George Harrar

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• George Harrar

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Who is he?

• Born- July 25, 1949
• Abington, Pennsylvania
• Parents- Frank and Helen
• Married Linda Davis on November 5, 1974
• One son, Tony
• Attended NYU in 71

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Career

• 76-79 editor of Middlesex News
• Freelance editor/writer- 80-83
• 83 89 features editor Computerworld Newspaper

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Awards

• 1st prize in Wellspring Short Story contest in
  1996
• Story Magazines Carson McCullers Prize for Short
  Story-1998
• Best American Short Stories in 1999 for The
  522

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What Else Did He Write?

• Not as Crazy as I Seem in 2003
• The Spinning Man in 2003
• The Trouble with Jeremy Chance in 2003
• Parents Wanted in 2003
• First Tiger in 1999

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Whats New?

• Still writing novels and stories as well as
  screenplays
• The Wonder Kid is coming out this month
• Barnes and Noble-book intro. April 30, 2006 at 1
  pm

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Works Cited

• First Tiger book cover. Online image. George
  Harrar BooksFirst Tiger. 4 Apr. 2006.
  http//home.comcast.net/gharrar/books/first_tiger
  .html.
• Not as Crazy as I Seem book cover. Online
  image. George Harrar Books Not As Crazy As I
  Seem. 4 Apr. 2006. ar/ books/notcrazy.html.
• Parents Wanted book cover. Online image.
  Adoption.com. 4 Apr. 2006. om/p1588/adoption-books/parents-wanted.html
• Rifkin, Glenn. George Harrar. Online image.
  Houghton Mifflin. 4 Apr. 2006. http//houghtonmif
  flinbooks.com.
• The Spinning Man book cover. Online image.
  George Harrar Books The Spinning Man. 4 Apr..
  2006. nning.html

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Works Consulted

• George E. Harrar. Contemporary Authors Online.
  2001. Contemporary Authors on Galenet. Gale
  Group. 28 Mar. 2006. oup.com/.
• George Harrar. Comcast. 28 Mar. 2006.
  http//home.comcast.net/gharrar/main.html.