Biography of Thomas Harris

Little information on the author Thomas Harris can be found. He is like the uncatchable serial killers that he so vividly writes about in his novels. As his novels progress, the reader becomes more aware of who the killer is. Little by little information about Harris has been revealed about his life, but he tends to avoid the spotlight.
This much is known about Thomas Harris. He was born in Jackson, Tennessee, to William and Polly Harris but moved to Rich, Mississippi, his father's hometown, early in his life. He attended Lula Rich school through the tenth grade, at which time he transferred to Cleveland High School in Cleveland, Mississippi. It was not until the last semester of his senior year that he transferred to Clarksdale High School, in Clarksdale, Mississippi, where his mother taught biology.(Edwards). After high school, he went to Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he pursued a major in English and worked as a reporter for the News-Tribune. Also, while attending Baylor, he met fellow student Harriet whom he married. They had one daughter, Anne, before they divorced in the 1960s.
After graduating from college Harris spent a brief period traveling through Europe (Seibels) before landing a job as general assignment reporter with the New York Associated Press from 1968 to 1974. It was this job that gave him his valuable insights into the world of crime. From this experience came his first novel Black Sunday in 1975. Black Sunday...

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