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    Thomas Harris is an American writer born in 1940 in Jackson, Tennessee. He is best known for creating the character of Hannibal Lecter and writing suspense novels featuring him, including Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, and Hannibal Rising. All of his works have been adapted into acclaimed films, most notably The Silence of the Lambs, which won five Academy Awards including Best Picture in 1991. Harris graduated from Baylor University with a degree in English and initially worked as a newspaper reporter before beginning his career as a novelist in the 1970s.

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    Thomas Harris is an American writer born in 1940 in Jackson, Tennessee. He is best known for creating the character of Hannibal Lecter and writing suspense novels featuring him, including Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, and Hannibal Rising. All of his works have been adapted into acclaimed films, most notably The Silence of the Lambs, which won five Academy Awards including Best Picture in 1991. Harris graduated from Baylor University with a degree in English and initially worked as a newspaper reporter before beginning his career as a novelist in the 1970s.

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    Thomas Harris is an American writer born in 1940 in Jackson, Tennessee. He is best known for creating the character of Hannibal Lecter and writing suspense novels featuring him, including Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, and Hannibal Rising. All of his works have been adapted into acclaimed films, most notably The Silence of the Lambs, which won five Academy Awards including Best Picture in 1991. Harris graduated from Baylor University with a degree in English and initially worked as a newspaper reporter before beginning his career as a novelist in the 1970s.

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    Thomas Harris

    Thomas Harris

    Harris' portrait inside the cover of Hannibal(1999)


    Born

    April 11, 1940 (age 76)


    Jackson, Tennessee, U.S.

    Occupation

    Novelist

    Nationality

    American

    Education

    English language

    Alma mater

    Baylor University

    Period

    19752006

    Genre

    Crime, horror, suspense

    Notable works

    Red Dragon
    The Silence of the Lambs
    Hannibal
    Hannibal Rising
    Black Sunday

    Partner

    Pace Barnes
    Website
    thomasharris.com

    Thomas Harris (born April 11, 1940) is an American writer, best known for a series of suspense novels about his
    most famous character,Hannibal Lecter. All of his works have been made into films, the most notable being the
    multi-Oscar-winning The Silence of the Lambs, which became only the third film in Academy Award history to
    sweep the Oscars in major categories.

    1Biography

    2Personal life

    3Bibliography

    4See also

    5References

    6External links

    Biography
    Harris was born in Jackson, Tennessee,[2] but moved as a child with his family to Rich, Mississippi. He was
    introverted and bookish in grade school and then blossomed in high school. [3] He attended Baylor
    University in Waco, Texas, where he majored in English and graduated in 1964. While in college, he worked as a
    reporter for the local newspaper, the Waco Tribune-Herald, covering the police beat. In 1968, he moved to New
    York City to work for the Associated Press until 1974 when he began work on Black Sunday.[4]

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