Mary MacPherson Lane is a non-fiction writer and journalist specializing in Western European art and history.
Lane gained recognition as the chief European Art Reporter for The Wall Street Journal and for publishing numerous scoops on the art trove of Hildebrand Gurlitt.
One of Adolf Hitler's main art dealers, Gurlitt bequeathed a collection of roughly 1,300 artworks, many looted from museums and Jewish European families, to his son Cornelius Gurlitt.
She is currently writing a non-fiction book on Nazi-looted art for Hachette.