Jack Higgins
Birthname Henry Patterson Birthdate July 27, 1929 Birthplace Newcastle upon Tyne, England Education London School of Economics Profession Author Net worth $86,000,000 Source of Wealth Novels Nationality British Country United Kingdom Marital Status Married (Denise Higgins) Children 4 (Sarah, Ruth, Sean, Hannah)Quick Links
Bestselling magnate British novelist, Jack Higgins has a net worth of $86 million. The pen name of Harry Patterson, he was once born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England on July 27, 1979. However, he used to be raised in Belfast, Northern Ireland because his father abandoned them and her Irish mother returned with him in her native land.
Patterson learned to learn at an early age regardless of the religious and political violence in the house. When he was three, he was once tasked to learn The Christian Herald to his bed-ridden grandfather who lived with them on Shankill Road. He would crouch underneath a window and browse any guide to be had via the light of the road lamps all through nighttime.
Using Jack Higgins as pen title, he is one of the best-selling authors of common thrillers and espionage novels. He wrote The Eagle Has Landed (1975) and has bought 50 million copies. His leap forward novel was adapted right into a successful film by means of the same name. Based on his novel, the movie was a couple of fictional German plot to kidnap Winston Churchill all the way through the peak of the Second World War. It was directed through John Sturges and starring Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland and Robert Duvall. It was Sturges' ultimate movie and has received sure evaluations and was once a hit upon its release.
Some of Higgins' notable books are A Prayer for the Dying (1987), The Eagle Has Flown (1991), Thunder Point (1993), Angel of Death (1995), Flight of Eagles (1998), and Day of Reckoning (2000). With a complete of 85 novels, his works have sold greater than 150 million copies and have been translated into Fifty five languages.
Earnings & Financial Data
Date | Category | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
1957 | Royalties | Advance payment he gained for his first novel | $210,000 |
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