His novels include Eyemouth (1990), a story of four characters from a Scottish fishing village around the turn of the 19th century.
[4][5] Told entirely in the form of letters, the novel was a finalist for the QSPELL Awards, which recognize books written by English-speaking Quebec residents.
[6] Furry Creek, his 1999 "true-life novel", recounts the story of the murder of British Columbia poet Pat Lowther.
In a generally positive review, writer Mark Anthony Jarman said, "The best parts of Furry Creek ... are fascinating and evocative ... Lowther's troubled shadow looms behind the text ...
This is a kind of magic trick on the part of Keith Harrison, a labour of love, a monument to a writer's memory ..."[7] It was nominated for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize.