Picture of author.

Lois Lowry

Autor(a) de The Giver

106+ Works 99,616 Membros 3,666 Críticas 149 Favorited
There is 1 open discussion about this author. See now.

About the Author

Lois Lowry (nee Lois Ann Hammersberg) was born on March 20, 1937, in Honolulu, Hawaii. She was educated at both Brown University and the University of Southern Maine. Before becoming an author, she worked as a photographer and a freelance journalist. Her first book, A Summer to Die, was published mostrar mais in 1977. Since then she has written over 30 books for young adults including Gathering Blue, Messenger, the Anastasia Krupnik series, and Son. She has received numerous awards including: The New York Times Best Seller,the International Reading Association's Children's Literature Award, the American Library Association Notable Book Award Citation and two Newberry Medals for Number the Stars in 1990, and The Giver in 1993. She was also awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters by Brown University in 2014. The Giver is part of a Quartet of books; it is the first book, followed by Gathering Blue, messenger and Son. The Giver has been met with a diversity of reactions from schools in America, some of which have adopted it as a part of the mandatory curriculum, while others have prohibited the book's inclusion in classroom studies. It was also made into a feature film of the same name released in 2014. Lois Lowry also made the Hans Christian Andersen Awards 2016 finalists in the author category. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Author Lois Lowry at the 2016 Texas Book Festival. By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53502477

Séries

Obras por Lois Lowry

The Giver (1993) 39,720 exemplares
Number the Stars (1989) 18,621 exemplares
Gathering Blue (2000) 9,546 exemplares
Messenger (2004) 6,240 exemplares
Son (2012) 3,346 exemplares
Gossamer (2006) 2,151 exemplares
The Willoughbys (2008) 1,739 exemplares
Gooney Bird Greene (2002) 1,706 exemplares
Anastasia Krupnik (1979) 1,459 exemplares
The Giver Quartet (2014) 1,071 exemplares
The Silent Boy (2003) 1,010 exemplares
A Summer to Die (1977) 912 exemplares
Anastasia Again! (1981) 695 exemplares
Crow Call (2009) 666 exemplares
Anastasia at your Service (1982) 646 exemplares
Anastasia, Ask your Analyst (1984) — Autor — 541 exemplares
Anastasia on Her Own (1985) 539 exemplares
All About Sam (1988) 529 exemplares
Anastasia has the Answers (1986) 498 exemplares
Attaboy, Sam! (1992) 473 exemplares
Anastasia's Chosen Career (1987) 467 exemplares
Autumn Street (1980) 409 exemplares
Looking Back: A Book of Memories (1998) 400 exemplares
Anastasia at this Address (1991) 363 exemplares
Gooney Bird and the Room Mother (2016) 361 exemplares
Stay!: Keeper's Story (1721) 331 exemplares
Bless This Mouse (2011) 314 exemplares
Gooney the Fabulous (Gooney Bird) (2007) 314 exemplares
Anastasia Absolutely (1995) 306 exemplares
Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye (1978) 303 exemplares
See You Around, Sam! (1996) 281 exemplares
Rhinos & Raspberries: Tolerance Tales For The Early Grades (2006) — Prefácio — 270 exemplares
The Birthday Ball (2010) 253 exemplares
Taking Care of Terrific (1983) 251 exemplares
Rabble Starkey (1600) 242 exemplares
Gooney Bird Is So Absurd (2009) 214 exemplares
Switcharound (1600) 186 exemplares
Zooman Sam (Sam Krupnik) (1999) 183 exemplares
On the Horizon (2020) 165 exemplares
Gooney Bird on the Map (2011) 147 exemplares
Your Move, J.P.! (1990) 115 exemplares
US and Uncle Fraud (1984) 105 exemplares
The Windeby Puzzle (2023) 105 exemplares
The Willoughbys Return (2020) 71 exemplares
Anastasia: Three of the Best (1996) 10 exemplares
Tree. Table. Book. (2024) 5 exemplares
Here in Kennebunkport (1978) 4 exemplares
A Newbery Collection boxed set (2011) 2 exemplares
Anastasia - Intégrale (2014) 2 exemplares
The giver. Il figlio (2022) 2 exemplares
The Giver - Lois Lowry (SparkNotes) (2003) — Autor — 2 exemplares
Valahol messze 1 exemplar
Le retour des Willoughby (2023) 1 exemplar
Giver Quartet, The 1 exemplar
Us and Uncle Fraud 1 exemplar
Nikczemny spisek 1 exemplar
Il mistero di Windeby (2023) 1 exemplar
Pots comprar els estels? (1993) 1 exemplar
Anastasia, di nuovo! (2021) 1 exemplar
Livret lois lowry (2011) 1 exemplar
Ich weiß nicht, wer ich bin (1983) 1 exemplar
All'orizzonte (2021) 1 exemplar
Spočítej hvězdy 1 exemplar
Elliot's House 1 exemplar
Darul lui Jonas (2013) 1 exemplar
O Número das Estrelas (2016) 1 exemplar
The Giver - Activity Pack (2004) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Lord of the Flies (1954) — Posfácio, algumas edições; Prefácio, algumas edições49,397 exemplares
Island of the Blue Dolphins (1960) — Introdução, algumas edições17,933 exemplares
Enchantress from the Stars (1970) — Prefácio, algumas edições1,312 exemplares
Carrie's War (1973) — Posfácio, algumas edições939 exemplares
The Big Book for Peace (1990) — Contribuidor — 815 exemplares
Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence (1994) — Contribuidor — 803 exemplares
The Big Book For Our Planet (1993) — Contribuidor — 134 exemplares
Tomorrowland: 10 Stories About the Future (1999) — Contribuidor — 123 exemplares
Necessary Noise: Stories About Our Families as They Really Are (2003) — Contribuidor — 81 exemplares
Shining On: 11 Star Authors' Illuminating Stories (2006) — Contribuidor, algumas edições; Prefácio, algumas edições50 exemplares
It's Terrific to Be Ten (2000) — Contribuidor — 48 exemplares
Trapped!: Cages of Mind and Body (1938) — Contribuidor — 43 exemplares
Open Your Eyes: Extraordinary Experiences in Faraway Places (2003) — Contribuidor — 41 exemplares
Totally Middle School: Tales of Friends, Family, and Fitting In (2018) — Contribuidor — 17 exemplares
Gooney Bird Greene and Her True Life Adventures (2005) — Series Creator — 2 exemplares
Gooney Bird Greene and her fabulous animal parade (2010) — Series Creator — 1 exemplar
The Willoughbys [2020 film] — Original book — 1 exemplar

Etiquetado

a ler (3,971) Amizade (530) Arte e cultura clássicas (1,655) aventura (880) chapter book (904) clássico (1,708) coming of age (587) crianças (874) Dinamarca (462) Distopia (2,736) dystopian (1,287) Escola (360) Família (770) Fantasia (2,105) Ficção (10,496) Ficção científica (3,043) Ficção histórica (2,332) ficção para crianças (429) goodreads (386) história (366) Holocausto (1,168) Juvenile (507) juvenile fiction (499) lido (1,781) Literatura (955) Literatura infantojuvenil (918) Medalha Newbery (1,262) Newbery (839) own (546) para crianças (1,699) realistic fiction (538) Romance (1,346) Segunda Guerra Mundial (1,380) survival (1,159) Século XX (473) Série (599) Utopia (435) Ya (3,494) Ya (1,874) young adult fiction (474)

Conhecimento Comum

Nome legal
Hammersberg, Lois Ann
Data de nascimento
1937-03-20
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Locais de residência
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA
Tokyo, Japan
Governor's Island, New York, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (mostrar todos 7)
Portland, Maine, USA
Educação
Brown University
University of Southern Maine (B.A., English Literature, 1972)
Ocupações
children's book author
Prémios e menções honrosas
Margaret A. Edwards Award (2007)
Regina Medal (1994)
Agente
Emily van Beek (Folio Jr./Folio Literary Management)

Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425
Lois Lowry is known for her versatility and invention as a writer. She was born in Hawaii and grew up in New York, Pennsylvania, and Japan. After studying at Brown University, she married, started a family, and turned her attention to writing. She is the author of more than forty books for young adults, including the popular Anastasia Krupnik series. 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 received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, NUMBER THE STARS and THE GIVER. Her first novel, A SUMMER TO DIE, was awarded the International Reading Association's Children's Book Award. Several books have been adapted to film and stage, and THE GIVER has become an opera. Her newest book, ON THE HORIZON, is a collection of memories and images from Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, and post-war Japan. A mother and grandmother, Ms. Lowry divides her time between Maine and Florida. To learn more about Lois Lowry, see her website at www.loislowry.com

Membros

Discussions

Found: Middle-grade book where MC dies at end em Name that Book (Abril 2023)
What Are You Reading the Week of 14 March 2015? em What Are You Reading Now? (Março 2015)
YA/Children's Book - Sister with Leukemia em Name that Book (Maio 2011)

Críticas

 
Assinalado
ASSG.Library | 104 outras críticas | Mar 15, 2024 |
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
 
Assinalado
PlumfieldCH | 1,581 outras críticas | Mar 13, 2024 |

Listas

foods (1)
1990s (1)
1980s (1)

Prémios

You May Also Like

Associated Authors

Estatísticas

Obras
106
Also by
18
Membros
99,616
Popularidade
#91
Avaliação
3.9
Críticas
3,666
ISBN
1,140
Línguas
25
Marcado como favorito
149

Tabelas & Gráficos