Eddy L. Harris

The author of four critically acclaimed books, Mississippi Solo, Native Stranger, South of Haunted Dreams, and Still Life in Harlem, Eddy L. Harris has generated the kind of attention and praise that attends the rise of only the finest talents. As America's premier African-American memoirist and travel writer, he has written with emotional depth and courage about the Mississippi River, Africa, the South, and Harlem respectively in these books. A graduate of Stanford University, he also studied in London and has been a screenwriter and journalist. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri.