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Sue Harrison is the author of six critically acclaimed and internationally bestselling novels.   Mother Earth Father Sky, My Sister the Moon and Brother Wind make up The Ivory Carver Trilogy, an epic adventure set in prehistoric Alaska.   Song of the River, the first book of The Storyteller Trilogy, was released by Avon Hardcover in November of 1997.  The second book of the trilogy, Cry of the Wind,was published in December, 1998. Morrows of Harper Collins released Call Down the Stars in 2001. Sue also had a young adult book, SISU, released by Thunder Bay Press in November, 1997.

Sue Harrison was born in Lansing, Michigan, in 1950. The first of five children, she was raised in the town of Pickford in Michigan's Upper Peninsula where she lives with her husband.  They have two children.

A 1968 graduate of Pickford High School, Harrison graduated summa cum laude from Lake Superior State University in 1971 with a B.A. in English Language and Literature. She was named Lake Superior State University's Distinguished Alumna in 1992, and has served on their governing Board.

Harrison's first novel, Mother Earth Father Sky, was published in 1990 by Doubleday (hardcover) and Avon (paperback). It was nominated in the states of Michigan and Washington for the Reader's Choice Award among high school students, and was one of ten books chosen for "Battle of the Books," a statewide student reading competition in Alaska. The novel has had success in both the adult and young adult markets, and was a national bestseller. It was selected by the American Library Association as one of 1991's Best Books for Young Adults.

Harrison's second novel, My Sister the Moon, (Doubleday/Avon 1992) has also received recognition by various reading and school groups throughout the United States and was a Baker and Taylor top ten in library sales. Both Mother Earth Father Sky and My Sister the Moon were Main Selections of the Literary Guild Book Club and alternate selections of the Doubleday Book Club.   Brother Wind, Harrison's third novel was released in hardcover by William Morrow, October 1994, and in 1995 as an Avon paperback. The novel was chosen as an alternate selection by both the Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Clubs.  Song of the River and Cry of the Wind were both published by Avon Hardcover, a division of Hearst Books.   The third book of The Storyteller Trilogy, Call down the stars was published by Morrow in 2001. It was featured alternate of the Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Clubs.

Harrison's books have also been published in Canada, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Spain, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Austria, Portugal, Japan, France, Korea, Finland, and South America. She is currently at work on a new series.


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