Tom Clancy Biography (1947-)

Full name, Thomas L. Clancy, Jr.; born April 12, 1947, in Baltimore, MD; sonof a mail carrier and credit employee; married Wanda Thomas (an insurance agency manager and eye surgeon), August 1969 (divorced, 1998); married AlexandraMarie Llewellyn, July 26, 1999; children: (first marriage) Michelle, Christine, Tom, Kathleen. Addresses: Contact: P.O. Box 800, Huntington, MD 20639.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Novelist, producer
Birth Details: April 12, 1947; Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Executive producer, The Sum of All Fears (also known as Der Anschlag), Paramount, 2002
Television Work
Miniseries
Executive producer, Tom Clancy's OP Center, NBC, 1995
Executive producer and creator, Tom Clancy's NetForce, ABC, 1999
Television Appearances
Episodic
"Flight," Understanding, The Learning Channel, 1994
Himself, "Power Players Tournament," Jeopardy!, 1997
Specials
Himself, Submarine: Steel Boats, Iron Men, 1989
Himself, Nuclear Submarines, 2001
RECORDINGS
Video Games; Creator
Politika, Red Storm Entertainment, 1997
ruthless.com, Red Storm Entertainment, 1998
(Idea) Ghost Recon (also known as Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon), 2001
(Idea) Splinter Cell (also known as Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell), 2002
Also created the game Dominant Species.
WRITINGS
Novels
The Hunt for Red October, Naval Institute Press, 1984

Red Storm Rising, Putnam, 1986
Patriot Games, Putnam, 1987
Cardinal of the Kremlin, Putnam, 1988
Clear and Present Danger, Putnam, 1989
The Sum of All Fears, Putnam, 1991
Red Storm Rising, The Cardinal of the Kremlin: Two Complete Novels, Putnam, 1993
Without Remorse, Putnam, 1994
Debt of Honor, 1994
Three Complete Novels: Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, The Sum of Fears, Putnam, 1994
(Created with Steve Pieczenik), Tom Clancy's OP Center, Berkley, 1995
(Created with Pieczenik), Tom Clancy's OP Center II: Mirror Image,Berkley, 1995
(Created with Pieczenik), Tom Clancy's OP Center III: Games of State, Berkley, 1996
SSN: Strategies of Submarine Warfare, Berkley, 1996
Executive Orders, Putnam, 1996
(Created with others), Tom Clancy's Power Plays: Politika, Berkley, 1997
(Created with others), Tom Clancy's Power Plays: ruthless.com, Berkley, 1998
Rainbow Six, Putnam, 1998
(Created with Pieczenik), Tom Clancy's Net Force, Berkley, 1999
(Created with Pieczenik), Tom Clancy's Net Force: The Deadliest Game, Berkley, 1999
(Created with Pieczenik), Tom Clancy's Net Force: One Is the LoneliestNumber, Berkley, 1999
(Created with Pieczenik), Tom Clancy's Net Force: Virtual Vandals,Berkley, 1999
Op-Center: State of Siege, Berkley, 1999
Red Rabbit, 2002
Nonfiction
(Foreword only) Steve Kaufman, Silent Chase: Submarines of the U.S. Navy, Thomasson-Grant, 1989
Submarine: A Guided Tour inside a Nuclear Warship, Berkley, 1993
Armed Cav: A Guided Tour of an Armored Calvary Regiment, Putnam, 1994
Fighter Wing: A Guided Tour of an Air Force Combat Wing, Berkley,1995
Marine: A Guided Tour of a Marine Expeditionary Unit, Berkley, 1996
(With General Fred Franks, Jr.) Into the Storm: A Study in Command, Putnam, 1997
Reality Check: What's Going on Out There?, Putnam, 1997
Airborne: A Guided Tour of an Airborne Task Force, 1997
Carrier: A Guided Tour of an Aircraft Carrier, Berkley, 1999
(With General Chuck Horner) Every Man a Tiger, Putnam, 1999
Contributed article to Proceedings (the magazine of the U.S. NavalInstitute).

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

The Hunt for Red October was adapted for film and released by Paramount, directed by John McTiernan and starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin,1990; Patriot Games was adapted for film and released by Paramount, directed by Phillip Noyce and starring Harrison Ford and Anne Archer, 1992; Clear and Present Danger was adapted for film and released by Paramount,directed by Phillip Noyce and Starring Harrison Ford and William Dafoe, 1994; Tom Clancy's OP Center was adapted as a television miniseries for NBC in 1995; SSN was adapted as a video game produced by Red Storm Entertainment, Tom Clancy SSN, 1996; SSN was adapted for film and released in 1996; Netforce was made into a miniseries for ABC, 1999; Rainbow Six was adapted into three video games, Rainbow Six: Eagle Watch, Red Storm Entertainment, 1999, Rainbow Six, Red Storm Entertainment, 1998, and Rogue Spear, Red Storm Entertainment, 1999; The Sum of All Fears was adapted for film and was released in 2002, and adapted for a video game and released in 2002.

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series, Volume 62, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1998
Contemporary Popular Writers, St. James Press, 1997
Newsmakers 1998, Issue 4, Gale Group, 1998

Periodicals

Entertainment Weekly, August 14, 1998, p. 73
Independent, December 9, 1997, p. N6
Newsweek, August 8, 1988, p. 60
Publishers Weekly, July 13, 1998, p. 43; July 27, 1998, p. 55
Time, July 29, 2002, p. 8
Washington Post, January 29, 1985, p. C1
The Writer, May, 2002, p. 10

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