Dorothy Mackie Low (1916–2002)
Author of The Silver Leopard
About the Author
Disambiguation Notice:
Lois Dorothea Pilkington Low wrote under the pseudonyms Dorothy Mackie Low, Lois Paxton, and Zoë Cass.
Works by Dorothy Mackie Low
The Glen is Ours 1 copy
Hopeapantteri 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Pilkington Low, Lois Dorothea
- Other names
- Low, Dorothy Mackie
Paxton, Lois
Cass, Zoë - Birthdate
- 1916-07-15
- Date of death
- 2002-11-08
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK (birth)
- Birthplace
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Place of death
- Hampshire, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (birth)
Hampshire, England, UK - Education
- Edinburgh Ladies' College (now Mary Erskine School)
- Occupations
- Literary agent
Novelist - Relationships
- Low, Roderick Craig (son)
- Organizations
- Romantic Novelists' Association
- Short biography
- Lois Dorothea Pilkington was born on 15 July 1916 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. She studied in the Edinburgh Ladies' College (now Mary Erskine School). In 1938, she married William Mackie Low, who died in 1981. They had two sons: Roderick Craig Low (b. 1945) and Murray Alexander Robert Low (b. 1949). She worked in insurance and as literary agent.
Lois Dorothea published romance novels from 1962 to 1983, under the pseudonyms of Dorothy Mackie Low, Lois Paxton, and Zoë Cass. She was elected the fifth Chairman (1969-1971) of the Romantic Novelists' Association and also was a former Vice-President.
Lois Dorothea Pilkington Lowpassed away at 86, on 8th November 2002 in Hampshire, England, UK. - Disambiguation notice
- Lois Dorothea Pilkington Low wrote under the pseudonyms Dorothy Mackie Low, Lois Paxton, and Zoë Cass.
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While neither man trusted the other, Charlotte trusted both of them - until something happened that led her to suspect that one of them might be a cold-blooded killer. The question was, which one? And why?
Lois Paxton is actually one of three pseudonyms that Lois Dorothea Low (née Pilkington), wrote under. She was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1916. She worked briefly in insurance and then became a literary agent. She was also a fairly prolific novelist who wrote for a period of 21 years, from 1962 to 1983. Ms. Paxton is technically classified as a romance novelist; although I prefer to call her a Gothic romance novelist.
According to her bibliography, Lois Dorothea Low began her writing career in 1962 with Isle For a Stranger, written under the pseudonym Dorothy Mackie Low - she wrote a total of seven novels under that particular name; under the pseudonym Lois Paxton, she wrote four books starting in 1968 with The Man Who Died Twice. As Zoë Cass, she wrote three books starting with Island of the Seven Hills in 1974. In 1983, she contributed to the Woman's Weekly Fiction Series Omnibus Vol. 6 No 3, along with fellow authors Juliet Armstrong, Margaret Redfern and Briony Tedgle.
She actually was elected the fifth Chairman of the Romance Novelists' Association from 1969 to 1971; as well as a former Vice President of the organization. She died on 8 November 2002. She was 86 years old.
I must say that I enjoyed reading The Man Who Died Twice by Lois Paxton - actually much more than I expected that I would. I'm certain that the writing style would be considered rather dated these days, but overall, I still liked it. I never actually lived in London, but visited there quite often when I was younger, so many of the places mentioned were familiar to me. I haven't read that many books by Lois Paxton in the past, but I do have at least one more book by this author, hidden away on my bookshelf. I give this book an A+!… (more)