Born March 20, 1961, in Los Angeles, CA; daughter of Edward M. and Carole Cecile Lang; married Colin Harrison (an editor and novelist); children: Sarah, Walker, Julia. Education: Stanford University, B.A., 1982; University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, graduated 1987. Addresses: Home: Brooklyn, NY. Agent: Amanda Urban, International Creative Management, 40 W. 57th St., New York, NY 10019. E-mail: kathryn@kathrynharrison.com.

NOVELS

• Thicker Than Water, Random House (New York, NY), 1991.
• Exposure, Random House (New York, NY), 1993.
• Poison, Random House (New York, NY), 1995, published as A Thousand Orange Trees, Fourth Estate (London, England), 1995.
• The Binding Chair; or, A Visit from the Foot Emancipation Society, Random House (New York, NY), 2000.
• The Seal Wife, Random House (New York, NY), 2002.
• Envy, Random House (New York, NY), 2005.

• The Kiss: A Memoir, Random House (New York, NY), 1997.
• Seeking Rapture: Scenes from a Woman's Life, (autobiographical essays), Random House (New York, NY), 2003.
• The Road to Santiago ("National Geographic Directions" series), National Geographic (Washington, DC), 2003.
• Saint Therese of Lisieux ("Penguin Life" series), Lipper/Viking (New York, NY), 2003.
• The Mother Knot: A Memoir, Random House (New York, NY), 2004.
• While They Slept: An Inquiry into the Murder of a Family, Random House (New York, NY), 2008.

Author of introduction, The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Modern Library (New York, NY), 2000; contributor to periodicals and Web sites, including the New York Times Book Review, Harper's, Vogue, New Yorker, and Salon.com.