![]() ![]() ![]() Along the way, they had four children: daughters Alix and Kristin and sons Grey and Ben. The couple moved around a lot because of Donald's military career. Career BeginningsĪt the age of 19, she married naval officer Donald Lowry. She then spent two years at Brown University before dropping out to get married. Lowry spent some of her school years in Japan, but she ended up graduating from a New York City high school. Her father was a dentist and Army officer, which led to her to live in several different places growing up. She was around 8 or 9 years old when she decided she wanted to be a writer. She has written in a variety of fictional forms, from the WWII tale Number the Stars to the lighthearted adventures of Anastasia Krupnik to the fantastical The Giver.Ī shy and introverted child, Lowry loved to read. Early Lifeīorn Lois Ann Hammersberg on March 20, 1937, in Honolulu, Hawaii, Lowry is one of America's most popular and versatile children's book authors. More recent works include Son (2012) and Gooney Bird and All Her Charms (2013). In 1993, Lowry received the honor a second time for The Giver, which would eventually become a 2014 film. She won her first Newbery Award for the 1989 novel Number the Stars. After this serious drama, Lowry showed her lighter side with 1979's Anastasia Krupnik, which became the first in a series of humorous books. ![]() Author Lois Lowry published her first novel, A Summer to Die, in 1977. ![]()
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