Narrelle Harris

Narrelle Harris (also credited as Narrelle M Harris) is a Melbourne-based writer. She is the author of "Fly By Night" (2004, Homosapien Books), "Witch Honour" (2006, Five Star Speculative Fiction) and its sequel, "Witch Faith" (2007, Five Star Speculative Fiction),^[1] probably her highest-profile work to date is "The Opposite Of Life"^[2] (2007, Pulp Fiction Press). She wrote the award winning short play "Stalemate" in 2003.^[3] In 2006 she appeared alongside Scott Brennan in the short film "Outland" as "Ginny".^[4]

Her work is an eclectic mix of genres: "Fly By Night" features two novellas about a gay musical duo who solve crimes, while the "Witch Honour" series consists of fantasy novels with a science fiction edge. "The Opposite Of Life" is a contemporary vampire novel set in Melbourne, told from the point-of-view of a young librarian, and is the first of a three-book deal with Queensland's Pulp Fiction Press. She has discussed online and on radio about how the second book in the series - tentatively titled "Walking Shadows" - was completed but was considered unsuitable, forcing her to start writing it again from scratch.^[5][6] It is also expected there will be a third book to complete a "Witch Honor" trilogy.

Narrelle's earliest writing was through science fiction fandom, including work based in the Star Trek, Blake's 7 and V universes. Fanzines which she wrote and/or edited include Phoenix (B7), Scenario (The Greatest American Hero), Out of the War Zone (V), and Inconsequential Parallax (genzine), which was nominated for a Ditmar Award in 1992.^[7]

She has also written film and theatre reviews, the latter as a reviewer and feature writer for the now defunct online theatre magazine, Stage Left. This site is now preserved in the Pandora archives.^[8]

Recently, Narrelle was a guest on episode 167 of the Boxcutters podcast,^[9] talking about television vampires. She is currently the resident literary "expert" on the weekly radio show "The Outland Institute" on Joy 94.9.^[10]

References

1. ^ Gale - Catalog - FiveStar - Item Detail
2. ^ http://www.pulpfictionpress.com.au/theoppositeoflife/index.htm
3. ^ [theatre-oz] Bunbury Winners
4. ^ Outland (2006)
5. ^ http://outlandinstitute.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/book-learning-the-art-of-destruction/
6. ^ http://www.cpod.org.au/download.php?id=1833
7. ^ The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1992 Ditmar Awards
8. ^ Pandora Archive - Preserving and Accessing Networked DOcumentary Resources of Australia
9. ^ [1]
10. ^ http://outlandinstitute.wordpress.com/the-radio-show/

External links

• Narrelle M Harris Official website
• Stage Left (Pandora Archive)
• Narrelle M. Harris at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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