Autor/-in: Blackwood Grant

A little more than thirty years ago Tom Clancy. was a Maryland insurance broker with a passion for naval history. Years before, he had been an English major at Baltimore’s Loyola College and had always dreamed of writing a novel. 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. ” From that day forward, Clancy established himself as an undisputed master at blending exceptional realism and authenticity, intricate plotting, and razor-sharp suspense. He passed away in October 2013. Grant Blackwood. is the New York Times. bestselling author of the Briggs Tanner series (End of Enemies. , Wall of Night. , and Echo of War. ). He is coauthor of the #1 New York Times. bestseller Dead or Alive. , with Tom Clancy, and of the thriller The Kill Switch. , with James Rollins. A U. S. Navy veteran, Grant spent three years aboard a guided missile frigate as an Operations Specialist and a Pilot Rescue Swimmer. He lives in Arizona, where he is working on his own stand-alone series starring a new hero.