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Character · Lecter and his hunters · 3 books

Jack Crawford

Head of the FBI Behavioral Science Unit · Thomas Harris

Jack Crawford is the head of the FBI Behavioral Science Unit.

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Character facts

First appearance
Red Dragon (1981)
Latest appearance
Hannibal (1999)
Books
3 (2 major, 1 minor)
Series
Hannibal Lecter
Author
Thomas Harris
Circle
Lecter and his hunters

Where to meet Jack Crawford

Jack Crawford first appears in Red Dragon (1981), in a major role, book 1 of the Hannibal Lecter series.

Buy Red Dragon

Every book with Jack Crawford

In publication order, with the size of their role in each.

  1. 1981MRed Dragonmajor role · Hannibal LecterBuy
  2. 1988MThe Silence of the Lambsmajor role · Hannibal LecterBuy
  3. 1999·Hannibalminor role · Hannibal LecterBuy

Appears most often with

CharacterBooks together
Hannibal LecterPsychiatrist and cannibal serial killer3
BarneyOrderly at the asylum2
Clarice StarlingFBI trainee, later agent2
Frederick ChiltonDirector of the Baltimore asylum2