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1. Ellen Raskin was born in March 13, 1928
2. She received the 1979 Newbery Medal for her 1978 book, The Westing Game (Ellen Raskin).
3. She married Dennis Flanagan, editor of the Scientific American, in 1965 (Ellen Raskin).
4. Raskin died at the age of 56 on August 8, 1984 because of complications with connective tissue disease.
5. Besides The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin has written other books. Some of these are Figgs and Phantoms, Moose, Goose, and Little Nobody, and A Child's Christmas in Wales.
6. She also wrote Nothing Ever Happens on My Block, which was named one of the 10 best illustrated children’s books of the year by the New York Times.
7. Besides being a very famous writer, Raskin is also a very famous illustrator and designer.
8. Raskin designed and illustrated more than 1000 book jackets. Including the famous book, A Wrinkle in Time.
9.Ellen Raskin describes herself as a "self-critical, running-scared, compulsive perfectionist" since the age of ten (Ellen Raskin: Notable Wisconsin Author).
10. She majored in fine arts and received a disciplined education in the fundamentals of anatomy, perspective, light and shade, color, and techniques of painting and sculpture(Ellen Raskin: Notable Wisconsin Author).
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Works Cited:
Raskin, Ellen. The Westing Game. New York, N.Y.: Speak, 2008. Print.
UW-Madison School of Education. Web. 22 Apr. 2010.
"Ellen Raskin Biography Dictionary of Literary Biography Biography." BookRags.com: Book Summaries, Study Guides. Web. 22 Apr. 2010.
"Ellen Raskin Scholastic.com." Teaching Resources, Children's Book Recommendations, and Student Activities Scholastic.com. Web. 22 Apr. 2010.
"Ellen Raskin - Books, Biography, Contact Information." JacketFlap.com - Children's Books, Teen Books, Writers, Authors, Illustrators, Librarians, Agents, Editors, Publicists, Publishers, and Blogs. Web. 22 Apr. 2010.
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