Crack the Spine Literary Magazine Published by March 1, 2019 Jeffrey James Higgins Age: 53 Location: Alexandria, Virginia Education: I have a BS in journalism, from Boston University, and an MS in criminal justice, from the University of Cincinnati. The Writer How...
Get Published Podcast
Paul Brodie interviewed me on the Get Published Podcast. We talked about craft, my recent books, and the difficulties getting published. Listen to Episode 241 here: ...
Blown Away
Crack the Spine Literary MagazineBy Jeffrey James Higgins Published January 25, 2019 The sailboat’s white hull reflected the sun—the bleached fiberglass glowing atop the murky waters of the Potomac River—offering the ancient promise of escape, relaxation, and...
World Trade Center: an interview with former DEA agent Jeffrey Higgins
https://undicisettembre.blogspot.com/2018/12/world-trade-center-interview-with.html Published December 17, 2018 di Hammer. An Italian translation is available here. Today Undicisettembre offers its readers the personal account of former DEA agent Jeffrey Higgins, who...
My Grandfather’s Eyes
AdelaideMagazine.org Adelaide Literary Magazine By Jeffrey James Higgins Published November 2018 I wrote My Grandfather’s Eyes many years ago, after the death of my grandfather. It was chosen as a finalist for the best essay of 2018 and published n the Adelaide...
Quoted in Congressional Report
https://uscc.gov/Research/fentanyl-flows-china-update-2017 November 26, 2018 Fentanyl Flows from China: An Update since 2017 Sean O’Connor, Policy Analyst, Economics and Trade Acknowledgments: The author thanks Jeffrey James Higgins and officials at the U.S. Drug...
Quoted in the New York Times
Trump Says China Will Curtail Fentanyl. The U.S. Has Heard That Before. By Sui-Lee Wee Published December 3, 2018 New York Times BEIJING — China vows to stem the supply of the powerful opioid fentanyl flowing into the United States. It pledges to target exports of...
Quoted in Fox News Article
Chapo may be on trial, but his Sinaloa cartel still doing huge US business By Hollie McKay / Fox News The rear windshield of a vehicle is held together by a transparent film with an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe, after being struck by bullets in Culiacan, Mexico,...
National Novel Writing Month
I won the National Novel Writing Month challenge by completing the first draft of my new medical thriller—Voyage—in 20 days. This was my first time participating in the challenge and I really enjoyed being part of a supportive community of writers from all over the...
Higgins Quoted in Viral Counterterrorism Article
Cynthia Farahat reported this week that Afghan Taliban Co-Founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was released from prison in Pakistan and that al-Qaeda has sworn an oath of allegiance to the Taliban, creating a significant terrorism threat. Her article went viral across...