James Harrison (Dec 11, 1937 – March 26, 2016) was an American poet, novelist, and essayist. He was a prolific and versatile writer publishing over three dozen books. He wrote screenplays, book reviews, literary criticism, and published essays on food, travel, and sport. Harrison indicated that, of all his writing, his poetry meant the most to him. He published 24 novellas during his lifetime and is considered "America’s foremost master" of that form. His first commercial success came with the 1979 trilogy, Legends of the Fall, two of which were made into movies. Harrison's work has been translated into multiple languages. He was the recipient of multiple awards and honors including a Guggenheim Fellowship (1969), the Mark Twain Award (1990), and induction into the American Academy of Arts & Letters (2007). Less