also written a series of autobiographical books, including Two Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage, which deals with the illness and death of her husband, soap opera actor Hugh Franklin. In 2004, she received a National Humanities Medal from President George W. Bush. She died on September 6, 2007 of natural causes. Since 1976, Wheaton College in Illinois has maintained a special collection of L'Engle's papers, and a variety of other materials, dating back to 1919.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Miracle on 10th Street & Other Christmas Writings; Issue 8 of Austin Family Series
• Author: Madeleine L'Engle
• Publisher: Harold Shaw Publishers, 1998
• ISBN: 0877885311, 9780877885313
• Length: 144 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Holidays; Juvenile Fiction / Holidays & Celebrations / Christmas & Advent; Juvenile Fiction / Religious / Christian / General; Juvenile Nonfiction / Holidays & Celebrations / Christmas & Advent; Literary Collections / General; Religion / Inspirational