Louise Bowes (née Crane) is an Australian television scriptwriter.
Bowes was born in Marayong and attended Blacktown Girls High School.[1] In her early twenties, while studying medicine, Bowes took a job as a researcher on A Country Practice, where she eventually worked her way up to the script department.[1] She has worked as a writer and script editor on a number of television dramas, including All Saints, Murder Call, Water Rats, and McLeod's Daughters.[2] She is the current Series Script Executive for soap opera Home and Away.[3] Bowes has received several nominations for her work at the Australian Writers' Guild Awards.[1]