Lois Lowry
Author of The Giver
About the Author
Lois Lowry (nee Lois Ann Hammersberg) was born on March 20, 1937, in Honolulu, Hawaii. She was educated at both Brown University and the University of Southern Maine. Before becoming an author, she worked as a photographer and a freelance journalist. Her first book, A Summer to Die, was published show more in 1977. Since then she has written over 30 books for young adults including Gathering Blue, Messenger, the Anastasia Krupnik series, and Son. She has received numerous awards including: The New York Times Best Seller,the International Reading Association's Children's Literature Award, the American Library Association Notable Book Award Citation and two Newberry Medals for Number the Stars in 1990, and The Giver in 1993. She was also awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters by Brown University in 2014. The Giver is part of a Quartet of books; it is the first book, followed by Gathering Blue, messenger and Son. The Giver has been met with a diversity of reactions from schools in America, some of which have adopted it as a part of the mandatory curriculum, while others have prohibited the book's inclusion in classroom studies. It was also made into a feature film of the same name released in 2014. Lois Lowry also made the Hans Christian Andersen Awards 2016 finalists in the author category. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Author Lois Lowry at the 2016 Texas Book Festival. By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53502477
Series
Works by Lois Lowry
Rhinos & Raspberries: Tolerance Tales For The Early Grades (2006) — Foreword — 292 copies, 6 reviews
The Worlds of Lois Lowry 3 Copy Boxed Set (The Giver, Gathering Blue, The Messenger) (2006) 133 copies, 1 review
Gooney Bird Greene Three Books in One!: (Gooney Bird Greene, Gooney Bird and the Room Mother, Gooney the Fabulous) (2016) 40 copies
Rhinos & Raspberries: Tolerance Tales For The Early Grades (Teacher's Edition) (PreK-6th Grade) (2006) 29 copies
The Gooney Bird Collection: Gooney Bird Greene; Gooney Bird and the Room Mother; Gooney the Fabulous; Gooney Bird Is So… (2009) 20 copies, 3 reviews
Anastasia: "Anastasia Krupnik", "Anastasia Again!", "Anastasia at Your Service" (Three-in-one) (1993) 13 copies, 1 review
Anastasia - Three of the Best: Anastasia on Her Own / Anastasia Has the Answers / Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst (1996) 10 copies
The Sam Krupnik Series: All About Sam; Attaboy, Sam!; See You Around, Sam!; Zooman Sam (2010) 3 copies
[0544336267] [978-0544336261] A book The Giver: A Newbery Award Winner Lowry Paperback 1993 2 copies
Us and Uncle Fraud 1 copy
The Giver Study Guide 1 copy
Nikczemny spisek 1 copy
A Fearful Symmetry 1 copy
Albero. Tavolo. Libro 1 copy
Spočítej hvězdy 1 copy
Children's Newbery Award Winners, set of 10: Caddie Woodlawn, Holes, Ginger Pye, Sarah Plain & Tall, Summer of Swans,… (1986) 1 copy
Anastasia Krupnik Book Set (4) : Anstasia Again - Zooman Sam - Anastasia At This Address (An Unofficial Box Set) (2000) 1 copy
Elliot's House 1 copy
Albero, tavolo libro 1 copy
Associated Works
Lord of the Flies (1954) — Afterword, some editions; Foreword, some editions — 51,562 copies, 754 reviews
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales (2011) — Contributor — 892 copies, 48 reviews
Shining On: 11 Star Authors' Illuminating Stories (2006) — Contributor, some editions; Foreword, some editions — 50 copies, 1 review
Open Your Eyes: Extraordinary Experiences in Faraway Places (2003) — Contributor — 42 copies, 2 reviews
Totally Middle School: Tales of Friends, Family, and Fitting In (2018) — Contributor — 17 copies, 1 review
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Hammersberg, Lois Ann
- Birthdate
- 1937-03-20
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- Places of residence
- Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA
Tokyo, Japan
Governor's Island, New York, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (show all 7)
Portland, Maine, USA - Education
- Brown University
University of Southern Maine (B.A., English Literature, 1972) - Occupations
- children's book author
- Awards and honors
- Margaret A. Edwards Award (2007)
Regina Medal (1994) - Agent
- Emily van Beek (Folio Jr./Folio Literary Management)
- Short biography
- Lois Lowry is known for her versatility and invention as a writer. She was born in Hawaii and grew up in New York, Pennsylvania, and Japan. After studying at Brown University, she married, started a family, and turned her attention to writing. She is the author of more than forty books for young adults, including the popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader's Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, NUMBER THE STARS and THE GIVER. Her first novel, A SUMMER TO DIE, was awarded the International Reading Association's Children's Book Award. Several books have been adapted to film and stage, and THE GIVER has become an opera. Her newest book, ON THE HORIZON, is a collection of memories and images from Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, and post-war Japan. A mother and grandmother, Ms. Lowry divides her time between Maine and Florida. To learn more about Lois Lowry, see her website at www.loislowry.com
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Discussions
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Reviews
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Quiet, economical and unassuming, you feel initially as if you're reading a child's book from an earlier era - Charlotte's Web perhaps - but as it builds you feel increasingly like you're in the casual social terrors of John Wyndham territory, only with more real characters.
What a beautiful intergenerational story. Ms. Lowry paints Sophie‘s stories of her childhood so vividly I was in tears.
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Statistics
- Works
- 97
- Also by
- 18
- Members
- 105,766
- Popularity
- #85
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 3,775
- ISBNs
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- 27
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