Lois Lowry
Lois Lowry
Lois Lowryis an American writer credited with more than thirty children's books. She has won two Newbery Medals, for Number the Stars in 1990 and The Giver in 1994. For her contribution as a children's writer, she was a finalist in 2000for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest recognition available to creators of children's books. Her book Gooney Bird Greene won the 2002 Rhode Island Children's Book Award. In 2007 she received the Margaret Edwards Award from...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth20 March 1937
CityHonolulu, HI
CountryUnited States of America
You rehear your life by reading about what happens to other people.
She fell asleep, and it was a sleep as thin as the night clouds, dotted with dreams that came and went like the stars.
And here in this room, I re-experience the memories again and again it is how wisdom comes and how we shape our future.
The writer after all is only half the book, the other half is the reader.
There is something about that moment, when literature becomes accessible, and a door of the world opens.
Take pride in your pain; you are stronger than those who have none
Writing is self employment, so you can make your own schedule.
It is much easier to be brave if you do not know everything.
Early on I came to realize something, and it came from the mail I received from kids. That is, kids at that pivotal age, 12, 13 or 14, they're still deeply affected by what they read, some are changed by what they read, books can change the way they feel about the world in general. I don't think that's true of adults as much.
Even trained for years as they all had been in precision of language, what words could you use which would give another the experience of sunshine?
Making lists of reasons was sometimes a good way to figure things out.
He wept, and it felt as if the tears were cleansing him, as if his body needed to empty itself.
Memory is the happiness of being alone.
If you were to be lost in the river, Jonas, your memories would not be lost with you. Memories are forever.