AdvertisementLois Lowry Says 'The Giver' Was Inspired By Her Father's Memory Loss04:33Download AudioResumeAugust 16, 2014Neda UlabyfacebookEmailLois Lowry says she didn't think of The Giver as "futuristic or dystopian or science fiction or fantasy" — it was just a story about a kid making sense of a complicated world. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)