Craig Harrison (writer) explained
Craig Harrison |
Birth Place: | Leeds, United Kingdom |
Occupation: | Author, playwright, lecturer |
Craig Harrison (born 1942 in Leeds, Yorkshire) is a British-New Zealand author, playwright,[1] scriptwriter, and retired university lecturer for art history and film studies at Massey University, who is probably best known for his 1982 novel The Quiet Earth. Harrison's output has ranged widely, from science fiction to junior fiction, to comedies parodying academia. All of his books were published first in his adopted home of New Zealand.
Bibliography
Novels
- How To Be A Pom (1975)
- Broken October: New Zealand, 1985 (1976 A.H. and A.W. Reed Ltd) – Novelisation of the play 'Tomorrow Will Be A Lovely Day'
- The Quiet Earth (1981 – Coronet Books)
- Ground Level (1981) – Novelization of earlier play 'Ground Level'
- Days of Starlight (1988),
- Grievous Bodily (1991)
- The Dumpster Saga (2007)
Plays
- Tomorrow Will Be a Lovely Day (1974)
- Ground Level (1981)
- The Whites of Their Eyes (1975)
- Perfect Strangers (1976)
- Hearts of Gold (1983)
- White Lies (1994)
External links
- Profile at the New Zealand Book Council
Notes and References
- Book: Chambers . Colin . Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre . 14 May 2006 . A&C Black . 978-1-84714-001-2 . 544–545 . en.