Popular African-American author E. Lynn Harris has passed away at the age of 54 according to several sources.  Harris was an openly gay man who specialized in writing about the African-American gay culture.

Harris was best known for such successful novels as Invisible Life, Just As I Am, Too Good To Be True, Abide With Me, as well as his 2004 memoir What Becomes of The Brokenhearted. He specialized in writing about African-American gay culture, including the “down-low” phenomenon in the world of professional sports. (Basketball Jones is the story of an NBA star and his gay lover.) Born in Michigan and raised in Arkansas, Harris recently taught English at the University of Arkansas as a visiting professor.

Harris was the first male African-American cheerleader for the University of Arkanas.  He died from a heart attack while on a national tour to promote his new book ‘Basketball Jones’.

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Complete Bibliography of E. Lynn Harris (via Wiki)

• Invisible Life (1991 Self Published – 1994 Mass Marketed)
• Just As I Am (1995) ^*
• And This Too Shall Pass (1997)
• If This World Were Mine (1998) ^**
• Abide With Me (2000)
• Not A Day Goes By (2000)
• Money Can’t Buy Me Love (2000)
• From the Book Got to Be Real – 4 Original Love Stories by Eric Jerome Dickey, Marcus Major, E. Lynn Harris and Colin Channer
• Any Way the Wind Blows (2002) ^*
• A Love Of My Own (2003) ^*
• What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted – A Memoir (2004)
• I Say a Little Prayer (2006)
• Just Too Good To Be True (2008)
• Basketball Jones (2009)