Jean Harris est née le 27 avril 1923 dans l'Illinois, États-Unis. Elle était mariée à James Scholes Harris. Elle est morte le 23 décembre 2012 dans le Connecticut, États-Unis.
In Westchester, I always felt I was a woman in a pretty dress that went to dinner parties with Dr. Tarnower. In Washington, I was a woman in a pretty dress and a headmistress. I wasn't sure who I was, and it didn't seem to matter.