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These novels demonstrated her sustained engagement with children's literature across different periods of her writing life.\n\nKonigsburg received several awards in recognition of her work. She was awarded the Newbery Medal, one of the prominent honors in American children's literature. She also received the Regina Medal and was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame, recognitions that came at various points in her career as a novelist and children's writer.\n\nKonigsburg died on April 19, 2013, in Falls Church. Her career as a novelist and children's writer, conducted in English and rooted in the United States, was marked by the receipt of the Newbery Medal, the Regina Medal, and the Florida Artists Hall of Fame award.","E. L. Konigsburg was born on February 10, 1930, in Manhattan, New York City. 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