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Jack Higgins
Also known as Harry Patterson, James Graham
British novelist (1929–2022)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- July 27, 1929
- Died
- April 9, 2022
- Works
- 164
Top works
- World War 2 Thriller Collection
- First strike
- Death Run
- Sharp shot
- Sure Fire
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Writing · Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, UK
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1929
- Active to
- 2022
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Article
Henry Patterson (27 July 1929 – 9 April 2022), commonly known by his pen name Jack Higgins, was a British author. He was a best-selling author of popular thrillers and espionage novels. His novel The Eagle Has Landed (1975) sold more than 50 million copies and was adapted into a successful 1976 movie of the same title.
Some of his other notable books are A Prayer for the Dying (1973), The Eagle Has Flown (1991), Thunder Point (1993), Angel of Death (1995), Flight of Eagles (1998), and Day of Reckoning (2000). His 85 novels in total have sold more than 250 million copies and have been translated into 55 languages.
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1929 births2022 deaths20th-century British Army personnel20th-century English male writers20th-century English novelists20th-century pseudonymous writers21st-century English male writers21st-century English novelists21st-century pseudonymous writersAcademics of Leeds Beckett UniversityAlumni of the London School of EconomicsAnglicans from Northern Ireland