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Anne Harris (author)

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Anne Harris
Born1964
DiedNovember 17, 2022
Pen name
  • Pearl North
  • Jessica Freely
EducationOakland University (BS)
Genrescience fiction
Notable awardsGaylactic Spectrum Award

Anne Harris (pen names, Pearl North and Jessica Freely; 1964 – November 17, 2022)[1] was an American science fiction author from Michigan.

Life and work

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Harris published under three different names: her legal name, "Pearl North", and "Jessica Freely".

Harris was a graduate of Ferndale High School and Oakland University, the latter with a Bachelor of Science in computer and information science. According to her blog, she worked as a cook in a vegetarian restaurant, a freelance journalist, a public relations writer, an operations research analyst for the United States Department of Defense, and "a doggy daycare worker".[2] Harris lived in the Detroit, Michigan area all her life; as of 2016, she was living in Royal Oak with her husband Steve.[3]

Harris also taught in Seton Hill University's Writing Popular Fiction MFA program. Harris's literary works have been recognized and highlighted at Michigan State University in their Michigan Writers Series.[4] She wrote under two pseudonyms. As Pearl North she published Libyrinth in 2009. It is the first volume in a young adult science fiction trilogy. The second in the series, The Boy From Ilysies, came out in November 2010,[5] and the third, The Book of the Night, was released in 2012. Under the pen name Jessica Freely, Harris has written numerous male/male erotic romance ebooks since 2008.

Harris's second novel, Accidental Creatures (1998), won the first Gaylactic Spectrum Award for Best Novel dealing with LGBT characters, themes, and issues.[6]

Her short story, "Still Life with Boobs", was a 2005 Nebula Award finalist for Best Short Story.[7] Her other novels include The Nature of Smoke (her first, published in 1996, shortlisted in translation for the 2007 Japanese Sense of Gender Award)[8] and Inventing Memory, published in 2004.

Harris was "a long-term advocate of women's rights, reproductive freedom, and LGBT rights."[9]

References

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Library resources about
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  1. ^ "Anne Harris's obituary (1964–2022) – Utica, MI". Legacy. November 19, 2022. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  2. ^ Harris's profile on LiveJournal Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Michigan State University Library: Michigan Writers Series "Science Fiction Writer Anne Harris - February 14, 2003
  4. ^ "Michigan Writers Series". Michigan State University Libraries. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  5. ^ MacMillan. "The Boy from Ilysies". Archived from the original on April 16, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
  6. ^ "Spectrum Awards 1999 list". Archived from the original on September 9, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2009.
  7. ^ Mike Glyer (November 18, 2022). "Pixel Scroll 11/18/22 The Idiot's Guide To Writing Scroll Titles". File 770. (8). Retrieved November 19, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  8. ^ [1] Nippon 2007 Worldcon participant profile
  9. ^ David G. Hartwell; Kathryn Cramer, eds. (2006). Year's Best Fantasy 6. Tachyon Publications. ISBN 1-892391-37-6.
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