New audiobooks released for MEET THE AUSTINS, A RING OF ENDLESS LIGHT, others in Austins series
Dear Ones,
Audiobook lovers, rejoice! New audio editions of Madeleine’s Austin Family Chronicles series are out in the world, through Penguin Random House Audio. These make a great listen for middle-grade or YA readers (or any of us who wished we were Austins).
The five books in the Austin Family series follow Vicky Austin as she navigates growing up. Incredibly, the voice actor in this new edition captures this progression: listen to Jorjeana Marie’s talents yourself in previews of the first and final books: Meet the Austins and Troubling a Star. (Pretty cool, right?)
Madeleine L’Engle, circa 1984. Courtesy of Sea World San Diego, by Eva C. Ewing.
Fun fact: Did you know that we celebrated new additions to the series for more than 30 years? Madeleine first published Meet the Austins in 1960, followed by The Moon By Night in ‘63, and The Young Unicorns in ‘68. It wasn’t until 1980 that Newbery Honor book A Ring of Endless Light landed on the scene. Troubling a Star completed the series in 1994.
Happy listening,
— Erin F. Wasinger, for madeleinelengle.com.
P.S. — And don’t miss audiobooks from the Time Quintet — read by Madeleine herself! Click here for those.
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Charlotte Jones Voiklis is Madeleine L’Engle’s granddaughter and executor of her estate. She is a lead producer of the musical adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time. She is also the co-author with Jennifer Adams of A Book, Too, Can Be a Star (October 2022), a picture book biography illustrated by Adelina Lirius; and, with her sister, Léna Roy, of Becoming Madeleine (2018), a biography for middle grade readers.
She wrote the afterword to the 50th Anniversary edition of A Wrinkle in Time, and the introduction to The Moment of Tenderness (2020), a collection of short stories. Charlotte has also written and spoken extensively about her grandmother’s work to a variety of audiences.
With a PhD in Comparative Literature, Charlotte’s professional experience spans teaching, fundraising, communications, and grant making. She has also volunteered as a mediator in the New York City court system, and coached police officers on mediation skills. Charlotte lives in New York and Connecticut with her husband and has two grown children.