William Harrison (1) (1933–2013)
Author of Roller Ball Murder
For other authors named William Harrison, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
William Harrison was born in Dallas, Texas on October 29, 1933. He graduated from Texas Christian and Vanderbilt Universities and attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1961, where he published his first short story. He founded the creative writing graduate program at the University of Arkansas in show more 1965 with the writer James T. Whitehead and taught there until he retired in 1998. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1973. During his lifetime, he wrote dozens of short stories and nine novels. His works include Roller Ball Murder, which was adapted by him into a film entitled Rollerball, Burton and Speke, which was adapted by him into a film entitled Mountains of the Moon, and Black August. He died from renal failure on October 22, 2013 at the age of 79. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by William Harrison
Roller Ball Murder [short fiction] 4 copies
The theologian 3 copies
Lessons in Paradise 1 copy
Under the House 1 copy
Eating It 1 copy
The Good Ship Erasmus 1 copy
The Warrior 1 copy
The Pinball Machines 1 copy
The Hermit 1 copy
A Cook's Tale 1 copy
The Blurb King 1 copy
Associated Works
Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: Work from 1970 to the Present (2007) — Contributor — 183 copies
Susie Bright Presents: Three the Hard Way: Erotic Novellas by William Harrison, Greg Boyd, and Tsaurah Litzky (2004) — Contributor — 26 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Harrison, William Neal
- Birthdate
- 1933-10-29
- Date of death
- 2013-10-22
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Dallas, Texas, USA
- Place of death
- Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
- Places of residence
- Dallas, Texas, USA
Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA - Education
- Texas Christian University
Vanderbilt University - Occupations
- novelist
- Relationships
- Whitehead, James (friend)
- Organizations
- University of Arkansas
- Awards and honors
- Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in Fiction (1974)
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Statistics
- Works
- 29
- Also by
- 7
- Members
- 409
- Popularity
- #59,484
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 5
- ISBNs
- 98
- Languages
- 7