2 Quotes & Sayings By George V Higgins
George V. Higgins is one of America's most respected and acclaimed historical novelists. Born in New York City, he spent his childhood in Harlem and was educated at DeWitt Clinton High School and Columbia University. His first novel, The Executioners, won an Edgar Allan Poe Award and was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection and then went on to become a bestseller and a major motion picture
Other novels about the Irish mob, including The Friends of Eddie Coyle, The Friends of Mickey Spillane, and The Friends of Jimmy Malone, have been equally successful. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the Hammett Prize from the Mystery Writers of America (which he shared with John D. MacDonald) and three Emmy nominations for writing for HBO's "The Sopranos" series.
He lives in Croton-on-Hudson, New York with his wife, Mary Higgins Clark.