Helen Lowe

Helen Lowe is a New Zealand 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.
Biography.
Lowe was born in Wellington 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.
Lowe continued her education at the Stockholm University and in 1984 earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Social Science.