An Interview WIth Lois Lowry

Lois Lowry's first children's book, 'A Summer to Die', was published in 1977. In 1979 Lowry finished Anastasia Krupnik, the story of a quirky 10-year-old girl who wants to become a writer. During the 1980s, Anastasia reappeared in numerous books. In 1990 Lowry's novel, 'Number the Stars', received the prestigious Newbery Medal. Four years later, Lowry won a second Newbery Medal for her most well-known book, 'The Giver.' More recently, Lois Lowry has been writing a lighthearted series for younger readers about a spirited second-grade girl named Gooney Bird Greene.