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

'Children ask, occasionally, but I don't think an adult ever has. What do you see with that eye – the bad one? I say: well, you know when you go into a very dark room and shut the door and close your eyes? That. That's what I see.' More in the Guardian Review

Harriet will be talking about Her at West End Lane Books in West Hampstead at 7:30pm on 25th June; and at Waterstones Hampstead at 7pm on 8th July. Please contact the bookshops for more information.

'And then when the drugs, incredibly, worked (they don’t always), when the text started re-appearing on the page, I felt a strong desire to get writing, partly because I knew I didn’t have endless time, and partly because I wanted to lose myself in another story. I needed to get out of my head, with … Continue Reading ››

Excellent news. Her is in the Audible UK top 10.  Audio sample here

'It feels both economical and satisfying to put places so familiar I had almost stopped noticing them into my fiction: the stepped terraces of Highgate New Town, the arctic cliff of the Whittingon’s facade after dark, Pond Square’s dappled shade on a hot summer afternoon.' See more at kentishtowner

'Harriet Lane is a deft conjurer of menacing middle-class scenarios. In her 2012 debut, Alys, Always, the unfulfilled Frances exploits a car crash victim's dying words to insinuate her way into the lives of the dead woman's literary family. It earned Lane comparisons with Patricia Highsmith and Anita Brookner. 'This second novel also involves envious women … Continue Reading ››

Harriet is taking part in Alex Clark's Rising Stars event at 2.30 (venue: Stoke Newington Library). More details here

Early review of Her from Learn This Phrase: 'Her doesn't grab you by the collar and refuse to let go: it creeps up on you and worms its way into your head until it feels like a part of your reality. Nina and Emma are so fully-formed and well-realised that I find it almost impossible … Continue Reading ››

Harriet Lane's debut Alys, Always was longlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award and shortlisted for the Writers' Guild Best Fiction Book Award. Her second novel Her, a Waterstones Book Club pick, … Continue Reading ››