Lois Lowry, author of over thirty novels and twice winner of the Newbery Medal (for The Giver and Number the Stars), was born in 1937 in Hawaii. Her father was an Army dentist and the family lived all over the world. She went to Brown University, but left to get married and raise a family. She settled in Maine, where she returned to college and received her degree from the University of Southern Maine.
She fulfilled a childhood dream when she started writing in the 1970s. In her books, Lois throws her characters and readers into many thought-provoking situations. She explains that she measures her success as an author by her ability to "help adolescents answer their own questions about life, identity and human relationships." She now divides her time between Cambridge, Massachusetts and Maine.
She fulfilled a childhood dream when she started writing in the 1970s. In her books, Lois throws her characters and readers into many thought-provoking situations. She explains that she measures her success as an author by her ability to "help adolescents answer their own questions about life, identity and human relationships." She now divides her time between Cambridge, Massachusetts and Maine.
