Jim Harrison
Jim Harrison was born in Grayling, Michigan, to Winfield Sprague Harrison, a county agricultural agent, and Norma Olivia (Wahlgren) Harrison, both avid readers. He married Linda King in 1959 with whom he has two daughters.
His awards include National Academy of Arts grants (1967, 68, 69), a Guggenheim Fellowship (1969-70), the Spirit of the West Award from the Mountain & Plains Booksellers Association, and election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2007).
Much of Harrison's writing depicts sparsely populated regions of North America with many stories set in places such as Nebraska's Sand Hills, Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Montana's mountains, and along the Arizona-Mexico border.
“Strangely, when I totally emerged from this slump I couldn't comprehend how I had almost drowned it it.”
Jim Harrison
“It is easy to forget that in the main we die only seven times more slowly than our dogs.”
Jim Harrison
“The days are stacked against what we think we are.”
Jim Harrison
“Barring love I'll take my life in large doses alone--rivers, forests, fish, grouse, mountains. Dogs.”
Jim Harrison
“If you live on the railroad tracks the train's going to hit you, Grandpa used to say. -- Brown Dog”
Jim Harrison
“Every day I wonder how many things I am dead wrong about. -- True North”
Jim Harrison