David Harris
Author's name:
David Harris
Author description:
David Harris is a writer and historian, who found ruins of the lost city Rome in the Gobi Desert. He has 18 books published, including various histories, fiction for young readers, travel, biography, business and cultural relations, travel, and texts for secondary and tertiary students. His work includes the popular Cliffhanger series for readers 9-12 years and What a Line, the history of Hills Industries. He has lectured and run workshops about writing in universities and TAFE, and schools around Australia.
Latest book:
Devil's Island (The Cliffhanger Series)
Penguin Books, Melbourne, Australia, 1999
Luke's journey becomes a life and death struggle to survive an enormous cliff, a mountain labyrinth and a merciless killer stalking him in the jungles of the island.
Sample bibliography:
Fortress (The Cliffhanger Series)
Penguin Books, Melbourne, Australia, 1999
Dead Silence (The Cliffhanger Series)
Penguin Books, Melbourne, Australia, 1999
Firebug (The Cliffhanger Series)
Penguin Books, Melbourne, Australia, 1999
What a Line!
Wakefield Press, Adelaide, Australia, 1997
Black Horse Odyssey
Hills Industries, Adelaide, South Australia, 1996
Genres:
Adventure, Australiana, (Auto)biography, Historical fiction, Middle childhood, Non-fiction, Travel
Web site:
www.davidharris.com.au
Contact booking agent:
Carole Carroll
Email: c.carroll@bigpond.com
Phone: (08) 8376 4662
Address: 2 Second Avenue, Glenelg East, SA 5045
Contact literary agent:
cinta di Mase Management
Email: dimase@ozemail.com.au
Phone: (03) 9489 5664
Address: 342 St Georges Road, North Fitzroy, VIC 3068
Available for:
workshops, speaking engagements
The SA Writers' Centre is assisted by the South Australian Government through Arts SA, and the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory bodies.