Author Henry Patterson, who is published under his pen name of Jack Higgins, has died. He was 92. Patterson's publisher announced that the author died at his home on the Channel Island of Jersey, reports 'Deadline'.
Born in Newcastle, Patterson worked initially as a teacher before penning novels in his spare time. In a career spanning roughly 60 years, Patterson wrote 85 novels between 1959 and 2017, selling more than 250 million books over the course of his career.