Ellen Raskin
Ellen Raskin (1928 – 1984) was an American writer, illustrator, and designer. She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up during the Great Depression. She primarily wrote for children, and she received critical acclaim for her detailed illustrations that she designed herself. She received the 1979 Newbery Medal for her 1978 book, The Westing Game. She married Dennis Flanagan, editor of the Scientific American, in 1960.
BibliographyPicture booksNothing Ever Happens on My Block (1966)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 World's Greatest Freak Show (1971)Franklin Stein (1972)Moe Q. McClutch, He Smoked Too Much (1973)Who, Said Sue, Said Whoo? (1973)Moose, Goose & Little Nobody (1976)Twenty-Two, Twenty-Three (1976)
NovelsThe Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel) (1971)Figgs & Phantoms (1974)The Tatooed Potato & Other Clues (1975)The Westing Game (1978)
External links Manuscript for the Westing Game and audio discussion of the book at the University of Wisconsin
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