Robert J. Harris (Bob) is a

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academic and author, particularly of children's

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and

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s, best known for his collaborations with

Jane Yolen Jane Hyatt Yolen (born February 11, 1939) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. She is the author or editor of more than 350 books, of which the best known is '' The Devil's Arithmetic'', a Holocaust novella. H ...

. He also designed the fantasy board game ''

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'' and its sequel '' Mythgardia''.

Life

Harris was born in Dundee and studied at the University of St. Andrews, achieving a first class honours degree in Latin. Harris lives in

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and is married to

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author

Deborah Turner Harris Deborah Turner Harris (born 1951 in Pennsylvania), is an American fantasy author, best known for her collaborations with Katherine Kurtz. Life Harris lives in Scotland and is married to Scottish author Robert J. Harris. Works Mages of Garill ...

Works

His recent adult suspense-adventure works ''The Thirty-One Kings'' and ''Castle Macnab'' feature the return of

John Buchan John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (; 26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation. After a brief legal career ...

's classic adventurer-spy character

Richard Hannay Major-General Sir Richard Hannay, KCB, OBE, DSO, is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist John Buchan and further made popular by the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock film '' The 39 Steps'' (and other later film adaptations), very loosely b ...

, first made famous in The Thirty-Nine Steps book and films.

Young Heroes

(Written with

, based on

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) #''

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in the Serpent Maze'' (2001) #''

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and the Curse of the Amazons'' (2002) #''

Atalanta Atalanta (; grc-gre, Ἀταλάντη, Atalantē) meaning "equal in weight", is a heroine in Greek mythology. There are two versions of the huntress Atalanta: one from Arcadia, whose parents were Iasus and Clymene and who is primarily known ...

and the Arcadian Beast'' (2003) #''

and the Lost Amazon City'' (2003)

The Scottish Quartet

(with Jane Yolen) *''Queen’s Own Fool'' (2000) *''Girl in a Cage'' (2002) *''Prince Across the Water'' (2004) *''The Rogues'' (2007)

Young Legends

*'' Leonardo and the Death Machine'' (2005) *''Will Shakespeare and the Devil's Fire'' (2006)

Greg and Lewis

*''The Day the World Went Loki'' (2013) *''Thor is Locked in my Garage'' (2014) *''Odin blew up my TV'' (2016)

The Artie Conan Doyle Mysteries

*''The Gravediggers Club'' (2017) *''The Vanishing Dragon'' (2018)

Richard Hannay Major-General Sir Richard Hannay, KCB, OBE, DSO, is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist John Buchan and further made popular by the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock film '' The 39 Steps'' (and other later film adaptations), very loosely b ...
Returns

*''The Thirty-One Kings'' (2017) *''Castle Macnab'' (2018)

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in WWII

* ''A Study in Crimson'' (2022) * ''The Devil's Blaze'' (2022)

Short fiction

*"The City of Brass" (with Deborah Turner Harris) (1995) *"The Ragmore Beast" (1997) *"Studies in Stone" (with Jane Yolen) (1998) *"The Company of Three" (with Deborah Turner Harris) (1998) *"Last Kingdom" (with Deborah Turner Harris) (1999) *"Old Jim Croaker Jumps Over the Moon" (2000) *"Straight and True" (2000) *"Requiem Antarctica" (with Jane Yolen) (2000)

References

External links

The Website of Deborah Turner Harris and Robert J Harris
* Living people Scottish fantasy writers Writers from Dundee 1955 births Alumni of the University of St Andrews {{Scotland-writer-stub