“I tend not to think about audience when I'm writing. Many people who read 'The Giver' now have their own kids who are reading it. Even from the beginning, the book attracted an audience beyond a child audience.”

American writer

Lois Ann Lowry is an American writer best known for her books for children and young adults. Her work includes The Giver Quartet, Number the Stars, the Anastasia series, and Rabble Starkey. She is noted for taking on difficult subject matter in writing for younger readers, often through dystopian settings and other complex themes. Her books have reached a wide audience across children’s and young adult literature.