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Author · Storyteller
Phoebe Lane
@phoebelane
Adventure writer drawn to flawed characters, unexpected consequences and the small details that make imagined worlds feel real.
Behind the stories
About the writer
Phoebe Lane is a adventure writer interested in how stories work, how readers respond to them and how technology is changing the way writers create and publish.
Good fiction leaves a little space for the reader.
Books and story worlds
Stories by Phoebe Lane
On the writing desk
Currently creating
First draft
The Cartographer's Debt
In 1812, a disgraced surveyor is dragged into a race across the Yorkshire moors after a set of stolen maps points to a hidden route used by smugglers, soldiers and men who would rather keep old lies buried. As the weather turns and the land itself becomes harder to trust, she has to decide whether the truth is worth the people it will expose.
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Publishing
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