E. Lynn Harris

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E. Lynn Harris (born June 20, 1955 in Flint , Michigan , † July 23, 2009 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American author .

Life

Harris was born in Michigan in 1955 to an African-American family and grew up in Little Rock , Arkansas . After finishing school, Harris studied at the University of Arkansas and after completing his studies worked as a computer specialist for the company IBM . In addition to his work, he began to write several books as an author since the mid-1990s, including the subject of homosexuality . Harris was openly gay in California. Harris died of a heart attack in 2009 .

Works (selection)

  • Invisible Life , 1994
  • Just As I Am , 1995, winner of the Blackboard's Novel of the Year Award
  • And This Too Shall Pass , 1997
  • If This World Were Mine , 1998, winner of the James Baldwin Award for Literary Excellence
  • Abide With Me , 2000 (title based on an English hymn )
  • Not A Day Goes By , 2000
  • Money Can't Buy Me Love , 2000
  • From the Book Got to Be Real - 4 original love stories by Eric Jerome Dickey , Marcus Major , E. Lynn Harris and Colin Channer
  • Any Way the Wind Blows , 2002, Blackboard's Novel of the Year Award winner
  • A Love Of My Own , 2003, winner of the Blackboard's Novel of the Year Award
  • What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted - Memoir, 2004
  • I Say a Little Prayer , 2006
  • Just Too Good To Be True , 2008
  • Basketball Jones , 2009
  • Mama Dearest , 2009

Prizes and awards (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ CBC News: US author E. Lynn Harris dies at 54
personal data
SURNAME Harris, E. Lynn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harris, Lynn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Flint , Michigan
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 2009
Place of death Los Angeles , California