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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Michael Haneke to Lance Henriksen
Thomas Harris Biography (1940-)
Born 1940, in Jackson, MS (some sources say TN); son of William Thomas (an electrical engineer and farmer) and Polly (a high school teacher) Harris; married Harriet (divorced, mid-1960s); children: Anne. Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Office:c/o Saint Martin's Press, 175 5th Ave., New York, NY 10010; Random House, 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Birth Details
- 1940
- Jackson, Mississippi, United States
Famous Works
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WRITINGS
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Novels
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Black Sunday, Putnam, 1975
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Red Dragon, Putnam, 1981
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Silence of the Lambs, St. Martin's Press, 1988
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Hannibal, Delacorte, 1999
Further Reference
ADAPTATIONS
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Black Sunday was adapted and filmed by John Frankenheimer and released by Paramount, 1977; Red Dragon was adapted for film as Manhunter (also known as Red Dragon: The Pursuit of Hannibal Lecter) by Michael Mann and released by De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, 1986; Silence of the Lambs was adapted and filmed by Jonathon Demme and released byOrion, 1991; Hannibal was adapted for film and released by MCA/Universal in 2001; Red Dragon was adapted for film and released by MCA/Universal in 2002.
OTHER SOURCES
Books
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A Dark Night's Dreaming: Contemporary American Horror Fiction, University of South Carolina Press, 1996
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It's a Print!: Detective Fiction from Page to Screen, Popular Press, 1994
Periodicals
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Entertainment Weekly, May 7, 1999, p. 22
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Journal of American Culture, spring, 1995
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Los Angeles Times Book Review, July 17, 1988
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Newsweek, June 7, 1999, p. 72
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New York Times, August 15, 1988; March 25, 1990; June 13, 1999;
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Notes on Contemporary Literature, January, 1995
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Times (London), May 25, 1991
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Tribune Books (Chicago), August 14, 1988
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Washington Post Book World, August 21, 1988; May 21, 1989
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