Julia Collier Harris | |
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_in_1919.jpg) Harris in 1919 | |
| Born | Julia Florida Collier November 11, 1875 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | January 21, 1967 (aged 91) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer and journalist |
| Years active | 1911–1938 |
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Julia Collier Harris (November 11, 1875 – January 21, 1967) was an American writer and journalist. She wrote the earliest biography of Joel Chandler Harris, her husband's father. As owners and publishers of the Columbus Enquirer Sun she and her husband won the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. She has been inducted into three Georgia halls of fame: Georgia Newspaper Hall of Fame, Georgia Writers Hall of Fame, and Georgia Women of Achievement.