Author & Poet

Helen Lowe

Helen Lowe

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Welcome to the official website of Helen Lowe.

I live in Christchurch, New Zealand and am a novelist, poet, interviewer and lover of story.

I am represented by Robin Rue of Writers House Literary Agency in New York

Daughter of Blood, The Wall of Night Book Three, was released in 2016. Check here for reviews & more... Meanwhile, I'm writing The Chaos Gate, the fourth & final novel in The Wall Of Night quartet!

For updates on writing progress for The Chaos Gate, you can check on my blog: go to Categories in the far-right-hand side and look under About My Books or About What I'm Doing.

If you're a UK reader and wanting information about the availability of The Wall Of Night Book #4, The Chaos Gate, click here.

 

My first novel Thornspell, (Knopf) was published to critical praise in 2008, and in 2012 The Heir Of Night, The Wall Of Night Book One, won the David Gemmell Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy Newcomer. The Gathering of The Lost, (The Wall Of Night Book Two), was shortlisted for the David Gemmell Legend Award in 2013.

I post regularly on my Helen Lowe on Anything, Really blog, on the first of every month on the Supernatural Underground, and occasionally in other places.

I am also on Twitter: @helenl0we.

Thornspell Heir of Night The Gathering of the Lost
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Thornspell
The Wall of Night Series

Thornspell is my first novel, published by Knopf (Random House Children's Books, USA). It won the Sir Julius Vogel Award 2009 for Best Novel: Young Adult and was a Storylines Childrens' Literature Trust Notable Book 2009.

The Heir of Night (2010 USA & UK/AU/NZ) is the first in the 4-book, The Wall of Night epic fantasy series. It won the 2012 Gemmell Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy Newcomer:

"A richly told tale of strange magic, ark treachery, and conflicting loyalties, set in  well-realized world" ~ Robin Hobb

The Gathering of the Lost, The Wall of Night Book Two (2012 USA, UK/AU/NZ) was shortlisted for the Gemmell Legend Award in 2013:

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"Helen Lowe's Wall Of Night series has the potential to become a classic, right up there with the likes of George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire." ~ SF Site