Craig Harrison (writer)

Craig Harrison (born 1942 in Leeds, Yorkshire) is a British-New Zealand author, playwright, scriptwriter, and retired university lecturer, probably best known for his novel The Quiet Earth, which was published in 1982. Harrison's output has ranged widely, from science fiction to junior fiction, to comedies parodying academia. All of his books were published first in his adopted home of New Zealand.

Novels

 * How To Be A Pom (1975)
 * Broken October: New Zealand, 1985 (1976 A.H. and A.W. Reed Ltd) – Novelisation of the play 'Tomorrow Will Be A Lovely Day' ISBN 0589009664
 * The Quiet Earth (1981 - Coronet Books) ISBN 0340265078
 * Ground Level (1981) – Novelization of earlier play 'Ground Level'
 * Days of Starlight (1988), ISBN 0340422033
 * Grievous Bodily (1991)
 * The Dumpster Saga (2007)

Plays

 * Tomorrow Will Be a Lovely Day (1974)
 * Ground Level (1981)
 * The Whites of Their Eyes (1975)
 * Perfect Strangers (1976)
 * Hearts of Gold (1983)
 * White Lies (1994)