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Author · Storyteller
Owen Lane
@owenlane
Writer of literary fiction with a particular interest in believable people, strong settings and stories that earn their endings.
Behind the stories
About the writer
Owen Lane writes literary fiction and historical fiction. Their interests range from character and story structure to editing, formatting and the practical realities of independent publishing.
A book is made from hundreds of decisions nobody sees.
Books and story worlds
Stories by Owen Lane
On the writing desk
Currently creating
First draft
The Quiet Cartographer
In 1890s Bristol, a meticulous map copyist is asked to help reconstruct a vanished dockside district from scraps, memory and official lies. As the work goes on, she realises the missing streets are tied to a family disappearance she has spent years pretending not to care about. The novel follows her slow movement from careful observation to the dangerous business of naming what was erased.
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