A little more than thirty years ago Tom Clancy was a Maryland insurance broker with a passion for naval history.
He lives in Colorado..
He is also the author of the Briggs Tanner series-- The End of Enemies , The Wall of Night , and An Echo of War .
He is coauthor, with Clive Cussler, of the New York Times bestsellers Spartan Gold and Lost Empire.
Navy veteran, spent three years aboard a guided missile frigate as operations specialist and pilot rescue swimmer.
Grant Blackwood , a U.
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He passed away in October 2013.
From that day forward, Clancy established himself as an undisputed master at blending exceptional realism and authenticity, intricate plotting, and razor-sharp suspense.
His first effort, The Hunt for Red October --the first of the phenomenally successful Jack Ryan novels--sold briskly as a result of rave reviews, then catapulted onto the New York Times bestseller list after President Reagan pronounced it the perfect yarn.
Years before, he had been an English major at Baltimore\'s Loyola College and had always dreamed of writing a novel.
A little more than thirty years ago Tom Clancy was a Maryland insurance broker with a passion for naval history
