毕业于电影学院，是好莱坞著名剧作家和电影制作人。他制作的著名获奖电影《夜晚之死》家喻户晓。他的小说《财产》被评为最畅销小说，并被翻译成26国文字。他的作品被介绍到中国的还有：《炼金术士》、《佣人》、《真相》和《抗拒》等。

他的所有小说都体现了他对医学、高科技和所有超自然学科的广泛知识，并以超想象力的惊悚悬疑情节著称。最近几年由他制作的电影，有阿尔帕西诺主演的《威尼斯商人》以及由罗伯特迪尼罗主演的《圣路易斯雷的大桥》等。

Michael Harrison had it all: good looks, charm, natural leadership, a wicked sense of humor, and now, Ashley, his fiancée. While out celebrating with a group of friends a few nights before the wedding, Michael suddenly and unexpectedly finds himself enclosed in a coffin equipped only with a flashlight, a dirty magazine, a walkie-talkie, and a tiny breathing tube. It's all in good fun — payback for the grief his mates suffered due to his own penchant for tomfoolery — that is until the four are killed in a drunk driving accident just moments after leaving Michael completely alone and buried alive.

Detective Superintendent Grace—himself dealing with the pain of losing his wife—is brought on to the case when Ashley reports Michael missing. Suspicions are raised when Michael's only friend not at the bachelor party refuses to cooperate, and Ashley's faithfulness—not to mention her increasingly mysterious past—are suddenly thrown in to question. As Superintendent Grace soon discovers, one man's disaster is another man's fortune.