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George V. Higgins

 
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About the Author

George V. Higgins was the author of more than 20 novels, including the bestsellers The Friends of Eddie CoyleCogan’s TradeThe Rat on Fire, and The Digger’s Game. He was a reporter for the Providence Journal and the Associated Press before obtaining a law degree from Boston College Law School in 1967. He was an assistant attorney general and then an assistant United States attorney in Boston from 1969 to 1973. He later taught creative writing at Boston University. He died in 1999.

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