# George V. Higgins
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george v. higgins (November 13, 1939 – November 6, 1999) was an American author, lawyer, newspaper columnist, raconteur and college professor. He authored 29 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.
== Life and career ==
Higgins was born in Brockton, Massachusetts, grew up in the nearby town of Rockland and attended Boston College, where he was editor of the campus literary magazine, Stylus, and graduated in 1961.
Historical fiction writer Gabriel Valjan discusses his new book and his Agatha nomination
Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes Gabriel Valjan to the studio to discuss his Agatha nomination and DIRTY OLD TOWN, his new book.
ABOUT GABRIEL: Gabriel is the author of two series, Roma and Company Files, with Winter Goose Publishing. Dirty Old Town is the first in the Shane Cleary s...
Gabriel Valjan on his Agatha nomination & new book on Authors on the Air
Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes Gabriel Valjan to the studio to discuss his Agatha nomination and DIRTY OLD TOWN, his new book.
ABOUT GABRIEL: Gabriel is the author of two series, Roma and Company Files, with Winter Goose Publishing. Dirty Old Town is the first in the Shane Cleary s...
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Welcome back and happy 2019! This time we look at "Devil in a Blue Dress" by Walter Mosely, we do some reviews and we get into a bit of a controversial topic regarding the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award.
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62 Timothy Simons, Robyn Clark, Robert Baker
Timothy Simons barges in not wasting any time and gets into a live reading of "I'm Comic Sans, Asshole." by Mike Lacher. Then, Robyn Clark treats us to a reading of "I Saw Hamilton So Now I'm Going To Orphan My Son" by Katie Schorr. Later, Nate reads a chapter from the novel The Friends of Eddie ...
