What is Thomas Harris?
'''William Thomas Harris III''' (born September 22, 1940) is an [[Americans|American]] writer. He is best known for a series of [[suspense]] novels about his most famous character, [[Hannibal Lecter]]. Harris wrote ''[[Black Sunday (novel)|Black Sunday]]'' (1975), ''[[Red Dragon (novel)|Red Dragon]]'' (1981), ''[[The Silence of the Lambs (novel)|The Silence of the Lambs]]'' (1988), ''[[Hannibal (Harris novel)|Hannibal]]'' (1999), ''[[Hannibal Rising]]'' (2006) and ''Cari Mora'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/03/hannibal-lecter-creator-thomas-harris-announces-first-book-in-13-years|title=Hannibal Lecter creator Thomas Harris announces first book in 13 years|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=October 3, 2018|access-date=February 7, 2020|author=Cain, Sian}}</ref> Most of his works have been made into movies and television shows. The most notable is ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]'' (1991), which became only the third movie in [[Academy Awards]] history to sweep the Oscars in major categories. Harris was born in [[Jackson, Tennessee]]. As a child, he moved with his family to [[Rich, Mississippi]]. He was married to Harriet Anne Haley from 1961 to 1967. They had a daughter, Elizabeth Anne. His long-term domestic partner is Pace Barnes. Harris did not give any interviews between 1976 and 2019. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{Official|http://www.randomhouse.com/features/thomasharris/}} *{{IMDb name|id=0365383}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Thomas}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American novelists]] [[Category:American screenwriters]] [[Category:People from Jackson, Tennessee]] [[Category:Writers from Mississippi]] [[Category:Writers from Tennessee]] {{US-bio-stub}}