June 20, 1955 – July 23, 2009

Everette "E." Lynn Harris, 54, died on July 23,2009. The openly gay author wrote 10 books that made the New York Times best-seller list; most were about the often closeted, or "down low" lives and loves of bisexual and gay black men. He wrote his first novel, Invisible Life, after working for 10 years as an IBM executive.