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Helen Lowe

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Occupation
  
Author

Role
  
Novelist

Name
  
Helen Lowe


Notable works
  
The Wall of Night

Genre
  
Fantasy

Books
  
Thornspell

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Awards
  
Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Novel – Young Adult, Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best New Talent

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Helen Lowe is a New Zealander novelist. Her first novel, Thornspell, was published in 2008. She has since published the first two books in The Wall of Night quartet, The Heir of Night and The Gathering of the Lost. Lowe is a three-time winner of the Sir Julius Vogel Award, and won the David Gemmell Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy Newcomer in 2012.

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Biography

Helen Lowe was born in Wellington (New Zealand) in 1961. She attended schools in New Zealand and Singapore. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English and Geography from the University of Waikato. Helen Lowe continued her education at the University of Stockholm and in 1984 earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Social Science.

Awards

  • 2012 The David Gemmell Morningstar Award
  • 2011 The Heir of Night, Best Novel, Sir Julius Vogel Award
  • 2010 The Heir of Night, A Single Titles Reviewers' Choice Award
  • 2009 Thornspell, Best Novel: Young Adult, Sir Julius Vogel Award Best New Talent, Sir Julius Vogel Award Thornspell, Storylines NZ Children's Literature Trust "Notable Book"
  • 2007 Argos, Winner, A2O Poetry Competition (Australia)
  • 2005 New Zealand Society of Authors / Creative New Zealand Mentorship for Emerging Writers
  • 2003 Rain Wild Magic, Winner, Robbie Burns National Poetry Competition
  • Current nominations

  • 2013 The Gathering of the Lost, shortlisted for The David Gemmell Legend Award
  • References

    Helen Lowe Wikipedia