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Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (April 12, 1947 – October 1, 2013) was an American novelist. He is best known for his technically detailed espionage and military-science storylines set during and after the Cold War. Seventeen of his novels have been bestsellers and more than 100 million copies of his books have been sold. [ 1]
Tom Clancy was America's, and the world's, favorite international thriller author. Starting with THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, all of his previous books have hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list.
The quintessential spy novelist, Tom Clancy is a legend among crime-fiction, thriller, and espionage writers alike. Born in 1947 just as tensions with the Soviet Union were heating up, Clancy centered many of his books on Cold War espionage.
Tom Clancy was America's, and the world's, favorite international thriller author. Starting with THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, all of his previous books have hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list.
Tom Clancy. Writer: The Hunt for Red October. Tom Clancy became one of the best-selling writers of the late 20th and early 21st Centuries, starting with the publication of his 1984 thriller, The Hunt for Red October (1990).
Apr 2, 2014 · Tom Clancy was an American author best known for his espionage, military science and technological thrillers. Clancy worked as an insurance broker before writing his first...
Tom Clancy (born April 12, 1947, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.—died October 1, 2013, Baltimore) was an American novelist who created the techno-thriller—a suspenseful novel that relies on extensive knowledge of military technology and espionage.
The #1 New York Times bestseller that launched the phenomenal career of Tom Clancy—a gripping military thriller that introduced the world to his unforgettable hero, Jack Ryan—nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.
Oct 1, 2013 · Tom Clancy was an English major at Baltimore’s Loyola College. As a Maryland insurance broker with a passion for naval history, his dream of writing a novel came true with his first effort, The Hunt for Red October (1984).
Characters in Tom Clancy Novels Jack Ryan. Jack Ryan's success is solidly based on the foundation of his middle-class upbringing and inquisitive mind. After graduating from Boston College on a Naval ROTC scholarship, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United State Marine Corps.