Fiction writer, poet and essayist, Jim Harrison passed away on 26 March 2016 due to cardiac arrest in Patagonia, Arizona, United States. He was 78.
•    Harrison is best known for his 1979 novella Legends of the Fall. He was called a force of nature, and his works were compared to that of William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway.
•    The author obtained his B.A. in 1960 and M.A. in 1964 in comparative literature from Michigan State University.
•    After working as an Assistant Professor of English at Stony Brook University for an year, Harrison started working full-time as a writer.
•    Harrison’s work appeared in many leading publications, including The New Yorker, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone, Outside, Playboy, Men's Journal and The New York Times Book Review. 
•    He published several collections of novellas, two of which were eventually turned into films- Revenge and Legends of the Fall.