E. Lynn Harris
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E. Lynn Harris (June 20, 1955-July 23, 2009) was an openly gay American author, best known for his depictions of African American men on the down-low or in the closet.
Biography
Born in Flint, Michigan, he had homes in Houston, Texas, Atlanta, Georgia and Fayetteville, Arkansas. In his writings, Harris maintained a poignant motif, occasionally emotive, that incorporated vernacular and slang from popular culture.
Harris became the first black male cheerleader while attending the University of Arkansas. After graduation, he became a computer salesman with IBM for a time.
Harris was initially unable to land a book deal with a reputable publishing house for his first work, Invisible Life, so he self-published it through a vanity publisher and sold copies from his car trunk. Since then, five of his novels have achieved New York Times bestseller status.
Alongside fiction, Harris had also penned a personal memoir, What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?
Bibliography
- Invisible Life (1991 Self Published – 1994 Mass Marketed)
- Just As I Am (1995) *
- And This Too Shall Pass (1997)
- If This World Were Mine (1998) **
- Abide With Me (2000)
- 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) *
- A Love Of My Own (2003) *
- What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted – A Memoir (2004)
- I Say a Little Prayer (2006)
- Just Too Good To Be True (2008)
- Basketball Jones (2009)
