Granddaughters discuss 'A Wrinkle in Time' author, Madeleine L'Engle

Yes, she was very much Meg Murry, the painfully awkward heroine of her most famous novel.

But she was also a popular teenager, a skilled actress, an acclaimed writer - and a most beloved grandmother.

At a time when "A Wrinkle in Time" fans are eagerly awaiting the March 9 release of the first big-screen adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's classic 1962 children's book, they are also seeing new sides of the author, thanks to "Becoming Madeleine," a biography for tweens by L'Engle's granddaughters Charlotte Jones Voiklis and Lena Roy.

Making use of never-before-published excerpts from L'Engle's journals, Voiklis and Roy paint a compelling picture of a shy, unathletic