Paul Carter Harrison was born on March 1, 1936 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Youngblood (1978), Lord Shango (1975) and Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People (2014). He was previously married to Wanda Malone and Ria Vroemen. He died on December 27, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.