Andrew Harris

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Thrillers with a Social Conscience writer Andrew Harris is on a mission to change the world through crime fiction.

Born in Liverpool, he moved from the United Kingdom to New Zealand in 2008, following a successful career running his own executive search consultancy.

His passion is crime fiction. Andrew strongly believes this genre provides the perfect vehicle for saving humanity. He writes thrillers that put fictional characters into real life situations.

Andrew has created The Human Spirit Series; crime thrillers designed to be Provocative – Informative – Entertaining.

Why isn’t there a cure for cancer? How do we end world poverty? What causes addictive behaviour? How are we going to feed 9 billion people without destroying our precious pl
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Andrew Harris There are plotters and pantsers. I'm a plotter. I have a 15 page synopsis of the story with character profiles, detailed plot development and the fina…moreThere are plotters and pantsers. I'm a plotter. I have a 15 page synopsis of the story with character profiles, detailed plot development and the final scene all written up. My job as the author is to 'add water' and turn the synopsis into a hard-hitting thriller that will be provocative - informative - entertaining. What could be more inspirational than that? Usually the storylines come from articles I've read, speeches I've heard (Rotary is a great source of charismatic speakers) or an overactive imagination (less)
Andrew Harris I was researching the life story of Charles Lindbergh. He flew from New York to Paris in 1927 and won a prize of $25,000 for doing so. What would happ…moreI was researching the life story of Charles Lindbergh. He flew from New York to Paris in 1927 and won a prize of $25,000 for doing so. What would happen if a prize was put up - by the United Nations, for example - for the first commercial airliner to fly around the world non-stop, carrying at least 50 passengers and crew, without using fossil fuels? Human beings work best when there is competition. Could this unlock the technology to reduce carbon emissions? New readers start here...…...(less)
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A Reluctant Celebrity

For most people, finding a cure for cancer or saving the world from poverty, would be a momentous achievement. For Dr Hannah Siekierkowski, CEO of New York’s own Klinkenhammer Foundation for Medical Research, it’s what she gets paid to do: just another day in the office. Matthew Cox wanted to know how she was coping with so much media attention.

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“Death will always bring life,
As despair will be the father of hope.
Seek out the source of our salvation;
Ask the dry bones for they will always speak the truth.”
Andrew Harris, The C Clef

“Trust must always be a virgin as the membrane can never be repaired”
Andrew Harris, A Litany of Good Intentions

“Trust must always be a virgin as the membrane can never be repaired”
Andrew Harris, A Litany of Good Intentions

“Death will always bring life,
As despair will be the father of hope.
Seek out the source of our salvation;
Ask the dry bones for they will always speak the truth.”
Andrew Harris, The C Clef

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