![]() However, she suffered from severe attacks of depression, making her family life hard. Raskin entered the University of Wisconsin-Madison at age 18 with the intention of majoring in telegraphy. Raskin died at the age of 56 on August 8, 1984, in New York City, as a result of a connective-tissue disease. In 1960 she married Dennis Flanagan, editor of Scientific American. In 1957, she married graphic designer Roy Kuhlman, but they soon divorced. Among other things she designed more than 1000 dust jackets for books including the first edition of Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time, the 1963 Newbery Medal winner. ![]() In New York City she worked as a commercial artist for about 15 years. ![]() Raskin was an accomplished graphic artist. She was educated at the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a major in fine art. Raskin was born in Milwaukee and grew up during the Great Depression. ![]() In 2012 The Westing Game was ranked number nine all-time among children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal, a monthly with a primarily-U.S. She won the 1979 Newbery Medal for The Westing Game, a mystery novel, and another children's mystery, Figgs & Phantoms, was a Newbery Honor Book in 1975. 1965, second husband)Įllen Raskin (Ma– August 8, 1984) was an American children's writer and illustrator. The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel)ĭennis Flanagan (m. ![]()
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