- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMark Harris Finkelstein
- Mark Harris taught English and creative writing at Arizona State University from 1980 to 2001; he also was the author of five non-fiction books, a collection of essays, and thirteen novels, including "Bang The Drum Slowly", part of a series of five novels about Henry Wiggen, pitcher for the fictitious New York Mammoths professional baseball team. Harris, who served in the U.S. Army during World War II, started his literary career as a wire service reporter as well as a staff writer for Ebony and Negro Digest magazines before graduating from college and embarking on a career in teaching.
- IMDb mini biography by: Jane Margaret Laight
- SpouseJosephine Horen(1946 - May 30, 2007) (his death, 3 children)
- Children: Henry, Anthony, Hester Harris.
- He had Alzheimer's disease.
- He was 84 when he died.
- He wrote five nonfiction books and 13 novels.
- [1994 interview in the Los Angeles Times] I can't stand fantasy, especially in baseball. It has to be real for me. I think people make fantasy of it [baseball] who don't know how it works realistically . . . baseball has to be done right.
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