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Her maiden name is Lois Ann Hammersburg

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A Summer to Die, lois lowry's  first book, was a highly fictionalized retelling of the early death of her
sister, and of the effect of such a loss on a family.

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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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Considered her older sister Helen much like a mother

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At the age of 19, she married naval officer Donald Lowry.

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Lois Lowry got her inspiration from the Giver from her father's memory loss.

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Born Lois Ann Hammersberg on March 20, 1937

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she was born on march 20, 1937

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There are many difficult subjects served by Lois Lowry in her books. You can find her exploring the issues of Holocaust, murder, terminal illness, racism, and many more.

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Lowry published one of her best known novels, The Giver. 

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Lowry published one of her best known novels, The Giver. 

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Author Lois Lowry was born on March 20, 1937, in Honolulu, Hawaii

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Lowry is known for writing about difficult subject matters within her works for children.

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Following World War II, Lowry and her family moved to the Washington Heights military housing complex in Tokyo, Japan.

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Wrote A Summer to Die because Houghton Mifflin suggested it. Published in 1977 then got divorced that year also. Her kids and her grew up in Maine which is where she got her graduate

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Lowry's career reached new heights with the 1989 historical novel Number the Stars. 

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Lowry's career reached new heights with the 1989 historical novel Number the Stars. 

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She has an older sister named Helen

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She explained to Publishers Weekly that the act of digging through family photos for the project inspired her to reflect on her own life.

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She has also explored very controversial issues of questioning authority such as in The Giver quartet. Her writing on such matters has brought her both praise and criticism.

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Lowry is known for writing about difficult subject matters within her works for children. She has explored such complex issues as racism, terminal illness, murder, the Holocaust, and more

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The Giver has sold more than 3.5 copies worldwide

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

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

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Lowry started her career as a freelance journalist for Redbook magazine.

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Her father was a dentist and Army officer

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Her father was a dentist and Army officer

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Avery Weed

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At the age of 19, she married naval officer Donald Lowry

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She was around 8 or 9 years old when she decided she wanted to be a writer. Her father was a dentist and Army officer

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Lois Lowry favorite book are Rabble Starkey and Autumn Street

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There were 22,000 books used to film The Giver of Lois Lowry. The books were bought from used bookstores. After the movie, the books were donated to schools .

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She spent a few years of school in Japan, and graduated in New York CIty.

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was born in Honolulu, Hawaii

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A shy and introverted child, Lowry loved to read. She was around 8 or 9 years old when she decided she wanted to be a writer. 

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A shy and introverted child, Lowry loved to read. She was around 8 or 9 years old when she decided she wanted to be a writer. 

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Avery Weed

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She married at 19

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Lowry married Donald Grey Lowry at the age of nineteen in 1956, but divorced in 1977.

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

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

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She published her first novel, A Summer to Die, in 1977

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Real name is Lois Ann Hammersberg

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her awards include:
Rhode Island Children's Book

1994

Regina

1991

Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book

1990

Newbery Medal, National Jewish Book

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Lowry lost her son in 1995 as he served in the Air Force, being killed in a plane crash.

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She began school in New York

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Lois Lowry Education  Brown University, University of Southern Maine, Curtis High School

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In addition to writing, Lowry is a skilled photographer.

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her first novel was
based on her own experience of losing her older sister Helen at a young age.

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Some of school years were in japan

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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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She loves photography

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

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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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Her maiden name is Hammersberg

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The Giver was turned into a movie in 2014.

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she has four kids: Alix, Grey, Kristin, and Benjamin Lowry

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The first was for her novel Number the Stars, which was published in 1989.

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

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

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Some of her novels:
Number The Stars, Gathering Blue, Son and Anastasia Krupnik.

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She is the middle child of 3

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Now divorced, she lives in West Cambridge with her dog, Bandit, and spends weekends in her 19th century farmhouse in New Hampshire.

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Lowry was the second child in the family. Her older sister is Helen. Her younger brother is Jon. In 1962, her sister Helen died because of cancer at the age of 28 years old.

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Lois Lowry lost her son Grey in 1995 as a pilot dying in a plane crash

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Several Of Her Books Were Inspired By Personal Experiences.

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As her children grew up Lowry found time to complete her degree in English literature from the University of Southern Maine in Portland in 1972. After earning her B.A., she pursued graduate studies at her alma mater.

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her books were inspired by personal experiences

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Her father was an Army dentist and the family lived all over the world.

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Author Lois Lowry was born on March 20, 1937, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Author Lois Lowry was born on March 20, 1937, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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

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Avery Weed

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America's most popular
children's book authors.

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The first novel she wrote was A summer to die and it was published in 1977

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Lois Lowry Has 4 Kids  Grey Lowry, Benjamin Lowry, Kristin Lowry, Alix Lowry

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Married to Donald Grey Lowry

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First Novel is A Summer to Die 1977

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She published her first novel, A Summer to Die, in 1977.

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

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

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Avery Weed

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Wrote the books number the stars, the giver series, a summer to die,etc. dropped out of college to marry,Has always been a military spouse or child.

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Hope: Lois Lowry was born in March 20, 1937.

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Hope: Lois Lowry was born in March 20, 1937.