Tom Clancy

This article is about the author. For the video game series, see Tom Clancy's. For people with similar names, see Thomas Clancy.

Tom Clancy
Clancy in November 1989
Clancy in November 1989
BornThomas Leo Clancy Jr.
(1947-04-12)April 12, 1947
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
DiedOctober 1, 2013(2013-10-01) (aged 66)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
OccupationNovelist
Alma materLoyola College (BA)
Period1982–2013
Genre
Spouses
Wanda Thomas King
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(m. 1969; div. 1999)​
Alexandra Marie Llewellyn
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(m. 1999)​
Children5
Website
tomclancy.com

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] His name was also used on screenplays written by ghostwriters, nonfiction books on military subjects occasionally with co-authors, and video games. He was a part-owner of his hometown Major League Baseball team, the Baltimore Orioles, and vice-chairman of their community activities and public affairs committees.

Originally an insurance agent, Clancy launched his literary career in 1984 when he sold his first military thriller novel The Hunt for Red October for $5,000 published by the small academic Naval Institute Press of Annapolis, Maryland.[1][2] His works The Hunt for Red October (1984), Patriot Games (1987), Clear and Present Danger (1989), and The Sum of All Fears (1991) have been turned into commercially successful films. Tom Clancy's works also inspired games such as the Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six, The Division, and Splinter Cell series. Since Clancy's death in 2013,[3] the Jack Ryan series has been continued by his family estate through a series of authors.

  1. ^ a b Bosman, Julie (October 2, 2013). "Tom Clancy, Best-Selling Novelist of Military Thrillers, Died at 66". The New York Times. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference BaltimoreSun was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Tom Clancy, best-selling author, dead at 66". cbsnews. October 2, 2013.