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

The Heir of Night has been SHORTLISTED for the Gemmell  "Morningstar" Award:

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Thornspell Heir of Night Heir of Night
Jacket art by Antonio Javier Caparo
Jacket art by Greg Bridges
Available in Paperback
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Thornspell is my first novel and is 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 is the first in the 4-book, The Wall of Night epic fantasy series and is published by Eos (HarperCollins USA), Orbit (Little, Brown) in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, and Luitingh in The Netherlands. Forthcoming in France & Germany 2012.