Jack Higgins
Novelist, Author
1929 –
Who is Jack Higgins?
Jack Higgins is the principal pseudonym of UK novelist Harry Patterson. Patterson is the author of more than 60 novels. As Higgins, most have been thrillers of various types and, since his breakthrough novel The Eagle Has Landed in 1975, nearly all have been bestsellers. The Eagle Has Landed sold over fifty million copies.
Patterson was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. He moved to Belfast, Northern Ireland, with his mother after his parents' marriage foundered, and was raised there amid religious and political violence. First in Belfast and later in Leeds, Patterson proved to be an indifferent student and left school without completing his studies.
He found a home in the British Army, however, and served two years as a non-commissioned officer in the Household Cavalry on the East German border during the 1950s. Patterson found, during his military service, that he possessed both considerable sharpshooting skills and considerable intelligence.
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- Born
- Jul 27, 1929
Newcastle upon Tyne - Also known as
- Harry Patterson
- James Graham
- Hugh Marlowe
- Martin Fallon
- Children
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- University of London
- Lived in
- Leeds
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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