American author, lawyer, newspaper columnist, raconteur and college professor. He authored more than thirty books, including Bomber's Law, Trust, and Kennedy for the Defense, and is best known for his bestselling crime novels, including The Friends of Eddie Coyle, which established the Boston noir genre of gangster tales that spawned several popular films by followers in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
American novelist, lawyer, journalist, professor
| Born | 1939 |
| Died | 1999 |
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American novelist, lawyer, journalist, professor
| Born | 1939 |
| Died | 1999 |
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Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, general, Massachusetts, fiction, New York Times reviewed, Boston (mass.), fiction, Large type books, Fiction in English, Fiction, crime, Lawyers, fiction, Criminals, Kennedy, jerry (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, psychological, Jerry Kennedy (Fictitious character), Mafia, Police, Politicians, fiction, American literature, Biography, Crime, Criminals, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, Gambling, Journalists, LawyersTime
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- OLID: OL30743A
- GoodReads: 19476
- ISNI: 0000000371188744
- IMDb: nm0383389
- Library of Congress Names: n78092027
- VIAF: 46959933
- Wikidata: Q5545416
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q5545416
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- George Vincent Higgins
- George V Higgins
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| February 15, 2026 | Edited by Tom Morris | merge authors |
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