Lois Lowry

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Lois Lowry
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Biographical Information

• born March 20, 1937 in Hawaii to Robert and
  Katharine Hammersberg.
• Her father was an Army dentist
• and the family lived all over the world
• attended Brown University
• left after her sophomore year to get married and
  raise a family of four children.
• settled in Maine
• where she returned to college
• received her degree from the University of
  Southern Maine.
• began writing in the mid-1970's
• 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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About Her Writing

• author of over 20 novels
• winner of the Newbery Medal twice
• favorite of both children and young adults
• has tackled a number of topics in her literature
  including adoption, mental illness, cancer, the
  Holocaust, and futuristic societies.
• compelled to confront society with all of its
  imperfections.
• Lois Lowry told Contemporary Authors that she
  measures her success as an author by her ability
  to "help adolescents answer their own questions
  about life, identity and human relationships."

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Awards

• A Summer to Die.
• Children's Literature Award, International
  Reading Association, 1978.
• Autumn Street.
• American Library Association Notable Book Award
  citation, 1980.
• Anastasia Again!
• American Book Award Nomination (juvenile
  paperback category), 1983.
• Rabble Starkey.
• Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
• Golden Kite Award
• Society of Children's Book Writers
• Child Study Award
• Children's Book Committee of Bank Street College,
  1987.
• Number the Stars
• Newbery Medal, National Jewish Book Award
• Sidney Taylor Award, National Jewish Libraries,
  1990.
• The Giver
• Newbery Medal, 1994.

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