Lois Lowry

Table of Contents

References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics

Images

Read Next

Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Ancient book lit by candle

9 Obscure Literary Terms

Britannica's Book Bingo. Take our reading challenge! Books range form greatest, banned, and counterculture.

Britannica’s Book Bingo

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.

10 Captivating Contemporary Novels Set in the British Isles

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

Discover

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Ice Sledge Hockey, Hockey Canada Cup, USA (left) vs Canada, 2009. UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver, BC, competition site for Olympic ice hockey and Paralympic ice sledge hockey. Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Vancouver Olympics

10 Best Hockey Players of All Time

Orange basketball on black background and with low key lighting. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time

earthquake. Heavily damaged school in the town of Yingxiu after a major earthquake struck China's Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008.

The 6 Deadliest Earthquakes Since 1950

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Shah Jahan. Taj Mahal. Mughal architecture. Emperor Shah Jahan fifth Mughal Emperor (reigned 1628-1658) India, Himachal Pradesh, Basohli or Jammu and Kashmir, Mankot, circa 1690 Drawings; Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper (see notes)

6 Important Mughal Emperors

The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590

The Lost Colony of Roanoke

Lois Lowry: Facts & Related Content

Written and fact-checked by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As	Lois Hammersberg
Born	March 20, 1937 (age 87) • Honolulu • Hawaii
Awards And Honors	Newbery Medal (1994) • Newbery Medal (1990)
Notable Works	“A Summer to Die” • “Anastasia Krupnik” • “Autumn Street” • “Number the Stars” • “The Giver”

Photos

See All Images →

Carol Ryrie Brink

American author

Harold Keith

American author

Esther Forbes

American author

Elizabeth Coatsworth

American author

Joseph Krumgold

American author

Paula Fox

Paula Fox

American author

Hugh Lofting

British-American author

L'Engle, Madeleine

Madeleine L’Engle

American author

Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman

British writer

Frances Lockridge

American mystery writer

Susan Bogert Warner

American writer

Will James

American author

Lynd Ward

American artist

Mark Twain

Mark Twain

American writer

A son of Salem

Nathaniel Hawthorne

American writer

Alice Walker

Alice Walker

American writer

Louise Erdrich

Louise Erdrich

American author

Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison

American author

Carl Hiaasen

Carl Hiaasen

American journalist and novelist

Gwendolyn Brooks

Gwendolyn Brooks

American poet and educator

Quiz

Book Jacket of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by American children's author illustrator Eric Carle (born 1929)

Classic Children’s Books Quiz