E Lynn Harris

After graduation, he became a computer salesman with IBM for a time.
Harris was initially unable to land a book deal with a reputable publishing house for his first work, Invisible Life, so he self-published it through a vanity publisher and sold copies from his car trunk. Since then, five of his novels have achieved New York Times bestseller status.
Alongside fiction, Harris had also penned a personal memoir, What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?
Death
Harris died suddenly on July 23, 2009 at the age of 54 while touring to promote his latest book, Basketball Jones. He was found unconscious at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, and was pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.Bibliography
Invisible Life (1991 Self Published – 1994 Mass Marketed)
Just As I Am (1995) *
And This Too Shall Pass (1997)
If This World Were Mine (1998) **
Abide With Me (2000)
Not A Day Goes By (2000)
Money Can't Buy Me Love (2000)
From the Book Got to Be Real - 4 Original Love Stories by Eric Jerome Dickey, Marcus Major, E. Lynn Harris and Colin Channer
Any Way the Wind Blows (2002) *
A Love Of My Own (2003) *
What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted – A Memoir (2004)
I Say a Little Prayer (2006)
Just Too Good To Be True (2008)
Basketball Jones (2009)
* Winner of Blackboard's Novel of the Year Award
** Winner of James Baldwin Award for Literary Excellence
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