About Harris Merton Lyon
Lived 1882 – 1916 (aged 33–34). Harris Merton Lyon was an American writer.
Harris Merton Lyon (1882–1916) was an American short story writer.
Biography Harris Merton Lyon was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1882. He attended the University of Missouri while working at a restaurant and laundrette. In 1908, he published his first collection of short stories, Sardonics, followed by Graphics in 1913.
In 1913, he moved to a farm in Colebrook, Connecticut and started writing a series of anonymous letters for Reedy's Mirror. He died of Bright's disease three years later.
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American writer (1882–1916)
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Harris Merton Lyon was born in 1882 in New York City.
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