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William Thomas Harris III (born September 22, 1940) is an American writer, best known for a series of suspense novels about his most famous character, Hannibal Lecter. The majority of his works have been adapted into films and television, most notably The Silence of the Lambs, which became only the third film in Academy Awards history to sweep the Oscars in all of the five major categories. His novels have sold more than 50 million copies, with The Silence of the Lambs alone selling 10 million copies, as of 2019. Biography Harris was born in Jackson, Tennessee, but moved as a child with his family to Rich, Mississippi. He was introverted and bookish in grade school and then blossomed in high school. He attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he majored in English and graduated in 1964. While in college, he worked as a reporter for the local newspaper, the Waco Tribune-Herald, covering the police beat. In 1968, he moved to New York City to work for the Associated Press until 1974 when he began work on his debut novel, Black Sunday. Personal life Harris avoids publicity and conducted few interviews between 1976 and 2019. At Baylor University, he met and married Harriet Anne Haley, a fellow student, in June 1961. They had one daughter, Elizabeth Anne, before they divorced in August 1968. Harris remained close to his mother Polly and called her every night no matter where he was. He often discussed particular scenes from his novels with her. Polly died on December 31, 2011. Harris lives in South Florida and has a summer home in Sag Harbor, New York. His long-term domestic partner is Pace Barnes, a woman who, according to USA Today, "used to work in publishing and is as outgoing as he is quiet". Harris' friend and literary agent Morton Janklow said of him: "He's one of the good guys. He is big, bearded and wonderfully jovial. If you met him, you would think he was a choirmaster. He loves cooking—he's done the Le Cordon Bleu exams—and it's great fun to sit with him in the kitchen while he prepares a meal and see that he's as happy as a clam. He has these old-fashioned manners, a courtliness you associate with the South." In his first major interview in 43 years, with The New York Times in 2019 to promote Cari Mora, he revealed himself to be a nature lover, and a long-time visitor and volunteer of the Pelican Harbor Seabird Station, an animal rescue center in Miami, Florida, for 20 years. The staff were not aware of who Harris was until a few years prior to when the interview was conducted. He described fame as "more of a nuisance than anything else". Approach to writing and critical reception Fellow novelist Stephen King remarked that if writing is sometimes tedious for other authors, to Harris it is like "writhing on the floor in agonies of frustration", because for Harris, "the very act of writing is a kind of torment". Novelist John Dunning said of Harris, "All he is is a talent of the first rank." In 2019, he elaborated on his process, as well as the difficulty, describing it as "passive [...], sometimes you really have to shove and grunt and sweat. Some days you go to your office and you're the only one who shows up, none of the characters show up, and you sit there by yourself, feeling like an idiot. And some days everybody shows up ready to work. You have to show up at your office every day. If an idea comes by, you want to be there to get it in." Bibliography Black Sunday (1975) Cari Mora (2019) Hannibal Lecter novels Red Dragon (1981) The Silence of the Lambs (1988) Hannibal (1999) Hannibal Rising (2006; prequel) Filmography Hannibal Rising (2007; screenplay) See also Hannibal Lecter (franchise) References Sources External links Official website Thomas Harris at IMDb. Discover the Thomas Harris popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Thomas Harris books.
Best Seller Thomas Harris Books of 2024
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Good and Mad
Rebecca TraisterUpdated with a new introductionJournalist Rebecca Traister’s New York Times bestselling exploration of the transformative power of female anger and its ability to transcend into a ...
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The Presidents Visual Encyclopedia
DKExplore the lives of America's 45 presidents, as well as notable first ladies, famous speeches, and major constitutional events, with this visual reference guide to the leaders of ...
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The Recollections Of Rifleman Bowlby
Alex Bowlby'One of the great Second World War memoirs ... will be read as long as that war is remembered' John Keegan'Extraordinary realism' SUNDAY TIMES'A touch of the Somme and more than a...
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Other Times
Leslie ThomasAt the start of the war in 1939 James Bevan is a junior officer approaching middleage, attached to a small antiaircraft unit on the south coast.Abandoned by his wife, the soldiers ...
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Not Stolen
Jeff Fynn-PaulA renowned historian debunks current distortion and myths about European colonialism in the New World and restores much needed balance to our understanding of the past.Was America ...
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Little Boy Lost
Shane DunphyCourage is sometimes found in the unlikeliest places ...Dominic is a sixteen yearold manchild: while he has the body of a prizefighter, as a result of a terrible seizure when he wa...
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Democracy
Henry AdamsAn instant bestseller when first published in 1880, Democracy is the quintessential American political novel. At its heart is Madeleine Lee, a young widow who comes to Washington, ...
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The Other Side Of Paradise
Margaret MayhewFans of Katie Flynn, Rosamunde Pilcher and Dinah Jeffries will love this emotional and sweeping wartime romance set in Singapore from bestselling author Margaret Mayhew.READERS ARE...
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The Homecoming
Andrew PyperInstant National BestsellerBestselling author Andrew Pyper returns with a riveting psychological thriller about how the people you’ve known your whole life can suddenly become stra...
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Harris v. United States. Thomas
United States Court of Appeals Tenth CircuitWith provisos not having any present material bearing, section 2, article 22, of the Constitution of Oklahoma provides among other things that no corporation doing business in the ...
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Cari Mora
Thomas HarrisHannibal Lectertieneunsucesor.Tras más de una década, el autor deEl silencio de los corderos vuelvecon unthrillerarrollador.Bajo una antigua mansión de Pablo Escobar en la costa de...
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It Never Rains
Roger McGoughIt Never Rains by Roger McGough an expanded edition of comic verse and free line drawings, from the nation's favourite poetWhile up at MagdalenSpent the time dagdalen.Moved on to ...
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Phineas Redux
Anthony TrollopeIn the fourth of the 'Palliser' stories, Trollope follows Phineas Finn's return to the dangerous world of Westminster politics. When his political rival is murdered, Phineas is th...
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A Return to Common Sense
Leigh McGowanA political book for nonpolitical people from viral TikTok sensation PoliticsGirl. Something’s gone wrong in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. We can all feel it, but...
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Descent Into The Maelstrom
Thomas H. HarrisAn interview between an elderly veteran named Henry Holt and a young newspaper reporter sparks off a reliving of the past for him. The memories which have for so long lain dormant ...
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Crooked in His Ways
S. M. GoodwinPerfect for fans of C. S. Harris and Will Thomas, the murder of a wealthy financier unleashes a torrent of deadly secrets in preCivil War New York society in S. M. Goodwin's second...
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The Little Ship
Margaret MayhewFrom bestselling author Margaret Mayhew, an emotional and gripping wartime saga, full of the tension and adventure of World War Two. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn, Donna Douglas ...
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Assassini
Thomas Gifford & Wolfgang NeuhausEine unglaubliche Verschwörung eine uralte Bruderschaft der Vatikan in Aufruhr!Der Papst liegt im Sterben, und im Kampf um seine Nachfolge gehen machtgierige Kardinäle über Leich...
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Landscape with Figures
Richard JefferiesRichard Jefferies was the most imaginative and least conventional of nineteenthcentury observers of the natural world. Trekking across the English countryside, he recorded his resp...
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The Innocence of Father Brown
G. K. ChestertonThis is the first volume of Chesterton's brilliant, ingenious Father Brown stories. Ahead of a new series of the popular BBC adaptation starring Mark Williams, all five of the orig...
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The Voyage Out
Virginia Woolf'A strange, tragic, inspired book ... It is absolutely unafraid' E. M. ForsterA party of English people are aboard the Euphrosyne, bound for South America. Among them is a young gi...
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Walking Jack
Thomas H. HarrisRyan and Sarah Dulaney are young educators who have arrived at a professional crossroads. Ryan loves coaching, but he is tired of the classroom. Sarah is a dedicated reading teache...
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Kill the Father
Sandrone DazieriIn this “absolutely electrifying” (Jeffrey Deaver) thriller and huge international hit, two peopleeach shattered by their pastteam up to solve a series of killings and abductions t...
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Red Dragon
Thomas HarrisTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFeed your fears with the terrifying classic that introduced cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter.FBI agent Will Graham once risked his sanity to...
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Harris Builders v. Thomas R. Kopp and Rose
Court of Appeals of IndianaJohn and Dorothy Lawshe appeal from a judgment entered against them as the titleholders of certain real estate and in favor of Glen Park Lumber Company, Inc. ("Glen Park"), who pro...
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Lenz
Georg BüchnerDieses eBook: "Lenz" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Lenz ist auf der Reise in das Bergdorf W...
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A Simple Plan
Scott Smith“Spectacular. . . . Ten shades blacker and several corpses grimmer than the novels of John Grisham. . . . Do yourself a favor. Read this book.” Entertainment WeeklyTwo brothers a...
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The Penguin History of the Church
Alec VidlerThe French Revolution dealt a fatal blow to the alliance of Church and State. The Christian church had to adapt to great changes from the social upheavals of the Industrial Revolu...
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Hellbound
Giacometti & RavenneThe third volume in the millioncopy bestselling Nazi spy series for fans of Dan Brown, Steve Berry and Wilbur Smith.'I can't wait to read the next instalment!' Kindle customer, Ama...
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The Exploit
Daniel Scanlan'The Exploit packs a serious punch. Brimming with authentic technologies that power our modern world – as well as the vulnerabilities that threaten it. A dark and gripping tale...
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The Book of Life by Thomas Harris
Thomas HarrisThis Book is about Mankind and the acts of man. Jesus describes the nature of man also the suffering believersWill tread upon. The word of God allows you to know that True Believer...
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LENZ
Georg BüchnerLenz ist auf der Reise in das Bergdorf Waldbach zum Pfarrer Oberlin. Seine Wanderung führt ihn durch das winterliche Gebirge, dessen Unwirtlichkeit und Kälte er nicht spürt. Das Ge...
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The Poetry Of Edward Thomas
Andrew MotionWhen Edward Thomas died at Arras in 1917 few people thought of him as a poet. Yet in the two years before his death, after a lifetime writing prose, Thomas wrote some of the most e...
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Murder in Westminster
Vanessa RileyPerfect for readers looking for a darker twist on Bridgerton, this first in a vibrant, inclusive historical mystery series from an acclaimed author Vanessa Riley portrays the true ...
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Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb
François-René de ChateaubriandThe most enjoyable, glamorous and gripping of all 19thcentury autobiographies a tumultuous account of France hit by wave after wave of revolutionsMemoirs from Beyond the Tomb is t...
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Black Sunday
Thomas HarrisFrom the genius of Thomas Harris, the #1 New York Times bestselling author who introduced the world to Hannibal Lecter, comes the terrifying and prophetic novel that set the standa...
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The Road to Camelot
Thomas OliphantA “provocative reconstruction of John F. Kennedy’s ‘fiveyear campaign’ for the White House” (The New Yorker), beginning with his bold, failed attempt to win the vice presidential n...
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When Darkness Calls
Mark Griffin'A thrilling new talent' PETER JAMES 'Mightily impressive . . . Deviously plotted' DAILY MAIL THE KILLING STARTS WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT . . .Holly Wakefield works as a criminal ps...
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Thomas E. Harris v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals.On Rehearing En Banc Opinion for the majority by Senior Judge BELSON. Opinion Concurring in part and Dissenting in part by Associate Judge WAGNER.
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Gridlock
Ben EltonGridlock is when a city dies. Killed in the name of freedom. Killed in the name of oil and steel. Choked on carbon monoxide and strangled with a pair of fluffy dice. How did it com...
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The Warden
Anthony TrollopeThe first book in Anthony Trollope's Barchester Chronicles is a moving, insightful exploration of moral dilemmas fought in public and private. ...