About E. Lynn Harris
E. Lynn Harris was an American author. Openly gay, he was best known for his depictions of African-American men who were on the down-low and closeted. He authored ten consecutive books that made The New York Times Best Seller list, making him among the most successful African-American or gay authors of his era. Harris was one of the first African-American students at Forest Heights Junior High and Hall High School in Little Rock. Harris became the first black male cheerleader as well as the first black yearbook editor while attending the University of Arkansas. Harris relieved himself of his salesman duties and quit in order to begin writing his first novel.
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