The award-winning author of “The Giver” and other children’s books will visit Bowling Green next week through an event organized by the Warren County Public Library.

Lois Lowry will speak and sign books during an event at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Knicely Conference Center.

Lisa Rice, the library’s executive director, said the event will be an opportunity for fans to engage with Lowry and learn what inspires her to write.

The event is free, but guests are asked to register through the library’s website at www.warrenpl.org. Barnes & Noble Booksellers will provide books for sale at the event.

Lowry has written more than 40 books, according to biographical information provided by the library. Her books vary widely in the topics and settings they explore.

In her Anastasia Krupnik series, Lowry tells the story of a 10-year-old girl dealing with school crushes and the arrival of a baby brother.

Her historical fiction novel “Number the Stars” chronicles a Jewish family’s escape from Denmark during World War II.

Perhaps her most well-known novel is “The Giver,” which tells the story of 12-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly idyllic society that has ended pain by eliminating emotions. Jonas is chosen to receive the society’s memories and emotions to help act as a guide.

“That’s such a special book and it touched so many people,” Rice said of the book, which earned Lowry the second Newbery Medal of her writing career.

Lowry has also received the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader’s Medal and the Mark Twain Award. She’s also won the Hans Christian Andersen Award, which is the highest recognition available for children’s book authors. In 2007, she received the Margaret A. Edwards Award for her contribution to young adult literature, according to the Warren County library.

Rob Hankins, the library’s communications coordinator, said the event is an opportunity for Lowry’s fans to make a connection.

“We’re excited to have her here,” he said.

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