He is the author of ten published novels, several volumes of poetry, numerous articles and spoken word recordings.

In Cairo he was German interpreter to Africa Korps POWs and playwright in RAF Repertory Company and news reader on the Forces Network.

Heading north, Harris became an accredited radio interviewer with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in the arts and entertainment field, mainly in New York.

He interviewed Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Alan Bennett and Jonathan Miller on the opening night of Beyond the Fringe, and many noteworthy actors, authors and stars such as Danny Kaye, John Wayne, and W. Somerset Maugham.

When Bob Guccione founded Penthouse, Harris contributed short stories and articles, and later became the new magazine's new motoring correspondent.