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Lois Lowry at an event for The Giver (2014)

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Lois Lowry

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  • Born
    March 20, 1937 · Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
  • Birth name
    Lois Ann Hammersberg

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  • Lois Lowry was born on March 20, 1937 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. She is a writer, known for The Giver (2014), The Willoughbys (2020) and Gossamer. She was previously married to Donald Lowry.

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  • Spouse
      Donald Lowry(1956 - 1977) (divorced, 4 children)

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  • Popular novelist who has won the Newbery Award twice, for 'Number the Stars' (1989) and 'The Giver' (1993).
  • She was born in Honolulu, Hawaii but she was raised in New York City, New York; Carlisle, Pennsylvania; Tokyo, Japan; and Washington D.C.
  • She was the middle child of an United States Army Dentist with an older sister, Helen, and younger brother, Jon.
  • She has three grandsons including one named,Rhys, and a granddaughter.
  • During her marriage, she lived in California, Connecticut (her daughter was born there), Florida (a son was born there), South Carolina; Cambridge, Massachuetts; and Maine.

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