Fraser Harrison

Who is Fraser Harrison?

Fraser Harrison is an English writer. In 2001 he took an MA in Human Rights at Essex University, and between 2002 and 2006 he practised as a caseworker advising asylum seekers detained at the Oakington Detention Centre near Cambridge.

He is married with two adult children and lives in Walsham le Willows, Suffolk.

During the summer of 2013 he spent seven weeks in Yankton, South Dakota, collecting material in order to write a profile of the city.

On Tuesday, 10 December 2013, he gave a talk on Native Americans and human rights to mark Human Rights Day on behalf of the Bury St Edmunds branch of Amnesty. Details on his blog: www.fraserharrison.com.

He is the recipient of two Arts Council grants. The most recent, awarded in February 2014, was to assist his research into the immigrant communities living in Thetford, Norfolk, which he is conducting with a view to writing a book about Thetford.