Nathan Harris holds an MFA from the Michener Center at the University of Texas. THE SWEETNESS OF WATER, his first novel, was a selection of Oprah’s Book Club, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and won the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. Harris was a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree in 2021. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

Books by Nathan Harris

Amity

by Nathan Harris - Fiction, Historical Fiction

From the New York Times bestselling author of THE SWEETNESS OF WATER comes a gripping story about a brother and sister, emancipated from slavery but still searching for true freedom, and their odyssey across the deserts of Mexico to escape a former master still intent on their bondage.