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Tom Clancy Author
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In the
mid-1980’s, Tom Clancy was an obscure Maryland insurance broker with a
passion for naval history and only a letter to the editor and a brief
article on the MX missile to his credit.
Years before, he had been an English major at Baltimore’s
Loyola College and had always dreamed of writing a novel.
His first effort, The Hunt For Red October, the story of a
Russian submarine captive who defects to the United States, sold briskly
as a result of rave reviews, then catapulted on to the New York Times
bestseller list after President Ronald Reagan pronounced it “the
perfect yarn” and “non-put-downable.”
Since then, Clancy has established himself as the undisputed king
of the techno-thriller, a literary genre he’s credited with inventing,
and a master at building realistic scenarios by “turning up the
volume” on current events and political reality.
Other #1 bestsellers followed:
Patriot Games, Cardinal of the Kremlin, Clear and Present
Danger,
The Sum of All Fears, Without Remorse, Debt of Honor,
Executive Orders,
and Rainbow Six. The
walls of Clancy’s office are lined with war games, books on weapons
and government produced maps, all tributes to his lifelong fascination
with technology and the military.
Although severe myopia limited his personal involvement as a
member of the armed forces to a brief stint in Loyola’s ROTC program,
the success of his books has resulted in his “adoption” by the
military.
He is regularly welcomed aboard jets, submarines, and destroyers,
and permitted to ride in tanks to his heart’s content.
Admirals and generals give him access, Pentagon officials debrief
him, and many of his books are required reading at our nation’s war
colleges. His
non-fiction works include Submarine, Armored Cav, Fighter
Wing, Marine, Airborne, and Into the Storm: A Study in Command with General Fred Franks, Jr. (Ret.).
He is the co-creator of the Op-Center, Power Plays, and Net Force
series. (Information on Tom Clancy
is from the Baltimore
Orioles 2001 media guide. Mr.
Clancy is part-owner of the team.) |
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