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Jen
Jen asked Lois Lowry:

How the heck do you write with such different voices? The Giver seems written by a different person than The Willoughbys or Number the Stars or Anastasia At Your Service ... it's a rare feat. Do you have a secret to getting into a novel's voice? I love everything of yours that I've read, and am amazed by how versatile you are!

Lois Lowry I seem to slip naturally into the appropriate voice for the project. Don't know how it happens!
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Tatyana
Tatyana asked Lois Lowry:

What do you feel happens to the giver emotionally while teaching Jonas? What stops him from changing everything, or at least trying?

Julie Brown
Julie Brown asked Lois Lowry:

Lois, I love using The Giver, Number the Stars, and more of your books in the classroom with my students. I am curious, though, why you let them change The Giver for the film? Not that it's a bad thing, I'm just wondering what led to that decision. Thanks, and I hope that you keep writing forever!

Kyle
Kyle asked Lois Lowry:

How was the page to film process for you? Did you simply allow them take any liberties they wanted or were you more hands on in the screenwriting process?

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