She was also an author in residence at Oklahoma's Central State University.Īmong the awards Harris received are the following: O.

Harris's work has received a wide readership in 1983, nine million of her books were in print, and her work has been translated into many languages, including French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, and Japanese. The film marked the first time a Native American actress played a leading role. Teague Summer) and Joanelle Romero (the title character). The novel Hatter Fox was successfully filmed as a TV movie under the title The Girl Called Hatter Fox starring Ronny Cox (Dr. These works, in addition to those listed above, include In the Midst of Earth (1969), The Peppersalt Land (1970), The Runaway's Diary (1971), The Conjurers (1974), Bledding Sorrow (1976), The Portent (1980), The Last Great Love (1981), The Diviner (1983), Warrick (1985), Night Games (1987), and Lost and Found (1991). After that Harris proved a prolific author, publishing twenty books, including novels, short stories, romance/historical fiction and children's fiction in a twenty-year period from 1970 to 1989. Harris's first collection of short stories, King's Ex, was published by Doubleday in 1967. Harris was educated in her home state, attending Cottey College from 1945 to 1951, then transferring to the University of Oklahoma, from which she received a bachelor of arts degree in 1953 and a master of arts degree in 1955.

Harris was born on June 4, 1931, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the daughter of John P., an oil executive, and Dora ( nee Veal) Harris. She is also the author of the best selling novel, Hatter Fox (1973), adapted into a 1977 CBS movie, The Girl Called Hatter Fox. The series contains This Other Eden (1977) The Prince of Eden (1978) The Eden Passion (1979) The Women of Eden (1980) Eden Rising (1982) American Eden (1987) and Eden and Honor (1989). Marilyn Harris (J– January 18, 2002) was an American author best known for her seven-novel 'Eden' series, an historical saga about the Eden family of England.

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