About The Author
E. Lynn Harris is a former IBM computer sales executive and a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He is the author of six previous novels, including the New York Times bestselling Not a Day Goes By, Abide With Me, Invisible Life, Just As I Am, And This Too Shall Pass, and If This World Were Mine. In 1996, Just As I Am was awarded the Novel of the Year prize by Blackboard African American Bestsellers, Inc. Abide With Me and If This World Were Mine were both nominated for NAACP Image Awards and If This World Were Mine won the James Baldwin Award for Literary Excellence. Harris divides his time between New York and Chicago.