‘Eventually reality overshadows the horror, but I know the horror is there. And I’m sure that has something to do with the sort of books that I write. There’s the surface, and then there’s something underneath. And it does feel very real to me, the scariness.’
Harriet discusses Her with Kevin Nance here

These are the books Harriet enjoyed most this year. Bliss and Other Stories/The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield, My Grandmothers and I by Diana Holman-Hunt, The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst by Nicholas Tomalin and Ron Hall, and The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (even better second time around, if such a thing is possible)

In the run-up to US publication in January 2015, here are trade reviews of Her from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus

Harriet is speaking at the Archway literary festival (Saturday 11 October at 12.30). More information here

Her will be published in the US next January. You can find the Little, Brown trailer here

Harriet will be discussing this subject with Helen Walsh, Zoe Pilger and chair Rachel Johnson, at the Cheltenham Festival on 3 October. More information here

On Monday 8 September, Harriet will be discussing Her with the Elle Book Club. More information here

Donna Freed of Radio Gorgeous interviewed Harriet. You can find the Author of the Week podcast here

‘Most of my classmates hated Observations (so boring!) but I loved them. I loved the discipline: the accumulation of detail and the curious heady pleasure of finding exactly the right word, the only word that would fit, like a key in a lock.’ More on Bookanista

Harriet spoke to Carrie Plitt, co-host of NTS Radio’s Literary Friction show. You can find the interview here