From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

　　克勞蒂雅過煩了一成不變的生活，決定離家出走，卻又不願忍受露宿荒野的辛苦，所以決定躲進紐約大都會博物館裡。她自知一個人無法執行計畫，便邀請小器鬼又富有的弟弟一起翹家。順利躲了進去以後，他們給自己定下目標，每天認真學一樣新知識。當時館中展出一座疑似米開朗基羅雕塑的天使雕像，他們就決定蒐集資料，追查雕像的原創人……在策劃精密又童趣的過程中，他們結識了天使雕像的原主人─芭瑟．法蘭克威爾夫人，彼此交換了一項祕密，圓滿的結束了這一次離家出走。

　　Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running away...so she decided not to run FROM somewhere, but TO somewhere. And so, after some careful planning, she and her younger brother, Jamie, escaped -- right into a mystery that made headlines!

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作者簡介

　　一九三○年出生於紐約的柯尼斯柏格，在美國賓州一個小鎮長大，雖然自小喜愛閱讀，大學和研究所卻選擇主修化學，畢業後也順利當上化學老師。但是慢慢的，她察覺她感興趣的是學生腦中在想些什麼，而不是試管中的變化。同時她也發現自己對繪畫有強烈的喜好，所以在生下第三個孩子後，即進入藝術學校就讀，等最小的孩子上幼稚園後，她便開始寫作，並且嘗試自己畫插圖。她的第一本作品《小巫婆求仙記》（Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William Mokinley, and Me, Eilzabetn）得到一九六八年紐伯瑞銀牌獎，第二本作品《天使雕像》更摘下當年度這個獎項的金牌獎。一九九六年，她又以《The View from Saturday》奪下紐伯瑞金牌獎，同時進入紐約時報暢銷排行榜。《沉默到頂》（Silent to the Bone）與《史庫樂街19號》是息息相關的姊弟書，也雙雙獲獎無數。閱讀卓越世代裡的卓越人物，豐富了她的生命，因此她寫下《達文西想畫誰》，希望讀者也能因此而豐富生命。

　　柯尼斯柏格的小說布局細密、精準、充滿邏輯和幽默感。她目前住在佛羅里達北部，不寫作時就畫畫、沿著沙灘散步或看電影。從容的生活態度更加深她的作品內涵。

　　E. L. Konigsburg is the only author to have won the Newbery Medal and be runner-up in the same year. In 1968 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler won the Newbery Medal and Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth was named Newbery Honor Book. Almost thirty years later she won the Newbery Medal once again for The View From Saturday. She has also written and illustrated three picture books: Samuel Todd's Book of Great Colors, Samuel Todd's Book of Great Inventions, and Amy Elizabeth Explores Bloomingdale's. In 2000 she wrote Silent to the Bone, which was named a New York Times Notable Book and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, among many other honors.

　　After completing her degree at Carnegie Mellon University, Ms. Konigsburg did graduate work in organic chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh. For several years she taught science at a private girls' school. When the third of her three children started kindergarten, she began to write. She now lives on the beach in North Florida.