What happened last month? Recap.
1 of 9 Newly-identified Craters on Mercury Named L’Engle
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) approved proposed names for nine new craters on the planet Mercury. ” “L’Engle” is one of them! Who decides these things? She would be thrilled. Read more about it here.
NYT By the Book
In case you missed it, check out the “By the Book” article in The New York Times. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg says she wanted to Meg Murry because “she worked with others to fight against an unjust system .”
Austin Series review
Do you watch TV shows in marathon sessions? What about books? Would you read a series in one sitting? In an interesting review of the Austin Books, Sara Zarr, in the LA Review of Books reflects on Vicky and revisiting childhood favorites.
Dallas Children’s Theater
The Dallas Children’s Theater production of John Glore’s adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time played in April. Nancy Churnin of the Dallas Morning News says: In John Glore-s faithful adaptation, author Madeleine L-Engle provides the key to why her Newbery Medal-winning story speaks to kids as powerfully as ever. In a world where children still agonize and are bullied over being different, she gives us three who don-t fit in and who must learn that their faults, as they see them, may in fact be their strengths.
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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.