George V. Higgins

George V. Higgins was born on November 13, 1939, in Brockton, Massachusetts.
* He graduated from Boston College in 1961 and Stanford University in 1965.
* He received his law degree from Boston College in 1967.
* He worked as an assistant attorney general in Massachusetts from 1967 to 1971.
* He began writing novels in the early 1970s.
* He published over 30 novels, including The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1972), Cogan's Trade (1974), and The Judgment of Paris (1979).
* He won the Edgar Award for Best Novel for The Friends of Eddie Coyle in 1973.
* He died on November 6, 1999, in Milton, Massachusetts.
* He is considered one of the most important writers of crime fiction in the 20th century.