Thomas Harris Biography

Fast Facts

• Recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2007 Bram Stoker Awards
• Was nominated for a USC Scripter Award in 1992 for "The Silence of the Lambs" along with Ted Tally
• Was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award in 2003
• Graduated from Baylor University in 1964 with a degree in English
• Began his career as a writer as a reporter for a local newspaper in college
• Is best known for his work as the creator of the character Hannibal Lecter
• Relocated to New York City in the early '70s to work with the Associated Press before starting work on his first novel, Black Sunday
• His suspense novels "Red Dragon," "The Silence of the Lambs," "Hannibal" and "Hannibal Rising" were all made into movies
• An intensely private man, he has not given a public interview since 1976
• A cooking enthusiast, he has taken courses at Le Cordon Blue