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Fact File
| Name:
Charlaine Harris
Current Home:
Southern Arkansas
Date of Birth:
November 25, 1951
Place of Birth:
Tunica, Mississippi
| | Education:
B.A. in English and Communication Arts, Rhodes, 1973
Awards:
Anthony Award, 2002; Sapphire Award, 2004
Charlaine Harris's official web site
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The Writing Life
| "My favorite things about finally making some money as a writer are (a) I can buy as many books as I want, and (b) I can hire a maid," Harris reveals in our exclusive interview. "The first job I had was working in an offset darkroom at a very small newspaper. I stood on a concrete floor all day, and made minimum wage -- which then was $1.60 an hour. I hated it, and I learned a lot, though not necessarily about working in a darkroom. So being a writer is much better.”
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Reading Recommendations
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| | Guilty Pleasures
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Laurell K. Hamilton
In our interview, we asked Harris to recommend some of her favorite books. "The first book in [Laurell K.] Hamilton’s long-running Anita Blake series, Guilty Pleasures, sets the tone for the whole bestselling line," Harris explains. "Laurell’s trademark recklessness, imagination, and storytelling grip you by the scruff of the neck and never let you go."
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| | Lullaby Town
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Robert Crais
"Bob Crais’s Elvis Cole novels are all wonderful. There are only degrees of more-wonderful and less-wonderful. Elvis Cole and Joe Pike are the best private eyes in California, or maybe in the world. Crais knows Hollywood, humor, and deep feelings, and he can write action. Nothing’s better," says Harris about another of her favorite authors. Read our interview to learn more about Harris's favorite writers and reads, including:
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