Tom Clancy

Born:	April 12, 1947 Baltimore County, Maryland, United States
Occupation(s):	Novelist
Genre(s):	Political thriller

Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (born April 12, 1947), better known as Tom Clancy, is an American author of bestselling political thrillers, best known for his technically detailed espionage and military science story-lines set during the Cold War. His name is also a brand for similar books written by ghost writers. Image File history File links Clancy-tom. ... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Baltimore County is a suburban county located in the northern portion of the State of Maryland. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... A literary genre is one of the divisions of literature into genres according to particular criteria such as literary technique, tone, or subject matter (content). ... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Military science concerns itself with the study of the diverse technical, psychological, and practical phenomena that encompass the events that make up warfare, especially armed combat. ... For other uses, please see Cold War (disambiguation). ... This article is about a ghostwriter, the type of writer. ...

Biography

Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. was born April 12, 1947 in Baltimore County, Maryland. He attended Loyola Blakefield in Towson, Maryland, graduating with the class of 1965. He went on to study English Literature at Loyola College in Baltimore, graduating with the class of 1969. He remarked that he studied English because he was not smart enough to do physics. Before making his literary debut, he spent some time running an independent insurance business. April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Baltimore County is a suburban county located in the northern portion of the State of Maryland. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Towson is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in Baltimore County, Maryland. ... Loyola College in Maryland, formerly Loyola College, is a private, coeducational university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, affiliated with the Society of Jesus and the Roman Catholic Church. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Monument City, Charm City, Mob Town, B-more Motto: Get In On It (formerly The City That Reads and The Greatest City in America; BELIEVE is not the official motto but rather a specific campaign) Location Location of Baltimore in Maryland Coordinates , Government Country State County United... The first few hydrogen atom electron orbitals shown as cross-sections with color-coded probability density. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...

Clancy married his first wife, Wanda, in the 1970s. After having several children together, they divorced in 1998.

In 1998, Tom Clancy attempted to purchase the Minnesota Vikings and had a purchase agreement in place, but the deal fell through after his divorce settlement decreased his net worth significantly. City Minneapolis, Minnesota Other nicknames The Vikes, The Purple People Eaters Team colors Purple, Gold, and White Head Coach Brad Childress Owner Zygi Wilf General manager Rob Brzezinski Mascot Ragnar League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1961–present) Western Conference (1961-1969) Central Division (1967-1969) National Football Conference (1970...

In 1999, Clancy, at age 52, married 32-year-old fellow writer Alexandra Marie Llewellyn, on June 26. June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ...

Tom Clancy was an early, and to many, surprising defender of Islam after the September 11, 2001, attacks. He was interviewed on CNN later that day. Clancy has also associated himself with General Anthony Zinni, a critic of the war in Iraq and Secretary Rumsfeld. The two have worked together on two books. For other uses, including people named Islam, see Islam (disambiguation). ... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... Anthony Charles Zinni (born September 17, 1943) is a retired general in the United States Marine Corps and a former Commander in Chief of U.S. Central Command. ... For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ... Donald Henry Rumsfeld (born July 9, 1932, Evanston, Illinois) is the 21st and current United States Secretary of Defense. ...

Bibliography

The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, and The Sum of All Fears have been turned into commercially successful films with actors Alec Baldwin, Ben Affleck, and Harrison Ford as Clancy's most famous fictional character Jack Ryan. Harper Collins 1993 paperback edition The Hunt for Red October, Tom Clancys first novel, was published in 1984. ... Patriot Games (1987) is a book by Tom Clancy. ... Clear and present danger is a term used in the case Schenck v. ... The Sum of All Fears is a best-selling thriller novel by Tom Clancy, and part of the Jack Ryan series. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Benjamin Geza Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is an American film actor and an Academy Award-winning American screenwriter. ... Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, and was arguably the most bankable star of the last quarter of the 20th Century. ... Jack Ryan, in England Sir John Patrick (full name Dr. John Patrick Ryan, Lt. ...

With the release of The Teeth of the Tiger, Clancy introduced Jack Ryan's son and two nephews as main characters. Presumably, he has retired Jack Ryan as a central character. Many fans have expressed disappointment in Clancy's recent fiction works and sales of his books have reflected the growing trend of readers turning away from Clancy. The Teeth of the Tiger is a 2004 techno-thriller novel by Tom Clancy. ...

Clancy has written several nonfiction books about various branches of the U.S. armed forces (see non-fiction listing, below). Clancy has also branded several lines of books with his name that are written by other authors, following premises or storylines generally in keeping with Clancy's works: The military of the United States, officially known as the United States Armed Forces, is structured into five branches consisting of the: United States Army United States Marine Corps United States Navy United States Air Force United States Coast Guard All the services are under the command of the President... Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. ...

• Tom Clancy's Op-Center
• Tom Clancy's Power Plays
• Tom Clancy's Net Force
• Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell

These are sometimes referred to by fans as "apostrophe" books; Clancy did not initially acknowledge that these series were being authored by others, only thanking the actual authors in the headnotes for their "invaluable contribution to the manuscript". Tom Clancys Op-Center is a book series, created by Tom Clancy. ... Plots The books in the Tom Clancys Power Play, so far: Politika ruthless. ... Tom Clancys Net Force is a novel series, created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik and written by Steve Perry. ... Net Force Explorers is a series of Young Adult novels by Tom Clancy, and Steve Pieczenik. ... Tom Clancys Splinter Cell is a critically-acclaimed stealth-based video game, developed by Ubisoft Montreal. ...

In 1997 Tom Clancy signed a book deal with Penguin Putnam Inc. (both part of Pearson Education), that paid him US$50 million for the world-English rights to two new books. He then signed a second agreement for another US$25 million for a four-year book/multimedia deal. Clancy followed this up with an agreement with Berkley Books for 24 paperbacks to tie in with the ABC television miniseries Tom Clancy's Net Force aired in the fall/winter of 1998. The OP-Centre universe has laid the ground for the series of books written by Jeff Rovin, which was in an agreement worth US $22 million bringing the total value of the package to US$97 million. G. P. Putnams Sons was a major United States book publisher based in New York City, New York. ... Pearson Education is one of leading publishers of educational textbooks and other educational material, such as multimedia learning tools. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 3. ... Berkley Books is a paperback imprint of Penguin Group (USA). ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ...

All but two of Clancy's novels feature Jack Ryan and/or John Clark. John Terrence Clark (former name John Terrence Kelly) is a fictional character created by Tom Clancy who appears in many of Clancys novels. ...

By publication date

• The Hunt for Red October (1984)

  Clancy's first novel. Jack Ryan assists in the defection of a respected Soviet naval captain, along with the most advanced missile sub of the Soviet fleet. The movie (1990) stars Alec Baldwin as Ryan and Sean Connery as Captain Ramius.

• Red Storm Rising (1986)

  War between NATO and USSR. The basis of the submarine combat game of the same name, this is one of two Clancy novels to date not set in his Ryaniverse. He co-wrote it with Larry Bond.

• Patriot Games (1987)

  Ryan saves the Prince of Wales from terrorists, who go after Ryan and his family. The 1992 movie stars Harrison Ford as Ryan, and has a fictional lord instead of the Prince of Wales. (John Clark later tells Jack Ryan in Clear and Present Danger that he was on the helicopter that had to turn back when attacking the terrorist camps in northern Africa. The attacking force mentioned in Patriot Games were French Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure (DGSE), and Clark explains that he was working with the DGSE at the time in the book Rainbow Six.) (Sergey Golovko introduced while Ryan attends a lecture at Georgetown University. Also "Father Tim", a Jesuit from the University is shown.)

• The Cardinal of the Kremlin (1988)

  First appearance of John Clark and Sergey Golovko. Secret anti-satellite lasers (SDI), high-stakes diplomacy, spies and computer geeks (Major Gregory is introduced here and shown later as updating SAM software in The Bear and the Dragon).

• Clear and Present Danger (1989)

  Drug war in Colombia. Ryan and Clark finally meet; first appearance of "Ding" Chavez. The movie (1994) stars Harrison Ford as Ryan and Willem Dafoe as Clark.

• The Sum of All Fears (1991)

  Israel loses a nuclear weapon, which terrorists use to foment war between U.S. and Soviets, which is averted by Ryan in a cliffhanger. The 2002 movie stars Ben Affleck as Ryan, Liev Schreiber as Clark, and changes the identity and motivation of the terrorists.

• Without Remorse (1993)

  Chronologically the first book featuring John Kelly/John Clark, detailing Clark's life before the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Set during the Vietnam War, it tells about the past of John Kelly, how he assumed the Clark mantle, and tells how Clark became a CIA officer. Jack Ryan's father (Emmett Ryan) has a key role; Jack Ryan has a tiny cameo.

• Debt of Honor (1994)

  Ryan as National Security Advisor, and John Clark and Domingo Chavez as agents with Russian cover, help win a military and economic war with a nuclear-armed Japan. Golovko makes a cameo here.

• Executive Orders (1996)

  Sequel to Debt of Honor. Ryan, propelled into presidency as a result of events in Debt of Honor, survives press hazing, assassination attempts and biological warfare—Clark and Ding trace the virus to a Middle Eastern madman, and the U.S. military goes to work.

• SSN (1996)

  Follows the missions of USS Cheyenne in a future war with China precipitated by their invasion of the disputed Spratly Islands. Also not a Ryaniverse book, SSN is actually a loosely connected collection of "scenario" chapters in support of the eponymous computer game.

• Rainbow Six (1998)

  Released to tie in with the computer game of the same name. John Clark leads an elite anti-terrorist unit and averts worldwide genocide attempt by terrorists who are motivated by radical environmentalism. (Jack Ryan is mentioned, but does not appear.)

• The Bear and the Dragon (2000)

  War between Russia and China. Ryan recognizes the independence of Taiwan and the U.S. Air Force helps Russia defeat the Chinese invasion. (Note: Like many such writers, Clancy's knowledge of China is lacking compared to his knowledge of the old Soviet Union, with many resulting weaknesses.)

• Red Rabbit (2002)

  Back when he was a humble CIA analyst, Ryan aids in the defection of a Soviet officer who knows of a plan to assassinate the Pope.

• The Teeth of the Tiger (2003)

  Features the rise of Jack Ryan's son, Jack Ryan Jr., as an intelligence analyst, and then a field consultant, for The Campus, an off-the-books intelligence agency with the freedom to discreetly assassinate individuals "who threaten national security", following the retirement of Jack Sr. from the Presidency. Note: This is the latest book of the Jack Ryan series by Tom Clancy, introducing his son and his two nephews as heirs to his spook-legacy.

• Barnes & Noble lists an untitled Clancy work scheduled for a June 2006 release B&N Clancy

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By series plot chronology

Jack Ryan/John Clark universe

• Without Remorse (1993) *
• Patriot Games (1987)
• Red Rabbit (2002)
• The Hunt for Red October (1984)
• The Cardinal of the Kremlin (1988)
• Clear and Present Danger (1989)
• The Sum of All Fears (1991)
• Debt of Honor (1994)
• Executive Orders (1996)
• Rainbow Six (1998) *
• The Bear and the Dragon (2000)
• The Teeth of the Tiger (2003) **

* These books feature John Clark only. Although Jack Ryan has a short conversation with his father in Without Remorse John Terrence Clark (former name John Terrence Kelly) is a fictional character created by Tom Clancy who appears in many of Clancys novels. ...

** This book features Ryan's son (Jack Junior).

Listed chronologically in order of date of setting, e.g. Without Remorse is set in the 1970s.

Op-Center universe

• Op-Center (1995) by Jeff Rovin
• Mirror Image (1996) by Jeff Rovin
• Games of State (1996) by Jeff Rovin
• Acts of War (1997) by Jeff Rovin
• Balance of Power (1998) by Jeff Rovin
• State of Siege (1999) by Jeff Rovin
• Divide and Conquer (2000) by Jeff Rovin
• Line of Control (2001) by Jeff Rovin
• Mission of Honor (2002) by Jeff Rovin
• Sea of Fire (2003) by Jeff Rovin
• Call to Treason (2004) by Jeff Rovin
• War of Eagles (2005) by Jeff Rovin

Tom Clancys Op-Center is a book series, created by Tom Clancy. ... Tom Clancys Op-Center: Acts of War is a technothriller by Jeff Rovin Spoiler warning: // Plot introduction The mobile Regional Operations Center (ROC) in Turkey investigates a dam blown up by Kurdish terrorists. ...

NetForce universe

Adult

• Net Force (1998) by Steve Perry
• Hidden Agendas (1999) by Steve Perry
• Night Moves (1999) by Steve Perry
• Breaking Point (1999) by Steve Perry
• Point of Impact (2001) by Steve Perry
• CyberNation (2001) by Steve Perry
• State of War (2003) by Steve Perry and Larry Segriff
• Changing of the Guard (2003) by Steve Perry and Larry Segriff
• Springboard (2004) by Steve Perry and Larry Segriff
• The Archimedes Effect (2006) by Steve Perry and Larry Segriff

Young Adult Tom Clancys Net Force is a novel series, created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik and written by Steve Perry. ... Steve Perry (born August 31, 1947) is a science fiction author. ...

• Virtual Vandals (1999)
• The Deadliest Game (1999)
• One Is the Loneliest Number (1999)
• The Ultimate Escape (1999)
• The Great Race (1999)
• End Game (1999)
• Cyberspy (1999)
• Shadow of Honor (2000)
• Private Lives (2000)
• Safe House (2000)
• Gameprey (2000)
• Duel Identity (2000)
• Deathworld (2000)
• High Wire (2001)
• Cold Case (2001)
• Runaways (2001)
• Cloak and Dagger (2003)
• Death Match (in the UK released in 2002 as "Own Goal") (2003)

Power Plays universe

• Politika (novel, 1997) by Jerome Preisler
• Politika (computer game, 1997) by Red Storm Entertainment
• ruthless.com (novel, 1998) by Jerome Preisler
• ruthless.com (computer game, 1998) by Red Storm Entertainment
• Shadow Watch (novel, 1999) by Jerome Preisler
• Shadow Watch (computer game, 1999) by Red Storm Entertainment
• Bio-Strike (novel, 2000) by Jerome Preisler
• Cold War (novel, 2001) by Jerome Preisler
• Cutting Edge (novel, 2002) by Jerome Preisler
• Zero Hour (novel, 2003) by Jerome Preisler
• Wild Card (novel, 2004) by Jerome Preisler

Tom Clancys Politika is a Risk-like game for the PC made by Red Storm Entertainment. ... Red Storm Entertainment is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ubisoft Entertainment, specializing in PC games, console games, and related merchandise mainly based on the works of the writer Tom Clancy. ... Shadow Watch is a 2000 computer game by Red Storm Entertainment. ...

Splinter Cell

• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (2004) by Raymond Benson as David Michaels
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Operation Barracuda (2005) by Raymond Benson as David Michaels
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Checkmate (2006) by unknown author as David Michaels

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Novels not in a series

• Red Storm Rising (1986)
• SSN (1996)

Red Storm Rising is a 1986 techno-thriller novel by Tom Clancy and Larry Bond about a third world war in Europe between NATO and Warsaw Pact forces, set around the mid-1980s, probably in 1986 or 1987. ... SSN (1996) is a novel by Tom Clancy following the missions of the US Navy nuclear attack submarine (SSN) USS Cheyenne during a fictional war with China over the Spratly Islands. ...

Non-fiction

• Submarine (1993)
• Armored Cav (1994)
• Fighter Wing (1995)
• Marine (1996)
• Into the Storm (1997)
• Airborne (1997)
• Carrier (1999)
• Every Man a Tiger (1999)
• Special Forces (2001)
• Shadow Warriors (2002)
• Battle Ready (with Anthony Zinni, 2004, ISBN 0-399-15176-1)

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Video games

In 1996, Clancy co-founded the computer game developer Red Storm Entertainment and ever since he had his name on several of Red Storm's most successful games. Red Storm was later bought by publisher Ubisoft Entertainment who continues to use the Clancy name. This game series includes A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video or computer games. ... Red Storm Entertainment is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ubisoft Entertainment, specializing in PC games, console games, and related merchandise mainly based on the works of the writer Tom Clancy. ... Ubisoft Entertainment (formerly Ubi Soft) is a computer and video game publisher and developer headquarted in Montreuil-sous-Bois, France. ...

• Rainbow Six: based on the novel of the same name
• Ghost Recon: squad-based first-person/TS shooter
• Splinter Cell: third person stealth game, recently spawned a line of books written by Raymond Benson under the pseudonym David Michaels
• The Sum of All Fears: based on the novel of the same name
• SSN: based on the novel of the same name
• Shadow Watch: turn based strategy based on the Power Play novel [1]

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Board games

• The Hunt for Red October (1988)

  Naval wargame published by TSR, Inc., based on the novel of the same name. It covered modern naval warfare between NATO and the Warsaw Pact.

• Red Storm Rising (1989)

  Ground warfare wargame published by TSR, Inc., based on the novel of the same name. It covered an attack on NATO forces in western Europe by the Warsaw Pact. It included rules for integration with The Hunt for Red October game of the year before. The publisher reused the system for Europe Aflame (1989), a strategic World War II game, and A Line in the Sand, a strategic game about the First Gulf War.

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Trivia

• Clancy is one of only two authors to have sold two million copies on a first printing in the 1990s. (John Grisham is the other author.) Clancy's 1989 novel Clear and Present Danger sold 1,625,544 hardcover copies, making it the #1 bestselling novel of the 1980s.[2]

• Clancy received an honorary doctorate in humane letters and delivered the commencement address at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1992, and has since worked a reference to the school into many of his main works. [3]

John Ray Grisham Jr. ... Clear and present danger is a term used in the case Schenck v. ... An honorary degree (Latin: honoris causa ad gradum, not to be confused with an honors degree) is an academic degree awarded to an individual as a decoration, rather than as the result of matriculating and studying for several years. ... Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, or RPI, is a coeducational private university in Troy, New York, near Albany, founded in 1824 by Stephen Van Rensselaer. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

See also

• List of bestselling novels in the United States
• List of other novelists
• Dale Brown
• Stephen Coonts
• John le Carré
• Robert Ludlum
• Frederick Forsyth

This is a list of bestselling novels in the United States, as determined by Publishers Weekly. ... Well-known authors of novels, listed by country: See also: Lists of authors, List of poets, List of playwrights, List of short story authors // Albania Ismail Kadare Ancient Latin Authors Petronius Argentina Marcos Aguinis César Aira Federico Andahazi Roberto Arlt Adolfo Bioy Casares Abelardo Castillo Julio Cortázar, (1914... Dale Brown (b. ... Stephen Coonts (born July 19, 1946) is an American thriller and suspense novelist. ... John le Carré is the pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell (born October 19, 1931 in Poole, Dorset, England), an English writer of espionage novels. ... The Scarlatti Inheritance, Ludlums first book, published 1971. ... Frederick Forsyth. ...

External links

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Literary reviews and criticism

• "Something for the Boys" by Christopher Hitchens, The New York Review of Books, November 14, 1996. A review of Clancy's Marine: A Guided Tour of a Marine Expeditionary Unit.