He has written novels in the Virgin New Adventures range and audio dramas for Big Finish based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Early in 2012, Macmillan Children's Books announced that they would be publishing a new series by Lane, beginning in 2013.

[5] The Lost World books will follow disabled 15-year-old Calum Challenger, who is coordinating a search from his London bedroom to find creatures considered so rare that many do not believe they exist.

His team comprises a computer hacker, a free runner, an ex-marine and a pathological liar.

Lane studied physics at the University of Warwick, where he was a contemporary and friend of writers Justin Richards and Craig Hinton.