for two books by one author in one year. Konigsburg has called Karl her "forever editor" and "stalwart editor". Without mentioning a name, she explained the editorial process to Scholastic Teacher (no date): How do you go about revising your writing? My editor – I've had the same editor always – sends me some suggestions. I have had two books go directly from manuscript to typescript, which is like getting an A+ on a paper. My editor makes suggestions, and I read them all and work with them. Neither she nor I approves of someone going in to tweak the story. We agree that you should read the comments over the whole story, and then decide what you are going to churn up. You don't change little bits at a time. Ursula K. Le Guin had published the first Earthsea book with the California small press Parnassus in 1968. The second, third, and fourth books were published by Atheneum in 1971, 1972, and 1990. The Tombs of Atuan (1971) earned a Newbery Honor and The Farthest Shore (1972) a National Book Award in category young people's literature. Ms. Le Guin lists five other books published by Atheneum, 1976 to 1992 "(major books only, principal US editions only)". Anne McCaffrey had published two Dragonriders of Pern books with Ballantine in 1968 and 1971, and had a contract for one more. Karl hoped to attract more female readers to science fiction by providing the right characters. Around 1974 she solicited "a story for young women in a different part of Pern". McCaffrey worked up a languishing false start as Dragonsong and they contracted for a sequel before it was out in 1976. Dragonsinger and Dragondrums followed in 1977 and 1979. Awards Karl oversaw or edited books that won two Caldecott Medals, five Newbery Medals, five Newbery Honors (honorable mentions), and one National Book Award. Others won eight Edgar Allan Poe Awards. Caldecott Medal Beatrice Schenk de Regniers, May I Bring a Friend?, illustrated by Beni Montresor Gail E. Haley, A Story a Story Newbery Medal E. L. Konigsburg, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Robert C. O'Brien, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Shiloh Cynthia Voigt, Dicey's Song Maia Wojciechowska, Shadow of a Bull National Book Award Ursula K. Le Guin, The Farthest Shore Edgar Allan Poe Award eight(?) All these are annual awards. The