Gearge harrar biography
- PERSONAL: Born July 25, 1949, in Abington, PA; son of Frank S. and Helen Harrar; married Linda D. Davis, November 5, 1974; children: adopted son.
- George Harrar is a fiction writer whose short stories have appeared in a dozen literary magazines.
- George Harrar is the author of several novels and numerous short stories, one of which was chosen for the 1999 edition of The Best American Short Stories.
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George E. Harrar Edit Profile
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George E. Harrar is an American fiction writer, who also worked as an editor at the beginning of his career. His writings include articles, juvenile books, biography and novels.
Background
George E. Harrar was born on July 25, 1949, in Abington, Pennsylvania, United States. He is a son of Frank S. Harrar and Helen (Stitzinger) Harrar.
Education
Initially, George attended Jenkintown High School. In 1971, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude from New York University.
Career
During the period from 1976 till 1979, George served as an editor at the Middlesex News (present-day The MetroWest Daily News) in Framingham, Massachusetts. Between 1980 and 1983, he acted as a freelance editor and writer in Wayland, Massachusetts. Then, in 1983, Harrar was appointed a features editor at Computerworld Newspaper in Framingham and remained in that position until 1989, when he began working as a freelance editor and writer again in Wayland, Massachusetts.
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George Harrar
George Harrar is a fiction writer whose short stories have appeared in a dozen literary magazines. “The 5:22” won Story Magazine’s Carson McCullers Prize and was selected for the 1999 edition of Best American Short Stories. His first novel, First Tiger (Permanent Press), debuted in 1999 and was followed in 2003 by his literary mystery The Spinning Man (Penguin Putnam), described by The New York Times as “elegant and unnerving.” This novel has been adapted into the 2018 film “Spinning Man,” starring Guy Pearce, Minnie Driver, Pierce Brosnan and Odeya Rush, available On Demand and on Amazon. A reissue of The Spinning Man is available on Amazon with a film-themed cover. Harrar’s most recent novel, Reunion at Red Paint Bay (Other Press) was described as a Hitchcockian suspense novel by Kirkus Reviews. Booklist said: “Harrar is one of those writers on the verge of connecting with a much larger audience: this could be his moment.” “Reunion at Red Paint Bay” premiered as a French-language television film, title
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George Harrar
Bio
George Harrar lives in Wayland, Massachusetts, with his wife, who is a documentary filmmaker, and their teenage son. In 1998 Harrar won the first Carson McCullers Prize for the Short Story from Story magazine, and his winning piece was included in the 1999 edition of The Best American Short Stories. Harrar’s short fiction has appeared in the New Press Literary Quarterly, the Side Show anthology, Eclectic Literary Forum, Quarter After Eight, and American Way. He recently began writing fiction full time after working for many years as a freelance journalist for publications such as the New York Times, Forbes, ForbesASAP, and the Boston Globe.George Harrar Books
Reunion at Red Paint Bay
George HarrarBoston Noir 2: The Classics (Akashic Noir)
Dennis LehaneNot As Crazy As I Seem
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