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E. Lynn Harris

E. Lynn Harris
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E. Lynn Harris

E. Lynn Harris, a #1 national and New York Times bestselling author, wrote twelve acclaimed novels including Basketball Jones, Just Too Good to Be True, and I Say a Little Prayer. There are more than four million copies of his novels in print. He died in 2009 at the age of 54. Visit elynnharris.com.

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No One in the World will be released on June 12, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Jun 12, 2012
No One in the World is now available in Trade Paperback
Jun 12, 2012
No One in the World will be released on June 07, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
Jun 07, 2011
No One in the World is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Jun 07, 2011
Mama Dearest will be released on April 26, 2011 in Mass Market Paperback
Apr 26, 2011
Mama Dearest is now available in Mass Market Paperback
Apr 26, 2011
Mama Dearest will be released on June 01, 2010 in Trade Paperback
Jun 01, 2010
Mama Dearest is now available in Trade Paperback
Jun 01, 2010
Mama Dearest will be released on September 22, 2009 in eBook
Sep 22, 2009
Mama Dearest is now available in eBook
Sep 22, 2009
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PR inside, June 3, 2013
...year by book stores and book clubs across the U.S. Many readers compare Hill to the late E. Lynn Harris in his story content, writing style and storyline transitions. Hills first book rapidly turned into a hit with many loyal Harris Hills subject matter...
Big News Network, May 30, 2013
...Our eNewspaper network was founded in 2002 to provide stand-alone digital news sites tailored for the most searched-for locations for news. With a traditional newspaper format, more than 100 sites were established each with a newspaper-type name to cover...
Huffington Post, May 10, 2013
...cast member. This debut performance, however, has Collins front and center. And, on the playbill you find authors E. Lynn Harris and Terrance Dean as dedicated stagehands. Harris (now deceased) and Dean -- like Collins -- are gay black men. When...
Associated Content, April 19, 2013
...early, mid and late 1990's. These authors such as Terry McMillan, Bebe Moore Campbell, J. California Cooper, E. Lynn Harris, Walter Mosley, Eric Jerome Dickey, Anita Hill, Michael Baisden and Omar Tyree all captured the essence of contemporary black life...
About, April 17, 2013
...imagined what it must feel like to be an Alzheimer?s patient?something Alzheimer?s patients are incapable of telling us. E. Lynn Harris wrote about homosexual and bi-sexual romances he hadn?t yet seen in print. These authors hit communal nerve at a...
World News Network, April 15, 2013
...early, mid and late 1990’s. These authors such as Terry McMillan, Bebe Moore Campbell, J. California Cooper, E. Lynn Harris, Walter Mosley, Eric Jerome Dickey, Anita Hill, Michael Baisden and Omar Tyree all captured the essence of contemporary black...
Huffington Post, April 12, 2013
...Do you remember Mr. Essex Hemphill? Well, I certainly do--particularly every April 16, the date of his birth. He would've turned 56 this year. Despite a relatively short literary career, Hemphill is arguably the most critically acclaimed and best-known...
Big News Network, May 30, 2013
...Our eNewspaper network was founded in 2002 to provide stand-alone digital news sites tailored for the most searched-for locations for news. With a traditional newspaper format, more than 100 sites were established each with a newspaper-type name to cover...
North West Arkansas Times, May 12, 2013
...Alta Faubus, first wife of former Gov. Orval Faubus • John Paul Hammerschmidt, former U.S. Congressman • E. Lynn Harris, New York Times best-selling author • Dale Hawkins, singer/songwriter • Gordon Morgan, first black professor at the...
Huffington Post, May 10, 2013
...cast member. This debut performance, however, has Collins front and center. And, on the playbill you find authors E. Lynn Harris and Terrance Dean as dedicated stagehands. Harris (now deceased) and Dean -- like Collins -- are gay black men. When...
Business Journal of Jacksonville, January 18, 2013
...an induction ceremony for board member Charles Phillips, a native Arkansan.� This donation was in honor of E. Lynn Harris, an inductee into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame in the year 2000 and cousin of� Charles Phillips.� Mr. Harris was a well...
Sacramento Business Journal, January 18, 2013
...an induction ceremony for board member Charles Phillips, a native Arkansan.� This donation was in honor of E. Lynn Harris, an inductee into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame in the year 2000 and cousin of� Charles Phillips.� Mr. Harris was a well...
Austin Business Journal, January 18, 2013
...an induction ceremony for board member Charles Phillips, a native Arkansan.� This donation was in honor of E. Lynn Harris, an inductee into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame in the year 2000 and cousin of� Charles Phillips.� Mr. Harris was a well...
Denver Business Journal, January 18, 2013
...an induction ceremony for board member Charles Phillips, a native Arkansan.� This donation was in honor of E. Lynn Harris, an inductee into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame in the year 2000 and cousin of� Charles Phillips.� Mr. Harris was a well...