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Harris does a lot of research for his fiction, so his second book Red Dragon was not published until 1981.

Published in 1975, the book became a best seller and a successful movie. His first book, Black Sunday, is about Arab terrorist and a Vietnam veteran who try to bomb the Super Bowl. His experiences as a crime reporter gave him information he used in his later writings. His father died during this period of his life as well.Īfter college Harris moved to New York and held a job as editor for the Associated Press in New York. While at Baylor, he wrote numerous stories to magazines like True and Argosy that were gothic and detailed.ĭuring this time Harris met his wife Harriet and they had a daughter named Anne before they divorced in the 60’s. While in Waco he worked for the Herald Tribune as a police reporter but found it very unimaginative. Not much information is available about the life of Harris, but after high school, he went to Baylor University in Waco, Texas, to earn a major in English.

His mother reports that he spent most of his time reading and writing, and that Hemmingway was a favorite writer. He attended Clarksdale High School, where his mother taught biology. Thomas Harris, author of three national bestsellers, was born in Jackson, Tennessee, but moved to Rich, Mississippi, with his parents, William and Polly, early in his life.