Craig Harrison (born 1942 in

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, Yorkshire) is a British-New Zealand author, playwright, scriptwriter, and retired university lecturer for

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and

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, who is probably best known for his 1982 novel '' The Quiet Earth''. Harrison's output has ranged widely, from

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to junior fiction, to comedies parodying academia. All of his books were published first in his adopted home of New Zealand.

Bibliography

Novels

* ''How To Be A Pom'' (1975) * ''Broken October: New Zealand, 1985'' (1976 A.H. and A.W. Reed Ltd) – Novelisation of the play 'Tomorrow Will Be A Lovely Day' * '' The Quiet Earth'' (1981 – Coronet Books) * ''Ground Level'' (1981) – Novelization of earlier play 'Ground Level' * ''Days of Starlight'' (1988), * ''Grievous Bodily'' (1991) * ''The Dumpster Saga'' (2007)

Plays

* ''Tomorrow Will Be a Lovely Day'' (1974) * ''Ground Level'' (1981) * ''The Whites of Their Eyes'' (1975) * ''Perfect Strangers'' (1976) * ''Hearts of Gold'' (1983) * ''White Lies'' (1994)

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1942 births English dramatists and playwrights English emigrants to New Zealand English science fiction writers Living people Academic staff of Massey University 20th-century New Zealand dramatists and playwrights Writers from Leeds English male dramatists and playwrights English male novelists English male non-fiction writers New Zealand male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century New Zealand novelists {{NewZealand-writer-stub