Journey to an 800 Number

E.L. KonigsburgE.L. Konigsburg was born in New York City but did most of her growing up in small towns in Pennsylvania. She graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University as a chemist, and has done both research and teaching in that field. After the youngest of her three children entered school, she began writing. Her books areJennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth, a Newbery Honor book;From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, the Newbery Award winner in 1968 and later a William Allen White Award winner;About the B'nai Bagels;(George); Altogether, One at a Time. A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver; The Dragon in the Ghetto Caper; The Second Mrs. Giaconda; Father's Arcane Daughter; Throwing Shadows; andJourney to an 800 Number. She and her family now live in Jacksonville, Florida, where she enjoys painting, gardening, and walking on the beach-the latter two only in fine weather.Konigsburg, E. L. is the author of 'Journey to an 800 Number' with ISBN 9781416958758 and ISBN 1416958754.