The Wall Street Journal Publishes an Excerpt from an Early Draft of A Wrinkle in Time
If you’re interested in how and why Madeleine L’Engle wrote A Wrinkle in Time, check out this article that features an excerpt from an early draft. Madeleine’s granddaughter Charlotte came across it while she was preparing for the 50th anniversary edition and thought, while the final version of the book is stronger without it, the excerpt provides an interesting window on Madeleine’s thinking that has amazing resonance today.
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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.