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American author and screenwriter

For other people named Thomas Harris, see Thomas Harris (disambiguation).

William Thomas Harris III (born September 22, 1940)^[1] is an American writer.

He is the author of a series of suspense novels about Hannibal Lecter. The majority of his works have been adapted into films and television, including The Silence of the Lambs, which became only the third film in Academy Awards history to sweep the Oscars in all of the five major categories.^[2]

His novels have sold more than 50 million copies, with The Silence of the Lambs alone selling 10 million copies, as of 2019.

Biography

Harris was born in Jackson, Tennessee,^[3] but moved as a child with his family to Rich, Mississippi. He was introverted and bookish in grade school and then blossomed in high school.^[4] He attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he majored in English and graduated in 1964.

While in college, he worke