Harris, Thomas

1940 - Harris was born in Jackson, Tennessee.

1964 - He attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he majored in English and graduated.

1968 - He moved to New York City to work for the Associated Press.

1975 - His first novel, Black Sunday, was published.

1975 - Black Sunday. 

1981 - Red Dragon.

1988 - His novel, The Silence of the Lambs, was released as a movie.

         - Silence of the Lambs. 

1999 - His novel, Hannibal, was also made into a movie and released in 2001.

2004 - Bantam Books signed Harris to an eight-figure, two-book contract.