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- Birth nameEllen Ermingard Raskin
- Ellen Raskin was born in 1928. Later in her life, she married Dennis Flanagan. She wrote many books, perhaps the two most famous are "The Mysterious Disappearance Of Leon (I Mean Noel)" and "The Westing Game", both published in the 70s. The latter won the Newberry Award for the best children's book of the year. It remains one of the most famous fictional books ever published. Even after her death, it remains her most famous book. She died in the early 1980s, not a very famous author or illustrator except for The Westing Game.- IMDb Mini Biography By: karliemarlee
- SpousesDennis Flanagan(1960 - August 8, 1984) (her death)? (divorced, 1 child)
- She won a Newberry Award for the greatest children's' book of the year for "The Westing Game", in 1979. It was later made into "The Westing Game" (1997).
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