Narrelle M. Harris (also credited as Narrelle Harris) is a Melbourne-based writer. She wrote the award winning short play Stalemate in 2003.[1]
Biography edit
Harris was born in Newcastle, New South Wales.[2]
Harris's earliest writing, dating back to the early 1990s, was through science fiction fandom, including work based in the Star Trek, Blake's 7 and V universes. Fanzines which she wrote and/or edited include Phoenix (B7), Scenario (The Greatest American Hero), Out of the War Zone (V), and Inconsequential Parallax (genzine), which was nominated for a Ditmar Award in 1992.[3]
The Opposite of Life (2007) is a contemporary vampire novel set in Melbourne, told from the point of view of a young librarian.[4] Harris has discussed online and on radio about how the second book in the series — tentatively titled Walking Shadows — was completed but was considered unsuitable, forcing her to start writing it again from scratch.[5][6] Witch Faith (2007), was considered by Library Journal to have "strong female characters and a gracefully told story."[7]
Harris has also written film and theatre reviews, the latter as a reviewer and feature writer for the now defunct online theatre magazine, Stage Left. This site is now preserved in the Pandora archives.[8]
In 2006, she appeared alongside Scott Brennan in the short film Outland as "Ginny".[9]
Harris was a guest, in 2009, on episode 167 of the Boxcutters podcast,[10] talking about television vampires. She is currently the resident literary "expert" on the weekly radio show "The Outland Institute" on Joy 94.9.[11]
References edit
- ^ [theatre-oz] Bunbury Winners. Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Narrelle M. Harris". Clandestine Press. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ^ The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1992 Ditmar Awards Archived 18 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bradford, K. Tempest (n.d.). "The Opposite of Life". Fantasy Magazine. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ "Book Learning: The Art of Destruction". 13 August 2008.
- ^ http://www.cpod.org.au/download.php?id=1833
- ^ Cassada, Jackie (15 February 2007). "Witch Faith". Library Journal. 132 (3): 116. Retrieved 17 January 2016 – via EBSCO.
- ^ Pandora Archive – Preserving and Accessing Networked DOcumentary Resources of Australia
- ^ Outland (2006)
- ^ "Ep 167: Narrelle M. Harris, Demons, Bigpond Ads - Boxcutters". Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ "The Podcast". 24 July 2009.