Harriet Lane (author)

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]

Life and career

She studied at Bedales School, and University of Leeds. ^[2]

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. ^{[3] [4]}

Lane's first novel, Alys, Always, is a psychological thriller and was published in 2012. ^[5] She began working on the novel after she took a break from journalism due to her problems with her sight. ^[6] Lane's second novel, Her, was published in 2014 and is also a psychological thriller. ^[7]

Bibliography

• Lane, Harriet (2012). Alys, Always . Scribner. ISBN   978-1451673166. ^[8]
• Lane, Harriet (2015). Her . Little, Brown and Company. ISBN   978-0316369879. ^[9]
• Lane, Harriet (4 November 2025). Other People's Fun. New York: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN   978-0-316-36994-7. ^{[10] [11] [12]}

References

1. "About the author". Amazon.com.
2. "Harriet Lane | Harriet Lane: Bedales alumna and novelist". www.bedales.org.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
3. Lane, Harriet (21 June 2014). "The medical horror that drives my writing career". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
4. Lane, Harriet (21 June 2014). "The medical horror that drives my writing career". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 7 December 2025.
5. Dee, Jonathan (12 July 2012). "'Alys, Always,' by Harriet Lane". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
6. "Meet the Author: Harriet Lane". BBC News. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
7. Scholes, Lucy (15 June 2014). "Her review – Harriet Lane's chilling revenge noir". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
8. Billington, Michael (6 March 2019). "Alys, Always review – stylish staging of Harriet Lane's thriller". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 7 December 2025.
9. Scholes, Lucy (15 June 2014). "Her review – Harriet Lane's chilling revenge noir". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 7 December 2025.
10. Dean, Abigail (4 November 2025). "Book Review: 'Other People's Fun,' by Harriet Lane". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
11. Craig, Amanda (5 November 2025). "Other People's Fun by Harriet Lane review – darkly comic tale of envy and revenge in the Insta age". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 7 December 2025.
12. "Other People's Fun by Harriet Lane". www.publishersweekly.com. Invalid date. Retrieved 2025-12-07.{{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)