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Author · Storyteller
Harriet Lane
@harrietlane
Writer interested in literary fiction, storytelling and all the strange practical decisions involved in turning drafts into books.
Behind the stories
About the writer
Harriet Lane writes mainly in literary fiction and enjoys discussing both the creative and practical sides of making books, from early drafts to finished editions.
The best ideas rarely arrive in their final form.
Books and story worlds
Stories by Harriet Lane
On the writing desk
Currently creating
Later first draft
The House on North Road
When a widowed copy editor returns to Durham to clear out her mother’s house, she finds a box of unsent letters and a half-finished manuscript that seems to rewrite the family history she thought she knew. As she tries to decide what to keep, what to destroy, and what can be trusted, the house becomes a record of small betrayals, practical compromises, and the stories people tell to stay decent.
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Draft progress
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