MacDonald Harris/ Donald Heiney

MacDonald Harris was the pseudonym of Donald Heiney (1921-1993). He is remembered by his family and friends as a loving husband and father, a sailor, a traveler, a reader and a keen and relentless observer of human nature. His students and colleagues remember him as a teacher who demanded and got nothing but the best, a student of the world's literature, and a scholar who was erudite in a surprising variety of fields. And finally, his readers worldwide remember him as prolific and inventive writer, who explored the mysteries of the human psyche in a series of quirky, magical, and witty novels and stories.

This page brings together information about Donald Heiney the man and MacDonald Harris the writer.

A Memoir of my Early Years by Donald Heiney.
A Short Biography of Donald Heiney
In Memoriam (by Hazard Adams and Murray Krieger)
2012 Tribute at UC Irvine
Publications
Special Collection Holdings at the University of California, Irvine.
Literary Agent
Other Links
Geneaology and Family History

Carp Castle Published

Fans of MacDonald Harris will be excited to hear that his final novel, The Carp Castle, was published for the first time in October 2012, by Galileo Publishers. A U.S. edition will be published in Fall 2013 by The Overlook Press. For more information about the U.S. edition, contact Michael Goldsmith, mgoldsmith@overlookny.com.

Balloonist Reissued

We are also happy to announce that The Balloonist was recently reissued in the United Kingdom by Galileo Publishers , with a forward by Phillip Pullman, and has now been reissued by The Overlook Press in the U.S.

Upcoming Reissues

Galileo Publishers plan to reissue Yukiko and Screenplay in spring 2013.

Last updated January 11, 2013

heiney@physics.upenn.edu.