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Tragically, her older sister died of cancer at the age of only twenty-eight, an event that deeply influenced Lowry's first book, A Summer To Die.

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Her parents are Robert E. Hammersberg and Katherine Gordon.

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Lois Lowry is her pen name. Actually she was born with the full name Lois Ann Hammersberg

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Lois Lowry currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Prefers to talk to kids instead of adults

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Lois Lowry states that she was a solitary child.

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She married her first husband when she was 19.

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Lois Lowry currently lives in Massachusetts.

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Since "The Giver" was published in 1993, it has sold more than 10 million copies.

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All of Lowry's book deal with individuality in some way

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Her Norwegian name is Cena, so you can't see her.

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Her book "The Giver" has over 10 different covers

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She likes to garden in her free time

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When the Newbery committee notified Lowry that THE GIVER was the 1994 winner, they reached her on a boat in Antarctica.

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Several Of Her Books Were Inspired By Personal Experiences.

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In 2002, Lowry published a successful children's book series with Gooney Bird Greene. The book's title character is a quirky and adventurous elementary school student.

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Was married twice.

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Several Of Her Books Were Inspired By Personal Experiences.

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Lois Lowry keeps her Newbery medals placed away in a box in her basement.

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She decided that she wanted to be a writer when she was only eight or nine years old .

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the book the giver was inspired by her fathers memory loss http://www.npr.org/2014/08/16/340170478/lois-lowry-says-the-giver-was-inspired-by-her-fathers-memory-loss

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In one interview, Lois Lowry states that if there was anything  she could do differently with the book, she would expand the final section after Jonas left the community . In her words, "It was supposed to encompass a great deal of time and distance, and it feels too fast-paced for me, finished too quickly."

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realy good photographer

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"The Giver" has become a movie, play, opera, musical, and of course... a book.

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Her first book was made in 1977

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Her book A Summer to Die was inspired by the death of her sister.

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Got Married at the age of 19.

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In 1993, Lowry received the honor a second time for The Giver, which would eventually become a 2014 film.

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In 2002, Lowry launched another successful children's book series with Gooney Bird Greene.

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She has tackled a number of topics in her literature including adoption, mental illness, cancer, the Holocaust and futuristic societies.

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her older sister died of cancer at the age of only twenty-eight

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Her daughter is disabled due to a central nervous system disease

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Lois Lowry says that she is publishing a fourth book to "The Giver".

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Lowry was inspired to write "The Giver" because of her fathers memory loss.

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she uses experiences she has been though and exaggerates thenm to fit into her books

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Lowry also worked on promoting the movie adaptation of her novel The Giver

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Her son's daughter Nadine was only a toddler when her father died in a plane crash. Despite her grief, Lowry sought to make a book for her granddaughter about her life with her father.

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She loves photography

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Her first published book was called "Black American Literature"

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based books of personal expirences

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she has taken photographs for children's books

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The Giver - and the two books that follow it and make a trilogy (soon to be a quartet! I've just finished the fourth book!

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Her older son was a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force.

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Awards: John Newbery Medal

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She went to  Curtis High School

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She has written a little over 50 books.

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Author Lois Lowry was born on March 20 1937
, in Honolulu, Hawaii. She published her first novel, A Summer to Die, in 1977.

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In 1979, Lowry published Autumn Street, a novel that drew further inspiration from her own life.

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one of her sons was a fighter pilot

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Children: Grey Lowry, Benjamin Lowry, Kristin Lowry, Alix Lowry

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Lois Lowry is a pen name

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she now lives in massuchetts

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older sister, Helen,

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er sister died of cancer

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Her senior quote was "Future Novelist"

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Lois Lowry spent a few of her school years in Japan, but she ended up graduating from a New York City high school.

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Lowry experienced a tremendous loss in 1995. Her son Grey, a U.S. Air Force pilot, died in a plane crash.

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Lois Lowry has 2 sons and 2 daughters

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Her children are  Grey Lowry, Benjamin Lowry, Kristin Lowry, Alix Lowry

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she had 4 childern while writing her books and now has grandkids

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She then spent two years at Brown University before dropping out to get married.

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Her father was a dentist and Army officer, which led to her to live in several different places growing up.

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Her husband was in the Navy.

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Lois Lowry likes to read and knitting.

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dad was an army dentist

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It was her who took the pictures that are on the cover on The Giver and Number the Stars.

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spent two years at Brown University before dropping out to get married.

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Her full name is Lois Ann Hammersberg Lowry.

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Lois Lowry is one of America's most popular and versatile children's book authors.

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As a child, she was introverted and loved to read

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She has got her education from 3 different colleges.

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In 1977, Lowry published her first novel, A Summer to Die.

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she wrote "the giver" based on her dad who suffered from short term memory loss

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She was a shy and introverted child

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Lois Lowry has a dog named Alfie, and a cat named Lulu

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She was around 8 or 9 years old when she decided she wanted to be a writer.

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Donald Grey Lowry is her husband

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Has 6 awards

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She has lived in places like Tokyo, Hawaii,  New York, and Pennsylvania.

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She was around 8 or 9 years old when she decided she wanted to be a writer.

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Has won 47 awards.

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Tragically, her older sister died of cancer at the age of only twenty-eight, an event that deeply influenced Lowry's first book, A Summer To Die.

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Middle child of three and a military brat

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For her contribution as a children's writer, she was a finalist in 2000 and U.S. nominee again in 2004, as well as a finalist in 2016 for the biennial

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Lois Lowry's mother was blind, and she would frequently visit her. On one particular visit , her mother told her about the stories of her life.  In the course of retelling those anecdotes, she related the details about the death of her first child (Lois' sister Helen), her mother's saddest memory. This inspired Lois Lowry to write The Giver.

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Lois Lowry is an American writer credited with more than thirty children's books.

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She has won two Newbery Medals, for Number the Stars in 1990 and The Giver in 1994

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Born March 20, 1937 (age 79 years) In Honolulu, HI

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credited with more than thirty children's books