Jane Langton, the children's book author who won a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master honor last year, died on December 22 at age 95.
As the MWA wrote in its Grand Master citation: "In a writing career that spanned over four decades, Jane Langton has not only written multiple mystery series, but also illustrated them. Her first children's book, The Majesty of Grace, was published by Harper in 1961. The first book of her Hall Family Chronicles series, The Diamond in the Window, was nominated for the Edgar for Best Juvenile. The Fledgling, fourth in the series, is a Newbery Honor Book. Langton has written 18 books in the Homer (and Mary) Kelly series, published between 1964 and 2005. The fifth in the series, Emily Dickinson Is Dead, was an Edgar nominee and received a Nero Wolfe award."