Jack Higgins
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- Full Name
- Jack Higgins
- Born
- July 27, 1929
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- Age
- 97 years
- Zodiac Sign
- Leo
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- Nationality
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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- Profession
- Author, Business Leader
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Biography
Jack Higgins is 97 years old, an author, from United Kingdom.
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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