Harvey J. O'Higgins


Harvey Jerrold O'Higgins was a Canadian-born novelist and journalist.

Biography

He was born in London, Ontario, in 1876. He studied in the University of Toronto from 1893 to 1897 but did not graduate. He worked as a journalist in Toronto but soon moved to the United States when his detective stories became popular in American magazines. He also wrote for political and sociological journals. He then began writing longer works of fiction, and then works on social questions with various specialists as collaborators: Ben B. Lindsey, Harriet Ford, Frank J. Cannon, Edward H. Reade. He was led to psychoanalysis by personal illness, and utilized it in some literary efforts. He then moved on to do some literary works centered on women. He developed several plays, sometimes in collaboration with others.
He and Anna G. Williams were married in 1901. He died in Martinsville, New Jersey in 1929.

Works

The Smoke Eaters: a story of love and youth; the story of a fire crew Don-A-Dreams A Grand Army Man Old Clinkers, a story of the New York Fire Department The Beast Under the Prophet The Adventures of Detective Barney Mr. Lazarus From the Life The Secret Springs The Doughboys Religion Some Distinguished Americans Julie Cane The American Mind in Action Clara Baron
  • ''Detective Duff Unravels It''

Plays, with Harriet Ford

On the Hiring Line The Argyle Case The Dummy Polygamy Main Street The Wrong Number
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