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Lois Ann Lowry (/ ˈ l aʊər i /; [2] née Hammersberg; born March 20, 1937) is an American writer. She is the author of several books for children and young adults, including The Giver Quartet , Number the Stars , and Rabble Starkey .
Lourey was born in 1970, in Tacoma, Washington and presently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [1] She has two children. [1] Her husband, Jay, died of suicide shortly after their wedding, which prompted her creative writing career.
Sharon Smith Kane, 89, American cartoonist, illustrator and children's author. [92] Stanisław Szostecki, 53, Polish Olympic wrestler. [93] Tang Yao-ming, 80, Taiwanese military officer, minister of national defense (2002–2004) and chief of the general staff (1999–2002). [94] Kurt Thyboe, 81, Danish journalist and sports commentator ...
Adamson‘s Topsy and Tim series has spawned more than 150 books since 1960
Lowry Mays, the founder of Clear Channel Communications, which is now known as iHeartMedia, has died. He was 87. It was Mays’ alma mater, Texas A&M University, that announced the businessman had ...
Lowry Mays, the San Antonio entrepreneur who turned Clear Channel Communications, the predecessor to iHeartMedia, into the largest broadcasting conglomerate of the post-consolidation era, died on ...
Dave Jenks, 79, American author and real estate mogul. [367] Viktor Kazantsev, 75, Russian military officer, envoy to the Southern Federal District (2000–2004). [368] Reuben Klamer, 99, American board game inventor (The Game of Life). [369] Cees Koch, 85, Dutch Olympic shot putter and discus thrower (1960, 1964). [370]
In 2004 she was the University of Otago College of Education Creative New Zealand Children's Writer in Residence. [14] In February 2017, Lowry was the visiting writer at the Michael King Writers Centre .