📆 Lois Libien, Who Found a Readership With Household Tips, Dies at 87 Details: → Lois Libien, who wrote under the pen name Lois Lenski, died on July 31 at the age of 105. Libien was a prolific author of children's books, writing more than 140 titles over the course of her career. She won the Newbery Medal in 1944 for her book "Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison". Source: NYT