Kids always ask what inspired me to write a particular book or how did I get an idea for a particular book, and often it’s very easy to answer that because books like the Anastasia books come from a specific thing some little event triggers an idea.

I cannot remember ever not wanting to be a writer.Ī. When did you know you wanted to become a writer?Ī. To learn more about Lois Lowry, see her website at author interviewĪ CONVERSATION WITH LOIS LOWRY ABOUT THE GIVER Lowry divides her time between Maine and Florida. Her newest book, ON THE HORIZON, is a collection of memories and images from Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, and post-war Japan. Several books have been adapted to film and stage, and THE GIVER has become an opera. Her first novel, A SUMMER TO DIE, was awarded the International Reading Association's Children's Book Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, NUMBER THE STARS and THE GIVER. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader's Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. She is the author of more than forty books for young adults, including the popular Anastasia Krupnik series. After studying at Brown University, she married, started a family, and turned her attention to writing. She was born in Hawaii and grew up in New York, Pennsylvania, and Japan. Lois Lowry is known for her versatility and invention as a writer.

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