Facts: - imagesize: 240px - death place: brighton , england - period: 1951 -- 2010 - caption: harrison glasgow , august 2005 at the 63rd world science fiction convention in - birth name: henry maxwell dempsey - death date: 15 august 2012 - genre: science fiction , satire - spouse: evelyn -lrb- 1954 -- 2002 , her death -rrb- harrison , div . 1951 joan merkler harrison - children: todd harrison and moira harrison - birth date: 12 march 1925 - name: harry harrison - nationality: american - image: harry harrison 2005.jpg - birth place: stamford , connecticut , usa - occupation: writer , illustrator Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of harry harrison -lrb- writer -rrb- .
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harry max harrison -lrb- born henry maxwell dempsey ; march 12 , 1925 -- august 15 , 2012 -rrb- was an american science fiction -lrb- sf -rrb- author , best known for his character the stainless steel rat and for his novel '' make room !make room ! ''-lrb- 1966 -rrb- .the latter was the rough basis for the motion picture '' soylent green '' -lrb- 1973 -rrb- .harrison was -lrb- with brian aldiss -rrb- the co-president of the birmingham science fiction group .aldiss called him '' a constant peer and great family friend '' .his friend michael carroll said , '' imagine '' pirates of the caribbean '' or '' raiders of the lost ark '' , and picture them as science-fiction novels .they 're rip-roaring adventures , but they 're stories with a lot of heart . ''novelist christopher priest wrote in an obituary ,