Robert J. Harris (writer)
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Robert J. Harris | |
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Born | 1955 (age 68–69) Dundee, Scotland, UK |
Occupation | Author, educator |
Genre | Fantasy, historical, mystery, thriller novels |
Spouse | Deborah Turner Harris |
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Robert J. Harris (Bob) is a
historical novels, best known for his collaborations with Jane Yolen. He also designed the fantasy board game Talisman and its sequel Mythgardia
.
Life
Harris was born in Dundee and studied at the University of St. Andrews, achieving a first class honours degree in Latin.[1] Harris lives in Scotland and is married to American author Deborah Turner Harris.
Works
His recent adult suspense-adventure works The Thirty-One Kings and Castle Macnab feature the return of John Buchan's classic adventurer-spy character Richard Hannay, first made famous in The Thirty-Nine Steps book and films.[1]
Young Heroes
(Written with
Greek Mythology
)
- Odysseus in the Serpent Maze (2001)
- Hippolyta and the Curse of the Amazons (2002)
- Atalanta and the Arcadian Beast (2003)
- Hippolyta and the Lost Amazon City (2003)
The Scottish Quartet
(with Jane Yolen)
- Queen’s Own Fool (2000)
- Girl in a Cage (2002)
- Prince Across the Water (2004)
- The Rogues (2007)
Young Legends
- Leonardo and the Death Machine (2005)
- Will Shakespeare and the Devil's Fire (2006)
Greg and Lewis
- The Day the World Went Loki (2013)
- Thor is Locked in my Garage (2014)
- Odin blew up my TV (2016)
The Artie Conan Doyle Mysteries
- The Gravediggers Club (2017)
- The Vanishing Dragon (2018)
Richard Hannay Returns
- The Thirty-One Kings (2017)
- Castle Macnab (2018)
Sherlock Holmes in WWII
Short fiction
- "The City of Brass" (with Deborah Turner Harris) (1995)
- "The Ragmore Beast" (1997)
- "Studies in Stone" (with Jane Yolen) (1998)
- "The Company of Three" (with Deborah Turner Harris) (1998)
- "Last Kingdom" (with Deborah Turner Harris) (1999)
- "Old Jim Croaker Jumps Over the Moon" (2000)
- "Straight and True" (2000)
- "Requiem Antarctica" (with Jane Yolen) (2000)
References
- ^ a b "Robert J. Harris". Birlinn Limited. 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
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External links
- The Website of Deborah Turner Harris and Robert J Harris
- Robert J. Harris at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database