Background
PATTERSON, Harry pseudonym Jack Higgins was born on July 27, 1929. Son of Henry Patterson and Rita Higgins Bell.
PATTERSON, Harry pseudonym Jack Higgins was born on July 27, 1929. Son of Henry Patterson and Rita Higgins Bell.
Roundhay School, Leeds, Beckett Park College, for Teachers, London School of Economics.
Lecturer in liberal studies, Leeds Polytechnic, Senior Lecturer in Education, James Graham College, and Tutor in School Practice, Leeds University 1958-1972. Full-time writer since age of 41.
Married 1st Amy Margaret Hewitt in 1958 (divorced in 1984). Married 2nd Denise Leslie Ann Palmer in 1985.