Harriet Lane (author)

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Harriet Lane is a British writer, author of Alys, Always and Her. Her journalism has appeared in the Observer , the Guardian , Vogue and Tatler . [1]

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Life and career

In April 2008, Lane began having problems with her sight. She now has no sight in her left eye and problems with her peripheral vision in her right. [2]

Lane's first novel, Alys, Always, is a psychological thriller and was published in 2012. [3] She began working on the novel after she took a break from journalism due to her problems with her sight. [4] Lane's second novel, Her, was published in 2014 and is also a psychological thriller. [5]

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References

  1. "About the author". Amazon.com.
  2. Lane, Harriet (21 June 2014). "The medical horror that drives my writing career". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. Dee, Jonathan (12 July 2012). "'Alys, Always,' by Harriet Lane". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. "Meet the Author: Harriet Lane". 27 June 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  5. Scholes, Lucy (15 June 2014). "Her review – Harriet Lane's chilling revenge noir". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 April 2017.