Author of "From the Mixed Up Files" has passed away

[Jungle Red]

Posted: 4/21/13 at 10:45am

Looks like I'll be picking up this book today, if I can find it anywhere.

It was a favorite in middle school.
RIP EL Konigsburg

[Wynbish]

Posted: 4/21/13 at 10:48am

I love that book so much. I read it so many times. I remember trying to think of places I could spend the night in.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 4/21/13 at 9:18pm

I loved the 70s movie version, The Hideaways, when I was a kid. I haven't seen it in close to 30 years so I don't know if it was actually a good movie or not.

[supportivemom]

Posted: 4/21/13 at 9:20pm

She lived in my hometown and our local newspaper only ran a regular obituary. There was nothing else in the media about her. She was such a great writer. My sister met her several years ago. R.I.P.

[supportivemom]

Posted: 4/21/13 at 10:36pm

http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/magazine/in-memoriam/2013/e-l-konigsburg-1930-2013/

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 4/21/13 at 10:39pm

Read this in fifth grade and have loved it ever since. Sad news.

[supportivemom]

Posted: 4/21/13 at 11:28pm

I remember seeing a television movie of The Mixed Up Files...

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 4/21/13 at 11:39pm

They remade it for TV in the 90s with Lauren Bacall. Ingrid Bergman was in the one from the 70s.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 4/22/13 at 12:21pm

Very sad -- I loved her books when I was a kid. RIP.