Anna Sayburn Lane

Anna Sayburn Lane is a novelist, short story writer and journalist. Unlawful Things is her first novel.

She lives in London, UK, and has published award-winning short stories in a number of magazines, including Mslexia, Scribble and One Eye Grey.

Her Mslexia award-winning story Conservation was described by judge and Booker-longlisted author Alison MacLeod as “a powerful and profound contemporary piece in which one man’s story stands for an entire nation’s… it’s a punch to the heart, a story that will haunt and touch its readers deeply”.

Unlawful Things was shortlisted for the Virago/The Pool New Crime Writer award.