Jack Higgins, English author and academic (died 2022)

Jack Higgins

British novelist (1929–2022)

Henry Patterson, 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…