Craig Harrison (writer)

Craig Harrison
Harrison in 1985
Born1942 (age 81–82)
Occupation(s)Author, playwright, lecturer

Craig Harrison (born 1942 in Leeds, Yorkshire) is a British-New Zealand author, playwright,[1] scriptwriter, and retired university lecturer for art history and film studies at Massey University, who is probably best known for his 1982 novel The Quiet Earth. Harrison's output has ranged widely, from science fiction to junior fiction, to comedies parodying academia. All of his books were published first in his adopted home of New Zealand.

  1. ^ Chambers, Colin (14 May 2006). Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre. A&C Black. pp. 544–545. ISBN 978-1-84714-001-2.