Jack Higgins lived in Belfast till the age of twelve. Leaving school at fifteen, he spent three years with the Royal Horse Guards, and was later a teacher and university lecturer. His thirty-sixth novel, The Eagle Has Landed (1975), turned him into an international bestselling author, and his novels have since sold over 250 million copies and been translated into sixty languages. Many have been made into successful films. He died in 2022, at his home in Jersey, surrounded by his family.

‘Tough, bitter, superbly written’ The New York Times‘A compulsively readable storyteller’ Sunday Express‘Higgins is a master of his craft’ Daily Telegraph‘A thriller writer in a class of his own’ Financial Times‘The master craftsman of good, clean adventure’Daily Mail

Jack Higgins lived in Belfast till the age of twelve. Leaving school at fifteen, he spent three years with the Royal Horse Guards, and was later a teacher and university lecturer. His thirty-sixth novel, The Eagle Has Landed (1975), turned him into an international bestselling author, and his novels have since sold over 250 million copies and been translated into sixty languages. Many have been made into successful films. He died in 2022, at his home in Jersey, surrounded by his family.

‘Tough, bitter, superbly written’ The New York Times‘A compulsively readable storyteller’ Sunday Express‘Higgins is a master of his craft’ Daily Telegraph‘A thriller writer in a class of his own’ Financial Times‘The master craftsman of good, clean adventure’Daily Mail