E.L. Konigsburg is interviewed by Carolyn Field and Jaqueline Shachter Weiss. She tells about family experiences that led to her winning of the Newbery medal for the book entitled From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and her Newbery honor book entitled Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and me, Elizabeth. This author-illustrator also discusses her approach to book illustration.