Narrelle Harris

Harris was born in Newcastle, New South Wales.{{Cite web|url = http://clandestinepress.com.au/author/narrelle-m-harris|title = Narrelle M. Harris|access-date = 18 January 2016|website = Clandestine Press}}

Harris's earliest writing, dating back to the early 1990s, was through science fiction fandom, including work based in the Star Trek, Blake's 7 and V universes. Fanzines which she wrote and/or edited include Phoenix (B7), Scenario (The Greatest American Hero), Out of the War Zone (V), and Inconsequential Parallax (genzine), which was nominated for a Ditmar Award in 1992.[http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Ditmar1992.html The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1992 Ditmar Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100118122939/http://locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Ditmar1992.html |date=18 January 2010 }}

The Opposite of Life (2007) is a contemporary vampire novel set in Melbourne, told from the point of view of a young librarian.{{Cite journal|url = http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/reviews/the-opposite-of-life-by-narrelle-m-harris/|title = The Opposite of Life|last = Bradford|first = K. Tempest|date = n.d.|journal = Fantasy Magazine|access-date = 17 January 2016}} Harris has discussed online and on radio about how the second book in the series — tentatively titled Walking Shadows — was completed but was considered unsuitable, forcing her to start writing it again from scratch.{{Cite web|url=http://outlandinstitute.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/book-learning-the-art-of-destruction/|title = Book Learning: The Art of Destruction|date = 13 August 2008}} Witch Faith (2007), was considered by Library Journal to have "strong female characters and a gracefully told story."{{Cite journal|url = http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lfh&AN=24078736&site=ehost-live|title = Witch Faith|last = Cassada|first = Jackie|date = 15 February 2007|journal = Library Journal|access-date = 17 January 2016|volume = 132|issue = 3|page = 116|url-access=subscription |via = EBSCO}}

Harris has also written film and theatre reviews, the latter as a reviewer and feature writer for the now defunct online theatre magazine, Stage Left. This site is now preserved in the Pandora archives.[https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/tep/20542 Pandora Archive – Preserving and Accessing Networked DOcumentary Resources of Australia]

In 2006, she appeared alongside Scott Brennan in the short film Outland as "Ginny".[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0864976/ Outland (2006)]

Harris was a guest, in 2009, on episode 167 of the Boxcutters podcast,{{Cite web |url=http://boxcutters.net/blog/2009/02/02/ep-167-narrelle-m-harris-demons-bigpond-ads/ |title=Ep 167: Narrelle M. Harris, Demons, Bigpond Ads - Boxcutters |access-date=2 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213212114/http://boxcutters.net/blog/2009/02/02/ep-167-narrelle-m-harris-demons-bigpond-ads/ |archive-date=13 February 2009 |url-status=dead }} talking about television vampires. She is currently the resident literary "expert" on the weekly radio show "The Outland Institute" on Joy 94.9.{{Cite web|url=http://outlandinstitute.wordpress.com/the-radio-show/|title = The Podcast|date = 24 July 2009}}

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• [http://www.narrellemharris.com Narrelle M Harris Official website]
• [https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/tep/20542 Stage Left (Pandora Archive)]
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