Kim Harrison
Kim Harrison
Kim Harrison is a pen-name of American author Dawn Cook. Under the name of Harrison, she is best known for her Rachel Morgan urban fantasy series set in an alternate history where a worldwide pandemic caused by genetically modified tomatoes led to the death of a large portion of the world's human population. Under the name of Dawn Cook, she is best known for her Decoy Princess and Truth series, published in the first few years of the 21st century...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
kindness people empathy
...treat people with understanding when you can, and fake it when you can't until you do understand.
growing-up growing hard-love
Growing up is hard, love. Otherwise everyone would do it.
confused stupid passion
I sighed. I hated the maze of bureaucracy with a passion, but I've found the best way to deal with it is to smile and act stupid. That way, no one gets confused.
clever choices despair
There were no more choices, no more options, no more clever ways out of a tough situation. And the rush, I realized in a brutal wash of despair, is a false god I’ve chased my entire life. One that cost me everything in the blind search for sensation. My entire existence amounted to nothing.
disguise
Endings are not always bad. Most times they're just beginnings in disguise.
stupid thinking rescue
Maybe he thinks he can rescue me? No one is that stupid.
cold hungry holes
I was cold, hungry, and in a hole in the ground. But at least I had my elven porn, damnit!
kids college yummy
Sure, he had a wife and fifty-four kids, but he looked like a college freshman. A yummy college freshman majoring in Oh-my-god-I-gotta-get-me-some-of-that.
down-and computer ifs
I told you, computers are like women. If you shout at them or ask them to do too many things at once, they shut down and you won't even get a sniff" pg. 4
giving romance return
And then there are the rare ones who know love, who understand it. Who freely give of themselves, demanding only a return of that love,that trust.
bowl chance high jazz lessons sacrificed school students super
These students have sacrificed so much to be in the jazz program. They have sacrificed time, lessons and finances. Now they are getting a chance to go to the Super Bowl of high school jazz competitions.
forward looking proud
It's going to be very, very tough, but I'm looking forward to it at the same time,because he was very proud of what he was doing, and we, of course, were very proud of him.
either kim picked
My editor picked out the name she wanted. I was either going to be Kim Harrison or Lisa Harrison, because she wanted me shelved right next to Hamilton.
adore artwork care high invariably message powerful sets taken text visual
If I give a book as a gift, it is invariably a children's book with beautiful artwork and a simple text. I adore the feel of them, the care taken in the artwork, and the high visual stimulation that sets off the simple but often powerful message the text conveys.