Sylvia Engdahl

Sylvia Louise Engdahl (born November 24, 1933) is an American writer, known best for science fiction. Her debut novel Enchantress from the Stars, published by Atheneum Books in 1970, was the 1971 Newbery Honor Book (see Newbery Medal), was a Geffen Award finalist in 2008, Best Translated YA Book, and she won the Phoenix Award for that work twenty years later. Stewards of the Flame won a bronze medal in the 2008 Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards.

Runners-up and book lists Enchantress from the Stars has also been runner-up for a few awards and has been named to several book lists.

1970: Junior Literary Guild selection; ALA Notable Children's Books 1971: Horn Book Fanfare; Newbery Honor 1998: New York Public Library 100 Favorite Children's Books 2001: Teen People Book Club selection 2002: Book Sense Book of the Year finalist, Rediscovery category; CBC Not Just For Children Anymore, Classics category; CCBC Choices 2004: ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults