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Name: Lois Lowry
Birth Date: March 20, 1937
Place of Birth: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupations: Writer, Photographer

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Biography of Lois Lowry
7,312 words, approx. 24 pages
Lois Lowry, best known for her six Anastasia Krupnik adventures, has enjoyed popularity with readers and critics alike. Her thirteen books for children, featuring realistic themes and delightful characters, help them answer their own questions about...
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Biography of Lois Lowry
6,731 words, approx. 22 pages
Not to be confused with writer Lois Duncan-- ("People often confuse us. We're the same age, sort of look alike, and even get each other's mail. We get a kick out of it."1 Lois Lowry has written books for young people dealing with subjects ranging from...
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Biography of Lois Lowry
4,405 words, approx. 15 pages
"The most important things to me in my own life, as well as in my books, are human relationships of all kinds," Lois Lowry once told Author and Artists for Young Adults (AAYA) in an interview. "Although my books deal largely with families, I also...


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Lois Lowry Information
1,764 words, approx. 6 pages
Lois Lowry (born Lois Ann Hammersburg[2] on March 20, 1937) is an author of children's literature who has been awarded the Newbery Medal twice: first for Number the Stars in 1990, and again in 1994 for The Giver, a widely-known and controversial...


News and Journals
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The Boston Globe
Lois Lowry
12/20/1998: 990 words, approx. 3 pages
Children's author Lois Lowry, 61, of Cambridge, shares her past in Looking Back. Her 25 books -- 15 million are in print -- include Autumn Street and the Anastasia Krupnik series. You've written about death, the Holocaust, a teenage mom. Have your books aroused...
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The Horn Book Magazine
The Giver. (children's novel by Lois Lowry) (Editorial)
07/01/1993: 384 words, approx. 1 pages
In two recent Caldecott Medal acceptance speeches -- Emily Arnold McCully's in this issue and David Macaulay's in 1991 -- the recipients have spoken about taking risks as artists and about the joy of being given recognition for doing so. Of course, there are...


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Essay Grade: 86%
The Life of Novelist Lois Lowry
254 words, approx. 1 pages
A short biography of novelist Lois Lowry, who's best known for her first book, "A Summer to Die," and the trilogy of "The Giver," "Gathering Blue," and "The Messenger."


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