John Harris

Born in Washington, D.C., John Harris studied at Middlebury College, the University of Virginia, and UC Berkeley. He worked for many years as an editor, first at the Smithsonian and later at the Getty in Los Angeles. His writing has appeared in such magazines as The Atlantic, Harpers, and Esquire, and in such journals as Rattle, Pearl, and Nimrod. He now lives in Savannah, Georgia, with his dachshund, Mavis.