e Lynn Harris
• E Lynn Harris was born on June 20 1955 in Flint, Michigan.
• He had three sisters
• He graduated from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville with honors
• He graduated with a degree in journalism
• He was the first black yearbook editor and male cheerleader
• He was the president of his fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha
• He worked at AT&T, IMB and HP selling computers before becoming an author
• In 1991, He published Invisible Life with his own money
• He sold his books out of black owned bookstore, hair salon and his book club
• He wrote a total of 11 books from 1991 to 2008
• All of his books were best sellers
• Some of his books included Just As I Am (1995), This too shall Pass(1996),If This World Were Mines(1997), and A Love of Mine Own(2002)
• His books are about gay and bisexual men.
• He was the first to speak about men living on the “down low”
• He passed away in 2009 due to some type of cardiac disease