New Zealand Writers

HARRISON, Craig

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HARRISON, Craig (1942 - ) was born in Leeds, England.

As he did not get many chances to write creatively at secondary school, Craig drifted into science subjects and at the age of 16 was giving lectures to the British Interplanetary Society.

He came to New Zealand in 1966 to lecture in English at Massey University, where he remained until he retired.

He has written several novels, plays, short stories, satirical works and television comedies. His plays have won various awards, and his novel, The Quiet Earth, shortlisted for Book of the Year in 1982, was adapted into a feature film.

(from Scholastic biography)

His books are: How to be a Pom (Dunmore Press, 1975), Broken October (Reed, 1976), The Quiet Earth (Hodder and Stoughton, 1981), Ground Level (Dunmore Press, 1981), Days of Starlight (Hodder and Stoughton, 1988), Grievous Bodily (Penguin, 1991). His plays include: Tomorrow will be a lovely day (Reed, 1975), which won the Elmwood Jubilee Prize in 1974, Ground Level ( Radio NZ production,1974) which won the J.C. Reid Awards in 1974, The Whites of their Eyes (Radio NZ production, 1974) which won the NZ Theatre Federation Prize 1974 . He has also written a TV series, Joe and Koro (NZBC, 1976-77).