Who Did It?

The author of our novel is Lois Lowry. She is 77 years old, born on March 20, 1937 in Honolulu, Hawii. She currently lives in both Maine and Massachusetts. She has been writing young adult literature since 1993. She graduated from Brown University, studying literature and art. Soon after she graduated, she married a male officer in 1956; together they had four children. Lois has taken her love for young adult literature and used it to win 2 Newberry medals for the books: Number The Stars (1989) and The Giver (1993). She also recieved the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest award that can be given to children book novelists.