The Life of the Characters in Thomas Harris's Works

1940 April 1 1 Thomas Harris was born in Jackson County, Tennessee, USA, and moved to Mississippi with his parents when he was a child. Harris was a very introverted nerd in junior high school. He didn't become active until he entered high school. Later, he entered Baylor University in Waco, Texas, majoring in English and graduated from 1964. During his college years, Harris also worked as a reporter for the local newspaper Waco Herald Tribune. From 1968, he moved to new york City to work for the Associated Press until he started writing Black Sunday from 1974.

Harris's private life before 1976 was rarely known to outsiders, because he always avoided attention and never gave interviews. At Baylor University, he met a girl named Harriet, married her, gave birth to a daughter, but soon divorced. Harris has always maintained a close relationship with his mother. It is said that no matter where he is, he will call his mother every night and often discuss some scenes in the book with her.

Harris and his longtime partner Pace Barnes live in Southern California and have a summer house in Port Sage, new york. Morton Janklow, Harris's friend and agent, said of Harris, "He is a rare good man. He is tall, bearded and very amiable. If you meet him, you will think that he is the conductor of a choir. He likes cooking (even passed the exam of the famous Paris Culinary Art School Blue Ribbon College), and it is very interesting to stay in the kitchen with him and watch him happily prepare meals. "