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E. Lynn Harris

E. Lynn Harris
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E. Lynn Harris

E. Lynn Harris, a #1 national and New York Times bestselling author, wrote twelve acclaimed novels including Basketball Jones, Just Too Good to Be True, and I Say a Little Prayer. There are more than four million copies of his novels in print. He died in 2009 at the age of 54. Visit elynnharris.com.

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No One in the World will be released on June 12, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Jun 12, 2012
No One in the World is now available in Trade Paperback
Jun 12, 2012
No One in the World will be released on June 07, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
Jun 07, 2011
No One in the World is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Jun 07, 2011
Mama Dearest will be released on April 26, 2011 in Mass Market Paperback
Apr 26, 2011
Mama Dearest is now available in Mass Market Paperback
Apr 26, 2011
Mama Dearest will be released on June 01, 2010 in Trade Paperback
Jun 01, 2010
Mama Dearest is now available in Trade Paperback
Jun 01, 2010
Mama Dearest will be released on September 22, 2009 in eBook
Sep 22, 2009
Mama Dearest is now available in eBook
Sep 22, 2009
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Associated Content, April 19, 2013
...early, mid and late 1990's. These authors such as Terry McMillan, Bebe Moore Campbell, J. California Cooper, E. Lynn Harris, Walter Mosley, Eric Jerome Dickey, Anita Hill, Michael Baisden and Omar Tyree all captured the essence of contemporary black life...
About, April 17, 2013
...imagined what it must feel like to be an Alzheimer?s patient?something Alzheimer?s patients are incapable of telling us. E. Lynn Harris wrote about homosexual and bi-sexual romances he hadn?t yet seen in print. These authors hit communal nerve at a...
World News Network, April 15, 2013
...early, mid and late 1990’s. These authors such as Terry McMillan, Bebe Moore Campbell, J. California Cooper, E. Lynn Harris, Walter Mosley, Eric Jerome Dickey, Anita Hill, Michael Baisden and Omar Tyree all captured the essence of contemporary black...
Huffington Post, April 12, 2013
...Do you remember Mr. Essex Hemphill? Well, I certainly do--particularly every April 16, the date of his birth. He would've turned 56 this year. Despite a relatively short literary career, Hemphill is arguably the most critically acclaimed and best-known...
BellaOnline, December 14, 2012
...spend one hour with just one person, dead or alive, whom would you choose? Why? The late, great E. Lynn Harris. He was a writing mentor for me. I’ve read every one of his books and he has inspired me down this path in more ways than he...
Indiewire, November 1, 2012
...seen Tracey Edmonds of Edmonds Entertainment announce a multi-picture deal to develop the extensive library of novels by E. Lynn Harris into feature films; and also Jeff Clanagan of Codeblack Entertainment announcing a 7-picture deal with author Mary...
PRWeb, August 24, 2012
...the month and year by book stores and book clubs. Hill is frequently compared to the late author E. Lynn Harris because of his writing style and subject matter. In Samantha Cleaveland arranges the assassination of her husband, Pastor Hezekiah T....
Business Journal of Jacksonville, January 18, 2013
...an induction ceremony for board member Charles Phillips, a native Arkansan.� This donation was in honor of E. Lynn Harris, an inductee into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame in the year 2000 and cousin of� Charles Phillips.� Mr. Harris was a well...
Sacramento Business Journal, January 18, 2013
...an induction ceremony for board member Charles Phillips, a native Arkansan.� This donation was in honor of E. Lynn Harris, an inductee into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame in the year 2000 and cousin of� Charles Phillips.� Mr. Harris was a well...
Austin Business Journal, January 18, 2013
...an induction ceremony for board member Charles Phillips, a native Arkansan.� This donation was in honor of E. Lynn Harris, an inductee into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame in the year 2000 and cousin of� Charles Phillips.� Mr. Harris was a well...
Denver Business Journal, January 18, 2013
...an induction ceremony for board member Charles Phillips, a native Arkansan.� This donation was in honor of E. Lynn Harris, an inductee into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame in the year 2000 and cousin of� Charles Phillips.� Mr. Harris was a well...
Kansas City Business Journal, January 18, 2013
...an induction ceremony for board member Charles Phillips, a native Arkansan.� This donation was in honor of E. Lynn Harris, an inductee into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame in the year 2000 and cousin of� Charles Phillips.� Mr. Harris was a well...
Triangle Business Journal, January 18, 2013
...an induction ceremony for board member Charles Phillips, a native Arkansan.� This donation was in honor of E. Lynn Harris, an inductee into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame in the year 2000 and cousin of� Charles Phillips.� Mr. Harris was a well...
Los Angeles Business, January 18, 2013
...an induction ceremony for board member Charles Phillips, a native Arkansan.� This donation was in honor of E. Lynn Harris, an inductee into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame in the year 2000 and cousin of� Charles Phillips.� Mr. Harris was a well...