About Tom Clancy
Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. 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. His name has also been 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 his first military thriller novel The Hunt for Red October was published by the small academic Naval Institute Press of Annapolis, Maryland. Bowen Agency, a small insurance agency based in Owings, Maryland, founded by his wife's grandfather. The book was published by Putnam and sold almost a million copies within its first year.
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