Quote of the day
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Ellen Raskin

Born: March 13, 1928
Died: August 8, 1984 (aged 56)
Bio: Ellen Ermingard Raskin was an American children's writer and illustrator. 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.
Known for:
- The Westing Game (1978)
- Figgs & Phantoms (1974)
- The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel) (1971)
- Nothing Ever Happens on My Block (1966)
- The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues (1975)