As per our current Database, Ellen Raskin has been died on Aug 8, 1984 (age 56).
When Ellen Raskin die, Ellen Raskin was 56 years old.
| Popular As | Ellen Raskin |
| Occupation | Children's Author |
| Age | 56 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Pisces |
| Born | March 13, 1928 (Milwaukee, WI) |
| Birthday | March 13 |
| Town/City | Milwaukee, WI |
| Nationality | WI |
Ellen Raskin’s zodiac sign is Pisces. According to astrologers, Pisces are very friendly, so they often find themselves in a company of very different people. Pisces are selfless, they are always willing to help others, without hoping to get anything back. Pisces is a Water sign and as such this zodiac sign is characterized by empathy and expressed emotional capacity.
Ellen Raskin was born in the Year of the Dragon. A powerful sign, those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dragon are energetic and warm-hearted, charismatic, lucky at love and egotistic. They’re natural born leaders, good at giving orders and doing what’s necessary to remain on top. Compatible with Monkey and Rat.
Award-winning American children's book author and Illustrator who is best known for her novel The Westing Game, published in 1978. She illustrated over 28 books between 1956 and 1970.
She grew up during the Great Depression and went on to attend the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
She won two Newberry Medals, one in 1975 for Figgs and Phantoms and another in 1979 for The Westing Game.
She married Dennis Flanagan, the Editor of Scientific American, in 1965.
Among the book covers she designed was the original cover of Madeline L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time.
