Colin Harrison
Colin Harrison (* 1960 in New York City ) is an American writer and editor.
Harrison writes thrillers and action novels, most of which are set in New York. His seventh novel, The Finder ( in the maw of the dragon , 2008) was for the Prize Dashiell Hammett nominated.
He attended Haverford College and the University of Iowa . From 1989 to 2001 he was an editor at Harper's Magazine ; since 2001 he has been an editor at the New York publisher Simon & Schuster . He lives with his wife, writer Kathryn Harrison , and their three children in Park Slope , a borough of Brooklyn , New York.
His novel Manhattan at Night was filmed in 2016 as Manhattan Nocturne .
Novels
- 1990 Break and Enter
- In the Net of Violence , German by Eva Malsch; Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe 1992. ISBN 3-404-11813-8
- 1993 Bodies Electric
- Checkmate , German by Christine Neumeier; Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe 1995. ISBN 3-404-12301-8
- 1996 Manhattan Nocturne
- Manhattan, at night , German by Regina Hilbertz and Barbara Wolter; Munich: Lichtenberg 1997; ISBN 3-7852-8104-8
- 2000 afterburn
- Afterburn , German by Reinhard Tiffert; Munich: Lichtenberg 2000; ISBN 3-7852-8116-1
- also as: Everything has its price , same translation; Munich: Droemer Knaur 2003. ISBN 3-426-62270-X
- also as: Afterburn - fatal entanglement , same translation; Munich: Droemer Knaur 2009. ISBN 3-426-50088-4
- 2004 The Havana Room
- Havana Room , German by Sepp Leeb; Hamburg: Hoffmann and Campe 2005. ISBN 3-455-02690-7
- also as: The lawyer , same translation; Munich: Heyne 2006. ISBN 3-453-59021-X
- also as: dead moon , same translation; Hamburg: Hoffmann and Campe 2015. ISBN 978-3-455-65012-9
- 2008 The Finder
- In the mouth of the dragon , German by Anke and Eberhard Kreutzer; Munich: Droemer 2009. ISBN 978-3-426-19867-4
- also as: Der Moloch , same translation, Munich: Knaur 2011. ISBN 978-3-426-50297-6
- 2009 Risk
Web links
- [1] Article about Harrison in the New York Times, August 14, 2009
- [2] Interview with Harrison on bookreporter.com from February 4, 2000 (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Harrison, Colin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |