Narrelle M. Harris (also credited as Narrelle Harris) is a Melbourne-based writer. She wrote the award winning short play Stalemate in 2003.
Biography
Harris was born in Newcastle, New South Wales.
Harris's earliest writing, dating back to the early 1990s, was through science fiction fandom, including work based in the Star Trek, Blake's 7 and V universes. Fanzines which she wrote and/or edited include Phoenix (B7), Scenario (The Greatest American Hero), Out of the War Zone (V), and Inconsequential Parallax (genzine), which was nominated for a Ditmar Award in 1992.
The Opposite of Life (2007) is a contemporary vampire novel set in Melbourne, told from the point of view of a young librarian. Harris has discussed online and on radio about how the second book in the series — tentatively titled Walking Shadows — was completed but was considered unsuitable, forcing her to start writing it again from scratch. Witch Faith (2007), was considered by Library Journal to have "strong female characters and a gracefully told story."
Harris has also written film and theatre reviews, the latter as a reviewer and feature writer for the now defunct online theatre magazine, Stage Left. This site is now preserved in the Pandora archives.
In 2006, she appeared alongside Scott Brennan in the short film Outland as "Ginny".
Harris was a guest, in 2009, on episode 167 of the Boxcutters podcast, talking about television vampires. She is currently the resident literary "expert" on the weekly radio show "The Outland Institute" on Joy 94.9.
References
- [theatre-oz] Bunbury Winners. Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
- "Narrelle M. Harris". Clandestine Press. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1992 Ditmar Awards Archived 18 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- Bradford, K. Tempest (n.d.). "The Opposite of Life". Fantasy Magazine. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- "Book Learning: The Art of Destruction". 13 August 2008.
- Cassada, Jackie (15 February 2007). "Witch Faith". Library Journal. 132 (3): 116. Retrieved 17 January 2016 – via EBSCO.
- Pandora Archive – Preserving and Accessing Networked DOcumentary Resources of Australia
- Outland (2006)
- "Ep 167: Narrelle M. Harris, Demons, Bigpond Ads - Boxcutters". Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- "The Podcast". 24 July 2009.
External links
- Narrelle M Harris Official website
- Stage Left (Pandora Archive)
- Narrelle M. Harris at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database