Lesley J. Smith Forced Exit: The Slippery Slope from Assisted Suicide to Legalized Murder, Times Books, 1997. Openly opposed to euthanasia on principle, Smith has a response to every conceivable argument in defense. Laura M. Zaidman, "Lois Lowry," in American Writers for Children Since 1960. Fiction (Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 52), edited by Glenn Estes, Gale Research, 1986, pp. 249-261. This essay summarizes Lowry's personal and professional life, summarizes criticism of Lowry's pre-1986 work, and includes an excerpt from one of her manuscripts that shows her revisions.
Lesley J. Smith Forced Exit: The Slippery Slope from Assisted Suicide to Legalized Murder, Times Books, 1997. Openly opposed to euthanasia on principle, Smith has a response to every conceivable argument in defense. Laura M. Zaidman, "Lois Lowry," in American Writers for Children Since 1960. Fiction (Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 52), edited by Glenn Estes, Gale Research, 1986, pp. 249-261. This essay summarizes Lowry's personal and professional life, summarizes criticism of Lowry's pre-1986 work, and includes an excerpt from one of her manuscripts that shows her revisions.
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