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Lois Lowry

1937 - Today

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Lois Ann Lowry (; née Hammersberg; born March 20, 1937) is an American writer. She is the author of many books for children and young adults, including The Giver Quartet, Number the Stars, the Anastasia series, and Rabble Starkey. She is known for writing about difficult subject matters, dystopias, and complex themes in works for young audiences. Lowry has won two Newbery Medals: for Number the Stars in 1990 and The Giver in 1994. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lois Lowry is the 3,547th most popular writer (down from 3,070th in 2019), the 5,114th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,880th in 2019) and the 396th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Lois Lowry ranks 3,547 out of 7,302. Before her are Pietro Carrera, Oskar Maria Graf, Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh, Herman Grimm, Charles Simon Favart, and Boris Polevoy. After her are Ćamil Sijarić, Grigor Parlichev, Veijo Meri, Ennio Flaiano, Johann Christian Günther, and George the Hagiorite.

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Among people born in 1937, Lois Lowry ranks 261. Before her are José Augusto, Giacomo Rizzolatti, Givi Chokheli, Andrija Anković, Robert Paul, and Dan Shomron. After her are Grace Bumbry, Allen Jones, Tung Chee-hwa, Antonio Valentín Angelillo, Todd Armstrong, and Ludvík Daněk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lois Lowry ranks 5,114 out of 20,380. Before her are Ona Zee (1951), Ron McGovney (1962), Philip Bailey (1951), Allen Klein (1931), Jennifer Capriati (1976), and Patsy Cline (1932). After her are Fats Waller (1904), Tommy Godwin (1920), Edward Lindberg (1886), Gabriel Mann (1972), Gary Kildall (1942), and Quanah Parker (1845).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Lois Lowry ranks 396. Before her are Lawrence Block (1938), H.D. (1886), Susan Brownmiller (1935), Fanny Crosby (1820), Richard Yates (1926), and Glen Cook (1944). After her are Jonathan Littell (1967), Robert McKee (1941), Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892), Russell Banks (1940), Marilyn French (1929), and Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882).

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