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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 88
Top works
- Tria juncta in uno. E.F.R.
- Glimmerings II
- Lustrum
- Pieces of Bob
- Two jet differential cross section and structure functions in p̄p collisions at [square root]s = 1.8 TeV
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Film & TV
Writing · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Robert Dennis Harris is a British novelist. He is a former journalist and BBC television reporter. Although he began his career in non-fiction, his fame rests upon his works of historical fiction.
Known for
- Born to be The King — Narrator2022
- Countdown zum Zweiten Weltkrieg — Self - Bestsellerautor / Autor "München"2018
- Blair: The Inside Story — Self2007
- In Search of Tony Blair — Self2004
- Have I Got News for You — Self1990
- Dispatches1987
- Omnibus — Self1967
- Have I Got a Bit More News for You — Self - Panellist
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1957
Discography
- Imperium2006
- An Officer and a Spy2013
- München2017
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,816
- Total plays
- 44,407
Tags
Detroit native, Robert Harris grew up listening to the music of George Benson, Stevie Wonder, Hall & Oats and the song writers of the seventies. It was there that his musical aspirations began at the early age of 12. At 16, he began playing guitar and within a year was playing throughout the Detroit area. In 1978, Robert made his way to the Seattle area. He spent several years touring the west coast before heading south to Los Angeles. Within a year of being in L. <a href="https://www.last.fm/mu
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 95,780x
- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 56,550x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 46,824x
- Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
· 1996 · cited 39,789x
- The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 39,499x
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Key facts
- Born
- Robert Dennis Harris , ( 1957-03-07 ) 7 March 1957 (age 69) , Nottingham , England
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Education
- University of Cambridge ( BA )
- Period
- 1982–present
- Genre
- Fiction
- Subject
- Historical fiction , thriller
- Notable works
- Fatherland (1992), The Ghost (2007), An Officer and a Spy (2013)
- Notable awards
- British Press Award Columnist of the Year (2003), César Award for Best Adaptation (2011, 2020)
- Spouse
- Gill Hornby
- Relatives
- Nick Hornby (brother-in-law)
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert Dennis Harris CBE (born 7 March 1957) is a British novelist and former journalist. Although he began his career in journalism and non-fiction, he is best known for his works of historical fiction. Beginning with the best-seller Fatherland, Harris focused on events surrounding the Second World War, followed by works set in ancient Rome. His later works are varied in settings but are mostly set after 1870.
Several of Harris's novels have been adapted into films, including The Ghost Writer (2010) and An Officer and a Spy (2019), for which he co-wrote the screenplays with director Roman Polanski, and Conclave (2024).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Robert Harris” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.