Biography
Jim Harrison (also credited as James Thomas Harrison) was an American novelist, poet and essayist. Born in Grayling, Michigan, on 11 December 1937, he died in Patagonia, Arizona, on 26 March 2016. He studied at Michigan State University, where he earned a BA in 1960 and an MA in 1964, and briefly taught English at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Harrison published poetry, fiction and essays, often exploring themes of nature, rural life and the American outdoors. He is best known for the 1979 collection of novellas Legends of the Fall. He wrote the screenplay for the 1994 film Wolf, co-written with Wesley Strick, and contributed to the screenplay for the 1994 film adaptation of Legends of the Fall. Other screen credits include Revenge (1990).
