| Author Study: Lois Lowry This feature on author, Lois Lowry, was done by Hilary Haygood, MLS candidate, for Library Science 5603, Juvenile Literature, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas, taught by Dr. Sylvia Vardell. |
| Lois Lowry, the author of more than twenty books written for children, including two books for which she received the Newbery Medal, Number the Stars and The Giver, sits in front of her house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her talent and ability for captivating her readers is displayed in the diversity of her various novels. She is a master of fantasy, historical fiction, and realistic humorous fiction. She states that although her books seem diverse at first glance, that upon closer inspection, readers will find "the same general theme: the importance of human connections" in all of them. Lowry, Lois. 2002. Biography. Available from http://www.loislowry.com/bio.html. Accessed 25 June 2003. |
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| A Quote from Lois Lowry: |
| "Five years ago, one of my own children was killed in a hideous accident. Among the many, many letters I received in the aftermath of that tragedy was one from the writer, Lois Duncan, whose own daughter had been murdered not long before. She said: 'From the moment a woman decides to bear a child, her heart goes walking around outside her body.' How does one deal with that awareness? One thing I think The Giver tried to say is that pain, too, is a gift of great value. It is what makes us human." Lowry, Lois. 2001. "The Beginning of Sadness," speech given at the Ohio Library Educational Media Association Annual Convention, Columbus, Ohio, November 2001. |
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