Ellen Raskin
Ellen Ermingard Raskin (March 13, 1928 - August 8, 1984) was an American writer, illustrator and fashion designer. She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and grew up during the Great Depression. Primarily a children's author, she received the 1979 Newbery Medal for her 1978 book The Westing Game and a 1975 Newbery Honor for her 1974 book Figgs & Phantoms.
Ms. Raskin was also an accomplished graphic artist. She designed dozens of dust jackets for books for 15 years including the first edition of Madeleine L'Engle's classic A Wrinkle in Time.
She married Dennis Flanagan, editor of Scientific American, in 1965.
Raskin died at the age of 56 on August 8, 1984 in New York City due to complications from a connective-tissue disease.
Books by Ellen Raskin
- Nothing Ever Happens on My Block, 1968
- Silly Songs and Sad, 1967
- Spectacles, 1968
- Ghost in a Four Room Apartment, 1969
- And it Rained, 1969
- A & The: or, William T. C. Baumgarten Comes to Town, 1970
- The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel), 1971
- The World's Greatest Freak Show, 1971
- Franklin Stein, 1972
- Moe Q. McGlutch, He Smoked Too Much, 1973
- Who, Said Sue, Said Whoo?, 1973
- Figgs & Phantoms, 1974
- The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues, 1974
- Moose, Goose, and Little Nobody, 1974
- Twenty-Two, Twenty-Three, 1976
- The Westing Game, 1978