Two time winner of the Newbery Award for children's literature, Lowry has written books in a wide range of styles. From books that tackle complex issues - saving the Jews of Denmark from the Nazis in Number the Stars or the fracturing of a Utopian society in The Giver - to the light-hearted but surprisingly sophisticated books of childhood and adolescence in the Anastasia Krupnik series, Lowry's books appeal to a broad cross-section of readers.

Drawing heavily from her memories of what it was like to be a child, and occasionally writing semi-autobiographical novels such as Autumn Street, Lowry has an exceptional talent for accurately portraying the complex emotional makeup of the many stages of childhood.