Oliver Harris (author)

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Oliver Harris (b. 1978) is a British author of crime fiction and thrillers, who lives in South Korea.

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Early life and education

Oliver Harris was born 1978, in North London. [1] He studied at University College London, gaining a first degree in English Literature and an MA in Shakespeare studies. [1] He undertook research at the London Consortium, [2] where his 2013 PhD thesis (Between nature and the gods: Lacan's return to antiquity) [3] was supervised by Steven Connor. [4] In 2004, he graduated with an MA in creative writing (Prose Fiction) from the University of East Anglia. [5] [6]

Career

Academia

Harris works as a Senior Lecturer at the Manchester Writing School within the School of English at Manchester Metropolitan University. [7]

Writing

Harris's first crime novel, The Hollow Man was published in 2011. [8] [9] [10] This novel's protagonist, Nick Belsey, a corrupt detective, featured in two further novels: Deep Shelter (2014) [11] [12] and The House of Fame (2016). [13] [14] In 2019, Harris published A Shadow Intelligence, with a new protagonist: Elliot Kane, a British spy. [15] [16] [17] Another Elliot Kane novel was published in 2021, before Harris returned to Nick Belsey in 2022 and then again to Elliot Kane in 2024.

Harris has been described as "a gin-dry, Chandleresque kind of writer'". [18] Scottish author Val McDermid described his Nick Belsey novels as "bringing a hard edge to stories of contemporary policing – stories that embrace corruption, disloyalty and darkness." [19]

Harris has written for The Times Literary Supplement . [20] He also mentors other authors and aspiring authors. [21] [22]

Personal life

In 2017, Harris was reported to be living in South Korea. [1]

Works

Nick Belsey series

Elliot Kane Series

Non-fiction

References

  1. 1 2 3 Freelancer Tom (20 July 2017). "Author Interview: Oliver Harris". Indie Light. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  2. ↑ Taunton, Matthew (December 2022). MacCabe, Colin (ed.). "The London Consortium and Me: Memoir of an Experiment in Doctoral Education". Critical Quarterly. 64 (4). John Wiley & Sons Ltd: 20–26. doi: 10.1111/criq.12694 . ISSN   1467-8705 . Retrieved 14 August 2025. The peers I learned most from ... were working in all sorts of areas: ... Oli Harris on myth in psychoanalysis.
  3. ↑ Harris, Oliver. "Between nature and the gods: Lacan's return to antiquity". Birkbeck Library. Birkbeck, University of London. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  4. ↑ Harris, Oliver (5 August 2016). "Acknowledgements". Lacan's Return to Antiquity. Routledge. p. vi. doi:10.4324/9781315743929. ISBN   9781315743929 . Retrieved 14 August 2025. I'd like to thank Steve Connor for sharing his knowledge, irreverence and intellectual excitement, offering supervision with equal measures of support and trust.
  5. ↑ "Karen Taylor, Trevor Wood and Oliver Harris nominated for Dagger Awards". New Writing. UEA Publishing Project. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "Oliver Harris". Manchester Metropolitan University. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "Staff at Manchester Writing School". Manchester Metropolitan University. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "The Hollow Man by Oliver Harris". Publishers Weekly . July 2, 2012. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
  9. ↑ "The Hollow Man by Oliver Harris". Publishers Weekly . 2012-07-02. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  10. ↑ "The Hollow Man" . Booklist . 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  11. ↑ "Deep Shelter" . Booklist . 2014-09-01. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  12. ↑ "Deep Shelter by Oliver Harris". Publishers Weekly . 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  13. ↑ Crinklaw, Don (2017-01-13). "The House of Fame". Booklist . Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  14. ↑ "The House of Fame by Oliver Harris". Publishers Weekly . 2016-11-28. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  15. ↑ "A Shadow Intelligence". Booklist . 2020-02-15. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  16. ↑ "A Shadow Spy". Kirkus Reviews . 2020-01-12. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  17. ↑ "A Shadow Intelligence by Oliver Harris". Publishers Weekly . 2020-01-23. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  18. ↑ Cooke, Rachel (28 December 2015). "Take shelter from festive excesses with a good, creepy book". The Observer. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  19. ↑ McDermid, Val (11 July 2013). "Val McDermid: addicted to crime fiction". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  20. ↑ "Oliver Harris". The Times Literary Supplement . Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  21. ↑ "Our Mentors - Oliver Harris". Gold Dust. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  22. ↑ "Oliver Harris". The Ruppin Agency. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
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