E.L. Konigsburg wrote an extraordinary number of other books. Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth competed with From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler for the Newbery Medal in 1968; The View from Saturday was Konigsburg's other Newbery Medal winner in 1997.
In some ways, contemporary middle-grade author Blue Balliett is the heir apparent of Konigsburg, in that she writes quirky, puzzling books related to art, history, and adventure. Her books include Chasing Vermeer and The Wright 3.
Leah Henderson's One Shadow on the Wall, though more serious in tone and set in Senegal rather than the United States, also finds its anchor in the importance of...
