Breaking News: Author Jim Harrison Has Passed Away

Jim Harrison, the great writers in contemporary American fiction has passed away at his home in Patagonia, Arizona. He was the prolific author and poet. He was 78 year old.

He was a versatile writer who authored almost 40 books, including novels, collections of poems and eloquent essays about his passion for food. 

He was considered a master of the novella, a short novel or long short story, although he didnt find mainstream success until later in his career.

Mr. Harrison was born in 1937 in Grayling, Michigan. He was blinded in his left eye by an accident when he was 7 year old. A restless adventurer as a young man, he once hitchhiked from Michigan to California to gaze at the Pacific Ocean.

Although Harrison never wrote big best-sellers, his work was deeply admired in literary circles. Among his most beloved novels and novellas are “Dalva,” “Julip,” “The Woman Lit by Fireflies” and “True North.”