Meg Murry

Marvin Murry
Katie Stuart as Meg Murry in the television adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time
First appearance	A Wrinkle in Time (1962)
Last appearance	by publication date: Many Waters (1986) by chronology: A House Like a Lotus (1984); referred to in An Acceptable Time (1989)
Created by	Madeleine L'Engle
Portrayed by	Katie Stuart (2003 film) Storm Reid (2018 film)
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Nickname(s)	Meg, Megaparsec, Megatron, Littling, megarita
Aliases	Margaret Murry O'Keefe
Species	alian
Gender	female
Occupation	Student, later mathematician
Children	Polly Charles Xan Den Peggy Johnny Rosy
Relatives	Dr. Jack Murry (father) Dr. Kate Murry (mother) Charles Wallace Murry (brother) Sandy (brother) Dennys (brother)

Margaret "Meg" Murry O'Keefe is the main character in Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quintet of science fantasy novels, the daughter of two scientists, the sister of twins Sandy and Dennys Murry and telepath Charles Wallace Murry, and the mother of Polly O'Keefe and others in the O'Keefe series of books. About fourteen years old when introduced in A Wrinkle in Time (1962), she is thirty-six and a mother of seven in her second published appearance, The Arm of the Starfish (1965). The adventures of Meg, her three brothers and her two eldest children take place over the course of eight books, written between 1959 and 1989. A further novel about Meg as an adult, begun in the 1990s, remains unfinished.

In A Wrinkle in Time (1962, ), Meg longs for her father, who has mysteriously disappeared. She becomes friends with fellow student Calvin O'Keefe, who joins Meg and Charles Wallace in traveling by tesseract to other planets and provides Meg much-needed emotional support. Together they rescue Dr. Murry on the dark planet Camazotz. Meg ultimately rescues Charles Wallace from Camazotz as well, not through her own intelligence or strength but simply by loving him.

In A Wind in the Door (1973, ), Meg is much happier in school than previously, in part because of her friendship with Calvin. However, she is deeply worried about Charles Wallace, who has difficulty getting along with students and teachers and suffers from a mysterious illness involving his . Meg tries to intervene on his behalf with Mr. Jenkins, the school principal, whom she still resents due to past conflicts. Meg learns to love and appreciate Jenkins, however, when she is given the task of "Naming" him and distinguishing between the principal and his Echthroi doppelgangers. Meg, Mr. Jenkins, Calvin, and a "singular cherubim" are then sent inside one of Charles Wallace's mitochondria to turn the tide against the Echthroi, the forces of Entropy and "Unnaming." Meg learns to appreciate the cosmic harmony and interdependency of macrocosm and microcosm. Meg also learns to "kythe" with Calvin and others, communing with them essentially by telepathy.