# Lois Lowry on Reddit (u/Lois-Lowry)

Part of Creators on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/lois-lowry

Lois Lowry: Author, The Giver and Number the Stars.

- Reddit account: [u/Lois-Lowry](https://www.reddit.com/user/Lois-Lowry/) (AMA only)
- How we know it's theirs: [Their 2015 r/books AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/3ab3fz/hi_reddit_i_am_lois_lowry_author_of_the_giver_ama/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/books (64)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2015 to 2015
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_Lowry

## Moments

### u/Lois-Lowry in r/books, Jun 18, 2015 · Lore answer

Replying to a redditor:

> Hello! First off, the Giver is probably one of my favorite dystopian books and I absolutely loved the concepts. I read this in school and the teacher made us ask questions about it, so here are the two I remember: Do they have money in the Giver society? How did the loose…

> Nope, no money in the world of THE GIVER.  I tried to et rid of everything that causes problems in our world. Money was top of the list!

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/3ab3fz/comment/csb3u8q/ · 115 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/Lois-Lowry in r/books, Jun 18, 2015 · Lore answer

Replying to a redditor:

> I'm 35 and I still regard Number the Stars as one of my favorite books. It's stuck with me for that long. It also was one of the first things that really made me understand how different lives can be and opened my eyes to the outside world. My question: how much of that book is…

> That book is entirely based on facts.  Yes, even the dogs and the handkerchief.  The characters are fictional...but they follow very closely the lives of actually Danes at the time.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/3ab3fz/comment/csb405e/ · 218 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/Lois-Lowry in r/books, Jun 18, 2015 · Advice

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi Lois! Big fan here. I ghostwrite children's fiction and YA books for a living, and can't help but be dismayed at some of the low literary standards in the field. It seems like every other sentence involves a character nodding, or shooting someone a glance, or some boilerplate…

> Interesting, and funny, question.  I cringe when someone writes in the first person, therefore can't figure out how to describe the narrator, and so has them look into a mirror. "She gazed at her deep blue eyes and her dark red slightly curling hair..."
> But I know I have made many such bumbling mistakes myself.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/3ab3fz/comment/csb5q7t/ · 114 points as of Nov 7, 2026