| Lois Dorothea Pilkington Low | |
| Pseudonym: | Dorothy Mackie Low, Lois Paxton, Zoë Cass |
| Birth Name: | Lois Dorothea Pilkington |
| Birth Date: | 15 July 1916 |
| Birth Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| Death Place: | Hampshire, England, UK |
| Occupation: | Literary agent, novelist |
| Nationality: | British |
| Period: | 1962-1983 |
| Genre: | romance |
| Spouse: | William Mackie Low (1938-1981) |
| Children: | 2 Roderick Craig Low (b. 1945), Murray Alexander Robert Low (b. 1949) |
Lois Dorothea Low, née Pilkington (born 15 July 1916 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK - d. 8 November 2002 in Hampshire, England, UK) was a British writer of romance novels from 1962 to 1983 under different pseudonyms 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.
Born Lois Dorothea Pilkington on 15 July 1916 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, she studied in the Edinburgh Ladies' College (now Mary Erskine School).[1] 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.
Low 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. She died at 86, on 8 November 2002.