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About Tom Clancy

Birth

1947

Death

2013

First book

1993

Years writing

20

Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. was an American writer. He was best known for his techno-thrillers, which feature technical details in espionage and military science settings. Originally an insurance agent, Clancy published his first novel, The Hunt for Red October, in 1984. Eighteen novels followed between 1986 and 2013.

Tom Clancy was born in Baltimore in 1947 and became a global icon of the political thriller genre.

His most iconic work, The Hunt for Red October, defined the espionage genre with unprecedented technical detail.

Although his name appears on numerous video games, Clancy did not work on them directly, lending his name for branding purposes instead.

Before achieving literary fame, he worked as an insurance intermediary, a career far removed from the military plots that made him famous.

Beyond his writing career, he was a part-owner of the Baltimore Orioles baseball team.