
ABOUT
Children's author who won Newberry Awards for Number the Stars and The Giver. Known for tackling controversial subjects in her books for children, she also received the prestigious Hans Christian Anderson and Margaret Edwards awards.She is the author of a trilogy about a dystopian society where people are colorblind and feelings are taken away.She is a female American author like Emily Dickinson.
BEFORE FAMEShe began her college education at Brown University and later received a degree in English from the University of Southern Maine. She was passionate about photography and worked as a professional photographer as well as a writer.
PERSONAL LIFEShe was born in Hawaii to Katherine Gordon and Robert Hammersberg. Tragically, her older sister died of cancer at the age of only twenty-eight, an event that deeply influenced Lowry's first book, A Summer To Die. Lois and Donald Lowry married in 1956 and eventually became parents to two daughters and two sons.
The meaning of the name Lowry: Laurel FUN FACTSChildren's Author Lois Lowry were born on Saturday, birthstone is Aquamarine, the seaon was Winter in the Chinese year of Ox, it is 77 days until Lois Lowry next birthday.
- 56Jan. 02 1967