Harlan Greene

Harlan Greene (born June 19, 1953) is an American writer and historian. He has published both fiction and non-fiction works. He won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction for his 1991 novel What the Dead Remember.

Early life Born in 1953 in Charleston, South Carolina, Greene's parents were Holocaust survivors who moved to Charleston after World War II. He has published both fiction and non-fiction works.

In addition to his writing, Greene has worked as an archivist for the College of Charleston, including collecting materials relating to Jewish history in the Charleston region. Greene now lives in Charleston with his partner Jonathan Ray.

Works

Fiction Why We Never Danced the Charleston (1985, 978–0140082180) What the Dead Remember (1991, ) The German Officer's Boy (2005, )

Non-fiction Charleston: City of Memory (1987, ) Mr. Skylark: John Bennett and the Charleston Renaissance (2001, ) Renaissance in Charleston: Art and Life in the Carolina Low Country, 1900-1940 (2003, ) Slave Badges and the Slave-Hire System in Charleston, South Carolina, 1783-1865 (2004, ) Cornices of Charleston (2005, ) The Damned Don't Cry -- They Just Disappear: The Life and Works of Harry Hervey (2018, )