Lowry, Lois

Lois Lowry,
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Name	Lowry, Lois Gender: F
Birthname	Lois Ann Hammersberg
born on	20 March 1937 at 02:28 (= 02:28 AM )
Place	Honolulu, Hawaii, 21n18, 157w52
Timezone	HST h10w30 (is standard time)
Data source	BC/BR in hand Rodden Rating AA Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data	29°31' 12°52 Asc. 23°38'

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Lois Lowry (in 2014)
photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel, license cc-by-sa-3.0

Biography

American writer credited with more than thirty children's books and an autobiography. She has won two Newbery Medals, for "Number the Stars" in 1990 and "The Giver" in 1994. For her contribution as a children's writer, she was a finalist in 2000 (and U.S. nominee again in 2004) for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest recognition available to creators of children's books.

Lowry is known for writing about difficult subject matters within her works for children. She has explored such complex issues as racism, terminal illness, murder, and the Holocaust.

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Source Notes

Sy Scholfield quotes from her birth certificate published on her blog: http://www.jacketflap.com/megablog/?blogid=248

Categories

• Vocation : Writers : Children's literature

• Vocation : Writers : Fiction

• Vocation : Writers : Sci-Fi/ Fantasy/ Horror (Fantasy)

• Notable : Awards : Vocational award (Literary awards)