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]

Lane's first novel, Alys, Always, is a psychological thriller and was published in 2012.[4] She began working on the novel after she took a break from journalism due to her problems with her sight.[5] Lane's second novel, Her, was published in 2014 and is also a psychological thriller.[6]

Bibliography

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

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. ^ Dee, Jonathan (12 July 2012). "'Alys, Always,' by Harriet Lane". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Meet the Author: Harriet Lane". BBC News. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  6. ^ Scholes, Lucy (15 June 2014). "Her review – Harriet Lane's chilling revenge noir". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  7. ^ Billington, Michael (6 March 2019). "Alys, Always review – stylish staging of Harriet Lane's thriller". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  8. ^ Scholes, Lucy (15 June 2014). "Her review – Harriet Lane's chilling revenge noir". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  9. ^ Dean, Abigail (4 November 2025). "Book Review: 'Other People's Fun,' by Harriet Lane". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "Other People's Fun by Harriet Lane". www.publishersweekly.com. 26 August 2025. Retrieved 7 December 2025.


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