Robert J. Harris (writer)
Robert J. Harris (Bob) is a Scottish academic and author, particularly of children's fantasies and historical novels, best known for his collaborations with Jane Yolen. He also designed the fantasy board game Talisman and its sequel Mythgardia.
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Born | Dundee, Scotland |
Occupation | Author, educator |
Genre | Fantasy, historical novels |
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Harris was born in Dundee and studied at the University of St. Andrews, achieving a first class honours degree in Latin.[1] Harris lives in Scotland and is married to American author Deborah Turner Harris.
His recent adult suspense-adventure works The Thirty-One Kings and Castle Macnab feature the return of John Buchan's classic adventurer-spy character Richard Hannay, first made famous in The Thirty-Nine Steps book and films.[1]
Works
Young Heroes
(Written with Jane Yolen, based on Greek Mythology)
The Scottish Quartet
(with Jane Yolen)
- Queen’s Own Fool (2000)
- Girl in a Cage (2002)
- Prince Across the Water (2004)
- The Rogues (2007)
Young Legends
- Leonardo and the Death Machine (2005)
- Will Shakespeare and the Devil's Fire (2006)
Greg and Lewis
- The Day the World Went Loki (2013)
- Thor is Locked in my Garage (2014)
- Odin blew up my TV (2016)
The Artie Conan Doyle Mysteries
- The Gravediggers Club (2017)
- The Vanishing Dragon (2018)
Richard Hannay Returns
- The Thirty-One Kings (2017)
- Castle McNab (2018)
Short fiction
- "The City of Brass" (with Deborah Turner Harris) (1995)
- "The Ragmore Beast" (1997)
- "Studies in Stone" (with Jane Yolen) (1998)
- "The Company of Three" (with Deborah Turner Harris) (1998)
- "Last Kingdom" (with Deborah Turner Harris) (1999)
- "Old Jim Croaker Jumps Over the Moon" (2000)
- "Straight and True" (2000)
- "Requiem Antarctica" (with Jane Yolen) (2000)
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References
- "Robert J. Harris". Birlinn Limited. Birlinn Limited. 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
External links
- The Website of Deborah Turner Harris and Robert J Harris
- Robert J. Harris at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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