Helen Lowe

Welcome to the official website of Helen Lowe.

I live in Christchurch, New Zealand, and write Fantasy-SciFi novels, poetry, and short fiction, and do books and writer interviews for Women on Air, Plains 96.9 FM.

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

The Heir of Night is now published in the USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand and The Netherlands. 

The Gathering of the Lost (The Wall of Series Book Two) will be published in March/April 2012 

What They're Saying About The Heir of Night:

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

"Lowe's first novel, a series opener ... reinvigorates the epic fantasy with appealing characters and a richly detailed world." — Library Journal

"Refreshing ... a well-told tale" — SFX

Jacket art by Antonio Javier Caparo	Jacket art by Greg Bridges
Available in Paperback	USA Cover Read More Here	UK/AU/NZ Cover Read More Here
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.