Thomas Harris is an American Writer born in 1940. As a child Harris was often isolated from other people, his best friends were his books. This author is known for the series of suspense novels about a character he created himself, Hannibal Lecter. Harris is the author of Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal and Hannibal Rising. Since his novels had a lot of success, they have been made into films which also had a lot of success.
- Harris won a lot of awards for his writing skills and achievements;
- In 1988, Harris won the Bram Stoker award;
- In 1989, he won the Anthony award;
- In 1991, Harris won the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in the international category;
- The WGA Award for the Best News;
- And the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Harris’s novels make their readers go into a world full of crimes, investigations, and psychology. Thomas Harris succeeds in creating fascinating and captivating novels since he knows well the topics he uses in his writings. After his divorce fr
om his wife, he goes to New York and starts working for Associated Press where he is known for his excellent work due to his great interest in each and every detail of crimes he reported. Harris shows a great interest in criminal investigations, pathology, and psychology which is the reason why his novels focus on such issues. There are a lot of novels written by this author but the most known is The Silence of the Lambs. This novel creates in the readers a lot of intrigues which pushes them to continue their reading in order to try to understand what is really going on. For Thomas Harris, it can take a lot of days to write a book, much more than other authors since he likes to do a lot of research in order to be as specific and realistic as possible regarding psychological and criminal issues.
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