Colin Harrison





Colin Harrison

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born
in New York City, The United States
January 01, 1960

gender
male

genre

influences
William Styron; John O'Hara and John Gardner


About this author

Colin Harrison is a crime novelist. He is a vice president and senior editor at Scribner.
He lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn, with his wife, the writer Kathryn Harrison, and their three children (Sarah, Walker and Julia).

He attended: Haverford College, BA 1982; University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. MFA 1986

His short nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, Vogue, Salon, Worth, and other various publications.


Average rating: 3.51 · 1,547 ratings · 276 reviews · 57 distinct works · Similar authors
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