Madeleine L'Engle was born on November 29th 1918. She grew up in New York City where she lived with her mother, Madeleine Camp,and father,Wadsworth Camp. Instead of doing her school work, she decided that she liked writing stories, poems and journals a lot better. Her grades were not the best, but it did not stop her from doing what she loved, writing. When she turned 12, her and her family moved to the French Alps, there she went to an English boarding school. At the school, her interest in writing grew tremendously. Her and her mother moved back to the United States. There, they settled in Charleston, South Carolina. She then went to Smith College and studied English. She graduated with honors and then moved back to New York City, and
